LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
EARL HOWE, the former chairman of the Committee of Management, has been appointed honorary chairman for life of the Institution. This appoint- ment brings to an end an active period of work on behalf of the life-boat service extending over...
Category: Articles
Focus on . . . Ilfracombe
When the maroons are fired at Ilfracombe, on the North Devon Coast, everyone has a good chance of seeing the new life-boat, Lloyd's II, which is kept in the life-boat house below Lantern Hill, going on its carriage through the heart of...
Category: Articles
Feature: Safety at the Seaside
Imagine you're on a beach in the summer sun. Nearby there's a family enjoying a day out. One child is building a huge sandcastle and another is playing in the water with friends.
Their laughter and excited shouts...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Prospects In the Baltic
IN the July Number of the Life-Boat Journal for 1852, will be found a brief account of the Foreign Life-boat Stations on the coasts of France, Belgium, Holland, and Denmark; we are gratified to learn from a recent traveller, that there is a...
Category: Correspondence
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the October, November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the October, November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
EOBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE.— On 3rd September the ex-Coxswain of the Life-boat and three...
Category: Services
Feature Bringing History Alive
When was the last time you visited a museum or a historic site? The best places are those that bring history to life, for children and adults. If the museum inspires you, not only will you have a great day out. you will leave knowing far...
Category: Articles
Henrietta, of Memel
One of the most gal- lant Life-boat services ever rendered on the Scotch coast was performed by the Montrose Life-boats on the 21st Decem- ber, it being attended with the greatest risk to some of the brave Life-boat men.
It...
Life-Boat Societies
The Royal National Life-boat Institution agreed to a request made at the rnternationaf Life-boat Conference that it she act as a distributing centre for information which may be of general interest to all life-boat societies. The Institution...
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The Folio Society
illustrated facsimile editions Yours for only 399 FAIRY TALES & FABLES INCLUDING: The Emperor's New Clothes The Ugly Duckling The Frog Primv • Rapunzel The Hare and the Tortoise The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Sleeping Beauty...
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Early warning saves three The eagle eyes and quick thinking of RNLI tractor driver Philip Eaglen helped to ensure that a father and his two sons were rescued before it was too late.
At 3.30pm on 2 September 2000, Philip was...