At St Helen’s Church this morning Mr Crusty the Donkey was there to help with a big Nativity Tableau with lots of young children dressed as angels and shepherds.

On the Market Place there were two other donkeys, Jack and Charlie, also from the Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary.

I see in the recently published book about Pollyanne, from the sanctuary, that Jack arrived very poorly and emaciated, and it was touch and go whether he would make it through the night. His pulling through was a turning point in setting up the sanctuary.

Polyanne was not in town today but has been on previous occasions. There are two pictures inside the book of Polyanne at the Reynolds Way shops. She walked from there to a church service at Preston Road Community Centre. It’s a busy time of year for donkeys.