| The appeal to fund the new tyne-class lifeboat "City of Sheffield" ran for 18 months in Sheffield and surrounding areas in 1986/87.
A total of approximately £460,000 was raised in this time, including an anonymous donation of £100,000.
The starting point for the appeal was funds awarded to the appeal as benefiting charity of the Sheffield Marathon which, during the period of the appeal amounted to over £50,000.
But the majority of the total raised was from the "usual" events - coffee mornings, raffles, collections, concerts etc.
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