[Judith Addison]

I think the flag is flown half-mast on all Council buildings when a councillor or former councillor from anywhere in Hyndburn has died. Sometimes they were councillors from the pre-1974 authorities, i.e. Accrington Corporation and the former Urban Districts, like Oswaldtwistle. I understand that as well as George Griffiths, former councillor Jean Sharples from Rishton has died. She was only a councillor for a short time but her husband, Roy Sharples, was a Rishton councillor for a long time, though never Mayor.