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Death jjl Jack Barry leaves in the Valley he loved


by Vivien Meath


THE sudden death of photographer Mr John


Barry in the • early hours of Saturday' morning came as an immense shock to all


who knew him. Jack, as he was affection­


ately known, touched the lives of thousands of people throughout the Ribble Val­ ley during his 15 years as a photographer with this


newspaper. He loved his work and


there was not a school, club or organisation that Jack (59) did not visit. He was passionate about Clitheroe. and its people and knew many by name. : Time had no meaning for


this courteous professional. Whatever the weather, day or night, he would turn out on each assignment with a


smile. Many were the occa­ sions when he would be asked to pull up a chair and join those he had gone to photograph. Whenever his work commitments allowed it, he would and thoroughly enjoyed the many talks, lec­ tures and productions he visited. During those years at the


Advertiser and Times, many trainee journalists passed through our office. Jack (pictured) helped each and every one in whatever way he could and kept in touch with many. In 1994, his passion for


the town and his love of helping the people in it led to a surprise "thank you" when the then Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Howel Jones, presented him with a town plaque to mark his courtesy, good humour, sup­ port for Clitheroe and hard work as a photographer. It was a proud moment and


one which Jack treasured. His concern for the town


led him to become a founder member of Clitheroe 2000. He showed the same enthu­ siasm and commitment for Derian Hospice, Clitheroe Lions, Clitheroe Multiple Sclerosis Society, torchlight, the history of the develop­ ment of the RB211 and was instrumental in relaunching the ancient office of the Sham Mayor of Worston, going on to take office him­


self. Fascinated by Victorian


art and glass slides, he was much in demand as a speak­ er with his lantern slide shows and the money raised


went back to charity. Art was another passion,


and it began as an eight- year-old pupil at Lily Lane School, Moston, Manches­ ter. Realising he could paint, he turned out water­ colours prolifically and went on to have many of his


P upils n e t tro p h y in


A FIVE-A-SIDE trophy has been netted by a team of footballers from What­


ley. • A squad of six represent­


ing Whalley CE Primary School took the title in a competition organised by


St Mary's Hall, Stony-


hurst. : Twenty-four teams from


across the area had taken part in the Ribble Valley Primary Schools' Five-a- side contest, but the final Was played out between the Whalley team - Matthew Thorpe, Adam Brown, James Ormiston, Jay Howard, Joe Cross, Jamie


Price and skipper Mark Frankland - and players representing Osbaldeston. • The final score was 10-1


with the Whalley captain scoring five of his team's-


goals. ‘ Showing off his soccer


skills in our photograph is Adam Brown as his team- mates celebrate the win. (C120201/4)


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Sawmill fined £8,000 after court hears of man’s horrific accident


A MAN left crippled by an horrific accident at a Gisburn sawmill has spoken of his fight to put his life back on


Jack Parsons (45) is con­


fined to a wheelchair after suffering a broken back and crushed ribs and having the muscles ripped off his right arm when he was dragged into machinery. The former labourer at


Railside Trading Company battled back from the brink of death and on Monday, after the company was fined £ 8,000 for a breach of Health and Safety regula­ tions, said he was taking life one day at a time.


Moor Close Farm, Esp Lane, Barnoldswick. "The doctors have told me I will never walk again, and the best I can hope for is to get around using a Zimmer frame. That is my next tar­


get." The former fell runner,


who regularly competed in his home town's Weets Fell Race and had won several prizes, has recovered some use of his right arm, but his legs are still paralysed and he is confined to a wheel­


chair. "It has been very difficult


"I have spent-the last 12 _


months trying to forget about the accident and just concentrating on getting better," said Mr Parsons, of


to get the accident out of my mind, but that is what I have had to do," said Mr Parsons. "I have just been trying to get on with my life as best I can. The fines given out by the magis­ trates don't really affect me. I've never really thought about anything like that."


The Health and Safety Anderson was fined £2,000


Executive brought three prosecutions as a result of the accident on February 4th last year. Richard Henry Waddington (35), managing director of Rail- side Trading Company, Mill Lane, Gisburn, where Mr Parsons was employed, Stuart Lumber Ltd, of Lomond Industrial Estate, Alexandria, Glasgow, which acted as agent in the pur­ chase of machinery for Mr Waddington, and Michael John Anderson (63), a part­ ner in Quantock Engineer- , ing, of Somerset, which manufactured the conveyor in which Mr Parsons was mangled, were all charged under the Health and Safe­


ty at Work Act. They all pleaded guilty


and the magistrates imposed penalties which they said reflected the financial means of the three companies, the serious injuries sustained by Mr Parsons, and the fact that all three had admitted responsibility and pleaded guilty at the earliest oppor­


