MUSIC MAN STEPHEN BOOSTS OUR CHARITY FOODBANK APPEAL

Music fan, Stephen Whitehead today boosted our foodbank appeal to a whopping £500 when he handed over £50 to us following a Fred and Flynny Show in which they were talking about music, Tamla Motown in particular.

I had brought along a few vinyl albums from my collection to talk about as we chatted about Manchester nightclubs, fashions, music and people from the 1960s and 1970s.

Amongst the albums was a five album, boxed set of Tamla Motown music through the years and I said, half jokingly that if anybody wished to buy it and donate to our foodbank appeal they were more than welcome to bid.

At the same time thanks to the generosity of Premier Genealogist Glenn Kennedy a full family tree search was offered as a prize with Glenn choosing to donate the money from the highest bid to our appeal, a bidding war ensued and Joan Fielder won with a bid of £420 which Glenn topped up to £450 out of his own pocket.

Steve Whitehead was one of the unsuccessful bidders, but he was determined to help out the appeal he contacted us and bid £50 for the albums, thus ramping up the money to £500.

Stephen told us:

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"I am a Salford lad through and through and watch all of the Fred and Flynny Shows and remember you mentioning the album and foodbanks, I did bid for the family tree research but was pipped at the post and so decided to donate £50 for the album to round it up.

I love my music and this takes me back to my youth when I used to go to The Twisted Wheel and The Oasis Club in Manchester with my pals, great days and I can remember Fred when he used to DJ around town under the name of Chunky Baby.

The money will go to deserving causes and it upsets me to know and see that people depend on foodbanks in this day and age, a sad state of affairs which shouldn't be happening, and I am more than glad to help in any way I can"

 

We are still busy working out which foodbanks and local charities will receive  this money, we have earmarked £50 for John Brierley who is taking part in the 100K in February fundraiser for St Ann's Hospice in Little Hulton, Emmanuel Church Foodbank, Salford, Cornerstone Food Store and several breakfast clubs in the area will also benefit, just wish we had more to give.

Many thanks to Stephen, Glenn Kennedy, Joan Fielder and all the other wonderful people who have kindly helped us with our foodbank appeals.

Cheers!