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A STAR of the catwalk — th a t ’s the ambition of 17-year-old Lungho student Jayne Cooper. She hopes to follow in


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the footsteps of such models as Cindy Craw­ ford and Naomi Camp­ bell, whose style and beauty have c aptured t h e a d m i r a t i o n o f r a s h io n s e t t e r s th e


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world over. And Ja y n e ’s elegant


features and model pro­ por t ions — she is an.


1II'/• i n . t a l l — have a l r e a d y won h e r a


eoveririrl a s s ignment w i t h " L a n c a s h i r e


Life.” In the September edi­


t io n sh e s h a r e s the f ront cover spot wi th anothe r girl from the same model agency, and appears in pictures in a story on the inside l in k e d to a f e a t u r e about Blackpool illum­ inations.


“ I t ’s been a g r e a t


thrill to see myself in p r i n t , ” said blonde- haired Jayne, daughter of Harold and Barbara C o o p e r . ‘ ‘My m a in ambition is lo specialise in catwalk work — it’s something I decided I wanted to do whi le I was still at school.” Jayne, who is t rain­ ing at Central Models,


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Manchester, is said lo have the advantage of be ing able to model both the fresh girl-next- d o o r o u t f i t and th e s o p h i s t i c a t e d ,


s e i| a i n n e d e v e n i n g


style. A former pupil of St


Leonard’s CK School, Lnngho, and St Wi l ­


frid’s CK High School, Blackburn, she is cur ­ rent ly s tudying bus i ­ ne s s an d f in a n c e a t Blackburn College, as a hack-up to her fashion work.


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Russians honour Sabden soldier 50 years on


A MEDAL for war se rv ic e is p e rh ap s something.that many British soldiers came to expect a f te r the second world war. But for those soldiers sta­ tioned in the Arctic Circle, convoying sup­ plies to impoverished Russia, no medal was ever forthcoming from th e B r i t i s h Gov ­


ernment. Imagine the surprise,


by Catherine Needham


I Sabden, opened a parcel I last week — almost 50 years later — and found a


| medal from the Russian Government for his ser­ vices to the Allies in the Baltic campaigns during


| the last war. The medal came comple-


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Taylor and queen John Turner pwt on their glad rags tar a preview tor our camera man John


| tely out of the blue, with lust a teller in- broken English to explain where it was hom. Mr Bates


coast of Russia are still vivid, despite the time gap.He said: “ I was sta­ tioned on HMS Wilton, as part of tile convoy which kept Russia supplied with arms and ammunition. We had to meet the American ships in the Arctic Circle and convoy their supplies


I described his response as 1 one of “absolute surprise,” adding: “Alter 50 years you just don’t expect to get something like that through the post — espe-


into tlie Russian ports of Archangel and Murmansk. Then we took wood back from Russia — it was the only thing they could afford to send.” Lite in the icy wastes of


| daily considering the state that Russia’s in at the moment.” Mr Bates’ memories of


theretore, when Mr Jim Bales, of Watt Street,


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was perpetual daylight and in the winter it never


really got light. The ships themselves were designed for the low temperatures, but when you were out­ side, tlie uniforms weren’t adequate for the cold.” Clearly the sailors who


| his lime spent in the freez­ ing waters off the north


the Arctic was fraught with two major dangers, German U-boats, launched from occupied Norway, and icebergs. Mr Bates remembers: “The tem­ perature never got above freezing. In the summer it


risked their lives in this environment deserved a medal — and for Mr Bates it is bet ter late than never. But lie said: “The Russian Government seems to be sending out one or two medals now and again, perhaps when it can afford to — hut there can’t be many people still alive who were in the


convoying in the balmy Mediterranean Sea —


nothing if not a contrast. He was alsu involved in tlie North African cam­ paign, before leaving the Navy at the end of the


war. He moved out of Sabden


after the war and lived in l’adiham for many years before eventually return ing lo his roots. He now works as a part-time security guard, but lie will be retiring next month and looks forward to enjoying his free time, some of which will be spent pol ishing his new medal!


Police appeal


POLICE are warning rest dents of Newton Street Clitheroe, Lo be on the look-out lor vandals who have badly scratched two vehicles in the area and may strike again. ins]). Ian Hartley said


th e e a r s had been scratched with shar| instruments on two differ enL Sunday nights a fort night apart. Police heliev the incidents occurre after 10-45 p.m.


convoys.” Mr Bates, who was born


and grew up in Sabden, alternated his time spent in the Arctic Circle with


“We urge people in til area to he vigilant, report anything slightly suspi cions and try to obtain good description of the perpetrators.”


