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There they are, boy. They were heroes
Seventy years ago, St Ives in Cornwall lost seven men to the sea. Their lives are some of the many celebrated by the new RNLI memorial sculpture in Poole
Present-day St Ives Coxswain Tommy Cocking (53) is the great...
Category: Articles
Five Honorary Workers
MRS. EDITH MA.NBY MRS. EDITH MANBY of Codsall, Staf- fordshire, died in February, 1951, at the age of nearly 86. For almost fifty years she had been an active life-boat worker in the Codsall area, and for some years was president of the...
Category: Obituaries
Award for Bravest Act of Life-Saving In 1957
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving in 1957 has been won by Mr. William Morris, the motor mechanic of the Barmouth life-boat.
He wins the award for the rescue in his own motor launch of four swimmers who...
Category: Awards
The S.S. Whinstone, of Preston (1)
ON 25th November, just before eight o'clock in the morning, the Donna Nook Life-boat went out in answer to signals of distress. The conditions could not i She found the Whinstone at anchor, after have been worse. A whole gale was I...
Seven Men Rescued from Sinking Lightvessel
AT 9.25 on the night of the 21st of September, 1953, the Tenby coast- guard learnt that the pumps in the St.
Gowan lightvessel had stopped work- ing and that she was in danger of sinking. There were seven men on board the...
Category: Services
Mrs Topsy Levan Honorary Secretary of Kew Branch Clad In Oilskins and Armed With a Loudhailer Collects for the Rnli at the Foot of Kew Pier Where Countless Holiday Ma
Mrs Topsy Levan, honorary secretary of Kew branch, clad in oilskins and armed with a loudhailer, collects for the RNLI at the foot of Kew Pier, where countless holiday makers disembark after trips up the Thames. Last summer she raised more... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Welcome to Blyth: Rnlb Shoreline (R) Arrives In Company With Blyth's Previous Lifeboat the 46Ft 9In Watson Winston Churchill (Civil Service No 8) (C) and the 52Ft Harriett Princess Alexandra Of
Welcome to Blyth: RNLB Shoreline (r.) arrives in company with Blyth's previous lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson Winston Churchill (Civil Service No. 8) (c.) and the 52ft Harriett Princess Alexandra of Kent (I.) temporarily stationed at... - View image in PDF
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and Talks With Mrs Winstone of Sheffield Donor of the Lifeboat With Them (I) Is John Atterton Deputy Director of the Institution Photograph By Courtesy of 'Liverpool Daily Post'
. . . and talks with Mrs Winstone of Sheffield, donor of the lifeboat. With them (I.) is John Atterton, deputy director of the Institution. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Liverpool Daily Post'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Kent President of the RNLI Visited Bridlington Yorkshire on 4th October 1972 and Is Seen In the Top Picture Shaking Hands With Mr John Wright Head L
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., visited Bridlington, Yorkshire, on 4th October, 1972, and is seen in the top picture shaking hands with Mr. John Wright, head launcher, watched by Coxswain John King. In the centre photograph the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs