12 Clilheroe Advertiser & Times, March U,th, VJ'.H


W e d e l i v e r s u r p r i s e f l o w e r s f o r ‘ t o w e r o f s t r e n g t h ’ m u m


F R O M t h e G u l f w i t h l o v e o n M o t h e r ’ s D a y . . . t h e “ A d v e r ­ t i s e r a n d T i m e s ” h a s s t e p p e d i n t o t h e b r e a c h t o d e l i v e r y e t a n o t h e r s u r p r i s e g r e e t i n g t o a l o c a l m u m .


C o u n t r y d a n c i n g


o n a g e n d a THICK 10 was a chance to take to the floor for a spot of country dancing when the SoropLiinisL Interna­ tional of Clitheroe threw a party. The “ friendship eve­


n in g ” was held at SS Michael and John’s Social Club and about 120 guests from other Soroplimist clubs and local women’s organisations attended. IC n te r ta inm e n l and


music for dancing was pro­ vided by the Houghton Folk Dancers, of Hrindle, and guests included the Kibble Valley Mayoress, Miss Helen .Jones, and the Soroptimist regional presi­ dent Mrs Jo Derbyshire. Guests were welcomed by Mrs Sheila Hosker. The local club is now


planning a band concert in Clitheroe I ’arish Hall on Sunday, fe a tu r in g the Water Prize Hand, of Kos- sendale. Profits will go towards the Dorian House Hospice Appeal.


Davies, who is ten d in g th e wounds of priso n ­ e r s o f w a r a t a field hospital in th e d e s e r t, had no way of o b ta in ­ in g a M o th e r ’s D ay ca rd, so she tu rn ed to


N u r s e C a n d i c e


us for help. I t ’s evident that her


mum, Mrs Wendy Whi- twell, of Thorneyholme Hall, Dunsop Bridge, has been a tower of strength to Candice d u r in g her absence, so it was a plea­ sure to bridge the miles between them on Mother's


I lay. We delivered a card and


a p o t te d f lo w e r in g polyanthus to Mrs Whi- twell at her place of work — Kossendale Home for


the e ld e r ly , in Y o rk Street, Clitheroe, which


she owns. And we decided that we


could do no better than to use Candice’s own words, written in her letter to us, for the Mother’s Day mes­ sage — "M y mum has been a godsend while I have been out here. She never fails to write or send anything that I need.”


A f te r re c e iv in g her


flowers and card, Mrs Whitwell said: “ I t ’s a won­ derful gesture — it ’s made niv davl”


Candice, who is serving


with the elite Queen Alex­ andra's Koyal Army Nurs­ ing Corps, also remem­ bered another member of her family in her letter: "I


F o r m i d a b l e p r o g r a m m e


( 'M T H F I U ) K P a r is h ( 'h w i v h O r g a n S o c ie t y s t a r t s t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f t h e d o t h s e a s o n o f o r g a n c o n c e r t s w i t h w h a t p r o m is e s t o b e a n o u t s t a n d i n g p r o g r a m m e b y l i n g e r F i s h e r o n S a t u r d a y , a t N p .m . , in C l i t h e r u c


P a r is h C h u r c h . M r F i s h e r , tin .* V i r t u o s o o r g a n is t o f C h e s t e r C a t h e ­


d r a l , l ia s c h a n g e d p la c e s w i t h S im o n C la r k s o n , w h o w i l l h e h e a r d in A p r i l . M e is t a c k l i n g a f o rm id a b le p r o g r a m m e , p la y in g


“ F o u r S k e t c h e s f o r P e d a l P ia n o ” b y S c h u m a n n a n d “ T h r e e P r e lu d e s ” b y C h a r le s W o o d , w h o w a s h o r n PJf> y e a r s a g o a n d s o m e o f w h o s e e x c e l le n t m u s ic is n o w s a d ly n e g le c t e d . C o n t e m p o r a r y m u s ic w i l l h e r e p r e s n t e d b y a s u i t e


e n t i t l e d “ ( 'h a n g i n g M o o d s ” b y C h r i s t o p h e r S t e e l . T h e f in a l i t e m o f t h e p r o g r a m m e w i l l h e a c o m p le t e p e r ­ fo rm a n c e o f V ie r n e 's “ S y m p h o n y N o . d in F s h a r p m i n o r , ” a la r g e s c a le w o r k w h i c h is f u l l o f e x c e l le n t m e lo d ie s a n d a g r e a t c h a l le n g e t o a n y p e r f o rm e r .


would be grateful i f you would also thank my sis­ ter, Mrs Debbie Gill, as she, too, has been great while I have been out here." Candice (23), a former pupil of Howland School,


joined the crack nursing corps two years ago, after q u a l i fy in g as a S ta te Fin-oiled Nurse at Deeds General In f irm a ry , and was promoted to L/Cpl


just before leaving lor the Gulf at Christmas. Said Debbie, who lives


in a Hat in York Street: "C a n dice hasn’ t been allowed to say where the Held hospital is, but we do know that she’s been very busy tending the wounds of prisoners of war.


