LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Right) Hrh Princess Michael of Kent Receives a Bouquet from Arabella Romilly at the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball Last November It Is the First Time Prince and Princes
(Right) HRH Princess Michael of Kent receives a bouquet from Arabella Romilly at the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball last November. It is the first time Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have attended the ball, which is held at the Dorchester... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) White Rock Bowls Club Raised £45 for Hastings Lifeboat In a New Annual Pairs Competition for the Walden and Weeks Cups Last Autumn the Two Cups Were Present
(Right) White Rock Bowls Club raised £45 for Hastings lifeboat in a new annual pairs competition for the Walden and Weeks cups last autumn. The two cups were presented by Coxswain Joe Martin (centre) to Mr Compary (I.) and Mr Abbott... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Loss of a Bell
A BELL which was bought sixty-three years ago by the fish salesmen of Brixham fish market was used for many years as a speedy method of summoning the crew of the Torbay life-boat even before the maroons were fired. The bell was at one time...
Category: Articles
(Below) Ken Voice Coxswain of Shoreham Lifeboat Received a Cheque for £625 on January 26 from Mrs Joan Hilton Chief Ranger of the Court Sussex Elm Independe
(Below) Ken Voice, coxswain of Shoreham lifeboat, received a cheque for £625 on January 26 from Mrs Joan Hilton, chief ranger of the Court Sussex Elm, Independent Order of Foresters. The money was raised by court members during... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Columbine of Wexford
This life-boat was also taken out on the 5th December to the schooner Columbine, of Wexford, which in running for Hantoon Channel, the entrance to Wexford Harbour, while the wind was blowing hard from the east, and the sea running high,...
When Mr. Basil Dove, Lighthouse Keeper at Beachy Head, Injured Himself When He Fell Down a Flight of Steps, Eastbourne Life-Boat Went Alongside to Take Him Off
When Mr. Basil Dove, lighthouse keeper at Beachy Head, injured himself when he fell down a flight of steps, Eastbourne life-boat went alongside to take him off.
An account of this service will appear in the next issue of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stormcock, of Padstow
JULY 13TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. At 9.15 in the evening the Hartland Point coastguard reported a cabin cruiser apparently broken down, and at 9.30 the motor life-boat City of Nottingham was launched in a moderate north-westerly wind, with a...
New Ways of Raising Money
Sponsored walks are common enough these days but the 15th Long Eaton Venture Scout unit, in Nottinghamshire, decided to bring some water into the proceedings—by holding a sponsored row on 5th July, 1969. The proceeds were divided between the...
Category: Donations
A Motor Boat, Soloist and Ruskina, a Sailboard and other Boats
Multiple casualties for Atlantic 21 in winds up to Force 10 An arduous service by the West Mersea Atlantic 21 lifeboat, carried out in very rough conditions with the crew using their initiative and local knowledge to assist a large number of...
Two of the Horses and Their Owners Are Reunited With Their Rescuers
Two of the horses and their owners are reunited with their rescuers. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs