Ivor, also aged 74, said: ‘Really happy to have the vaccine, sooner we get on top of this the better.
The Bury site is one of a number of vaccine centres to be opening in the region this week.
The Job Serve Community Stadium, home of Colchester United, opened its doors to its first patients on Tuesday as a vaccine centre.
While Clacton Hospital is also set to begin to offer vaccines this week alongside Chelmsford City Racecourse.
The new vaccine sites join the existing mass vaccination centre at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich which began vaccinating people last month.
Richard Bird was among the first to be vaccinated at the former River Walk School in Bury St Edmunds