“We caught a glimpse of


her on television the other day on a news programme, when a camera c rew visited the Held hospital. It was a great th r ii l for us."


Candice, who vo lu n ­


teered for service in the Gulf while based in Mun­ ster. in Germany, has told her family that she intends to leave the Army ill Jan­ uary and w ill then be h e a d in g back to h e r mother's home to help her set up a health farm there. She is expected home on


leave in about eight weeks and Mrs Whitwell and her husband, B ill, are now planning a big welcome home party.


ALTHOUGH lending lireman Mr Brian Burgess (pictured centre) was given a rousing retirement party by bis friends and colleagues, it marked the end o f 11 happy years at Clitheroe Fire Station and a life he w ill be sorry to leave behind, be said this week. Some 70 firemen and their guests gave him a


night to remember at the Kibblesdale Crieket Club, with supper, entertainment from a singer and the g if t o f a garden seat, engraved as a memento. The retirement resulted from the injuries which


Brian (12), o f Dittlemoor Road, Clilheroe, received during a cycle tr ia l last April, when he was in a collision with a ear on the A1 near Harrogate and suffered m u l t ip le f ra c tu re s , in c lu d in g head injuries, a broken leg, broken breastbone and bro­ ken back bones. By a q u irk o f fate, i t happened less than 12


months a f te r bis brother Norman, o f Siddows Avenue, Clitheroe, suffered a broken arm and leg during the IDS') Isle o f Man TT.


The injuries have prevented Brian Ironi contin­


uing his job as a maintenance f it te r for ICI at C lilh e ro e . He cannot yet resume his sports interests, either — and it is unlikely that he w ill ever again be able to compete in the Kibble Valley 10k Triathlon, or at least notch up the time o f 2 hours 57 minutes recorded on the first event for swimming (it) lengths, cycling 22 miles and run­ ning 10 miles. However, there is hope o f overcoming his physi­


cal problems. ‘T in making a really good recovery," be said. " I could have been killed — and there are a lot o f people a lot worse o f f than me.” His wife Julie (centre), who works at Tesco, in


Clitheroe, has been “ very supportive, even though she’s had a hard time o f i t , ” he added. The couple have ju s t celebrated 21 years o f marriage. Now Brian pluns to spend time al home and


with his family — the couple have two grown-up sons — before considering whal lo do with the rest o f his life.


P r e m i e r e o f s h o w


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.JA N U A R Y 'S v a r ie ty show performance was premiered on video when Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club met at I ’endletoii Village Hall. C o n g ra tu la tio n s and


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commiserations went to the junior A and senior B quiz teams, who were knocked out in the quarter and semi-finals respec­ t iv e ly o f the reg io n a l tournament. The junior A team con­


sisted uf Richard Berry, F dw a rd W h itw e ll and Shaun Roberts, while in the senior B team were consisted o f lan Seed, Roger Coates and Adrian Wilson. The teams lost by only one-aad-a-half and half a point respectively. Next week’s meeting


includes a ta lk about sheep, at Pendleton V i l­ lage Hall, at 7-20 p.m.


S i l e n t


t r i b u t e p a i d


THE story of how mayoral robes from Morecambe came to be a feature of civic duties in Clithcruc was told at a meeting of the town council. The explanation came


during a tribute to the life of former town clerk Mr Brian Snowden, who died last week, aged SI. Coun. Erie Bracewell


explained that in 1055 — a year a fte r Mr Snowden arrived in the town — lie decided to remedy the fact that there were no robes for the Deputy Mayor and offered for “ permanent loan” the robes his late father had worn when an alderman in Morecambe. Coun. Bracewell said


that Mr Snowden’s son had now informed council­ lors that they could retain the robes for ceremonial purposes in the town. Members observed a


silence at the start of the meeting in memory of Mr Snowden, who was town clerk from 195-1 to lllt il.


Approved


AN application fo r the removal of an agricultural w o rk e r ’s c o n d it io n at Greengore F arm , Old Clith cro e Road, H u rst Green, has been approved by Ribble Valley Council’s P la n n in g and D e v e 1 - opment Committee.


E a s t L am c a sS a lB re i s


c o v e r e d b y E L T E C , ©sae o f t h e 8 2 T r a i n i n g a n d E n t e r p r i s e C o u n c i l s w h i c h


a r e p l a im m g a n d i n v e s t ­ i n g i n t r a i n i n g , e d u c a t i o n a n d b u s in e s s d e v e lo p m e n t . E L T EG i s r a n b y l e a d ­


i n g l o c a l e m p l o y e r s a n d c o m m u n i ty l e a d e r s , p r o v id ­ i n g a b a l a n c e o i s h a r p l y f o c u s e d l o c a l k n o w l e d g e . T e l e p h o n e u s t o d a y


f o r f u r t h e r i n f o rm a t i o n o n h o w E L T EG i s w o r k i n g to u n l o c k t h e p o t e n t i a l o f E a s t L a n c a s h i r e . M o r e im p o r t a n t l y , f i n d o u t w h a t E L T EG c a n d o f o r y o u b y c a l l i n g N e i l C a d d i e a t :


R i n g i n g c h a n g e s i n b i d t o


p r o m o t e u n i t y


C L I T H E R O E c h u r c h e s a r e to ring- th e ch an g es for th e annua l R em em b ran c e Day s e r ­ vice in a bid to end co n tro v e rsy and p romo te C h r is tian un ity .


