Malcolm Grant, the winner of the Volvo 440 Li car which was first prize in the RNLI's 60th national lottery owes his thanks to comedian Billy Burden, who drew his winning ticket. The popular comedian, who was curently appearing as Mr Moulterd in the BBC TV series 'Grace and Favour' at the time drew all the winning tickets on Sunday 31 January 1993 at Volvo agents Page Motors of Poole.

The draw, which raised over £159,00, was supervised by Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing and the prize winners were: Volvo 440 Li car- Malcolm Grant, Cardiff.

£500 - Mrs Z.P. Johnson- Walker, Frimley, Surrey. £250 - H.

Overfield, Hampton Hill, Middx. £100 - Miss M.H. Hamman, Worsley, Manchester; Mrs E. Tumber, Whitstable,Kent; Mrs S. Kennedy, Coventry, West Midlands; R. Kidd, Didcot, Oxon; Mrs.

S. Humphreys, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. £50 - R. Middleton, Lowestoft, Suffolk; Mrs M. Hanson, Chellaston, Derby; Miss I.E. Honeyball, Charlton, London; Mrs J.R. Harris, Birkenhead, Merseyside; Mrs J. Perry, Thames Ditton, Surrey.

(Top) Malcolm Grant (centre left), the winner of the Volvo in the RNLI's 60th national lottery with his wife Margaret (centre right) at the handing over ceremony in Cardiff. Photo Barry Webb (Above) Comedian Billy Burden draws the winning tickets at Page Motors in Poole.On Station The following lifeboats have taken up station and relief fleet duties: ALL-WEATHER Kilmore Quay - Mersey 12-28 (ON 1187) Mary Margaret on 2 December 1992.

Relief - Mersey 12-30 (ON1189) Her Majesty The Queen on 25 January 1993.

Berwick-on-Tweed - Mersey 12-32 (ON 1191) Joy and Charles Beeby on 5 February 1993.

Clogherhead - Mersey 12-31 (ON 1190) Doris Bleasdale on 3 March 1993.

INSHORE Relief - B592 Ernest Armstrong on 28 November 1992.

Relief - D437 Jill Gatti on 1 January 1993.

Relief - D439 Phyllis Mary on 1 January 1993.

Kilkeel - B593 Valerie Hull on 27 January 1993.A Night to Remember The BBC's series '999' portrays the activities of the emergency services, and one of the five teams employed to research and film reconstructions of the rescue operations descended on Portaferry, Northern Ireland, at the end of October 1992. Their aim was to reconstruct and film the events of a night in June when the lifeboat and medical services joined forces to rescue three victims of a high speed collision in Strangford Lough.

Filming was carried out over four nights and involved a number of representatives from the lifeboat and ambulance services. The station's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V was involved throughout the period and the crew played an important role in the filming.

Powerful lighting and other filming equipment was set up each night and the rigid inflatable boat involved in the accident was floated onto the wreck at high tide before the night's filming.

It seemed as though everything was filmed half a dozen times from half a dozen angles but gradually the various pieces came together, covering the various aspects of the night's events from the sounding of pagers to the hospitalization of the casualties.

Propper job In October 1940 a Handley Page Hampden bomber was shot down near Skegness, and although the lifeboat was launched no survivors were found.

The lifeboat mechanic at the time was the late father of the present day station honorary secretary, J. Grunnill, who was a helper at the station.

Fifty-two years later, in September 1992, the station's Mersey Lincolnshire Poacher was returning from exercise when the crew spotted an obstruction like a sword standing about a metre above the surface. They considered it hazard to the station's inshore lifeboat and took the station's Talus tractor to the spot at low tide and managed to get a line on it. Pulling it ashore they were surprised to find that it was a propeller unit, in quite good condition. RAF experts confirmed that it was a propeller from the plane shot down in 1940 and it now forms an interesting exhibit in the station's new boathouse.New Year Honours Long Service Badges Her Majesty the Queen has honoured the following crew member for his services to the RNLI in this year's New Year Honours: Ralph Brunton MBE, mechanic at Dunbar lifeboat station was awarded the British Empire Medal.

Awards for achievements not directly connected with the Institution's work but to people associated with the RNLI are: Sir Malcolm Arnold, Knight Bachelor, composer (and composer of the Padstow Lifeboat March).

Frederick Everard, CBE, president, Chamber of Shipping and chairman F T Everard & Sons Ltd.

Mrs Molly Evans, MBE for services to the public and to the community on Anglesey (member and supporter of the Llangefni branch).

Lynn David, BEM, lock keeper at Abingdon (chairman and secretary of the Days Lock Island branch).

Miss Catrina Gillies, BEM, sub postmistress Cromarty sub post office (president of the Cromarty ladies' guild).

The Long Service Badge for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Appledore - Tractor driver R.L. Fisher Filey - Second assistant mechanic B.W.

Jenkinson Fowey - Crew member P. Barren Humber - Crew member S. Rollinson Ilfracombe - Assistant mechanic R.

Thompson Kilmore Quay - Crew members D.

Culleton, J. Hayes Littlehampton - Crew member G.J.

Warminger Mallaig - Crew member H.R. Mackenzie Oban - Coxswain/mechanic J.P.

Maclean, crew members D.M. Graham, M.J. Robertson, D. Robertson, D.W.

Scott Pwllheli - Coxswain/mechanic B.

Green, assistant tractor driver D. Jones, tractor driver M. Dop Selsey - Assistant head launcher J.D.

Hutchinson Sheringham - Crew member D. Mann Valentia - Assistant mechanic J.A.

MurphyAll members and supporters of the RNLI will be saddened to hear of two tragedies within the space of a week involving members of the Padstow lifeboat crew.

In the first incident on 23 November 1992 lifeboat crew member Neil Harding was one of two people to lose their lives when a small fishing vessel was lost, and just six days later a 26ft fishing vessel foundered with the loss of three further lives. Among them were lifeboat crew member Peter Hope and deputy second coxswain Paul Masters.

Everyone connected with the lifeboat service will wish to join us in expressing our heartfelt condolences to family and friends in the close-knit community..