I've just returned from Todmorden Cricket Club where last Friday I put up my banner for an event I'm running there this Friday. Sadly the banner had been taken at some point.

In discussing where it might have got to I was told that it was most likely drunken people or young people who would have scaled the 7ft high wall to get it down. It certainly wasn't thrown away anywhere near the cricket club and I'm not sure what use someone would have for a purple banner saying "One Psychic Medium: Many Spirits".

The banner had survived outside for two weeks in Halifax town centre just recently – not an easy feat on a hectic Halifax weekend. I'm a regular stallholder on Todmorden market and it seems sad that the banner was less safe there.

Perhaps my crystal ball failed this time because the person who took the banner must have had a great need.

Greater than the £47 of my hard-earned money the banner cost me. And greater than the need of those people who might have contacted me to be given reassurance that life continues after death and their loved ones are still around.

Vandalism and theft are never the right course no matter how needy someone is. If only they had thought to ring the number or visit the website mentioned on the banner perhaps I could have helped in some way?

If anyone happens to find my banner I would be grateful for its return.

Annie Conboy