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Poeticxway to celebrate 60 years of marriage ByEkicBeakdswokth


. eric.beardsworth@jpress.co.uk Twitter @clithadvertiser


Sixty years after their wedding, there isstill poetry in Gerald and Connie Hillary’s marriage.


The couple, of Low Moor, are well known in farming and poultry circles, but Connie is also an avid writer, setting down everyday’s events in her diary and sometimes putting her thoughts in rhyme, some of which has been published in magazines. Her latest verse is all about


their 60 years together, and Connie intends to read it at a


' four-generation family party on Saturday. Gerald (81) and Connie


(79) are both from farming families in Cumbria and were brought up accustomed to hard work and few luxuries. The.highlight for young


people in those days was a village hall dance with a small


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Connie’s poetry Connie’s diamondanniver-


sarypoemincludes the lines: ■


Wehavebeenwedfor sixty ,


: We’ve known muchlaugh- us through


ter, aye, arid, tears Bui true love always saw; ..7 . ;:


A bond so strong between always kind


us two. Life’s journey was not * ■ ■ .


; We suffered pain, but then we’dfind'


- Truefriends to help us on


Gerald and Connie Hillary on their weddingdayin1954. '


dance band, and they would have to cycle there because fewpeople had cars. : Gerald recalls: “If you


fancied a lass you’d ask her to dance and if she didn’t like


. you she’d tell you to clear off, simple as that.. “If you got together with a


lass you’d cycle to her hpme with her, and it could be miles


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the road To ease our sorrows and


the load.


in the opposite direction from ■ your own village. You’d get home at about two or three in the morning and be up again for work at sue.” The couple were married


on January gth, 1954, at Isel St. Michael’s, near Cockermouth. They moved to the Fylde for Gerald’s farm work, then to Gisburn Cotes Hall Farm,


Connie and Gerald Hillary in front o f a painting of their old home at Brungerley.


Sawley. Gerald workedfor the Hargreaves family at Fields HouseFarm,Clitheroe,andthe couple lived at Brungerley Cottages for about 25 years. After being made redun-


dant,Geraldsetupasafafming and walling contractor and taught visiting students from Myerscough College. Connie was his business partner, in


charge of the books while also working part-time in various officejobsandasareceptionist at Bowker and Parrott den­


tists., Gerald has been a lifelong


poultry breeder, judging at shows all over the country and serving as Ribble Valley Poultry Club’s show manager for more than 40 years before


making way for son Andrew. The couple also have a


daughter, Sheila Bowles, and another son, Malcolm. Their eldest son, Stephen, died in 1998! They have eight grandchildren and six great­ grandchildren, and the family get-together will be on Satur­ day at the Copy Nook, Bolton- by-Bowland.


Shop Clitheroe vouchers win gave Jane lots of festive cheer


The winner of the Christmas


- ShopClitheroedraw20i3was mother-of-two Jane Pearson, who collected £50 ofvouchers tospendinlocalshopsthanks -■


■ to the scheme created by Clit­ heroe Chamber of Trade and Commerce and promoted by the Clitheroe Adyertiser and; Times.


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■'- West Bradford, Jane has worked for Ribble Valley


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*. ‘sources there., : ^ y**■» * > • „ - ' v r fe.- V Shop . - .(Slitherde : She is married to Andrew,


. who has a plumbing business •and they have two children, Lucy and Ellie. Jane signed up for her .


Shop Clitheroe card as soon as the scheme was launched and is a-big advocate of shopping in Clitheroe, and


■ has. got into the habit of getting her card stamped whenever she spends over £5


Jana Pearson, on the left, receives hervouchers from Helen Catlow • outsidethe Apricot Meringue. Photo: Andrew Hale Photography ;


at participating businesses. age people to shop locally. Jane said: “I think it is a


“Clitheroe has some really good idea to encour- fantastic shops and I feel it’s


important that residents should support them where


possible.


■ “The Shop Clitheroe scheme means the more you shop locally the higher your chance of winning. “I would encourage anyone who has not already signed up


for a card to do so!” • J a n e - co l le c ted her


‘vouchers from Helen Catlow at the Apricot Meringue in King Street. Helen said: “We joined


the scheme as soon as it was launched in August, 2012, as we saw it as a way to reward our many loyal customers at


the cafe. . --“It has been a great


success, with no cost to our clientele, and as more and more businesses and customers join this Clitheroe Chamber ofTrade initiative it can only be agood thing for all


■ Jane was intending to spend her winnings on various treats over the fe s t iv e season and to continue to support local businesses.. :=


parties.”


