The Lifeboat Inn
They have been given a magnificent model of a pub, appropriately named The Lifeboat Inn, which has been painstakingly made by 85-year-old Alec Penstone of East Mount, Shanklin.
It is one of around 500 models Alec has made, and the Lifeboat crew are hoping to raffle it to help raise funds for their station.
Mark Birch, coxswain of Sandown and Shanklin Lifeboat said: “We are overjoyed by the quality of the model – it is a work of art.
“Alec has spent so much time and effort on it, and there is incredible attention to detail, even an outside loo! Ideally we would like to put it in an estate agent’s window to highlight the fact that it is being raffled to raise money for the Lifeboat.”
Any estate agent willing to help promote the raffle by putting the model in their window with a ‘For Sale’ sign is asked to contact the Lifeboat Station on 01983-405999.
