LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Patrick Howarth: RNLI Public Relations Officer for More Than a Quarter of a Century
WHEREIN LIES the essence of good public relations? Who better to ask than Patrick Howarth, for more than a quarter of a century public relations officer of the RNLI? His answer is predictably clear-cut and to the point: 'First of all in...
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Susan Ann
Padstow, Cornwall. At 4.32 on the afternoon of the 17th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties half a mile east-north-east of Trevose Head.
The no. 1 life-boat Joseph...
Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND
The annual report of the Civil Service and Post Office Life-boat Fund for 1969 discloses that the total subscription received last year amounted to £28,623. This was a record. While the increase constituted arrears from the previous...
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1974: (Below) Leaving St.Paul's Cathedral After the Institution's 150th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication With Sir Hugh Wontner Lord Mayor of London
1974: (below) . . . leaving St Paul's Cathedral after the Institution's 150th anniversary service of thanksgiving and dedication with Sir Hugh Wontner, Lord Mayor of London.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Inflatable Boarding Craft from HMS Lindisfarne
Vital illumination JUST AFTER 1900 on the evening of Wednesday February 12, 1986, Douglas, Isle of Man, lifeboat station's deputy launching authority was telephoned by Ramsey coastguard. An accident had happened close to Douglas...
Life-Boat Services In 1892
Agenese, brig, of Sandefjord—as- sisted to save vessel.
Alice, ketch, of Milford 2 Alonso, 8.8., of Hull 7 Arbroath fishing boats—remained in attendance.
Arne,& schooner.of Soon—assisted to...
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The Late Mrs. Williams, of Llanfairynghornwy, Anglesey
IT is our painful duty to announce the death, on the 25th of October last, of Mrs. WILLIAMS, the wife of the Rev. JAMES WILLIAMS, Rector of Llanfairynghornwy, Anglesey.
This highly estimable and benevolent lady not only...
Category: Obituaries
Life-Boot Launches on Service During the Months September, October and November, 1970
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aith, Shetland Aldeburgh, Suffolk Amble, Northumberland Angle, Pembrokeshire Anstruther, Fife Appledore, North Devon Arbroath, Angus Arklow, Co. Wicklow Barmouth, Merionethshire Barra Island, Outer Hebrides Barrow,...
Category: Services
Martyn Joyce the Young Son of Loughborough and the District Branch's Publicity Officer David Joyce Raised £28 In Five Weeks Selling Rnli Souvenirs at His School Rot
Martyn Joyce, the young son of Loughborough and the District branch's publicity officer, David Joyce, raised £28 in five weeks selling RNLI souvenirs at his school, Rothley Primary School. Martyn presented the money to Loughborough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs