[Margaret Pilkington]

Thank you Eric.
When I retired the trust wanted to give me a gift.
They gave me a list of traders who I could visit to choose something lovely.
I told them that I would prefer whatever money they wanted to spend to be given to a local lady who takes care of unwanted cats and kittens.
They tried to dissuade me, asking me if I would not like something to remember the trust
by.
I told them that the best gift they could give me was to know that some fur babies were being looked after rather than put to sleep.
I have enough memories of my working life.
I could very very easily become that mad old lady in the neighbourhood who feeds and nurtures cats.