THIS WEEK IN 1986: Mothers march to ask Thatcher for donation
![Charity walkers, Sylvia Jarman, left, and Suzanne Sharples are waved off from Guildhall steps by the lord mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Marie Seaman and the lady mayoress, Miss Gladys Howard](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_98165782.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Charity walkers, Sylvia Jarman, left, and Suzanne Sharples are waved off from Guildhall steps by the lord mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Marie Seaman and the lady mayoress, Miss Gladys Howard](/img/placeholder.png)
Suzanne Sharples, 24 and Slyvia Jarman, 36, both of Lindisfarne Close, were collecting money for the Special Care Baby Unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth, and had already got £350 before taking the first step.
‘All four of my babies were in special care – they would have died without it,’ Mrs Sharples said.
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Hide AdThe lord mayor Councillor Marie Seaman, waved them off from Guildhall Square.
Mrs Jarman said: ‘Our goal is to get Mrs Thatcher to donate, and she knows we are coming. She doesn’t normally donate to charity but an MP is trying to persuade her.’