THE Ryedale branch of the Royal Air Forces Association has thanked volunteers from across Ryedale and contributors to the annual Wings Appeal.
Street collections in Helmsley (£361.60), Kirkbymoorside (£395.40), Malton and Norton (£1,067.60), Pickering (£651.88) and Thornton-le-Dale (£242.92) together with other donations achieved a grand total of £3,651.98, an increase of 7.5 per cent on the previous year.
The fund was further boosted by more than £200 from a Wings Stall at Grosmont Station during the NYMR Railway in Wartime weekend with displays and a celebratory cake marking the RAF centenary.
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