LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (6)
Hastings, Sussex, and Dungeness, Kent.—At 9.29 P.M. on the 9th September, 1939, the coastguard at Fairlight reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea a mile to the east. The weather was clear and the sea was calm. At 9.35 the...
Fire Extinguishers at Life-Boat Stations
THERE are two types of fire extinguishers in use at Life-boat Stations. The one is the liquid type, charged with carbon tetrachloride, the other is the "Total" extinguisher which is a dry powder machine. This type was first adopted...
Category: Articles
(Lcft)Cannock Branch'Afloat Dressed for the Town's Flower Festival and Retained for Flag Day Was Decorated With Hundreds of Flowers Made By Committee Members Th
(Lcft)Cannock branch'afloat, dressed for the town's flower festival and retained for flag day, was decorated with hundreds of flowers made by committee members. The Muppets were the work of Mrs Beryl Lewis, (r. to I.) Mrs Barbara... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sponsored 25-Hour Game of Crib Played By Brighton Policemen Sgt Peter Dear Pcs Dave Rowland Harold Green Kim Wood Roger Charles and Wpc Sue Boug
A sponsored 25-hour game of crib played by Brighton policemen. Sgt. Peter dear, PCs Dave Rowland.
Harold Green, Kim Wood.
Roger Charles and WPC Sue Bought en, raised £1,058 for Brighton's new ILB... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Cooperative Bank
The COOPERATIVE BANK Still our lowest loan rate ever amount from £1,000 to £15.000 iey is paid straight into your account - with the option of same day transfer* irrangement fees or security ayment Protection Insurance is available...
Category: Advertisement
Wreck on the Brisson Rocks, Cornwall
It was stated in our first Number that a part of the plan of this Journal would be to place on record deeds of gallantry in saving life from shipwreck, as an example and en- couragement to others " to go and do like- wise;" and...
Category: Articles
International Hull Scrubbing Team: Holidaymakers Joined With Valentia, Kerry, Crewmen to Scrub and Paint the Underside of the Hull of the Rowland Watts, the Local 52-Foot Barnett Life-Boat Which
International hull scrubbing team: holidaymakers joined with Valentia, Kerry, crewmen to scrub and paint the underside of the hull of the Rowland Watts, the local 52-foot Barnett life-boat which was built in 1957. In the picture are (left to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Richard Evans, of the Moelfre Life-Boat (left) Lt.-Cmdr. Harold Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., the Institution's Inspector of Life-Boats for the North West, and Coxswain Thomas Alcock, of the Holyhead Life-Boat
Coxswain Richard Evans, of the Moelfre life-boat (left), Lt.-Cmdr. Harold Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., the Institution's inspector of life-boats for the north west, and Coxswain Thomas Alcock, of the Holyhead life-boat, who between them were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Heroes All
THE following verses were written by Beryl James, of Liskeard, Cornwall, after seeing a Life-boat film. She was fifteen years old at the time, and was one of the prize-winners in the Life-boat Essay Competition last...
Category: Poetry
Lady Anne, of West Hartlepool
Another service was also performed by this life-boat on the 12th September, in going off to the assistance of a sloop which was observed with a signal of distress flying a short distance below the jetty, while a heavy gale from W.N.W. was...