Keith Graham, Exmouth lifeboat coxswain, was at The Anchor public house in Oldbury on Severn on 3 July to receive a cheque for £1,000 which had been raised by pub regulars.

Keith accepted the cheque at a supper which more than overflowed the pub and filled a large marquee in the grounds! Most of the money came from the pub's weekly Bonus Ball game -£1 a number to enter, £40 for the winner and £9 to the RNLI - and some from the proceeds of the supper.

But when the calculations had been done the final figure was found to be in the nine-hundreds - so the call went out to round it up to the magic four figures. Digging into their pockets the diners soon finished the job! Keith (left) is pictured receiving the final cheque from organiser Mike Dowdeswell..