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A ‘land of shame’ angry OAPs tell Mrs Thatcher


AN irate letter from Clitheroe Old Age Pensions Association is currently in the hands of Prime Minis­ ter Margaret Thatcher.


explained: “We based our letter on ‘Land of Hope and Glory, mother of the free,’ often sung at Conservative gatherings, because we are beginning to wonder if those sentiments are still true today.”


way the country is heading. Mrs Ethel Penny, secretary of the association,


years of depression, means tests, workhouses and the sp lit tin g up o f families . Common land, a war memorial, library, mayor’s parlour and the Moot Hall


into shame and freedom into being told what to do by a small minority.” Their letter states: “In fact, we are back to those


The pensioners claim that “glory has now turned The letter tells of the members’ apprehension at the


in Clitheroe are being vandalised against the wishes of Clitheronians. “By a stroke, one of the oldest boroughs in the


country was disposed of by the village representatives of the said borough. We should like to see Downham, Slaidburn, etc., being dealt with in the same way.” Mrs Penny added: “The elderly have made contri­


what you put in. We have put in, but we are not seeing anything in return.”


butions to health schemes and so on all their lives, and now they need it, they are not getting it. “Mrs Thatcher tells us that you only get out of life


Mrs Penny stressed that the letter was not a per­ sonal attack on the Prime Minister, but an attempt to


put the record straight about the as so c ia t ion ’s feelings. “We hope Mrs Thatcher replies — and not in a negative way,” she added.


m lm if ii FIGHTING talk from Mrs Ft he I Penny


RESPECTED TEACHER


DIES FROM HEPATITIS


claimed her life. Her death came as a shock to fellow staff and


pupils at St Augustine’s KC School, Millington, where she had taught


home economics since IIII if).


Keepers Cottage, Bol­ ton Hall, Bolton-by- Bowland, went into hospital on May 11th for a routine opera­ tion, but was found to have contracted hepa­ titis, or inflammation of the liver, which last Wednesday morning


A WOMAN who dedicated her life to teaching, Mrs Celia Stinchon, has died from hepatitis, aged just 50. _Mrs Stinchon, of


by Rachael Collinson They paid tribute at a Mrs Stinchon was origin


special voluntary mass on ally admitted to Airedale Friday to the respected Hospital for a hysterec- colleague and tutor lost so tomy. “About a week after unexpectedly. The class to whom she


was form tutor said their own personal farewells at a funeral service on Tues­ day at St P h i l ip ’s RC Church, Padiham, prior to interment at Fence. The first-year pupils had all sent cards and get well messages during Mrs Stin-


clion's illness. Her husband Leo (54), a cabinet-maker, told how


she went in, they found out about this liver inflam mation,” he said.


“They took her to St


James’s University Hospi­ tal in Leeds and I stayed


at the hospital all the time, to be with her. “Anything to do with


your liver is serious. We did talk with the surgeons about a transplant, but it is a most difficult and dan­ gerous operation. “Conditions have to be


right, there has to be the right donor, but most of a you have got to be brought to at least a fairly stable condition before they can do an operation of that size a n d t h a t j u s t n e v e r happened. “Celia’s whole life was


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de oted to her job. She even accompanied a party of about 50 youngsters each year, on a school trip to France for 10 days. “Before St Augustine’s,


she taught at Accrington ami Colne and a great


shock, such a terrible shock.”


many Catholic children in this area, and even some of the parents from the previous generation, were taught by her. “Her death was such a


Headmaster M r Philip


Morris said that staff and pupils were "devastated” by the loss of such a fine lady and good teacher, who supported and took a genuine interest in the children.


Mrs Stinchon was a


member of Bolton-by- Bowland WI and a regular worshipper at St Mary’s RC Church, Sabden. She leaves two sons,


David (20) and Andrew (21) .


Pupils star in treacle mine film


F IV E Sabden schoolchil­ dren are to star alongside comedian Mike Harding and the village treacle miners in a television documentary. O n M o n d a y ,


t w i n s


M a 11 h e w a n d S i m o n Dewlmrst (10), brothers Christopher (8) and David Capstick (11) and Nicholas Walsh (11), travelled to the BBC Television Stu­ dios in Manchester. With them were Sab-


den’s Tre a c le Miners, creator Mr Bill Dewhurst and members o f his family. The children, all pupils


of Sabden County Primary School, spent the clay film­ ing in a moek-up coal mine at a Salford park. Provid­ ing the music and asking q u e s t io n s was M i k e Harding. The half-hour documen­


tary is due to be screened later this year on BBC North West.


Dream ‘village’ for the elderly


in Whalley has been chosen by developers as the most suitable site in the North West for a revolutionary new concept in retire­


ment care. Almost £lm would be


spent on the verdant I l i­ ac re site to provide “the highest standards of nurs­ ing home care and facili­ ties available anywhere in the world,” but local oppo­ sition is mounting. Villagers fear Whalley


could be well on the way to be coming a ru r a l etreat for the elderly if


the scheme goes ahead. Plans to develop the


site, known locally as the ' Hellicliffs,” prompted one of our readers, in a letter to the editor last week, to ask if anything is to be provided for the younger


generation. This wee k, an oth e r


reader, Miss Doris Brown, of Moor Field, Whalley, w ro te de s c r ibing the proposals as “outrageous” and adding: “I t is an abso­ lute gem of a spot where we locals can enjoy an easy climb, with a view over our village and coun­ t ry s id e , and re la x in peace.” With feelings running


high, applicant Mr Nigel Taylor, of Cappers Farm, Sabden Fold, will not be treading an easy path. Outline planning per­


mission is sought for a 40- bed nursing home, two six-bed retirement homes ind 12 sheltered retire­ ment cottages. Research for the ‘village


within a village’ has taken the scheme’s designer, e n g in e e r M r L a u r ie Petrie, to America and Australia. He has been working


with M r Taylor on the concept they describe as unique” and which is


intended to become part of the Whalley community, as well as providing GO jobs. They aim to offer semi­


detached and detached stone-built cottages for active retired people over 55. The cottage devel­ opment would take place in a wooded area at the lower end of Lite site and be linked to the nursing home by a nurse-call alarm system. The developers say pri­


ority will be given to resi­ dents of Whalley, Billing- ton and Wiswell in their purchase. When the cot­ tages are re-sold, it must be to someone over the age of 55.


AMBITIOUS plans to create a 21st century retirement village in a local beauty spot have been unveiled. Archbishops Wood


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When one or both part­


ners are affected by illness or age, they will have the opportunity to move into one of two six-person elderly care bungalows. The accent will he on care and the re te n t io n of independence. The developers say the


owners of the Archbishops Wood cottages will have p r io r i ty to move into e ith e r the re t irem en t homes or the nursing home. Plans for the la t te r


include a hydrotherapy unit incorporated in an indoor heated swimming


pool, a special massage bath, coffee/tea shop, en suite bedrooms, residents’ lounges and a lib ra ry . Many of the facilities will also be available for the use of local residents. T h e re a re plans to


extensively landscape the site, purchased 18 months ago, as an aboretum, pro­ viding a backdrop of trees and parkland. In addition, the footpaths running th ro u g h i t are being upgraded and the deve­ lopers hope to introduce ra re b re ed s of fa rm animals. “The existing paths are


mainly used by people walking dogs and if the scheme receives the go-a­ head, then a special dog toilet is to be provided,” says Mr Petrie. “We have deliberately


chosen this site, as we feel it is ideal. I t is unallo­ cated; an isolated piece of land which is not within the green belt.” Tlie application is likely


to go before Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-committee in August.


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their historic trip to the USA. At the invitation of the personal experience for


EXCITEMENT is mounting at St Augustine’s RC High School, Billinglon, this week, as pupils and staff make final preparations for


Smithsonian Institute in Washington. 189 pupils and 1!) teachers will cross the Atlantic a week today to spread the conservation message with their now


fa in o n s m u s i c a l . “Yanomamo.”


The trip will enter the


history books, not only for the sheer size of the school-based production, but also because it has been chosen to launch an important five-year con­ servation programme in America. The Smithsonian Insti­


tute sees “Yanomamo," which deals with the com­ plexities of the Amazon rain forest and the dan­ gers threatening both its human and animal inhabi­ tants. as being the perfect launch for the programme. “It will he an wonderful


everyone in the party, especially tile children." said headmaster Mr Phil Morris, wlui will lead the group. The undisputed "stars"


of the trip, however, will he tile musical’s ingenious creators, Peter Rose, head of expressive arts at the school, and Anne Conlon. head of English at SS John Fisher and Thomas More High School. Colne. Performances are to he


staged in Washington, one at the Kennedy Centre, where rock star and actor Sting will be the narrator. Teachers and pupils will he provided with accom­ modation on the Trinity College residential campus in Washington, during their 14-day stay.


The American produc­ IT’S A HEALTHY TURN-OUT


tion costs have come from the World Wildlife Fund and the Smithsonian insti­ tute. Extra money, how­ ever, has been raised by the school to finance travel costs to and from the USA and sightseeing trips while there, and a staggering £48,(l()0-plus has poured in from generous local spon­ sors and from hardwork­ ing fund-raisers connected with the school. Before living out. the


school will give two per- f o r m a nccs in K in g George’s Hall. Blackburn, on Sunday and Monday, at 7-80 ii.ni. The narrator will he Mary Mil ler , a member of the Royal Sha­ kespeare Company, who performed with the school in 198G as narrator for its previous hit musical. "African Jigsaw.”


Away from it all


T H E te le v is io n p ro ­ gramme about holidays in the Ribble Valley will be shown on all national com­ mercial networks at 3 p.m. on July 5th. It is to be repeated on


Anglia TV in peak viewing time.


FULL marks to the people being so health conscious!


from Clitheroe Lions, who organised a dia­ b e te s and bl o od pressure screening day on Saturday . . . a n d w o n d e r ed whether anyone would turn up for the check. They were not disap­


The accolade comes


pointed; they were over­ whelmed. W ith in five minutes of the doors of the Parish Hall opening at 10 a.m., a queue of about 80 people had formed and all day long the momentum was kept up, with 50 to GO people at a time waiting to be tested. The volunteer nurses on


duty never slackened their pace and reinforcements were brought in to help cope with the demand.


Clitheroe Despite a wait of up to


an hour in some cases, there were no grumbles and the actual tests took only a few minutes. “People were remark­


ably cheerful and seemed to appreciate being given an instant result,” said Lions’ welfare chairman Noel Baron. “The nurses — Sister Anne Connell, wife of Lion


member David Connell, Sister Pamela Eden, Staff Nurse Helen Coles, Dis­ tr ic t Nurse and Sister Anne Geldard and S.E.N. Jeanette Cowperthwaite — worked extremely hard and did a superb job. We a re v e ry g ra te fu l to them.”


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TH E holiday treat of a lifetime proved to be just that for Clitheroe school­ boy Michael Kay. Back home in Moorland


Crescent after an action- packed week in Florida, the nine-year-old Chat- burn CE Primary School pupil has been recalling his dream holiday by courtesy of British Airways staff. T h e h ig h l ig h t was


undoubtedly Disneyland. “ I t was e v e ry th in g I expected and more,” said


Michael’s holiday of a lifetime


Michael, who was invited to give two interviews on radio stations during his visit.


He travelled to America


by jumbo jet with a group of G4 children who had been specially chosen by consultants and doctors because of their various illnesses. British Airways staff


raised £60,000 to [)av for the holiday and it was so successful that they hope to make i t an annual


“jumbo excursion.” The elder son of Mr and


Mrs Gr a h am Ka y , Michael, who suffers from a blood disorder which severely restricts his acti­ vities, made lots of friends and enjoyed trips to the Epcot Centre, Kennedy Space Centre, the State Police department, IMAX Theatre, Sea World and beaeli barbecues. He arrived back in Man­


chester on Sunday morn­ ing after anxious parents


spent over an hour waiting for the plane to land. The delay was due to fog at the airport and the jumbo jet was placed on hold for an hour until the weather cleared. Tired hut exceptionally


happy, Michael arrived home with souvenirs for his parents and brother, R u s s e l l , an d i s n o w eagerly waiting for films to be developed to show family and friends pictures of his holiday of a lifetime.


district


screening day by submit­ ting to the first finger


prick. Close behind him came the M a y o r and Mayoress of Clitheroe. Coun and Mrs Ian Brown, all three being cleared to resume their civic duties.


In all, 390 people had


their blood pressure and blood sugar levels checked and as a result 13 were referred to their own doc­ tors for further tests. Nine of them had a higher than average blood sugar level and four had potential blood pressure problems, with another 20 being marginally higher or lower than normal.


President Ian Joyce


said: “We were surprised by the enormous need — quite a lot of people had to leave because they didn’t have time to wait — and we will certainly do it again.


“ The screening is a


national project for the Lions and our response, related to the percentage of population, was the highest of any dub in the region.”


Picture: Anne Connell


prepares to test the Ribble Valley Mayor, watched by A n n e G e l d a r d , N o e l Baron, Jeanette Cow- perthwaite, the Clitheroe Mayor, Lion president’s wife Jennie Joyce, lan Joyce and the Clitheroe Mayoress.


Jewel theft


J E W E L L E R Y wor th £2,000 was stolen in a raid on the Victoria Hotel, Clitheroe. on Saturday night.


Between 10 p.m. and 1-


52 a. m., thieves broke into th e l i v i n g quarter s through a bedroom win­ dow, which they readied by crossing roofs at the rear. Their haul included rings, sovereigns and cos tunic jewellery.


Day of dance


T H E C l ith e roe -ba s ed Morris dance team “Coun­ try Fayre” is holding its “Day of dance” on Satur­ day and will he in the town from 3 p.m. onwards, at the New Inn, Parson lauie.


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