Mr. A. W. Hawkes, of Waldringfield, Suffolk, has been 'bottling' life-boats for quite a time. The three models shown here cover the period 1890 to the introduction of the 70-foot steel life-boat. Mr. Hawkes writes: 'Putting boats in bottles is like collecting money for the R.N.L.I. - collected in little pieces outside and accumulated to make the finished article'..