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Tributes paid to one of Newbury's most familiar faces.





The former Liberal Democrat councillor and AWE worker died in the early hours of this morning (Fri) from a heart attack, aged 90.
Mr Brown was both a Berkshire county councillor and a West Berkshire district councillor and represented the Greenham ward for 15 years.
He was also a member of the Greenham Alliance, the Thames Valley police authority, the Greenham Common Liaison committee and the Berkshire panel on young people and alcohol, as well as president of the Green Liberal Democrats and a local management representative for the Anchor Housing Association.
He stood down from his council duties in May 1989, after being diagnosed with epilepsy in 1988 left him unable to drive.
West Berkshire councillor, Tony Vickers (Lib Dem, Northcroft) said: “He was a man of tremendous integrity.”
He added that he was a self deprecating man who in later years would refer to himself as the “extinct county councillor."
Mr Vickers said: “The thing I will always remember him for was his campaign against young people smoking – he was absolutely passionate about it.
“He wanted every young person to see it was a really bad idea.
“He used to stop young people on the bridge and harang them about it – but they respected him for it.”
Former Newbury MP and fellow Liberal Democrat David Rendel said: "He was a great hero of mine – he was one of those people who lived their life for the Liberal Democrat party.
"He was a truly great man and I had great respect for him."
Just last year Mr Brown won the Liberal Democrat President’s Award - a top political accolade for his services to the party.
If you would like to pay tribute to Mr Brown telephone (01635) 564 541 or email tanya.haji@newburynews.co.uk
For more tributes to Mr Brown, see next week's Newbury Weekly News.



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