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No one to blame for tragic prank
A PARTY prank went tragically wrong when a teenager died in a tow-truck accident at Brockhall Hospital, but his grieving parents say they do not want anyone else to take the blame. Catering assistant David Hornby (19), of Chapel Rise,
. „ . , , . ...I nothing happens. This must have been a prank of some sort hannono THU must have been a Drank of some sort
very fond of his friends there. They are all devastated by the accident and have called round at our home to express their
and I don’t want anyone to feel responsible. “David loved life and loved his job at Brockhall and was
Billington, was crushed to death when the truck he was driving during a leaving party for a colleague overturned on Sunday afternoon. Coroner Mr George Graham opened the inquest on Tues
spoke to the “Clithcroe Advertiser and Times” about the “prank” and the “happy-go-lucky son who had a smile and a
lorry driver, learned of the accident while on a delivery in Greece and made arrangements to fly home on Monday. “Both sons still lived at home and were very close.
Meanwhile, David’s only brother, Lindsay (28), a contract
day, when the cause of death was said to be “a skull frac ture and head injuries.” The hearing was adjourned for inquiries to be completed. On Monday, his parents, Richard and Brenda Hornby,
joke for everyone.” His mother, a laundry worker at the same hospital, said:
“Everyone plays a prank from time to time and usually
David’s death has come has a great shock to Lindsay, said Mr Hornby, a heavy goods driver with B. Dugdale and son Ltd, of Clitheroe. “The London firm for which he was delivering in Greece managed to contact him and he imme diately made arrangements to leave his vehicle over there
and fly back.”
hospital kitchens, during a leaving party for an assistant head cook. A police statement said that David died instantly
It is believed the accident happened on a bend near the , . en turned on and cr shed
W H A L L E Y deserves to lose the three fishes on its famous emblem because its river is now “dead and so full of filth that no fish would want to
Shameful rivers of death
caught was “rubbish” — and they left the river in disgust. Mr Johnson, of Bush-
swim in it.” So says local angler
Walter Johnson. After three consecutive
by KAYE MOON
weekends of fishing on the Calder with three friends, Mr Johnson said all they
burn Drive, Langho, said the Calder was “dirty, smelly, slimy and littered with garbage” and that it was time the villagers of Whalley made a stand about the pollution of their once beautiful river.
This latest complaint high lights the state of the area’s rivers and has resulted in a call for urgent action from Green Party member Mr J3arry Clarke, of Peel Clitheroe.
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jjowj rivers are a scandal and
mount to murder to dump rubbish and waste in the rivers — clean rivers are our birthright. Local
He said: “It is tanta
together.” The mounting furore
about the Ribble Valley’s polluted rivers has also prompted a plea for North West Water to take more care of its rivers from Mr Kevin Lambert, North West Regional Executive Committee member to the National Federation of
Anglers. “I think because the
Calder has been a polluted river for years, not as much care is taken with increasing the capacity of sewerage works as the population increases,” he
said.
pect Terrace, Accrington, who spends an hour every week examining the state of the Calder, said the river was “walking a tightrope.” “It endures a consider
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summer, followed by a quiet Christmas, put the final nails in the coffin of The Black Bull Hotel at Rimington, said the administrator of a com pany which desperately tried to keep it going. _
Dreadful weather last The village pub is now
boarded up. Mr Simon Westhead, of
Blackburn accountants Waterworth, Rudd and Hare, said: “Our only option was to close the hotel, which is sad for the village.”
Milton Berry, of Craven County Automatic (Hotels) Ltd, said he was negot i at ing wi th an interested party, but it was too early to speculate on the outcome. “If this falls through, the hotel may be closed for some time,” he added.
Meanwhile, owner Mr
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spent thousands on refur bishment. In December, 1986, he formed a com pany, Derigon, with his wife and the landlady, Mrs Pamela Gillespie, to lease the hotel.
Mr Berry, who has several town pubs in East Lanca shi r e, and his wi fe resigned as directors, but Mrs Gillespie carried on and ran the hotel.
Just over a year later,
company got into financial difficulties in April last year and applied for an administration order under the 1986 Insolvency Act to hold off creditors and any legal processes. We tried very hard to bring things back on to a profitable basis, but unfor tunatel.v failed.”
Mr Westhead said: “The
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He added that they had
company, the hotel was doing famously and won an award,” said Mr Westh ead. Now, boarding has gone up at the hotel and villagers will have to go out of Rimington if they want a drink.
