The community champion known as ‘Auntie Petra’ has been won the Bouquet of the Week. Petra Townsend, 62, from Underwood in Kendal, has been nominated for her outstanding work in the local community throughout lockdown, as well as her charitable efforts to ensure those struggling in the pandemic were provided for. She was nominated by Sarah Benjamin, 46, of Hawthorn Way, Kendal. Sarah said: “She is a true Kendal woman, born and bred, with a large family in the community. Everyone knows her. She’s just good old Auntie Petra to so many people in the town. “I’ve known her a couple of years now. We met on Facebook through selling things.