Images Dated 30th March 1979

Photo-call to launch the Across Charity, Ambulance Mark V, the West Midlands A¿80

Photo-call to launch the Across Charity, Ambulance Mark V, the West Midlands ?80,000 new jumbo ambulance. Midland comedians Don Maclean and Lenny Henry (who helped raise cash) put on a traffic stopping act to give the world's biggest ambulance the go-ahead. Outside the Grand Hotel Birmingham, Don helped bearded driver John Hudgell to transport a roaring Lenny across the street on a stretcher, watched by another driver, Colin Hann. 30th March 1979

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