Acker Bilk and his Jazzmen were the big attraction at the grand ball organised by the recently re-formed Brightlingsea and District branch. Held in the spring at a holiday camp owned by the branch chairman, D. L. Hammerton, the ball raised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins, an ex-naval officer, takes the wheel of the 46ft 9in Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) on a visit to Portrush lifeboat station last September. He was accompanied by Mrs Atkins... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bitter sweet home-coming In September of last year my boyfriend and I were returning home after cruising abroad for almost two years. Unfortunately we were in collision with another vessel (I need not go into the details of the incident...
Category: Correspondence
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...
Category: Articles
Continuing a series of profiles of lifeboat classes By Keith Thatcher RNLI Naval Architect TI he RNLI's experiment with an in the Waveney class proved to Institution turned its attention to tended service...
Category: Articles
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 5.5 on the evening of the 30th of October, 1957, a message was received that a pilot of an American Sabre Jet aircraft had baled out thirty miles north of Cromer. At 5.30 the life-boat Foresters Centenary was...
When three people’s lives were in danger, off-duty lifeguards knew what to do
At 6pm on 16 August 2011, three lifeguards finishing their day at Porthcothan, Cornwall, advised everyone to leave...
Category: Articles
The First Service of the Lerwick Life-boat.
LAST year the Institution established a Life-boat Station at Lerwick in the Shetlands. This is the first Life-boat Station to be established on those islands, and was made...
Naming and dedication Ceremonies Great Yarmouth & Gorleston-Atlantic 21 Joseph B. Press The turnout was as good as the glorious weather for the naming ceremony and service of dedication for Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's Atlantic 21...
Category: Inaugurations