JERICHO ECHO ARTICLE
June 2006
Jericho’s ‘gentle giant’ died in April from a heart attack, aged 52. Clyde was born in Cardigan Street and lived there all his life. He went to St. Barnabas School and then Cherwell School and became an apprentice carpenter at the Radcliffe Infirmary. When he was 18, however, he suffered a terrible accident and it was only due to the love and care of his parents, Doreen and Doug, that he survived. Clyde became one of Jericho’s most familiar and popular figures, with a cheerful greeting for everyone