Free screening for heart defects will be held at Darwen Access Point, in Duckworth Street, Darwen, on Saturday, June 19. Appointments must be made in advance by ringing !REMOVED! Screening sessions have been organised and funded by the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and The Neil Wickers and David Staff Memorial Fund.
David Staff
My son would have been so proud
Lancashire Evening Telegraph – 24 November 2003 By Andrew Turner One person above all would have been proud to see Irene Wickers walk away with the Pride of East Lancashire Outstanding Volunteer award, her son, Neil, who died suddenly of a rare heart condition aged just 31. He was a regular gym user who appeared to
Tribute to the sons they loved and lost
For most people, raising £1,000 at a Christmas Fair would be achievement enough. But for two local families it is just a fraction of the money raised since they started their fund-raising over four years ago. Irene Wickers, from Darwen, and Granville Staff, from Hoddlesdon, set up the Neil Wickers and David Staff memorial fund as
TV stars muck in for
Emmerdale stars The Dingles and friends found themselves wishing they were back on the farm when they were put through their paces in a race dedicated to the memory of tragic teenager David Staff. Four of the soap’s stars braved the five-mile David Staff Memorial Fell Race in Darwen’s Sunnyhurst Woods, which has become an annual
Dingles set to join in charity dash
Fell runners have the chance to race TV’s famous Dingle family – all in the name of charity. Emmerdale actors Emma Atkins, alias newly-wed Charity Dingle, Jeff Hordley, the villainous Cain Dingle, and his younger brother Sam Dingle played by James Hooton, will join Chris Chitle, rogue antique dealer Eric Pollard, and local runners for the David
The David Staff Memorial Fell Race 10th December 2000
Too dizzy to talk. Lungs and heart fit to burst. Wouldn’t be too surprised if they already had to be quite honest. Legs insisting that they should, by rights, be detached from the body. It’s cold. It’s wet. We’ve just paid £3 a head to run up a big hill in the middle of December. However,
The Great North Run in Memory of David Staff by Gillian Haddow
Saturday 21st. October – the eve of the Great North Run 2000. I was sitting in a B & B somewhere to the west of Durham City, and feeling extra-ordinarily nervous. I can honestly say. I had always enjoyed running for my own sake and although this was the first time I had taken part in
