a), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified); www.clitheroetoday.co.uk hand for all by Vivien Meath


| r l of its council meeting. lelow are excerpts from ... ne of the many tributes -: leived throughout the pastv le k .


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TH E modern signifi­ cance of harvest time was demonstrated by pupils of Oakhill Col­ lege, Whalley. Harvest celebrations in


Britain date back to pre- ■ Christian times when the success of the crop gov­ erned the lives of the peo­ ple. Saxon farmers offered


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the first cut sheaf of corn to one of their gods of fer­ tility, in order to safeguard a good harvest the follow­ ing year. When the harvest was


in, a celebratory supper was held to which the whole community was invited. The children from the


school's preparatory department, their parents and grandparents attended the harvest celebration. - The children introduced


the harvest through song, recitals and dance, with Year 3 pupils dancing in wellingtons with umbrellas to the tune "Singing in the Rain" and the reception


ABOVE, the Parable of the Sower, back, from the left: Tunis Foley (Dutton),


Yoann Belon (Lang- ho), Ben Ratcliffe (Ribchester), Thea Newton (Stony- hurst), Joseph Wright(Langho)


PICTURED loading the food ready to go to tKe THOMAS centre, from the left: Thomas Grummett, Thomas Hartley, Charles Jefferson and Alexander Berry, (s)


class singing "The wheels on the tractor." Year 5 pupils recited the Parable of the Sower.


Private man who helped charities


A MAN who had spent more than 30 years in the Ribble Valley and whose wife died tragically in July, has died. Allan Boucher died of pneumonia in War­


rington General Hospital. His wife, Mary, had pre-deceased him in July,


following injuries received in a car accident. Mr Boucher was born in Barrow-in-Furness


in 1916. He was educated at St Bees School, Cumbria and, after gaining a degree in civil engineering at Liverpool University, he worked for Bebington and then Bristol town and city councils. After a spell in Uganda, he returned to work


erfcctly set up before he takes lr the years


| changed much over the years, ; Tim, a great character and:


f chool days loved by all at Nel- nar. I cannot imagine Tim fnemy in the world.


[ on all manner of things, and ppearance belied this fact. I


|scribe Tim as having a Rolls- l


in a Ford Escort chassis. ■ will be greatly missed by all


|rtiser and Times, as he will be nany, many people.”


JNSKILL, Rowland


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Iged me when we chanced to ltheroe. I know he will be sadly Lll your staff.”


[tORNBY, stle Museum.


Sessional and |te journalist


|SIONAL and polite journal- > be on the decline these days, |meone of Tim's calibre is very,


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for Leigh, Wigan and Accrington councils, first as the deputy and then borough engineer. He retired in the 1970s and took on work as a gov­ ernment inspector for 10 years. He played cricket for New Brighton and a


World War and as a major with 11th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry, he went to France six days after D-Day itself. He was involved in heavy fighting in Nor­ mandy, was wounded and mentioned in dis­


few games for the Minor County, Cheshire. He also had a trial for Cheshire at rugby union. While living abroad, he represented Uganda and East Africa at cricket. He saw active service during the Second


patches. Following his work as borough engineer of


Accrington, he became a government planning inspector and finally retired in 1984. Following a brief spell living in Harpenden, both he and his wife settled in Clitheroe. Mr Boucher was a member of Lancashire


Rugby Union for a long time and both he and his wife regularly attended Lancashire and


England games. He had a two-year office as president of the


Old St Beghians’ Club. Latterly, he joined Probus in Clitheroe and


the time of the club's meeting this month was brought forward by half-an-hour so that mem­ bers could attend the funeral in St Helen's Church, Waddington. Just before he died, his great-grandson, Fred­


dy, aged two months, visited him in hospital and Mr Boucher clearly enjoyed the experience of being the head of four generations of Bouch­ er menl He was essentially a very private man about


his own activities, but along with Mary, he sup­ ported many charities and took great pleasure in taking part in the community life wherever they lived. The family has expressed its thanks to all


who had looked after Mr Boucher recently, par­ ticularly the "wonderful staffs" of Blackburn, Clitheroe and Warrington hospitals.


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harvest was celebrated through the children’s gifts of food which were donated


to THOMAS (Those On The Margins Of Society), the Blackburn-based group which works with homeless


people. Mrs Kennedy from THOMAS thanked the children for their kindness, songs and prayers.


and Natasha Duck­ worth (Haslingden); front, Thom Fielding (Blackburn) and “the Sun”,


Gabrieile Pilking- ton (Whally). (s)


Wishingon a star? Not that easy at present! Light pollution is the orange glow


WISHING upon a s ta r has become very difficult for Clitheroe residents, as a local Euro-MP claims: “our skies are not dark enough”. On a totally dark night, the Royal


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that can be seen at night for miles and it stops stars being visible to the naked eye. Euro-MP Mr Chris Davies


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