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INTERVIEW: Morecambe pensioner releases second book to raise funds for Lancaster hospice

Lily Knight from St John's Hospice with author Tony Kadelbach

A Morecambe pensioner aged 91 has written his second book hoping to achieve a goal of raising money for Lancaster's hospice.

Tony Kadelbach has brought out 'That Strikes A Chord' - his reflections on a lifetime of music - to raise funds for St John's Hospice.

Tony has released his second book shortly after his first - 'One More Step Along the Road' which was dedicated to his late wife Iris.

The couple were married for 61 years before Iris died in 2019.

The first book is a story of their life together, centred around diaries of some of their holidays overseas.

'One More Step Along the Road' raised more than £1,000 for Cancer Research UK and Alzheimer's Society.

A reprint of the first book, as well as the second, is now raising funds for the hospice.

So far Tony has raised more than £600. 

LISTEN to Tony Kadelbach talking about his books



Tony said: “When I wrote my first book ‘One More Step Along The Road’ in the year 2020 at the age of 89 years, it was by way of a therapy for the loss of my wife Iris who had died the previous year through a combination of cancer and dementia.

"It also served to occupy my time when I was self isolating, due to a life threatening illness during that year."

The books can be purchased at the St John's Hospice reception on Slyne Road in Lancaster and their charity shops in the area - in Morecambe town centre, on Princes Crescent in Bare and in Lancaster.

A hospice spokesperson said Tony is "a wonderful supporter of ours" and "let's help Tony reach his dream of raising £1,000".

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