How many teddy bears does it take to buy a Neil Robertson stretcher? One hundred! Mary Woods of Test branch knitted and sold 100 teddies and paid for the stretcher now being used at Beaumaris lifeboat station. One obviously satisfied customer is Oliver Straton, seen here happily cuddling teddy number 100.

Mrs Woods (could she be called a stretcher bearer?) is already working towards her second stretcher, having knitted and sold a further 27 bears with orders for yet more..