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full. Easter eggs and greeting cards abound. The lat ter may possibly grasp and help to portray the message of Easter to a certain extent, but those of us who have observed the preparation period of Lent are more appreciative of the holy days of Easter than those who feel no need to be concerned with such things. I always think that Good Friday should be known
tion.Working from very early morning until evening, we were naturally jaded at times. I remember at the end of one busy day we were all helping to finish off a large number of Christmas cakes for the morrow. Squeezing large bags of prepared icing, we tackled each cake in rotation as if on an assembly line. The sequence was, sqttigglq, squiggle, squiggle, squiggle, squirt, squirt, squirt. Then we dabbed on a gilt cardboard Christmas
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__.through the steel sculptures of Clitheroe artist Clare Bigger. It may have something
ovemont is the theme- running
to do with the fact that Clare (20), who is also a black belt Tae Kwon-do expert, has spent much of her life on the move. Born in Nairobi, she
The dog she l i r s t swathed in tights stands in
tlie garden of her Lingfield Avenue house. Inside, there are other examples of her creative prowess with electric shears. A lioness holding a cub,
spent her childhood in Ghana, the Solomon Islands and Bhutan, in the Himalayas, not to mention attending boarding school in Dublin from the age of 11.
entomologist and natural historian, she once con sidered following in the scientific footsteps of her Irish parents and becom ing a biologist. But Clare chose the less
The daughter of an
scale," she said. Two solo shows, in
a dog, dancer and horse are all swirls of metal con veying a realistic image, but also a sense of change and movement. There is a cat based on
her own, a lithe Burmese named Teasel, after a prickly North African
practical option of art instead — an interest going back to childhood. Her work lias come a long way since the days spent experimenting with wood carving and painting giant snail shells, then trying to sell them. It was during the final
in Tae Kwon-do with her boyfriend, whose job brought them to the Kib ble Valley, and the sport has even resulted in one of her sculptures landing in a Tokyo gallery. She met the gallery owner through a class. Unlike many struggling
river plant, and a Tae Kwon-do figure sculpted from her own experience of martial arts. She shares her interest
Oxfordshire and Dublin, have followed. Examples of her work can be found in galleries there, as well as in London and Bath. She recently drove a steel Swaledale sheep down to
London for exhibition at an international art fair in
are as much on the move as Clare and should soon be making their mark on the international art scene.
Frankfurt. It seems her sculptures
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year of her fine ar ts degree course at South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, in Car diff, that Clare started using metal. She had been trying to make sculptures out of plaster and clay. "Most of my sculptures
young artists, Clare began selling her sculptures soon after leaving college. She sensibly asked the owner of an Oxfordshire gallery to take a look at her port folio and give her some idea of whether any of her work would be suitable. She was told that most
are a celebration of move ment. It was impossible to make them out of clay, because they kept collaps ing,” she explained. "I made a metal armature to build around and covered that with tights to give more form. Then I moved on to using sheet steel to fill out the form.”
of her sculptures were too large, but that her style had potential. Clare went back to the drawing board and sculpted a pair of smaller Tae K w o n - d o figures. "From there, I never
LIKE a good vintage, Bernard and Edna Oddie’s marriage gets better with age and they have cer tainly had time to iron out the problems — for next week they celebrate (>0 years together.
looked hack. I was very lucky, because the style I have ended up with appeals to a large number of people and will sell. So 1 haven’t had to compro mise, except with the
LIBRARY CORNER
Kentish Town appears to be a happy close-knit community during the 1940s. Hut the murder of a young girl releases many emotions which have been buried for years. Chief lnsp. Jack Stamford and Sgt Sarah McNeill realise that many secrets abound in the neighbourhood. "Skinner’s festival" — Quintal Jnrdine. On the first day of
RECENT additions to stock at Clithcrw Library include: “Junction cut” — l’ntriciu C.rcy, Junction Cut in London’s
be assured?
ideas for dozens of original project-, all designed by contemjio- rary international designers. Lots of photos and colour diagrams to take you through every stage, from choosing the materials to
"The art and craft «f jewellery" — Janet F itch. Inspiring . . . .
decorating the finished piece. “Royal children" — Ingrid Seward. A detailed examination
of the lives of the Royal children of the 20th century, based on exclusive interviews with members of the Royal Family.
the Edinburgh Festival, all explosion rocks a hospitality centre in Princes Street and a man is killed. Security is tightened up when the “fighters for an indejiendent Scotland" theaten to_ dis rupt the whole festival, but can the safety of the Prime Minister
April 7th, 1931, at Wesley Methodist Chapel, Clith- croe. Mr Oddie trained to be a joiner with Veevers in Clitheroe and between 1937 and 19-1G was a clerk of works with the Air Min istry, working at aero dromes all over the country.
They were married on
years as clerk of works to Keighley Borough Coun cil, he spent a year as a student at Huddersfield
After serving for two
a lecturer in building in N o r w i c h a n d t n e n Chester. For the last 29 years of
Emergency Training Col lege, afterwards becoming
his working life he taught building subjects and woodwork at Edge End High School, Nelson, retiring in 1974.
as a weaver at the Judge Walmesley Mill, Billing- ton, at the age of 14. Dur ing the cotton depression she became assistant to the matron of the Ross Maternity Home, York Street, Clitheroe. A mother of two daugh
Mrs Oddie started work
ters, Glenis, a librarian and Mavis, a head teacher, Mrs Oddie worked at Clitheroe Hospital as a part-time nurse while they were at college and university. The couple have a
g r a n d s o n a n d t w o granddaughters. Mr and Mrs Oddie have
numerous hobbies and interests, including wild life and conservation. For many years they were enthusiastic walkers and they are founder members of Clitheroe Naturalists’ Society. Mrs Oddie is a founder member of West Bradford WI and a keen supporter of Oxfam. They will celebrate their
diamond day at their home in Westfield Drive, West Bradford.
its God’s Friday, the time when, in the person of His son, He suffered the greatest humiliation and pain anyone would bear, to pay and settle for all time the price of our sins. Imagine, if you can, the judge having pronounced
greetings label in the centre. As he worked with us, the boss sighed wearily and plaintively enquired: “Where’s them bloody Merry Christmasses?” He wondered why I laughed at such an incongruous remark. Sadly, holy days have come to be regarded simply
the sentence, taking on the pain and consequence Himself. As' the old hymn says: ‘There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin.” We can have eternal hope because of that first Good Friday. Eas ter Sunday is the day we joyfully commemorate the risen Saviour of us all, victor over death and freed to come to abide with His followers everywhere for all time. The resurrection appears to have come as a sur
as holidays and have lost their significance for many. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are very important days in the church’s year, when the loving sacrifice of oUr crucified Lord is remembered and the risen Lord
prise to the early disciples but, once they experienced the reality of it, life was never the same again for them. We, too, can find this to be the ease when we realise the full significance of Easter and that, now we shall never ever be alone again, life holds out for us hitherto undreamed-of possibilities.
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