I ASK people to support the £1.3 million hospice appeal in East Lancashire, where I was privileged to be a volunteer for 12 years until ill health stopped me.

It nearly broke my heart to finish. I met some wonderful and very courageous people and I learned an awful lot about life and priorities there.

MARGARET WILLIAMS (Mrs), Edgeware Road, Blackburn.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.