The Mayor of Poole, Councillor Peter Coles, has chosen the lifeboat service as the charity for his year of office, giving it his personal, and very active support. He is seen here with the Mayoress, Mrs Coles, at a buffet dance at Poole Arts Centre last July during which Kim Atherden won the title of Miss Poole in a beauty contest; the evening raised £1,000 for the RNLI. A few weeks later Councillor Coles started a sponsored mini-marathon on Canford Heath, organised in aid of the lifeboat service by International Stores..