Members of the Littlehampton Lifeboat crew float on the last of the ebb, which is still fast on the River Arun, from Fisherman’s Quay down to the harbour entrance. At low water on big spring tides, there is very little water over the bar at the harbour entrance, and it [...]
A familiar figure around Littlehampton has retired after serving as a volunteer with the RNLI for 40 years. Geoff Warminger joined the crew of the Littlehampton lifeboat station in 1972, retiring as deputy launching authority in 2012. Geoff was born in Rustington and has lived in Littlehampton since 1965, he [...]
Littlehampton lifeboat station received a special guest last weekend, the High Sheriff of West Sussex. David Tupper and his wife Hilary came down to the boathouse on Sunday morning where they were given an extensive tour the station by the lifeboat operations manager Nick White. They met and chatted with [...]
The crew from the Littlehampton RNLI lifeboat station came out in force to celebrate fellow crew member Ivan Greer receiving his long service award from the RNLI. Since the modern day lifeboat station in Littlehampton opened in 1967, around 90 men and women have seved as crew. Today there are 26 enrolled [...]
Littlehampton’s volunteer lifeboat crew responded to a somewhat unusual incident at the weekend when they assisted a swan in distress after fishing equipment became lodged in its throat. The crew of the lifeboat station were out on their usual Sunday morning exercise when they came across the large white swan [...]
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