Ukulele band releases charity single
A ukulele band from a Staffordshire village has released a charity single in aid of a Black Country NHS trust.
The song, performed by the Pear Town Ukes from Perton, is called Angels Without Wings and pays tribute to hardworking frontline health workers.
The band has so far raised more than £500 in aid of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity's Covid-19 fund.
Julie Gorman, aged 51 from Perton, who wrote the lyrics, said: "We should have been doing our first festival this year in Shrewsbury which was cancelled.
"I was convinced something good should have come so in July, I sat down at the same time I should have been on stage, and just tried to think forward to Christmas, and what we would be looking back on in the year.
"At Christmas time, there is a lot of angel imagery around. The angles were amongst us this year, they were working in the hospitals, putting themselves at risk, trying to fight Covid.
"We are up to £500 at the moment with the donations. The song is in aid of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. At the moment, patients in hospital, they can't get any visitors, so the thing people would normally take in, like newspaper and toiletries, they can't get, so part of the money is helping patients that can't get things like that.
"It is also to give the staff, doctors and nurses, more comfortable chairs and things for when they have got a little bit of off time."
Ms Gorman has been playing the ukulele for the two years. The band was assembled together last year but the pandemic has limited their ability to meet up.
The band's name was influenced by Perton's history as the town was once known as Pear Town due to a number of pear trees that once grew there.
To donate to the cause, or listen to the song on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify or YouTube, visit www.peartownukes.com/angels-without-wings.
