Pub crawl in memory of Stacey (From Daily Echo)
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Pub crawl in memory of Stacey
2:40pm Monday 9th July 2012 in New Forest
Cheers - a stop on the pub crawl.
IT was a chance to raise a glass – or 12 – in memory of a muchloved friend.
Spirits were high as a bighearted team of pals took on a 10-mile pub crawl, visiting a dozen pubs in and around Blackfield.
It was all part of moves to support Simon Hartley’s bid to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in memory of his daughter Stacey who died of skin cancer earlier this year.
They started off with a tipple at the Croft Tavern in Blackfield, before raising the wrist at pubs including The Boathouse, Lord Nelson, The Seashells, The Fountain Court and The Gleneagles before stumbling in to their final destination, The Langley Tavern.
Comments(11)
Solomon's Boot
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9:18am Tue 10 Jul 12
Jem_12
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12:54pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Her father is climbing Kilimanjaro in memory of her and to again raise money and awareness for the British Skin Foundation.
So it's okay for Chris Moyles and his team to climb a mountain for charity but not her father?
Everyone is entitled to do what they want, how they want for charity and this was their/our way of doing it.
BillyTheKid
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3:36pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Jem_12 wrote:It does not say in the editorial above that they were touring the pubs to raise money for any cancer charity.
"A load of people"... were in fact Stacey's family and friends who were raising awareness of the terrible disease that took the life of a young woman.
Her father is climbing Kilimanjaro in memory of her and to again raise money and awareness for the British Skin Foundation.
So it's okay for Chris Moyles and his team to climb a mountain for charity but not her father?
Everyone is entitled to do what they want, how they want for charity and this was their/our way of doing it.
It does not say that Stacey's father was climbing Kilimanjaro for the same purpose.
It simply states that the "pub crawl" and the mountain climb were "in memory" of Stacey.
Now I probably know the Hartley family from many years ago, and would not say anything bad about them. A brother and sister, Claire and David, come to mind. I probably know you, too ! But we must not disclose ID's here.
Personally, now you have made the facts clear, I think the journalist who wrote the above article deserves to be disciplined for associating a genuine fund-raising event with a "pub crawl", and be made to publish an apology.
I am sorry if anything I said caused you distress, or anyone else connected with this. I've already decided to make a complaint about the article, and insist it is re-written.
BillyTheKid
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5:33pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Jem_12
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9:43am Wed 11 Jul 12
crusha
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5:58pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Well done to everybody thats helped so far..
Nearly 10 grand and counting...
Peace out!!!!
BillyTheKid
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6:28pm Wed 11 Jul 12
crusha wrote:If you read what the journalist wrote, and the following comments, you will see that your ignorant, incoherent tirade was not necessary. You have attacked me unfairly.
BillyTheKid you are a moron!! How are you supposed to find any connection between the two when its got absolutely sod all to do with you, although by the sounds of it, you think you know everyone in the Waterside!!! That said, even you have been top trumped by Solomons Boot.. What a complete buffoon. "Did they raise any money for the hospital cancer ward? And how about they raise some money for alcohol related illnesses!”. How about you find out the facts before sticking your unwanted oar in!!! And while i'm at it, how about i have a "pup" crawl round your house and stick my muddy boots up your sorry arse??.
Well done to everybody thats helped so far..
Nearly 10 grand and counting...
Peace out!!!!
The fact that the story was published in a newspaper and on a website that encourages comments from the public is why it has "sod all to do with" me and anyone else who cares to comment.
I will report your threatening post, and you will probably get a visit from the police.
BillyTheKid
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8:17pm Wed 11 Jul 12
1. The Echo published a story about the tragic death of a woman from skin cancer. It then said that someone was climbing a mountain, and that a group of people were doing "a pub crawl in her memory". NOWHERE does it mention any FUNDRAISING.
2. I commented on the story, which you can read above. I also said "I MEAN NO DISRESPECT" by my comments. I said that because I meant it.
3. The reason I know, or knew, a lot of people in the Waterside area is because I lived there for more than thirty years. Now, like most people who post here, I do not wish to disclose my ID. But I could have been a local businessman, a pub landlord, a policeman, a social worker, a teacher, or involved in local community work at Gangwarily or the youth club next to Hardley School, or I could have worked in any of the local shops. Any employment in any of those areas would have brought me into contact with thousands of people over thirty years.
4. Crusha, we probably know each other if you are over thirty ! We'd probably laugh in disbelief about this misunderstanding when you realised I would never have been disrespectful to anyone from Waterside, especially in these circumstances.
5. When Jem told me the FULL FACTS, and informed me about the fundraising, I wrote another comment here explaining WHY I had expressed surprise at the "pub crawl", and then APOLOGISED for any distress I might have caused.
6. The ECHO JOURNALIST is to blame for all this.
7. Lastly, at no point did I share Soloman's Boot's opinions, which I thought were insensitive and sarcastic. And he has not had the courage to come back and explain himself and apologise.
It is many years ago since I lived there, and I did not know about poor Stacey. I am so sorry to hear about this, I offer my deepest sympathy to her family and friends.
And to all of you raising money for the charity, may I say WELL DONE ! Going round knocking on doors would have been no use as people don't answer these days, so visting the pubs is a great idea.
BillyTheKid
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8:26pm Wed 11 Jul 12
I am withdrawing my complaint about Crusha's post as, although his attitude was hostile and threatening, his heart is in the right place.
Crusha, please accept my personal apology.
tennerhartley
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8:04pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Your a ****
Have you lost a daughter to skin cancer ?
Wake up all we are doing is trying to raise awareness to skin cancer
BillyTheKid says...
1:56am Tue 10 Jul 12
I mean no disrespect, but it all seems a bit schizoid in concept.