More than 20 chartered surveyors and their office colleagues from Blackpool chose to raise money for the RNLI and their own benevolent fund by raising themselves a foot above the ground on stilts and completing a half-mile course down the promenade. The stiff sea breeze made staying upright nearly impossible but David Wilde on his special pair of racing stilts finished the sponsored totter first in a time of 9'/2 minutes. Barry Butler and Paul Gilkes, who organised the event, brought up the rear of the field but were nevertheless delighted with the result: £300. photograph by courtesy of Blackpool Gazette and Herald.