YOUNGSTERS from a Great Sankey primary school have been learning about the tragic events in Warrington town centre 20 years ago thanks to a new children’s book.

The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace has joined forces with Golden Square to produce Good Can Come From Evil after Wendy Parry found it difficult to explain to her granddaughter Evie, aged six, what had happened to her uncle Tim without frightening her.

Aimed at primary school aged children, author Richard Holland describes how a terrorist bomb on Bridge Street killed Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball provoking worldwide outrage leading to work to make sure nothing like this ever happened again.

Using simplified language to explain the background to the incident, the book also explains what has happened since to demonstrate how good can come from evil.

Deputy head teacher Jane Dilorenzo at Barrow Hall Primary School, which is where Tim Parry and his brother and sister were pupils, said she hopes the book will be included on the school’s curriculum next year.

She added: “All the children came through the school so it’s really important for us to embrace that and teach the children.

“A lot of children know it happened but don’t understand the background in terms of terrorism and conflict and it deals with it in a sensitive way that isn’t threatening or frightening.”

Plans for a peace week in March each year are also in the pipeline for schools in Warrington.

Wendy added: “It talks about the Unionists and the Republicans rather than just saying the IRA came to Warrington and there’s a strong message about the positives that have come from it.

“We have to thank the Golden Square team as we wouldn’t have been able to do it without them and we hope more schools will get in contact with us and use the book in lessons.”

Colin Parry added: “I can never understand why the Government doesn’t put the peace study on the curriculum.

“After watching events this year in Boston and Woolwich, children must have so many questions but who can they ask who is informed enough to answer them?”

Ian Cox, general manager, said Golden Square bosses were keen to help create a lasting legacy with the book in Warrington.

The book is on sale at Waterstones in the Golden Square and the customer service desk.

WHAT year five pupils thought of the book: Jack Reeves, aged 10, said: “I thought it was so good I read it twice.

“I liked the map of Warrington to explain where they planted the bombs.”

Leo Kilpatrick, aged 10, said: “It was really interesting the way they described it.

“Before I read the book I only knew that Tim and Johnathan had been injured.”

Eve Ramshaw, aged 10, said: “It didn’t just tell me about what happened in Warrington but also about other (acts of) terrorism.

“It was really interesting.”

Olivia Broughton Milby, aged nine, said: “It told me about the Warrington bombing and how upset people were and how many people were injured.

“It made me a bit teary.”