LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 13th April, 1899.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., in the Chair.
V.P., Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Porthcawl to Fishguard
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
Category: Articles
Living on the edge
Our coastlines may appear as fi rm lines on a map but they are constantly changing. A European Commission report in 2004 stated that over 17% of the UK and nearly 20% of the RoI coastline is eroding, challenging the very existence of some...
Category: Articles
On Weather Glasses
By Admiral Fitz-Roy, F.R.S.
As an excuse for writing rather positively about weather and its premonitory indications, I beg to say that nearly half a century ago I was taught by my father, a farming, gardening, and...
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An Aeroplane (181)
NOVEMBER 16TH. - NEWQUAY, AND ST.
IVES, CORNWALL. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, and the Newquay motor life-boat put out. While she was out information was received that another British aeroplane was...
An unexpected catch
When six teenagers fished into the early hours of a Summer morning, they suddenly became caught themselves
The group, aged 14–16, began night fishing from disused oyster beds at the north end of Langstone Harbour,...
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Below: the Red Arrows Put on a World-Class Show
Below: The Red Arrows Put On A World-Class Show. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ian Ventham, Corporate Services Director
Ian Ventham, corporate services director. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Membership News
Membership by Instalments If you currently subscribe by direct debit you may be interested to hear that we can now offer the facility to pay by monthly or quarterly instalments. It is uneconomical to collect small amounts by direct debit,...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
IN 1957, for the second year in succession, life-boats were launched on service more than 700 times. The total figure was 716, and the last two years have been the only years in time of peace in which the figure of 700 was exceeded.
Category: Articles