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Toby's table raises £600 for Whitstable RNLI

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A glass topped table made from driftwood is the latest unusual means by which funds have been raised for the Whitstable RNLI Lifeboat.

Andy Mayo, Whitstable Lifeboat Community Sea Safety Officer thanks Toby Corall for his fund raising effort in making the glass topped driftwood table which sold for £600.

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Andy Mayo, Whitstable Lifeboat Community Sea Safety Officer thanks Toby Corall for his fund raising effort in making the glass topped driftwood table which sold for £600.
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The table has been made by Toby Corall, a lifetime supporter of the RNLI and proprietor of The Driftwood Shack on Whitstable harbour where he sells items made from driftwood washed up on the towns beaches.

“I have been a supporter of the RNLI since I was 5” he says “and having operated a hovercraft from the town I often came across people in difficulties so I am well aware that too many people are not aware of conditions such as wind, tide and mud which is amazing considering we live on an island, and that it is the RNLI who are called to assist and rescue them”

“In recognition of the work done by the RNLI and the Whitstable lifeboat I decided to make the glass topped table from a suitable piece of driftwood with the proceeds going to the lifeboat and it sold for £600 which I have handed over to the crew”

Andy Mayo, Whitstable Lifeboat Community Sea Safety Officer said “We thank Toby very much for the most unusual way in which he has raised cash for the station. Toby recently took part in our sea safety and throw bag training course and it is pleasing to know that we have him amongst our many supporters who do so much to keep the RNLI and the Whitstable Lifeboat at the forefront of saving lives at sea”.

The table, the glass top of which measures 130cm now resides in a seafront home in Deal.





The glass topped driftwood table which sold for £600

The Driftwood Shack, Whitstable.

The glass topped driftwood table which sold for £600
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