LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

PORT LOGAN, WIGTOWNSHIRE.—It will be remembered that in the number of the Life-Boat Journal issued in Novem- ber last it was mentioned that the boat on this station had been replaced by a new Life-boat of the latest self-righting type...

'Most of our problems are common — let us solve them together' by Patrick Howarth THE CITY OF HELSINKI became associated with international conferences in the minds of millions in July of this year through the great assembly of...

Atlantics join forces to save yacht crew on Chichester Bar The Institution's Bronze medal for bravery has been awarded to crew member Graham Raines of the Hayling Island lifeboat crew following a very difficult rescue involving two...

• Patrick Howarth, who retired as the RNLI's public relations officer in 1979, is far from retired from his career as an author. His latest book, George VI (Hutchinson, £12.50) recently published, is a meticulous biography of a shy,...

In the midst of an ecological disaster, St Mary’s and Penlee volunteers helped keep 35 people safe.

The crude oil supertanker Torrey Canyon left Kuwait on 19 February 1967 for Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. Her crew were...

To THE EDITOR OF THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.

SIR,—As so many of the gallant men who are ever ready to man the Life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION belong to the hardy fish- ing population of our coasts, I have...

READER INSPIRATION: WORDS
I am a member of a writers’ group. Recently we were asked to write about a lighthouse. It brought me back to my childhood when I was always fascinated by the man in the lighthouse. Those times have passed...

from page 17 married James Ritchie, whose family were the owners of the brewery Heron and Brearley, and she has stayed for a lifetime. Her present home, not far from the boathouse, looks out over Ramsey Bay, and as the years have gone by her...