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TOM RUSHTON started reading the “Advertiser, and Times" at the tender age of three. Now — 80 years later — he must surely be one of


burn Road, Clitheroe, has more records up his sleeve. Next year, lie is looking forward to clocking up a magnificent 50 years as a member of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, where he is the oldest member. Tom is also looking forward to another “gold”


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columns. As chief executive of the old Clitheroe Rural District Council, he played a large part in shaping the administrative area now run by the Ribble Valley Council. . . not a bad end to a career which began as a very junior solicitor’s clerk at 12s (id a week. As clerk to the council, Tom saw the area through


in the year, when he celebrates his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Esther. The couple, both former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupils, are hoping to celebrate their special day with sons Brian (45), of Clitheroe, and John (48), of Aldridge, in the West Midlands. At one time, Tom’s name was seldom out of our


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Guard of honour Read held its Remem­


brance Sunday service at St John’s Church, when representatives of various village clubs and organisa­ tions laid poppy wreaths at the war memorial. The uniformed branches


of the village paraded th e ir s tan d ard s and formed a guard of honour. Standards were carried by Steven Wilde (Union flag), Rachael Pickering (Ven­ ture) , S tu ar t Taylor (Scout), Jennifer Lane (Guide), Robert Yates (Ribble), Peter Firth (Calder), Lindsay Atkin­ son and Emma McColm (Brownies). The processional cross


was carried by chorister Michael Reid and the ser­ vice was conducted by the Rev. Alan Reid.


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local knowledge and entertains many local groups with his talks, still keeps two amusing envelopes from the time . . . addressed to “Mr Rushton, Rural Dean” and “Mr Rushton, Flue Officer,” referring not to any medical quali­ fications, but to his job


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has a lifetime association with St James’s Church, Clitlieroe, where Tom has at various times been a patronist trustee for 30 years, secretary to the church council, Sunday School teacher, sides­ man, 2nd lieutenant in the Church Lads’ Bri­ gade and treasurer of the old St James’s Sunday School Sick Society. But perhaps his grea­


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as fuel officer! Tom was also registrar


cluding billeting officer, fuel officer and air raid pre­ cautions controller. I am very proud of the fact that our council was one of the first to completely repair war damage in the area.” Tom, who is a fund of


tlie difficult times of war. “I took on every title under the sun,” he said,“in­


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Last lap in sight for Breath Fund r


A CLITHEROE octogenarian who has impressed hundreds of Ribble Valley residents by her perseverance and stamina has raised almost £4,000 for the


suddenly in his cot in 1986. Two years later their daughter was horn, but at one day old, she stopped breathing. After devoted care in hospitals and at home, and with the aid of an electric monitor attached to her body, she survived and is now a healthy toddler. The couple decided to launch the


£4,000, Mrs Brook is aiming to raise £5,000 by the end of the year. This week she received a thank you


test pride is in serving the old Clitheroe RDC faithfully for a grand total of 48 years until his retirement in 1970 — more than half the coun­ cil’s total existence.


fund to help save the lives of other children and Mrs Brook promised to do all she could to help. At present ju s t £20 away from


him of the vital work Mrs Brook was doing raising funds for the insti­ tute’s home oxygen1 monitoring pro­


letter from Mr David Southall, con­ sultant paediatrician and senior lec­ turer at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London. Mr Southall said Melinda had told


Challenge for the pub pie champ


CHAMPION pie maker Mrs Marion Hough, of the Three Millstones Inn, West Bradford, lias entered the 195)0 steak and kidney pie competition organised by PubCatcrer magazine.


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EAGLE-EYED father and daughter Geoff and Tra­ cey Lambert were in top form at Pontin’s recently when they won two special trea su re trail competitions.


tin’s Holiday Centre in Southport, had to take part in a tough treasure trail and quiz to win.


title twice. Geoff and Tracey, of Patrick Avenue, Read, both received a variety of gifts to commemo­ rate their success.


The successful duo proved unbeatable, winning the LIBRARY CORNER


LATEST additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: “American appetites*’ — Joyce Carol Oates. Ian and Glynnis


McCullough appear to be the ideal American couple, but as Ian approaches his 50th birthday, the cracks in their marriage begin to show.


“ A legal f ic t io n ” — E l iz a b e th F e r r a r s . A murde r is


apparently connected to the sudden reappearance of a mys­ terious painting.


“A celebration of Yorkshire” — Barry Cockcroft. Selections


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the ingredients of her spe­ cial recipe to the judges and is now waiting to hear whether she has been selected as one of the six sem i- f in a l is ts to go through to the regional


that her pie-making skills will help her to win the contest, which is spon­ sored by the British Beef Promotion Council and Merrychef, the catering equipment and microwave specialists. She has sent details of


Mrs Hough is hoping cookery final later in the


year. Regulars of the Three


Millstones Inn have enjoyed Mrs Hough’s culinary delights since she moved to the pub with her husband, Brian, in the summer of 1985. Last year, Mrs Hough


i\I. Brook, of Chatburn Avenue, decided to support the fund started by her cousins Melinda and Stephen Varcoe, of Suffolk.' Their fivc-wcek-old son had died


Breath Fund. It was in February that Mrs Janet


Stephen are organising a gala eve­ ning of music in aid of the fund at St John’s, Smith Square, London. Julian Lloyd Webber, Eleanor Bron and The King’s Singers are among guest artistes donating their time and, says Mrs Brook, tickets are available by telephone (01 222 11)61) for anyone wishing to attend or in London at that time.


invites Mrs Brook to visit the Bromp- ton Hospital and see for herself some of the treatment being carried out. On November 23rd, Melinda and


gramme for babies. Expressing his appreciation, he


Carl aims for world title


Janet Read, of Brownlow Street, has been organising a 1970s pop music quiz in aid of the fund. She called into the “Advertiser and


be present, although she admits she would dearly love to he, hut intends instead to do her hit by ensuring the fund reaches its target. Another Clithcroc resident, Mrs


Times” office this week to say that one of the questions on her quiz is wrong. Question 19, she says, should read: “Greg Lake’s only solo UK hit.” Her quiz sheets have been sold at


50p each and so far she has raised £200. Anyone wanting to participate can contact Mrs Read at her home (20274).


Unfortunately, Mrs Brook will not


PREPARING to take on tlie world’s to]) body build­ ers is Carl Rung. The 31-year-old Castle


Cement maintenance fitter from Clitheroe is to com­ pete in the prestigious World Championships in France next month. The Burnley branch of


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trained by Mrs Eileen Clews, of Waddington a n d t h e a w a r d s included four junior medallions, the highest acting award for people aged under 14.


Results


Key: 115 P as s, 75 Distinc­ tion, 85 Honours. S p e ak in g of v e r s e and prose: (.Jraue 1 — t!uy Mit­


chell (I)), Mark Tasker (II). tirade 2 — Dannv Cole (II), Paul Howard (1)), Jame s L e a (1 ) ) . G r a d e V


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Matthew Mayo (H). tirade -1 — John O’Maoileoin (I)). Grade 5 — Owen Coyle (D). Grade 0: James Rimmer (D). Junior acting: Grade 1 —


France, the next step is the Mr Universe competi­ tion in Arizona.


S a rah Baron (P ) , C h r is ­ topher Cairns (P), Marcus Da Silva (P), Jonathan Gra­ ham (I». Matthew Kitchen (D). Grade u — Joh an n a IS g a r (H), Suzanne ISgar (H ) . G ra d e 5 — David Drown (D), Neil Coaklev ( I» . Junior medallion: Duncan


Hall (D), P atrick Kiernan (H ) , P h i l l ip L a n e ( I I ) . Michael Mollov (I)).


OVER 20 talented young actors have passed a series of Lon­ don Academy of Music and Dramatic Art exams h e l d a t St M a r y ’ s Ha l l Stonyhurst. All the pupils were


ious markets along the way. The trip was 2,000 miles long and included a flight to see the sun rise over Mount Everest and visits to a national park to see crocodiles and working elephants. . A farewell presentation was made to Mr and Mrs Nevard.


played Commanche in the Burnley District Cub Football League on Satur­ day. The team played well, putting together their best performance of the year and winning 9-0. Goalseorers were: Andrew Lambert (3), Peter Firth (2), Gavin Yeoman and man-of-the-match Rob Thomas (3). .Ribble Cub Scouts did


Best performance Calder Cub Scouts


talk on their journey to India, when they were in a party of 18 who flew out to Delhi and boarded a dou­ ble-decker bus, which was their home while travel­ ling hundreds of miles over rough terrain. Food was bought at var­


Read Friendly Circle were the Rev. and Mrs D. Nevard, who recently left the area to live in Surrey. They gave an illustrated


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