Charities Collection (#10)

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

These Newsome girls raised 60 for the famine victims in Ethiopia. 19th 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

The "Sack Look"is back in fashion against amongst girls of the University of
The " Sack Look" is back in fashion against amongst girls of the University of the South West. Pictured are some of the students, who each bought a potato sack

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

Acorns Childrens Hospice. Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Topping Out Ceremony, with guest of honour Lord Lichfield, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 8th March 1988

Fundraising for Acorns Childrens Hospice, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. 17th July 1989. Woodgate PTA, Parents and Teachers association

Pupils and Teachers from King Edwards Camp Hill Girls School in Kings Heath with a £ 178.88 cheque, money raised for a three mile walk, for Acorns Childrens Hospice, Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak

Sight of Acorns Childrens Hospice. On day of Topping Out Ceremony, with guest of honour Lord Lichfield, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 8th March 1988

Princess Diana, arrives to officially open Acorns Childrens Hospice, only the 3rd Childrens hospice in the World, 14th December 1988

Acorns Childrens Hospice. Topping Out Ceremony, with guest of honour Lord Lichfield, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 8th March 1988

Its A Royal Knockout Charity Event, held at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, 15th June 1987. Prince Edward

SSAFA, Photo-call, 8th March 1984. The Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Families Association, Coventry division was launched at a reception held in the crypt of St Marys Hall

Booth Hall Childrens Hospital, Manchester, 19th March 1989. Commemorative Stone unveiled by Bobby Charlton, former Manchester United Player, as Jonathan Pfeffer, Development Trust Chairman, looks on

Trafford Taxi Drivers Organisation for Handicapped Children, annual outing, today travelling to Southport, 19th July 1983. A trip which has been a special day out for hundreds of disabled children

Manchester Taxi Drivers Organisation for Handicapped Children, annual convoy to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. A trip which has been a special day out for hundreds of disabled children. 20th June 1981

Margaret Thatcher PM, photocall with fund raisers Melanie Pickersgill and James Murphy, to promote Sport Aid 88, pictured together outside 10 Downing Street, London, 7th August 1987

The Queen - State visit to Bangledesh - 14th to 17th November 1983. Visit to Save The Children centre in Dhaka, Bangledesh. 16th November 1983. Being escorted by Dr Sultana Khanum Medical Director

Biafra Christmas Ship Fund. Michael Caine answers questions with Political graduate Bianca De Macias and Israeli Peace Pilot Abie Nathan in the background. 4th December 1968

Lined up in their mini soccer dresses at what should have been the time for kick-off are 6 of the Blinkers Utd football team

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