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EDITORIAL...............TEL. CLITHEROE 22324 ADVERTISING..........TEL. CLITHEROE 22323 CLASSIFIED.................TEL. BURNLEY 22331


THURSDAY, JULY 4th, 1991 No. 5,477


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A DIGNIFIED FAREWELL FOR LOVABLE BELLA


As friends help put right a wrong from the past


WARM-HEARTED C lithero e p ensioner Isab e lla Livesey, who le f t no money to pay for h e r fu n e ra l, was given a dignified


b u ria l on F riday . It was an unusual case


in which the local council was responsible for providing a funeral — hut a local undertaker and churchman stepped in to give their services free to preserve the old lady’s dignity. There were few dry


final farewell. A former long-stay


resident at Caldcrstoncs Hospital, Whallcy, Bella became one of the first local patients to be integrated into the community 12 years ago and about six years later moved to an old people’s bungalow at Castle View,


Clitheroe. She died of a heart


KRIKNIIS George and Florence Brown with a photograph of Bella If market of Clitheroe That’s the powerful message from traders, reports Vivien Meath


IF Clitheroe market dies, the town could die with it. That is the powerful message from market traders desperate to


safeguard their living. Two clsivs a week the traders transform the market into a colourful,


ried men and women.


ing the 38 lock-up stalls with 50 movable stalls. Lock-up stalls will be at a premium, possibly situated around the central rotunda. “Who is going to decide who can have a lock-up? It will be interesting


Plans for the redevelopment of the market at present include replac­ . ,


to know which businesses have to go,” says Mr David Burney, a stall­ holder on Clitheroe Market for 43 years.


cannot function without a lock-up; what is going to happen to them?”


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claim, will be virtually impossible, especially in trades like Mr Burney’s f ru i t and v egetables , where around five tons of produce are turned over in any one day.


Servicing stalls, they Pupils seek your views


ers themselves would like to see are 39 cabins and 50 stalls — and they believe that Clitheroe could easily take another market day in addition to Tuesday and Saturday.


What the market trad­


representatives Mr lan Shaw and Mr Burney pre­ sented a 4,000-name peti­ tion to the Ribble Valley Council in protest at the redevelopment plans.


PUPILS from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School are pictured out and about in Clitheroe town centre asking for your views on the redevelopment of the lor-


mcr auction mart site.


The response has been excellent. Scores of questionnaires from last >\ceK s “Advertiser and Times” have also been returned and sixth form students


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are now busy collating all the information. We will let you know the results next week. In the meantime, on behalf of the Grammar School, the Advertiser and


Two years ago, traders’ Clitheroe for more than 30


lected in two days. They have heard nothing since and Mr Burney now asks: “Did our efforts finish up in someone’s bin?”


The names were col­


drawn their own plan of what they would like to see: lock-up stalls around the perimeter which could be serviced by vehicles and movable stalls in the centre. Since handing the plan to the council, they have had no response.


The traders have also


They know from meet­ ings with the town’s shop­


keepers that the lure of Clitneroe’s market results in a financial spin-off for businesses throughout the town.


without us. Tuesdays and Saturdays are the two busiest days of the week,” says Mr Burney. “We are quite p rep ared to do another day — Friday would probably be a good one.”


“Shops say they can’t do


site incorporates 19 kiosks located away from the market.


The current plan for the


Mr Burney. “We went to Otley’s new shopping development to have a look at theirs and found they were all empty. They resembled conservatories stuck on a house. It’s like a ghost place around


“What is a kiosk?” asks


there.” A number of the traders have been operating in


years and maintain that the biggest increase in trad e came a f te r the demolition of the old auc­ tion mart, when the area was turned into a tem­ porary ear park. The developers say that


the area on the plan ear­ marked for the new mar­ ket, off Station Road, close to the Castle Restau­ rant, could be utilised for outdoor street-type enter­ tainment on non-market


days. “When the market isnt


on, people do not congre­ gate in the market area, so what is the point of having the entertainment there


then,” asks Mr Burney. “We still don’t know


what’s going on,” says Mr Shaw. “We are not being consulted at all. These people are in business to make a living. They are not playing about with this


game.” For the past 100 years,


Clitheroe has been a mar­ ket town. The redevelop­ ment of the former auction mart site will determine Clitheroe’s role in the next 100 years and market traders believe that they have an important part to play if the town is to pros­ per in the 21st century.


Just the ticket!


A TRIP on the tra in proved to be ju s t the ticket for Clitheroe resi­ dent Mrs Pam Kent. For Mrs Kent, of Whal


ley Road, is this week’s winner in our £1,000 free railway ticket competition. She wins two Supersaver rail tickets to anywhere in Britain. Watch this space for


Times” and Kibble Valley Borough Council, we express our thanks to all those who took part.


pulsating spectacle — the! heart of the town. Traditionally they are a happy breed, but that cheerful facade hides a band of extremely wor­


TRADER David Burney, who says: “ It will be interesting to know which businesses have to go”


eyes as the coffin of Bella (8(i) arrived at the Salvation Army rooms in King Lane, Clithcroe, where many devoted friends turned up to say a


Margaret Carr (1)0). Neighbours who


attack at the home she had shared with her


friend and former Calderstoncs companion,


befriended the two were told by Bella that she had been put in Calderstoncs “for being feeble minded” and


Margaret for being "wrongly accused of stealing a guinea at the


age of 14.” When undertaker Mr


Richard Chew and Salvation Army envoy Mr Jack Tagg learned that Bella had left no money to pay for her funeral, they knew that the Kibble Valley Council would have to take responsibility for the arrangements. But, said Mr Chew,


there was some delay in


sorting out a payment from the council, as this was the first time such a situation had arisen for many years. “Mr Tagg and I


decided to give our


services free of charge for the sake of the old lady’s dignity,” he explained. “The council has offered to pay us since, hut we don’t want the payment and feel that is the end of the matter.” A free grave was


provided by the Kibble Valley Council at


Clitheroe Cemetery. “ I have never known a


case like this before,” said Mr Chew. “It was the dignity of the thing that concerned me. You could not leave an old lady lying in a chapel of rest for ever.” Among the mourners


Bella


of her friends among the Salvation Army member­ ship spoke of the wasted years Bella had spent in Caldcrstones.


After the service, some


were Margaret and Bella's other closest friends, George and Florence Brown, of Bolland Prospect, Clitheroc. The Browns were neighbours of the two ladies before they were rehoused in a bungalow at Castle View and were regular callers, taking them on their annual holidays and on many outings. Mr Brown (lit) told the


looked after the old ladies and they both called her ‘Mother.’ She felt they had been wrongly put in Calderstones many years ago and she wanted to make it up to them.”


‘Advertiser and Times:” My wife more or less


and to the friends who had helped her resettle into the community came from Mr Tagg in an address at the funeral service.


Tribute to Bella’s life


understanding of the simple things in life. It has been a privilege to know Bella Livescy and to have witnessed the loyalty, devotion and care of Mr and Mrs Brown.”


Bella was born in Kusholmc, in Manchester and, after leaving Caldcrstoncs, she and Margaret had lived a full life in Clithcroe. Bella's life had been rich in love and understanding. She had always been cheerful and appreciative and had put more into life than she had taken out.


He explained that


Bella had been a very generous person and


He explained that


often brought back pres­ ents from regular trips to Morccambc for her man friends. He also referred to the fact that she made knitted squares for blankets for patients at Clithcroe Hospital.


Nigel is settling well into life in the Ribble Valley


IT’S a new-look Nigel Evans this week — for the Ribble Valley Con­ servative candidate has announced that he has bought a new house, he is going to face a new challenge by abseiling down one of the tallest buddings in Preston — and there’s a new lady in his life!


(33) is keeping "mum” about the dark-haired young lady who has been accompanying him to several local functions lately, other than to say “she’s a very good friend.” Miss Martina Ward is an employee of Conservative Central Office in London and first met Mr Evans two years ago. One of the Valley’s most


Bachelor Mr Evans


that there is a small gar­ den at the rear, which is


“My only problem is


something I have never had to cope with before,” said Mr E vans , who


admits he is anything but green-fingered. “ The owners of my


Whalley Road property cemented the garden area over soon after I arrived — my reputation must


eligible bachelors, Mr Evans is causing specula­ tion whenever he is seen with a new female com­ panion. There was a flurry of speculation when he took another young lady out recently for one date. “You wouldn’t believe the interest that caused,” was his comment this week. • The new house is in


the unknown in Preston means abseiling down the city’s sky-scraper Crest Hotel in aid of St Wilfrid’s Church, Ribchester. But here, he will, at least, h a v e God on h i s side . . . because abseiling next to him will be the Rector, the Rev. Andrew Hindley!


have preceded me!” • Finally, that leap into


“She had patience and


person, who should never have been in hospital at all,” said Mrs Dorothy Slingcr, of Henthorn Road, Clithcroc.


“She was a lovely


conversation in just the same way as anyone else,” added Mrs Mary Johnson, also of the Henthorn area.


"Bella could have a


Rdna, said: “It was a tragedy that Bella had spent such a long time in hospital when she was capable of leading a full life in the community.”


And Mr Tagg’s wife,


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‘pride’ of some Lions by Kaye Moon


HE “pride” of some members of the


Whalley Lions Club has been dented . . . because a “Lioness” has seen allowed to join the ranks of their once men-only domain. With the induction of dark-haired Miss Sue


Bird (27), of Queen Street, Whalley, last week, about three members have announced their


intention of leaving. “I don't see my induction as a problem for them and I hope they’re not leaving on that account,” said the


young assistant librarian at Blackburn College, who has become the f i rs t woman member of the Lions in East Lancashire. 1 think the problem


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Appeal for witnesses to fire


CLITHEROE Police are appealing for witnesses following a fire at Barkers Nursery on Whalley Road, Clitheroe.


details of another rail offer next week!


Crumpax Avenue, Lon- gridge, and Mr Evans describes it as an “inex­ pensive semi in a quiet cul-de-sac.” The builders of the brand new home have accepted his offer and he hopes to be leaving his rented accommodation in Whalley Road, Clith­ eroe, and moving in by the end of July.


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The incident occurred at


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A police spokesman said


damaged garden furniture and a quantity of plants. Anybody with any infor­


mation should contact Clitheroe Police (23818). This incident follows a


series of other malicious fires which have occurred at businesses in the town


in the last month. Shops on Moor Lane,


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the fires has been dis­ pelled by the police, who reported that of over 50 fires reported in the last three months, under eight had been malicious. However, th ey did


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