A pensioner's holiday wishes became reality when she headed for the coast after an appeal in the Mail.

Disabled Mary Rayment, 91, feared she would become the only member of the Manor West Tuesday Club to miss out on a trip to Scarborough because she needs the help of a volunteer.

But the Mail appealed for kind-hearted readers to push Mary's wheelchair – and 40 people responded.

It meant Mary joined the other 49 members of the club as they set off for the coach trip.

As she settled into her coach seat, she joined in with a rendition of We're All Going on Our Summer Holiday.

She told the Mail: "I am having a great time. I haven't been out like this in ages."

The mother of one said she planned to "have a great time" but she would be "taking things easy".

A free lunch and a chance to look round Scarborough was on the agenda for the Tuesday Club members during their day trip.

The Tuesday Club is run by the Manor West Centre. The rain poured down as the members prepared for the off. But Manor West Centre chairman John Reid was remaining optimistic. It's just a summer shower. We are going to have some fun today," he said.

He thanked the Mail for its support and also praised the Owton Lodge pub for hosting the weekly meetings of the Tuesday Club.

Joining Mary was the volunteer from the BUPA Brierton Lodge care home who looked after the 91-year-old for the day.

Brierton Lodge activities co-ordinator Mary Richardson said: "I am glad to be involved and to help Mary."

Mrs Rayment arrived in Hartlepool in 1940.

She scrubbed floors in the steelworks for a living and later became a bricklayer's labourer in the mills.

She was once taken to task during that job for working too hard in her role which involved emptying wagons full of bricks.

She has suffered from limited mobility for years after suffering a serious foot injury.