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Third time unlucky in BAFTA awards


Sunday.


distinction of being nominated for a prize in the BAFTA awards presentation, in Lon­ don, for his children’s edicational se r ie s , “ How we used to live.”And although he failed


Ian (left) had the


again to take a top award, TV screen on Sunday likened it to a school prize his nomination hat-trick night as the four candi- giving — he was right,” thrilled his many Ribble dates for the award waited said Ian (46), who now Valley fans — and those anxiously for the result.


______ „ beyond. His face flashed on the “ David D imbleby


ish equivalent of the “Going to School,” with ing in mainly educational Oscars, was held at the Thames TV’s “Brighton programmes, Ian is cur- capital’s plush Dorchester Rock” and ITV’s “Block- rently in the middle of Hotel and attended by a busters” also nominated. planning a new series of star-studded line-up of Afterwards, Ian was in “How we used to live,” te le v is io n and film conversation with tv per- now in its 21st year, personalities.


The ceremony, the Brit- tually won by BBC’s shire Television specialis- The category was even— - A-producer with-York- lives near Halifax,


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The present series of told him he had been by eight to 14-year-olds in sonality Clive James who The programme is seen


Legionnaire’s disease probe


TESTS for possible legionnaire’s disease are being carried out after a 48-year-old male member of the nursing staff at Calderstones Hospital died in Blackburn Royal Infirmary on Monday.


Accrington and who has not been named, was one of four nursing staff who had recently returned from a routine holiday in A m e r ic a w ith four patients.


The man, who lives in


trict Medical Officer for Burnley, Pendle and Ros- sendale, said the seven other people involved were being kept under close observation, but had shown no symptoms of illness.


Dr Peter Grime, Dis­


results of laboratory tests on the dead man to deter­ mine cause of death were expected any time now.


He pointed out that


the bacterial disease was not a contagious one spread by person-to-per­ son contact. A Calderstones Hospital


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Queen is to visit village


THE QUEEN is to visit the picturesque Ribble Valley village of Dunsop Bridge. She will be accompanied


by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh during a one- day private visit, tier first to the Whitewell Estate, which is part of the Duchy of Lancaster Estates. Notice of the visit has


PUTTING his best foot forward for the Ribble Valley Mayor’s charity is runner Mr Bryan Fox. Mr Fox,' the quality assurance manager at Neo-


been received by the par­ ish council. A spokesman for the


Duchy of Lancaster con­ firmed the two royals would be in Dunsop Bridge on Monday August, 7th.


fund, which is benefiting the Roefield Leisure Centre Appeal and other charities, was prompted by the fact that the Mayoress, Mrs Marjorie Atkin­ son, works at Neotechnic. Mr Fox (43), who has been with the company for two-and-a-half years, is currently training for the


technic Engineering, Clitheroe, will be pounding the streets next month in the London Marathon. His decision , to help Coun. Albert Atkinson’s


race on April 23rd, completing about 40 miles a He will be travelling down to the capital with


tell.” He will soon be looking for kind-hearted spon­ ,


sors to make his run worthwhile. ■: 'Mr Fox is pictured with the Mayor and Mayoress and workers at Neotechnic.


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pneumonia with common symptoms being chest pains, muscle ache and diarrhoea. National con­ cern has been expressed at the risk of infection being spread by water droplets from cooling systems.


The disease resembles


a year’s time and are hanging on the outcome of the National Curriculum. We want our programmes to continue to be useful and we need to reflect the needs of the curriculum/ explained Ian. His father, the late


by Vivien Meath


has been nominated twice quipped Ian. and the first, from 1902 to S u nday e v e n in g ’s 1926, once.


sentation accompanied by described by Ian as “both his wife, Penny, and glamorous and dull at the co-producer Carol Wilks. same time.”


Ian attended the pre- s c r e e n e d l iv e and awards ceremony was


that the committee should have offered the scheme financial backing and thinks th a t members’ refusal was largely due to a letter sent to the council by District Education Officer Mr Peter Evans. In it, he claimed it was


IT WAS a case of third time unlucky for television pro­ ducer and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School old boy Ian Fell at one of the film world’s top award ceremonies on


never intended that the scheme should intervene in work with mentally handicapped people and machinery already existed to provide classes for them. Mr Evans told the coun­


cil that Clitheroe’s skill share organisers had diversified activities in ways not intended by the MSC. Miss B y rn e h o t ly


nursery nurse Mrs capped people. Molnnip lfilmktpr are A request for funding


Melanie fviimister are has bee‘n refused by the determined not to see jjjbbie Valley Council’s


Christine Templeman, “was approached by Social A sponsorship applica- Services with this idea. It tion form put forward to


• j support of skill share s ■ - -----------> » The aim of the project is


to all concerned.” cation Committee under — r.-----— •—-> —


Miss Byrne, “We were year made it perfectly asked for this help in the first place. And that need is still there — we are 9 continued on page 16


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Championship title under Lee’s belt


A CLITHEROE schoolboy has clinched a junior ju-jitsu championship at his first attempt.


Cen t r a l Av e n u e , returned home from Leeds on Sunday with the title under his


Lee Farmer (14), of


belt.With colleagues from the Clitheroe Ju-Jitsu Club, he took part in the British Ground Fighting Championships held at Armley, Leeds, and made it a red letter day by claiming the ju n io r honours. After nationwide trials,


Humpty’s a winner FRED READ


Clitheroe instructor Les Petty was selected as a member of the five-strong national team led by Sen- sie Paul Davies which won the team event. Run by the Amateur


Martial Arts Association, the national champion­ ships attracted around 100 top exponents of the sport from all over the country. Lee’s performance was


seen as “a tremendous achievement” by Les, of Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. A pupil at Ribblesdale


two years older, Lee was delighted by his win and says Les: “leapt from about six foot right into my arms in front of a packed audience.” The son of Mrs Marie


County Secondary School, Lee is in his second year with the local club. Competing against boys


refutes Mr Evans’ allega­ tions. She says neither she nor her predecessor in any way strayed outside the criteria laid down by cen­ tral Government. She also believes that


. total lack of provision for a d u l t - e d u c a t io n in Clitheroe. Miss Byrne’s proof that


skill share has been a vic­ tim of its own success in that it has embarrassed the Education Authority into admitting the almost


the scheme is being done an injustice lies in Volun­ tary Projects Programme documents dating back to when skill share was set up three years ago, A monitoring report


Farmer, Lee plays football for Trinity and the school team. Another club member


who gave an exceptional performance receiving praise from the judges was Neil Hodgson (20), of Sun- nyside Avenue, Billington. Almost totally deaf,


tor John Hoyle are now training for an interna­ tional match in Germany at the end of the month in which they represent the British team in the senior event.


Neil works in the stores at Bowker Bros, Clitheroe, and gained his yellow belt a week ago after only months in tne sport. Les and fellow instruc­


made six months after the scheme’s initiation com­ mented on a catering class “Designed especially for handicapped students from Brockhall Hospital at Langho, aiming to develop their ability to become self-sufficient in the community.”


Jimmy Fell, has taken part in past series and portrayed a Punch and Judy man in one episode. After leaving school in


HUMPTY DUMPTY sat on the wall . . . but this particular Humpty didn’t have a big fall. Instead, he rose to the dizzy heights of winning the junior section of the decorated egg c o nt e s t at St J ame s ’s Scho o l , Clitheroe. The topical entry, asking people to sup­


port Comic Relief, was made by Lindsey Garner (9), earning her an Easter egg for her painstaking work. Report — and another picture — page 14.


Clitheroe, Ian took a degree in drama at Bristol and then taught for a year at Edge End School Nelson. Later he worked with a


A challenge to MP on hospitals sale


A CHALLENGE has been issued to Ribble Valley MP Mr David Wad- dington over the shock news that Calderstones and Brockhall hospitals


are Deing put up for sale.


number of television news film companies, joining the BBC in 1969. After 13 years he decided to work independently before join­ ing YTV.


is vice-chairman of the local health authority’s joint consultative commit­ tee, in a message to the MP, said: “Meet me any-


Mr Frank Clifford, who time, anywhere to debate provision.” publically this govern- He said: “It is obscene ment- inspired move which to sell off national assets is going to have far-reach- such as these when there ing implications for our is a massive increase in lo cal h e a l t h c a r e alcohol and drug depen- dancy, and an urgent need


A marathon effort for Mayor’s fund


to provide centres to cater for such problems, plus places to cater for the spe­ cial care of Aids victims. “We have had consider­


able success placing men­ tally-handicapped patients of the hospitals into the community, but I fear the new move will cause great hardship to relatives of other patients, because patients could be trans­ ferred to hospitals as far away as Lancaster.” Mr Clifford, who is a


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local health service cam­ paign group secretary, said the sell-off made a mockery of assurances over the future of the hospitals.. Patients and staff were


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his wife, Lynn, and fellow members of the Red Rose Road Runners Club. He is hoping to better his last year’s time of 4hr. lmin. He is aiming for around 3hr. 45min., but, as he says, “only time will


being thrown on the scra- pheap to make a quick financial killing. Staff morale would plummet and he was concerned that the high standard of patient care would slip because not enough money was being provided by the Government to maintain its patients-in-the-commu nity programme. Top London property


agents Hillier Parker have been called in to market the 360-acre sites, which


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