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Tuesday 21 Sep 2004

PHOTOCALL: WINNING CHILDREN RECEIVE RAILWAY SAFETY COMPETITION PRIZES

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Date:                          Monday 27 September 2004 Time:                         16.30 Location:                   Norwich station  - British Transport Police office, platform 5 Event:                         Four winners will be presented with their family tickets to the London Transport Museum and £50 spending money courtesy of ‘one’, British Transport Police and Network Rail. Media contacts:        Karen Sinclair 020 7557 8291 karen.sinclair@networkrail.co.uk                                     Jenny Sacre  020 7557 8107  jenny.sacre@networkrail.co.uk             Four children from Norwich schools are being presented with their prizes for being top-of-the-class in our railway safety competition.             Back on 30 June and 1 July the Royal Norfolk Show played host to Network Rail’s and the British Transport Police’s railway safety stand. Children from all over the county were invited to the stand to identify the dangers on our ‘Norfolk Show’ railway.  The children spotted the hole in the fence,  a football on the track, vandalised signs, an open gate and a discarded kite.             PC Chris Manders explains:  “The idea of the railway set-up was to highlight the potential dangers of the railway.  Asking the children to point out the dangers meant that we could see that they understood and we were then confident that they’ll stay safe and play safe. - more - Norfolk – 2 “Railway crime has been steadily reducing in the Norfolk area – but we can’t afford to be complacent.  Education is the key to combating railway crime.  Our stand looked at the dangers the railway can pose and in a safe environment, showed children why they must stay away from the railway.” Each child won a family train ticket to London, a family ticket to the London Transport Museum and £50 spending money. The winners were: Name Age School Deanne Tanner 13 Taverham High School Ryan Wilsea 12 Taverham High School Harriet Cox 8 Bure Valley School Phoenix Pentney 5 Parkers Primary School