Happy reunion for Wolverhampton Telephone Exchange workers
A re-union of former Wolverhampton Telephone Exchange workers raised around £500 for a much loved Black Country cause.
Around 40 former employees get together annually for a re-union and this year they met at The Firs, Codsall. Funds from donations, a raffle and teas and cakes came to around £500 and it will go to the JW Hunt Cup committee, which raises money for the Beacon Centre for the Blind.
The JW Hunt Cup is an annual charity football competition which is nearing 100 years in existence – since the first final in 1926 it has raised over £400,000 for the Sedgley based charity.
Sylvia Enefer, who is on the JW Hunt Cup committee and is a former telephone exchange employee herself said the event was always well attended and this year had been no exception, with the money going to the worthy charity, which is at the heart of the Black Country.
She said: "The JW Hunt Cup is – as far as we know – the only charity cup competition still in existence in the country and will celebrate its centenary in a few years time.
"It has raised thousands over the years for the Beacon Centre which is a wonderful organisation that does so much good work for blind and partially sighted people in the West Midlands.
"The money raised from this re-union may seem small but every little helps and it was great that we could combine seeing old friends and colleagues with providing a bit of extra money for the JW Hunt Cup coffers."
