Dover lifeboat station was delighted to receive a cheque for £6,000 from Customs officers from Dover Docks. The money had been raised mostly by holiday makers giving their spare foreign currency on returning to England. The Customs officers put up a large display, with collecting buckets, asking tourists to dig deep into their pockets. The foreign currency was then sorted by Mr Pain, chairman of Dover branch, and his wife, before being handed to Thomas Cook & Son, bankers at the docks who then changed the money into sterling. The money will fund a fully equipped Y boat for use on the station's Thames class lifeboat and will also pay for other basic equipment for Dover town. Not content with giving so much money to Dover, the Customs officers were also able to give £4,000 to Walmer lifeboat station..