THE following comes from an account which appeared in the Herts Advertiser of the Life-boat Day held at St. Albans in September.

" Although times are hard, collectors found a very generous spirit abroad both in St. Albans and the surrounding villages. One of the organisers told meof one little incident which emphasizes this. Just after eight o'clock in the evening, as she was helping to take down the market stall, an elderly little ladycame along and pressed twopence into her hands. She said it was the gift of another old lady who had put it by specially for the lifeboat.".