Clitherae Adve rtise r i t Times, October 8th, lU'JJ C l i th e r o e 22321, (E d i to r ia l ) , 2 2 8 2 3 (A d v e r t i s in g ) . B u rn le y 22331 (C la s s i f ie d )
THREE very special Ribble Valley women are in the running for the prestigious Lanca
shire Woman of the Year title. The final lakes place at Gibbon Bridge Country
House, Chipping, next Wednesday, when the local contestants will be among 100 women chosen from many hundreds of entries throughout the county. The unique day recognises the work of women
who have given their best in many fields — business, sport, charities or public life. Each contender has been nominated by a colleague, friend or relative. The local contenders are Ribble Valley councillor
Mrs Myra Clegg, of Wiswell; hotelier and former ballet school proprietress Mrs Kay Hartley, of Slaid- burn; and community nurse Mrs Margaret Robinson, of Langho. The gathering will mark the fourth celebration of
the Lancashire Woman of the Year title, which not only highlights the achievements of U'e women of the
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county, but also raises thousands of pounds for the work of Barnardo’s, the child care charity. This year’s sponsors are Jan e t and Margaret Simp
son, proprietors of Gibbon Brdge County House. Chairman of the competition’s steering committee
Peta Edwards said: “Once again the ladies of the Soroptimist International, who work with Barnardo’s to organise this event, have had a most difficult task sifting through the host of nominations to hand pick the final 100. I t was wonderful to read about so many truly dedicated ladies who give so much, often with no reward at all.” The winner will be presented with an award espe
cially commissioned from “Cubria Crystal,” which is donating the piece in support of
Ba-.Viurdo’s child care in the North West.
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Vandalism at sports pavilion
The Ribble Valley contenders come from a v a r i-’ ety of backgrounds, but all serve the community out
side their business lives. A successful career change at the age of 50 has
led to a place in'the final for Mrs Hartley. For 31 y e a rs she was a b a l le t school p rop r ie tre s s and teacher, with schools in Clitheroe, Whalley and Padi- ham. Now she runs a 12-bedroom hotel at Gold Hill Farmhouse, Slaidburn.and also has 100 acres of land for beef and sheep farming. “Once I got to 50, I thought it was time to stop
teaching ballet because of the demands of actually demonstrating the various techniques,” she said. However, by turning her large home into an hotel
after retiring from her ballet career, she has followed in her parents’ footsteps. They kept hotels in Spain. and Switzerland and Mrs Hartley was actually born
in her parents’ hotel in Granada. Mrs Hartley, now 51, works something like IS
hours a day, seven days a week, in her hotel and res taurant and the venture has benefited the area by bringing new jobs to a rural community. A former Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Clegg, of
Pendleton Road, Wiswell, who has been nominated for her local government and community work, has been a councillor since 1970, first as a member of the old Clitheroe District Council and then the Rib ble Valley Borough Council. She was Mayor in 1982-3 and has been chairman of
the council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee for many years, taking a keen interest in young people’s sporting activities and giving them encouragement to
strive for excellence. For more than 30 years she has been treasurer of
the Clitheroe committee for the Christie Hospital’s Women’s Trust Fund, and during that time the group has raised more than £80,000 for research into cancer treatment. It is no exaggeration to say that her work over such a lengthy period has done much to bring hope to thousands of cancer sufferers. 'fhe wife of a former Clitheroe chemist, she is also a founder member of Wiswell WI and was presi
dent for four years. Also making a strong bid for the tit le is Mrs
; H o r s e W a t c h h e l p s t o t r a c e m i s s i n g m a r e
' AN organisation set up to foil horse thieves . has come to the rescue of a Billington woman < whose palomino mare was stolen from a field * near the village.
Horse Watch a le r ted
■■ members throughout the T, country when the 20-year- old mare owned by Mrs
' Jan e t Rotherham, of Pas- < tu re la n d s D r iv e , went ' missing a t the beginning of September.
