page_title: Lorraine Mercer
hierarchical_section_title: Lorraine Mercer
caption_attribution_description: English: 2012 Torch Bearer
context_page_description: Lorraine Mercer MBE is a British thalidomide survivor.
  Her motto is "No limbs? NO LIMITS!"
  Mercer was a unique representative of the global Thalidomide community as a bearer of the Olympic Torch in 2012 for her country.
  Her chariot was adapted to carry the Olympic torch safely above her head away from the oxygen she needs.
  A painter, lace maker and award winner for Carriage Driving with the RDA, she has raised money for various charities and has been awarded an MBE also for her pastoral work at the local hospital with the lonely.
  In 2015 Lorraine received an MBE for community services in Mid Sussex.
context_section_description: Lorraine Mercer MBE is a British thalidomide survivor. 
  Her motto is "No limbs? NO LIMITS!"
  Mercer was a unique representative of the global Thalidomide community as a bearer of the Olympic Torch in 2012 for her country.
  Her chariot was adapted to carry the Olympic torch safely above her head away from the oxygen she needs.
  A painter, lace maker and award winner for Carriage Driving with the RDA, she has raised money for various charities and has been awarded an MBE also for her pastoral work at the local hospital with the lonely.
  In 2015 Lorraine received an MBE for community services in Mid Sussex.
caption: Lorraine Mercer MBE 2012 Crowborough
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