On the day that Murks and Spencer opened up its new first floor sti/es area in Pottle, a cheque for £10,000 was handed over to the RNLI and the store also helped faithful customer Mrs Lucy Baker celebrate her y/.v/ birlhdav. The company has supported the Institution since 1978 by making donations to lifeboat stations around the coast and it was to mark its tenth year of .support that the cheque was presented to fund a new D c/a.s.s inflatable lifeboat at Redcar, On behalf of Marks and Spencer nationwide, store manager Mr Ian Parley (left) handed over the cheque to the Institution's head of fund raising, Anthony Oliver (second right), with department supervisor Mrs Fran Price (right) and Mrs Baker. photograph by courtesy of Evening Echo.