Up, up and away.' Fund raisers launched 1,000 balloons from Si Bernard's School, Barrow to help buv a lifeboat. It was all part of a national event organised by the Keep Fit Association to raise cash for the RNLI. Terry Downing, hon secretarv of the Barrow branch is pictured with his grandson Stephen, and Freda Wilkinson, chairman of the Keep Fit Association, before the balloon send off.

photograph by courtesy of Nortlt-Western Evening Mail.