LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Long Service Awards
THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1, 1982, for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more, has been awarded to: Barrow Shore Helper F. Moore, BEM Barry Dock Second Coxswain G. D. Thomas...
Category: Awards
Ees Teyr
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 8.50 on the morning of the 28th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Ees Teyr of Beaumatis was aground on the south bank of Caer- narvon bar. The...
Relief 44ft Waveney Margaret Graham photograph by courtesy of East Anglian Daily Times
Relief 44ft Waveney Margaret Graham photograph by courtesy of East Anglian Daily Times. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 2. Mr. W. J. Oliver, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Sunderland Branch
MR. W. J. OLIVER is not only one of the most devoted and indefatigable of the Honorary Secretaries who carry out the difficult and responsible task of administering the Station Branches, but he is himself a practical Life-boat man. His skill...
Category: Articles
New for Summer: trendy tees
RNLIshop has teamed up with fresh coastal fashion label Seasalt to launch a new range of lifeguard-themed clothing.
T-shirts and hoodies are available for men, women and children, all made from 100% organic cotton. Prices...
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Some Ways of Raising Money (Continued from Page 135)
(continued from page 135) service. During the past year £1,300 has been raised in Coventry, and the guild has planted a plane tree on one of the city's lovely greens to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the...
Category: Donations
All In a Day's Work
How does a volunteer lifeboat crew member find the time to juggle their work and personal life with their lifeboat duties - and why? Jon Jones spent some time on the Isle of Wight with Bembridge coxswain Martin Woodward to try to get some...
Category: Articles
(Left) Launching at New Quay In 1946
ILeftl Launching at New Quay in 1946 This 35ft Liverpool class lifeboat was built at a cost of £961 and named William Cantrell Ashley, one of five lifeboats to be provided out a legacy of Charles Can Ashley, of Mentone, in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right When You Are Busy With One Task-Retrieving a Survivor for Example - Is the Worst Time to Suffer An Emergency
Right When you are busy with one task-retrieving a survivor for example - is the worst time to suffer an emergency.
Coxswain Eric Ward (front) and Mechanic Tommy Cocking from St Ives get to grips with an un-cooperative... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Jo Allam
Mrs Jo Allam, 'the lifeboat lady' of Weston-super-Mare, has made the lifeboat service her life for the past 27 years. Her husband, in the Merchant Service, was one of 41 men lost when ss Samtampa was driven ashore on rocks off Sker... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs