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'ft. THE WONDER OF CHRISTMAS
Christmas like Simon Thompson can be caught off guard under the mistletoe by angelic fellow five-year-old Caroline Shuttleworth during Sabden County Pri
of this double helping of angel delight in the form of twins Vicky and Katy Hough (4) at Bright Street Nursery’s nativity play? Among the tinsel and glitter, this is the real
mary School’s nativity play. And what shepherd wouldn’t melt at the sight
message of Christmas — a time of childlike joy in life and hope for the future. May we echo the feel ing by wishing all our readers a very happy Christmas.
Photos by John Barry
Sinister move in maternity saga
Local doctors warn — ‘Home may never reopen’
Sports stars are going for gold
GOING for gold are two Ribble Valley athletes, who both have their sights firmly set on medals in the New Zealand Commonwealth Games..
Gornall have been selected for the clay pigeon shooting and cycling teams respec
tively. Both are hoping to produce performances that will have Ribble Valley
Ian Peel and Linda by MURRAY WALKER
viewers on the edge of their seats as they watch the drama unfold on television. Ian (31), of Slaidburn, won two gold medals at
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over and I hope to be on form," said Ian, who will be leaving with the England team on January 11th. He arrives in New Zealand two days later and the team event takes place on the 25th and 26th. The individual shoot is over three days, beginning on the 29th. Ian is hoping to get
plenty of practice before hand; “The shooting range is situated over a valley and the background .will be clear, so it will be quite different conditions to those we are used to .in this country, but I hope to adapt.”
was Birmingham’s Kevin Gill, who will partner him in the pairs competition. Ian hopes to be staying
R u n n e r -u p in th e English qualifiers to Ian
quite highly. “I. think the Australians will be the favourites, because they will be used to the condi tions, but we should be second favourites in the team event and I will be disappointed if we don’t win a medal,” he said. For Linda (25), of Mear- ley, selection for the
Tyre destroyed
pulled off the A59 just past the Stirk. House Ho tel, Gisburn, on Monday morningj' when. he. saw smoke coming from one of the vehicle’s tyres; : P o l ic e a n d t h r e e f i r e appliances a t te n d ed . . -
FIRE appliances from Clitheroe and Barnolds- wick put out: a fire which destroyed a tyre on the wheel of an ICI tanker.; • The driver of the vehicle
in the Commonwealth vil lage, but if it is too crowded,- the marksmen' will be moved nearer to their event site. He rates his chances
nights have handicapped Ian’s preparations and he only began training in ear nest a month ago. He had hoped for some warm weather shooting, but being newly married has had other commitments. ‘‘I have kept ticking
last year’s Seoul Olympics disappointed with his 25th position, Ian had his sights firmly fixed on gaining a Commonwealth place. He got it with an impressive display in all four quali fying shoots during the summer and goes as England’s number one. The weather and dark
the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He has been selected to defend both his Olympic trench clay pigeon titles in Auckland. After returning from
LINDA
AS Whalley’s threa tened Bramley Meade Maternity Home kept its doors shut in eerie silence this week and case records were taken away in “a sinis ter move” by the dis trict health authority, local doctors warned — “It may never open
doctors joined forces to arrange a meeting yester day with members of the Ribble Valley Council, midwives and representa tives of the National Childbirth Trust and the Community Health Coun cil to form a working party to fight for the home’s retention.
again.” Whalley and Clitheroe
•Victoria Hospital. . . and only one of them can be saved.
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favourite,” said Linda, “but if everything goes according to plan, I may have an outside chance of a medal.”
women’s cycling has been included in the Common wealth Games and Linda, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, will be one of a four-strong team tackling the 75km course on February 11th, the last day of the Games. “I wouldn’t say I was a
had a bonus with the mild weather and it has meant she has been able to train quite hard on the roads round the Ribble Valley. I t is the f irs t time
Zealand next Thursday and will be able to do some valuable training, as she is staying with friends in Christchurch. Unlike Ian, Linda has
place in the England team following her successes earlier in the year when she won the B r itish national 50-mile cycling championship and came second in the 25-mile event. Linda leaves for New
Games was the highlight of her best-ever season. She was anticipating a
the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority — which saw one mother in early labour sent home and la te r admitted to Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, and another mother opting to go home, in floods of tears — took place in a hotch potch of confusion in which. . .
have full clinical responsi bility for the mothers had still not been officially notified of the closure by early this week.
> Local doctors who
ber for Bramley Meade was'intercepted by British Telecom and diverted. • A senior nursing
Meade learned of the clo sure when they phoned Queen’s Park to order drugs, only to be told they were “closed.” • The telephone num
• Midwives at Bramley
doctors said: “The Bram ley Meade staff are dis traught. Even the Pathol ogy D e p a r tm e n t a t Queen’s Park knew of the closure before they did.
officer arrived at Bramley Meade on Thursday and removed all case notes of patients booked there for thenext five months. A spokesman for the
The abrupt closure by
week’s closure — officially due to staff sickness — might be the final nails in the coffin for the Whalley home. At present, Bram ley Meade is fighting for its life, along with another closure-threatened mater nity unit at Accrington
They fear th a t last
being due to illness, there were enough midwives to cover in Whalley. The home was officially closed so the s ta f f could be moved to cover for sick staff at Queen’s Park and Accrington Victoria Hos pitals . . . but we have learned since that therer were plenty of staff on the wards there.” Said the spokesman:
“As for the closure
that numbers’ at Bramley Meade before closure day had been reduced because there had been few post
“We will be aiming to have a public meeting in the New Year. To take case notes for five months hence is a sinister move, despite the fact we have been told it is “in case of early labour” among future patients.” The spokesman added,
natal transfers back from Queen’s Park, a situation which had been aggra vated by the ambulance dispute, i
which patients can have post-natal care in Whalley and recently some patients have actually had to demand this. It is all very upsetting for everyone,” he said.
“Queen’s Park dictates
remain open so' that we • can provide a personal ser vice in safe surroundings for patients who-want it."
“Bramley Meade must
A CHRISTMAS tale of hope and cour age .. .that’s the story of Clitheroe woman Jean Lord as her family toasts a new decade she nearly did
Jean has made a remark able recovery after two l i v e r t r a n s p l a n t operations. And the example of this
not live to see. Once so near to death,
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place of a liver, so the need for every penny can not be over-emphasised,” added Jean, whose hus band, Ken, used to run the Hii-e-It shop in Wellgate.
walked - around Clitheroe,' complete strangers would come up and stop me, wish me well and press money into my hand. • “Nothing can take the
in th e ir pennies and pounds so that many more people like Jean could enjoy the gift of life. “It is amazing. As I
have stopped Jean and handed her donations. Coupled with support from the Ladies’ Circle move ment, an amazing £3,500 was' ra is e d to help sufferers. Young and old brought
49-year-old Pendle Road mother touched the hearts of Ribble Valley people, who spontaneously rallied round to help other liver patients. Strangers in the street
by JOHN DOVER
transplant, Jean’s liver showed all the ominous signs of rejection. Racing against time, doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, carried out a second eight-hour trans plant as Ken maintained a bedside vigil with son Ste- phen and d a u g h te r Heather. .
Within days of her first
alone required the trans fusion of 60 pints of blood and altogether Jean was in a coma for a month.
The second operation
plant, recovery was only slow, with several set backs involving her in fur ther stays in hospital. She remained very weak, unable to absorb food and losing two stone in weight. But she never despaired. •’ The world was turned upside down for the Lord family, but, thanks to Jean’s courage and deter
Sara’s enterprise pays off
CHRISTMAS came early for enterprising Grindleton businesswoman Sara Collinge. The former journalist now making and selling her
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own designer children’s wear has been nominated North West winner in the Laing Enterprise Awards ' 1989.
a cheque for £1,000, She then goes forward to the national finals, where further prizes of £5,000, £3,000 and £2,000 are on offer.
coloured cotton designs have quickly, caught on and are in demand through mail order,- charity, sales and craft events countrywide. ■ . ; In June she scooped the new business .category in the Lancashire Livewire scheme and early next
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amid a champagne send-off■ from the Ribble Valley Enterprise Agency, where she was the 500th client. Since then she has never looked back. Her brightly -
\ She made her'business dehut from home in March, . ■ ■ „ Sara is to travel to London in February to receive ,
construction company John Laing to the tune of £20,000. ■ -
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taken part in enterprise training and, as ar result, have set
up.in business, and, to raise awareness nationally that to be successful in business you do not necessarily have to be a born entrepreneur. Many of the people who entered the competition had been unemployed for some time: • Sara, still reeling from the shock of winning the regional title, is to give some thought to how best to utilise her prize money within her business, before joining the 10 regional winners competing in the . national final in February.
.Its aim is twofold — to reward people who have , ' . . • ’ ; J ,
month she will be posing for the cameras when organisers of the Laing Enterprise Awards com petition descend on her village home to film her at work, a video which will .be shown to the judges before the national title is decided, v The competition, a one-off, has been sponsored by
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mination, the worst is now past.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where about 100 trans plants are carried out annually, said Jean, pic tured with her family, was a very courageous woman whose fund-raising initia tive would help save many lives.
ple to thank and and I want to do that to each and every one of them from the bottom of my heart.” A spokesman for the
studying German and cal ligraphy at evening classes. Every day is now richer because of the mira cle of transplants, every minute more precious when you realise that life is the greatest gift. “There are so many peo
health and is able to get about, enjoying every day as it comes. “I am looking forward to
She has recovered her
Gift of life for Jean
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IT’S the real wonder of Christ mas . . . the innocence and hope in four little faces which makes you momentarily forget a world plagued by wars, famine7 and crime. It’s a time when even a junior Father
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No hiding place for drink- drivers
Christmas. They warn that every
where in the Ribble Valley is a police breath-test zone. And for drivers who think they can get away with drinking and driving in the isolated rural areas, the message is: Forget i t . . . there won’t be any hiding places. Clitheroe police inspec
tor Arnold Burgess said: “We are determined to keep drink-drivers off the roads." For those caught drink
ing, there will be much worse than a hangover to come to terms with in the cold light of day. People charged will be
bailed to the next available court date. That could well be the following morning, with all the extra incon venience caused when an immediate ban is imposed. Sometimes in the past it
has been several months. before offenders are dealt with. But police are anx ious to capitalise on recent s u c c e s s e s a g a in s t drink-drivers. “Figures for last Christ
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sounded on Tuesday by Ribble Valley Council health, officer Mr David Newton that low alcohol drinks must not be taken lightly by drivers. Wines and beers taken
head of Clitheroe Sub-divi sion, said she hoped that everybody would act sen sibly over the Christmas period and enjoy them selves without finding the need to drink and drive. Another warning was
mas in Lancashire show an 18% reduction in fatal and serious road accidents. There is evidence that dri vers are now heeding warnings, but we are anx ious to continue getting across the message that drinking and driving is anti-social,” added Insp. Burgess. Supt Wynne Darwin,
in unmeasured quantities can soon add up at Christ mas parties, with possible serious consequences, he added.
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