Published Date:
03 November 2009
By Ian Duncan
THIEVES stole a walking stick from an elderly ex-serviceman as he stood in the cold selling poppies in memory of the war dead.
Jim Carson, 76, who injured his knee while serving with the RAF in the 1950s, had propped his wooden stick against the wall of the Next shop on the corner of Westborough and York Place while collecting for the Royal British Legion appeal.
With his stick gone, Mr Carson was forced to limp back home to Filey Road.
The former senior aircraftsman said: "Somebody said I should have nailed it down. I couldn't believe it. Maybe they need it more than me, but it's beyond me why they'd do a thing like that."
Mr Carson, whose brother, the Irish comedian Frank Carson served as a paratrooper during the Palestine campaign, said he was collecting for the annual Poppy Appeal so people could remember all those who had fallen during conflict.
Read the full story in Tuesday's Evening News
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Last Updated:
03 November 2009 8:44 AM
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Source:
Scarborough Evening News
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Location:
Scarborough