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fined £8,000 with £1,239 costs, Stuart Lumber Ltd was fined £ 6,000 with £1,272 costs and Michael


with £250 cost's. Mrs Dorothea Shaw


(prosecuting) said Mr Par­ sons had been working on a band saw mill removing waste wood from a convey­ or belt. The machine was being operated by Waddington from a control booth, but he could not see Mr Parsons because of a pile of logs on another con­


veyor. As Mr Parsons was work­


ing, his clothing, including a leather apron, got caught in


, a rotating shaft and as it was wound round the shaft


he was crushed. "There was sufficient


power for the shaft to keep tangling the clothing until the clothing or Mr Parsons' body gave way," said Mrs Shaw. "There was a stop button located on a stan­ chion, but this was out of Mr Parsons' reach." Mrs Shaw said the rotat­


ing shafts on the machine were not guarded and there was unrestricted access to the areas under the convey­


or system. "Poor standards of


machinery safety are endemic in the sawing industry," she added. Mr Mike Dobson, for Waddington, said it was not


a case of his client cutting corners to save costs. The machinery, supplied by Stu­ art Lumber Ltd, had cost £206,000 and, as far as Waddington, was con­ cerned, it was the best machinery available for the job' he wanted it to do. "My client is a wood


expert and not a machine expert, and he relied upon the expertise of the supplier and manufacturer to supply a machine that was fit and safe for its purpose," said Mr Dobson. "It was never brought to his attention that any further guarding


was needed." The machine was


installed early in 1996 and had been running for four years without any problem before the accident. . Mr John' Parr, for Stuart


Lumber Ltd, said his client accepted there should have been more guards fitted. Mrs Anne White, for


Anderson, said he had been commissioned to manufac­ ture the conveyor system, but had not been aware that a man would be work­ ing where Mr Parsons was, adding: "It is fair to say | that the mechanism of this accident has very .little to do with Mr Anderson or Mr


Stuart."


Retrial for CRGS teacher who is accused of assaulting pupil


A RETRIAL has been ordered in the case of the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School teacher accused of assaulting a boy during an English lesson.


Garth Sutcliffe (56), of St James Street,


Clitheroe, will have to return to Preston Crown Court on April 17th. The charge alleges assault causing actual bodily


harmThe jury at the first trial failed to agree.


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paintings displayed in the headmaster's study. He won a number of art competi­ tions, as well as proving his prowess on the sports field, playing football for the North Manchester Area


Schools' team. Leaving school, he


entered a commercial stu­


dio, joining a team of designers concentrating on shop display work. Later, he travelled the length and breadth of the country, set­ ting up display work for exhibitions, including Earls Court and Harrogate. In every town he visited, he managed to seek out the art gallery and kept abreast of


the art world. His move into photogra­


phy was entirely by chance. Having watched a colleague take the pictures at his sis­ ter's wedding, he started taking photographs himself and became hooked. Despite that, he managed


to combine a career behind the lens with one in front of the easel. By 1990, Jack was undertaking a number of commissions and that year presented one of his portraits to the then Home Secretary, MP David Waddington, now Lord Waddington of Read. Some three years ago,


Jack returned to the Lan­ cashire Evening Telegraph, where he had worked in the darkroom in the 1970s,


working with his son, Jonathan. He took pride in the fact that his son had also taken up photography, following in not only Jack's footsteps, but those of his wife, Ann, the duo having been club photographers for Blackburn Rovers for many years. A minute's silence was


observed in his memory before the Clitheroe Cham­ ber of Trade dinner on Sat­ urday night.


Jack leaves his wife, son,


daughter Caroline and grandchildren. The funeral is to take


place tomorrow at St Silas Church, Blackburn at 12-30 p.m. prior to cremation at Pleasington. The family has asked-for donations to the Clitheroe Multiple Sclerosis Society or Blackburn Breakthrough for Cancer, by way of the Talbot Funeral Service, Black­ burn.


Murdered mother of his two children


A MAN has been jailed for life for murdering the mother of his two children. Ms Ruth Phillips was aged 29 and attended


Moorland School, Clitheroe, when she lived m Barnoldswick.


She was stabbed with a long-bladed knife at her home in Salterforth, near Barnoldswick, last August after telling


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her partner she wanted him to leave her home. A majority verdict of a jury at Preston Crown Court


convicted the partner, Christopher Waddington (27), of murder and he was jailed for life.


After leaving school, Ms Phillips went to college and


later ran the leisure complex of a leading London hotel before returning to Lancashire. She had been writing a book at the time of her death.


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