Beach Café donates £1,000 to St Bees Lifeboat.
Last week Hartleys Tearooms and Beach café handed over a cheque for £1,000 to St Bees RNLI Guild.
The staff at Hartleys tearooms are great supporters of the RNLI and the café is frequently used by some of the crew. This was part of a regular donation from money raised selling second hand books in the café.
Receiving the cheque were Joyce Ashley, Christine Wrigley & Maria Thurlwell. Joyce & Christine recently received their Gold Bar & Maria received her Gold Badge. These RNLI awards are all in recognition of their serviceKey facts about the RNLI
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