LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Dial 999 - Emergency Services in Action by John Creighton ISBN 1-85058-297-1 published by Sigma Leisure at £9.95 John Creighton has spent some time as an operational firefighter and in the maritime rescue services, so is well qualified...

IT is thirty-two years since R. M.

Ballantyne died, and last year was the centenary of his birth. He was writing for nearly forty years, his first book being published in 1856, and in that time he produced eighty volumes....

The RAF and The RNLI at Work: The Beachy Head Lighthouse Service Described On Page 209. - View image in PDF

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...

Mrs Kate Stoy, governor and Lewisham branch committee member for more than 30 years and wife of former branch chairman Fred Stoy. She was awarded the RNLI's silver badge and, as chairman of the local Trefoil Women's Guild, organised...

Q What do a gallantry medallist, a member of the Royal Family and a soap star have in common?
A They are all former members of Storm Force!

There’s one...

rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...

THURSDAY, 10th May, 1888.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.

Also those of the Finance and Correspondence,...