When Mrs Robinson (42) and her husband married last year after 19 years together, his gift of a digital camera really captured her imagination.

She said: "I haven't put it down since. I take photographs every day now."

Mrs Robinson was only recently diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome, which affects her movement, but her medical problems began when she was only 19 and doctors began operating on her ligaments ten years ago.

She said: "I can't work, but I was bored at home. I wanted to get out and do something to occupy my mind, so I started my digital photography course last September.

"I have never had a lot of confidence and the course has helped with that."

Mrs Robinson went to St Clement's High School in Terrington St Clement, but despite enjoying her time there, chose not to continue her education after reaching 16.

'missed out'

"I left home and had my children while I was still quite young. I have not really worked and I felt I had missed out on some of my education."

Mrs Robinson continues to enjoy her course, at the Rosebery Centre, in Gaywood, which finishes next month, and her confidence was boosted when one of her photographs appeared in a national magazine.

Her shot of a cobweb-covered leaf was one of only 13 readers' pictures to appear in December's edition of Digital Camera and it was a proud moment.

"It was the first photograph I submitted and they have around 1,000 submitted each month. They said they really liked the shot, but they didn't tell me it was going in the magazine. The next issue came out and I thought that's mine!

"I now take around 200 shots a day to help me gain better images and skills and my husband built me a website so people can view and comment on my images.

"I would like in the near future to be able to work with my disabilities and work in photography as a way of doing something I love and possibly earn a living from," she said.

September will see Mrs Robinson start a new, more advanced course at Lynn's College of West Anglia, where she will study for her level two award in photography.

Former Lynn mayor Frank Cork, from South Wootton, featured in the Lynn News last year when he graduated from the Open University with an honours degree in Social Science at the age of 90.

He was the oldest person to graduate in 2007 and now Mr Cork, who has been playing the piano for an amazing 85 years, plans to study for a diploma in music to add to achievements.

While studying for his degree, Mr Cork suffered a stroke affecting his short-term memory and has experienced heart troubles, but he was determined to reach his goal.

He first started studying for a degree at Ruskin College, Oxford, in 1940 while serving as an RAF reservist, but his education was disrupted when the Second World War broke out.

Mr Cork, who was born in London, said: "Like everybody else, at the end of the war I didn't know what to do.