LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Mayor of Ferndown (R) Encounters Members of the Local Branch Modelling Teacosies on Sale at Their Christmas Bazaar the Event Raised £354 and Included a Tombola Beauty Corner Stalls
The Mayor of Ferndown (r.) encounters members of the local branch modelling teacosies on sale at their Christmas bazaar. The event raised £354 and included a tombola, beauty corner, stalls and a Father... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Hard Worker for the R.N.L.I, at West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Is Mr. B. Ralph (Centre), of Pennyhill Lane, Who Is Seen Collecting With His Wife and Children. He First Became Interested In Life-Boats
A hard worker for the R.N.L.I, at West Bromwich, Staffordshire, is Mr. B. Ralph (centre), of Pennyhill Lane, who is seen collecting with his wife and children.
He first became interested in life-boats after a visit to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
George Lamey (Third from R) Holder of the Bronze Medal Who Retired As Coxswain In 1955 After 26 Years Service at Clovelly Was Presented With a Statuette for Collecti
George Lamey (third from r.), holder of the bronze medal, who retired as coxswain in 1955 after 26 years service at Clovelly, was presented with a statuette for collecting £3,000 in four years with a collecting box at the lookout.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) Burton-On-Trent Branch President and a Committee Member Plan to Visit All English Mainland Lifeboat Stations on Their Bmw Motorcycles They Will Start from the Rnli Stand at the Royal
(Right) Burton-on-Trent branch president and a committee member plan to visit all English mainland lifeboat stations on their BMW motorcycles. They will start from the RNLI stand at the Royal Show being held at the National Agricultural... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M.S. Astronomer
JUNE. 1ST, WICK. CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
An explosion had been heard on board H.M.S. Astronomer, thirty miles away, but the life-boat found nothing, and it was learnt later that the survivors had been picked up by trawlers. -...
Chloe
Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
Alice
On the morning of the 30th September, information by telephone was received stating that the services of the Life-boat were needed by a boat in danger at Winterton Ness. A strong gale was then blowing from S.S.E., accompanied by a very heavy...
Baby Emu Tries to Snatch Back the Cheque for £580 He and Rod Hull Have Just Handed Over to Ray Kipling Deputy Public Relations Officer Rnli at Bentalls Kingston-U
Baby Emu tries to snatch back the cheque for £580 he and Rod Hull have just handed over to Ray Kipling, deputy public relations officer, RNLI, at Bentalls, Kingston-upon- Thames. The money was raised by Emu's country-wide promotion... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
Lifeboatmen brought to book.
I am currently researching a book on men whose lives have been closely connected with the coasts of the British Isles. This work will be in a similar vein to my recently published Tales of the...
Category: Correspondence
Feature: a Capital Rescue Service
To those who live near or visit the coast, an RNLI lifeboat station is a familiar and reassuring sight. But many are still surprised to learn that there are RNLI crews launching to the rescue in London too For more than three years now, the...
Category: Articles