Five hundred people attending Gorleston lifeboat hall gave a big 'send off to a mammoth fund-raising event by- Great Yarmouth and District Round Table No. 41.

The Tabler.i aim to raise £10,000 for the Institution with a sponsored voyage from Great Yarmouth to Glasgow by ILB. Montmorency the dog was given to them as a mascot by Mrs Thelma Dowding, ladies' guild chairman. The ball itself resulted in a record profit of i .212.

photograph by courtesy of 'Yarmouth Mercury'.