This week, with MICK BAINES, 44, former leukaemia patient and charity fund-raiser of Bolton Road, Abbey Village.

MEMORY: I think I was in my pram. I can recall watching them pull down the old town hall in Preston. It caught fire after a New Year's Eve party.

HOLIDAY: Butlins - I don't know where. I was about five and I went with my family.

HOME: We lived in a little red brick terraced house on Stocks Road, Preston. It was just me, my mum and my dad.

SCHOOL: St Andrew's Primary School in Ashton, Preston. I loved it there. I sang in the church choir at St Andrew's, so it was the hub of my young life.

JOB: I had a Saturday job at Stead and Simpsons shoes in Preston when I was about 16. I think they got their money's worth out of me, but I quite enjoyed it. I did everything from serving customers to tidying up.

RECORD: Clair by Gilbert O' Sullivan. We went to see him 18 months ago at King George's Hall in Blackburn and he hasn't lost it. If you closed your eyes, it was like listening to a record.

CAR: I had a Mk1 Ford Escort. It was dark blue. It was very reliable until I crashed it. I was a policeman in Great Harwood at the time and I was driving home to Preston. It was really icy and I lost control and wrote off the car.

FUNDRAISING EVENT: The first we did as a family was when my son Andrew took some of those beanie teddy bears into school in 1997 and raised about £100 for the Christie Hospital, in Manchester. Since then, we've probably raised in excess of £10,000 in six years.

FOOTBALL MATCH: A Preston game when I was about 11. The best match I can remember was when we beat Birmingham in the play-off semi finals at home in 2001. Then we went to Cardiff for the final and lost to Bolton. It was five months after I'd had a bone marrow transplant as part of my leukaemia treatment and it was the first time I'd travelled any great distance. This week I've been invited to meet the Preston team at their training ground. I've been a fan for more than 30 years, so I'm very excited.