: T h r e e we eks la te r , a j member in the Bradford / a r e a sp o t ted th e mare ‘ grazing in a field and con- J tacted the police.
J th e horse and its disap p e a r a n c e and someone
reported a suspicious look-
■ jing v e h ic le . When th e ^ facts about the horse and T the vehicle were circulated *• to members in Leeds, a woman n e a r B r ad fo rd came forward.”
■i Mrs Rotherham is so delighted to be reunited with Kerry that she is now hoping to pay a special tr ibu te to Horse Watch by forming a local group.
“I t is quite simple to set
up a g ro u p ,” she said. “T he idea is for horse owners to compile details about their horses, which can then be circulated to other members through ou t th e c o u n t ry when horses go missing.” Anyone in te r e s ted in
joining the organisation is a sk ed to c o n t a c t M rs Rotherham (0254 824015).
Support for epileptics
IN a bid to extend tin supportive role it oilers the Accrington and Eas t , Lancashire Epilepsy Sup-
>port Group has joined the •;B r i t i s h E p i 1 e p s y Association. The B EA provides its
.groups with literature and •^professional advice. It also (“produces videos for show- ting to various organisa t io n s to promote public .awareness of epilepsy and ‘ dispel some of the myths I which still surround it. •
•f Said Mrs Rotherham: ' . “ T h e B r i t i s h H o r s e J Society put me in touch ■ with Horse Watch. I gave • them all the details about
Computer link in schools
ST RO N G E R links with the county council are to be encouraged by e le c tronically linking up all se conda ry and primary schools iii Lancashire to County Hall in Preston. The f irs t phase of the
link-up is planned for early 1003, when all secondary schools will get telecom munication links between their own computers and the county council’s com
puter systems. Primary schools will bo connected later as finances allow. The sum of £05,000 has
b e en a l lo c a ted by th e county’s General Purposes S u b -c om m i t te e to buy equipment and software.
SA DN E S S surrounded th e 15th R ib b le sd a le R o ta ry Club C h a r te r D in n e r a t th e S t i r k House Hotel, Gisburn.
Two books packed full
of sympathy cards and letters were on display to respect the recent loss of four of its members, Mr Bob Watts, Mr T re vor Balmforlh, Mr Ian S h a w a n d M r J o h n Greenwood, in an a ir accident in the Hebrides. Tributes were paid by
many of the members,, including president Mr
Derek Wightman. V is i t in g R o ta r ia n s
came from Keswick, Se t tle and Blackburn, along
with representatives of Clith e roe Lions Club, Ribble Valley Rotaract, Clitheroe Rotary Club a n d C l
i t h e r o e
Soroptimisls. The charter was read
by Mr David Sunderland and the objects of Rotary by Mr Jo h n P a l l is te r .
Toasts were proposed by Mr John Troop and Mr George Clarkson and the responses were given by former district governor Mr Bill Ward and Mr D a n n y B a r n e s respectively.
A b u s y t im e f o r r e s c u e t e a m
SE P T EM B E R ended on a busy note for members of the Bnwland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team. Three incidents involved local volunteers. Press
officer Mr Philip Bailey, better known throughout the Ribble Valley in his role as Ribble Valley Council’s director of development, said that mem b ers were involved in searches for a missing patient from Whittingham Hospital and a three- year-old girl from Frenchwood, near Preston, as w e ll as the annual Three Peaks Cycle Cross. The team located the hospital patient, the miss
ing girl turned up at her home and, in the cycle cross, the team assisted with several incidents, including a broken collar bone. “ I t was a busy weekend, which ju stifie s the
team's existence with involvement and service to the community in a variety of ways," said Mr
Bailey.
