Chesterfield’s Car Boot Queen hits £70k target for hospice

A wonderful couple has now raised £70,000 for Chesterfield’s Ashgate Hospice after holding charity stalls at car boot sales for nearly 16 years.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jan 2015, 11:21 GMT
Anne Smedley and her husband Andrew who have raised thousands of pounds for the Ashgate Hospice.Anne Smedley and her husband Andrew who have raised thousands of pounds for the Ashgate Hospice.
Anne Smedley and her husband Andrew who have raised thousands of pounds for the Ashgate Hospice.

Pensioners Anne, 81 and Arthur Smedley, 82, of Hucknall Avenue, Ashgate, in the town, were inspired to help the hospice after their friend Dorothy Davidson - who supported the charity - passed away.

This year’s stalls and car boot sales helped raise £5,000 and have brought their grand fundraising total to £70,000 since they first started supporting the hospice.

Mrs Smedley said: “We’re still enjoying ourselves supporting the hospice and we’ve already started collecting goods for this year’s stalls.”

The hospice has dubbed Mrs Smedley the Car Boot Queen.

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