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“At that moment the £5 was more important than anything else and my hair still stands up from thinking about it.”

With tears in their eyes, another of many memories popped into their minds as Mrs Tilt recalled: “It must be the funniest thing we experienced. We headed to Lapethos hotel in Lapta to talk to people and collect prizes for one of our upcoming events. However, we went through the wrong way and ended up at a chained door. As we pushed the door, a small space opened under the chains and so I squashed through, but then as soon as Carole stuck her head through she got stuck.

“We were in hysterics and I had to cross my legs in case I would wet myself, but poor Carole couldn’t even do that. In the end she pushed through and we ended up leaving with nothing from the hotel. The worst thing was when we realised we would have to leave the same way as the car was parked there. It was then that we saw a CCTV camera . . .”

She continued: “And once we were called by a couple who were about to leave the island and had sold their house but wanted to donate their belongings to us, including pottery, so we could sell it to raise money for Tulips. With the car jam-packed with the donated items, we were driving back home and got caught up in conversation. At the very last minute, I realised a bump was straight ahead and off we flew over it with a loud crash from the back . . . almost everything was broken.”

Above all, no matter how tiring the work was at times, including receiving calls and messages and having to collect money every day from people or from collection boxes, the pair expressed their love for Tulips — for which they will still handle emails and publicity, despite their retirement — and for Mrs Kocaismail, saying that their ties would never be severed “as there’s far too much emotion”.

Both also thanked their beloved husbands for all the support and contributions they had made to their campaign over the seven years.