Robinson, of York Lane, Langho, who is a qualified nurse and midwife, working for the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority as a
Received stolen goods
A CL ITHERO E man was fined £225 and ordered to pay £35 costs after plead ing guilty to receiving sto len goods. Police found 1!) calcula
t o r s s t o l e n f rom S t Michael and S t John’s RC S ch o o l, C l i th e ro e , in a cardboard box belonging to Gary Walker (21), of M a y f ie ld A v en u e , th e court heard. Mr David Parkinson, in
m i t ig a t io n , sa id th a t Walker had purchased the calculators at a bargain price from a man he knew well, thinking he could sell them and make a profit. M r P a r k in s o n s a id
Walker accepted that he had been suspicious when th e c a l c u la t o r s w e r e offered to him and had p le ad ed g u i l ty to th e offence as a result.
Importance of railway
C O U N C IL LO R S a re to continue pressing for the re-introduction of a pas s e n g e r r a i l s e r v i c e between Blackburn and Clitheroe. C o u n . I low o l Jo n e s
(C l i th e ro e ) told R ib b le Valley Council that it was good’ to se e th a t hopes were still alive for the re- introduction of a passen ge r service. He stressed that the rail service would become more and more im p o r t a n t , a s tow n s became “snarled up" with traffic. He congratulated Lan
cashire County Council on the work it had carried out on the subject. Coun. Margaret Kelly
(Whalley) warned that the council should be alert to th e p o s s ib i l i ty th a t a future rail operator may not agree about the line's future.
Eye-catching Ethos wins
top prize ETHOS GA L LERY , of York S tre e t, Clitheroe, h a s won a n a t io n a l competition with Royal Worcester for the dis play o f a design named “Worcester Herbs."
f T he Accrington-based , group will continue to run
.a s before. Meetings are j held on the second Thurs- • day o f e a ch mouthy a t iW o o d n o o k B a p t i s t .C h u r c h , Royds S t r e e t , “Accrington, at 7-30 p.m.
Ill entering the com petition, Ethos had to
build c i th e r a window or an in-store display — o f which they did the la t t e r — th en la k e a photograph and post it to Royal Worcester.
S e v e ra l weeks la te r
they learned th a t they had beaten around 9(i other re tailers through out the country, includ in g som e v e ry la rg e s to re s to add to th e ir credit.
Mr Frank Barnes, the
A y o u n g la d y f rom S k ip to n n am e d M e g , W h o in tru th w a s a s th in a s a p eg ,
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in leather clothing, shoes and accessories o u ts ta n d in g v a lu e
owner o f Ethos Gallery, and his wife, I’at, trav elled to Royal Worces t e r to r e c e iv e th e i r prize, which consisted o f lu n ch in th e b o a r droom, followed by a tour o f the whole fa c tory and Thomas Cook holiday vouchers to the value o f £1,0110.
Said Mr B a rne s : " I t
was very enjoyable and 1 can happily say that I le a rn e d o n e o r tw o m o r e th in g s a b o u t porcelain.” O u r p ic tu r e , ta k en
outside the Dyson-I’er- r in s m u seum , sh ow s Royal Worcester’s mar- k e l in g d i r e c t o r Mr Richard Harrison hand ing the prize to Mr and Mrs Barnes.
breast care adviser. Her work takes her to health centres in various
parts of the Ribble Valley, giving invaluable sup port to women seeking advice from the b re a s t screening service and giving support for those requir ing breast surgery. She gives sympathetic and infor mative advice and support to women before and after
surgery. Her expertise is also directed to the setting up
of special support groups, where women can obtain mutual help — and advice from exp erts — a fte r returning home from hospital. Mrs Robinson qualified as a nurse at Blackburn
Royal Infirmary in the early 1950s and has been a ward s iste r there and at a Northampton hospital. She has also worked as a school matron at Stony- hurst College.
S t a n d i n g b y f o r ‘A n n i e ’ s e l l - o u t
WHEN “Annie” comes to town in December seats will almost certainly be at a premium
T h e c h a r i ty p e r fo r
mances of the Broadway hit musical, by Clitheroe Arts and Theatre Society, are bound to be a sell-out. W i th a c a s t o f 4 0 ,
including 15 children, and a reputation for excellence following the special pro duction of “Oliver” four y e a r s a g o , demand is ikely to be high. Booking is opening in
plenty of time on October 19th and there is still time to become a patron and obtain priority booking for up to six tickets, by donat ing the sum of £5 to the society.
