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jttiDDie vaiiey mum runs marathon in North Korea!


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A Sabden mother-of-two has spoken of her incredible experience visiting North Korea along with just a hand­


ful of Brits invited to run a marathon in the reclusive state.


MerielWoodward (41) was one ofjust 40 foreigners invited to


join in the 26-mile run in the nation’s capital Pyongyang. It is the first time the rul­


ing regime has opened up the marathon to outsiders in the secretive totalitarian country rulebyKimJong-un Meriel, who works for


East Lancashire firm Sena­ tor, ran the race around the Pyongyang, which finished in front of 80,000 spectators at the city’s stadium. She said: “It was absolutely


amazing. We did four laps of the city and we had children and grannies cheering us on and shouting‘England’.” She completed the race in


four hours and 15 minutes and has raised around £2,000 for a cancer charity. She was inspired to take on


Meriel, who' lives inGar-


deners Row, was able to take a five-day tour of the country and visited the Nampo Dam, Kaesong and the demilitarised zone on the border with South Korea. She got the chance to visit:


a school and look round class­ rooms where pupils put'on a traditional dance perform­ ance as well as trying the localcuisine. . She said: “The people are


so friendly. They were really happy to see us. .They are so much more open, friendly, kind and humorous than you would expect. “It is definitely different


Meriel Woodward trying some of thelocal cuisine in North Korea.


the challenge after reading a book by modern adventurer Bear Grylls. Meriel, who ran a business in China before set­ ting up home in Sabden, said: “We are put on this earth to do something amazing, not just to go through the daily grind. “After reading the Bear


Grylls book I just decided to do it. It was the first time the foreigners have been able to take part in the marathon.”


than it is perceived. It is very family orientated. “We spent a lot of time in


Pyongyang, which is a amaz­ ing and has lots o f wide ave­ nues. We went into the parks because it was their holidays andtherewerelotsoffamilies enjoying picnics. “The place really feels


peaceful - there is less traffic and no mobile phones - it is a much more simple way of life. Ididreallyenjoythatsideofit.” Meriel is hoping to return


for another visit to North Ko­ rea in the future.


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Veteran of Alamein, Col Jeffery dies, 92


A military veteran who had fought at El Alamein, Colo­ nel Michael Jeffery, has died in Clitheroe Hospital after a short illness, aged 92. After a distinguished


Army career, in retirement Colonel Jeffery ihad become an energetic supporter of ex- service and political organi- sations'in the Ribble Valley. Born in 1921 into a non­


military family in Croydon, South London, rugby-loving teenager Michael Jeffery


joined the Territorial Army in May, 1938, with the Royal Tank Regiment, and was mo­ bilised at the outbreak of the Second World War in Sep­ tember 1939. Commissioned ini94i into


the 2nd Royal Gloucester­ shire Hussars, he fought in the Western Desert as a troop leader in Montgomery’s Eighth Army- “The Desert Rats” - and served in the no­ table 1942 Allied victory at El Alamein. He was later trans­ ferred to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, serving in Italy. After the war, he con­


tinued in the Royal Tank Regiment, becoming its reg-


Colonel Michael Jeffery, who has diedattheageof92.


imental colonel, and retired in 1968 after more than 28 years’ service. In the 1970s and 80s he commanded the Army Cadet Force in West Lancashire and later Mersey- side.He was chairman of the Eighth Army Veterans' As­ sociation from 1979 to 1996 and returned with veterans to the battle scenes in Egypt and Libya. Colonel Jeffery had lived


at Chipping with first wife, Dorothy, who died in 1979, and in 1981 he married second wife Margery. They


lived at Beechthorpe, Wad- dington.


Hewas involved in village


life .with meals-on-wheels, the British Legion and the


Conservative Association,


and was a memb er of Clithe­ roe Bridge Club. In tribute, his good friend


and military historian Mr George Forty said: “His booming laugh and ability to fill a room with his bonhomie, good humour and zest for life, made him a large-than- life character who could never be ignored.” A private family funeral


is being held at Richmond, North Yorkshire, next week, and there will be a service of thanksgiving for his life at St Helen’s Church, Wadding- ton, at noon on Thursday June 5th. Colonel Jeffery is survived


by wife Margery, daughters Sue and Sally, stepdaughter Annabel and stepson Martin. The family have request­


ed no flowers, but donations instead to the Army Benev­ olent Fund, c/o Annabel Dixon, Beechthorpe, Wad- dington.


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