Monday, December 1, 2008

Market traders raise cash for charity.

Market traders in Aldridge were not lying down on the job despite being in pyjamas to when they raised £855 for Children in Need  with a day of fun.The traders all wore pyjamas for the day and Lisa Roberts,who runs a tattoo studio and organised the event gave a sponsored tattoo to fellow stall holder Neville Khanna. They combined their money raised with that of Aldridge snooker hall,who did a sponsored snookerathon on the same day.The snooker hall,which is on Rookery Lane,gave players a chance to play for free on their tables for four hours while raising money through sponsorship. Lisa said "We are absolutely chuffed with the amount we have raised together and hopefully there is still more to come.It was fantastic to do something for charity and I am sure we will do something just as crazy next year # - Dusan Popratnjak - 12/1/08; 9:22:01 PM - Comment [0] Trackback [0]

Award hope for Eleanor Simmonds

Aldridge double paralympic gold medalist Eleanor Simmonds is one of three people in the running for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. The school girl swimmer is in the last three whittled down from a short list of ten and will be looking to follow in the foot steps of Andy Murray,Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott.She is up against Olympic diver Tom Daley and junior Wimbledon champ Laura Robson.The winner will be announced on December 14th.   # - Dusan Popratnjak - 12/1/08; 9:12:21 PM - Comment [0] Trackback [0]

Funeral for dignitary

The funeral of the Deputy Mayor of Walsall who suffered a heart attack on a bus will be held in Aldridge next week. A service for Councillor Cath Micklewright will be held at St Mary The Angels RC Church in Whetstone Lane,at 11.00am on December 4th. Councillor Micklewright represented Rushall - Shelfield.She died on Saturday. # - Dusan Popratnjak - 12/1/08; 9:05:11 PM - Comment [0] Trackback [0]