A HOSPITAL radio team will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a party at Rawtenstall Cricket Club.

Hospital Radio Rossendale's first official broadcast to patients at Rossendale Hospital was on December 17, 1979.

To mark the anniversary a disco and dance will be held on December 17 from 7.45pm.

There will be a supper and a prize draw and tickets are £5.

Assistant secretary David Foster said: "We would have liked to make it a completely free evening, but the event must cover its costs.

"However we would like to stress it is not intended to be a profit-making event but a social and reunion occasion and a thank-you to past and present staff."

Tickets are available from the studio on 01706 233334 or David on 01706 825648.

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