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To Mark More Than £10000 Raised By Devenish Brewery for the Rnli

To mark more than £10,000 raised by Devenish Brewery for the RNLI a special presentation was made by Chay Blyth, the round the world yachtsman, on behalf of the company to Rear-Admiral W. J. Graham, director RNLI, at Weymouth lifeboat station last November. In 1982 money was collected from the sale of a series of postcards depicting lifeboats through the ages. In 1983, in conjunction with Gritnhalle Lager International, Devenish collected £8,780; Ip for every pint of Grunha/le Lager consumed in their Cornish pubs. Cheques for £1,000 were presented at each of the following lifeboat stations: Newquay (the photograph shows the presentation by Tony Wharmby, head brewer for Devenish in Cornwall, to John Kennedy, Newquay branch chairman, with Mike Morris, branch honorary secretary front right), Falmouth, Penlee, Padstow, St Agnes, The LizardlCadgwith, St Ives and Sennen Cove; there was also a cheque for Redruth ladies' guild..

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