Charities Collection (page 9)

All fall down! Contestants in the three-legged race at Scissett C of E First School summer fair find it is harder than it looks

Pram Racing, School Green, Shinfield, Reading, June 1980

Nurses and Porters from Battle Hospital, Reading, take part in a game of football in the local park, Reading, June 1980

Charity Ball, Top Rank Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire, 28th October 1967

St Johns Ambulance First Aid Training, 10th February 1979. MARSKE nursing cadets, Julie Graham, Kay Browell and Donna Nicholson

John Lennon Scholarship Concert held at Pier Head, Liverpool. Saturday 5th May 1990. Lenny Kravitz

St Johns Ambulance Cadet Division in Easton receive a resuscitation unit during a presentation at its headquarters in High Street, Normanby, Monday 9th December 1991

Today we present a selection of classic photographs as you ve never seen them before. They all come from the Chronicle archive and are well-known in their own right

Roger Moore pictured at Pontings Department Store, Kensington, London, where he is helping to sell charity christmas cards on behalf of the Variety Club of Great Britain

Roger Moore pictured with Santa at Pontings Department Store, Kensington, London, where he is helping to sell charity christmas cards on behalf of the Variety Club of Great Britain

Moochy the Staffordshire Bull Terrier meets Vicky Derby, a trainee veterinary nurse at the PDSA Veterinary Centre in Aston

Scenes at the PDSA veterinary surgery in Aston. 23rd July 1992

Stephanie, the Royal Pigeon with owner Dennis Sanders arrive at the PDSA Quinton, to officially open the clinic. 11th September 1996

Its a dog life for this Birmingham vet. He is stationed in a mobile hut on land in Grovesnor Road, Aston, until the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals can afford new premises

Mrs Beryl Cartmale with one legged poodle Amber and PDSA veterinary nurse Mandy Woodall. 10th October 1996

Princess Diana, North East visit to Relate Charity. 5th August 1992

Looking not exactly rugged at the start of a two-mile charity pub-crawl are Mr Gary Connor (centre, in tiger skin) and his colleagues

Under starters orders... children at Emley First School jostle for pole position as Dewsbury MP Ann Taylor prepares to blow the whistle

Superswim 98 at the Neptune Centre, Swimmimg Pool, Middlesbrough, 25th April 1998. Pictured, Alan Robinson and Steven Everington in the Cascomp team, await their turns to swim

Community spirit... Members of Marsden In Need group and Marsden Enhancement Committee are pictured with equipment which they have bought for Marsden Clinic

Bidding a fond farewell to the Rev Bob Shaw are pupils of Cumberworth First school at their harvest festival service. Mr Shaw, the vicar of St Nicholas Church, Cumberworth

Breaking their silence to present 50 to the NSPCC were these Girl Guides. The 120thddersfield Guides, based at Almondbury, organised a sponsored silence to raise the money

The Liverpool Echo running team, gets in some roadwork, 19th September 1990. Ken Rogers on right

The Echo stair run team, training for charity event, 10th November 1989. L to R. Ken Rogers, Paul Byrne, Chris Walker, John Griffith Editor, Ann Todd, Pip Bellis, Caroline Storah and Neil Hodgson

Canned cash E EEnterprising youngsters Richard and Nicola McBride are halfway towards their £ 1000 target for guide dogs for the bline

Meltham Gala Queen Leanne Singleton presents a check for £400 to Anne Muff
Meltham Gala Queen Leanne Singleton presents a check for £ 400 to Anne Muff, officer in charge at Greenacres home for the elderly, in Meltham

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

Slaithwaite Church Guides sort through some of the 100 vests they have knitted to be sent to children in Ethiopia. All 22 members of the company made good a Christmas promise by knitting

Tiny Tia Pinnock-Hamilton toddled five miles to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Four-year-old Tia, joined a pack of sponsored walkers who trekked from Huddersfield to Bradford

Children from Spring Grove Junior school staged a sponsored knit-in to raise £; 50 for famine relief in Ethiopia. About 90 of the schools senior children

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

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