One of our volunteers regularly talks to Ethel on our Telephone Befriending scheme. She said: “It's lovely chatting with Ethel. Time passes so quickly and we talk of so many things.

"Tonight was no different; we talked of walking, our experiences of the world being a small place and so much more in between. We spoke of when she worked for the Corporation and how many people in the area either worked for them or were at sea.