Mr Alan Murray (centre) presenting the cheque to Mr John Horton (right), the Calshot Lifeboat Operations Manager, on board 'Mabel Williams' with Dave Poupard, lifeboat 2nd coxswain (left) looking on.

Mr Alan Murray who was the Worshipful Master of the Knightwood Masonic Lodge last year visited Calshot lifeboat station on Sunday morning and presented the cheque to Mr John Horton, the lifeboat operations manager.

The money was collected during Mr Murray’s time in the chair and the RNLI is one of the local charities the lodge supports.

Alan explained that he was an ex seafarer, as were a lot of the lodge members, and he had reason to be grateful to the RNLI for assistance given whilst he had been at sea.

This is the second time such a generous donation has been given to Calshot by Knightwood. 

John Horton commented “The RNLI depends entirely on voluntary donations and legacies and this cheque is a very welcome contribution to the station’s running costs. We are very grateful from all the support we get from local fund raisers.”