Those of you who were on NESA when we held the Winter Shore Comp from Whitley Bay in 2004, may recall that the £1,000 raised from the comp (and online auction) was donated to the RNLIs\' \"Grace Darling Appeal\".

This was a large scale appeal, looking to raise funds for the bulding of a replacement for the existing Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh and the buliding of an attached maritime educational centre.

You may have seen on Look North last week, that the work has now started - the news item featured the the (temporary) removal of the \"Grace Darling\" lifeboat.

I recieved this letter from Mike Charlton today and thought You\'d like to read it:





[Edited on 31/1/2006 by TC]