Robson Green’s acting, presenting and singing skills have earned him sparkling success, but he’ll never forget his rugged roots
I’m from Northumberland mining stock – my father,...
Category: Articles
Ben Tart of Dungeness We are sad to report the death of Ben Tart, one of the most well-known lifeboat coxswains of the East coast, who gave some 50 years service to the RNLI.
Born in Dungeness in January 1915, Ben followed...
Category: Obituaries
Effective co-operation A FRESH WEST by southerly breeze gusting to near gale, force 7, was blowing along the south coast off Eastbourne on the afternoon of Monday September 1, 1986, when the town's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat was...
A PULL statement of accounts is published each year by the Institution and is printed in its Annual Report. In spite of the fact that this has always been done for a century past, two criticisms of the Institution are made periodically. The...
Category: Accounts
The first lifeboat day to be held at the Shires Family Adventure Park near Wadebridge, proved to be a big success with around £200 raised for RNLI funds - plus a rescue operation was completed on dry land without a crew member in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
JANUARY 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 12.45 P.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a Steamer was ashore at Kingsdown. There was dense fog, a light S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 12.55 P.M. the motor lifeboat...
Lifeguards Nick Dowrick, Gareth Howarth, Tom Burgess and Emma Williams are to be presented with the inaugural Alison Saunders’ Lifeguarding Award this Summer.
The new annual award is for the most meritorious rescue by RNLI...
Category: Articles
Some stories hit you right in the heart
From page 16 of this issue, we tell one of those stories. Stranded in a February sea after their kayak flooded, it was up to 13-year-old Joe to help get his dad to safety. Thinking...
Category: Articles
Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...
Category: Articles
IT was decided last year to open a new Life-boat Station at Kilronan, Aran Islands, at the entrance to Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. A Motor Life-boat of the Watson Cabin type is to be laid down for this Station, and until the new...
Category: Inaugurations