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Wednesday, 19 June 2024
MEGA MARMITE COLLECTION SALE!
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Love it or Hate it, millions around the planet are attracted to Marmite. This collection belonged to my late wife Laura Walker, who passed away in February 2020 from Cancer. She requested that her collection was to be sold off with the proceeds donated to the British Heart Foundation. The images below shows the entire collection available on offer. Prices start at just £10 per item which anyone who collects it will know, is a real bargain!
If, however, you would just like to make a donation to the British Heart Foundation without making a purchase, you can do so via the Just Giving website here.
You can read about who Laura was and her journey with cancer here.
EMAIL ME: davidwalkerfj@gmail.com to place your order.
Listen to the news article on 107.8 Radio Jackie in London here.
Marmite
Collectors Sale
Specialist Jar Price List - based on a 250g sized jar
Summer of Love £100
Newport number 150 £500
Sun / Superhero’s / Camper Van £50 per jar
Any metal lid jar 2oz £175
Gene Project £50
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road £150
Rocketman £150
Heritage £100
Paddington Bear in a box £50
Pride £50
Marmighty (with Egg Cup) £50
Valentine £25
Guinness £25
Brexit £25
Hypnosis £20
Trick £20
Treat £20
I love You £20
Large Ceramic Rare Jar £250
Pin badges £5
Set of 7 Brown jars £180
Set of 9 Brown jars £200
Tea Pot £20
XO Boxed £30
XO Unboxed £25
Jigsaw Puzzle £10
Large Ceramic Cookie Jar £120
Memo Board £20
Set of 4 Collectors Spoons £40
2017 Calendar £5
Wooden Cheeseboard Knife Set £25
Cookbook £5
Ceramic “Marmite” Serving Dish £120
Cufflinks (Unboxed) £5
Cufflinks (Boxed) £10
Peanut Butter Spread £10
St John Skelton £60
Compact Mirror £15
Classic Cars x 4 £80
Ink Blotter £40
Salt and Pepper Pots £30
Sanitarium 250g Marmite £20
Sanitarium 500g Marmite £35
No Noise Set £50
Sunday, 30 October 2022
Strange lights seen over London 31st October 2013
Earlier this evening I saw something I can't explain. I know that by writing this blog I could be up for a fair bit of ridicule and skepticism but quite frankly, I don't care as what I'm about to describe was nothing short of incredible!
I got off the train just after 7pm at Streatham Common
in London, when I became aware of green and turquoise lights in the sky in the
distance. At first, I didn't think anything of it as there is usually a lot of
activity one way or another, with large planes from Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
The lights started to come closer and at speed, before they then
stopped and hovered. Then they darted off at an angle, again at speed, before stopping once more. They dropped altitude and travelled in an elongated letter "S" shape, passing over my head
no more than 200ft up. By now I'm transfixed, there was hardly any traffic around and yet, not a single sound could be heard from this thing. The "craft" was probably around three quarters the
length of a single deck bus and swept by me gracefully travelling at what I
estimate to be between 80 and 100 mph.
It headed towards the common then stopped again, as
abrupt as it started. Hovered for a few seconds then darted. First in one
direction, then another without slowing down. I'd been watching for
around 10 minutes so telephoned my wife who was at home and told her what I
was looking at. She agreed to come and meet me as our home wasn't far away. By now the craft is
around 200 - 300 metres away, yet the lights are as clear as anything and
have risen to somewhere between 800 and a 1000ft.
Moving around, hovering, darting in different directions
and completely defying any general rules of flight, the craft then used what I can
best describe as white searchlights, as I saw large beams move from left to right
reflecting on clouds in the distance. This it did for some time (around 2-3
minutes) whilst all of the time the turquoise lights are still there, now with
added, smaller red lights.
Suddenly, all lights went out and became replaced with a
single much brighter amber / yellow light that flashed rapidly like a beacon
for around 30 seconds. This then stopped and the green, turquoise and red
lights came back on again.
