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Wiltshire group make plans for charity tractor run after loss of friends | The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

Left to right : Chris Mepsted, Rhys Taylor, Solomon Pegden, Dave Beety and Alex Mepsted taking on fundraiser A GROUP of friends are preparing a county-wide fundraising tractor run after their friends died in a car crash. Hundreds of tractors are set to rumble down the streets of towns such as Melksham and Devizes as part of the event on September 26. The charity ride was organised by young farmer Solomon Pegden and his friends after they lost two close pals in a car crash earlier this month. “We recently lost our mates in a car crash on the A36,” he said. “We were trying to find something positive and something in memory of them is a way of getting our minds off what happened instead of dwelling on it.

Wiltshire group make plans for charity tractor run after loss of friends

Left to right : Chris Mepsted, Rhys Taylor, Solomon Pegden, Dave Beety and Alex Mepsted taking on fundraiser A GROUP of friends are preparing a county-wide fundraising tractor run after their friends died in a car crash. Hundreds of tractors are set to rumble down the streets of towns such as Melksham and Devizes as part of the event on September 26. The charity ride was organised by young farmer Solomon Pegden and his friends after they lost two close pals in a car crash earlier this month. “We recently lost our mates in a car crash on the A36,” he said. “We were trying to find something positive and something in memory of them is a way of getting our minds off what happened instead of dwelling on it.

Full marks to Alice at 100

Alice Moody will celebrate the milestone with her daughter Pam, son-in-law Robin, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Alice was in born in Bermondsey in London s East End in 1921 where she lived with her parents, Wally and Lizzie Russell, her two elder brothers and younger sister. She won a scholarship that supported her through her schooling locally and into teacher training at Avery Hill Teacher Training College from 1939-41. After qualifying, she taught at Stamford Hill Boys School in Hackney from 1941-43. During the Second World War, Alice was evacuated with children to Hardington Mandeville in Somerset. It was here she met her future husband Leslie Moody. After their wedding in 1945, they had a daughter Pam and enjoyed a 37-year marriage which only ended when he died in 1982.

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