It seemed to take an age to arrive, as trains often do, but the Anthony Ramsdale Love Train finally landed at the Whelley Ex-Servicemen’s Club on Friday 22nd of October.
There was a little bit of nervous tension on the day of the event, nobody knew for sure how many would attend this inaugural fundraiser and the tickets ordered online were far outnumbered by donations.
I picked Finton up after his Batmobile had lost it’s engine just a couple of days earlier and we said we would be happy if 150 turned up even though I had confidently told the club we expected 200 when I booked the room. We arrived at the club just as Bernard & Shelia were struggling to carry the mountain of raffle prizes from their car and together we made our way into the empty concert room. Well empty apart from Martin, Tony & Andy, the DJ’s had already set up their equipment and were spinning some records to an audience of two, Ann Mundey and Rob Barlow. Sean appeared minutes later with his box of soul.
Heart and Soul - The Review
Anthony Ramsdale Appeal Update
Appeal Update 23/10
The Soul Night at Whelley Ex-Servicemen’s Club turned out to be a bigger success than anybody could have hoped for when we started the appeal.
Around 250 people turned up on the night and auctions of various items including signed merchandise donated by the Latics, donations made online through our PayPal link on this site, and other fundraising activities, the total raised at the end of last night’s event stands at an incredible £2330.
The generosity of the people of Wigan has been overwhelming, and you have the heartfelt thanks of Anthony’s family and everybody connected to Latics United. To achieve such a result in less than a month is incredible.
Thanks to you all.
A full account of the Soul Night will be posted later this week.
The Anthony Ramsdale Appeal
PRESS RELEASE: LATICS UNITED IN SOUL NIGHT FUND RAISING APPEAL
A new organisation ‘LATICS UNITED’ has sent a call out to all Latics fans across all Wigan Athletic websites to enlist support a very worthy charitable cause.
THE CAUSE: Raise funds to cover the cost of a specialised, custom built armchair for a severely disabled Latics fan
THE EVENT: The inaugural ‘First Avenue’ Soul Night taking place at Whelley Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Vauxhall Road, Scholes, Friday 22nd October 2010, 7.30pm till late.
The Anthony Ramsdale Appeal Fund
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