what it would take to get Carol into a flap! If you would like to start covenanting your subscriptions you may do so at any time by indicating this on your next correspondence. We shall then be happy to forward to you the necessary form.

A frequent opinion seems to be that once computers become involved the 'personal touch' is soon lost, but we, in the membership section, like to feel that this is not so and that we shall continue to feel personally involved with all our members. Perhaps after this brief insight into Shoreline office, you may feel a little more personally involved with us.

One of our members who has become very personally involved with Shoreline is Mrs Nora Neill. She has put a great deal of effort into collecting unwanted Green Shield stamps and turning them into cash. To date she has amassed £1,200 worth and is hoping to keep up the momentum. So, if you have any Green Shield stamps to spare—a few, half a book . . . a whole book full!—Mrs Neill would welcome them. Her address is 95 Fitzroy Avenue, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8RG. To Mrs Neill, thank you: your efforts are sincerely appreciated.

The Independent Order of Foresters (IOF) has also become involved with Shoreline in that it has adopted us for four years so that we may benefit from the many functions they are arranging throughout this period, the proceeds of which will bring welcome boosts to our funds. One of the events is a concert at the Colston Hall, Bristol, at 7.30 pm on Saturday, October 28, to be given by the Morriston Orpheus Male Voice Choir together with the Band of the Royal Corps of Signals. Tickets are £1.50, £1 and 75p, from J. Stringer, Home Lea, Crossview, Coppleston, Devon, to whom all enquiries should be sent. The absolute deadline is September 16, when the remaining tickets will be returned to Colston Hall from where they will be available from September 23.

Another IOF event which is expected to be extremely popular is 'A Show Boat to Le Havre'. Leaving from Portsmouth at 1430 on Saturday Novemoer 18, afternoon tea will be served on the way. Arrival at Le Havre will be at 2000. Departure from Le Havre at 2230 to enjoy a smorgasbord dinner dance and breakfast on the way back to Southampton, to arrive at 0700 on November 19. There will be a duty free shop on board for your Christmas shopping! Tickets cost £12.50 and all bookings should be made through Bernard E. Bloom, PHCR, 27 Wilmington Close, Townhill Park, Southampton, SO2 2RD.

Yet another entry for your calendar is June 28 and 29, when the IOF will be running a tombola stall at this year's Royal Norfolk Show, with the proceeds again coming to Shoreline.

The target set by the IOF for the four-year period is £50,000 with which they will purchase a boathouse and two inshore lifeboats. Already a cheque for £5,000 has been given to the Institution; it was presented at the London Boat Show by Nick Carter, assistant to the chief ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, to John Atterton, deputy director RNLI. So, all power to their elbow!—LINDA GRAINGER.

'A Century of Valour' THE STORY OF CLACTON lifeboat station from 1878 to 1978 has been told in a booklet written by Jack Froom, honorary secretary of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society Essex and Thames Estuary Research Group.

The reader is taken right into the heart of the work of the station with a vivid description of a present-day service over Jubilee weekend in 1977, starting well before the firing of the maroons: then back into the last century to trace the pattern from the beginning with a good selection of photographs, old and new.

All profits from the sale of this booklet, which is supported by local advertisers, are in aid of Claction branch; it is available from the author at Burford Lodge, 164 Stock Road, Billericay, Essex, price 60p including post..