Councillor Mrs Jessie Beddoes renewed Wolverhampton’s 110 year old association with the sea in a ceremony watched by several hundred people in West Park

Dan Wright of the Albrighton Scout Unit displays his pristine Solent class lifeboat model in the garden of his home in Birmingham. Pictured with his is Malcom Pate, chairman of the parents supporters assocation, as preperations are made to display the mod

Organisers of the Wolverhampton Lifeboat appeal are making a final push to reach the £30,000 goal they set out to meet. The annual target is current short by £2000, as efforts like the pictured guess the milage competition continue to raise money for the

Organisers of the Wolverhampton Lifeboat appeal are making a final push to reach the £30,000 goal they set out to meet. The annual target is current short by £2000, as efforts like the pictured guess the milage competition continue to raise money for the

In Dudley, three year old Helen Moss chips in with some pocket money to help her father Keith and his friends on the Dudley Committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

How about a second-hand hat? They are available to pick up at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute’s charity shop on Cleveland Street in Wolverhampton. Pictured from left to right donning the hats are Joan Timmins, Greta Proudlock, Heather Whyte and Shir

Staff at the Wolverhampton branch of Securicor raised £100 for the town’s lifeboat appeal fund. Pictured is Joe Harvey presenting the cheque to Bob Newell, vice chairman of the fund

Wolverhampton has succeeded in raising more than £30,000 for a lifeboat, exactly one year after the appeal was launched. Pictured is the deputy mayor of Wolverhampton and chairman of the lifeboat appeal committee, Councillor Ted Mitchell who was on hand t

Fundraisers at land-locked Lichfield have raised over £1000 for lifeguards. Branch Chairman Mrs Dorothy Godfrey (left) is pictured helping out Mrs Gwynneth Nichols on the bookstall

Sorting out pairs of donated shoes are from left, Mrs M Merry, Mrs M Rix, Mrs M Gregory, Mrs J Timmins, Mrs G Proudlock and Mrs S Newell