Lord Lichf ield cracks the champagne bottle to launch a week of RNLI fundraising events at the Red Lion public house in Great Haywood near Stafford.

Each night saw a different event, ranging from a quiz night to music by a Bavarian style 'Oompah' band giving local residents and pub regulars ample opportunity to spend their money in a good cause.

With the souvenir stall and a display D class lifeboat outside the pub that had been decorated as a sailing boat, members of the Stafford with Rugeley branch raised in excess of £400 toward branch funds..