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‘God help us all if you ever have to run the comp­ any”’— an amusing portent which still makes Mrs Hopwood smile, though taking over the firm seemed the only viable course of action at the time. “My husband was the business,” she explained.


A FORMER Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil who has spent the, last 11 years on Mersey­ side has returned to North E a s t Lancashire as a sen io r manager with) Pierce, chartered account­ ants in Blackburn.


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son of Mr and Mrs Derrick Green, of Hawthorne Place, Clitheroe, will be strengthening the busi­ ness advisory and corpo­ rate services at Pierce, as well as developing the liti­ gation support and foren­ sic accounting skills avails able to solictors. The Lancaster Univer­


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sity graduate, who pre­ viously worked for inter-, n a tio n a l accountants Coopers and Lybrand and Pannell Kerr Forster on Merseyside, said he was] thrilled to have returned’ to North East Lancashire,, where he is currently look­ ing for a house. “I had forgotten how


warm and friendly the people are in this area until I came back,” Mr Green said. “Also, I am very impressed by the ability of the local profes-' sional advisers, which * proves you do not need to . go to the cities to get good “ advice.”


“It really was an instant decision, because it was vital to keep confidence. Immediately, we had to stand up straight and say: ‘We are going on.’ ” The proverb “When ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly


for the lure of Hong Kong, where her fiance, the last commissioned officer in the East Lancashire Regi­


to be wise,” forever reminds Mrs Hopwood of the decision — but the expression has carried her through many an unexpected occurrence in her life. As a young woman, Mrs Hopwood decided to leave a fairly conventional childhood in Lytham St Annes


ment, was posted. Once there, she had planned to begin work for


British Overseas Airways, but was told on arrival that the job would not be available for months. Not one for giving up easily, Mrs Hopwood and


her fiance took an elevator to the top of the Shell building in Hong Kong, where they demanded an interview with the managing director. Through him, she landed a glamorous job with a well-connected Ori­


ental antique dealer. There was another twist of fate when she and her


husband decided to marry before he turned 25 — the official age at which regimental officers were allowed to tie the knot. Banished from the regiment for three years as


BEST selling authoress Marie Joseph, who is recovering from a serious heart attack, has delighted local pensioner Mrs Con­ nie Scahill by telephoning her and thanking her for a copy of “A Helping Hand” and a pray e r written inside. Mrs Scahill (77) com­


punishment, they were posted first to Preston and then to the Royal West African Frontier Forces in Sierra Leone. There, with a baby son in tow and pregnant with


her second child, Mrs Hopwood was left to set up house in a rat-infested building with asbestos walls and an intermittent electricity supply. Ultimately, the couple were taken back into the


piled the booklet, now into its fifth print, and the pro­ ceeds of its sale are being donated to Clitheroe Hospital, Wrightington Hospital, the Salvation Army in Clitheroe and Burnley and D is tr ic t Society for the Blind. Blackburn born Mrs


regiment, which had by then moved to West Germany. When they eventually returned to England, Mr


Connie’s helping hand for writer brings thank you The


prayer I said a prayer for you today, and God must have heard


I felt the answer in my heart, although He spoke no word


I did not ask for wealth or fame, I knew you wouldn’t mindi


I asked that He send you blessings, of a far more lasting kind


Joseph, who is crippled by arthritis , said she was delighted to hear from Mrs Scanill, who had been writing to her over a num­


Hopwood became a salesman, joining Tuff-Link after a friend founded the garden-chain manufacturing


business in 1967. Two years later he took over the business, which


I asked that He be near you, at the start of each new day


ber of years. “I was taken into hospi­


today manufactures everything from garden trellis to trade mouldings for local industry. The Ribble Valley became home to the Hopwoods


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To grant you health and blessings, and friends to share


and ultimately Tuff-Link, after the couple spent four years looking for a house in the country. “Nick enjoyed his work,” Mrs Hopwood reflected.


“But he believed one worked to live, not lived to work. He would much rather have fun.” They eventually moved all but the Tuff-Link


machinery from the Oldham area to Chatburn, where the headquarters were located until four years ago, when the property was sold to a developer and the Padiham site opened.


his position as president of the Chatburn Cricket Club, retiring eventually on a high note after con­ vincing Viv Richards to play on a team she raised against Chatburn.


When Nick died, Mrs Hopwood also took over


she led a successful fight against plans to merge Lancashire’s only Territorial Army battalion with one from another county.


She also made a name for herself locally when


out of the recession, Mrs Hopwood is as deter­ mined and resilient as ever. “If you stand up and take life as it comes,” she said, “it can be very exhilarating.”


Now faced with the challenge of seeing Tuff-Link Garden aid for elderly


ARE you unable to tend your own garden? If so, you might be interested in a free service


you are invited to contact Clitheroe’s Trinity Youth and Community Centre (0200 27886), which is co-or­ dinating the scheme, planned to start in February.


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tal suffering from a heart attack at the beginning of D e c em b e r . When I returned home just before Christmas, I was feeling at my most vulnerable and to receive the booklet with th i s p r a y e r in was wonderful.” Mrs Joseph said it was


I asked for happiness for you, in all things great and small


But it was for HIS PRECIOUS CARE I prayed the most


of all. Helen Starr, USA


so appropriate that she wanted to thank Mrs Sca­ hill personally for her kindness. Mrs Scahill was highly


delighted to receive a call f r om t h e f a mo u s authoress. “She told me that she


had just come out of hospi­ tal after suffering a heart


attack and was feeling low, but after reading my booklet with the prayer in, she had felt so good.” Mrs Scahill added that


lesex hospital near Mrs Joseph’s home. Mrs Scahill said: “This


gave me an idea to raise funds for local charities and whilst I was compiling my booklet I contacted Mrs Joseph, who sent me some hints on arthritis and a donation. To date, I have raised over £800. “Although I have never


met her, I feel a special affinity with her.”


the authoress, who has written family saga novels based on the Blackburn and Ribble Valley area, h a s a l a r g e lo c a l readership. Former ward sister Mrs


who would like a copy of th e p r a y e r th a t so enchanted Marie Joseph, we reprint it here.


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