LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
Three of the fishing cobles belonging to Whitby were overtaken by severe weather on the 10th June, and as their return to port could only be accomplished with great risk, the No. 1 Lifeboat, Robert and Mary Ellis, was launched about 10 A.M.,...
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Redcar, Yorks. At 6.55 p.m. on July, 1964, the coastguard told the lifeboat crew that three people were cut off by the tide on West Scar rocks. At 7 p.m.
the inshore rescue boat launched in a slight westerly breeze and calm...
Maratha Enterprise
Workington, Cumberland. At 7 p.m.
on I3th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the motor vessel Maratha Enterprise of Nassau.
The life-boat...
Straining Under the Weight of a Giant Bottle
Straining under the weight of a giant bottle full of money for the RNLI is Mike Fisher, landlord of The Wise Man, West Stafford, Dorset. When it was cracked open by Vic Pitman (/.), coxswain ofWeymouth lifeboat, it was found to contain £... - View image in PDF
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The President of Iceland Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir With Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens of Sennen Cove (C)
The President of Iceland, Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir, with Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens of Sennen Cove (c) and Gunnar Thorsteinsson, captain of the Icelandic coaster Tungufoss. For the rescue of 11 men from Tungufoss last September, Mrs... - View image in PDF
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Takings Up at Downside's Souvenir Shop
Takings up at Downside's souvenir shop For several years the boys at Downside Lodge, Purley, have supported Purley's Lifeboat Week. They buy from the souvenir shop set up in the school hall each day and this year the gross takings at... - View image in PDF
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Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Mike Floyd The Princess Roval (Civil Service No.
41) is launched for the first time at St Ives in Cornwall. The Mersey class lifeboat arrived at the station on 16 October and was recovered and immediately... - View image in PDF
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Red Lion Brinkley
For a full 24 hours regulars at the Red Lion, Brinkley, played various pub games sponsored in aid of the RNLl. Mine host and hostess, Les and Pat James, stayed up with the players, providing reviving food and drink round the clock. Roger... - View image in PDF
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When In February a Coach Bringing a Visiting Football Team and Supporters to Buckingham Was Swept Downstream from a Ford Across the River Swollen By Heavy Rain
When, in February, a coach bringing a visiting football team and supporters to Buckingham was swept downstream from a ford across the river, swollen by heavy rain, Peter Steers, landlord of the Woolpack, did some quick thinking. While... - View image in PDF
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Ferry Good Idea!
Pictured above are 'Hobblers' - the ferrymen who bring visitors over to St Michaels Mount from Marazion between April and the end of October.
They each carry a lifeboat collection box on board and last year... - View image in PDF
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