Marathon rock gig raises funds for Help for Heroes
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A day-long music extravaganza at the King Edward VII pub in
Margate raised nearly £2,000 for armed forces charity Help for
Heroes.
Licensee Lindsey Simmons organised the event, which featured 13
bands including The Suspects, Breed, All Fall Down, Da Mushrooms
and Hunkertron.
Former serviceman Adrian Stembridge, who is a pub regular, took
part in a sponsored 12-mile run on the same day, starting and
finishing at the pub, while staff donated their shift wages to the
charity.
Lindsey said: "The bands were fantastic for giving up their time
and performing for free, and the customers had a great day.
"Collection buckets were quickly filled and we held a raffle
with prizes including a Harley Davidson jacket, a Scalextric set
donated by Hornby Hobbies, and merchandise contributed by Shepherd
Neame.
"The music was organised by Jez Silcock from The Suspects. He
did a great job pulling it all together.""
The day's total will be passed onto Help for Heroes fund raiser
Leigh Kedwell from Folkestone who is taking part in the 350-mile
Big Battlefield bike ride from HMS Victory across northern France
to Paris at the end of May.
Help for Heroes was founded in 2007 to raise money to support
wounded servicemen and women, and since then has raised over
£1million a month.
Monday, March 15 2010
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