Nine Melksham blood donors have reached a landmark to be proud of.

Margaret Moon, Pamela Pantall, Cynthia Canfield, Archie Hinton, Barrie Snook and Geoffrey Newman have donated blood 50 times.

Alan Biggs, Brian Vincent and Anthony Brown have reached their 75th donation.

Organiser, Joan Baines, said: "They should all be really proud of themselves and we thank them very much.

"They don't know how many people they might have helped in that time.

"It isn't just whole blood that is used and one donation could help three or four people."

The last session at Melksham on Monday attracted 135 people and more are always needed.

Mrs Baines said: "Although we can't take many more than that without them having to wait a long time, there are always people who have to stop giving for whatever reason and we need others to come forward."

There are 15 sessions a year, held at Melksham House.

The next one is scheduled for December 17.