When Shropshire teacher Charlotte Slim
returned a missed call from a number she didn’t recognise the last thing
she expected was to find herself speaking to a Beatles legend.
Miss Slim was amazed to find herself having a chat over the phone
with Sir Paul McCartney just moments later. But she was so star-struck
at the sudden turn of events that she could barely get any words out.
Miss
Slim, a Year 9 teacher at Thomas Adams School in Wem, had been
contacted by Sir Paul’s management company after her pupils, including
Bartek Czaplinsk, wrote to the star asking for donations for a charity
raffle.
Her class wrote to a host of celebrities and football
clubs hoping to collect prizes for the raffle in aid of children’s
charity ChildLine.
Miss Slim said: “I called this number back that I didn’t recognise and it was his management firm.
“They
said he wanted to help and I said ‘that’s brilliant’. Then they said
he’d just walked into the room and would I like to speak to him. You
don’t say no. I don’t think I actually said anything properly. I said
‘hello’, ‘thanks’ and ‘’bye’. I was a bit star-struck.”
Paul
sent an autographed CD of RAM, an album first recorded with wife Linda
in 1971 and re-released earlier this year. Across the cover he has
written ‘Cheers x Sir Paul McCartney’.
Other celebrities who sent
prizes include Sir Michael Caine, the Hairy Bikers, Greg Davies and
Jessie J, as well as the casts of Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Liverpool FC sent a pair of boots worn by defender Sebastian Coates.
The
raffle has been organised as part of a life skills course the 13 and
14-year-olds are doing, which includes a task to raise money for a good
cause.
“The children are really excited. Every day they were
asking if the post had arrived. It’s good to see people take them
seriously,” said Miss Slim. The draw for the raffle will be made on
November 9. Sealed bids are being invited for Sir Paul’s gift and two
signed photos from Sir Michael Caine.
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