Byline: JOHN AVISON
Anyway, I'm enjoying the drive when all of a sudden I spot an old decrepit hand painted sign "advertising" Fresh Mullet 1.40#. My heart leaped and was filled with joy as I recall long lazy summer days by the pool with the wonderful smell of smoked mullet wafting through the air. The anticipation of smoked mullet, smoked fish dip, Grandpa's hushpuppies and Grandma's potato salad dances in my soul.As our adventure is about to come to a close, Mullet Man says, "Hey, you want a free watermelon?" And what happened next was so interesting to me because this is the year 2008. He opens yet another cooler full of a variety of produce; watermelons, potatoes, tomatoes and onions. As he hands Roy the watermelon he says that farmers come from all around to trade mullet for their produce! How cool, I thought!PAULINE Bardon prefers the quiet life these days. Aged 70, she lives now in central Brittany, growing most of her own vegetables and all of her own flowers. It didn't start like that. As Pauline Frith, of Moldgreen, aged about three, she was pictured in the days of war rationing holding a forbidden ice cream cone."My friend of 20 years, David Simmonite, lives in Kirkburton. He is a retired plumber and loyal supporter of Huddersfield Town, the Giants and Yorkshire cricket. "He walks to the newsagents in 'Burton every morning for the Examiner. He'll be so pleased to read this!"So the next challenge was to find a place to turn around. Roy keeps hollering turn here, turn here, turn here because he likes to tell me how to drive (more tales of that will be forthcoming in the near future). So anyway, I find a place to turn around not knowing there were potholes the size of small countries."But it didn't really suit Tom and we returned in 1980 to Montana."As we get in the truck to leave, Mullet Man says, "Come visit me again when you see the mullet sign, name's Buckshot."She met Tom Bardon that year in Washington DC and they were married in Huddersfield. Their first son, Colin, was born at St Luke's.“With our rise in popularity coupled with a global increase in counterfeiting, we have seen a sharp increase in counterfeit merchandise sold by unauthorized online retailers. We’ve taken an aggressive strategy of education and enforcement to protect our customers and our brand. OpSec’s online brand protection program gives us the market intelligence and enforcement mechanisms that have enabled us to shutdown rogue websites and remove counterfeit listings,” said Kevin Spreekmeester, vice president of Global Marketing for Canada Goose.Canada Goose employs a comprehensive brand protection program including cooperation with global customs authorities, investigations of unauthorized retailers, shutdown of rogue online websites, removal of illegal online auction listings, and physical product security measures. Authentic Canada Goose products are sold exclusively through authorized retailers, as published on its website. Consumers need to beware that unauthorized online retailers and many listings on auction sites, such as eBay, iOffer, Craigslist, Kijiji, and parkastore.com, are not genuine Canada Goose products."I never really settled in America and we moved in 1970 to a smallholding in Cardiganshire with no electricity, mains water or phone," said Pauline. "We had 10 great years, the last five with electricity provided through an Arts Council grant to two struggling potters.Counterfeit Canada Goose jackets do not protect the wearer from bitter cold conditions, but expose them to dangerous temperatures, frostbite, or worse. Instead of premium down filling and functional coyote fur, these counterfeit parkas and jackets have been found stuffed with “feather mulch” containing feathers, beaks and feet and are covered in bacteria and mildew. Furthermore, the fur ruffs on counterfeit jacket hoods can be trimmed with rabbit, cat and dog fur. Canada Goose employs ongoing efforts to educate consumers on counterfeit products including public awareness campaigns, published lists of rogue websites, and active social media dialogue through its Facebook group and other channels.For over 50 years, Canada Goose has been committed to producing the best extreme weather outerwear in the world; proudly made in Canada. From the South Pole research facilities and the Canadian High Arctic, to the streets of New York City, Stockholm, Milan, Toronto and Tokyo, people wear Canada Goose products because of its reputation for authenticity, best quality, functionality and iconic style. Canada Goose supports Polar Bears International as well as a number of charitable organizations and outdoor ventures that provide commitment to Arctic stewardship and the environment. Ask Anyone Who Knows. For more information on Canada Goose, please contact Cameron Gordon at High Road Communications, 1-416-644-2252, or cameron.gordon@highroad.com.Her father, Stanley Frith, was an ice cream maker at Green Cross Corner. He was an inventive man. In the absence of sugar and other ice cream ingredients, Stanley came up with a substance called potato foam which, with a squidge of raspberry syrup, sold just as well as the real thing, completely fooling the Ministry man who came round to reprimand him. Giving confectionery sales a boost was never going to be enough for Greenhead High School pupil Pauline, who got involved with guiding early on (Moldgreen Christ Church 20th) winning the Queen's Guide Badge in 1956 when she was 15. "Some of my mentors in the field of education and girl guides are still in Huddersfield and I thank them for their inspiration," she said. Among them were Jessie Owen and Jean Fraser, who got her involved in guiding at Lowerhouses. "Blanche Patch, my biology teacher at Greenhead, told me that I could be a good teacher,'' she added. "I believe I have been and am continuing to be."They include Ann Marie Burke (Mrs Redmonds), Jackie Hicks (Mrs Wood), Margaret Sparrow (Mrs McVitie) and Heather Ainsworth (Mrs Hann) who are all still in Huddersfield. In 1963 Pauline decided to spend a year in the US as an au pair, working for Assistant Secretary of Defence Charles Hitch's family.
* AT HOME: A young Pauline Frith with (from left) Jessie Owen, Stanley Frith and Ida Frith, possibly in 1943. (tmc010211frith) * WELL DONE: (From left) assistant division commissioner Mrs E Tinker, East District commissioner Mrs Mackness, Miss Mildred Sykes, Pauline Frith and Miss Edna Ibbotson at the Queen's Guide certificate presentation in 1956. Pauline was the first Moldgreen Guide to get the award. (tmc010211guide)
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