“In the early days of the
Marathon amount of cheeky fun
HOW would you like to see the name of your firm emblazoned all over national
television? That is what London marathon runner Rodney
Lewellin and his wife Susan are offering in • exchange for a donation towards the Roefield Lei* sure Centre Appeal. The Lewellins are hoping to run alongside a
well-known celebrity, who is likely to be high lighted on television. They hope to be wearing T-shirts with the name of their sponsor’s firm on
means dyeing our hair green” Mr Lewellin said. The only problem is that as yet they do not have
“We are certainly aiming to be noticed, even if it
a sponsor — and the marathon takes place on April 23rd! So, if you are interested in helping out a worthy cause while gaining some free publicity, contact Mr Lewellin,West End Stores, Woone Lane
(Clitheroe 22925).
be a bit too much, Mr and Mrs Lewellin are organising a fun run over courses between two and four miles on June 28th, with proceeds going
For those of you who feel that a marathon would ~
towards the Roefield Appeal. Meanwhile, local badminton players have their
Roefield Barn. It begins at 8-30 tomorrow evening.
tee will be creating plenty of hot air in Clitheroe market, which will be the starting point for a grand balloon race. The owner of the balloon which travels the furthest distance will receive a prize of £25.
Later this month, the Roefield Appeal Commit , , , ' ■ • r
shuttlecocks at the ready for this weekend’s 24- hour sponsored marathon, \yhich takes place at
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when the vehicle turned on to its side and he was crushed. Staff dashed to his assistance, but there was nothing they
School, Clitheroe, and had worked as a catering assistant at the hospital for the past 14 months. He was on Sun day rota duty at the hospital kitchens on the day of the
could do. A friend riding on the truck escaped with a wrenched shoulder. Billington-born David was a former pupil of Ribblcsdale
accident. “He had many friends and everyone said what a cheerful
match when he was working and usually travelled to away matches. “It was his only interest outside his job, because he didn’t really have time for other activities,” added Mrs,
person he was,” said his mother. A keen Blackburn Rovers supporter, David only missed a
HThe funeral service will be held at St Leonard’s Church, Langho, today, followed by burial at Old Langho Church.
POP ULA R Da v i d Hornby. . . a happy-go- lucky teenager who had a smile and a joke for everyone
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Controversial bunker plan
step nearer
THE controversial £230,000 scheme for a nuclear bunker at Clitheroe Civic Hall came a step nearer fruition this week when councillors agreed to call in
| Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Finance and Gen eral Purposes Sub
a private architect. Member s of the
cicu j. m
committee heard that the Government would a private architect take it over, would be required to The commi t tee was
Chief Executive Mr Michael Jackson explained that speed was essential, because if the council did maKe
not make progress, then me
design the bunker, as reminded that the Govern- ctnf f wmi lri ment would provide 75%
cGuncn s t a f f would Qf the cost of the bunker, find it difficult to take WOuld be part of a on the project because nati0nal network of emer- of current workloads.
is as good as any in the North West. The effluent
Brian Hill. He said: “Our treatment
is very clean and we cer tainly do not cut costs or reduce purification at any time. We work to stan dards laid down by the Dep a rtmen t of the Environment.” The arguments came
and client services Mr Phi- di s a s t e r s as wel l as lip Bailey was granted nuclear attacks, delegated powers, along Mr Bailey said it was with the committee chair- regrettable that the coun man and deputy,
Director of development equipped to cater for civil gency he a d q u a r t e r s
appoint an architect after but pointed out that esti- the design contract has mates by a private archi- gone out to tender.
to cil could not do the work,
days after NWW carried out a survey on polluted Sabden Brook, where 800 brown trout died in Jan uary when Water Board workmen accidentally flushed 20 gallons of caus tic soda into the stream. Fish restocking by the National Rivers Authority will take place over the next 12 months at a four figure cost, which will be borne by the Wa t e r Board. Meanwhile, other Rib
(Chipping) asked why the plans could not be tackled by council architects after their current workload had decreased.
