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LOCAL MP. Mr'Nigel Evans has ; Labour’s shame.that thej? refuse to slammed’-’the Government’s let the people decide. ;y response to the Draft EU Consti- . . “Tony Blair, cannot-hide the tutionr


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MrEvanssaid: “Once more this movement towards a United Government is ignoring the will of. States of Europe. If Labour is con-


• the country.’Over-1.7m-people fident that the British people want voted in a national newspaper ‘ref-. ’vast powers . transferred to Brus- erendum’; with nine.out of ten - sels, theyshould trust the people calling for an official referendum . enough to let them decide in a ref- on the EU, changes. I t is. to erendum.”


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A party treat for the housebound


HOUSEBOUND'residents of Clitheroe enjoyed a fun-packed-afternoon a t the Pendle Club, Lowergate. a The event,'attended by-56 people, is


held annually with the aim of allowing the housebound to enjoy a nice meal, good:- companyandto. p a r ty away from,the: house for a short while.


,■ Guests for. the occasion included the


Mayor of Clitheroe,-:Coun.;Mrs; Joan Knight, and the Deputy Mayor and May­ oress of the Ribble Valley,. Coun. and Mrs Charles Warkman.-.’


. , ' The afternoon ended fittingly-with some


singing from the Waddington Women’s Institute Choir: Pendle Club vice-chair­ man Mr John Myers thanked the Rotary: Club of'Clitheroe for, providing transport and also Mrs Betty Brown, chairman of the Pendle Club Committee, for her help in organising the event. ; Ourpicture shows some of those at the event. (G060903/5)


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by Margaret Parsons


THE funeral has taken place of a pop­ ular local man who died in hospital nine days after being taken ill as he drove home from work. Family, friends and colleagues past and


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p re sen t of Mr Gary B arker packed S t John’s RC Church in Padiham on Tuesday for a moving funeral service to say goodbye to the devoted family man who was a popu­ lar boss and friend to many. Mr Barker (pictured left with his wife,


Anne), of Tunstead Avenue, Simonstone, suf­ fered a ruptured aorta as he drove out of work in Crosshills, Keighley, on August 26th. His car crossed the road and ran into a lamp-post.


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He was taken to nearby Airedale Hospital where he underwent an emergency operation before being transferred to intensive care at Leeds General Infirmary. But he never regained consciousness and died on September 4th with his family at his


bedside. Mr Barker, who had celebrated his 57th


birthday two days before being taken ill, was well known in the Padiham area where he was bom and brought up. He had been production director at the town’s Perseverance Mill for many years. His wife is a receptionist at Norman Cope


optician’s, Clitheroe, Mr Barker met his future wife, Anne Gee,


when they were schoolchildren waiting at the bus stop. They stayed friends and were mar­ ried a t St Philip’s Church in the town when


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they were 21. The couple were members of St Mary’s RC Church, Sabden. Mr Barker had attended Padiham Green


and Accrington Grammar schools and Mrs Barker St John’s School. He left school at 16 and went into textile management at a Bum- ley company. When he was 21, he joined Perseverance


Mill in the laboratory, staying there for 20 years, the last 10 as production director. He then moved to a textile company in Standish, Wigan, for several years and 18 months ago became production manager at Woodrow Uni­ versal, Crosshills. His work took him all over the world buy­


ing machinery for the textile industry, but he was always happy to come home to his family. He and his wife had been married for 36


years, and lived in River Drive, Padiham, until moving to Simonstone 20 years ago. Mrs Barker said she and her husband had


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known each other for 45 years and his main concern was always his family, her and their three children Nicholas (32), Jane (31) and Kate (26) and their four grandchildren. When the children a ttended St John’s


School, Padiham, Mr Barker was instrumen­ tal, with another parent, in setting up the PTA, which is still thriving. More recently he led the Simonstone Lane Residents’ Action Group’s campaign to stop motorists using Simonstone as a “rat run”. Mrs Barker said her husband felt strongly


about local causes, and instead of flowers at the funeral she asked for donations for the Heart of Lancashire Appeal for Read and Simonstone.


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CLITHEROE Amateur Oper member Clare Bollan married Darrell Pye at Clitheroe Parish The bride, the daughter of To


Park Avenue, Clitheroe, is an as Travel. A member of Hicks He dancing, running, netball, campi The bridegroom, the son of


Beechwood Avenue, Clitheroe camping and sailing. Given away by her father, the


white duchesse silk and organza Chantilly lace. She carried a sh lisianthus, eryngium, roses, free. Bridesmaids were Sarah Boll


nifer Pye, the bridegroom's sister Clegg and Hayley Chatburn. with organza beaded wraps and grass and beads. Best man was Mr Mark Bevei


Messrs Mark Rosethorne and IV Luke Chatburn was the page


conducted by Canon Philip Dea A reception was held at the


after which the couple left for are to live in Clitheroe. Photo: The Nick Clarke Stud


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