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begins to make sense when one passes her home in Fairfield Drive, Clith eroe, where a larger-than- life butterfly is stuck in a permanent embrace with an exterior wall.
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becomes even clearer. For there are enormous but terflies everywhere.
Inside, the situation
enjoys looking at them. She actually makes these beautiful ornaments, with the help of her husband, F rank.
Mrs Bridge not only
favourite pastimes of shooting and crown green
When not pursuing his
bowling, Mr Bridge is only too happy to fashion but terfly bodies out of self hardening clay and cut their delicate wings from sheets of aluminium.
Bridge to paint the daz zling patterns that race over tile wings of these most loved members of the insect family, from the Peacock, Moorland Gold and Red Admiral to the Apollo, Festoon and Fainted Lady.
It is then left to Mrs
goes back to holidays in Anglesey, when Mrs Bridge first visited the Butterfly Palace with her grandson Michael Edward and bought the cye-catch- ing b u t te r f ly which decorates the front of the house.
The chrysalis of the idea
where she had found the striking ornament. The query made Mrs Bridge start thinking and, before long, there were butterfly books and raw materials covering the dining room table.
Months later, someone rang her doorbell to ask
LAST year’s “Advertiser and Times” supple ment on the -100th anniversary of Stonyhurst College has come up trumps in a national competition.
than butterfly in her industrious enthusiasm — a trait which has served her well in countless other endeavours. Now retired, she and her husband pre viously owned the Light ing Centre, which initially opened in 19GS, where the Body Shop is located.
Mrs Bridge is more bee
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AN old lady had lived in abject poverty for years. Long ago, her son had gone to America and never returned. To her
he had ever sent her any financial aid, she reluctantly had to admit "No — but he writes regularly and always includes an interesting picture or two.” Her friend was indignant, ou
friend's enquiry as to whether criticise. Holding his tongue, he asked if she would let Dut resisted the urge urge to
him see the pictures. She quickly produced stacks of them from the nearby sideboard drawer. To the man's amazement, each of them was a banknote of considerable value. All those years she had been liv ing in needless poverty! Many of us are in a similar situation, existing as
spiritual paupers while possessing unlimited wealth. By neglecting to realise the value of reading the Holy Scriptures and a regular prayer time, as well as the reality of our Lord’s abiding presence, we, too, fail to cash in on our treasures. This is a tragic situation, made more pathetic
appearance of the “pictures” sent to her, without grasping the fact of tneir true worth. We agree that reading the Bible can be very helpful, and the prac tice of regular prayer most essential, but until we actually practise these things we shall never prove the delights they can bring on us. You will begin to do these things tomorrow? Now is the time and day of
your salvation! The present time is the hour of your salvation. No matter how much we agree with what we are
by our missing out on so much happiness, peace, encouragement and inspiration. The old lady had acknowledged the lovely
Y wealth available to you now? ’■
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: Jesus, yet too often fail to take these precious oppor tunities to have blessed communion with our Lord. You agree? Then why not cash in on the spiritual
told about the value of the daily quiet prayer time with God, the treasure is not ours if we do not use it. Spiritual poverty is the unhappy lot of those who, while taking no advantage, readily appreciate the value of prayer and reading the Scriptures. If we would draw the profitable spiritual dividends avail able, we must invest our time right. We all have opportunities to spare time to be with
JOE STANSFIELD
Bridge had become both the first woman president of the Clitheroe Chamber of Trade and a Ribble Val ley councillor.
Within a decade, Mrs
original Lighting Centre premises in 1980, when airs Bridge was forced to take a break due to ill health. Her “retirement,” however, was short-lived and three years later the
The Bridges sold the
of the Hurst Green boarding school, was a winner in the display advertisinent section of the annual awards scheme run by United Provincial Newspapers, the parent company of the “Advertiser and Times."
The supplement, highlighting the past and present
joint winner in the One-Off Tabloid Supplement cate gory during an awards ceremony at Budding Hall, Harrogate. Our photograph shows East Lancashire Newspa
Competing against weekly newspapers throughout the United Kingdom, the supplement was named the
pers features supervisor Maureen Whittaker, who came up with the idea for the supplement, with "Advertiser and Times” editor Leigh Morrissey, reporter Elizabeth Huffman and photographer John Barry.
A TOP “indie” rock band from Germany is to give a concert in Clitheroe. The band — “Maria Perzil” — will play at the
Date with rock band
Swan and Royal Hotel on March 26th. The concert will also include performances by Ros- sendale band "Top Asylum,” as well as up-and-coming Clitheroe rockers "The Camberwell Carrots." The event, which lias been organised by former
LIBRARY CORNER
at Clitheroe Library are: ••Remote control" Ken
RECENT additions to the stock
neth Koyce. When the brother of Laurie Shaw, an ex-Special Branch officer, dies in prison, an apparent suicide, Laurie cannot believe the official account of the death. His search for the truth takes him beyond the petty vil lains of London’s underworld into a network with connections to the Old East German secret police. ‘‘Family pride” — Grace
Thompson. The Jenkinses and the Greens run two rival
bakeries in a seaside town in
Wales, during the second world war. Separated by long-buried personal secrets, the two fami
lies are forced to compete more fiercely than ever, and not always nonestlv, to survive the shortages, hardship and tragedy that war brines. ‘‘Owls’* — Ron Erecthy. This
riends affectiona tely refer to Mary Bridge as Madam Butterfly. The pet name
couple had reopened in the present Moor Lane loca tion, where they remained until they sold the shop in 19S9.
business interests Mrs Bridge has nurtured her love of both painting and the natural world. A com mercial artist before she married, she worked in the hand-minting depart ment of the Calico Print ers Association, based in Accrington.
Always alongside her
early career was designing six linen covers for cushions plumped in the lounges of the Queen Eliz abeth II when the ocean- liner was launched in the 19-lOs.
The high point of her
ing a family, she lias con tinued to paint, often
Since marrying and rais
choosing flowers from the garden as her subjects. There is also a painting of an orang-utan mother and child, which has been a source of some disagree ment with Mr Bridge, who finds the picture rather strange and morose.
strong empathy with crea tures great and small. She is a former chairman of the F r ie n d s of F u r and Feather and communes with the birds in the gar den, stomping around in her wellies with a friendly worm-seeking robin by her side.
But Mrs Bridge has a
son, Alan, to bring a snake into the house when the family lived in York Street. Unfortunately, Cilia Green — as the pet was known — escaped during a birthday party and, despite a thorough
She even allowed her
search of Back York Street, which not surpris ingly sparked some curi ous looks from passers-by, the family reptile was never found.
brought her passion for nature and art together, staying awake into the wee hours as she perfects her still life butterflies. The flotilla, as a friend has called them, is gaining on the collection of Corona tion cups which already takes pride of place in the sitting room.
Now, Mrs Bridge has
te r f ly rage has even inspired "Brookside” scriptwriters. A character recently pined for an old- fashioned street lamp with one of those “lovely orna mental butterflies on the side.” She need look no further than our own Madam Butterfly.
Supplement proves a winner To her delight, the but
well-known local author has written extensively about nature and conservation. His book covers the 134 species of owl and will be of interest to the serious student and lovers of the natural world. ’’The curavun manual” —
Ribble Valley MP Mr Michael Carr, starts at S p.m.
John Wickersham. Advice on how to repair and improve your caravan.
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