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Deck hand Eric Fry (left) and Mechanical Second Coxswain Fred Mullay at work on board the Arthur and Blanche Harris lifeboat during its sea trials off the coast of Barry. 1st April 1968
The Barry Dock lifeboat pictures on her return to Barry following a search for a missing man which was called off. 28th March 1963
Frank Tinsley, Coxswain of the Arthur and Blanche Harris Lifeboat, and Second Mechanical Engineer Mike Nash at work on the boat during its sea trials off the coast of Barry.1st April 1968
Coxswain Mr. Frank Tinsley seated at the controls of the Barry lifeboat during an exercise in the Bristol Channel. 4th March 1970
Two airmen are hoisted to the safety of an RAF helicopter after being picked up by Barry lifeboat during an air-sea rescue exercise. 27th January 1966
When the crew members of a Gower-based private rescue service put to sea in future on a mercy mission, they will speed to the scene on board the latest inshore rescue craft
The John and Naomi Beattie, a restored lifeboat, starts its journey from Swansea to Aberystwyth after being relaunched at a special ceremony in Swansea. It is to become a floating exhibit
The Barry coxswain, Mr. Frank Tinsley, ready to board one of the Royal National Lifeboat Institutions new lifeboats, the Blanche and Arthur Harris
The Mayor of Barry (Alderman Ewart Morgan) and the Mayoress of Barry (Miss Eileen Morgan), with members of the Barry Branch of the British Sailors Society leave on a lifeboat on a Christmas visit to
The Barry Dock lifeboat slides down the slipway as she leaves dock to deliver Christmas goods to the Breaksea Light Ship in the Bristol Channel. 23rd December 1961
The Mayor of Barry (Alderman C. T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors SocietyThe Mayor of Barry (Alderman C.T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors Society paid their annual Christmas visit to the men on board the Breaksea lightship in mid Bristol channel today
The Coxswain, Mr Fred Swarts, in the cockpit, and Mr John Wells, the signaller, check over the controls of the Barry lifeboat
The Barry lifeboat, the RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans, arrives back at Barry harbour after her six months refit at Littlehampton, Sussex, under the control of the Coxswain Mr. Fred Swarts
The Barry lifeboat RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans on her way back home after failing to land her passengers on the Breaksea lightship for the annual carol service. 23rd December 1966
Barry lifeboat rescue four men from a cabin cruiser. After they brought the men to safety they went back out to bring the boat into Barry harbour. 20th December 1978
Barry Dock takes delivery of a new reserve lifeboat, RNLB Susan Ashley, to replace the one wrecked in a gale off the Somerset coast four years earlier
87 year old William Prethero, a former RNLI member, pictured at Barry as the new Arun class lifeboat RNLB Arun, a a £ 120, 000 self righting boat
The naming ceremony of the New Barry Dock lifeboat the Arthur and Blanche Harris was performed at Barry Docks by Lady Traherne, the wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan
The Lifeboat William Maynard leaves her shed for a practice launch at Ferryside launch station, Carmarthenshire. 20th September 1947
Coxswain Bob Davies prepares to fire the last maroon as the Ferryside station prepares to be closed down at the end of the month. In the background is the Hon. Secretary Lt. Col. Charles Neville
Ferryside lifeboat Richard Ashley in a practice launch in the Estuary, Carmarthenshire, Wales. 8th July 1969
Ferryside Lifeboat Richard Ashley with coxswain David Arthur. July 1969
Ferryside lifeboat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine plunges away from her launching carriage for her last cruise in the Towy estuary before the station is closed at the end of the month
The motor lifeboat William Maynard leaves the boathouse for a practice launch at Ferryside station, Carmarthenshire. 8th July 1969
Charity Walk Completed, these young participants enjoy a rest and pint of beer, the West Bromwich Charity Walk is in aid of the Mayors Holiday Home for the Aged Project
Postmaster General John Stonehouse, on the eve of the introduction of his two tier postal system, the MP for West Bromwich, unsuccessfully attempts to by a stamp from the machine at Westbury
West Bromwich Charity Walk in aid of the Mayors Holiday Home for the Aged Project, which aims to raise ten thousand pounds, 200 people took part
Prince Andrew, Duke of York during a charity golf match in aid of the motor neurone disease association at Wentworth, Surrey. 8th August 1994
Diana, Princess of Wales during her four day British Red Cross mission to highlight the evil of land mines. The Princess is pictured during a visit to mine fields in Haumbo on the third day of her
Diana, Princess of Wales during her four day visit to Angola, the former Portuguese colony torn apart by 20 years of bloody civil war
The Mayor flanked by Pc Colin Horne (left) and Pc Simon Cross dish out some Christmas cheer at the Salvation Army lunch, Cambridge Citadel, Tenison Road, Cambridge, Christmas Day 25th December 1975
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, attends the Help the Aged Tunstall Golden Awards, Hilton Hotel, London. November 1993
Gotcha... Sgt John Langford and Pc David Christie apprehend convicts at Parkside, from left, Paul Brazir, Steve Rawlins and Steve Woolford, Sponsored Criminals for the day, Cambridge
Women at a practice match at Lincolns Inn Fields for the "WorldWomen at a practice match at Lincolns Inn Fields for the " Worlds Most Beautiful Rugby Match" to be played at the London Irish RFC on the 29th September
Models in training at Lincolns Inn Fields for the "WorldModels in training at Lincolns Inn Fields for the " Worlds Most Beautiful Rugby Match" to be played at the London Irish RFC on the 29th September. 20th September 1974
Health Secretary Norman Fowler (centre) sees off Mrs Eva Barnes at the start of a springtime holiday in Paris. Mr John Rootham
Nurses at the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women, Sparkhill, will not get backache in future thats the the Womens Royal Voluntary Service
A charity drive in the Wolverley Arms pub, Bethnal Green in aid of the Red Cross. 1st May 1943
A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in a poor area of Swansea, South Wales during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless
The YMCA have a number of travelling tea cars with the british Expeditionary Force serving in France. They provide tea and light refreshment for the troops
A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in Cardiff City centre during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless
Distribution of Christmas gifts by the Missions to Seamen organisation to ships on the River Thames during the Second World War
Mick the dog, is the Fireman Mascot at Romford Road, East Ham. Mrs Jarman of Leytonstone was sceptical when she read a notice at Broadway Fire Station, Stratford, about Micks Ladder Climbing Act
A sister of mercy who sits in a chair all night, guarding the homeless at a building near Whitehall, London, during an air raid in the Second World War. 6th October 1940
American private Stanley Kamin of Whiting, Indiana, USA, undoubtedly has the largest following of any soldier overseas by salvaging left over food from the company mess
Yugoslav people settle down to life in a refugee camp operated by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in the Middle East during the Second world War. April 1944
Rex Kent, 15 years old, of Park View Road, New Eltham, London, has converted his garden into a paddling pool. He charges admission fees which are donated to war charities
