CD sales to boost Dr Kershaw’s

SINGING for charity . . . Steve Eyre with the CD in memory of his father with funds going towards Dr Kershaw’s Hospice

A SINGER-songwriter is using his talent to remember his father - and raise money for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice.

Steve Eyre is releasing a compilation of songs dedicated to his late father, former Shaw urban district councillor Ernest Eyre, who died in February 2011.

He will donate £1 for every CD he sells to the hospice — and is hoping to donate £1,000.

The 55 year old has been writing songs since he was 12 and has worked in music since 1974.

Steve, who grew up in Shaw but now lives in Royton, said: “My dad died in February 2011, but it wasn’t until June that a song came to me. It was another 18 months before I decided I wanted to record it with a couple of others.

“My dad was a great man who stuck with me through thick and thin. I thought the least I could do would be to record a song and dedicate it to him.”

The CD’s three tracks are inspired by the Beatles and pop of the 1960s, and feature a mix of heartfelt lyrics and catchy rhythms.

Steve added: “I also wanted to help out a local charity and thought Dr Kershaw’s would be perfect having done some work with them in the past. What really struck me was the enormous amount of money they need just to run the hospice every day.

“The idea is that £1 from each CD sale, up to a 1,000, will be donated to Dr Kershaw’s Hospice so hopefully I will raise £1,000 for them.”

The CD is available at the hospice and all Dr Kershaw’s Hospice shops, priced £3.


TOMMYFIELD Market traders have donated £1,400 to Dr Kershaw’s — from a long-forgotten bank account.
Margaret Chadderton, who ran a babywear stall in the indoor market for more than 30 years, said the money was collected from stallholders to use for advertising, market upkeep and other projects. Later collections remained unspent in a bank account.

The bank recently wrote to her husband Jack, a former stall holder, asking what should be done with the account. He asked them to close it - and the proceeds have been presented to the hospice