Sir Alec Rose, who opened Newhaven branch fete in July, inspects one of the afternoon's exhibits, a model48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat made by Shoreline member Geoff Mellett. Although living in South London, Geoff is always willing to help with fund raising at Newhaven. With stalls, gymnastics and karate displays, and musicprovided by the sea cadet band of a Newhaven school and a local disco, the afternoon was a great success and raised £1,784.60 for the lifeboat service..