Sir, The
Queen’s Birthday Honours List included a
knighthood for Roger Moore in recognition of his
services to Unicef, but his work for good causes
goes back much, much further.
In the 1970s, Roger Moore — then at the height
of his 007 fame and consequentially with huge
demands on his time — was anything but a token
member of the appeals committee of the Muscular
Dystrophy Group chaired by Richard Attenborough.
To cite just one instance, on one rainy Sunday,
Moore turned up to open a bazaar in a tiny church
hall in Peckham, then to “sell” his autograph for
a 25p donation to the charity. He was supposed to
stay 30 minutes.
Only when the last damp member of the half-mile
snaking queue in the street had met Roger Moore,
chatted with him at length and obtained his
autograph, more than three hours after he was
meant to depart, did he finally say his goodbyes.
Yours,
JOHN RANSLEY
(Appeals and
publicity officer, Muscular Dystrophy Group of
Great Britain, 1969-75),
3 Berry Close,
Telscombe Cliffs,
Peacehaven, East Sussex BN10
7DW.
June
14.
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