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' rGolfing holiday ends in tragedy-i
A CLITHEROE man is fighting for his life in a Cornish hospital after being
seriously injured in a road accident in which his golfing pal died.
(62), of Highfield Road, is being treated for multiple fractures in the intensive care unit at Truro Civic Hos pital.
Mr John Burgess Mr Ronald Sharp
(56), of Carlton Place, died instantly when his Peugeot car was in volved in a head-on crash with a van at Bude. The van driver was also killed. The force o f the impact was so severe
' that it took emergency services up to two h ou r s to cu t th e Clitheroe men from the w r e ck a g e o f th e ir vehicle. The two men, who
maintenance fitter. He was a member of the ’ C l ith e r o e C en tra l Working Men’s Club. He hailed from the
were close- friends, were in Cornwall on a golfing holiday and were returning to their hotel after playing on a local course when the accident occurred.
Stonyhurs t Golfing .Club, they had been planning the trip for the past year.
- Both members of Mr Ronald Sharp Ronald’s sister-in-law
Mrs Margaret Sharp, of S tan d en Road, Clitheroe, said both were very keen golfers.
John, her brother, took up the game after
being widowed nearly 18 months ago and “they went everywhere together”, she said. Ronald, an attendant
East End of London, serving with the Royal Navy for some 15 years before working as a police constable in the city. Ronald, who was di
vorced, leaves two sons, Brian and Anthony, and locally, a brother Frederick. John was admitted to
at Henthom tip, moved to Clitheroe nearly eight years ago. and worked for Atkinson’s for three years as a
intensive care at Truro, but later moved to a general ward and was said to be “improving.” However, complica
tions set in following an operation and he had to be returned to intensive care. Mr Burgess served in
the Far East through out the second world war and drove lorries. for Clitheroe firms before moving to Broc- khall as an attandant more then 10 years ago. He retired in August. He has a' daughter
Christina who lives with him in Highfield Road,' and a son John, of Kirkmoor Road. Among the hospital
visitors to Mr Burgess has been a former Clitheroe resident, Mr Gordon Pinch, now living in Wade Bridge, near Truro, who of fered to call by after reading of the crash in his local paper. Mr Sharp’s funeral is
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People must be heard, says new Mayor
THE voice of local government and the community it serves . must be heard. , That was the message
from Clitheroe’s new mayor, Coun. Howel Jones when' he took up office this week. He told a packed coun
at Upminster Cre matorium, Essex, to morrow.
‘It’s all yours’ day at the new hospice
RIBBLE Valley people who took the East Lanca shire Hosp appeal to th hearts — raising their £57,000 share in record time — are being given a chance to look at the new building to see how a health care dream came true. Yesterday, the keys to
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Hospital ‘not on hit-list’
A SUGGESTION that Clitheroe Hospital was one of several on a hit-list for closure has been re futed by the NW Regional Health Authority. It arose following the
the £600,000 building in the grounds of Park Lee Hospital; Blackburn, were handed over . by,' hospice steering committee chair man. Mr Harry Harding to Mr Ian Wpolley, chairman of the district health au thority, which will run the hospice, helped by a house committee of people from the community.
week on Sunday to the public, giving them a chance to see the fruits of the massive community fund-raising effort. The open day is being
The doors will open a
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staged shortly before the 10-bed hospice hopes to receive its first patients towards the end of the month. The hospice — the first
nursing staff has been re cruited to link up with a team of nursing sisters working in the com munity.
in north Lancashire — will not only be for the terminally ill but will also serve sufferers of chronic pain conditions.
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after some 12 months’ work, is now in the pro cess of being equipped and furnished. House committee chair
The building, finished
who have been contribut-' ing and taken an interest to have the opportunity of seeing the premises before the patients are admitted,” he said of the open day, which lasts from 10-30 a.m. until late afternoon.
Relaxing
sented by Park Lee staff at the hospital on the same day will add extra colour to the occasion. The hospice has day
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rooms, a te lev is io n lounge, a special room for peace and quiet and a twin-bedded room where relatives may stay over n ig h t in case of emergency. Mr Dewhurst said: “We
man Mr_ Roy Dewhurst. said the'hospice seemed like a “dream come true.” “We would like people
also being set up to give patients assistance and companionship. Patients will be referred to the hospice by local GPs or health authority consul tants.
Volunteer teams are Donations
Valley Hospice Appeal Committee has now dis banded, the officials — chairman Mr Stanley Westhead, secretary Mrs J. Kenyon and treasurer Mr Ernest Tolson — will carry on to assist local fund-raising for new equipment and additional patients’ comforts. Donations — direct, by
Although the Ribble
covenant, or in lieu of flowers in memory of a relative — should be sent to Mr Tolson at 4 Clarem ont Avenue, Clitheroe. At the committee’s final
’the Blackburn,' Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority might have to close Clitheroe and Rib- chester Hospitals to pay for an £llm. children’s and geriatric unit at Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn. But in a statement, the
health authority’s outline of a three-year building programme subject to Government sanction and cuts being agreed by the districts; •; .. . , -It-was - suggested that"
of themes in the play — capitalism, class, materialism, deception and self deception, ex ploitation, thuggery and violence, to name but a few. The over riding one, however, is that of morality, good and evil, personal re sponsibility and integ rity. Producer of the play,
A MORALITY play without a moral, “The Fire Raisers” , pre sented by Clitheroe Parish Church Players tomorrow and Satur day, is designed to make people think. There are a number
being performed in the Parish Hall,, is Mar garet Smith. The cast are, from
the left: back — Jane Tattersall, Bob Cleeve, John Ri c e , Karen Robinson, Catherine Wa l lwo rk , Gerald Hood, Rachel Scott and Tom Wallwork; front — Val Parker, Chris Hall, Keith Whiteside and Charles Pearce.
B i s h o p h a s a d a t e in t o w n
regional health authority emphasised that its prop osals were only the basis for discussion and' that there were a number of alternative ways in which services could be reorgan ised to meet the needs of the health service in the latter part of the 20th century. The statement con
cluded: “It must be em phasised that no changes at Clitheroe or at Rib- chester Hospitals are planned in the foreseeable future.” Such matters needed months of discus sion and consultation at all levels.
meeting the president, Lady Clitheroe, paid tri bute to the help given by Ribble Valley people — a special thanks endorsed by Mr Westhead.
cutting of the first sod of phase one of the new £4m. district general hos pital building at Queen’s Park, Blackburn. It will include a 46-bed children’s in-patient unit- and a 56- bed adults’ acute medical unit.
0 Yesterday saw the
THE Bishop of Black b u rn , th e R t Rev. Stewart Cross, will be the speaker at an open meet ing of the Ribble Valley Church Schools Associa tion tomorrow. It .will be the first time
Linda in line for big race
the Bishop has attended a meeting of the associa tion, which starts at 7-30 p.m. at Waddington and West B radford CE School. He will discuss the role of Christianity in the school, church and family!
Day work
CLITHEROE Town Council is hoping to employ a day-time Mayor’s attendant.. The council already em
ploys an attendant for night-time engagements, but a proposal for some one to be on duty for functions during the day was accepted at the coun cil’s annual meeting.
RIBBLE Valley cyclist Linda Gomall is on the shortlist for one of the prime international sporting events — the first women’s Tour de France.
June 30th to July 22nd, is a shorter version of the classic men’s race. It covers up to 68 kilometres a day and includes two mountain finishes. Linda, who cycles up to
Farm,- Mearley, third in the English national road race championship last year, faces her longest- ever race if selected from her country’s list of nine for the team of six riders. The 18-day race, from
Linda (20), of Laneside
cently came fourth in the series’ Weaver Valley race. Brother Alan, mean
while, son of a dairy farmer, has been chosen for his first Milk-Race. Alan is picked for the
300 miles a week, said of the race: “It’s going to be very hard . . . I am going to adjust my train ing towards that.” ____ She was fourth in the
Jo Bruton national trophy series last year and re-
Great Britain amateur team for the 1,100-mile race which starts its fort night tour of England and Wales on May 27th in Brighton, and passes through Clitheroe on its final leg to Blackpool. It will be Alan’s second
At long last it’s ‘Hello
“HELLO Dolly’’will final ly m a k e . 'i t to- -the Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society stage after 10 years on the shortlist of possible show choices.
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other contenders;have taken 'precedence in,, past years,' steps' into the limelight'as the society’s next show.
“Dolly” ,, over- which
choice at their annual meeting, opting for a modern musical;;;
Members confirmed the
run from February; 9th to 16th, with Barbara Scat- tergo'od as producer,' John Bo wness ■ musical" direc tor, Jim Parker chorus- master and Mary Wad dington choreographer.
Next year’s .show will
the society, presents “Song from the Shows” at the Parish Hall, produced by Edmond Cambien.
On June 28th and 29th,
cil chamber at the Mayor making ceremony: “I do not subscribe to the view that Whitehall knows best about local issues. 1 “While the sphere of in
fluence. of a town council is limited,- I believe it is our responsibility to listen to what the people of Clitheroe are saying.” Councillors were; con-
ceriied with such common issues as litter, vandal ism,; air pollution and parking of heavy vehicles, which affected the quality of life'in the town. ; It' was important, said
Coun. Jones, that the dis trict' council listened to the'town council, that the county council should pay , attention to the districts and that Whitehall should heed the counties. ‘ “ It is important to
head of-Brookside School, spoke of his - “highest ■ "regard” for;, the relation ships within the educa tional world of the town and his appreciation of ecumenical friendships. He praised the support
listen carefully — and then act with wisdom within the limitations of one’s powers,” he said. '“ -“This is heritage year ahdT believe in maintain ing -the traditions which are part of our heritage. I see * it as part of my re sponsibility to maintain worthy traditions in Clitheroe and to uphold worthy attitudes and y allies.” Coun. Jones, former
from within the local com- 9 continued on page 3
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CLITHEROE police are trying to trace a mean thief who took a boy’s bicycle from outside St Denys Home, while the young owner was visiting his sick mother in hos pital. , The home’s officer in
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TWENTY local youngs ters will have free seats at the Circus, Fiesta , on Clitheroe Castle .Field this week, following their suc cess in our missing letters competition.. They are: Lorraine
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MEMBERS of Chatburri Playing Fields .Commits tee took .time off from, their own fund-raising to lend the Mayor of Ribble Valley; Count,';.>Ted' Boden/a hand with-his Children in Need appeal...
- They held- a cheese and -wine . evening at Meadow Bank, Dow- ,
.raised £150 for the appeal, which includes a
nham Road, Chatburn, the home of their chair man, Mr Ian Joyce, and
donation of; £50 Clitheroe Lions.
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’ Mr Joyce said: “With ■ the; Mayor coming; from
our own village - we de cided we should do
something , to help his appeal ■ and, at, the: same time help him to relax in .’ his own village.”
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