THIS August, for the seventh year running, the fishwives of Cullercoats made a collection for the Life-boat Service when the quarterly launch and road exercise of the Cullercoats Life-boat took place.

By collecting this year over £137 they easily passed their previous record, in 1926, of £128. Several of the fishwives collected over £10 each, while Mrs. Polly Donkin, their star collector, by collecting £45 beat her own record by £13 ! The figures for the seven years deserve to be given :— 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 £ 58 92 101 122 128 114 137 Thus, in seven years, the fishwives have collected over £750, and in only one year have they failed to collect more than the previous year. It will be seen, too, that Mrs. Polly Donkin alone may shortly be expected to collect more than all the fishwives collected in the first year..