IN THE NEWS
ROSE FINALLY ON THE ROAD TO RETIREMENT
from EastEnders when she was at the theatre in Crewe.” Rose said that despite her family’s concerns for her safety she never worried.
Rose Tomkinson, of Nantwich, who has retired as a taxi driver at the age of 78
A south Cheshire cab- bie is gearing up for her retirement at the age of 78.
Grandmother of two Rose Tomkinson, of Nantwich, handed over the keys to her cab at the end of August - just weeks before her 79th birth- day.
The popular cabbie, who was based at
Crewe Station, has been driving taxis for nearly 40 years and she’s carried some famous faces in the back of her car during that time.
“I took Jackie Charl- ton all the way up to Leeds one day,” Rose told the Crewe Chron- icle. “He was very nice. The other one I remember well is Pat
“I’m a good judge of character and I would not let anyone in the car if I was worried about them,” said the mother of five. “But my family and friends used to say ‘When are you going to retire?’ and I told them ‘When you read it in the Chronicle you’ll know I’ve retired!’”
Rose has been involved in various charities, including Leighton Hospital League of Friends, so has plenty to keep herself busy in retire- ment.
CLACTON CABBIE WINS £20K ON THE CUBE
A self-confessed game show addict has won £20,000 after rising to the challenge of ITV’s latest test of skill and knowledge, the Cube. Dean Chase, from Great Clacton, was a contestant on the very first programme of the ITV show, presented by Philip Schofield.
He won by completing tasks, including catch- ing a ball, picking up items and counting dots inside a giant per- spex cube. If the 38-year-old taxi driver had failed any of the tasks he stood to lose everything, so the pressure was on, with the studio audience peering in and Mr Chase racing against the clock.
He told the Colchester
Evening Gazette: “I have never been so nervous in my entire life. I have done lots of different stuff, but when you are standing in a glass cube, with 2,000 people outside, and you have to do these stupid things, suddenly these stupid things feel extremely difficult. The Cube was the sixth TV game show appear- ance for Mr Chase, of Puffinsdale, Great Clacton.
He has also competed in episodes of Total Wipeout, Are You Smarter Than a Ten Year Old? and Who Dares Sings. However, he still has his sights set on other TV chal- lenges, including Who Wants to be a Million- aire?, Deal or No Deal and In It To Win It. He said the Cube had given him his biggest win to date, but Total Wipeout was the most fun.
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