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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 26 points 8 hours ago

After his death, a new £1.6m wellbeing centre attached to Glenwood Church in Cardiff was named Lockwood House, after Ronnie. But the old building and the new building didn't quite match, and they needed extra funding to finish the renovation. "But they needn't have worried," said Rob. "Almost to the penny, it was the exact amount Ronnie had left in his will. "In the end the homeless man put the roof over all of our heads."