A Nod to Family Scribbles

I couldn't resist buying this illustration from Mike at Family Scribbles for one of my husband's Christmas presents. It is quirky and shows all the notable elements of Billericay High Street. Mike had the business acumen to advertise his illustration on The Billericay Discussion Page on Facebook, where I saw it. It is finally on our bedroom wall and looks brilliant!

You might be thinking, where have I heard of Family Scribbles before? Mike was very kind to give an illustration of a very wonderful person who has become known as Colin the Clapper. He handed Colin the illustration as a thank you, Mike had been jogging past Colin most mornings as he stood on the roundabout near Basildon Hospital clapping all the NHS staff as they went to work. You can read a bit more about this here.

Colin Wilkinson started paying tribute to the NHS staff on the 25th April 2020. When he had done it for forty days he made the national newspapers when he was repaid his kindness by a huge group of hospital staff who stood and clapped him. Many had said that that Colin had given them hope in dire times. You can see a video of the moment here.

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Sylvia Kent said…

I love this story, particularly Colin the Clapper - what a great title for a new article!

March 1, 2021 at 2:10 PM

Lisa Horner said…

Colin is great isn't he! I'd only just heard about him.

March 1, 2021 at 2:24 PM

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