LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Model effort Gordon Davies, of Waunwen, Swansea, a distant relation of William Gammon, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat Edward Prince of Wales, lost on service 40 years ago, has recently completed a labour of love in his memory, a 12th scale...

A gallon bottle of Cognac brandy, presented by Martell, made £250 for the RNLI in a draw organised by John Hudson (I.), station honorary secretary at Port St Mary, Isle of Man. Alan Bell, an announcer with Manx Radio, won the prize and... - View image in PDF

Lt Cmdr Edward (Ted) Yates VRD RNR, honorary secretary of Llandudno lifeboat station from 1978 to 1994. He was appointed assistant honorary secretary in 1963, deputy launching authority from 1970 to 1977 and honorary secretary designate from...

MARCH 7TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 P.M.

a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the South Knoll Light-vessel had reported a ship on fire two miles N.E.

of the...

The RNLI in Ireland Having been for more than 21 years honorary secretary of one of the busiest lifeboat stations in Ireland, I was naturally much interested by the fine article in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT by my friend Brian Clark,...

Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 5.33 p.m.

on igth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht half a mile east of the harbour entrance had run aground and had fired distress signals. The...

• The quality of lifeboat station histories seems to improve steadily. A recent outstanding example is The Men of The Mumbles Head by Carl Smith (J. D. Lewis and Sons, Gower Press, Llandysul, Dyfed, £3.50).

Mr Smith,...

HOLIDAYMAKERS may come and holidaymakers may go, and at Skegness they do that by their thousands, but the town and its people have all the contentment and assurance of deep roots and long friendships. There is above all a sense of continuity...