LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Boat
7th June. A swamped sailing boat was reported to have been seen, but only a survey buoy surmounted by a large flag could be found.—Rewards, £15 8s..
Make lifesaving cupcakes!
Everyone loves a cupcake, and selling a tasty treat in aid of the RNLI has always been a popular way of raising funds. We asked TV chefs The Hairy Bikers for a recipe that isn’t too stodgy (we all need room for a mince pie or...
Category: Articles
(Right) the Mass Start of a Mini Marathon Organised By Sodbury
(Right) The mass start of a mini marathon organised by Sodbury and District branch on September 27, 1981, when £3,000 was raised for the RNLI. A total of 329 runners ran the 15-mile course and enjoyed it so much that the marathon is to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
Launches 107. Lives rescued 38.
September Meeting.
Stromness, Orkney.—On the 24th June the steam trawler Braemar, of Aberdeen, homeward bound from fishing, ran ashore on the north side of Birsay in a...
Category: Services
The Bear Necessities for Number Appeal
(Below) The Humber Lifeboat Appeal's mascot, Bevan Bear, is pictured meeting for the very first time his namesake Brian Bevan (left), and two of the Humber lifeboat crew when he visited the lifeboat station... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Capt Brian Atkinson Aberdeen Hon Secretary
Capt Brian Atkinson Aberdeen Hon Secretary. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
He Can Bearly Wait - Berwicks Bear,
He can bear~ly wait - Berwicks Bear, AKA crew member Alistair Laing, waits excitedly for the opening of the Berwickupon- Tweed fete on 11 August. Over 2,000people attended the event, which included a stunning search and rescue display, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Market Day
The centuries-old Dunstable market recently moved to a new site and the official opening coincided with the local branch flag day.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Service During the General Strike
THE General Strike started at midnight on Monday, 3rd May, and all the regular transport by rail and road ceased at once. On Wednesday, 12th May, shortly after midday, the strike was called off, but it was not until the Saturday that normal...
Category: Articles
August
Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
Category: Services