Why posh frocks attracted lots of interest - and cash

Posted on December 21, 2006

Dunstable's Liz Farr, who hit the headlines with her brave but ultimately unsuccessful batter with cancer, continues to raise money from beyond the grave for the hospice that was such a help during her final weeks.

A recent sale of her clothes raised more than £700 for the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home.

Liz's husband, Clive Bevins - who she married three days before she died - said "That girl lover her posh frocks and so did the punters. Thanks to the Herald&Post we raised £768 for the hospice who looked after her so well."

Liz's son Rob, who made a moving documentary about his mother called Making a Song and Dance About Cancer, is now in South America filming his adventures from Buenos Aires to Caracas. In an emotional email to Clive, he said he'd celebrated his first birthday on his own with a meal.

"I booked a table on the terrace of a muerte sophisticato - dead fancy - restaurant but started feeling pretty angry. Not sure if it was because it was the first without mum, it's difficult to pinpoint.

"Eventually shook it off and all of a sudden it was 5am and the sun was up."

The talented young film maker is learning Spanish and attempting to blend in by buying locally made clothes "so I don't look so much of a gringo."

He expects to be back in Britain in May.

Source: Herald & Post, 21 December 2006