Afternoon: Shoreline member No. I , Sir Alec Rose (r.) hands over to Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Committee of Management, a Rather-shaped cheque for £101,000, the result of the Shoreline appeal which will go towards the funding of the 37ft 6in Rother to be stationed at Blyth. With them are Coxswain George Turner and other members of Blyth crew, Dr Reginald Carr, Blyth station honorary secretary (fourth from r.), and Peter Ho/ness, RNLI membership secretary.

photographs by courtesy of Peter Hadfield.