White Horse Banbury raise £500 for charity

Ken Thompson the landlord of the White Horse in Banbury, known for his longer locks went all the way down to a number 2 in aid of Auto-Immune Disease Research. In total, the pub raised £500 for the charity and presented the cheque on Thursday 10th January to the Head of Research Prof. Paul Bowness, from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital.

Ken struggles from a life shortening auto-immune disease himself and is currently on a clinical trial to help ease the side effects which have shown positive results.

Ken’s wife Eileen says; “Ken is a credit to himself, for organising these events single handed. He’s not only raised this £500 from his head shave at the start of January, over the last couple of years he has raised over £1,000 through events. All the money raised goes directly into the research fund.

I don’t know what Ken would do without this medication. All the money we raise here at the pub goes to help people like Ken and trial medications that could help improve their lives too. I must admit - I am glad all that long hair has gone now, but don’t tell Ken, he loved it!”

Ken has remained looking as stylish as ever though, with the help of his friend and professional hair stylist, Steve Miller, who cut Ken’s hair for the event.