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The MIKE SMITH benefit eBay auction begins on 20 June 2007. Why am I telling you this? What is this all about? Read on.... The Dave Clark Five sold 100 million records around the world with hits such as "Bits And Pieces" and "Glad All Over", which knocked the Beatles’ "I Want To Hold Your Hand" off the top spot. but for the last four years former singer and keyboard player Mike Smith’s world has been a hospital room Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Mike was left paralysed in a freak accident in September 2003 - after locking himself out of his house, he fell heavily whilst trying to climb a 7ft gate and landed on his head. He cracked his spine in three places and was left a tetraplegic. Since then he has been in hospital learning how to cope with being paralysed from the neck down. Now at last he has been told he can go home to live with his wife. Mike has regained enough use of his left arm to operate an electric wheelchair but a tracheotomy means he can speak only through a plastic microphone and tube attached to his throat. As well as having to re-learn simple tasks, he is also facing a legal battle against a charity set up to raise cash for his treatment. The Royal Theatrical Fund set up an appeal to help pay for equipment for him – but Mike says he has received only a pair of glasses and a television, while £11,000 remains unaccounted for. The Fund has denied the allegations, saying it has paid out £20,000 to the couple. When, within the next three months, Mike returns to his home in Aylesbury, he will have two full-time carers on hand round the clock to dress and feed him. His home has been adapted to accommodate his wheelchair but Mike & his wife are desperate to raise £50,000 for a van big enough for the chair. They have already raised about £13,000 with pledges pouring in for an eBay charity auction from celebrities including Roger Daltrey, Cliff Richard and Ringo Starr. For further details of what's on offer at the auction please check out the following link.....some great stuff there!!!! http://www.mightyquinnmanagement.com/mightynewspaper.htm It's a very good cause...... Cheers, J.R. The Barking Spider. ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.