PUB landlady Angie Sutcliffe had her hair dyed pink to raise money for a 29-year-old mother-of-one who has terminal breast cancer.
The 52-year-old said she has been getting “funny looks” since her hair had changed colour, but added that it was worth it if it makes people donate money to a fund for Ashlee Meecham.
Ms Meecham, of Hereford Crescent, Little Lever, has been given just 18 months to live.
Friends, family and strangers have rallied round the family to help them raise money so she can marry her long-term boyfriend, Neil Disley, aged 29.
They also want to raise memory money — a pool of cash which can be used for days out or a weekend away with their three-year-old daughter, Miley.
When Mrs Sutcliffe, the landlady of the Jolly Carter pub in Church Street, Little Lever, read about Ms Meecham’s plight in The Bolton News, she was determined to help.
Last week, she organised a variety show to raise money and, this week, staff at the pub sprayed their hair — on their chests and heads — pink, while Mrs Sutcliffe visited a hairdressers to get her hair dyed permanently pink.
She said her new style will last for 18 months — which is the same amount of time Ms Meecham was given to live.
Sponsorship money is still being collected, and the pub is also holding a raffle in the next couple of days, but Mrs Sutcliffe is hoping they will have raised more than £1,000.
She wants to give the cash to Ms Meecham to pay for a honeymoon or for her to enjoy days out with her daughter.
Mrs Sutcliffe said: “If it meant that Ashlee would last forever I would have my hair pink every day.
“I am getting funny looks from people, but I want them to notice.
“If I was a young girl, I don’t think people would care — but because I am 52, people are really taking notice.
“I want them to think about cancer and to go home and examine themselves and make sure there are no lumps and bumps and to stop cancer of you can.”
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