Luck of the draw The 45th lottery draw took place on Sunday 30 April at RNLI Headquarters and was attended by a coach party of voluntary workers from the Dudley Branch.

Mrs Felicity Irwin, Public Affairs Executive for TVS, the south's independant television station, drew the winning tickets and the draw, which raised just over £66,000, was supervised by Ian Wallington, the Institution's regional manager.

Money raised from the lotteries now totals more than £1.8m and is an important source of income for the RNLI.

The prize winners were: £2,000 - N.P. Smith, Uckfield, East Sussex.

£1,000 - S.P. Brereton, London SE6.

£500 - H.G. Larter, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.

£250 - Mrs D. Doyle, London NW6.

£100 - T.J. Jellis, Luton, Beds; Mrs M.G.

Shrimpton, Bromley, Kent; Mrs J.E.

Dobson, Holmfirth, Huddersfield; G.A.

Pepper, Lymington, Hants; A.W. Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall; J. Sanders, Warndon, Worcester; A.W. McQuillan, Tewkesbury, Glos; Miss S. Roberts, Sheffield.

£50 - M. Rooke, Cheshunt, Herts; Air Cmdt Ducat-Amos, London SW19; S.

Martin, Fleetwood, Lanes; Mrs M. Caulfield, London NW1; A.G. Vann, Ryde, Isle of Wight; R.A.B. Mace, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; Miss A. Osborne, Church Crookham, Hants; Mrs D. Carter, Bridgwater, Somerset.As reported in the Spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT the two RNLI staff members who took part in the flood relief operation in Bangladesh last year, Richard Perks and Mike Brinton, were awarded Special Certificates of Commendation by the British Red Cross, which organised the operation.

The certificates were presented by John Burke-Gaffney, Director General of the British Red Cross Society at a ceremony at RNLI headquarters on 25 May 1989. Mike Brinton was abroad and the certificate was accepted on his behalf by his wife Mrs Kay Brinton.Ever younger! Dear Editor, I always look forward to receiving my copy of The Lifeboat and I read the Spring issue with my usual enthusiasm.

I must however draw your attention to one fact which needs correcting.

Your article on the recent wedding between the Ladies' Guild Honorary Secretary and the Station Branch Secretary at Penlee ('People and Places', Spring issue) states that Rosalie became the youngest ever guild secretary when she took over the post in 1971 at the age of 19.

My mother, Mrs Christine Oliver (nee Ford) was appointed Honorary Secretary of the Portslade Ladies' Guild in 1957 at the age of 16. She has always understood that she was the youngest Honorary Secretary ever appointed - unless, to coin a phrase, anyone knows better! The wedding photograph in the journal in 1964 confirms the fact, as indeed does Mr Howarth's book on lifeboat people.

In varying capacities she has supported the RNLI ever since - now as the wife of the RNLI's Head of Fundraising! Anne Oliver Penryn, CornwallOn Station The following lifeboats have taken up station and relief fleet duties:OVER 10 METRES Hastings - Mersey 12-002 (ON 1125) Sealink Endeavour on 13 March 1989.

Portpatrick - Tyne 47-033 (ON 1151) Mary Irene Millar on 16 March 1989.

Thurso - Arun 52-43 (ON 1149) The Queen Mother on 24 March 1989.

Beaumaris - Watson (ON 955) The Robert on 11 April 1989.

Montrose - Tyne 47-034 (ON 1152) Moonbeam on 28 May 1989..