Marathon men!

They're tackling old race route for pal with incurable disease

- Jon Bamber

FRIENDS of a former mine worker who has Huntington’s Disease are to walk the route of the Potteries Marathon to raise funds for charity.

Keith ‘Taffy’ David, has endured the life-limiting disease, which is not curable, for more than 10 years.

The 60-year-old dad-of-one, who worked down the pits at Florence and Hem Heath collieries and was a member of the mines rescue team, lives at Beechwood in May Bank and requires round-the-clock care. The condition causes movement disorders, mental health conditions and trouble with thinking and planning. The involuntary movements affect all the muscles of the body, specifically the arms and legs, the face and the tongue.