Guitar made from an old wine box boosts Teesdale musician's charity night

A CHARITY night organised by a dale musician as a thank-you to an air ambulance crew for coming to his aid after a serious motorbike crash has raised £2,200.
Kev Pattison, from Winston, was badly hurt in January 2014 when he was off-roading on a ride from Yarm to Whitby.
He was taken to James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance having broken three vertebrae, four ribs and cracked his sternum. Mr Pattison, 54, spent three weeks in hospital and a further four months in a body and neck brace.
Almost three years later he is still feeling the effects of the accident and continues to suffer from back and neck problems.
He turned to music as therapy following the accident, making his own guitars using recycled materials as well as singing and playing as part of the popular duo Box of Frogs.
They performed at a charity night held in Winston Village Hall earlier this month to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Mr Pattison said it had been an excellent evening, well supported by a sell-out crowd of 100.
To help boost funds, he auctioned one of his custom guitars – a six string instrument made from a wine box – which was sold for £140.