a r o u n d and a b o u t t h e RNLI King of the draw The names of the 20 lucky prize winners in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery were plucked from the drum on 31 January by Desmond Carrington, well-known actor and Radio 2 presenter.

Desmond, whose acting career includes leading roles in 'Emergency Ward 10' and other television, radio and theatre productions, was appearing at Poole Arts Centre in the one-man play 'I was King'.

Supervising the proceedings were Ray Kipling, deputy director of the Institution, and Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fund raising and marketing.

The 52nd lottery raised over £80,000 and the prize winners were:- £2,000: C.R. Humphries, Crewe, Cheshire.

£1,000: Mrs G.P. Massiter, Farnborough, Hampshire.

£500: M.L. Greenhalgh, Bolton, Lancashire.

£250: Mrs D. Dowdeswell, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

£100: M. Barefield, Reading, Berkshire; D. Cowie, (White Horse Distillers) Clarkston, Glasgow; J. Scragg, Liverpool; Mrs D. Liddell, Perthshire; J. Croft, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; Mrs. M Gibson, Southampton, Hampshire; Ms A.

Parker, Bradford, West Yorkshire; V. Woodward, Banstead, Surrey.

£50: E.H. Allum, Redbridge, Essex; Mrs H.E. Robertson, Glasgow; Miss P.J.

Harvey, Bromley Kent; Mrs M. Edwards, Gwynedd; Mrs F.J. Ball, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; Miss R.J. Powell, London; Mrs F. Eden-Smith, Bridlington, North Humberside; S.A. Mellor, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. On Station The following lifeboats have taken up station duties: ALL-WEATHER Pwllheli - Mersey 12-010 (ON 1168) Lilly and Vincent Anthony on 25 January 1991.

INSHORE Bangor - B584 on 21 November 1990.

Mudeford - B583 on 24 November 1990.

Sir Alec Rose Sir Alec Rose KT, an honorary life governor of the RNLI died on 11 January at the age of 82 after a short illness.

Sir Alec was a tireless supporter of the Institution's work and launched the Yachtmen's Lifeboat Supporters Association (YLA) at the 1969 London Boat Show and became its first member. The YLA was the forerunner of today's Membership Scheme.

In 1974 Sir Alec chaired the Hampshire ! Rose Appeal, which funded the lifeboat Hampshire Rose, and he also launched the appeal to fund the lifeboat Shoreline.

For his tireless fund raising efforts and ! his tremendous support of the lifeboat ; service Sir Alec was made an honorary life governor of the RNLI in 1975.

The funeral was held at Portsmouth Cathedral on 22 January, attended by some | 1,000 people, including representatives of j RNLI headquarters, lifeboat crews, supporters and the appeals with which he had been involved. New Year Honours Two awards for services to the RNLI were made in the Queen's New Year Honours list.

Robert Reay, MBE, honorary secretary of North Sunderland lifeboat station was awarded the MBE and Kenneth Henry BEM, lately coxswain of the Aith lifeboat was awarded the BEM.

Other awards with RNLI connections, but not for services to the Institution, were made to: Knighthood Sir James Anderton, chief constable, Greater Manchester Police, who is involved with the Police Appeal.

Sir Jeffrey Bowman, senior partner, Price Waterhouse, the RNLI's accountants.

CBE Miles Walker CBE, chief minister, Isle of Man Government, which works closely with the Institution.

QBE Tom Norreys, OBE, managing director Avon Inflatables.

Anthony Raggett, OBE, technical director Marine and Aviation, RFD. Both companies work with the RNLI for inflatable Inshore lifeboats.

MBE Martin Broom, MBE, chairman and managing director, Broom Boats, formerly chairman of National Boat Show. NBS have donated space to the RNLI at many boat shows.

Leighton Kent, MBE, district controller, Swansea coastguard MRCC.

BEM Robin Sunley, BEM, assistant mechanic of the Flamborough lifeboat.

Muriel Rossiter, BEM, lately librarian of the Marine Society. Third generation The third generation of the Cannon family took his place in the Ramsgate lifeboat crew on the first available day - his 17th birthday. Ian Cannon joined in February, having taken his medical and sight tests early in readiness, to become the youngest ever member of the Ramsgate crew.

His father, Roy Cannon, has been coxswain for 18 years and his grandfather Bob is now shorehelper having retired as lifeboat mechanic.

Safety at sea runs in the family and lan's mother Julia is an Auxiliary Coastguard.

Bob says that he has come home from a service at 3am only to discover that his wife is not there because she has been called out too! Long Service Awards The Long Service Badge for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Eastbourne - Second Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic D. Corke Moelfre - Mechanic E. Jones Salcombe - Coxswain Mechanic F.Y.

Smith (In the Winter 1990/91 issue of The Lifeboat Frank Lawrence of Si He/ier was listed as 'shorehelper' when receiving his Long Service Award. Although a shorehelper at the time Frank had been Second Coxswain forl9 years. See Awards to Coxswains and Crews, page 61, this issue) Fragments of History Two small fragments of Formby's lifeboat house, believed have been the first lifeboat station in Britain, now have a place in a history collection in the town's library.

The small fragments, one stone the other metal, were spotted in the sand by 83-year-old Brother Christopher Barton who inscribed and mounted them before presenting them to the library's display.

Formby's lifeboat station was established in 1776, taken over by the RNLI in 1894 and ceased operation in 1916 when few men and no horses were available. It was closed officially in 1919..