There were a few rumours to that effect, but you can’t deny he did good collecting well over £1m before his death (an enormous achievement now, never mind the 80’s & 90’s!)
He was a proper local character who everyone knew and pretty much everyone used to throw coins into his bucket when he went past.
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Does anyone here (of a certain age), have any memories to share of Big Hec, the larger than life charity fundraiser who used to trudge the city centre in his size 18 boots, with his bucket collecting donations?
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/big-hec-tyneside-charity-champion-11085317
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