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4 Clitheroc Advertiser & Times, June lJ,th, 1990
'Clitheroe 2232!, (Editorial), 22S2S (Advertismg). Burnley 22331 (Classified)
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E. & D. (PLANT HIRE) LIMITED PENDLE TRADING ESTATE. CHATBURN, CLITHEROE 41597 ■ •
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OUR well-known cameraman, John — or as most people know him “Jack” — Barry is, indeed a “Jack of all trades.”
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“IF you can find him, I will travel the length and breadth of Britain” — that was the parting comment to a Ribble Valley resident by a man looking for a wartime friend.
Do e s any one know a Ted Geldard?
passing time at Singapore Airport when she had a chance conversation with Australian Mr Eric Hallam.
Mrs Dorothy Burke was
O rg anis t Indra to s tu d y a t S t P a u l ’s
BILLINGTON student Indra Hughes has been accepted as an organ scholar at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Indra was one of only a handful of young people selected to study under John Scott, organist and master of the choristers at St Paul’s, and one of Brit ain’s foremost organists.
Twenty-one-year-old
three years he heard Mr Ted Geldard, of Clitheroe, recite his rank and serial number.
war when the Japanese invaded. Every day for
The two became close friends, but events took their toll and inquiries made at a later date led him to believe that his wartime compatriot had been shot in Java.
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Beauforts; told me he was staying with his brother-in-law, Mr Bill Bartholomew, in Eastbourne, for a month, and if I could find out what happened to Mr Geldard he would love to know,” said Mrs Burke.
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information regarding Mr Geldard (possible RAF number 619503/5) please contact the “Advertiser and Times” and we will gladly pass on the information.
If anyone can help with
100 Squadron RAF Seletar between 1939-1941 with the ‘Q’ Fleet
“Mr Hallam, who was in
lived in the Clitheroe area, he told her that he was stationed in Singapore :■ with the RAF during the
Hearing that Mrs Burke
world-famous for its con tribution to organ works. Indra will take up his stu dies in September. He will qualify as a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and is considering a career as a cathedral organist.
St Paul’s in London is . . . . i .
another feather in the cap for Indra, who is now tak ing his finals at Oriel Col lege, Oxford, for a juris prudence law degree.
This qualification will be
recording of his music and Oriel College, Oxford, is putting up the £3,000 costs.
staying on for a fourth year to take a Bachelor of Civil Law degree, but opted to go to St Paul’s, where he was accepted after playing three pieces at a rigorous audition.
He was considering
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn, has already performed at cathedrals around the country, including Here ford, Exeter, Ely, Black burn and York Minster.
to hear him again at Blackburn Cathedral on October 31st, when he gives a recital.
There will be a chance
Tina Hughes, a parish councillor for Billington
Indra is the son of Mrs
and Langho, who lives at Painter Wood. Indra is making a CD
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B0BI1Y MONDAY, JULY 23rd to FRIDAY, JULY 27th, 1990, (inclusive for the week
IF a group of people were asked what they con sidered to be the most important part of a motor car, there would be quite a variety of answers. Each part suggested could be as important as the other.
spark from the battery. We should not travel far without the steering wheel, but we also need the essential wheels and tyres, the exhaust system and brakes. One could add to the list. I wonder if someone would think of the petrol tank? Actually, each part can be recognised as interdependent. On switching on the ignition, most drivers would
The engine would never start without the initial
glance at the petrol gauge to be sure of having enough fuel for the journey and, if need be, fill the Lank with the proper grade of spirit. Many years ago, my son-in-law bought his first ear,
of rather ancient vintage. It was at that time his pride and joy. When he saw that the petrol gauge.did not work, it dawned on him why there was an old broom handle in the boot. It was the petrol dip stick, to be pushed through the petrol cap to the tank bottom! When the “jalopy” would not start one day, he charged the battery that he had unearthed from the floor of the car. It was then he discovered that there was another six-volt battery on the other side. It was very interesting to find now one part of the car depended on another. At last, having supplied considerable joy, disap
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pointment and even sorrow, the old vehicle with its slipping clutch had to be returned to the nearest auc tion, to be bought “as seen” with no guarantee —just as he had bought it. The old broom handle was left, in the boot as an essential item. Some of us could benefit by a device that reminded
us of a need for the renewal of driving force in our Christian lives, to warn us about the necessity to refuel with the right spirit. You want to know where the filling station is? Why! The nearest Christian church, of course! We can all benefit from a good inflow of top grade spirit — the Holy Spirit. JOE STANSFIELD
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YOUNG entrepreneurs in the Ribbie Valley wishing to work in other European countries could he in line for a cash boost.
