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THURSDAY, JUNE 8th, 1989 No. 5,369 Price 24p


Clitheroe's crazy day of fun raises bumper £30,000 for charity |


CLITHEROE let its hair down for a day of fun at the weekend and might have raised as much as £30,000 for charities.


joining in the spectacle. Organisers are delighted at how all their hard


More people than ever before attended the Heritage Fayre, with at least 25,000


work paid off for a fixture that is helping to put the Ribble Valley firmly on the tourist map.


Allen Hollingworth said: “We were overwhelmed at such a magnificent turnout. Families really enjoyed themselves. It was a day that will be long remembered.”


Chairman of the organising committee Mr


follow for the organisers. Hut they hope to see the fayre become even more successful, with a new deal involving one major sponsor for the entire event, rather than having three separate sponsors as happened this year.


Planning next year’s event will be a hard act to


larity which now involves a mammoth amount of preparation for organisers.


tion easier and could bring even more money in for charity, said Mr Hollingworth.


darts team join the fancy dress frolics (below) and (right) the Crazy Bears, whose roadshow wooed thousands in their first appearance at the fayre.


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More Heritage Fayre fun inside on pages 14 and 15 j t 'K '


The pictures that sum it up . . . Clitheroe ladies’ This is a reflection of the fayre’s growing popu­ A single major sponsor will make administra­


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TINY Clitheroe twin Tony Garner — who tou ch ed the hearts of our readers when we r e p o r t e d h i s family’s bedside vigil at Easter — i s b a c k in t h e


K o y a l L i v e r p o o l monthly basis. However, I seems to shake them off.” C h i l d r e n ’ s TTnanif £il


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Security people have been very good to us, sending money for transport on a


David told: “ The Social w u u o p u i v u u cl r iO S p iU U .


Tonv has developed an David’s money fo r the Blackburn, a few w e e k s aherpw on one of the month ran out. on Sunday ago. There he developed


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Success story


THE recent Drama Festi­ val in the Clitheroe Civic Hall has been hailed as a success by the Ribble Val­ ley Council.


T h e L e i s u r e a n d


prepared for an even more successful 1990 Festival in the Silver Jubilee Year.


Recreation Committee heard last week that adju­ dicator Mr Bernard Pren­ tice had commented that he had judged many national finals which did not come up to the stan­ dard of the festival. Plans are now being


how long we will need taken for observation into Queen’s Park Hospital,


abscess on one oi ine and> as his next cheque


will mean yet another having to be returned and operation for the baby who David looking for another. has already undergone The twins, who were major surgery twice.


the Garner family, of Litt- a couple of years to repair lemoor Road, are con- the holes in their hearts


David Garner was looking their daughter six years for work when the twins, ago from a heart corn-


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Added to their worries, have open heart surgery in born prematurely, are to


stantly having to cope and alter valves which are with arranging transport wrongly placed. The so they can visit Tony. Mr family, who sadly lost


If the abscess grows, it also meant their hire car Tony for a few days. It


two aitificial sumps was not due unt;i yester- mserted by doctors to clay morning, that meant m a in ta in h is blood the family could not visit supply.


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Tony and Andrew, were born with holes in their hearts . . . but their condi­ tion has delayed this and left the family hiring cars on a short-term basis.


plaint, also have a healthy four-year-old son, David, and Linda has two sons, John (13) and Ian (8), from a previous marriage.


see Tony at least every other day, but it means taking Andrew with us. He gets little colds, but


having to hire cars by It was a cold which f"e w?ek as we c'oa t know meant Tonv had to be


David added: “We try to


neys started again for the Garners, who even missed their Christmas Day at home.


and the twins, who don’t look like twins any more because Tony is now about four pounds lighter than Andrew,” said David. “Also, if an emergency


once b e fo re an d had to p ay i t b a c k f r om m y d o le , which left us short of money all week.”


School lunch eye opener!


PUPILS’ eyes opened wide with amazement


when they queued for lunch at Bowland School on Tuesday . . . for headmaster Mr Graham Crossley and teacher Mrs Margaret Dugdale were taking their lunch in the entrance hall in full evening dress.


school’s fund-raising attempt to provide clean water for vil­


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the school’s geography teacher who organised the


lages in Africa. Mrs Elizabeth l-lodbod,


event, said that lunch with the head had been a raffle prize. “When a pupil did not


made an unusual contribu­ tion by a sponsored slim and weighed in yesterday with a healthy loss of a stone. She hopes to lose another two and a half stones. Funds have already


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WHALLEY teenager Wendy Hollin’s dream came t r u e on F r i - day . . . when the keys to a brand new, shiny Ford Fiesta car unlocked her hopes of becoming mobile so that she can travel to work.


and only one normal arm, was presented with the keys by past president of Whalley Lions Mr Bob Sharpe (pictured with her boyfriend, Paul Smithies, and father Mr Keith Hollin behind, and other mem­ bers of the Lions looking on).


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THE search to find the top two drivers in the Ribble Valley reaches a climax this weekend — and the good news is th a t entries will be accepted on the day. A special safe-driving


which is open to drivers living in the Ribble Val­ ley, is split up into two sections. First, the entrants


The com p e ti tio n ,


competition, run by Blackburn Area Safety Association in conjunc­ tion with the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” is to be held on Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. in Booth’s car park.


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10 a.m., so entrants are are urged to arrive | early.


won the other two raffle prizes. Claire Spedding, of Henthorn Farm, won the chance to take a friend to the head of the dinner queue for a week and Lee Adams, of Balmoral Avenue, won a ride in a vintage Austin car owned by home ecoonomics te a c h e r Mrs Linda Wasdell.


raced past the school’s tar­ get of £150 to provide one village with water and it is hoped, that when all spon­ sorship money is in, there will be enough to supply another village. Two Clitheroe pupils


special needs teacher, wore an evening gown and Mr Crossley was resplen­ dent in evening suit and dickie-bow tie. Mrs Hodbod herself


win, Mr Crossley decided to make the lunch special by dressing for the occa­ sion and the pupils loved it.” she said. Mrs Dugdale, who is a


means borrowing, which we don’t like. I borrowed


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“It is very hard for us


doctors say he could be in for “a long time.” Then the endless jour­


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Barbara Cullen said there had been a good attendance for this y e a r ’s Fun N ig h t, which was now becom­ ing something of a tradition. Among the audience


was Coun Mrs Myra Clegg, chairman of the Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee. “It was a great eve­


ning and everyone had a very enjoyable time,” she told us. In our picture, Laurel


and Hardy imperson­ ators Peter Wood (left) and Ron Dunn get everyone into the spirit of the occasion.


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Mayor, Coun. John Cliff, hosted a reception for the visitors and said he was glad to see so many people enjoying themselves. The council-run cin­


p.m. were “ Babes in T o y la n d ,” “ Busy Bodies,” “The Chimp” and “County Hospital.” As promised, the great men themselves put in personal appearances — with more than 20 look- a i ik e s am o n g th e audience, a special fea­ ture which the grown­ ups enjoyed as much as the children. The Ribblc Valley


the third annual Laurel and Hardy Fun Night. They enjoyed some rare clips brought from Ulverston, home of the L a u re l and Hardy Museum, by Bill Cubin, Grand Sheik of the Northern Tent, and many of the visitors stayed over on Sunday to enjoy the Heritage Fayre. Featured from 7-30


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COMIC duo Laurel and Hardy had them laugh ing in the aisles once again at in Clitheroe’s Civ ic H a l l a t th e weekend.


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