LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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MRS. BELLA MATTISON whose portrait is on page 254 is the last of the fisher- wives of Cullercoats to eollect for the Life-boat Service.

The collections started in 1922 when twenty-six of the fisherwives, among them Mrs....

ST. KATHARINE DOCK, London, was the scene in blustery weather on 4th May, 1966, of the naming of the first of the Institution's fleet of yo-foot steel life-boats - the £57,000 Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) - by Princess...

• There is a rich seam of historical booklets to report this autumn: In recent years it has been recognised that a boat specifically for lifesaving was established at Formby Point on the approaches to Liverpool as early as 1776....

Your Shout To add your shout, write to the Editor at [email protected] or RNLI Headquarters, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1HZ Dear Editor I am in my 90s but one thingI have never forgotten is when I ‘just went for a swim’. I was...

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,...