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I made my stage debut in December 1970 as Scrooge's nephew in the Woolton County Primary (Liverpool) School play - a box office hit! This picture appeared in The Liverpool Weekly News.

Left to right: Ian Stott, Jill Cotterall, Susan Chambers, Tony Salmon, Mike Heaps. Sitting: David Brown.

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Rachael Wakefield is 22 years old. She is waiting for a double lung transplant, but time is rapidly running out. She posted this message on her blog on 2nd March.

Read what she wrote, click these links to see the websites and - please - sign the Organ Donor Register.

I had transplant clinic today. Recently I've been feeling a bit rotten to say the least, no energy, no appetite, a blank mind, low oxygen levels and a fast heart rate. This morning I felt like it was a struggle to even move any distance. From getting up to take my medication I had to lie on my bed before I could even think about getting dressed. I felt so bad this morning that I honestly wondered how much longer I could go on for. With help I managed to do what I needed to and go to transplant clinic. Once seated I rested my arm on a TV stand and closed my eyes from exhaustion of getting from the car to the waiting room.

One of the transplant co-ordinators came to take us round to see my consultant and a look of concern instantly came over her face. The appointment was quite brief with a quick summary of what’s been happening, how much I now need my NIV and how much pressure its taking to inflate my lungs and how unwell in general I've become recently.

To sum things up, my time is running out. Without a donor, I'm going to die, soon. As difficult as it was to hear that, I was in that much of a haze from how unwell I'm feeling it didn't have that much of an impact because I thought ‘Yeah - how I'm feeling right at this moment I can believe that'. I left with the image of my consultant crossing his fingers; he was crossing his fingers for my life because that’s all he can do now. In the waiting room on the way out I broke down into tears.

Please, if you believe in organ donation sign up to the register. It takes literally 2 minutes and you can do it online. My life and the lives of thousands of others depend on it.

This is how much we raised in the year ending 28th February 2010. Thank you to all who helped in any way.

Arriva Tour...................£717.04

Sale of "Oops-a-daisy"....£111.25

Bus destination gear........£50.00

Christmas in Thornhill.....£238.40

Website building...........£300.00

GRAND TOTAL........£1,416.69

We have been fundraising for this worthy cause for four years. This how we have done...

2006/07......................£662.00

2007/08...................£1,008.44

2008/09...................£1,034.89

2009/10...................£1,416.69

GRAND TOTAL........£4,122.02