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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 1976 , No. 4677


V Price 6p. Adopt-a-patient scheme


SPREAD A HAPPINESS


LOCAL young people are helping to brighten the lives of Calder- stones Hospital patients by taking part in a new weekly visiting


scheme, the first of its kind in NE Lancashire. Each Thursday night about


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to make all your dreams come true, but we can do our best to help you to enjoy a meal o u t . . . and it won’t necessarily cost you a penny. Starting next week,


ou r eating-out guide will provide details of where to go for a wel­ coming lunch, dinner or snack in the Ribble Val­ ley . . . along with a simple free competition which could win you £6 to spend on a meal at the advertised restaur­ ant of your choice. L o o k out fo r the


guide and send in those entries. The competi­ tion will be on for the next four weeks, so there’s plenty of oppor­ tunity to give yourself something to celebrate.


20 young people from the


’ youth clubs at Whalley and Trinity, Clitheroe, go to the hospital to talk, play games and in some cases simply be with the patients.


The scheme, similar to the


one already operated by the hospital’s League of Friends, is designed specifically for young people. It was thought up by divi­


sional nursing officer for the nursing division Mr Tom McLean, who decided it would be beneficial if the high- dependency — or severely mentally handicapped — patients could have visitors.


The scheme was jointly


worked out by Clitheroe Youth Leader Geoff Jackson and- Burnley Health District Voluntary Services Officer Mrs Kathleen Hargreaves. Said MrsHargreavesiNor- mally the high-dependency patients would be in bed by about 7-30 p .m .— after that time there is little else.for, them' to’’ do.''Our aim is to create a recreational atmos­ phere for them and leave it to the young people to keep them o c cu p ied fo r about two hours.” Mrs Hargreaves explained that the best way of operating


the scheme was on a one to one basis. “ This means that the


number of patients who can take part is dependent on How many youngsters come each week. We have lots of high-


dependency patients, so there will always be room for more visitors.” She added that the optimum


number for-a night’s visiting would be about 40. If more young people turned up, the scheme could be expanded to include another night of the. week.


Invitation Mr J a ck s on to ld our


reporter that members of Downham Youth Club are soon to join the project, but still more young people were needed to take part. “ If there are any other


clubs, or for that matter young people in genera) who w ou ld like to visit the patients, I would be pleased to'- hear from them,” he said. " Mr Jackson can be con­


tacted on most days at the Ribble Valley Careers Office, Wellgate (Tel. 25063). He emphasised that anyone


taking part has to be prepared to visit on a regular basis. “The young people work in


groups of .three at the hospi­ tal. They each have their own patient who is collected from the ward each week and taken to a central meeting point. “Eventually we\hope to set


up a mini-market, with stalls for different games and hand­ icrafts. We will also have a coffee bar at one end of the room and dancing to records at the other end. At the moment we just have games and dancing, but we will build up the activities week by week." Mr Jackson explained that


many of the patients cannot speak and some cannot com­ municate very well. “But it is great to watch the youngsters work with them,”


he said. “They really buckle •


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SUNDAY was not muck of a day for these youngsters from local primary schools to be out of doors, but they were raring to go when our photo­ grapher called at the start of a sponsored walk for Help the Aged.


Youth organiser Mrs Ruth


Worthington was about to set them in motion for 20 half- mile laps round Clitheroe Castle.


Not all of the starters man­


aged 20 laps on a day of biting wind, but they did enough, in conjunction with sponsored


swimmers the day before, to raise £500 for the charity. The swimmers had the task


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of doing as many lengths of the Ribblesdale Pool as they could in 15 minutes — and some managed as many as


A prize for the school rais­


ing most money goes to St James’ School, Clitheroe, and they will receive their award at a presentation in a few iveeks’ time. In addition to the £500.


raised by the junior schools, the C l ith e ro e Grammar Schools gathered £300 from


the walk and swim at the weekend. It teas one of the youngest


swimmers in the senior sec­ tion, 11-year-old Lee Stanley of Warwick Drive, Clitheroe, who chalked up most lengths of the pool. Lee managed 26 lengths — nearly half a mile — in his quarter of an hour. Mrs Worthington is very


grateful to all the organisa­ tions who helped to put on the weekend’s activities, includ­ ing the St John Ambulance, the Ribblesdale Pool, and the life-savers from the Ribble Valley Sub-Aqua Club.


