by Andrew Gill | Aug 13, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
We have many lifeboat photographs in our archive. This one shows the Great Yarmouth crew around 1910. There were two lifeboat stations on the coast here, the other being at Gorlestone on the other side of the River Yare. They combined in 1926. We love the clarity of... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 8, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
There has been a lifeboat based in Bridlington, on the Yorkshire coast, since 1805. The earliest lifeboats were simply rowing boats and must have required a huge effort to row to the scene of a disaster. This one is much later, probably the 1880s, and is sail-powered... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 31, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Lifeboat crews are celebrated today for the remarkable work that they do. It was always so and in Victorian times, before lifeboats had engines, they manned the oars to row to the scene of a disaster at sea. They had very little special clothing to keep them safe,... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 17, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
This striking photograph of a lifeboat and crew was taken in 1900. The boat is named ‘James Stevens No. 14’, presumably as it was paid for by said Mr. Stevens and perhaps it was the fourteenth lifeboat to be based there. A local heritage group has... 