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Prototype lifeboat launching tractor being tested by the Hoylake lifeboat crew. The machine, costing over £ 50, 000, is being tested at various lifeboat stations around the coast
Holyheads new RNLB Arun Class lifeboat the Hyman Winstone bedecked in flags at Holyhead Lifeboat Station in Anglesey, North Wales. 7th July 1980
The Hoylake lifeboat Mary Gabriel displayed on the beach for visitors at the Hoylake lifeboat station on the Wirral, Merseyside. 23rd August 1982
Sarah and Anthony Hanlon offer their congratulations to the lifeboat coxswain John McDermott at the Hoylake lifeboat station. 23rd August 1982
Members of the Southwold, Suffolk lifeboat crew leaving harbour in their boat the Mary Scott to carry out their quarterly exercises. The Mary Scott is a sailing and motor lifeboat
Capsizing and self-righting trials of the new lifeboat Princess Marina taking place at H.M Dockyard in Portsmouth. 22nd April 1970
Lifeboatmen pf Walmer, Kent, including Coxwain Fred Upton. 25th November 1945
The new Penlee lifeboat Mabel Alice was capsized yesterday in front of some of itOs future crew members. The boat is shortly to take the place of the one lost last winter
Kessingland lifeboat the Hugh Taylor out on exercise. 12th March 1934
Whitby lifeboat, the Mary Anne Hepworth escorting the Dutch vessel Czkziena of Rotterdam into Whitby harbour during a gale. 5th November 1951
The Liverpool class RNLB motor lifeboat The Cuttle at RNLI Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea Lifeboat Station. Circa 1965
Coxswain Roy Buchan and crewman Ray Dent of Humber Lifeboat Station at Spurn Point on the Humber Estuary in East Yorkshire. 23rd March 1972
The new self-righting motor Redcar lifeboat, christened the Louisa Polden, being driven along the sands by the tractor she was launched
The new Llandudno lifeboat the Lilly Wainwright arrives at the resort after sailing from the building yards at Cowes. She will replace the existing reserve boat
An American built Waveny Class lifeboat touring Britain, speeds past a boat off Mumbles Pier, Wales. The lifeboat, un-named but nicknamed " The Yank" was built by the USCG at Curtis Bay
A new £9, 000 inshore lifeboat was commissioned at Horton on Gower at the weekendA new £ 9, 000 inshore lifeboat was commissioned at Horton on Gower at the weekend just in time for what promises to be a busy summer season
A famous West Wales lifeboat will be launched on a new career as the centrepiece of a maritime museum. Enthusiasts have rescued the 81-year-old William Cantrell Ashley lifeboat which for more than 40
The new Mumbles Tyne Class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures. 28th June 1985
The crew of Little Haven Inshore Lifeboat testing a new Honda miniature tractor. The machine could soon be part of equipment at lifeboat stations throughout the country if it passes strict tests
After 27 years of gallant service, the William Gammon lifeboat plunged down its slipway at Mumbles Lifeboat Station, Swansea for the last time on 27th August 1974
RNLI volunteers of Penarth Lifeboat Station on Penarth promenade. with the background site where they want to build a new lifeboat station on the left. On the right is Penarth Yacht Club. May 1993
Fishguards new lifeboat Howard Marryat. 4th June 1957
Gareth Wigmore, a RNLI crew member pictured with women who helped raise money to build a new lifeboat house in Penarth. 4th January 1996
The Ferryside Lifeboat William Maynard, Carmarthen Bay, Wales. Circa 1960
The 75 foot ketch Garlandstone moored at Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. 6th May 1971
The Mumbles lifeboat William Gammon returned to Swansea yesterday after an £; 8000 engine refit at the Cowes yard where she was built 21 years ago. Two new 60 h.p
A modern self righting lifeboat, the Arun Class RNLB Spirit of Tayside, operating out of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station in Dundee. 6th June 1979
The Barry lifeboat and the Royal Navy Auxiliary ship Odiman escorts the small craft Pauline after a call for rescue from the occupants in the Bristol Channel. 12th August 1970
John Hart receives a message on the ship to shore lifeboat radio in Barry, Wales. 4th March 1970
Barry Station Number Two lifeboat entering the dock. In the background is Butlins holiday camp. 20th December 1977
The RNLB Watkins Williams lifeboat which served in Moelfre from 1956 to 1977, before serving at Oban, Argyllshire. During her service life, she was launched 154 times, saving 143 lives. Circa 1975
Members of the crew pose in from of the lifeboat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine as the Ferryside station prepares to be closed down at the end of the month. In the background is the Hon
The Mayor of Carmarthen (Mr. W. D. Jones) accompanied by the Deputy Mayor (Mr. M. E. Clifford Jones), the Borough Sheriff (Alderman John Jenkins), and the Town Clerk (Mr. David Myrddin Thomas)
Mayor of West Bromwich, Lilian Peckover enjoys a drink after completing her West Bromwich Charity Walk in aid of the Mayors Holiday Home for the Aged Project, which aims to raise ten thousand pounds
Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York at a charity golf match in aid of the motor neurone disease association at Wentworth, Surrey. 8th August 1994
Party in the Park Concert in aid of the Princes Trust held at Hyde Park, London. Prince Charles meets Natalie Appleton, Shaznay Lewis, Nicole Appleton and Melanie Blatt of All Saints. 5th July 1998
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, in her capacity as Patron, attends " A Night Before Christmas" production by Chickenshed Theatre at the London Palace Theatre
Princess Diana At The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Dinner Dance At The Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia. She wears a blue dress designed by Versace
Christmas Fair at The Rosie Hospital, Cambridges first purpose-built maternity hospital, organised by midwives (left-right) Sue Holland, Alex Le-Roux, Sian Harper and Jean Bunting, Cambridge
Red Cross flag seller in central London catches up on the latest news from Normandy following the Allied invasion. 7th June 1944
Audrey Hepburn speaking at UNICEF after returning from a trip to Somalia. 29th September 1992
Girls from the Susu tribe in northern Sierra Leone and French Guinea dancing in Freetown. The dance display is in the aid of War Charities. November 1944
Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)
16 women from Burtons Farndale menswear factory in Guisborough have lost a total of 126lbs in a sponsored slim. Their weight loss has proved to be a 225 gain for Marske Cheshire Home
Prince Charles visits Mother Teresa at her institution in Calcutta, India. December 1980
Chris De Burgh performing during "The Simple Truth"Chris De Burgh performing during " The Simple Truth", concert for Kurdish refugees at Wembley Arena, London. 12th May 1991
Mark Kendall, Wolves Goalkeeper, in Dudley, where he swapped his football strip for Bermuda shorts and a red nose to boost Comic Relief, 8th February 1989
Managers and staff from Scottish and Newcastle breweries set off from the Spitfire pub in Thornaby on a walk to raise money for the blind. They are going to the Telstar in Billingham. 30th June 1993
