My friend Ann Hall, who has died aged 67, was a social worker, feminist, socialist and activist, who did much to help the town and people of Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales, where she lived.
Ann arrived in the town in 1976 and was a mental health social worker and training officer for many years; she also served as an inspector for the Mental Health Commission. After retiring, she and her husband, Bob Cole, built and ran an award-winning guest house in nearby Tanygrisiau, and she became active in supporting a large number of causes, including Women's Aid, Mind, the local Fairtrade movement, a credit union, and Blaenau Bendigedig, a local community organisation.