The pop star who took a Sunderland boy to hospital
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Talk about an adventure! Sunderland boy Joseph Tyson certainly had one to remember thanks to a pop star.
The 10-year-old broke his leg in 1957 but that’s only the start of his story.
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Hide AdHis dad ran to a boarding house to phone for an ambulance
He had to be taken to hospital to have the plaster removed. His dad went to a nearby boarding house to phone for an ambulance.
But unbeknown to him, a pop star was staying there and he overheard every word of the phone call.


From chart topper to local hero
It was Ronnie Hilton, the man who had a number 1 with ‘A Windmill in Old Amsterdam’.


The next thing that the Tyson family knew was when a car arrived outside their house in Salem Hill South.
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Hide AdIt was Ronnie who personally drove Joseph to hospital to have the plaster removed.
‘The car ride was smashing’
Joseph later said: “The car ride was smashing.”


It was another great story of kindness which made the pages of the Sunderland Echo.
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