David Nuttall M.P. – Bury North

On Friday morning I attended a coffee morning in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution held at the Masonic Hall in Parsons Lane in Bury. There were lots of Christmas gifts and cards for sale and I suddenly realised that it is time I started to do some planning for Christmas. I have noticed that Susan has already started and a small pile of Christmas cards she has written has already appeared in the lounge.

On Saturday I went to another coffee morning organised by the newly formed Friends of the Lutyens Memorial Group. They want to try and retain the Memorial at its present site in front of the old Barracks on Bolton Road. The advertised light refreshments turned out to be excellent sandwiches and a wide variety of cakes and snacks. No need for lunch. For the second day running I managed to draw the raffle without drawing out one of my own tickets. In the afternoon much as I would have liked to go to the football and watch Bury play Gillingham I stayed at home and manged to get done quite a lot of very urgent jobs that needed attention, not least of which was tidying my study.