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THE widow of a former Baptist pastor, Mrs Elizabeth'Ann Beardwood'(80),nas died in Los Angeles during a visit to her daughter’s


' home. Mrs Beardwood, whose husband, Mr James in America.


the home she and her husband had shared for many years. They met when they both taught at a Sun­ day school in Blackburn, and celebrated their golden wedding in 1983. Mr Beardwood died in 1987.


Mrs Beardwood lived in Hollies Road, Wupshire, . .


Beardwood,. became lay pastor at Ebenezer Bap- tist Church, Billington, in 1966 and pastor in 1973, was visiting Mrs Eunice Roberts for the second time in 18 months, and died two weeks after arriving


ezer Baptist Church Ladies’ Fellowship and president of the Social Hour Club. While at the chapel, she had done much work towards fund-raising for cancer research and leprosy.


: A keen dressmaker, she enjoyed helping others whenever she could.


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Mrs Beardwood is survived by her. three daugh­


her ashes are to be flown back to be scattered in the rose garden at Accrington Crematorium where those of her husband were scattered. A memorial service was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Tuesday.


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DOES your business have healthy staff and a h e a l t h y environment? If so, you could be the win­ ner of the Healthy


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Clitheroe Health Aware­ ness Week — a joint ini­ tiative by. Lee Carter Health S tudios, the Rotary Club of Ribbles- dale and the district health authority’s Health Promotion Unit. They hope that interest in this scheme will raise aware­ ness about health issues at work and result in longer-term responses among employers. One of the major con­


Mrs Beardwood had been a member of the Eben­ $ ‘IS Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Apr il 19tli, 1990 U


Pedalling in a good cause


on their bikes and pedal — not only for fitness, but to help raise badly-needed


RIBBLE Valley charity urging the public to get


cash. The sponsored bike ride


through the Ribble Valley countryside organised by the Clitheroe and district Association for the Men­ ta lly Handicapped is always well supported. After Seven successful


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tributions to the week, from May 14th to 19th, will be the presentation of a healthy workplace award to a local business which takes good care of the health needs of its staff while complying with appropriate legisla-' tion. Firms are to be visited at random, but if you would like your busi­ ness to be included in this initiative, then don’t h es ita te to ring the Environmental Health Department on 25111 and ask for a visit. In the lead-up to


•attention to the dangers of abuse. The prize for the com­


health awareness week, the “Adver tise r and Times” is. joining forces with the Blackburn Com­ munity Alcohol Service, based at Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, in a quiz about alcohol, the aim of which is to draw


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Drove van too fast


A R I B B L E V a l le y plumber has been fined by Clitheroe magistrates for driving at over 70 m.p.h. in a 40 m.p.h. area.


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WITH the last of the Rib- b le V a l ley p o ll ta demands being delivered last week, officials at the Ribble Valley Council Offices have been facing steady flow -of telephone


inquiries from the public. Chief financial officer


Mr John Hunt said: “There has not been the jamminj of sw i tc h b o a rd s queues as elsewhere in the country, but we have been kept busy with a steady flow of inquiries.”


Demands started" to go out on April 4th.


Chance to explore area


WHALLEY Abbey is, next month, to be the' base for a walking week. Being held between


ORGANISERS of Clithcroe’s Health Awareness Week in May (pictured above) got together at the Lee-Carter Health Studio to give five-minute out­ lines of everyone’s part in the initiative, It is being run jointly by the studio, the Rotary


health promotions.


The scene is set for Sherlock Holmes at local pub


brewery investment of £170,000, the public house as re-opened with a


l i t e r a r y t h e m e throughout. The connection was


the newly-refurbished Eagle and Child, in Hurst Green. After five months and a


SHERLOCK HOLMES theme dominates


Watson, played by local actors John Turner and Arthur Neal.


brought about by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was educated at nearby Stonyhurst College from 1868 to 1875. M a t th ew B row n ’s


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Club of Ribmesdale and the district health authority’s Health Promotion Unit and includes a wealth of


IVIINE hosts Brian and Marion Hough are keeping very quiet about the special main course dish they are preparing at their pub, the Three Millstones Inn, at West Bradford. For it is their entry in a national contest they did


well at last year. Their pub was named one of the best 24 in the


country for its cooking, thanks to the tasty three- course menu they provided for the Guinness Pure Genius Pub Food Award, but although they wen regional finalists and won a microwave oven they failed to win through to the national finals. Last year’s 1,000 entries from pubs all over Britain


May 27th and June 1st, it will comprise four guided day-walks and one evening s t r o l l , to which all in te re s ted people are invited. The first walk will con­


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centrate on Whalley Nab and Dean Clough and the second will be in the Downham area, Wiswell Moor. Clerk Hill will be covered in the third walk and a trek along the Rib­ ble Way from Gisburn to Sawley will make up the fourth. The evening stroll will take the walkers to S p r in g Wood N a tu re Reserve. Each of the day walks


has prompted Guinness to hold the contest again, this time for a single dish. And if the Houghs are hoping to do at least as


well as last year, it is because they have plenty of experience in such contests. Marion scooped first prize in The Apple and Pear Marketing Board’s national apple pie baking competition two years ago and she was fourth out of 1,400 in the Calor Gas/Pub caterer Pub Meal of the Year contest the previous year.


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walks will be Mr Bill Shaw. Anyone requiring further information should contact Whalley Abbey (0254 822268).


They’re a model set of pupils


interior designer spent hours scanning antique shops to find suitable Vic­ torian accessories for the mb, which now features a ‘Dr W a tso n ”medical


cabinet, antique micro­ scope, hunting guns and a Sherlock Holmes” violin. The public house fea­


tures a “Moriarty” games oom which has traditional


darts and dominoes, and “Mrs Hudson’s kitchen.” The firs t pints we


james such as “shove la’penny,” bar skittles,


pulled by special g c cs Sherlock Holmes and U


Time to bid for butter


RIBBLE Valley charita­ ble organisations wishing to take part in the distri­ bution of £17m worth of surplus butter and beef under the EC Surplus Food Scheme are invited to submit applications before May 4th. Organisations must be


INGENIOUS pupils at Edisford County Pri­ mary School, Clitheroe, have proved they are the tops when it comes to model building.


the chance when the school organised a special model-building competi­ tion, and a total of 60 chil-, (Iron took part. The object was to build


The pupils jumped at


able to show their means of distribution and confirm th a t they are already involved in the provision of goods and services to the needy. Priority in allocating


a model out of Lego, using skill, imagination, and then describe how the fin­ ished ar ticle was put together. Each of the entrants had two weeks to prepare and the standard was extremely high. T e a c h e r Mr P e te r


produce will be given to organisations which pro­ vide prepared meals for the most needy. Application forms and


section, with Edward Scott and Andrew Whaites in second place.


Mill tour proves a treat


Roberts had the tough task of judging the models and deciding which com­ petitors were going to win the prizes — cash vouch­ ers for John Cowgill’s.


further details may be obtained from The Agri cultural Departments, c/o Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce Fountain House,2 Queens Walk, Reading, RG 7QW.


. In the infants, first prize went to Paul Baron and second to Ross McLean. The top prize in the lower juniors was’won by Jon­ athan Shutt, with Peter Singleton winning 'second prize. Andrew Parker and Michael Wood were in first place in the upper juniors


Mounting costs for security


THE cost ol p security at Clitheroe Cas~ tie Grounds is running into thousands of pounds a year, the Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee was told. Commercial- services


manager Mr John Heap said th a t- in the; pas t security had rested with the leaseholder of ,the Summerhouse Cafe, but problems aro se .with, youths when the gates were locked. S e c u r i ty was th en


p as sed to th e p a rk s ■ department. Following the introduction of competi­ tive tendering, -the cost was not included in new contracts drawn up, and would now have to be bud­ geted for separately, Mr Heap said. The committee agreed


that a supplementary cost e s t im a te o n - s e c u r i ty should be prepared for the Finance and General Pur­ poses Com m ittee to consider. Mr Heap said a range of security policy guidelines


would havc’to be decided. These included whether


to ko-ep security in its present form, or leave gates open at all times to rem o v e , th e c o s t o “ em p lo y in g s e c u r i ty guards.


• One estimate of security costs was £6,000 for


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against leaving the gates open after recalling, an August Bank Holiday inci­ dent when £1,000 damage occurred.;


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MEMBERS of Clitheroe Civic Society had a guided tour of Holmes Mill in Greenacre S tre e t and were given an insight into a modern textile operation — a n d i n d u s t r i a l archaeology:


the mill by Mr Stephen and Mr Mark Thornber, of the long-established firm of James Thornber Ltd. •


They were shown round


■i After the visit a spokes­ man for the society said: “Industrial archaeology at its best, is well illustrated at Holmes Mill, and the v is i t was very much appreciated. “The old roof has been


huge looms.


from Peru,; Mexico, Hud dersfield and Dundee. The resulting cloth in texture and p a t te rn is most impressive. Clitheroe can be p r o u d of . s u c h outstandinggoods.” ■ The last event of the season will be a conducted tour by Skipton Civic Society of their town on May 13th. Members are asked to!meet on at the AA; office 2.30 pm. rand may obtain further infor­ mation by telephoning Clitheroe 23937. " “ 1 -


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