A FUNDRAISING page has been set up in honour of Bolton’s ‘waving man’.

Tommy Halliday has been sitting on a bench on the junction of Smithills Dean Road and Scout Road smiling and waving at passers-by for four years after his wife died.

A fundraiser was set up last week to buy him a Christmas present which quickly raised hundreds of pounds, however, on Tuesday, the bench was destroyed in a crash.

Within a day the bench had been repaired by the Bolton Impact Trust, with a new plaque honouring ‘Tommy’s bench”.

Wahid Kahn, who set up the fundraiser, said: “Tommy is a Bolton legend.

“I do not think he knows how much Bolton appreciates him.

“He is on the bench seven days a week come rain or shine.

"Every morning on the way to work I always see Tommy sat on the bench

To donate to the fundraiser, visit justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ourtommy.