# It's good to talk, and talk, and talk for the British Red Cross

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/09/19/it039s-good-talk-and-talk-and-talk-british-red-cross/
- Published: 2007-09-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Tony Wright from Cornwall has broken the world record for the longest telephone 
conversation and raised funds for the British Red Cross in the process.
To claim
the record he had to keep speaking for at least 39 hours. Given that he had claimed
in the past to have stayed awake for 11 days non-stop it seemed he was always in
with a good chance.

He spoke to a rota of staff at a Tesco’s store in Kensington, London, each of whom
talked with him for 20 minutes at a time. Tesco, demonstrating that on this occasion
it has more rabbit than Sainsbury’s, is donating £100 per completed hour to the 
British Red Cross.

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