Children In Need

Roving Reporter Mick Tucker reporting for duty. It was Children in Need and, dressed as a pirate, my first port of call was a man in a bath…

Fortunately he had some clothes on, both for his sake and the general public on a chilly November morning. The young chap in a bath tub was being pushed around Newcastle town centre for the day by his fellow trainees at Market Training. Duncan Mould, one of the organisers, said they had raised over £250, and that was 11 o’clock in the morning.

The phone pledges @ BT

What the people of Stoke-on-Trent thought of a pirate haring through the streets I’m not sure, but it had to be done to get to the good people at BT in Hanley on time. Nearly 100 of them would be voluntarily working over time to take phone pledges in the evening. Dressed as sports stars, and with a feast provided by local food outlets to help them through, they took a disappointing £45,000 over the evening. Good, but not good enough said co-ordinator Les Chaplin.

Funky Scarfs

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council was preparing Pudsey for the cold snap by knitting a very long, and very snazzy scarf. Using all sorts of funky wools the workers were knitting in stints for the charity knitathon. It was a bit of a battle of the sexes too with Bob Patterson the only bloke having a go. Bob and his ladies had raised over £200 by the time I got there in the early afternoon.

The 12 hour toboggathon

The last leg of my journey had me sitting between a man’s legs on a toboggan. As well as keeping me warm, Rob Sims from Stoke Ski Centre explained to me how local customers and businesses were taking part in a 12 hour toboggathon. In appropriate conditions, people were challenged to stay on the ‘Alpine roller coaster’ for 12 hours. Given the screams, they were having lots of ‘fun’ and were doing well too, with over £500 raised.

To hear Mick being scared out of his wits on a toboggan - listen via the link below!

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claira davies
my boyfriend did a 93 mile bike ride from crewe to bangor in north wales, and has raised over £200 for children in need.