TRIBUTE EVENING TO MURRAY WALKER OBE
(in aid of Variety Club)
27th November, 2006
To honour his contribution to sports and entertainment, Variety Club NW hosted a tribute evening for Murray Walker OBE - the legendary voice of formula one.
To pay their own personal tributes were guest speakers from motor racing
(both drivers and commentators) Nigel Mansell; John Surtees; Martin Brundle;
Derek Warwick; Brian Barwick; Steve Rider and Jim Rosenthal.
Such is the high esteem in which Murray is held that the VC Chief Barker,
and many senior members of the VC crew, came to Manchester especially
to be with Murray on the evening. Also present were many guests from
the formula one industry as a whole, including the individual racing
teams and the formula one media.
The Managing Director of Bellagio Time, was very proud to be able to
personally present Murray and his wife with timepieces from The House
of Bellagio, and he found Murray to be “a gentleman”. The
hand-written thank you letter received in the post after the event, simply
confirming the point.
In addition to a lady’s timepiece for the raffle, Bellagio Time
were pleased to donate a 2.1ct lady’s diamond timepiece for the
auction, which raised £1,250 for the Charity.