Mrs Kinnock on the way
PREPARATIONS are under way for the visit of Mrs Glenys Kinnock, wife of Labour leader Mr Neil Kinnock, to Clitheroe a week tomorrow. Mrs Kinnock, who will
ble Valley anglers are unhappy with their rivers. Mr Robin Dawson, chair man of the Ribblesdale Angling Association, which fishes from Spring Bridge, Low Moor, to West Bradford bridge, said: “We see dead fish all year round. “The Ribble is badly
visit other Lancashire towns on her way here, will be going to Ribbles dale School to meet staff and pupils and will see an environmental project and video done by the school. Coun. Ron Pickup, who
Coun. -Bill Bowker than council estimates. tect could well be cheaper
Withdraws his offer for the
civic hall
AN offer from a mystery Blackpool businessman to buy Clitheroe Civic Hall has been withdrawn at the last minute. The offer was discussed
affected by nitrates and in summer it turns green
when they heat up. The overall quality of the water has deteriorated
THE ones that didn’t get away . . . despondent angler Walter Johnson surveys the debris along the Calder bank
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able amount of pollution as it passes through Burnley, Padiham, Accrington and Great Harwood on its way to Whalley and villagers would be horrified to see the solid sewage I have seen floating past their back doors,” he said. “I wonder whether the
IT’S GREAT RAIL NEWS FOR RIBBLE VALLEY
THE six-year battle to keep our local railway link open has ended in
water authority is under pressure to cut costs and whether the Hyndburn Sewerage Tr eatment Works on the Calder above Whalley gives the same amount of purifica tion to water in winter as it does in summer , suspect it doesn’t.” This drew an angry
Disappointing response
THERE was a disappoint ing response to Sabden Parish Council’s call for volunteers to help with its “clean sweep” on Saturday
morning. Only a handful of people
turned out, but they had a satisfactory morning col
triumph. The Goverment has
refused British Rail per mission to close the scenic Settle to Carlisle railway line and with it the Black burn to Hellifield link. The news was welcomed
but better marketing of the line was needed. The Government has
said he was “absolutely delighted.” “I look forward now to
. . . . . .
looked at the financial operation and decided it is not going to be as expen sive as originally thought to r epa i r the Set t l e viaduct.
by Ribble Valley Rail member s and MP Mr David Waddington, who
denial from Hyndburn Works group manager Mr
said he felt sure it was the right result for a line which has great potential as a tourist attraction. Transport Secretary Mr
now be more interested than before to help with marketing the railway, said Mr Channon. BR is to seek the
Private money might
Paul Channon told MPs on Tuesday tha t he has ordered BR to keep the
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getting passenger traffic back on this line,” he added. The announcement was
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described as “excellent news” by Ribble Valley Council’s chief executive and director of corporate
co-operation of local auth orities and the private sec tor in developing the line, but no single company has been mentioned. Speaking f rom the
line open. There is now growing
speculation that BR could link up with a private com pany to run trains over the
route.Mr Channon said that
lecting more than a dozen bags of rubbish and clear ing several eyesores.
new traffic on the line was 40% higher in 1988/89 than in 1987/88. He believed t he r e was scope for increasing the revenue,
viously adopted.”
is standing for Labour in this year’s Lancashire County Council elections, said: “It will be a great thrill to meet her. It is the first time a Labour Party leader’s wife has visited the town officially." I t is hoped that Mrs
in private by the Ribble Valley Council’s Recre ation and Leisure Commit tee, but community ser vice manager Mr John Heap told us: “It was not of sufficient interest for us to snap his arm off.” However, before coun
cillors had the chance to make a decision, the businessman withdrew his
Kinnock, who will be accompanied by Lanca shi re County Counci l leader Coun. Mrs Louise Ellman, will also have time to visit the Trinity Skill Share Scheme.
services, Mr Michael Jack- son, who added: “I am pleased the Minister has seen from the evidence of the past two or three years wh a t can be achieved by a positive approach to running the. service, rather than the negative approach pre
Behind the times — and that’s official
House of Commons, Mr Waddington said it was a great result for all con cerned: “I am delighted it is being kept open. A lot of people have worked very hard for this. It is proof that if people do make representation to Parlia ment or their local MP, Government does listen.” Ribble Val ley Rai l chairman Mr Peter Moore
IS Ribble Valley Council behind the times? A visitor to the town has been left in no doubt. Every week Mr Ian
Wi l l iams travels through the town centre and sets his watch by the library
clock.For the past two weeks the clock has been an hour slow — and Mr Williams is not amused.
Council’s tourist informa tion staff to ask why the clock was wrong and was told th at the local authority has to obtain permission from Lanca shire County Council to put the clock forward an hour.
He rang Ribble Valley
Mr Williams. “Ratepayers are paying towards these things. Even the Christ mas trees and decorations were still up three months after the event.” Ribble Valley Council’s
“It’s pathetic,” claimed
offer. Mr Heap said: “He gave
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director of development and client services, Mr Philip Bailey, promised to look into the matter, but explained: “Lancashire County Council owns the library building and the clock. At the moment there are contractors in.’
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Any alterations to the
said Mr Bailey. This week, however,
following the complaint, Clitheroe was back in step ivith the rest of the coun try after its clock had been put right.
that complaints about the Christmas decorations
Mr Bailey suggested
should be directed to the town's Chamber of Trade.
Jewellery theft
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