A very big 'THANK YOU' to all 179 of you who donated and between you raised the wonderful amount of £10,022 towards the 'Guinea Pig Club' Memorial Fund. The stonemason is working hard and if you watch TV on Wednesday 2 November you may see his work being unveiled and dedicated in a special ceremony. This tribute to the GPC will be there in the NMA for future generations to remember a unique group of badly injured and burned Allied Airmen from WWII. Thank you for making Sandy's vision become a reality. We can't thank you enough. X End of Page

You wonderful people you have given me birthday present. Thank you so much. We are now busy writing the official invitations for the unveiling and dedication ceremony, which will take place at 2pm on Wednesday 2 November in the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire. Sadly we can only invite 80 guests. We should have loved you all to be with us on this special day. However, the NMA is open to the public and has free admission so if you would like to join us you could come and watch with the general public. See you there?

Sandy has now done 3 weeks of radiotherapy and is coping well - only one more week to go! Next week is my birthday so it would be a wonderful present if the donations could reach £10K before the page closes. Please help if you can and see if you can persuade some of your friends to join in the fundraising. The stonemason has started on the monument so things are getting very exciting.

Last week three year old twins did a sponsored triathlon round our village, running from the church, cycling down the next road and then scooting back to the Village Hall. Sandy and I were amazed to hear that they had raised£642! If they can do that at their young age it would be wonderful if you could help us reach £10K before this site closes. Sandy starts 4 weeks of radiotherapy on Monday so please keep your fingers crossed for him. Thank You.