Olympic yachting gold medallist Reg White visited the RNLI stand at the Midland Boat Show, Birmingham. During the show, from February 24 to March 6, more than 100 helpers from ten branches and guilds manned the stand to raise £2,096, and £,154 was collected for the lifeboat service on the Royal Navy stand. With Reg White are (I. to r.) Mrs B. Bell, honorary treasurer of Coventry ladies' guild, Councillor Mrs Freda Cocks, Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham, and Mrs Sharp and Mrs Laverick, both members of Coventry guild.

photograph by courtesy of Birmingham Post.