'What Granny Threw Out' was the theme of an auction organised by May McMaster, ADOS Northern Ireland, and Harry Briggs at The Dunmore Hotel, Killyleagh, on October 10. Nearly 300 letters to friends and lifeboat supporters asking for anything that could be spared from the attic resulted in 121 lots, including an oil painting by Paul Henry 'knocked down' by auctioneer Jim Morgan for £810 and a Chinese mandarin's embroidered silk costume which went for £69. Silver, linen, glass, paintings came under the hammer and in all, £2,500 was raised..