The article in the Thanet Extra Newspaper was published today :-)

More good news came today in my search for information about Shirley and Anthony Nolan in the form of an article that has been published today (October 16th 2009). As promised a few weeks ago by Martin, the fella to whom I spoke at some lengths about my project, the good sized article is now out and,fingers crossed, I hope to get some good feedback from anyone who may have known Shirley, her mum Rhoda or little Anthony during their time in and around Manston.

This is a link to the online version of the newspaper. Click HERE to view.

Many thanks to Martin and all at the publication for fulfilling their promise and giving me this much appreciated help.

Note* The article states that I drove to Morocco and raised £3500 for the Anthony Nolan Trust.This is not quite correct. Myself and Glen Place (from Kent!) drove ALMOST to Morocco (Gibraltar!), and raised over £5000, but this was split between 3 charities (Leukaemia Research,MacMillan Cancer Support and the Notts/Lincs Air Ambulance).I did however establish 2 Anthony Nolan Trust Bone Marrow Donor Recruitment Sessions at 2 Nottinghamshire hospitals (King's Mill and Newark Hospital) which resulted in 79 more people signing up to the register :-)......just thought that I needed to clarify that point :-). Probably my fault for rabbiting on at poor Martin until his head spun !.

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Still no reply from the Daily Mirror !

It appears that the email that the Mirror supply for people to send in idea's for news stories is as much use as a chocolate fireguard !.I have now sent in 3 emails and so far they have read....none!

I must admit that i was a little crafty with the last one, instead of heading it's title as "Anthony Nolan Appeal" blah,blah...i put "Susan Boyle.Information you may find interesting".....well that "hook" appears to have not worked either so i suppose that the only course of action now is to pick up the phone an call them!.I will let you know what they say :-)

I wrote to the Daily Mirror Today........

Asking for them to consider re-publishing the book "A Kiss Through Glass" which i talked about in my last post.

Why? Well i feel that the story held within the covers of this small, just over 220 page book is such an amazing testimony to the strength of the human soul, and the unconditional love and strength of a mother for her seriously ill son.

Will i get a reply? Well, i am not expecting one soon...but you never know :-)