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Sept 2022
90-year-old skydiving for Harrogate care home
A 90-year-old man from Harrogate will perform a skydive to help buy wheelchairs at a care home where his wife lives.
Frank Ward's wife Margie has vascular dementia and lives at Berwick Grange care home on Wetherby Road.
As Mr Ward approached his 90th birthday in November, he decided to mark it by doing something special.
The energy crisis has increased costs at the care home for heating and food and Mr Ward hopes the fundraiser will help it buy some much-needed wheelchairs for residents.
He is especially looking forward to the jump because the last time he did a skydive was in the 1950s during National Service.
Mr Ward said:
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