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The weekend of Friday 30 September to Sunday 02 October saw us collecting on the Woolwich Ferry once again. What fantastic weather. It was the hottest weekend of the year. Thanks to the passengers, drivers and the usual very helpful ferry crew we raised the fantastic sum of £ 1,930.20.
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We collected at the Morrison Supermarket at Erith on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th August 2011. Thanks to the very generous shoppers, we raised the fantastic sum of £ 1639.17. A big thank you must also go to the management of the store for allowing us to collect there.
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On 02 June 2011. 35 of our branch members set off at 09.00 hrs on the annual coach outing. This time it was to Chichester. First stop was at Itchenor for a 90 min boat trip around Chichester Harbour, which included a sandwich lunch. We were lucky to have the boat to ourselves. The weather was really fantastic with sunshine all day.
Following the boat trip, we went to the city centre and stayed there for around 2 hours free time to look around the shops etc, before leaving for the return journey back to Bexleyheath.
The whole day was enjoyed by everyone and with the raffle and bingo held on the coach, we raised £314.75 for the Lifeboat Service.
Please click on Photo Albums to see the pictures.
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We collected at The Mall Shopping Centre Bexleyheath during Lifeboat week which for us was from Monday 02 to Sunday 08 May 2011. Would like to say a big thank you once again to everybody that donated during the week and also to all our helpers that collected with us. We raised the great sum of £4,270.17.
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On the weekend of Friday 01 - 03 Sunday April 2011, we collected on the Woolwich Ferry. We had a great result this weekend with the total money raised £2,288.40. The weather was kind to us this time. Was quite sunny and warm.
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We held a quiz with a difference on Saturday 12th February 2011. It was a live music event featuring music as played by The Shadows during the 60's. It was a really fun night with around a hundred people turning up. The evening raised the fantastic sum of £686.51
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On Friday 01 Oct - 03 Oct 2010 we collected on the Woolwich Ferry.We raised the fantastic sum of £1744.25 for the Lifeboat Service. The weather was it's usual damp and rainy self but despite all that and the ferry breaking down, we did well. Thanks to all the ferry staff and also the very generous passengers and drivers for making the weekend such a success.
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- Please see the pictures in the Photo Album
I was very pleased to be asked to represent the Lifeboat Service at the Grand Opening of Erith Yacht Club on Sunday 12 September 2010.
We were given a tour of their fantastic clubhouse and this was followed by a champagne reception and buffet.
Guest of honour was Sir Robin Knox Johnston. Please see pictures in Photo Albums.
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We held a two day collection at Morrisons Supermarket in Erith on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 August 2010.
Thanks to the very generous support of the shoppers, we raised the sum of £1,432. for the Lifeboat Service.
The Gravesend Lifeboat came along whilst on exercise to lend their support on both days.A big thank you to the store for allowing us to collect there again this year. Also thanks to all the people that collected for us.
Please go to the menu and click on Photo Albums.Click on "Play Slide show"
We were given a tour of their fantastic clubhouse and this was followed by a champagne reception and buffet.
Guest of honour was Sir Robin Knox Johnston. Please see pictures in Photo Albums.
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We held a two day collection at Morrisons Supermarket in Erith on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 August 2010.
Thanks to the very generous support of the shoppers, we raised the sum of £1,432. for the Lifeboat Service.
The Gravesend Lifeboat came along whilst on exercise to lend their support on both days.A big thank you to the store for allowing us to collect there again this year. Also thanks to all the people that collected for us.
Please go to the menu and click on Photo Albums.Click on "Play Slide show"
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On Thursday 03 June we had our Bexleyheath branch outing to Chatham Dockyard. The weather was very good with no need for raincoats.
There were 32 of us and we travelled by coach from Bexleyheath at 09.30hrs and arrived at the dockyard at 10.00 hrs.
There were so many things to do and places to go and I still didn't manage to fit everything in. I have to go back again some time later in the year.
I made sure that the place for me to visit was the Historic Lifeboat Museum.Well worth seeing.
We also had a one and a half hour trip on the Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle up to Gillingham and back.
On the return coach journey we drew the raffle which raised £71.00 and even though we don't set out to make this a fund raising day. The total raised on our outing for the RNLI was £171.00.
As you can see from the photo's, everyone had a good time.
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The final figure for our collection around the Bexleyheath area during Lifeboat Week in May 2010
I am very pleased to announce that we raised the fantastic sum of £4,251.
(This figure included the collection at Asda Bexleyheath
and our Vice Chairman John collecting in the street for a while on the Tuesday)
A very big thank you to every one that donated including our schools and businesses
A huge thank you to all our collectors for the many hours put in during the week.
Please see the pics in the photo album.
On Thursday 03 June we had our Bexleyheath branch outing to Chatham Dockyard. The weather was very good with no need for raincoats.
There were 32 of us and we travelled by coach from Bexleyheath at 09.30hrs and arrived at the dockyard at 10.00 hrs.
There were so many things to do and places to go and I still didn't manage to fit everything in. I have to go back again some time later in the year.
I made sure that the place for me to visit was the Historic Lifeboat Museum.Well worth seeing.
We also had a one and a half hour trip on the Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle up to Gillingham and back.
On the return coach journey we drew the raffle which raised £71.00 and even though we don't set out to make this a fund raising day. The total raised on our outing for the RNLI was £171.00.
As you can see from the photo's, everyone had a good time.
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The final figure for our collection around the Bexleyheath area during Lifeboat Week in May 2010
I am very pleased to announce that we raised the fantastic sum of £4,251.
(This figure included the collection at Asda Bexleyheath
and our Vice Chairman John collecting in the street for a while on the Tuesday)
A very big thank you to every one that donated including our schools and businesses
A huge thank you to all our collectors for the many hours put in during the week.
Please see the pics in the photo album.