FORMER Scunthorpe borough councillor Allen Gittens has died at the age of 86.Father-of-two Mr Gittens worked on the Tata Steel works in Scunthorpe – then the British Steel Corporation – as an assistant engineer before he retired.He stood as a Conservative candidate in the Lincoln Gardens ward in the 1978 local council elections, but later defected to the then-fledgling SDP party.But Mr Gittens was best known as a community leader.He was a founder member of the Scunthorpe Anchor...
