LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
TWELVE COBLES ESCORTED TO SHORE Filey, Yorkshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 22nd January, 1962, it was decided after consultation with the coastguard to launch the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted, as several local...
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At midday on 27th February, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that two patients needed hospital treatment.
There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a choppy sea, and the tide was flooding. As no other...
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HELP FOR WOMAN Stronsay, Orkneys. At n a.m. on ist December, 1964, a local doctor telephoned the honorary secretary to say that an expectant mother on the island of Eday needed immediate medical attention. It was 2\ hours past low water with...
Quicksilver
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 8.10 a.m. on 29th October, 1966, a yacht was in difficulties, its engine broken down, in a strong flood tide and little wind in Bardsley Sound. At 8.25 the life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched. The...
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Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 11.50 p.m. on i6th December, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a patient required hospital treatment and requested that the life-boat be used. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3...
Alatyrles
Weymouth, Dorset - At 12.30 a.m. on 9th December, 1966, the honorary medical adviser requested the services of the lifeboat to convey him to attend a sick man aboard the Russian vessel Alatyrles. At 3.55 the life-boat Frank Spiller Locke...
Children Representing the 12 Schools
Children representing the 12 schools involved in the Swim for Fun Gala day show off their certificates and prizes. Halesowen branch organised the event at Stourbridge's indoor and outdoor pools one Sunday last July. Jean Hadley (far... - View image in PDF
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Flamborough Lifeboat Mrs Dorothy Hardy
Flamborough lifeboat appeal: on January 15 Mrs Dorothy Hardy, honorary treasurer of Flamborough lifeboat appeal committee, presented to the Marquis of Normanby, a member of the Committee of Management, a 'cheque' for £126,665;... - View image in PDF
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Tvs 'Coast to Coast' Presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts
TVS 'Coast to Coast' presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts show that two hands are better than one when it comes to negotiating a 'nerve tester'. Khalid Aziz had opened a fete at Overton Primary School on June 25 which... - View image in PDF
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Mr John G Francis of Petts Wood Orpington Kent Was at RNLI Headquarters London on 15Th May 1969 Presented With a Lifeboatman Statuette for His Voluntary Publ
Mr. John G. Francis, of Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent, was at R.N.L.I. Headquarters, London, on 15th May, 1969, presented with a lifeboatman statuette for his voluntary public relations work for the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society which he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs