Going, going, gone. A bottle full of coins and notes for the lifeboats comes under the hammer at the Lord Burleigh, Victoria, London.

Landlord Fred Bright (r.) is a keen supporter of the RNLI who always has a giant bottle filling up. The man with the hammer is Paul Heiney of BBC TVs 'That's Life', himself a Shoreline member, and on his left is Suzanne Knapp, secretary of the Central London Committee. This bottle contained £118.25..