LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jubilee of the Walton and Frinton Station
THE life-boat station at Walton-on-the- Naze and Frinton, Essex, celebrated its jubilee with a dinner on 17th November. Fifty years before, almost to a day, on 18th November, 1884, the inaugural ceremony was held of the first* Walton...
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Laying the Foundation Stone of the Eastbourne New Life-Boat House
WITH the hearty co-operation of His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, who is the Mayor of Eastbourne and the Free- holder, and the Corporation of Eastbourne, the lessees, an admirable Bite for a new Life-boat house has recently been pro- vided...
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The Tractor
The tractor, now uncoupled, reverses to pull the boat off her carriage with the launching falls.. - View image in PDF
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The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1934.
£ s. d.
58 6 0 •••• ••••••••• •••••H B Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-boats...
Category: Accounts
The Amethyst
JANUARY 10TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
At 8.10 in the morning information was received from the pier that a steamer was in danger of grounding in Pegwell Bay, and the motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 8.25. A moderate...
In the Great Gale of November 23rd, 1938 (2)
The life-boat standing by while one keel-boat tows in another (Sec page 33.). - View image in PDF
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Dinner to the Ramsgate Life-Boatmen
THE late Admiral Sir George Back, F.B.S., who had been accustomed during the latter part of his life to spend a portion of each year at Ramsgate, had at different times given a dinner to the crew of the Life-boat, to show his appreciation of...
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A Message from the Chairman of the RNLI Commander F R H Swann OBE RNVR
THOSE who receive THE LIFE-BOAT do so, in the main, for services rendered to the R.N.L.I., as crew members, branch officials, members of the YLA or in other capacities. Our appeal for national membership is not therefore addressed to...
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Swimming Instruction at Port Talbot George Cooper Then Di(West) Demonstrates Expired Air Method of Resuscitation In the Water
Swimming instruction at Port Talbot. George Cooper, then DI(west), demonstrates expired air method of resuscitation in the water.. - View image in PDF
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