A rota system involving four churches has now


been worked out in place of the long-standing tradi­ tion of holding the service


every year at Clitheroe Parish Church. i t means that the silence


for the fallen will now go ahead exactly on 11 a.m., in keeping with national custom. A l l c lergym en have


agreed to observe the tra­ dition, including the Rev. Anthony Roberts, who previously felt unable to meet the exact time for the silence when the par­ ish church hosted the service. T r in i t y M e t l i o d is t


Church will be the venue this year, SS Michael and


John’s RC next year, St James's in 1993 and Clith­ eroe Parish Church in 199-1.


The move was w e l­


comed by Clitheroe Town Council (luring its meet­ ing. The Mayor, Coun. Patr ick Shepherd, said that local churches had formed a covenant to pro­ mote stronger links and it was thought the new rota system was in keeping with this aim.


Conns Erie Bracewell


and Bert Jones asked i f Mr Roberts would be p re ­ pared to amend his routine services to fit in with the 11 a.m. silence and Coun. Shepherd replied that he had "shifted his position” on the matter.


Cnun. Howel Jones


added: “The churches do a lot of work together and to rotate the service in this way is in keeping with the climate in the town.”


F i n e d a f t e r t r i p l e c r a s h


AN accident in v o lv in g three vehicles led to a West Bradford pensioner appearing before Clitheroe magistrates. James Thompson (78).


of Hazel Dean, pleaded guilty to driving a motor ear without due care and attention. He was fined £100, with £15 costs, and had his licence endorsed with seven penalty points. The court heard that an


accident had occurred at the Worston road junction of the A59, involving three vehicles. Thompson said that lie


had been tem p o ra r ily blinded by the sun reflect­ ing in his wing-mirror.


N o t m u c h t i m e o f f f o r m u m s


R e u n i o n a t n u r s e r y


A CDITHEROE day nur­ sery wants to track down some o f i t s fo rm e r employees so that it can bold a grand reunion in September to mark its -l()th birthday. Bright Street Day Nur­


sery would also welcome v is its from people who have attended the nursery over the past 10 years. I t is ce le b ra t in g its


birthday with a number uf festivities throughout the year. First is a sponsored disco on March 22nd and on May Kith there will be a children’s fun day. with a b o u n c in g c a s t le and laee-painting. Other events proposed


include an open day. a sports day and a teddy bears’ picnic.


R e c e s s i o n h i t s s a l e


SALE of the former Tuf- flink Mill in Chatburn is being hit by the recession. There has been very lit ­


tle interest from potential buyers in the three-storey factory since it came on the market, Mr Alex Tay­ lor, agency manager for commercial su rve yo rs Storey Sons and Parker, said this week. “ Despite two drops in


the interest rate, there is still little confidence in the market. Things have not been helped by the Smith and Nephew factory clos­ ing next door. “ I think i t would take at


least a fu r th e r one per cent cut in interest rates to renew a c t iv i ty , ” he added. T u f f l in k m e a s u re s


25,000 sq. f t. and lias a rateable value of £22,000.


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M u s i c a l c o u p f o r c h u r c h


C L IT H E R O E ’s T r in i ty M eth o d is t Church has scored something of a musical coup by attracting a globe-trotting choir for a weekend of song at the


church. The choir is the well-


travelled British Method­ is t Youth Choir, whose members range in age from 1-1 to 20 and whose re p e r to ire ranges from Tudor songs to Beatles’


hits. Since it was formed 10


years ago, the choir has to u re d the USA, East Germany and I ta ly , as well as singing in Scot­ land, Eire and Northern Ireland and taking part in musical weekends with English Methodist com­ munities from Cornwall to Cleckheaton. The choir will be giving


a concert on Saturday, as well as co n tr ib u t in g to morning and evening wor­ ship on Sunday. Tickets for the concert,


which w ill include trad i­ tional songs, instrumental items and well-loved reli­ gious music, are £2.50 (or £5 per family) from Mr David Bowker (Clitheroe 23519) or F.A. Allen ami Son’s wallpaper shop in Parson Lane, Clitheroe.


INSTEAD o f taking i t easy on Mothering Sunday as mums everywhere are entitled to do, a few at Hurst Green — and their husbands and other rela­ tives — rallie d round to give the Blue Peter Romanian Appeal a wel­ come boost. Local families staged a bring-and-buy sale at the village hall and raised


£310, after eight hours’ hard work in setting up stalls and selling goods to a steady flow o f customers.


Chief organiser Mrs Mary Taylor said: “ I t turned out to be a very worth­


while occasion, thanks to all the help I received from friends and relatives.” The stalls sold bric-a-brac, clothes and cuddly toys and there was a


tombola.


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