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In October of 1969 a group of young people gathered at midnight at Singleton Park. They were taking part in a 20-mile charity walk to Porthcawl that would take them up to 8 hours to finish. The donor of this t-shirt, along with the rest of the group were walking to raise money for Oxfam, a charity that fights poverty all around the world. The front of the shirt has the logo ‘Oxfam Walk 69’ on the front and the back has the easily misunderstood slogan, ‘Help Stamp out Oxfam’.
The Swansea charity walk was part of a larger National Youth Walk movement that took place all around Britian. One of the most well-known walks was the summer walk to Wembley Stadium. 50,0000 young people started off at 12 different points to do their charity walk to the stadium, walking up to 30 miles. It was a hot day and quite a few of the young people were new to long distance walking, so the St John Ambulance crew were kept busy treating heat stroke and wounded feet. Those who reached the stadium were welcomed with a concert including the bands Love Affair and Dire Straits.
This T-shirt represents a new generation realising that making a difference to the world starts with a single step.
Followed by thousands of other ones.