House with swim pool allowed
AN in s p e c to r fo r th e S e c r e ta r y o f S t a te has allowed an appeal for the erection of a house with an attached swimming pool and detached garage, fol lowing the demolition of B r a e s id e , Y o rk L a n e ,
Langho. While the Ribble Valley Council had no objections,
in principle, to the demoli tion and replacement of Braeside, the councillors had refused planning per m is s io n b a s ed on th e height of the proposal and buik o f th e swimming
pdol. Several neighbours and
the parish council had also o b je c t e d on s im i la r
grounds. The inspector, however,
ruled th a t the height of the building and swimming pool would not detract sig- n i f i c a n t l y f rom th e appearance of the green be lt or amenities of the neighbours. In addition, th e in sp e c to r said th e development would not constitute over-intensive use of the plot.
. Several conditions were imposed, involving access a r r a n g em e n ts and th e re tention o f a feeling of openness along the north side of the road.
Traders for a day
MEMBERS of S t James’s Church, Clitheroe, became market traders for a day recently to raise JE707 for Somalia and Yugoslavia. Church members took a
stall on Clitheroe Market, packing it with items of b r ic -a -b r a c , b ooks and cakes. Chu rch m ember Mrs
M arg are t Bleazard said they" took the stall only a few days after a television appeal to help s ta rv in g children in Somalia. “Our stall was overflow
ing with goods for sale and the response of the public was incredible. We had some people ju s t walk up to us and hand us money. I would like to pass on our thanks to so many people fo r th e i r su p p o r t and gifts,” she said.
T o find out m ‘A n nie” ta k e s to the
C iv i c H a l l s t a g e on December 5th and runs
until the 12th. The t i t le role is being
taken by Nicola Walker. T h e show’s d ir e c to r is Barbara Taylor, with Ron White the musical directoi and A n n e G ro g an th choreographer.
P r o c e e d s from th
Christmas production will boost the Dorian House Hospice Appeal. M ore in fo rm a t io n is
available from Mrs Gwen Clayton (Clilheroe 41739).
VANDALS launched the orst in a series of recent
a t ta c k s on High Moor Pavilion, Clitheroe, at the w e ek end , sm a sh in g 13 windows at the isolated sports facility. Mr S tu a r t Holt, head
master of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, which owns the pavilion, said the damage which occurred on Saturday evening was the most extensive in a spate of incidents. Vandals have broken
door handles, windows and even a coffee machine dur ing the past few weeks lid Mr Holt, leaving i
mess of broken glass in their wake. They threw the coffee
machine outside, but left the money in,” he said."I don’t think we're talking \hout thieving for money.
I t ’s ju s t mindless vandal ism. We hope the police will pick up these people in the near future and all this will stop.”
Praise for
excellence TH E R E were words of p r a i s e fo r a l l th o s e involved in the successful European A r ts Fe stival and Torchlight Procession, b o th o f w h ich w e r e d e s c r ib ed as e x c e l le n t ad v e r t is em en ts for the authority. At the recent meeting of
R ib b le V a l ley Council, Coun. Bill Fleming (B i l lington) expressed thanks to Coun. Allan Kay and all the councillors involved, for the excellent display at the torchlight procession which he described as fine advertisement for the authority.” Coun. John Reese (Dil
w o r th ) a lso e x p re s s ed thanks to tourism officer Mr Keith Taylor and all the other officers involved, for helping to bring the European A r ts F e stival Tent to the Ribble Valley.
Van stolen
A BEDFORD van, valued at £1,000, was taken from the driveway of a house in Whalley Road, Pendle ton, between noon and p.m. last Wednesday. The vehicle has the registr: tion number B475YBV.
Not involved
WE wish to make it clear that Mr Stanley Hodgson and Hoddcr Motor Services, Clith eroe, had no involve ment whatsoever in an accident in Slaidburn reported in last week’s “Clitheroe Advertiser
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