A hero to so many
Her longevity, and also physical endurance, is astonishing. She has walked nearly 3,000 miles, and crossed a busy junction 800,000 times, to help walk an estimated one million youngsters to and from a Huddersfield primary school.
Through three decades of far-reaching changes to society, Mrs Boxall is quick to point out that the local butcher’s has become an Indian restaurant and fewer people are now willing to become school crossing patrollers. That said, her good humour has been a constant. “It feels like I’m doing something worthwhile,” she says modestly.
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Hide AdIn an era when so-called personalities who have done little to warrant their elevated celebrity status are hero-worshipped, the likes of Linda Boxall will always be the true heroes of Britain and the people making the greatest contribution to the Big Society.