Cash help to work in EEC
from £1,000 to £10,000, will come from the Prince’s Trust.
The money, varying
in several fields, including the arts, craft and design, tourism, the environment, communications and new technology.
The grants are available
of full-time education and have plans for an inter- European project, you should write with details of your idea to Anne Engel, The Prince’s Trust, 8 Bedford Row, London, WC1R4BA. The deadline
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If you are under 20, out
tions is June 29tli, so if anyone in the Rihble Val ley wants to impress they should put pen to paper straight away.
THE British Watercolour Society is looking for major talent to show in its summer exhibition. s After 60 years as a London society, with an annual
Ralston House, 41 Lister Street, Ilkley, LS29 9ET. The local contact for the society is Mr William Dow (Clitheroe 41268).
lished at Ilkley with a membership of 75 and 45 asso ciates. Its biannual exhibitions each boast well over 1,000 paintings by 200 artists. Entry forms are available from Leslie Simpson,
Chance to exh ib it how of 100 paintings by 35 artists, it is now estab
started, he tells me, when lie was an eight-year-old pupil at Lily Lane School, Moston, Manchester. “I suddenly realised I
only famous face taking shape at Jack’s Blackburn home. He has almost fin ished a portrait of Bill Fox, chairman of Black burn Rovers Football Club. Jack’s interest in art
on the other side of the camera lens for a change as his wife, Ann, also a photographer, took this photograph of his latest venture, a portrait of local MP David Waddington — which Jack will present to the Home Secretary on his next visit to Clitheroe. And David’s is not the
hand with the a r t is t’s brush — and this week we have persuaded him to share with readers his hid den talent as an accom plished portrait painter. It was Jack’s turn to be
For Jack is also a dab-
graphs at my sister’s wed ding,” he said. “ I was fascinated to watch the whole process from start to finish. I started taking photographs myself and, from that moment I was hooked.” In recent years, Jack’s
by chance. “A colleague took photo
spare time has seen him abandoning his favourite techniques of watercolour painting and pen drawing, and crossing over into oil painting, a technique which, he says, suits him perfectly. “I don’t have as much
time as I would like to paint,” he tells me, “but I still manage to turn out several portraits each year, some of which are commissioned. At present I am working on facial expressions.” Jack, who admits to an
there was no holding Jack in the school art classes, and he turned out water colours prolifically, being given extra tuition by art- master Tom Green who knew a promising artist when he saw one. Jack was to have many
keep abreast of the art world. J a c k ’s move in to photography canie entirely
entered a commercial stu dio, joining a team of designers concentrating on shop-display work. Later he was to travel the coun try, setting up display work for exhibitions including Earls Court and Harrogate. But in every town or city he visited, he managed to find time to visit his beloved art gal leries and exhibitions, and
competitions — and all this during a sporting childhood which saw him playing football and cricket for his school,.and football for the North Manchester Area Schools’ team. On leaving school, Jack
paintings displayed in the headmaster’s study, the school’s highest accolade for its pupils. Jack went on to win art
could paint,” he said. It’s a talent he inherited from his mother, Mildred, also an accomplished artist. And the family talent has passed through to Jack’s son Jonathan (23) who took A-level a r t, and daughter Caroline (21) who studied art at Black burn College. From the age of eight,
insatiable appetite for art books and visiting gal leries, is fascinated by Vic torian art and glass slides and has given talks about the subject to several Rih ble Valley groups. He takes a particular
in te re s t in Northern artists and their exhibi tions. Let’s hope one day soon he’ll find the time to stage his own exhibition here’in the Ribble Valley.
Tree money
THERE is still money available from the Coun tryside Commission for tree and hedge planting and associated conserva tion work. Land owners are being
invited to apply for grant assistance and should con tact Mr David Hewitt, Ribble Valley’s country side officer, at the coun cil’s Church Walk offices (Clitheroe 25111).
LIBRARY CORNER
— I le l la Haasse. Historical novel set in France and England during the Middle Ages. “Maggie Jordan,T — Emma
RECENT additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: “ In n dark wood wandering”
Compelling an aly s is of an extraordinary era in the history of the Soviet Union.
source in Gloucestershire to the estuary. “Stalin” — Jonathan Lewis.
p a th ” — G a re th Davies. Author’s account of the summer he spent tracking the 180-mile route of the Thames from its
Blair. The story of Maggie, who moves to Glasgow to find work after her family are killed in a freak flood. . ‘‘A walk along the Thames
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