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    Chance decision led to years of dedicated service

    Friday, April 26th, 2019 - Written by JOHN SLORANCE
    Gary King steps down after 31 years of service as a retained firefighter

    From the burning down of Humphrey’s Nightclub to the Weensland Spinning Millbeing destroyed by fire, to the horrors of the Lockerbie plane bombing, Gary King has seen and done it all as a retained firefighter at the Howdenbank station.

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