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Mrs V R Davison Chairman of Sunderland Ladies' Guild 'Fits' a Jersey to William Milburn Coxswain of Sunderland Lifeboat When the Crew Needed New Jerseys the Ladi

Date: Spring 1977

Volume: 45

Issue: 460

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Mrs V. R Davison, chairman of Sunderland ladies' guild, 'fits' a jersey to William Milburn, coxswain of Sunderland lifeboat.

When the crew needed new jerseys, the ladies' guild gave tubes of Smarties to members and willing friends who, when the sweets were eaten, filled the empty tubes with pennies. A full tube holds about 75p and the sum needed, more than £65, was soon raised..

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