The organisers of the Moelex 80 Business and Home Exhibition staged at the University of Essex for five days last spring, invited Colchester branch to set up a souvenir stand at the event. Here, Mrs Ruth Clarke, the honorary secretary, receives from David Judge, whose company arranged the exhibition, a cheque for £275 donated to the RNLI from admission fees. The branch took a further £479 in souvenir sales.

photograph by courtesy of 'Colchester Evening Gazette'.