Helen Loomes Night of a thousand thrills

‘A Night of a 1000 Thrills’
is a celebration of Helens life; it’s about keeping that smile alive. It’s about getting together as a group of people who share a devotion to The Killers and having one hell of a night!! It is also about raising as much money as possible for our 3 nominated charities:

For me this only started in August 2009 when I met Helen Loomes for the first time at V Festival in Staffordshire. I met a group of Victims there who were only known to me at that point as The Thrillers. By the time I got to V Festival, I’d already had several exchanges with Helen, over my spare tickets, which was being sold to another ‘Thriller’, which is another story altogether, for another time.

I met Helen at the V Festival Shuttle in Stafford, along with other significant people who know who they are, but this is about Helen, so forgive me keeping them nameless at the moment. I don’t know whether you’ve ever been lucky enough to meet a ‘Helen’ in your life, but the real life Helen, was one big smile!! That reached all the way to the ends of every tip of her. A genuine smile, which embraced and included everyone around her. That day I was in Helen’s company for no more than 5 or 6 hours maybe, we were there for The Killers, and for those who love those boys as much as we do, time plays no part in those moments. However the time I spent in Helen’s company was significant enough to make a lasting impact.

After V Festival we kept in touch via all the usual social networking sites and The Victims site. I followed the antics of Furry Helen and the Thrillers. When Helen became ill at the end of last year, I really only knew the seriousness of it all by the length of time she was in hospital. But, you just did not know this woman was ill!!!! She was irritated by being in hospital, but otherwise the smiles continued. She was made up to be out of hospital for Christmas, and I was so happy to be included when she posted out personal letters to a lot of people. But even then I did not realise that her young life was soon to be over. I think you all join me in saying that the shock was horrendous.

Shortly after Helen O’Hanlon told me that Helen had intended to run the Marathon for charity this year. I felt that I wanted to finish this for her, and having sounded people out, found that the number of people feeling the same was tremendous.

‘A Night of a 1000 Thrills’ is a celebration of Helens life; it’s about keeping that smile alive. It’s about getting together as a group of people who share a devotion to The Killers and having one hell of a night!! It is also about raising as much money as possible for our 3 nominated charities:

So come on guys show your support and have a cracking night out while you are at it!

Jo Spencer

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