GOLBORNE Townswomen's Guild members adopted a life saving baby charity for their fund raising work.

After members decided to back The Cot Death Association they set out hopefully to raise half the cost of a £400 monitor.

But they worked so hard organising events that they pulled in enough to supply TWO new machines.

Work started with a quiz at the home of Mrs Barbara Inman, whose husband Ken compiled the questions.

Then followed raffles in the hope of providing three quarters of a machine.

Tubes of Smarties were sold next with members being asked to fill the empty tubes with 20p pieces.

A car boot sale followed, where Sue Roberts, Carol Whitehead and Josie Halliwell braved teeming rain to take the total to over £400.

Still the women didn't rest on their laurels and with money still coming in from the tubes, the arts and crafts section made and sold Christmas decorations.

A final effort was made at the Christmas party, where a stall sold toys, baby clothes and gifts, many hand made.

And when the area fund raising officer for the association, Lee Allen, attended a guild meeting to demonstrate a monitor, she was delighted to receive a cheque for £806.75.

She presented the group with a framed certificate and presented personal awards to Barbara Inman, Sue Roberts, Josie Halliwell, Carol Whitehead and Kathy Unsworth.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.