LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Two volunteers from New Quay lifeboat station travelled 313 miles to Penlee in Cornwall on 7 November – to present a set of old cast-iron door handles. Mechanic Bernie Davies explains: ‘On reading on Facebook that someone had stolen the old...

To commemorate the Jubilee Year of Townswomen's Guilds, the Central Yorkshire Federation of Townswomen's Guilds held a 'Sixty Glorious Years' event at the Royal Baths Assembly Rooms in Harrogate.

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Below View of the visitors centre front entrance This photograph was taken by RNLt shoreworks manager. Howard Ritchings. who obviously enjoyed better weather. - View image in PDF

WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The look-out man having observed lights on the 27th February, 1901, the crew of the Life- boat Margaret were summoned. The nature of the lights could not be discerned and therefore it was decided to launch the Life-boat...

Longhope, Orkneys, and Wick, Caithness-shire - At 11.27 a.m. on 26th January, 1967, it was learned that a vessel was transmitting a Mayday call off Pentland Skerries. The Longhope life-boat T.G.B. was launched at 11.45 in a strong east by...

SWANSEA.—On the afternoon of the 27th August the coxswain of the Lifeboat received a telegram stating that three vessels were ashore between Swansea and Neath. The wind was then blowing a gale from the W.S.W., and the sea was rough. The...

Tenby 46' 9" Watson lifeboat Henry Comber Brown launched on February 27 in gale force winds and a very rough sea to bring a man from Caldy Island for compassionate reasons.

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Regular customers at the "Rising Sun" in the City of London are expected to carry with them certain unusual coins which they are known to possess. If they fail to produce them fines are imposed, and in this way the landlord, Mr. F....