Charities Collection (#11)

Five athletic boys pounded the streets near their homes to raise £28
Five athletic boys pounded the streets near their homes to raise £ 28.00 for the hospice. E10 year olds Sebastian O Connor, Michael Senior, James Boyle and Oliver Butterfields

A group of fundraising Netherton girls raised £18. 50 for the Anne Diamond appeal
A group of fundraising Netherton girls raised £ 18.50 for the Anne Diamond appeal. ELaura Blezard 10, Jodie Woodhead 9, Sheryl Robertshaw 7

Fireman Paddy Flaherty made sure these youngsters had the right hat of the occasion when they visited Slaithwaite Fire Stations open day yesterday

Hoping to pick a winner... Miss Examiner Andrea Stokes tried her hand on the lucky card stall after opening a garden party in the grounds of St Johns Church, Upperthong

Ticket to ride... Owen Apsinall, Richard Saville and Peter Dawson study the route they are to take on their sponsored cycle ride

A pet show organised by eight friends from Holmfirth High School raised more than £; 86 for the RSPCA. Pictured presenting the money to the RSPCA representative Mrs Shirley Smith (front right)

Best foot forward... Young Jeremy Illingworth has a go at the penalty competition during the annual pig roast and gala which raised £ 500 for Netherton Juniors soccer club

Armstrong World Industries Limited. Cyclists Charlie Hewat (l) and Julie Edwards, from Zimbabwe, visit the Thornby factory on their way to Africa on a sponsored cycle trek

Redcar lifeboat crew look over the new RNLI vessel, Medina. Left to right Paul Wilson (and Cox), Dave Cammish and Bob O Neill. 26th November 1985

L - R, Dave Cammish, Derek Robinson and Mike Smithson, who recently took part in a sponsored parachute jump to raise funds. 11th September 1989

More than 60 members of Northallerton Motorcycle Action Group rode through the town at the weekend as part of an appeal to help an animal sanctuary

Scouts from Skelton who sent their old football strip to orphans in Poland, pictured wearing new strips and certificate thanking them for their donations, 5th October 1998

Sponsored abseil from the top of Hospitality Inn, Middlesbrough, 14th April 1996. Andrew Millward fundraising in aid of Cystic Fibrosis

Ten-year-old Sarah Hanson (centre) serves customer Mrs Irena Wegrzyn at a bring and buy sales she organised at St John C of E school, Golcar - and helping her is fellow pupil Yvonne Eastwood

These 12 members of St Andrews Methodist Guides, Mirfield, walked it when they decided to raise money for Help the Aged. Guider Elaine Butcher is pictured presenting a cheque for £ 131 to Help

Jonathan Plant and James Henshaw donned policemen helmets for a sponsored build-a-brick event organised by Quarry Hill Playgroup and Mothers and Toddlers

Knitting jumpers, cardigans and blankets for refugee camps in Ethiopia and Sudan are Lowerhouses Junior School pupils. Twenty children are involved in the charity knit. 13th February 1985

Mr Brian Carter, the secretary of Huddersfield Third World Committee, receives a £ 60 cheque from St Josephs RC Church cub scout pack, Huddersfield

Shepley Youth Club leader Stewart Hughes kept an eye on the clock as club members took part in a 24-hour pool marathon at the club, which raised 164 to buy sports and other equipment

Highburton Guides are pictured with home made sweets at a coffee morning which raised £ 110 for guide funds. The event at the village hall also featured stalls, including tombola

Almondbury Youth Club members are helping an Oxfam appeal to knit pullovers for Ethiopia. More than a dozen members - some of whom have taken up knitting for the first time - have contributed to

Twelve year old Nicola Senior and Gail Wyke 13 both of Scar Grove, knitted blankets to help the charities collecting cash for the appeal. 18th February 1985

A Charity has been activatedfter 20 years, so now pupils of Denby Dale CofE First school will have lots of fun on this new play equipment

Children at Lindley CofE Infants school examine some of the handiwork of teachers and mothers who, with members and mothers of Lindley Methodist Guides

Mrs Susan Stainton of the childrens cancer charity the Candlelighters and sons Ben and Joe accept a cheque for £ 40 for Mr David Turner, landlord of the Junction Inn, Manchester Road

The Big Red Bike Ride, 27th June 1988. The ride, a 16 day sponsored event around England and Wales, passes through Middlesbrough, with the Mayor, Councillor Bryan Lonsbrough

The Mayor of Middlesbrough, Councillor Malcolm Pritchard, waves off 12 pedal pushing Aussies who set off today on a 12, 000 mile bike ride home, 10th September 1987

Cyclists taking part in the Darlington Border Bike Ride, in aid of the British Sports Association for the Disabled, starting at the Town Hall, Darlington, 17th August 1989

Frank Sinatra, visits the Sunshine Home for Blind Babies and Children at Northwood, Middlesex, Friday 1st June 1962

Two million working hours without an accident resulting in lost time has given ICI employees the chance to boost Cleveland charities

Lady Spencer Churchill celebrates her 89th birthday with a reception at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, 1st April 1974

The Beatles attend reception organised by the Foundation against haemophilia, at the Livingston Garden, Los Angeles USA 24th August 1964

Royal Variety Performance, Dominion Theatre, London, Monday 7th December 1992. Arrival of Prince Charles & Princess Diana, wearing pink-tinged, ankle-length, silk dress

T in the Park Music Festival, Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 13th July 1996

Scenes inside Norton House showing visitors using the arts and crafts room accompanied by the supervisior (right). Norton House is a day centre for the homeless of Coventry. 21st October 1982

Homeless Alfie Bird who has promised to undertake a fund-raising cycle ride to Cornwall to raise funds for the upkeep of Norton house, a day centre for the homeless of Coventry

Scenes inside Norton House showing people reading books in the library. Norton House is a day centre for the homeless of Coventry. 21st October 1982

Scenes inside Norton house showing people playing pool in the games room. Norton House is aday centre for the homeless of Coventry. 15th August 1984

Coventry Cathedral Cyrenian Sleep Out. Tile Hill man Fred Nash gets started on a nights reading on his third sleep out in his usual seat in aid of the charity for the homeless. 3rd December 1993

Acorns Childrens Hospice, 30th September 1988. Management & Staff. Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Foreground, Sally Day, Director of the Acorns Childrens Hospice

Acorns Childrens Hospice, Under Construction, 7th March 1988. Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Reproduction Prohibited without the Written Consent of the Management

Acorns Childrens Hospice, 29th November 1988. The wonderfully equipped playroom at Acorns, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Reproduction Prohibited without the Written Consent of the Management

The Choice advert girls present a colour TV to Sally Day, Director of the Acorns Childrens Hospice, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, 15th December 1988

Ray Carver hands over a cheque for £900 to Sally Day
Ray Carver hands over a cheque for £ 900 to Sally Day, Director Acorns Childrens Hospice, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. 18th February 1990. Money raised in the Vax Marathon

Shirley Gurnham, Secretary for the Friends of Acorns Childrens Hospice, presented with a cheque for 2000 by Martyn Atkinson (left), chairman of the Central Orbit Club at Martineau Teachers Centre

Sally Day, Director of the Acorns Childrens Hospice, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, 17th November 1988. Reproduction Prohibited without the Written Consent of the Management

3 members of Grestone Junior School Choir, Handsworth Road, handed 310 to Acorns Childrens Hospice, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham

John Pratt, walked 40 miles in the Cotswolds Marathon in February 1990, in memory of Quinton Scout leader Jim Hollis, and raised £ 2010, 10p which will be presented to Acorns Childrens Hospice

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