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Auto-Sleepers PA in fund raising success

18 Friday Jul 2014

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Colleagues of a man who suffered a massive heart attack at work have raised more than £1,600 for the people who helped him. Barbara Pugh, who is PA to the chief executive officer of campervan motor home manufacturer Auto-Sleepers, in Willersey, and her colleague Angela Gittus, organised the charity day on July 13.

About 35 people took part in a 10, 20 or 30-mile bike ride and 5K or 10K walk or run while and a further 100 turned out for entertainment, a barbecue and stalls at Willersey Recreational Ground afterwards.

The money, which is still coming in, will be split between for Midlands Air Ambulance, British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK. The pair were spurred into action after their 56-year-old colleague Robin Clarke had a heart attack before Christmas while at work. But thanks to the quickthinking of first aiders on scene who started CPR before the air ambulance arrived, he is now on the road to recovery.

“It went very well,” said Mrs Pugh. “Everybody that took part enjoyed it. We’re hoping to break the £2,000 mark which I think we will. We’re very pleased.

“Angela and I put in a lot of effort with the organisation and it makes it all worthwhile when people say how much they’ve enjoyed it and will we do it again.”

Mrs Pugh said Mr Clarke, who managed to take part in the 10k walk on the day, is hoping to come back to work before the end of the year.

“Robin loved it and he thinks it’s a really nice thing we’ve done for him,” she added. “He was thrilled and thrilled also to be able to take part.”

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The Royal Caravan returns to Buckingham Palace

18 Friday Jul 2014

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The Caravan Club’s gift to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, will feature at this year’s summer exhibition

The child-sized Royal Caravan was presented by The Caravan Club to the young Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace in 1955. A tow hitch was specially fitted to a Hillman Husky from the Royal fleet and, shortly after the caravan’s presentation, the Royal children were towed around the Palace grounds by their father.

In recent years the caravan has been on display at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. However, today it was reinstalled at Buckingham Palace, where it will be one of the highlights of the highly anticipated exhibition – ‘Royal Childhood’. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday 26 July. More details HERE

Fully roadworthy and functioning (apart from the hotplate!) The Royal Caravan was first built by Rollalong Limited of Ringwood, Hampshire. It was fully restored by the same company during The Caravan Club’s Centenary year in 2007 and visited the Palace again for The Club’s Centenary celebratory Royal Garden Party. More recently, it has been a popular exhibit at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, and formed part of a prestigious display celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2012.

Director of Membership for The Caravan Club, Brian Savage, says, “The Caravan Club is Europe’s largest touring organisation. It represents over one million caravanners, motorhomers and trailer-tenters and owns the largest network of privately owned sites, with His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh Patron since 1952.”

Angela Willis, Curator of The Caravan Club Collection at The National Motor Museum, adds, “The pastime of caravanning is seen as a national institution and part of Great British heritage, with The Caravan Club a testament to the popularity of this pastime, being 107 years old and an integral part of UK tourism today. The Royal Caravan is a very popular attraction with visitors at the museum and it is truly wonderful that it will, once again, be in the Palace for even more people to see.”

Christopher Macgowan
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