Bunhill: Playing with fire

Sunday 04 September 1994 00:02 BST

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MY PICTURE this week features Mr Terry Cole, the world record fire eater and Mr John Stalker, former deputy chief of Greater Manchester police. Mr Stalker is on the right.

The occasion was the opening of Sitex Security Products, Europe's most modern anti- vandal centre in Birmingham (whatever that happens to mean).

Owned by 15 members of staff and the merchant bank, Phildrew Ventures, Sitex is Britain's largest supplier and installer of anti-vandal doors and windows - hence the picture of the fire-eater trying to burn the door down. He didn't.

(Photograph omitted)

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