From the Friends of Chernobyl Children ...
'At 9.30am on Friday 2 July, David Hurst dressed as his great, great grandfather and company founder, Richard Threlfall, to climb up, have a little look around and then ABSEIL back down the 150 foot factory chimney at Richard Threlfall Engineering, Salop Street, Bolton.
The business celebrates 175 years of engineering in Bolton since 1834 and is still owned and run by the Hurst family, direct descendants of the founder.
He may be slightly mad, but David is raising money to help Chernobyl Children to live longer: their life expectancy increases by 18 months for every 4 weeks spent away from the radiation affected areas.
The first of three photos shows children from Belarus affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster visiting volunteer host families in the North West.
The second photo is of David, dressed as Richard Threlfall (aged 206) on the way up the Threlfall's 150 foot factory chimney - a Bolton landmark.
The third photo shows David taking a quicker (but not the quickest!) way down the chimney.
Please help David to help these children by giving - just a little.
Thank you.
This year’s visiting children will be there to watch him. Will you be there too?
Be there or please give generously.'