Whalley man chases armed raider


A WHALLEY man-made a desperate bid to cap­ ture an armed raider who held him and his secret­ ary at gunpoint at their Burnley office before making off with £700 cash.


When the gunman left the


finance company’s offices in Ridge Road, Burnley, Mr Bob Blakey, of Clitheroe Road, chased after him in his car.


But he was held up in heavy


traffic and the raider escaped in a blue Hillman Imp which was later found abandoned a


mile away. The man, brandishing a


shotgun, forced his way into the offices on Monday after­ noon and ordered Mr Blakey’s se cre tary, Mrs Elizabeth Glaze, to tie up her boss. He threatened both with


the weapon and ordered them to lie face down on the floor. The raider grabbed a wallet belonging to Mr Blakey and a large brown leather briefcase in which most of the money was contained.


Detective Inspector C. A.


Darwin, of Burnley CID, told our reporter that the raider knocked on the front door of the premises. Mrs Glaze opened the door and- was bun­ dled into Mr Blakey-’s office.


He ordered her to tie Mr


Blakey’s hands behind his back with two silk on rayon self-coloured neckties before ripping out the telephone and leaving the office.


As the raider backed out he


was c on fr o n te d by the caretaker, Mr William How­ ard, who was also threatened with the double barrelled shotgun.


When the thief left Mr


Blakey immediatley pursued him in his own car, but lost him in the traffic.


The gunman, aged between


30 and 40, was described as being short and of slim-to- medium build. He spoke with a northern accent and was wearing a light brown jacket, a yellow scarf round his mouth and a.claret-and-blue bob hat.


Police are anxious to hear


from anyone, who might have witnessed the incident, or who has found a large brown brief­ case containing accounts and record books.


False alarm


FIRE engines from Clitheroe and Great Harwood went to Whiteacre School, Barrow, on Tuesday morning, but the call turned out to be a false alarm..


Bernadette aims for £500 prize


CLITHEROE girl Ber­ nadette Marsden (17), has been chosen to repre­ sent Whalley and District Lions at Manchester on Saturday, in the first leg of a £500 travelling scho­ larship award. Bernadette, eldest daugh­


ter of Mr and Mrs A. Mars­ den, of Eshton Terrace, will have to convince an indepen­ dent panel of judges of her community interest, leader­ ship qualities and good character. The scheme, which is


Extra heating for a too-cold school


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EMERGENCY action was being taken this-' week to improve the


^heating at a Clitheroe. scho.ol which had to be closed because it was too cold for the children to do their lessons. As the 365 children of Edis­


ford School returned to their desks on Monday morning, • they were joined by County Council workmen who began ,the week-long task of instal­ ling extra radiators in the classroom. The children were sent .


home on Friday when the temperature in the school p lu n g ed to 51 d eg re e s Fahrenheit. Earlier in the week 120 infants spent the day at home., ■ The additional radiators are


being brought into use as soon as they are fixed and the temperature in the school is being maintained by full round-the-clock heating. . The emergency improver,


ment work was put in - hand following talks between Dis­ trict Education Officer Mr Fred Calvert and officials at County Hall. He told our reporter: “ The ;


circulationsystem was not as .- good as it might have been. As well as • installing two' extra radiators, in each classroom,. the'engineers will'be looking .into the possibility of putting


expected to attract entries from a total of 225 clubs throughout Britain, has a top prize of a travelling bursary to the value of £500, which the winner can use for a project of his or her own choice in the fields of further education or


social work. Lions International say the


scheme is designed to foster and encourage leadership and other qualities, of citizenship in the youth of the community when they are entering busi­ ness or progressing to higher education.' Winners of the next round


will go forward.to the regional finals in March. The national finals will be held at the Lions annual convention at East­ bourne in April. Bernadette, who is taking


A-levels at Notre Dame Con­ vent, Blackburn, is a Queen's Guide, youth club leader at SS Michael and John’s, winner of the Duke o f Edinburgh bronze and silver awards and holder of several other certifi­ cates and medals. She was nominated as the


Whalley Lions’ representative by Mrs Kathleen Hargreaves, district voluntary services officer at Calderstones, who has -nothing but praise for Bernadette’s qualities.


Bernadette began; helping


at the hospital two years ago as part of a badge course, but has carried on helping in the children’s department' every Saturday since.


When Whalley Lions met at


in an extra pump, or replacing the existing one with some­ thing larger. Mr Calvert hoped the work would be completed by. next 'Monday., but in the meantime 'the heating will be kept on


all the. time. “Provided the outside temp­


erature does not drop too much, there should be no more problems. Once the extra radiators are working, the system should be able to cope,” he said.


. Heating at Edisford School, which,was opened 25 years


‘ ago; has always been a prob- -Jem .and .the.large expanses of - glass in the building do not . help matters.


l i Mr Calvert said his atten- mothers signed a petition


tion- had been drawn a fort-, about the inadequacy_of the night ago to the lack of suffi­ cient heating. “The engineers were about to look into the problem, but they were over­ taken by the worst cold spell for four years."-


'• . Speaking on behalf of the - - ; He recalled that improve­


ment to the 'heating system had been made about six years ago, when some- draughts from windows were-also given attention. “But'the last three


:or four mild winters seem to- have masked the heating sys­ tem’s lack of performance," Mr Calvert added.','


i . When headmaster Mr Jim.


Marsh took the first “go- home” decision, 40 angry-


mothers, Mrs Lily' Pratt,, of West- View, Clitheroe, said she had-also been in touch with Clitheroe Division MP Mr David Walder, to see if there was.any action he could


.take to- have the situation remedied.'


Mrs Pratt'does not have a child at Edisford, but looks'


heating and sent it to Mr Cal­ vert; delnanding. immediate action.'


One o f the difficulties


facing the headmaster was what to do when the parents were out at work. Mr Marsh overcame this by keeping some of the youngsters at school, and a number of other mothers looked , after some children until their parents arrived home.


' Explained Mr Marsh: “The


children leave warm, homes and can last out only so long, when the temperature drops.. In the-hall, which has to be used as a classroom because of


• after her sister’s children — j overcrowding, it was' down to -Sharon (5) and Shaun O’Hare i,47 degrees. There was little (8) — when they come home. choice but to send the children from school.


home.” .. No waste Waste, paper collected by


Chipping Youth Club last summer has just been bought by a Blackburn warehouse for £13, which will be added to club funds. At the time the paper was collected there was no market and it had to be stored away.


the Eagle and Child Hotel, Barrow, last week, Ber^ nadette went along with Mrs Hargreaves to receive a gift of an Instamatic camera from president Mr Max Bromilow as her prize for being the winner at local level. She was also given a soft toy dog as “good luck” mascot for the next round.


Pictured at the meeting,


from, the left, are-Mrs Har­ greaves;. Mr. Bromilow, Ber­ nadette and Lions Youth Officer Mr Arthur ’Pearson.


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Pensioner found dead in village stream


INQUEST STORY


A WADDINGTON pensioner, whose body was found- in the inches-deep village brook on Sunday night, most, likely stumbled or collapsed into the water while out for a walk, the Ribble Valley Coroner Mr George' Graham told a Blackburn inquest..


Recording a verdict of “There were no signs-of;


“death by misadventure" on drowning or evidence'of any 80-year-old Mrs Alice Ann Coates, Mr Graham said her health had been such that she would have been quite incap able of climbing out again.


injuries at all. She must have. fallen into the water and was unable to get out," he;s i i d . j j The discovery was made by " Clitheroe Police at 9:30 p.m; -


Pathologist Dr Charles Hef- . .on Sunday, about-three hours'-^


fernan said that Mrs Coates, after she had been reported; who lived at Waddington Almshouses — only yards from where her body was found — had died from hypothermia due Jo exposure.


missing by the hospital mat­ ron Mrs Maureen; Houghton.! Mrs Coates had fallen into


the water just above the" main-, road bridge in tfie centrq of; the village. “ I spoke to Mrs Coates oh .


Sunday, morning when-shq:*. was up and about and having a ... cup of tea,” Mrs Houghton ■" told the inquest on Tuesday.” “ I saw her again at about-


noon when she seemed quite; happy, and again at about 3-45 p.m; when she was having a. sleep." : Mrs Houghton said that;


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when she went to visit Mrs; Coates three hours later the light in-her cottage was on, but Mrs Coates had gone out.: “ I couldn't find her walking-:


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stick and after a fruitless- search round the immediate area I contacted the police. ' They later said they had found her and I .identified the body.-- She was a feeble-old lady, and; it was such a terribly cold . night.?


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