Mickey Gordelier (ex-L27) was on Dial-a-Cab for over 20 years, then his life was turned upside down when he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and given between one and three years to live. Mick now stays in the Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice in Abbey Wood and says that the care he receives there is nothing short of magnificent.
   So he wrote to Call Sign via a nurse because he can no longer use his arms and explained his situation, ending with a heartfelt plea to assist him in his aim to raise £30,000 to pay for another hospice nurse. He felt that he wanted to thank them in a practical way. This magazine published the article and within days cheques began pouring into the hospice. Then we had two phone calls from the Editors of Taxi Globe and TaxiCab News who asked if they could reprint the story. Of course we said yes.
   Mick is fifty-five years old now, been married to Sue for thirty-one years and they have three children.
   "I’ve had a great life - a wonderful family, friends and a job as a licensed taxi driver on a great circuit – Dial-a-Cab. Life could not have been better until the day I was diagnosed with MND. As my condition deteriorated, I was offered the chance to go to

Mickey closes in on his £30K