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Four Ribble Valley teenagers will tomorrow fly out for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to India to help treat people with cleft palates.


St Augustine’s pupils Charles Knott and Molly Marsland (15), former pupil Elizabeth Golding (17), who now attends St Mary’s College, Blackburn and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Ben Fourie (15) will accompany 42 doctors,: surgeons and nurses from the Northern Cleft Foundation on a 12-day trip to Nagpur. To date, the charity has provided free operations for


1,200 childrenandadults with facial deformities or cleft pal­ ates and the group has been fund-raising for months to operate on as many patients as possible. Charles, who hopes this


trip will help him follow his dream to study dentistry at university, said: “I’m really


Police seek witnesses to assault


at t axi r ank Police are appealing to the public for information after an assault at a taxi rank in Clitheroe in late. November last year. The incident happened


between’ midnight on Saturday, November 23rd, and 12-45 am on the Sun- dayinwhatisbelievedtobe a dispute over a taxi. .The offender got out


of a taxi on Castlegate in the town and punched the 16-year-old victim, who is from the Skipton area, before walking off. The victim was taken


to Burnley General Hos­ pital suffering from a cut and broken teeth and was discharged after treatment fortheinjuries. The o f f e n d e r is


described as white, aged in his early 20s, approxi­ mately 5ft loin tall and of medium build. He weas wearing a dark


suit arid a hat. At the time o f the


assaulthewas with another man and a woman who ■ mentioned he was a boxer or trained in boxing. PC Matt Caton, of Clit­ heroe Police, said: “I would


■ appeal for anyone who saw . this incident, or who has any information about it, to get in touch with us.” Anyone with informa­


tion should call the police non emergency number 101, quoting log number 0757of November 24th. :


looking forward to it and I


i. hope it will be a great expe­ rience. I’ve never been so far away from home before and I hope to learn a lot while I’m out there.”


ise Hilton Knott, said: “It’s a fantastic opportunity for Charles, and although he is excited he is a bit apprehen­ sive as it’s so far from home


‘I’ve never been so


far away from Home beforeandlhopeto learn a lot’-Charles


and he has never travelled outside Europe before. It’s al­ so a life changing experience, as the students will be able to experience life in a different part of the world and witness at first-hand poverty in that part of the country.” Following his trip, Charles


hopes to report on his experi­ ences for a medical magazine. Molly’s mum, Alison, add­


ed: “Molly’s aunt, Hazel, has been going out with the foun­


Charles’proud mum, Lou­


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ES on mercy mission to India


dation for years and it will be a fantastic opportunity for Molly. •


“I’m nervous for her going


over there of course, but I hope she has a great time. She will come into contact with situa­


tions that she has never come - across before and I hope that it will be rewarding.”


StAugustine’sheadteacher.


Mr Michael Wright, said: “The school is very proud of Molly, Charles and Elizabeth, who are undertaking this trip; it will be a great chance for them to gain experience of medicine and dentistry, which they are interested in as future careers. The school is fully behind them and I’m sure they will have a very reward­ ing time in India.” • Louise baked cakes and


sold them to members of the 200 Club after the service at St Mary’s Church, Langho, on Sunday. She managed to raise over £1,000 for the Northern Cleft Foundation and was overwhelmed by the generos­ ity of the people who had sup­ ported her.


: SPECIAL VISIT: Malcolm visits hospital on Christmas Day


St Augustine’s pupils Charles Knott and Molly Marsland are ready to fly out to Nagpur, India, tomorrow, (s)


"Norris’ spreads festive cheer


Soap star Malcolm Hebden, who plays Norris Cole in “Coronation Street” was busy spreading festive cheer at


theRoyalBlackburnHospitalonChristmasDay. - Whalleyresident Malcolm, tooktime outtovisitsever- al wards, plus staff on the intensive care unit and in the emergency department.


-NEWS IN BRIEF1


deathofDrBarsby An inquest into the death ofDrMichaelBarsbywas opened on Tuesday, .


’ December3ist,atBlack- burn. The inquest was adj ourned until 3 pm on Thursday, January 30th, when it will be resumed at Clitheroe Town Hall.


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A popular Clitheroe figure, DrBarsbywasaGPatthe ■ Kiddrow Medical Practice : in Burnley.


-L i Inquestopensinto Man, 49, bailed on


knife allegation A man was arrested on suspicion of criminal dam­ age and possession of a knife in a public place after anincident at a Clitheroe address on Monday after­ noon. Police were called to a property in Siddows Avenue after reports of a disturbance. A 49-year-old


■ man was arrested andhas been bailed until January 17th.


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