LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Calendar for 1929
THE Institution is again issuing a Lifeboat Calendar for the forthcoming year. It feels that there is no better way of keeping the work of the Lifeboat Service continually before the public from the first day of the year to the last, and it...
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The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE sixth Christmas Party, given by the staff of the Storeyard at Poplar, with the help of the staff at Head- quarters, to poor children of Poplar, took place on 4th January at the Bromley Public Hall. There were 170 children present....
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The Institution's Income at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Income~was obtained in 1934.
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A United States Ship
On the 20th of August, 1952, the Ramsgate life-boat went to the help of a United States ship which had been in a collision with a Norwegian tanker.
The American ship broke in two, but the life-boat managed to save her...
Overheard on a Bus
THE Life-boat Service, as has often been mentioned in the Institution's appeals, costs each year threepence a head of the population of Great Britain and Ireland.
A member of the Institution's staff was recently...
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Tom Lawrence and the Rnli
Tom Lawrence and the RNLI both struck gold in a charity treasure hunt organised by Gillingham Marina at the London boat show this year. Tom guessed the right spot for the hidden hoard and received a handmade pewter statuette and a bottle of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Drink and Be Generous!
Drink and be... generous! Each year customers of 'The Olde Coffee House' and the 'Star and Garter' public houses in London's Soho have organised 'Drunk-Aid', a gentle stroll around 20 pubs in the area in the space... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (56)
JULY 29TH. - RAMSEY, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN An aeroplane had been reported to Ramsey as having fallen into the sea six miles S.W. of Burrow Head, and the Ramsey life-boat was launched, as the Kirkcudbright life-boat was off service. At Peel...
Cheers!
For the more discerning palate on your Christmas list, look out for special packs of 10-year-old Talisker single malt with the Lifeboats logo.
These extra-special packs of award-winning Scotch whisky are now on sale in...
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Greetings from cyberspace!
For all those birthdays and other special events in your 2011 diary, why not send an RNLI ecard?
Available in a range of designs to suit every occasion, our ecards are fun, funky and environmentally friendly. They cost...
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