Around 180 people packed a Dray ton Manor dining room for one of the Tamworth ladies' guild fund raising dinners. Guest speaker was Derek Scott, retired coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, who treated the guests to a selection of humorous anecdotes about his time in the service. Ticket and souvenir sales and a tombola helped to raise £560.

The picture shows Derek and Fay Schell holding an RNLI flag, with area organiser Kay Stone (left) and guild chairman Marion Appleby Matthews looking on. photograph by courtesy of The Tamworth Herald.