LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Christmas is a time when many people choose to support the RNLI by buying cards and gifts from the charity – but what makes these purchases different?

You might be familiar with the RNLI's mail order catalogue, but did...

THEBE'S a port beyond the sky-line, Though its lights I cannot see, But my Pilot's in the offing, And He's watching there for me.

Though my bark be old and batter'd, And is wanting many a spar, Yet He'll...

Hand-held & Tripod-mounted BINOCULARS & TELESCOPES Since the turn of the century, Charles Frank Ltd.

have specialised in Binoculars and Telescopes, and the instruments which we manufacture in our Glasgow factory are...

1st February to 30th April, 1934.

Greater London.

ACTON.—Annual meeting, the Mayoress in the chair. Speakers : The Mayor and the district organizing secretary. Amount col- lected in 1933 £93, the...

The Story of the Barmouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris A recent addition to the series of comprehensive booklets from the prolific Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, this time chronicling the history of Barmouth's...

AT half-past two in the afternoon, of 12th February last, the Ramsgate Lifeboat and tug were called out by a message from the Coast Guard that a vessel— found afterwards to be the ketch Lord Hamilton—was ashore on the north-east part of the...

Lifeboat Lottery The £1M barrier has been broken! The Winter 2006 Lifeboat Lottery brought in more than £1M, making the final income for the year £3.9M. This is a magnificent total and more than half as much again as that for...

DURING 1935 the coastguard took action in the case of 733 vessels off the coasts of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The rocket life-saving appar- atus companies were assembled 68 times for service and 87 people were brought to safety by...