LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Inaugural Ceremony of the Aberystwyth Motor Life-Boat
THE inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat was held at Aberystwyth on 20th April, in the presence of a large audience. The Earl of Lisburne, Lord- Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, the Bishop of St. David's and the Mayor and Mayoress...
Category: Inaugurations
Shoreline
IN THE LAST JOURNAL was published a photograph of HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, meeting the lifeboatmen who man RNLB Shoreline at Arbroath when His Royal Highness visited the station last May. On this page is another...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th January, 1870: THOMAS CHAP- MAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
Coxswain Charles Bowry of Sheerness Had
Coxswain Charles Bowry of Sheerness had to remain on stand-by at station because of bad weather instead of attending Hornchurch and Rainham branch 21st birthday party. This magnificent cake, a replica of his lifeboat, was to be presented to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Schools for Sailors. Second Article
IN my last communication I endeavoured to discuss the question of Schools for Sailors in its general bearings: I now proceed to give a special application of it with regard to a district with which I am familiar—I mean the sea-coast of Wales...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Work
THE following account of a shipwreck on our coast, and a gallant rescue by a Life-boat, has been taken from a new work,' Under one Hoof/ * by Mr. JAMBS PAYN, the well-known author, whose genius is determined to leave some marks on our...
Category: Articles
The Royal Bank of Scotland
In an Raises money every time you spend* emergency No annual fee our volunteers Interest - free period of up to 56 days rely on this Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards** piece of...
Category: Advertisement
Life-Boat Conscious
CORRESPONDENT vouches for the truth of the following dialogue, which he overheard between two ladies looking at a life-boat poster in a London suburb.
" I do not see why this district should be interested in...
Category: Articles
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Samuel Cunningham of Portrush.
He was appointed coxswain in July 1946, having been second coxswain since January 1937 apart from a period of six years when he was away on war service...
Category: Articles
When the Willie Woodhave Public House was Demolished During the Redevelopment of South Shields Market Place this Fine Painted Window of the 18th-century Life-Boat Designer, William Woodhave, was Saved and Placed in South Shields Museum
When the Willie Woodhave public house was demolished during the redevelopment of South Shields market place this fine painted win- dow of the 18th-century life-boat designer, William Woodhave, was saved and placed in South Shields... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs