LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sales Caravan Sited on Poole Quay During the Summer Has Not Only Provided a Test-Bed for New Souvenir Lines Such As T-Shirts and Anorak Badges But It Is Also a Popula
A sales caravan sited on Poole Quay during the summer has not only provided a test-bed for new souvenir lines, such as T-shirts and anorak badges, but it is also a popular information bureau for lifeboat affairs and local... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) to Welcome Home Salcombe's 47Ft Watson Lifeboat the Baltic Exchange
(Left) To welcome home Salcombe's 47ft Watson lifeboat The Baltic Exchange, after her capsize in 1983 and complete survey and overhaul which followed, piper Gordon McCormack, landlord of The Shipwright's Arms, boarded the station'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridlington:
Bridlington: The Lords Feoffees of the Manor of Bridlington receive rents and monies similar to the old feudal system. They then use the money to support local charitable causes. Bridlington's new D class inflatable lifeboat, handed over... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lytham-St.Anne's Sunday June 2 1985:
Lytham-St Anne's, Sunday June 2, 1985: the Reverend John Carlisle, chaplain of Lytham-St Anne's lifeboat station blesses with holy water the 47ft Watson class lifeboat, The Robert. The re-dedication ceremony for this lifeboat, newly... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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A similar course of events took place in Cumbria on 7 February 1996, when St Bees lifeboat was used to bring in food after supplies ran out. Crew members ferried bread, milk (and nappies!) to St.
Bees villagers - other...
Red Hackle
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
At 7.57 in the evening a fisherman reported the local fishing boat Red Hackle in difficulties and drifting towards the rocks a mile west of the harbour. A south-easterly breeze was blowing...
This just in
The internet has had a huge effect on the way local and national newsrooms are run. In response, the RNLI has launched a multimedia press centre with the latest RNLI news releases, photos and videos from all corners of the UK and RoI, all...
Category: Articles
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MARCH 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. A man was seriously injured in a bad accident on the island of Kilronan, and it was necessary to take him to hospital on the mainland.
All the local boats were out fishing. So at 1.30 P.M., the...
Reliance
APRIL 22ND. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
During the morning eight of the local fishing boats were at sea. A strong N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
The boats were running for the shore, when at 10 A.M....
Longhope £3,000 raised from three islands tour
Keeping fundraising going after the Summer is no mean feat, but for some communities it can be even trickier. With residents
across Orkney keen to support their local crew, Longhope Lifeboat Guild volunteers toured their bazaar...
Category: Articles