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Among those who received cheques from the Northampton Carnival Committee are (from the left) Mr Roy Brown (Mayor’s Appeal for the Bedridden), Mrs Pat Wingrove (Northampton Branch of the British Heart Foundation), Mr M White, chairman of Northampton Carnival Committee. The Mayor and Mayoress of Northampton, who made the presentations, Councillor Mrs Stan James, Mrs Elizabeth Knechy (Julie Ann Memorial Fund) and Mrs Shelagh York (Motor Neurone Disease Association).