AN UNCANNY hush came over youngsters at a building society when they kept quiet for SuperScan.

The children of staff and friends at the Cheshire BS in Accrington raised more than £200 when they sat for 15 minutes during a sponsored silence.

Their donation and others have given a massive £7,000 boost to the appeal this week, shooting the total to £115,335.

Big donations added to the account came from the North Lancs Training Group and from the proceeds of the Asian Concert held at King George's Hall.

The money will be used to buy a magnetic resonance imaging scanner - vital medical equipment which will save the lives of thousands of East Lancashire people.

The scanner can detect potentially fatal diseases like cancer and multiple sclerosis, can pinpoint sports injuries and identify problems in bones and soft tissues.

Money raisers this weekend include four canoe enthusiasts who will be paddling the full length of the Leeds and Liverpool canal.

And this morning funds were given a boost by Ruth Loft, who held a coffee morning at the Moat House, Blackburn, for the SuperScan Appeal and Breakthrough, a charity for breast cancer.

Preparations are now under way for June 8, the Scanner Fun Day, which aims to be the biggest day of fund-raising ever held in Blackburn town centre.

And the appeal still needs your help to make it a success.

If you want to get involved or need help organising an event, contact: Mike Trickett (Appeal chairman) 01254 687146; Terry Barber (Blackburn) on 01254 202495; Maureen Walker (Hyndburn) 234686; Ian Ashton (Darwen) 01200 442500 or 01254 703666; Mary Barnes (Ribble Valley) 01200 25386; Neil Beecham (Burnley) 01282 692684 or Peter Johnson (Pendle) 01282 863505.

People can also telephone Evening Telegraph reporters Jason Heavey or Caroline Sephton on 01254 678678 with details of fund raising activities. Money can be handed in at the main office of Queen's Park Hospital, at the Evening Telegraph offices, or over the counter at any branch of Lloyds, Barclays or TSB.

DONATIONS banked into the account this week include:

£10 'Eric the Red.'

£50 in memory of Bertha Yates, from Mr R Yates, B Addison, KD Hocking.

£33 in memory Peter Robinson, from Mrs Whittaker and Mrs Pacarini.

£10 anonymous.

£20 in memory of Arthur Perry, from Peter Whittaker.

£300 Graham Howarth - Kilimanjaro climb.

£2,742 North Lancs Training Group.

£723 Epilepsy support group.

£35 collecting boxes.

£150 in memory of Ambrose Rawnsley, from J and A Rawnsley.

£40 Waves.

£222 badges.

£1,612 Asian Concert.

£3 M Myhill.

£50 Shaw Hill Golf Competition.

£20 in memory of Norman Hawcroft, from Mr and Mrs Kelsall, Miss J Simpson.

£10 in memory of Ivy Curry, from Janie and family.

£120 in memory of Sheila and Robert Turner, from W Blythe Ltd, L Champ, E Ollerton.

£10 in memory of Dr Jackson, from Mr and Mrs Mothersole.

£41 T Ainsworth, Builders merchants.

£392 in memory of Elsie Faulkner, from Mrs E Baron, Mrs Mawson, Mr and Mrs Farren, Mr and Mrs Harris, Mr and Mrs Marshall, Mr and Mrs Wilding, Mr and Mrs Dawson, Keith and family, S and L Arnone and family, Mr and Mrs Moorhouse, friends and staff at Halifax, Mrs Bullard, Mrs Raynor and family, Mrs Gill and family, Mrs Sharples, Mrs B Yates, Mrs D Yates, Mr and Mrs Bramwell, Mr and Mrs Cardwell, C Faulkner.

£20 A Hand.

£62 Trim Down.

£150 Blackburn Hospital Nurses Association.

£28 Railway Hotel, Pleasington.

£125 Mrs Margaret Blakey.

£120 Burnley Rambling Group.

£40 in memory of W McCally, from Mrs McCally family and friends.

£10 in memory of Charles Peter Jackson, from Mr and Mrs Oldham.

£20 in memory of Norman Haworth, from Mr and Mrs Setterington.

£10 in memory of Frank Markham, from Mrs M Gerrard.

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