A 'Save Accrington Victoria Hospital' rallying call to the public was made by Great Harwood Labour Party at a meeting of the group.
Meanwhile a Rossendale man was hoping to hit the high notes with a new pop choir. He was performing for schoolchildren in the Valley, with his ultimate aim to take the choir to the Llangollen Festival.
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