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EIGHT is definitely not a lucky number for retired gar dener “Geoff’ Herbst, of Green Acres, Read.
Geoff — or Gerfried, as he was christened back home in Lubeck, Germany — was one of eight German sol diers who surrendered on Hill 88 on August 8th in the Normandy battle of the Second World War!
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TV Repairs, ex-Rentals for sale Geoff and his dog Prince Fond farewell
to long-serving employee
THE last of several extremely long-serving employees of Clitheroe’s Castle Cement has retired, only seven months short of working there for half a century — or long enough to earn himself TWO gold watches!
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((>5), of Mayfield Avenue, Clitheroe, joined the then Ribblesdale Cement in 1941, when his father
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WHEN Jesus wiped out all the legal restrictions as principles of religion, he substituted in their place love to God and to each other. Jesus came to tell us that we cannot earn God’s approbation by keeping rules and regulations and ceremonial law, but must accept the love, forgiveness and the merciful fellow ship God freely offers us. During the war in France, some soldiers brought
the body of a dead comrade to a French cemetery to bury him there. The priest there wanfed to know if the deceased had been of the Roman Catholic faith. The men had to confess that they were not sure, so he told them that under such circumstances he could not permit the interment in h1s churchyard. Sadly, the soldiers took their friend’s body away
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manager, Mr Bernard Col- man, presented Mr John ston with a gold signet ring and a gold watch bracelet, a e! eque on behalf of the company and a token on his own behalf. He also gave a bouquet of flowers' to Mr Johnston’s wife, Betty.
out their old home! Castle Cement’s general
Mr Column praised Mr Mr Jimmy Johnston Johnston’s loyalty and long
service to the company, and wished him a long and happy retirement. In reply, Mr Jalmsion,
who had worked his way up to the position of super visor in the fitting section, said that he had enjoyed his time at the factory, where he had made many friends.
hero in the war as an apprentice fitter, Ribbles dale Cement only had one wagon. Things have cer ta in ly ch an g ed ,” he declared.
“When I started work
were then taken out for a celebratory meal at the C a l f ’s Head H o tel , " TStoll.
Mr and Mrs Johnston NEW Dining out in style
PROUD parents Denise and Jim Ashworth will be among the guests at a special five-star gourmet din ner being held at Accrington and Rossendale College
paring and cooking the meal as part of his coarse at the college, where he is a third-year student.
spent three months working at Torquay’s Imperial Hotel. He was also involved in the college’s “take over” of the Dunkenhalgh Hotel at Clayton-le-Moors, which was inn by students for a weekend.
Last year, Lee, a former pupil at Bowland School, SAFETY FIRST
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events are planned, including a grand open day in May. The association is also currently running an
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in ore t i in e on t h e i r favourite hobbies of read ing, walking, gardening, swimming and travelling to foreign parts. They have already visited over 11 foreign countries and are planning a fortnight in Benidorm soon, followed
Now they plan to spend
Column presenting the ring to Mr Johnston, watched by Mrs Johnston, chief engineer Mr Peter Walker (behind) and Mr Lon Barber, personnel officer (right).
by a visit to Rhodes later in the year. Our picture shows Mr
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had been cut off in the August mists and could hear the rumble of Cana dian tanks all around. “We ran out of our bunker one by one . . . but we were being picked off like rab bits out of a hole,” he told me. “A friend and I man aged to crawl across a potato field into a deep crater — but it was hope less; we decided to give ourselves up.”
Geoff and his colleagues
to a prisoner-of-war camp in Arizona, where Geoff and a friend, Jimmy, hatched an escape plot as
The soldiers .vere taken
fantastic as any wartime film. The tale has just been recorded by staff ,of the North West Sound Archives, based at Clith eroe Castle.
doomed to failure at the very start,” said Geoff. “Jimmy struggled through a hole in the wire, but I caught my clothing on it and seemed to lie there for ages. Eventually I strug gled free and we crawled to freedom through a field of sugarbeet.”
“The plot was nearly
only pausing at dawn while Geoff milked a lone cow in the corner of a field into an old can. “I often smile when I think of that farmer wondering where the milk had all gone,” he added.
The pair ran all night,
through the roof, only to realise we had chosen a truck full of ice,” said Geoff. “My friend was hef-
“We lowered ourselves
tier than I and could stand the intense cold, but I went back on to the roof, only to see a tunnel rush ing towards me. I threw myself to one side of the truck just in time as we entered a long tunnel th ro u g h th e Rocky Mountains.”
tomatoes and under-ripe oranges at a station load ing bay, before boarding another train. Again Lady Luck was against them and they lowered them selves into an open car riage filled with coal and dust which blew all over them as the train acce lerated, leaving only the whites of th e ir eyes visible!
The pair dined on rotten
Germans eventually gave themselves up after wash ing themselves and their filthy clothes in a culvert. Their punishment was hard — 11 days on bread and water, with their sleeping accommodation sloping planks which put the wnole of the body’s weight on the feet.
The disillusioned young
ferred to England, where he was put to work as a g ard en er in Knares- borough and eventually married one of the English land girls at the nursery. They had a son, John, and a daughter, Laura.
Geoff was later trans
students THREE Clitheroe students were among Blackburn College graduates who were presented with BTEC higher national diplomas and certificates after their'exam successes.
D e n n i s H e s k c th
presented to Mr Dennis Hesketh, of Somerset Avenue, and diplomas to Mr David Van Dijk, of Moorland Crescent, and Jill Walmsley, of Beechwood Avenue.
A certificate was
David Van Dijk
pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Jill (21) attended Ribblesdale School. Students on the course
David (21) is a former
studied a wide range of business management skills and will be able to
enter commerce at middle or higher management levels.
gardener at private homes throughout the Ribble Valley for 40 years, finish ing as a gardener at Clith eroe Castle. Now, seven months into his retire ment, he tells me: “I have had enough adventures for one lifetime and now I’m happy to put my feet up!”
Geoff then worked as a LIBRARY CORNER
well-known crime writers on the theme of impossible crimes. “Rumpole a la carte ” — John Mortimer. Six new tales
LATEST additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: “The art of the impossible” — Collection of stories from
featuring popular barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole. “Looking buck at Skipton” — Margaret Lancaster. Brief
history of Skipton illustrated with old photographs. “The swinging sporran” — Andrew Campbell. Guide to the basic steps of Scottish reels and country dances.
Jill Walmsley
presented by Mr John Bolton, principal of Blackburn College, at
The awards were
the Moat House, Blackburn.
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and buried him just outside the fence of the ceme tery. Coming back next day to say a last farewell before they moved on, they were astonished to be unable to find the grave. It had only been about six feet from the churchyard fence, but try as they might they could find no newly-dug grave. As they stood around perplexed, the priest came
up to them. He informed them that his heart had been troubled because of his refusal to permit their dead friend to be buried in his cemetery; so early that morning he had moved the fence to include the one who had died for France. Rules and regulations had decreed that the fence
S p e c i a l D i s c o u n t s For AA Memb e r s
should keep him out, but love insisted that the fence be moved to let him in. The priest knew that this was what Jesus wouold want him to do, as He never did have time for religion that was all rules and legal restrictions. He has given to us all a religion founded on love.
JOE STANSFIELD.
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