SCCA stalwart Iris Lay went to the 2011 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester – and had her photograph taken...

"What can I say?" she said afterwards.  "Everyone else was asking for a rise in pensions and the like so thought I’d beg for something for me and anyone else that’s hard of hearing."

"We were having a break between sessions and I just thought it would be a laugh and didn’t expect to find myself on the Age UK web-page – here's the link to the website... scroll down the page.

"Doubt I will hear anything from 'Dave'...."