LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Terminally ill boy gains world record for 33 million get well cards

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:20

Description

Marion Shergold, mother of 11 year-old terminal cancer sufferer Craig, has received over 33 million get well cards and has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Senders from around the world include celebrities (Kylie Minogue, Michael Jackson), royalty (HRH Duchess of York) and world leaders (George Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev). The family, of Carshalton, Surrey, have begun to recycle the cards and stamps for charity. Report by Helen Costello.

Contributors

Helen Costello; Marion Shergold

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Hospitals; Charity; Record attempts; Children (age group); Cancer; Famous people; Heads of state; Royalty; Family; Recycling; Duchess of York; Royal Marsden Hospital; Michael Jackson; Mikhail Gorbachev; George H. W. Bush; Kylie Minogue; Craig Shergold; Greetings cards

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