LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Quest (2)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Joybell
Five men left St.
Helier on the 31st March, in a converted ship's life-boat named Joybell, on a pleasure fishing trip to Les Minquiers.
They did not return when expected and some anxiety was felt. Next...
The Gales of May and June
THE winter of 1859-60 will command a mournful distinction in meteorological annals. Other winters may be found, perhaps, of equal severity and duration ; nor would it be difficult, we dare say, to produce examples of springs as backward as...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Work Across the Channel
IT is very gratifying to observe that the French Life-boat Society continues steadily to extend its beneficent operations on the broad basis of the system of the English NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the ap- probation of which by our...
Category: Articles
(Above) Presenting the Duchess of Kent With a Posy
(Above) Presenting the Duchess of Kent with a posy before the Wells naming ceremony was a big event for Storm Force member Melissa Walker, daughter of Coxswain/ Mechanic Graham Walker.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
With An Age Range of Six to Sixty
With an age range of six to sixty, sevenyear- old Joanna Lytholl was one of the youngest swimmers to take part in Long Stratton Swimming and Lifesaving Club's sponsored event which made £700 for the RNLI. Here Joanna receives her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Martell Cognac
The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
Category: Advertisement
Wolverhampton Branch Members Did a Roaring Trade In Top Hats (And Could Have Sold a Great Many More) at Their Third Annual Nearly New Shop Last Autumn In a Fortni
Wolverhampton branch members did a roaring trade in top hats (and could have sold a great many more) at their third annual nearly new shop last autumn. In a fortnight £2,070 was added to branch funds. (I. to r.) Joan Timmins, Greta... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to Advertisers
Birds Eye Foods Brooke Marine Henry Browne & Son Ltd ...
John Bushnell Group Cogswell & Harrison Ltd Evett Sailwear Ltd Functional Clothing David Jolly H. Leverton & Co Ltd Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd J. H. Minet...
Category: Index
Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 31st March, 1956 80,036 Notes of the Quarter SIR GODFREY BARIXG, who recently announced his...
Category: Articles