The weather couldn't have been more perfect when the Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes opened its doors to the public on 31 July and 1 August! The Open Days, celebrating the ILC's 25th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the Atlantic 21 lifeboat, gave many people the opportunity to learn more about the RNLI's fleet of inshore lifeboats.

As well as the naming of the Mersey class Bingo Lifeline and the D class Table 32, spectators saw the 58th National Lottery draw by TV personalities Lynn Faulds Wood and John Stapleton, capsize and righting displays, a sail past, workshops, the Storm Force caravan and souvenir stands.

The days turned out to be a great success, and the many visitors left tired, but with happy memories of a sunny afternoon at Cowes...58th National Lottery It was a family affair when the RNLI's 58th National Lottery was drawn on 31 July, the first of the Open Days.

Aided and abetted by their young son Nicholas, John Stapleton and Lynn Faulds Wood of BBC TV's Watchdog programme, together with the RNLI's Anthony Oliver (below, left), drew the winning tickets in, front of large crowds and in glorious sunshine.

The prize winners of the 58th National Lottery are:- £2,000: Ms A. Blunt, Flackwell Heath, Bucks; £1,000: Mrs S. Beer, Camberley, Surrey; £750: Mrs M. Lewis, Seaton, Devon; £500: M.K.

Thomas, Whitby, North Yorkshire; £250: R.

Blackman, South wick, Sussex; £100: Mrs J.

Hye, Chatham, Kent; Mrs I.H. Cosic, Brigstock, Northants; D.A. Bagge, Ware, Herts; Mrs. C. Baguley, Davyhulme, Manchester; Mrs. E. Squires, Rothesay, Isle of Bute; J.H. Clarke, Shamley Green, Surrey; Mrs. C Megson, Fleet, Hants; A. Heron, Crosshouse,Ayrshire; R.Sutcliffe,Urmston, Manchester; A.E. White, Eastbourne, Sussex; £50: M. Hayler, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex; T. Josling, Rainham, Kent; I.E.

Jones, Shaftesbury, Dorset; G.R. Hinch, Nottingham; J.G. Taylor, South Shields, Tyne & Wear; Mrs M. Negus, Hayle, Cornwall; Lt Col T. Downing, Eltham, London; P.G. Pile, Hounslow.Middx; Mrs V.Watson, Bedford; J. Hanna, Billingham, Cleveland.

Photo Gilbert Hampton.