LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At n a.m.

on nth November, 1965, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing boat Guide Me had not returned to harbour with the rest of the fishing fleet, following a gale warning...

Almost £1,000 was raised for the RNLI by runners in Wolverhampton marathon in March. Ray Adams (r} raised £622; he is part-time barman of the Hop Pole, run by- Dick and Maureen Moore, which was the focal point for RNLI activities... - View image in PDF

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

Obverse.—Bust of His Majesty Kiso EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.

Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII....

THIS year's competition, tie fifth to be held, proved, on the whole, still more successful than last year's, when the competition was revived after an inter- val of three years.

Nine hundred and forty-seven schools...

Jan. 8.—Eight men promptly put off in a coble and saved three men from a small pleasure oobla who were overtaken by bad weather when out fishing off Berwick-on- Tweed.—Reward, il.

Jan. 11.—Six men put off in a coble during...

Obverse.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, W. Wyon, Mint: double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron, 1824."...

OUT OF THE MANY ENTRIES W6 have received the following school projects from 9 to 13 years old were judged the best: First prize: A trip on one of Her Majesty's warships: Richard Evans Clevedon Comprehensive School, Avon Laura Brown...

JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 30 times but rescued no lives.

FIREMEN TAKEN TO BELGIAN TRAWLER Selsey, Sussex. At 8.20 on the morn- ing of 4th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary...