I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank those kind individuals who helped me when I collapsed in Sopers Lane on Saturday, April 12.

I would particularly like to thank the couple who came to my aid, summoned an ambulance, and stayed with me until it arrived. Also a local householder who assisted them.

Thanks also go to the medical staff at Poole Hospital who cared for me until my discharge the next day.

BILL JEFFERY, Poole