LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nina and An Mordros, and Optimist
Busy afternoon for Amble Amble's Waveney class Margaret Graham had a busy afternoon on 14 August, attending three calls in three hours.
She was first launched at 1207 to the fishing boat Nina with ten anglers aboard.<...
Grace Darling
WHO has not heard of GRACE DARLING, the heroine of the Longstone Lighthouse? whose name, associated with the wreck of the Forfarshire steamer, will long be remembered amongst the annals of those who, although holding humble stations in life,...
Category: Articles
The Fund Raisers
Fair weather or foul During Hoylake lifeboat station's open day last August it was a case of 'What shall we look at first?' And with so much to see and do it must have been a hard choice for many of the 10,000 people who went...
Category: Articles
"The Always Ready."
These verses were written in October of last year before the death of Coxswain Robert Patton, to whom they were dedicated, and before the name of the Runswick life-boat was changed. They are printed here by very kind permission of the author...
Category: Poetry
'It's real-life drama'
Ace Bhatti, actor and former lifeboat crew member
When I asked if I could help out around the inshore lifeboat station at Staithes and Runswick, they said ‘no – we need you on the...
Category: Articles
Luke’s book
Lifeboat Luke and his colourful friends have been entertaining children around Ireland with their daily adventures on RTÉ’s Den tots.
Now the group, who keep the seas safe around the magical town of Donaghadoo, are...
Category: Articles
Join the crew
There’s a new reason to be a member of Storm Force, the RNLI club for children. Crew Room is a new RNLI website packed with extra goodies exclusively for Storm Force members.
Members get a password to unlock new RNLI games...
Category: Articles
Prize Winning Essay
A competition open to secondary schoolboys and schoolgirls under the age of sixteen for an essay on the subject of the Life-boat Service was held again last year.
The subject set was: "Why does our country need a...
Category: Articles
Yesterday: Norman Clark Launches from Her Carriage on a Bleak Day With Snow on the Ground and Dusting 'The Law' Rising Majestically Above the Town Lifeboat Crew And
Yesterday: Norman Clark launches from her carriage on a bleak day with snow on the ground and dusting 'The Law', rising majestically above the town. Lifeboat crew and shore helpers would have come mostly from fishing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Four Dogs Including the Newfoundland In This Photograph Helped Bristol Central Branch on Their Flag Day Last October Between Them They Collected H20
(Left) Four dogs, including the Newfoundland in this photograph, helped Bristol Central branch on their flag day last October. - View image in PDF
Between them they collected H20.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs