An amazing lady from Mumbles has been praised by the community for her tireless fundraising efforts over more than 65 years! Margaret 'Maggie' Thrush, 81, is renowned locally for dressing in a Welsh top and a sombrero and rattling a charity collection bucket at passers-by and customers in pubs and restaurants in the town every week.
Whilst she might only collect a pound or two, or even less some time, from most people who donate, overall Margaret has raised more than £1.5million from shaking her charity bucket at as many people as possible. When her bucket is full, she takes the money to her local bank to be transferred to charity.
In recent years, she's been raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support Charity - and at the last count, on Thursday, May 11, she had raised £380,440.05 for the cause - as well as hundreds of thousands for other UK and Welsh charities over the years.
