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FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS WIRRAL CABBIE COLLECTED TOYS FOR LESS FORTUNATE KIDS
For the last nine years Wirral cabbie Alan Gilfoyle has bought and collected toys to give to less fortunate kids on Christmas Day. He told PHTM: “I’ve collected toys and gifts each Christmas for the last nine years. I ask fellow taxi drivers, friends and family for donations and toys. I also buy lots of toys myself. “A big thank you to EV trade suppliers Car and Cab Care who made a massive donation to enable me to buy lots of gifts. “Today I am dropping all the toys off at Mission Christmas in Birkenhead for them to be given to local children who wouldn’t normally get a present. There are
so many gifts this year I am taking them in a van instead of my cab! “Without people’s support it wouldn’t be possible to help and give back to the local community.
“It’s nice to be able to help the less fortunate, no child should wake up on Christmas Day with no present off Santa.”
MUM’S PLEA TO FIND LIVERPOOL CABBIE WHO GAVE SON “THREE EXTRA DAYS” BEFORE HE DIED
A mum wants to find the taxi driver who gave her son “three extra days” before he died. David Clarke was staying at a hotel in Liverpool on Friday, November 17 for two nights with a friend. In the early hours of the Sunday morning the 32-year-old, from Stoke-on-Trent, collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the Royal Liverpool Hospital and placed on the critical care unit. But on November 22, David’s mum - said he died in her arms. Pamela Williams said a taxi driver saw David “in distress” at around 6am on Sunday, November 19 and stopped and started CPR. She told the Liverpool Echo: “I would love to thank him for his
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quick thinking and initiating CPR.” Pamela des- cribed David as popular and caring, and the mum and son even worked together. “On the previous Thursday and Friday, he dressed as Pudsey for Children In Need and raised over £150 with his f riend Dan.” Pamela said: “Dave and his f riend booked into the Adelphi Hotel for two nights. His friend left on the Saturday morning but Dave stayed on. He was last seen on CCTV standing in a doorway at 4am on Sunday morning talking to
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passers-by. When they left, Dave sat down in the doorway where 6am a taxi driver saw Dave in distress and started CPR. “He rang the emergency services who swiftly arrived and continued CPR. Sadly, it was 20 minutes before they got any response. “We were contacted by police on Sunday afternoon and rushed to the hospital. Within this time, lots of f riends and family visited Dave to offer us love and support.” Pamela had to
make the
heartbreaking decision to turn off David’s life support. The 55-year- old said she would like to find the taxi driver who found David, adding: “I would love to thank him for allowing us three extra days to say goodbye to Dave.”
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