LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 3. Mr. J. A. Gardiner, Honorary Secretary of the Campbeltown, Southend, and Machrihanish Branch
BEFORE Mr. Gardiner became Honorary Secretary of the Campbeltown Branch, he had had an adventurous career in many parts of the world. He was the second son of Sheriff Gardiner, and began his career in the office of a big Glasgow...
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Gypsy Rover
Leapt to the rescue THE STORMS WHICH SWEPT ACROSS THE English Channel on August Bank Holiday Monday, 1986, continued unabated the next day and it was towards the end of the afternoon on Tuesday, August 26 that a yacht in Alderney Harbour...
Lilian May
Minehead, Somerset.—At 10.35 on the night of the Slst of August, 1951, the Watchet Coastguard Live-saving Company reported that dim flares could be seen off Watchet. Five people were known to have left Barry for Watchet in the motor boat...
Cordon Rouge adventure
The RNLI has been named charity of the year by the Champagne G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Club, whose members include explorers and adventurers such as Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Ben Fogle and Dee Caffari.
The...
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Kia-Ora
Seven rescued ANGLESEY RADIO received a message from the 36' fishing vessel Kia-Ora at 1926 on January 27 to say that she had broken down off Hestan Island, was dragging her anchor in severe weather conditions and needed lifeboat...
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Cover nor.
Mr. J. M. MAWSON, J.P., has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Insti- tution in recognition of the valuable services which he rendered as Honorary Secretary of the Piel (Barrow) Station...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
FOLKESTONE. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life- boat station at Folkestone, in accordance with the wishes of the local residents, as an additional safeguard for life-saying pur- poses for that part of the coast, the...
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Shoreline
FIRST OF ALL, may I say how happy I am to have become associated with Shoreline as membership secretary. It has been a great pleasure to receive your welcoming letters and already, after only a few weeks, I feel that I am among old...
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Letters
Seafarers all Kindly accept this 'widow's mite' in aid of your good service. I lost two brothers at sea and three uncles and my great grandfather served under Lord Nelson as a commander.
1 admire the bravery of...
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Up close and very personal
The Lifeguard ‘It was high tide on the afternoon of 28 June and I had just come on duty at Trebarwith Strand, north Cornwall. The surf was rough and we were flying the red flag. I chatted with a couple of anglers, a dad and his stepson on...
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