LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tamworth Ladies' Guild Fund Raising Dinners
Around 180 people packed a Dray ton Manor dining room for one of the Tamworth ladies' guild fund raising dinners. Guest speaker was Derek Scott, retired coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, who treated the guests to a selection of humorous... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marigold
All hands to the pumps On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire...
Lymington: An Information Case Has Recently Been Put on the Side of the New Ilb House a Solidly Built Metal Structure With Three Opening Glazed Doors It Was Designe
Lymington: An information case has recently been put on the side of the new ILB house. A solidly built metal structure with three opening glazed doors, it was designed, constructed and erected by local 'friends of the lifeboat'. It... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Minuet
Skipper taken ill THE YACHT Minuet, crossing the Channel from France with a crew of four on board on Thursday August 23, 1979, was making heavy weather and sent out a distress call; she was about eight miles east by north of Dover. HM...
Obituary: C. G. Freke, CIE.
Lifeboat People It is with deep regret that we announce the death on June 3 of C. G. Freke, CIE.
Mr Freke joined the Committee of Management in 1953 and was elected a vice-president in 1962. He served on various...
Category: Obituaries
On the Afternoon of July 9 a Giant Wave Washed Three Boys Off Sterlochy Rocks Immediately East of Findochty Harbour Two Were Pulled to Safety By Uwe Brandt An Oil Rig Worker Who Waded M
On the afternoon of July 9 a giant wave washed three boys off Sterlochy Rocks immediately east of Findochty Harbour. Two were pulled to safety by Uwe Brandt, an oil rig worker, who waded more than waist deep into the rough seas. Buckle... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RNLI lottery and Mini draw
DAVID WEBB, the Bournemouth Cherries football team player/coach and former centre-half for Orient, Southampton, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester and Derby football clubs, drew the RNLI's tenth national lottery at Poole HQ on...
Category: Articles
Cook's Tour Ends!
After 26 years as landlord of the Captain Cook pub in Teesmouth, Ronnie Rees (left) is retiring and to commemorate his fundraising efforts Teesmouth lifeboat station presented Ronnie with a plaque.
Harry Aspland, shore... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Front Cover
Front Cover Exactly twenty years on - the same photo, but with different boats and different crews - see the News pages in this issue for the full story.
by Colin Watson Any products or services advertised in The Lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brighton
1 Brighton's shore facilities are close at hand, atop the pier The basic portable buildings are soon to be replaced by a modern permanent structure.
2. A portion of the flooring is pivotted, forming a ramp in the tipped... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs