Calendar presenter Duncan Wood backs Pontefract hospice's Light Up a Life appeal

ITV Calendar news presenter Duncan Wood is once again offering his support to The Prince of Wales Hospice Light up a Life appeal.

Light up a Life, which is backed by the Express, is one of the most popular appeals in the hospice calendar, with hundreds of people remembering their loved ones at Christmas by dedicating a light in their memory.

The appeal, which raised £23,000 last year, ends with a series of remembrance events throughout the Five Towns area.

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Duncan said: “It’s always an honour to be asked to take part in the Light up a Life event at the hospice. It’s a particularly difficult time of year for many who have lost loved ones, myself included. It is very uplifting to come together at the Hospice and give thanks for those we have loved and lost.”

Light up a Life is open to everyone, not just those touched by hospice care.

You can celebrate the life of your loved one by dedicating a light this Christmas. Simply visit www.pwh.org.uk/light or call 01977 708868.

You will then receive a Light up a Life card bearing the name of your loved one. Your dedication will appear in the hospice Book of Lights which will be available to view at all of the Light up a Life services. Dedications will also appear in the Pontefract and Castleford Express and the Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.

Your dedications

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Norman and Phyllis Hackett remembered by your daughter Jackie and family; Stanley Haines remembered by his loving wife and family; Graham Hall remembered by Maud Hall; Jean Hames remembered by Geoff and family; Freda Hammond remembered by Peter Hammond; Emily Hammond remembered by Peter Hammond; Anthony Hannan remembered by Brenda; John Hannon remembered by June and his beloved grandchildren. Joanne and Jillian his two daughters; Adam, Tom and Josh Hardy remembered by Jean O’Driscoll; Keith Hargreaves remembered by Mam and Dad; Roy Hargreaves remembered by Hilda; John Henry Harper remembered by Mr and Mrs Senior; James Melvyn Harper remembered by Mr and Mrs Senior; Gladys Harper remembered by Mr and Mrs Senior; Michael Harrison remembered by Doris; Wilfred Harrison remembered by Doris; Elsie Hartley remembered by your daughter Evelyn and Vera; Thomas Harvey remembered by Angela Harvey; Terence M. Harvey remembered by his everloving wife Betty; Derek Haskey remembered by Margaret and Peter; George, Mona and Graham Haslam remembered by Colin, Christine Haslam and family; Harold Edward Hayman remembered by his beloved family; Konrad Spencer Haynes remembered by Jean and family; Nana Hazel remembered by Katy, Neil, Molly and Edie Gavaghan; Irene Hazelgrave remembered by Linda Ashman; Kenneth Heaps remembered by your wife Joan; Jessie and Jack Heaton remembered by Mr and Mrs Foster; Gary James Hedges remembered by Doreen and all the family; Derek Hedges remembered by Doreen and all the family; Norman Heptinstall remembered by Sarah Mitchell and family; Ken Hepworth remembered by Kath, Vic and family; Ethel Hepworth remembered by Betty Normington; Gladys Hickman remembered by Geoffrey Boothman; Barbara Hickman remembered by Maureen and Andy; Barbara Hickman remembered by Irene and family; David Hicks remembered by grandchildren Maisie and Charlie; Winifred M Hill remembered by your loving son Tim, Steph and Sally; John E Hill remembered by Tim Hill; Bramwell and Edith Hill remembered by your daughter Myra Hill; Jack Hine remembered by his wife Mary and family; Dorothy Hobson remembered by your husband Philip; John Hodgson remembered by Mr and Mrs G Ellison; Irene Hodgson remembered by Mr and Mrs G Ellison; Martin Hogg remembered by Anthony, Lynne, Jessica and Mollie; Martin Hogg remembered by Brenda Hogg; Eric Holland remembered by wife Margaret and family; Stephen Hollings remembered by Susan, Stephen-John, Sean and Sienna; Christine Hollis remembered by Michael and family; Albert Hollis remembered by Mavis Hollis and family; David Holmes remembered by Val, Nicola, Jill and Jamie; Clifford Holroyd remembered by Margaret Holroyd; Carole Holt (nee Timson) remembered by all your loving family; Mam and Dad Hopkinson remembered by Susan and family; Annie Horbury remembered by Betty Normington; Ray and Joan Hough remembered by Peter, Carol, Beverley and all their families; John and Sarah Howcroft remembered by Frank and Val Clarke and family; 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Tony Martin remembered by Tracy Downing; Keith Martin remembered by Sheila Martin; Bill and Rene Maskill remembered by Gill and Don Fox; Bill and Rene Maskill remembered by Pauline Green and family; Jack Mattison remembered by Alice and family; Simon McHugh remembered by all your loving family; Alice McLoughlin remembered by Maureen, Emma and Sal; William McNicoll remembered by Rod and Jean Page; Lucy Miller remembered by Phyllis and family; Fred and Alice Milner remembered by Joyce Owen; Margaret and Roy Milner remembered by Su Wilkins family; Lewis Mitchell remembered by Mum, Dad and Olivia; Mary Mitchell remembered by Wayne Mitchell; Graham Mitchell remembered by Mrs Moore and family; Percy Moon remembered by his loving wife Denise, daughters, grandson and all the family; Barbara Moore remembered by Peter Moore; Frank Moore remembered by Doreen Moore; Charles Moore remembered by Mrs Moore and family; Kyle Moore remembered by Mrs Moore and family; Paul Moore remembered by Mrs Moore and family; George and Alice Moorhouse remembered by Mr and Mrs Ayres; John Moorhouse remembered by Mr and Mrs Ayres; Albert Moorhouse remembered by his wife Marian; Dennis Morgan remembered by Mag and family; David Morris remembered by his wife Kirsty and sons James and Andrew; Frank Mowbray remembered by Muriel; Len Nash remembered by Jean Nash; Deceased members of the Nicholson family remembered by Winifred Nicholson; Jenny Nixon remembered by Anne and family; Terry O’Brien remembered by Margaret, Dean, Shaun, Kerry and kids; Stephen O’Connor remembered by Mary, Sarah and Anna Pollitt; Stephen O’Connor remembered by Lily; David Owen remembered by Joyce Owen; Ruby Page remembered by Rod and Jean Page; Michael Page remembered by Rod and Jean Page; W. Page remembered by Rod and Jean Page; Johnny Parker remembered by Mr Stirling; Mary Parker remembered by Mr Stirling; Marian Parkinson remembered by Andrew Parkinson; Kenneth Pass remembered by Norma and family; Tyler Payne remembered by Paul and Amanda Roberts; Tony Pearson remembered by Anne and all the family; Margaret and Harold Peel remembered by Joan, Keith and family; Jane Elizabeth Pemberton remembered by David and family; George, Richard and Sylvia Perry remembered by Sylvia Corbett; Mam and Dad Phelps remembered by Susan and family; Uncle Brian Phelps remembered by Susan and family; Jack Philips remembered by Marjorie Philips; Keith Picken remembered by Mr and Mrs Randall; Victor Pickering remembered by Eric and Maureen Johnson; Ron and Connie Pointon remembered by all your loving family; Wayne Pollitt remembered by Mary; Wayne Pollitt remembered by Sarah and Anna; Jim and Joyce Pollitt remembered by Lily O’Connor; Wayne Pollitt remembered by Lily O’Connor; Jim and Joyce Pollitt remembered by Lily O’Connor; Maureen Ponsonby remembered by Delia; Arthur and Alma Potts remembered by Lynn, Geoff and Melanie; Mam, Dad and Roy Press remembered by Mag; Jean Evelyn Pritchard remembered by Michael Pritchard and family; Annie Proverbs remembered by Keith Proverbs and family; Rachel Randall remembered by Mr and Mrs Ayres; Shirley Redfearn remembered by her husband Ken and family; Hazel, Peter and Matthew Revis remembered by Lily O’Connor; Simon Nicholas Revis remembered by Mr and Mrs Revis; Alan Richardson remembered by Maureen, Karen and Paula; Ted Rickers remembered by his loving wife, Eileen; Betty Riley remembered by Shirley, Ken and family; Alf Roberts remembered by Paul and Amanda Roberts; Doreen Roberts remembered by Paul and Amanda Roberts; Ian James Robinson remembered by Gill Bates; Philip Robinson remembered by his loving Mum and Dad; Telford and Joy Rollin remembered by Telford Rollin; Keith Rotherforth remembered by Norma Potter; Arthur, Eileen, Robert and Gladys Rotherforth remembered by Diane Rotherforth and family; Joan Royle remembered by Julia and family; Amelia and Arthur Rushforth remembered by Margaret and Peter; Brian Rushton remembered by Janine, Dale and Lorna; Jean Ryan remembered by Karen, Wayne, Kara, Tyla and Jesse.