LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margaret and Jane, of Shields
On the night of the 30th November, the Thomas Wilson life- boat on this station went off through a heavy sea, and in a strong S.S.E. wind, and brought safely ashore the crew of 8 men from the barque Margaret and Jane, of Shields, which was...
Joint Helicopter-Life-Boat Exercise
ON the 1st of September, 1955, the Humber life-boat City of Bradford III carried out an exercise in conjunction with a helicopter of the Royal Air Force station at North Cotes.
In the morning the pilot of the air- craft...
Category: Articles
The World Flounder Tramping Championship at Palnackie Kirkcudbrightshire Made £549 for the Rnli and a Lot of Scrubbing Necessary for Competitors Like Shaun and Terry Harper Pictured Her
The World Flounder Tramping Championship at Palnackie, Kirkcudbrightshire, made £549 for the RNLI and a lot of scrubbing necessary for competitors like Shaun and Terry Harper pictured here; there were 290 entries from all over the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Anna, of Rensburgh
ANSTRUTHER, N.B.—As one of the congregations of this town were coming out of church on the evening of the 26th March, the signal gun was fired to summon the crew of the Life-boat Admiral Fitzroy. The schooner Anna, ofRensburgh, had been...
Lasting Legacies
The RNLI was left two extraordinarily generous gifts in Wills – £1M each – over the Winter.
Hugh and Molly Brown from Kinghorn (pictured) were longtime supporters of the RNLI. Their friend Charles Ritchie said: ‘Hugh...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (61)
AUGUST 14TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 5.30 A.M. news was received from the observer post and the coastguard that a British bomber had come down in the sea between Hythe and Dymchurch. A light westerly wind was blowing, with a...
YLA Section
COMPUTER SERVICE The Association is employing a computer service for membership records. In the interests of economy this will involve changes in the format of renewal notices, membership cards, tax deduction certificates and so on. A major...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains and under the general superintendence of local honorary committees...
Category: Articles
Great Rail Journeys
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Category: Advertisement
Inaugural Ceremony of the "Oldham" Motor Life-Boat
THE Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat at Hoylake, Cheshire, took place on 9th June. This boat has been provided out of the Oldham Life- boat Fund, which was started just over fifty years ago, and towards which by special appeals,...
Category: Inaugurations