A STAR of soap-land visited Warrington to help a special charity celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Sam Aston, better known as Chesney from Coronation Street, visited the Warrington RSPCA Centre to kick start their New Cattery Small Animal Centre fun day in celebration of their 25th birthday.
Soap fans are more used to seeing him with canine side-kick Schmeichel, but in real life Sam actually owns four cats!
A voluntary dog walker at the RSPCA centre works on the Corrie set and thought Sam would be the perfect celebrity to help the charity celebrate and raise awareness.
Activities on the day included a tombola, barbeque and raffle.
Christine Roberts from the centre said: “The centre was built on a ‘shoestring’ some 25 years ago and there has been a desperate need for a new cattery and miscellaneous facility for a long time now. The new facilities are the result of four years planning and raising funds. The original cost was around £320,000 which more than doubled so that is why we are now desperate to raise funds.”
The branch covers a number of areas including the whole of Warrington, Frodsham and St Helens.
For more information about the centre log on to www.rspcawarrington.org.uk.
Soap star helps local charity
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Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Trustee Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
