Cullercoats Harbour Day 2005 - for the first time in history the Cullercoats Harbour Day was unable to go ahead on Cullercoats Beach, due to atrocious weather conditions.

But that didn't stop the crew and organisers from improvising in the most creative and successful ways.

It was decided just a couple of hours before the event was to begin, that it should be moved up to Cullercoats Community Center. And crew and helpers were quick to shift all the stalls, chairs and tables and even the boat and tractor from the beach up to the Community Center, where a much reduced but still incredibly successful Harbour Day was held.

The regular stalls and live music was able to proceed, under the cover of the Community Center. And despite the loss of the helicopter and TVLB display, the Cullercoats Lifeboat crew were able to perform a small display in the harbour later in the afternoon.

Some of the crew visited local pubs and clubs with their collection buckets to help raise funds. We were unable to run the usual coconut shy and assault course, but the crew implemented a sponsored soaking - for a donation you could throw buckets of water at the crew. This went down well with the visitors - who still showed up in their hundreds, and thanks to their dedication and the crew and organisers quick thinking we were able to raise over £6500.00 from the event.