1982: Rufford road trip and mars bars for the military

By Gemma Jaleel on Oct 9, 08 09:00 AM

THIS week we take a look at a Rufford teenager who was saddled with a mammoth task back in 1982.

Guy Turnball, 18, set out on a sponsored cycle ride around all the Benedictine monasteries in Great Britain.

Guy, a former St Bede's pupil took on the 1,836-mile journey to coincide with the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of St Benedictine and to raise £10,000 for the Society of the Protection of Unborn Children.

Next we have Elaine Mee who was making sweet dreams come true for troops still on the Falklands in 1982.

Her 20-year-old brother Andrew was one of the few serviceman who remained on the South Atlantic islands when most returned home.

The one thing they all missed was chocolate so Elaine 18, and her mum Mavis collected money to send boxes of chocolate over to the troops.

Mavis told the Advertiser at the time: "I've sent four boxes of mixed chocolate out so far - they deserve it."