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ONE of Britain’s greatest jazz pianists, who has


.spent most of his personal and professional life in Clitheroe, has died. Mr Stan Barker, whose


immense talent and feeling for music led him to work with some of the world’s finest musi­ cians, suffered a stroke last weekend and he died in Clitheroe Hospital on Monday. He was preparing for a workshop


session with a group of young jazz musicians, one of the activi­ ties which gave him the deepest satisfaction, when he was taken


ill. This occurred before a concert in Kendal, and the 71-year-old was forced to return home to Waddington Road before being admitted to hospital. His family — wife Betty, two


sons, Kenneth and Alistair, daughter-in-law Danielle and two grandchildren, Colin and Julien — are being comforted by the many calls from professional col­ leagues and friends alike. The family is preparing to give Stan a musical send-off at Trinity Methodist Church on Monday, after a private family funeral at


Clitheroe Cemetery. An amateur pianist while he was sales manager for Tarmac Road-


stone, Mr Barker turned profes­ sional in 1979 and became a pio­ neer of jazz education. He pro- gressed to become an inspira- tional composer, arranger and performer, playing with the best from the USA, Europe and Britain. He taught at the Royal North­ ern College of Music, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and at Lancaster and Warwick Uni­ versities, as well as co-founding a national charitable organisation, called Jazz College, set up to bring jazz into schools and col­ leges and to help underprivileged


youngsters. The industry, which he turned to


Tree policy has led to family’s house move — magnate


PROPERTY magnate Mr Gerald Hitman claims the borough council’s


tree policy has led to a family moving homes. Mr Hitman, who owns the Brockhall Village development at Old Langho, says the coun­


cil would not allow the family to chop down one tree to build


UK challenge centres on


Kibble Valley by Tim Procter


SOME 250 of the quickest brains in the country wearing multi-coloured “ go anywhere’’ sports


suits take to the roads, tracks, fields and water­ ways of the Ribble Valley on Wednesday. They come from many of The organisers have spent


Britain’s major industrial, weeks liasing with land and


financial and service sector companies. And they will be taking part in the Mitel Challengers Trophy, a top- calibre, four-day annual event designed to test mind and body by combining numerous, physical and mental skills. This year the “base camp”


is Stonyhurst College, which will house a substan­ tial number of organisers, stewards and reserves, as well as the 60 teams them­


selves. Each day there are com­


plex and testing assign— ments to complete, based round various features of


the area. The climax comes with the finale on Saturday, when a complex computer system comes up with the results.


property owners and arranging access to various locations. Competitors are heavily penalised if they trespass or contravene the Country Code. This newspaper is helping


by including in this issue some indicators to the


competitors about how they should proceed and the “briefing” they receive will help explain them. The search for a "pot of


gold” is a typical feature of the competition, which is designed J o bring out teamwork as well as indi­ vidual skill. It also has a strong charity purpose and it is expected that any­ thing up to £200,000 will have been raised for the RNIB.


Ossie loan is repaid


THE minor controversy over the loan agreement between Ribble Valley Borough Council and its former chief executive, Mr Ossie Hopkins, has been resolved. The deadline for repayment of the loan was Monday


and, according to the borough council, it has been paid in full. A spokesperson for the council said: “The terms ot the agreement have been complied with and the matter


is now at an end.” No details of the agreement, in which Mr Hopkins . 1


entered into an equity deal with the council regarding his move to the area from the Midlands, have ever been made


^'deadline clause for repayment was set up after Mr Hopkins left the council through early retirement. Remarks made by local people during recent elections led


to speculation over the agreement. plant 40 young oak trees in


a nearby place. The millionaire developer expressed his disgust at the situation in a letter to the Advertiser and Times and explained that the family, who he did not name, had now decided to buy one of his houses in Brockhall Vil­


lage. He wrote: “ I think that


any fair-minded person would think that this pro­ posal offered something to everyone. The home owner would have got the garage


