LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Self-Righting Principle In Life-Boats
Ls December 1849 one of the South Shields life-boats upset alongside a wrecked vessel on the Herd Sand, on which occasion 20 out of 24 men who formed the crew of the boat, perished. This melancholy accident, which in one moment prematurely...
Category: Articles
A determined Kathleen Miller (below)
A determined Kathleen Miller (below) raised £1,300 for Middleton branch when she climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in February. After a briefing and a practice ladder climb, Kathleen embarked on the two hour climb and found it... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Life-Boats
ABERYSTWITH, CARDIGANSHIRE.—The Life-boat stationed here many years since has been replaced by a new self-righting boat, which is 35 ft. long by 8 ft. 6 in.
wide and rows ten oars double-banked.
She is...
Category: Inaugurations
Life-Boat Carriages
A MOST important adjunct to a coast life- boat is a carriage. It is not sufficient that the boat herself be of a superior description, capable of contending safely and successfully with that element in which her work has to be performed,...
Category: Articles
TOWN & COUNTRY
Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep.
Beneath the surface is a unique (ibre reinforcement that helps prevent sinking and spreading.
Its surface,...
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Index to the Gift Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
(Jfte figure! refer to the mcmten oftlix Life-lmtt detailed on the ten preceding Pages.) A, F. H., 131.
A Friend at Bradford, 63.
A. Lady, 16.
A Lady, 31.
A Lady,...
Category: Drawings
Policemen In IRB Rescue
FOR their part in the rescue of three people from a burning motor boat off Bournemouth, Police Sergeant Douglas H. Carter, aged 43, and Police Constable Arthur E. Farley, aged 46, have received the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum....
Category: Services
Key Retirement Solutions
AGED 60 TO 90? HOMEOWNER? Your home could provide the retirement you deserve Independent Advice At Key Retirement Solutions, we appreciate that using your home to generate extra cash is a serious decision. Established as Independent...
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St.Albans County Constitutional Club Held a Dinner Dance In November and During the Evening Filmed Horse Races Were Shown With Those Present Sponsoring Horses I
St Albans County Constitutional Club held a dinner dance in November and during the evening filmed horse races were shown with those present sponsoring horses in each race. A cheque for £600 resulting from this sponsorship was handed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stepping up! Three members of the Bridllngton lifeboat crew
Stepping up! Three members of the Bridllngton lifeboat crew were kepi on their toes when they were persuaded to join delegates from the Yorkshire and Humberside region of the Keep Fit Association for some aerobic high kicks during a break... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs