CHALLENGE: Bolton Mayor Cllr Linda Thomas asked her consort husband Len to write a poem a day for a fundraising book A POETRY and recipe book to raise funds for local charities has resulted from a challenge the Mayor of Bolton gave to her consort husband. Cllr Linda Thomas says partner Len s Pandemic Poems, Mayoralty - combined with a host of recipes garnered with the help of top chef Mike Harrison, will add a new chapter to her civic fundraising efforts. “She could see that lockdown was challenging for me,” said Mr Thomas. “So she set me the task of writing a poem a day which could then be used to raise funds for the five Mayoral Charities.