Every Christmas artist John Lee, a great supporter of Weymouth lifeboat, auctions one of his paintings to raise funds for the RNLI; in the past few years £680 has been raised in this way. Last Christmas an oil painting ofWeymouth's 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell fell under the hammer to mine hosts of the Red Lion for £150. It was unveiled by Coxswain Vic Pitman (far right). With him are (I to r) Mrs Sally Glover, landlady of the Red Lion, Lt-Cdr Barney Morris, Weymouth station honorary secretary, and Mrs April Lee, the artist's wife.

photograph by courtesy of Focus Press.