VISITORS to Ludlow for the Food Festival who need somewhere to sit down and rest will have one of the town’s unsung heroes to thank.

As they take a break from visiting the Festival and local shops, pubs and restaurants they will be taking advantage of the hard work of Graeme Perks.

Mr Perks is a highly skilled craftsman, who trained at the London School of Furniture.

He has been putting his skills to good use waging a war on the town’s broken benches and even repairing seats in other parts of south Shropshire.

Some of the seats that have fallen into disrepair are more than 50 years old but can be fixed and put back into use.