Jan.3.—Three men of Budleigh Salterton,Devon- shire, saved 2 Coastguardmen, whose boat, while they were crossing the river Otter on duty, had been carried down the river by the current and wrecked against the rocks at Otter Point, during a...
Category: Articles
from the service of the Institution in 1920.) THE perfect Inspector of Life-boats should be a man of many parts. First and foremost, he must, of course, be a seaman; but he must add some knowledge of the art of the boatbuilder in order...
Category: Articles
SPECIAL WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE 10,000 PAIRS OF CRIMPLENE TROUSERS FOR SALE FROM ONLY OF TROUSERS £20.97 Jbr fc W + P&P FAMOUS QUALITY CRIMPLENE 100% CREASE RESISTANT POLYESTER-AT CLEARANCE PRICES Fantastic scoop purchase at...
Category: Advertisement
PROBABLY THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND SMARTEST HIGH WAISTED TROUSERS YOU'LL EVER WEAR C L A S S I C TWILL WAIST UP TO 52" FROM ONLY 3& M fc PER PAIR + P&P OUR LOWEST EVER PRICE "" OUR FINEST TROUSER OFFER EVER! They...
Category: Advertisement
WHEN OTHERS SEEK SHELTER The first Trent Class lifeboat 'RNLB The Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma' by Christopher Southcombe The original painting, which now hangs at Broadlands, was presented by the artist to the Countess...
Category: Advertisement
YOUR FAVOURITE HYMNS THE JUBILEE CHOIR 38 INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING HYMNS The Lord's My Shepherd • Count Your Blessings • Bless This House • The Old Rugged Cross • When I Survey The Wondrous Cross • All People That On Earth Do Dwell •...
Category: Advertisement
IN the article on this subject in oar last number we stated that nine out of the twelve members of the Royal Commission on Tonnage were unanimous in their recommendations; that three of their number objected to sign the Report, viz., Messrs....
Category: Articles
BooKs BOOKS From the history of lifeboats and lighthouses to pastimes for Winter evenings, Carol Waterkeyn reviews what’s new on the shelves this season Sea stories – new writing from the National Maritime Museum Various writers This...
Category: Articles
By EDGAR H. JOHNSON, F.C.I.S., District Organizing Secretary for the North of England.I HAVE recently addressed on behalf of tie Life-boat Service three very different audiences—the business men of Manchester at a luncheon of the Rotary Club...
Category: Articles
NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The schooner St. Fergus, of Wick, bound from the Tyne for Inverness, with cement, in trying to pass through the Fairway, between the land and the Fame Islands, during a strong W.N.W. gale on the 17th March, 1885, broke her...
Category: Services