CONFERENCES ! We live in an age of Conferences. Never have there been so many. They range over the whole field of human activity, social, political, economic and scientific. At one moment we see the representative statesmen of the world...
Category: Meetings
A SMALL London firm has a life-boat collecting box which brings the Institu- tion about £10 a year. Each of the em- ployees of the firm puts in 2cl. a week..
Category: Donations
Holy Island, and North Sunderland, Northumberland. — At 5.22 on the evening of the 5th of March, 1952, the Holy Island coastguard re- ported to the Holy Island life-boat station a message received from the North Sunderland life-boat station...
S c a r b o r o u g h , Yorkshire.—4th August, 1939. A motor boat \vas seen flying a distress signal, but she was towed in by another boat.—Rewards, £13 12*. 6d.~.
MILFORD HAVEN.—It being thought desirable to place a life-boat at Milford, the Institution 'decided to form a station there. A substantial house was accord- ingly constructed at Angle Point, a position which enables the life-boat to...
Category: Articles
24th August. A motor yacht had got out of control, but was towed in by a trawler.—Re- wards, £3 15*..
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — 26th July. A motor launch got into difficulties, but was taken in tow by a pilot tender.—Rewards, £6 13s..
Whitehills, Banffshire.—31st July. A motor boat was overdue, but she was found by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £10 8s..
DECEMBER 25TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. A steamer was on fire, but a trawler had gone to her help. - Rewards, £10 8s. 6d.
Mrs Lillian Rodgers, chairman of New Romney & Romney Marsh branch. She also held the posts of lifeboat week organiser from 1965 to 1981, box secretary from 1981 to 1988 and was souvenirs secretary from 1988 to 1991. Mrs Rodgers was...
Category: Obituaries