St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 44
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
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Below: Pc Roger Clark
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX
Keeping an eye on the chaos during reconstruction work in Bridge Street, and many other goings-on, is the
familiar figure of PC Roger Clark, the town’s community beat officer. Roger was hoping to retire in 2003.
Above: Frank Dawson
Photo: George Dellar/Canon EOS600
Frank was born at The Chequers pub where the
Permanex factory stood until it made way for
housing in 2002, and he lived on the Waits for
78 years until his death in 2001. His father and
mother were landlord and landlady of The Bell
where the family went to live in 1922. Father, Frank
and brother Harry worked as contractors for the
Town Council on water services of all kinds. Father
was also captain of the fire brigade and Harry
drove the fire engine.
In the Second World War Frank was in the Royal
Corps of Signals. He transferred to the Airborne
Division and parachuted into Arnhem where he was
one of the lucky few to survive the slaughter.
Returning home he rejoined his father and served
with the Fire Service which was then based in
White Hart Lane.
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