All the time this is happening the craft is either
hovering or moving at speed left and right without a second to pause from one
direction to another. By now my wife is almost with me, so I briefly glanced
around to see her. Literally, two seconds later I looked back, but to my dismay
this thing had shot out of sight.
Scanning the skies we both see it again, only this time it had to be the best part of over half a mile away. A single red dot in the sky, which then slowly over a period of around 5 minutes came towards us. The light was steady, its speed and direction almost constant and at first I thought it was just another plane. The height by now had got to thousands of feet over our heads, when instantly, the red light disappeared, the green and turquoise lights came on again, and the whole craft dropped like a stone out of the sky. It raced through the atmosphere and in the space of just a single second the craft stopped abruptly, around 800ft high - less than a couple of hundred metres from where we were stood.
Again, it hovered before gracefully going off, back in the direction it had just come from. Twisting and turning until it went out of our sight beyond some houses. We waited and continued to scan the skies, but it had gone.
Did anyone else in the Norbury, Mitcham, Streatham or
Streatham Common areas remember seeing this spectacular event? There were cars,
buses and the occasional pedestrian, surely someone else can verify that they
saw this too?
I'll leave you to make up your own mind, but I know what
we both saw that night and I know that neither of us were able to logically
explain it.
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
The online predators who tried to make me a target.
Saturday, 19 October 2019
Cancer is Hell. Documenting Laura's Journey.
This, is Laura Walker. In November 2018 Laura was diagnosed with stage 2 bladder cancer and an operation would be required to remove the full bladder. On New Year's Eve, she underwent an 8 hour operation to have her bladder removed along with a full hysterectomy, 56 lymph nodes and a section of her lower colon. The surgeons then re-fashioned her colon to make a new bladder for her called a "Neo Bladder". The pictures below start from New Year's Day 2019.
But equally, we'd like to thank the unsung heroes. These are the people who by making a completely selfless act saved the life of Laura. It took seven people donating their blood to help keep her alive. The NHS require over 135,000 units each year, so if you can spare just 15 minutes out of your day then please give blood and help save someone else's life today.
- Laura was treated by over 400 medical staff.
- The 24 hour oncology emergency number was called 12 times resulting in 10 emergency trips to hospital.
- All visits to A&E were after 10.30pm and usually lasted a minimum of four hours at a time.
- The longest wait was 18 hours due to a massive bed shortage in Salisbury hospital who had an outbreak of Norovirus.
- Around 55 additional trips to hospital were made for routine appointments and treatment. This isn't including all visitations by David while Laura was in hospital for prolonged stays.
- Approximately £400 was spent in car parking fees.
- Over 2000 miles were driven to and from hospital for appointments and visitations. This equated to six tanks of fuel at a cost of just under £400
- Seven people gave blood to save one person's life.
- Although no actual figure is disclosed, it's estimated that the cost of the chemotherapy drugs run into the thousands of pounds per treatment.
- Three picc lines were used during treatment
Laura was also an advocate of the British Heart Foundation, of which David managed to raise approximately £6500 (including gift aid) for them by selling off some of her Marmite collection as per Laura's wishes. If you would like to make a donation to the British Heart Foundation, then you can do so using the Just Giving website click on this link here.
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The more that Laura could help others, the more it gave her the strength to carry on each day. She was a truly incredible woman who I loved dearly with all my heart and more. We never know what's coming round the corner, so hug your nearest and dearest, tell them you love them and NEVER waste a second to enjoy your life together.
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Quick links:
Macmillan Cancer Support https://www.macmillan.org.uk/
University Hospital Southampton http://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx
Salisbury District Hospital http://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/Pages/home.aspx
Blood donation info https://www.blood.co.uk/
Bladder Cancer Support Group http://actionbladdercanceruk.org/find-a-support-group/
Cancer Research UK https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/