This year one of the life-boat cards has been designed by an 11 - year old girl, Philippa Mary Dudgeon, of Woking, Surrey, the overall winner of a life-boat Christmas card design competition organised by the children's magazine Look and Learn.

There will be five attractive and interesting life-boat cards available, one more than last year.

Price 6p Price 5p Price 4p Price 4p Price 3p A— A card bearing an illustration reproduced from a painting by W. L.

Vyllie, R.A., in 1873, of a carriage launch by horses. The original painting hangs in the head office of the R.N.L.I, (size 5f inches x 7 inches).

B— A life-boat scene by Philippa Mary Dudgeon, winner of the Look and Learn competition (size 4-j inches x 6-j inches).

C— A humorous/traditional design featuring a partridge in a pear tree (size 6J inches x 4| inches).

D— A religious/traditional theme, based on the Three Kings (size 4 inches x 5f inches).

E— A plain card bearing the R.N.L.I. flag (size 5J inches x 4 inches).

All these cards are in full colour but are reproduced in black and white on the facing page to show potential customers more clearly the choice available.

The life-boat pictorial calendar will again be available. Complete with a. special envelope its cost will be 37p, post free. As in the past the months will be spread over both sides of six pages and each will be headed by an attractive colour photograph of a seascape, several of them having direct life-boat associations, and holiday tidal information will again be included. Following the re-design of the cover last year the whole of the calendar pages have received a similar treatment with the result that the 1972 calendar will be particularly attractive.

The small pocket calendar will bear an illustration of one of the R.N.L.I.'s new small fast rescue boats at speed. The cost of this calendar will be 2p.

Buying life-boat Christmas cards and calendars is an easy and effective way of helping the life-boat service. Although an informative leaflet, showing full colour reproductions, together with an order form, will be enclosed with the October number of THE LIFE-BOAT, purchasers need not wait until then as the Christmas Card Section, R.N.L.I. Depot, Boreham Wood, Herts., will be happy to accept orders any time. Cash with order, please..