TAUNTON Deane Mayor Dave Durdan popped into Priorswood Community Centre, in Taunton, to try out a newly installed lift.

The stairlift was funded by Taunton Aid in Sickness and the Boshier-Hinton Foundation.

Pictured with Mr Durdan are centre manager Lesley Thomas, Mayoress Renee Durdan, centre member Neal Davies, Sue Kilbey, chairman of North Taunton Partnership, Taunton Sickness Fund trustees and Mark Grantham, of Somerset Stairlifts.