LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Les Coe the Head Launcher Shovels An
Les Coe, the head launcher, shovels an evenly sloping pathway between the sea and the short slipway by the turntable.. - View image in PDF
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Sir George Shee: An Appreciation
THE Royal National Life-boat Institu- tion has had only four secretaries during the 107 years of its existence. The first was Thomas Edwards, who served from 1824 to 1850. Richafd Lewis (1850 to 1883) and Charles Dibdin (1883 to 1910) were...
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An R. A. F. Twin -Engine Fighter Monoplane
MARCH 13TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.24 A.M. an R.A.F. twin - engine fighter monoplane landed on the sands about 250 yards west of Bispham Slade, and was unable to take off again. At 11.40 A.M. a message was received...
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Don't guess - Marinecall It's often said that the British are fixated with the weather and sailors are positively obsessed with it - and rightly so.
make it easier to get that all-important weather forecast, RNLI...
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Strathearn Glass Ltd Are Making a Lifeboat Glass Paperweight (Left) In a Limited Edition of 150 Engraved on the Side of Each Paperweight Are the Company's Signature T
Slrathearn Glass Ltd are making a lifeboat glass paperweight (left) in a limited edition of 150. Engraved on the side of each paperweight are the company's signature, the engraver's initials and a serial number. Available from... - View image in PDF
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Pictorial Story An IRB Service
This series of IRB photographswas taken by David Harwood on 4th April, 1969,when the Exmouth, Devon, IRB rescued two men whose rowing boat had been swampedat the south endof Western Way.
The two men were suffering from... - View image in PDF
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Surf Motor Life-Boats. An Experimental Type
THIS year two motor life-boats of a new, experimental type have been com- pleted and stationed one at Wells, Norfolk, and the other at Ilfracombe, Devon. They are a surf type, and are 2J tons lighter than the light 35 feet 6 inches...
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A Lifeboat Queen : 16-Year-Old Jane Wilson Was Crowned By Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough Ladies' Guild Gala In July With Her Are Three of Her Attendants Pat Wilkins
A lifeboat queen . ..: 16-year-old Jane Wilson was crowned by Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough ladies' guild gala in July. With her are three of her attendants, Pat Wilkinson and Bridget and Andrea Waud; the fourth attendant, Stephanie... - View image in PDF
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With John Atterton Acting Director Looking on Harry H Corbel! Hands Mrs Teresa Reiley of Urchfont Wiltshire the Keys of the Saab 99 Combi Coupe Car She Won In
With John Atterton, acting director, looking on, Harry H. Corbel! hands Mrs Teresa Reiley of Urchfont, Wiltshire, the keys of the Saab 99 Combi Coupe car she won in the Southern District 1978 competition which raised £10,000 for... - View image in PDF
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"Launch!" An Appreciation of General Seely's Book
I AM sure that readers who are not attracted by a tale of perils at sea in open boats will find much to surprise and hearten them in General Seely's " Launch ! " It is an animating book, for it has implications which involve...
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