LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Brave Swimmer. Award of Bronze Medal
Ix the early afternoon of 27th August last a small steamer. Kendy, of Cardiff, got into difficulties off Porthcawl in Glamorganshire, and foundered. The Crew took to the boat, but it capsized, and, with the men clinging to it, drifted...
Category: Medals
Coxswain Henry G. Blogg, of Cromer (1)
Twice awarded the Institution's gold medal for great gallantry. Twice awarded the Institution's silver medal for gallantry. Awarded the medal of the Order of the British Empire by H.M. the King.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barbecue
TWO MEN RESCUED AFTER DINGHY CAPSIZES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 18th August, 1962, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sailing yacht Barbecue, which had a crew of two, had capsized...
The French Chasse-Maree Eleanore, of Nantes
On the night of the 4th November a French chasse-maree, the JSleanore, of Nantes, was driven on shore on the West Sand off Blakeney, the wind blowing hard from N.N.W., and the night hazy. At daylight the vessel was seen from the shore, and...
This Raggedy Looking Band of Players
This raggedy looking band of players are the Syzewell Gap Mummers who perform their play in pubs in the Aldeburgh area each year over Christmas to raise money for the lifeboat service. In 1986 they collected £90 in just two nights from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Somehow Brian Carrick Manager of Richmond Branch of the Trustee Savings Bank
Somehow, Brian Carrick, manager of Richmond branch of the Trustee Savings Bank, was persuaded to take part in a sponsored knit-in. He is seen here getting the hang of it before the event and the practice evidently paid off as he raised more... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Manx Clover
Peel, Isle of Man - At 8.40 p.m. on I4th March, 1967, a fishing vessel which was drifting north east from the Peel breakwater was reported to be flashing a torch. The life-boat Helena Harris - Manchester and District XXXI was launched at...
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Category: Articles
Philip Denham Helmsman of One of Blackpool's Two D Class Lifeboats
Philip Denham, helmsman of one of Blackpool's two D class lifeboats, joined the crew in 1977.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1988 for gallantry in recognition of the courage, skill and determination he displayed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Chairman of Filofax PLC, Mr David Collischon, presents the director Rear Admiral W. J. Graham with a cheque for £3,250.
Chairman of Filofax PLC, Mr David Collischon, presents the director Rear Admiral W. J.
Graham with a cheque for £3,250. The cheque was a percentage of profits made from the sale of Filofax personal organisers made from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs