10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 7th, 1991


A matchstick man par excellence!


•John Norgrove’s new hobby is proving just the tonic after recent illness.


S T R I K E a l i g h t . . . m a tch s tick man


Norgrovc, of Darkwood Crescent, Chatburn, has built up a unique collec­ tion of lifelike models f rom thousands of matchsticks while recu­ perating after a heart attack.


For 80-year-old Mr


month to make the steam engine. It is all painstak­ ing work, but he enjoyed every minute of it,” says Rosemary, who works at Chatburn Mill.


mant that matchstick modelling is easy to get into for anyone with the patience.


He explained: “ For those people who think


The collection includes they might do well at


van and a steam engine measuring more than two feet in length, which comes complete with a ma t c h s t i c k r ai lway track.


ber left him paralysed can pick it up. The secret down one side and, as is to practise as often as though this was not possible and then the enough, he also suffered skill will naturally follow a bad attack of angina.


His stroke last Septem­


daughter, Rosemary, and in part his recovery is being attributed to his interest in his new-found hobby.


He l ives wi th his


Tarmac for 29 years and h a s a 1w a y s b e e n interested in wood. He worked every day for a


“Dad was a joiner at


of ideas for modelling subjects, but he is in dan­ ger of running out of space in which to display his rapidly growing collection.


on from there.” John will not he short


thousands of matchsticks in his art. The number


on’t give up


birthright for mess of potage


THE preservation of the character of Clithei'oe as a market town, with the market undergoing no change in size other than a possible exten­ sion, was the primary requirement demanded of the would-be developers of the auction mart


site (RVBC brief, page 3). We are now presented quote provision ior a tem-


with a plan which reduces porary site has not been the market bv half and planned? This omission is offers as one' means o f hardly surprising, consid- access a route which might cring that the planners did appeal to entrants to the not bother to visit the site Krypton Factor eompeti- on market day. tioii, but has no appeal to . Experts are not always the elderly or handi- right. They would have


capped.


a major factor of the scheme. These, we are assured, will bring in the crowds from 20 miles around. Will people really come from Preston, Black-


,


burn and Skipton lor a p|ease tjo not give up our shopping spree in C ith- birlln.ighl for a mess of eroc? Will reduced parking ,)otace bring them flocking in'?


, n. . , . duce some changes, but h


smaller one survive the 18 addow Grove, building era, when ade- Waddington.


As for the market, will a •'I-BRipGK. Nineteen new shops lire tifi(J(, tl)eil. action by quot­ ,


closed the Settle to Car- lisle Railway and have jus-


ing figures now proved to be completely misleading. Councillors, we rely


upon you to stick to the brief. By all means intro-


Ask for explanation before criticising


AS Coun. Bracewell replied to Pro Bono, may I offer some comment to my friend R. Townson that I continue to be the veritable tiger which stalks the corridors of power at County Hall and will continue to chal­


lenge any waste that might be drawn to my attention. _ It is with some amuse- facilities forms part of the sive letting rights, no ment that I notice Mr advance work.


Townson picks on the “waste disposal service” as examples of the county council wasting the poll tax. As usual, Mr Town- son gets it wrong and here is the simple explanation


Whinney Hill: This tip is being filled up at a faster rate than was anticipated. Engineering requirements now necessitate advanced work to the tip surface to allow the height of the tip to be raised to meet the growing needs of the county council’s statutory duty to effectively, effi­ ciently ancKeconomically dispose of domestic and industrial waste in this part of Lancashire. The resiting of the recycling


for both the examples. Recycling facilities,


NEWS of the death of Sir Frank Pearson evoked memories of the time 1 first met him during the General Election of 1959.


assisting the town clerk in his capacity as returning officer and, as the moment drew near for the declara­ tion of the result at St James’s School, I was asked to locate the wives of the candidates in order that they could join their husbands on the platform for the result.


At tha t time I was


son was nowhere to be found, until finally I disco-'


■ Lady (then Mrs) Pear­ Memories of Sir Frank


entrance to that school th a t one can see two plaques: one inscribed with the name of Sir Frank, commemorating the opening of an exten­ sion, and the other in memory of that much­ loved and highly respected headmaster, the late Stan­ ley Curry. During the time Mr


Incidentally, it is in the


Pearson represented the Clitheroe constituency as MP, from 1959 to 1970, he made an impressive figure when visiting all parts of the area, but my lasting impression will be of him s triding down Castle Street on a Saturday on


dark in the staff kitchen, ‘ surgeries, where she had sought Despite his distin- refuge from the tensions of guished military, diplo- the bui ld-up to the niatic and Parliamentary declaration.


vered her sitting in the' J-ke way to his regular career, he never lost the


son is right, there are a lot of skips being stored at Henthorn tip pending the setting up of a company properly controlled by the county council which, from April 1991 or 1992, is required by the Govern­ ment to privatise its “waste disposal services.” Mr Townson, there is


Skip project: Mr Town- o w n e r s h ip , nonprofits from


the lettings. The rents are likely to be £10 to £15 per week more than similar dwellings which the coun­ cil has just built. Come along, Mr Town- son, and help me rid this


iim m x I I U l E D r


. f a i r e r -rv’rV, '.'T .


7 . >T ~5I '■ A v h i i '


profit in holes in the ground and the county council proposes to secure those profits for the greater good of Lancashire community chargepayers. To have purchased a vehi­ cle at this stage for it to stand around with no immediate work would be wasteful. Any use of these skips at the present time can be effectively made with a hire vehicle. May I suggest that Mr


common touch, which was in keeping with his love of the country and his farm­ ing interests. In more recent times I


country of an uncaring Government and then come and share the work of councillors who really do believe in good public services. I suggest you seek some explanations from Tory councillors and allow me to meet the real needs of the borough. Better still, if you have


He has used countless


involved you will be sur­ prised at how quickly you


for it. “ Once you become


1910 omnibus, a cara- matchstick modelling, but are frightened at the time it may take, my advice is simple . . . go


Mr Norgrovc was ada­


for the steam engine alone came to more than 3,000.


model of an English o- pen-top tram. He is not sure how long this will take — one day, when the going was tough, he spent 12 hours perfecting a tricky part in a model.


Now he is working on a


when modelling, so it can be very relaxing,” he said. “ For me it is the perfect therapy after ill­ ness and, at the end of it all, there is the know­ ledge th a t you have created something that is good to look at and which will last.”


“You are silting down


and think of what even­ tually to do with all the models, which he builds up from kit form. One challenge he would like to lake up, if he had the plans, would be to make a nialchstick model of the huge Castle Cement complex near his home, complete with match- slick chimney and cotton wool to simulate steam coming out of the top!


He is too busy to stop


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» FROM PAGE ONE


Poll tax is today’s big decider


live from Stonyhurst Col lege, where the count takes place. But as we went to


press, the war of words was almost over, leaving the candidates’ loud­ speaker vans to tour the Ribble Valley and Ful- wood, urging their sup­ porters to the polling stations. Seventy-seven polling


stations have been set up the constituency, in


which a total of 64,776 people are eligible to vote — 39,327 living within the Ribble Valley borough and the rest in Fulwood. The polling stations are


the message going out on National No Smoking Day on Wednesday. Smokers throughout the


PACKET IN” — that’s


Ribble Valley — and indeed the country — are being urged to kick the


The in te re s t of the equal the General Election! ]angers 0f smoking and national Press has added figure in 1987 of 7»/o.


BBC and Granada Televi- 50 people to count tne Dai- gtuc];0 Lowergate, in con- sion, BSkyB News and lot papers and s a y s j u n c t i o n with Blackburn, radio crews are expected although he would UKe toi pjyn(n,urn and Ribble Val- to broadcast the results see a speedy operation,! j >


to his work and tonight Mr Timson has engaged I bee c arter Health


the most important factor ^ i


David Anthony Brass (Local Ind. C), Michael Carr (Lib. Dcm.), Nigel Martin Evans (C), Jose­ phine Farrington (Lab.), S tu a r t Basil Fawlty Hughes (Raving Loony Green Giant Clitheroc Kid), Halldora Gudrun


Ingham (Green)q Lindi431 male smokers falling, the Clair — Miss \\ hiplash cigarette advertisers are (Corrective), L°rd David targ e t jng Women in a big Sutch (Official Monster


,7 V , , • o,i With the percentage of


clients.“People need a hand to give up smoking — it’s not simple,” said Vicky Lee. This year’s campaign is being targeted at women as much as men.


Raving Loony) and . * . Simon Charles Taylor


open from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. today and the count is likely to be over soon after 1 a.m. tomorrow. All parties are wanting


(Lib.).A test of John Majors popularity af te r Mrs Thatcher’s dramatic down­ fall is how the the political pundits see the contest. But then there have


the electorate to turn out in force and, because of the unique character of the by-election, following the downfall of Mrs Thatcher and the subsequent move to the Lords by former Home Secretary David Waddington, the guess is that the turn-out will


* FROM PAGE ONE


Teenager may have slipped in river


and athletics and always gave his best. “His additional interests


basketball, squash, tennis


outside school included golf — he was a junior member of Clitheroe Golf Club — and hill walking. “ In school, he was a


female smokers, particu­ larly teenage girls, is


j number of .


••


rising. Leaflets on how to


“packet in” are also avail- a b l e f r o m l o c a l pharmacists.


been othe r pressing! issues, many with local! angles — the poll tax, education, health, agricul­ ture, the defence industry. The main question being


asked is, can Nigel Evans, defending Lord Wadding- ton’s 19,528 majority at the last General Election, stave off his opponents challenges and emerge as clear favourite? It is also a test for the


In the bank


A GUIDED tour of Black­ burn’s TSB bank was enjoyed by members of Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club. Branch manager Mr


does not register a big swing, what can the party expect to do at the Gen­ eral Election, now tinned for June? And can the Liberal


other main contenders. . If the Labour candidate


Democrats stage a repeat of the i r Ea s t bourne triumph? The waiting will soon be


over.


Cash for hospital


very able student who in his own quiet way enjoyed good relations with all staff who taught him. They have all felt his loss very deeply. “After a very good fifth


any problem of a municipal nature, why don’t you speak or write to me first and then criticise me pub­ licly should I fail to at least offer some reason­ able explanation?


Townson turns his atten­ tion much nearer home to his local Ribble Valley Borough Council to see abuse of public funds. At Carlton Place he will


met him at the annual court meetings of Lancas­ ter University and did so only a few months agop when he again demon­ strated his lively interest in the affairs of Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley and, on what was to be our final meeting, we had a frank exchange of views on the controversial poll tax! His contribution to pub­


RON PICKUP, C l i t h e r o e C o u n t y Councillor, 9 Lingfield Avenue, Clitheroe.


now find a vacant plot of land, the properties hav­ ing been demolished by the council. The land value is now in the order of £209,000. The Tory borough coun­


In agreement


lic life will be greatly missed, as much as his style of old-world cour­ tesy, which is something of a declining quality these days.


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cil has given this land away for the proverbial widow’s mite to a private housing association to build 20 dwellings for first-time buyers at esti­ mated costs of £47,000 and £53,000. Having sold these


dwellings, the association will then build 16 fiats, giving the council exclu-


be paying any additional £12.25 levy. We are pay­ ing in excess compared to the old rating system for living in a terraced house.


SERVING BAILIFF.


Go-ahead given for light industry at hospital site


THE Ribble Valley Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for light industrial use at the former Ribchester Hospital has been over­ turned on appeal. Planning inspector Mr


K. R. White said the hospital stood in the open countryside in an area of special landscape.


joined colleagues from the North East Lancashire Ramblers’ Association in a visit to Grange over Sands.Four guided walks were available, ranging from seven to 12 miles in length. The next coach ramble


Guided walks CLITHEROE walkers


i n s u c h


Although the Lanca­ shire S tructure Plan


imposed restraints on d e v e l o p m e n t


areas, it contained policies for the re-use of buildings no longer required for their original purpose.


inspector, was access to the development without harming the appearance of the area.


The main issue, said the


to Hathersage, in the Der­ byshire Peak District, is on March 24th. Further details are available from Colne 868340.


Work on wall


WORK has started on repairs to Clitheroe’s Cas­ tle Drive retaining wall. Members of the Ribble


Valley Council’s Recre­ ation and Leisure Commit­ tee were told that tenders were higher than the £12,000 estimated, the lowest tender of £13,540 coming from Pynford Northern Ltd, which hopes to have the work completed by the end of the month.


mission to the applicant, the North West Regional Health Authority, Mr White imposed several conditions, including land­ scaping, improved road visibility and that no industrial process should be started and no goods or materials stored, other than within the buildings on the site, unless the bor­ ough council gives written consent.


Granting planning per­ Barn home


A PROPOSED change of use of a barn from agricul­ tural purposes to a resi­ dential dwelling at Salis­ bury Hall Farm, Main Street, Newton, has been accepted by Ribble Valley Council’s Planning and Development Committee.


SIGNS of spring are now with us. Even in the recent frosty spell, I saw a frog hopping across the road during one wet interlude. Frogs will be spawning this month, many of them using garden ponds. Unlike toads, which use permanent bodies of water as traditional sites for spawning, frogs, will use any convenient place. This may include puddles which dry up before the tadpoles have completed their development.


open water remained at Stocks Reservoir and, although reduced in number, many wildfowl remained. For some reason, the vast majority of them have now, departed, a week or two earlier than normal. As day length increases, migratory


During the February freeze-up, some patches of


I AGREE with “Utterly Disgusted” in last week’s letters. I also am against the present system of poll tax and if the council is unable to collect its poll tax, that is its responsibil­ ity, not mine. My wife and I will not


CLITHEROE Ladies’ Cir cle presented a £263.58 cheque on Monday to Kathleen Woodruff for the St M a ry ’s H os pi ta 1 Appeal. The money was raised


year, when he gained nine GCSE passes, Steven moved on to A-levels and was doing well and had applied to study financial management at univ­


ersity. “Steven was well liked


by all and his death is a very sad loss to the entire school.”


at a Valentine’s Day disco, s u p p o r t e d b y l o c a l


businesses. One of the highlights of


Monday’s meeting, at the Moorcock Inn, was a talk by former Blackburn nurse Rita Nightingale about her three years' imprisonment on drugs charges.


Starring role for Stonyhurst


Timmings showed them round the bank, which is currently in the middle of a refurbishment pro­ gramme. The manager and b a n k w o r k e r s w e r e


thanked by Paul Morris and Philip Verity. The next meeting, at


Pendleton Village Hall, will feature a talk on security guards.


More changing


ADDITIONAL changing facilities at the Roefield Centre in Clitheroe will be provided if there is enough “slippage” left in the Rib­ ble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee budget, mem­ bers decided. At present, over 110


footballers using the area have only shower facilities for 26 at any one time.


No waiting


WAITING restrictions are likely to be implemented at the junction of Bawd- lands and Corporation


Street in Clitheroe. T h e p r o p o s a l


i s t o


extend the “no waiting at any time” from Bawdlands into Corporation Street.


Thieves strike


GOODS worth £25 were stolen from a house in Newlands Avenue, Clith­ eroe.


cash and a remote control unit for a Finlux video recorder.


Pendle Club


I WINNERS of the weekly bridge session at the Pen­ dle Club, Clitheroe, were Mrs K. Gudgeon and Mr T. Adey, Mrs M. Roberts and Mr J. Lynch.


FROM PAGE ONE


Sad story sparks off


LITTLE lady Robin Weisman with her three doting dads — Tom Sellcck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson


THE Ribble Valley has that he accompanied the again scooped a starring film crew on location role — in the box-office hit, “Three men and a lit­ tle lady,” showing at Clitheroe’s Civic Hall Cin­ ema for two weeks from March 15th. The film — the sequel to


“Three men and a baby” — features a magnificent shot of Stonyhurst College at the s ta r t and the screenplay was written by former pupil Charlie Peters. Starring heart-throb


hoJi(,ays, '. . .


birds become increasingly restless and keen to be off to their breeding grounds, but as many wild­ fowl breed in northern Scandinavia and Russia, which are still frozen, I suspect that they may just have moved to lower ground.


legged buzzard in the Forest of Bowland. This bird of prey also breeds in northern Scandinavia and Russia and a few do winter in Britain each year, mostly in the east. It is not impossible that one or more may have been in this area, but they are not very different in appearance from female hen har­ riers, which we certainly do have. Hen harriers fly only ju s t above ground level when'hunting, whereas rough-legged buzzards fly higher up and may even hover at times. However, even hen harri­ ers fly high up when going from one place to' another and the report may be a case of mis-idcntification.


There has been an unconfirmed report of rough- TONY COOPER


— appearing as a strict blew York when he was 11 convent school for girls antj by the age of 13 he instead of the boys school was enrone(] at Stony- g lt really is, with just three burst, where he studied


‘changes sex in the film bis family moved to The historic college n;a 3 it


anti Santa Monica, Califor- orn ;n Salt Lake


sixth!Said Stonyhurst deputy . Returning to the United head Wilfrid Usher: “We States, he graduated with have been getting a lot of a degree in English at telephone calls from peo- Connecticut University, pie who have seen the film before starting on the and they are all delighted struggle to become an) with the wonderful shot of established writer, the college.”


irl pupils in the upper until he was 18


Peters had no idea that his member of the University old college would be cho- of Southern California’s sen for one of the location Cinema School, where for t shots when he completed the past four years he has


Screenwriter Charlie theatre and is a faculty He also writes for the


he story. . . and was so ta u g h t a g r a d u a t e -flighted with the news screenwriting class.


the film’s two producers, said he thought Charlie’s “wonderful and oddball take,” on stock situations, provided the perfect qual­ ity for the new movie. It is a romantic comedy,


Robert W. Cort, one of


had been living an “ordeal” since the death of his wife, Doreen, in 1978. “I lost the two women in


enquiry Mr Darnell said that he


my life on that day,” he said. “Gillian was so dis­ tressed and could not cope that it began to affect her behaviour very badly and she was eventually put into care for her own protection.” Mr Darnell said that he


Tom Selleck, the film included scenes taken at


telling the story of three men who were horrified when they were left with a baby on their hands, but are even more horrified now when they realise a few years later that they may lose her.


the college on two days (.jme between residences dunng last years summer jn New York) Connecticut


Charlie (40) divides his The haul included £5 in The candidates are.'


is “to^get an accuratel jmHar campaign and has re^,lt-”


„„„. enlisted the help of a local .............


I how to give it up.


s Health Promotion is undertaking a


GP, who will be using acu­ puncture to help his


is staging a special exhibi­ tion to promote the day, with a display, posters and . | leaflets explaining the


habit. Clitheroe Health Centre


had attended a mental health tribunal every year which assessed Gillian’s case. “It was a terrible shock


to hear at one tribunal that it had been alleged a male member of staff had been abusing Gillian over a period,” he added. Mr Darnell said he


would like to see special hospitals staffed by nurses and not, as at present, by members of the Prison Officers’ Association. “And I would like to see


abolished a ruling that male staff can work on f ema l e w a r d s , ” he declared. “I also want to see justice done.” Mr Darnell, who could


but saw it later on video,


not bear to watch the pro­ gramme on Monday night


said that he was now try­ ing to rebuild his life after all the upsets of the past 13 years. “My son, David, and


daughter-in-law, Carol, live just around the corner from me, and have a baby son, Philip — and he is bringing a lot of happiness into my life,” he said.


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