LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John S. Oke
John S. Oke who, together with his wife, founded the Holsworthy branch in 1975 and was its chairman until his death.
He was awarded a silver badge in 1986..
Category: Obituaries
The Owers Lightship
NOVEMBER 9TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard passed on a message from Owers Lightship asking the life-boat to come out to the lightship and take a sick man ashore. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a...
Launchers Man the 'Woods' and Watch As the Retaining Pin Is Knocked Out
Launchers man the 'woods' and watch as the retaining pin is knocked out . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One of the Delightful Watercolours Specially Commissioned for Brian Martin's Tales of Time and Tide'. This Is the Lowestoft Lifeboat Sucesfully Rescuing a Cow - O
One of the delightful watercolours specially commissioned for Brian Martin's Tales of Time and Tide'. This is the Lowestoft lifeboat sucesfully rescuing a cow - one of the tales recounted by Tommy Knott..
Category: Drawings
The Barrel Organ Returns
This organ came out of retirement for Life-boat Day at Richmond, Surrey. Whether or not the music was the cause, the day collected £134 compared with £99 in 1948.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dick Burke
Dick Burke, chairman of Gloucester branch from 1982 to 1987 and memberof the committee until his death. He was awarded a Statuette in 1989..
Category: Obituaries
Meet the Team
Some of the members of the Llandudno lifeboat team, pictured in the lifeboathouse. From left to right: Gordon Short (Tractor Driver), Ian McNeil, Meurig Davies (Coxswain), Glyn David Jones (Head Launcher), Hugh Hughes, Adrian Dunkley... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Canoe
Ramsgate, Kent. At 4.33 on the after- noon of the 21st of September, 1959, the watchman on the east pier told the honorary secretary that a girl was adrift in a canoe in Pegwell Bay some distance from the shore. Eight minutes later the...
Mischief, of Caernarvon
On the 24th January, during a tremendous hurricane from the S., accompanied by thick showers of snow, the schooner Mis- chief, of Caernarvon, struck on the Parten Stiel Rocks, about a mile and a half to the south of Holy Island. Signals of...
The Sailing Boat Parakeet
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 11.35 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1959, the honorary secretary was in- formed that a sailing boat was lying to her anchor in a position which might become dangerous off the mouth of the River Aln. At...