Newspaper article: 'Holy Island Lifeboat Centenary'
Clipping from Berwickshire News about Holy Island Lifeboat Station Centenary; officially recognised by the RNLI as being in service from 1829 although a lifeboat had operated on the Island since 1802. It had saved over 260 lives and mentions monks signalled warnings to ships in earlier times
Date of creation
3 Sept 1929Date of coverage
1802-1929Place
Holy Island; NorthumberlandCopyright
DepositorReference number
HOL/003/003Storage location
Holy Island Reading RoomFormat
Newspapers clippings (94)
Subject
Life on Holy Island (172)
Lifeboats (153)
Rescues (74)
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