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For Quiet Nights

Four people in Leeds, two husbands and wives, sent the Instititution a pound in July 1941. It was a penny from each of them in gratitude for each night that they had had free from air-raids. They continued that thankoffering for every quiet night for over three years. Then on November 6th, 1944, they sent their last gift and "said farewell to their little scheme for helping the Lifeboat Service". They had then given it £20..