I he wanted. His car would last longer. The street


I would be less congested and the community, which would lose one mature ornamental tree, would gain a wood of 40 trees with a much longer life ahead of


it.” The borough council s


Countryside Officer, Mr David Hewitt, said it was hard to answer criticism when you did not have the exact details, but he thought he knew the case in question and he defended the council’s policy. He said: “ If I am right,


this concerns the 30 to 40 trees behind Larkhill Cot­ tages. To dig out the foun­ dations for one garage would lead to the damaging of other trees and to allow one person to do this would set an understandable precedent for others.” He emphasised: “That’s


not safeguarding those trees, which provide a nat­ ural screen, between Larkhill Cottages and other houses nearby.” Mr Hewitt wondered why


Mr Hitman had not con­ tacted the council. “ It’s not very ethical to go to the newspaper. That’s like writ­ ing to the paper to get a planning application approved,” he said.


Family link with pub continues


A GISBURN public house is currently being run by the third generation of the Hodgkinson family. The surname has become


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synonymous with the White Bull Hotel in the village centre. Mr Peter Hodgkinson,


now landlord of the Dog and Partridge, Clitheroe, acquired the tenancy of the White Bull from his


father, James, in 1983. Mr Hodgkinson senior had run the public house for 25


years. Mr Hodgkinson later left


the Gisburn hostelry for the Buck Inn, Paythome, and moved to Clitheroe in 1992 with his wife, Mary,


i and family. Now the third generation of the family hag moved into the White Bull, albeit on a tempo­ rary footing, and the pub­ lic house is currently look­ ing for a new tenant. Mr Simon Hodgkinson and Miss Kathleen Steer are at the helm until that time comes. -


late in life, awarded him an hon­ orary master’s degree antl he was


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due to receive it from the Univer­ sity of Manchester in October. It was to commend him for his love of music and his readiness to work with anyone eager to pur­ sue their musical talents. Mr Barker, who attended


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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, cut his own record,“Let’s Duet” , with his friend and fellow performer, Digby Fairweather, and a CD of his work over the past four years is due to be released this autumn. He was often found in Clitheroe’s Oxfam shop, where he used to help his wife, who manages the shop.


New vicar is excited about post at the


town’s


AFTER his predeces­ sor’s departure to the sun-baked island of Bermuda, the Rev. Canon Philip Dearden will take over as vicar of Clitheroe Parish


Church. The Rev. Anthony


Roberts left Clitheroe a


month ago. • Canon Dearden is cur­


rently vicar of All Saints’ Church, Clayton-leMoors, and St James’ Church, Altham. He said: “ I feel very excited about becom­ ing vicar of Clitheroe Parish Church and I look forward to living in the town and getting to know


the people.” Bom in 1943 in Lytham,


he trained at King’s Col­


lege, London, and was. ordained in 1966. He has. served his whole ministry in the Diocese of Black- bum, and began his career as curate of Haslingden, before moving to be curate of Burnley Parish Church. In 1971 he became vicar


of Langho, and from there went to be team rector of Darwen in 1978. After 13


years in Darwen, he moved to his present post in 1991. Canon Dearden has


served as Rural Dean of yk 1 1 —


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Call for village police presence pays off in regional shake-up


M A X G A R D N E R REPORTS


PERS ISTENT calls for a permanent police presence in Whal- hfthe recent county re-organisation of the police force, the Ribble Valley s


S L simptygained a bobby to plod the beat, it has now become the base for one of the district’s four policing teams, which make up the Ribble Valley section of Eastern


Division. . . and therefore has a total police presence


out of the refurbished station at 2 Princess Street and they have a vehicle available at all , times.


There are four constables and a sergeant — one is always on duty — working durectly , : Clitheroe police inspector,


Les Martin, responded to. the calls of the Whalley public which, over the past 18 months has complained of rampaging youths in the village centre, intimidation of older people, vandalism and speeding vehicles. He has had a number of


meetings with residents and members of village organisations and says that their input has been part of the process which devel­ oped the new system of policing.


. Two policemen were


deployed in Whalley, for 12 months prior to the April re-organisation, during which special surgeries were held with the public. A great deal of informa­


tion was gleaned from these exercises to assess what Whalley needed in policing


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