SIR: May I through your column thank all the kind people who helped me when I fell ill in Ridgway Gates on Friday.

There was the lady who phoned for the ambulance; the ladies from the photographic shop; the wonderful paramedics and the very caring and kind Deputy Head of Deane Base School who stayed with me until the ambulance arrived.

Mrs Rita Turner, Yewdale Avenue, Breightmet

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