Maureen Lower and Sammy the dog present the £700 cheque to the Tenby Cancer Research shop manager Laura Williams and assistant manager Sally Turner. Picture: Gareth Davies Photography ONE of Tenby’s Cancer Research Shop volunteers has been cooking up a festive storm to raise more than £700 for the charity. Maureen Lower has been making and selling Christmas cakes for charities for the past 28 years, and last Christmas was no exception, when she baked over 80. A native of Birmingham, Maureen, who lived in Berlin for 42 years, was awarded the MBE from Her Majesty the Queen in 2003 for her volunteering work, and the German Medal of Merit.