Retiring policeman helps switch on town lights

29/11/2007

IT was a fair cop for retiring policeman George Cuthbertson when he helped switch on Morpeth's Christmas lights on Saturday.

The beat bobby, who is a familiar face in the town centre, steps down from the Northumbria Force at the end of the year, but was invited the share the switch-on honours with Fair Day fancy dress contest winner Anna Chisti.

The Northumbrian Water Ellington Colliery Bank got festivities under way with a selection of festive tunes.

After carol singing led by Morpeth's 'Four Tenors', some words from Town Council Chairman Mark Horton and a Christmas address by the Rector of Morpeth, the Rev Robert McLean, the button was pressed to start the display.

The Clock Tower Bellringers also brought a musical touch to the occasion.

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