The annual summer appeal by the fishwives of Cullcrcoats collected £449 last year. That is £171 more than their collection in 1941, which was a record.

In 21 years they have collected over £3,400. One collector last year, Mrs.

Mattison, got £150. It was made up of about 20,000 coins, weighing four hundredweight, or three times her own weight..