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HELPING the people of Romania lo midge their lives out of a desperate situation, where even shampoo, soap^jind sweets have become luxuries available to only a lew, lias won a Clitheroe policeman.


a Lop Rotary award. That PC Chris Creel- supplies at this end, or


that his expeditions to Romania, almost military in their complexity and depth of commitment compel recognition. His work as the team


man is not even a Rotarian ‘ 1 1 ’ .............. 1 1...... 1 further attests to the fact


toiled long and hard installing, for example, toilets and sinks at an orphanage. “I was pleasantly sur


leader of Pen die for Romania was deemed


prised,” lie said. “But it’s really a reflection on the team of people I’ve got working with me.” That their contributions


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made the most special of contributions to society,


for members of the Rotary Club. reThe aw a rd, which


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was given by the Rotary Cl u b of B ii r n I e y Pendleside.


achievement, PC Creel- man was quick to credit all those who have driven to Romania, a journey of 33 hours: helped to organise


While thrilled with . the Sad day as Chatburn landmarks felled


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feed A BARN was gutted and d .001) hales of hay and straw destroyed in a lire which was still smoul­ dering three days alter the blaze started.


wood and Longridge wore called to Groenlands Kami, Chipping, at 12-15 p.m. on Thursday, after the 30m by 100m barn burst into flames.


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Mrs John Clegg managed to safely evacuate more than a dozen beef cattle


Tenant farmers Mr and


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through the night and into the next day and night, using three jets to contain the blaze and keep the fire from spreading-to nearby


from the building. Fire crews worked


buildings. It was not until nearly


11-30 a.m. on Sunday that they were satisfied the fire h a d b e e n ful l y extinguished.


destroyed in the fire had been grown and billed on the farm and was sup­ posed to provide winter fodder for their sheep and young cattle.


Mrs Clegg said the hay


piece of string,”"she said. “The fire took every bale we had.” She added that the barn


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was crucial, not only for storing hay and straw but for sheltering stockduring the winter.


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LANDMARKS in Chat- burn for the past 100 years came crashing down at the weekend, as experts felled two old and revered trees on the Beech Grove site, behind the Brown Cow Inn.


horse chestnut, were on tlie site where a new hous­ ing scheme for the elderly is currently being built and concern about their safety was first expressed by countryside officer Mr David Hewitt when the land was inspected last year.


The trees, a beech and a


landowners that they should be inspected by a tree surgeon, to ensure that they were safe.


' Mr Hewitt advised the


inspected and found to be diseased — to the extent


Both trees were then


that the surgeon recom­ mended felling them.


potential danger to life and couneii decided that, while property and agreed with th(J beech tl.oe luld t(l be this recommendation. He stressed, however, that the issue of the trees was independent of the devel­ op ment; the d an g e r existed before the land was allocated for building.


Mr Hewitt was particu­ larly concerned about their


“It would be preferable to remove the trees and carry out replanting in due course.” But in July the parish


felled, it might be possible to prune and reshape the horse chestnut and at least save one of Chatham's


clearly held a special place in the hearts of many Chatburn residents and the parish council declared that it was not happy with tlie tree surgeon’s report. It requested a second independent opinion about tiie trees.


The tilth century trees


In June this year, the borough council. received the second report, with the same recommendation:


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them as a feature of the village for over a century.


trees.Tlie owners of the land, St Vincent’s Housing


Association, wrote to Mr Hewitt in August to say that it was not practical to retain the horse chestnut tree and that the report had been quite clear about its condition. The associa-. tion lias said it intends to replace botli trees. Following this decision,


the, trees have been felled — an emotive moment for many of the Chatburn residents, who have seen


particularly outraged. He said: “That horse chestnut' was the' favourite tree of the village — even the vicar used to mention it in liis sermons. Some of the older people in the village came to see it being cut down with tears in their eyes. Nobody asked the people of Cha tburn whether they wanted it felling.”


Mr Eddie Wilson was e Coun. Ted Boden, how­


everything had gone through the proper chan­ nels and reiterated that the trees had not been felled as part of the devel­ opment.


ver, explained th a t


trees, to be there for ever — but everything lias a


He said: “People, expect r


lifespan. The trees were seriously diseased, and the parish council didn’t want any death, damage or injury to residents because of them.”


who certainly did not watch the trees go with a tear in her eye was Mrs Sanderson, whose bunga­ low was adjacent to them.


One Chatburn resident


estl.v glad to see them go. Every time wo hacl i1 storm, I was scared to death — I had to go to the other end of the house in iase they came down. They were lovely trees, but they had started to lean a Tot and they just weren’t safe.”


She said: “I was lion 2 TON


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