THE LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN.
London children's essays on the lifeboat and lifeboat men included gems ic descriptions of the coxswain. One youngster imagined "a beefy fellow with arms like tree trunks," and another a man with "ft majestic beard wagging vigorously." Not all the children envisaged our lifeboat crews as "tough guys." Middle-aged folk will feel tempted to protest at the child whose coxswain "stopped for a minute in the middle of his story because he was out of breath, being a man of 46 years old." And Larty Astor (and some others) will be shocked at the fancy of the competitor who toll how, "after making six journeys to the sinking vessel, the coxswain fainted, but on the morrow, after a pint of beer Ik* felt better."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 306, 28 December 1939, Page 12
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127THE LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 306, 28 December 1939, Page 12
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