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THURSDAY, MAY 21st, 1992 No. 5,523 Price 32p


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A KIIII) in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but little orphan starling “Horace” is worth his weight in gold to Woone Lane woman Mrs Kath Haworth.


brush with death after falling down Mrs Haworth’s chimney and into her living flame lire. Not only that , al ter landing in the flatties, he bounced out on to Mrs Haworth's hearth —


Horace had a close


"Poor Horace fell right into the flames, then on to the hearth. My cat was slow on the uptake and l managed to grab Horace, who was squawking in agony, before he was made a meal of!”


right in front ot her eat! Mrs Haworth said:


Horace, being a chick,


was. if you’ll pardon the pun, bald as a coot and


Mrs Haworth rang the USFCA to seek advice.


THERESA ROBSON REPORTS They advised her to


feed him minced meat and brown bread, soaked in water. A week later Horace has a full complement of downy feathers. Mrs Haworth


continued: "Horace has really made himself at home. He sleeps in the bathroom and I make sure he goes to bed every night at S p.m. He goes


straight (o sleep — which i< m o r e ! b a n 1 c a n s; iv


for a lot of babies!” Mrs Haworth's


husband, Alan, has tried his best to return Horace to the family Starling, who live on the Haworths' roof.


However, lie was


unable to reach the nest and, until Horace is old enough to fly of his own accord, he is accompanying Mrs Haworth to work, at Dales’s wallpaper shop.


on Moor lame. In fact, he has built up a sizeable following. Mrs Haworth, who is manager at the shop, said: "Horace has quite a fan club. The customers have been bringing their children into the shop to see him. He loves the attention.”


Mrs Haworth intends


to look after Iloraee until his feathers have grown enough for him to flv awav. Meanwhile, she said, Horace has detimtelv grown on her!


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WE'RE all keeping our fingers crossed that the terrific weather holds for the Hank Holiday weekend — and, if it does, there is no better offer we could make than a free


ice cream! Yes. you can enjoy the wonderful tasle of home­


made ice cream this weekend — thanks lo Country Dairy Ice Cream, if you visit its premises at Deer House Farm, Gishurn. The firm specialises in no less than I!) different


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ravaged a home and st ruck te r ro r in the h e a r t s of a voting' Chatham family have,


Fund set up after family’s lucky escape by Elizabeth Huffman


skirted death when their n o in e i n S t C h a d ’s Avenue, L'hatlmrn, caught fire at 11 p.m. last Thurs­ day. Standing between them and c a t a s t ro p h e were a next-dour neigh­


in the aftermath of the near fatal blaze, have brought out the best in neighbourliness. T h e Kemp f am i l y


bour ami his ladder. Friends ami neighbours are now trying' to raise


rash to help the Kemps get hack to normal family l ife and f o rg e t t h e i r


ordeal. Mr Kric Peace ( IS) was


.concrete moulder , who works at C)ee-Oo. Olith-


at the hack of his house talking with his wife when he heard screaming. The


eroe, ran with his ladder to the burning house and


dragged Carol Kemp (2K) and her son Craig (7) nut of th e f ro n t b ed ro om window. Trapped in the mum next door was Joanne (lb).


who Mr Peace barely man­ aged to wrench through a


window the size of a few hand-widths. In the midst of till this. James (11) took a brave slide down the


Fire Brigade arrived, only Zola, the pet Doberman, needed rescuing. “If it hadn’t been for Mr


b a n i s t e r and e s c ap e d through the front door. By' the time Clitheroe


Peace we could have been dealing with four fatali­ ties. At least one of the children was close to being overcome completely. His


actions have certainly pre­ vented a catastrophe in the village of Clintburn.” saiil Cl i the roe s ta t ion officer Mr Alan Clarke. All lour were taken to


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and well, memories ot the horrific experience linger.


J o a n n e c lu t c h e s het mother at night, rather than sleep alone. Craig is silent about the fire. Only James dares boast a little


about his brave slide for safety. Donations to the emer­


gency appeal can be sent t o C h r i s t C h ti r c h Vicarage, Chatham, BBT ■1AA.


OUTSIDE their fire-ravaged kitchen. Mr and Mrs Jeffrey Kemp with their three children, Craig, Joanne and James, all pupils at Chatburn School


Blackburn Royal Inf i r ­ mary, where Joanne was admitted to intensive care and the rest of the family spent the night suffering from shock and smoke inhalation. Mr Jeffrey Kemp (lid)


w:ts out playing pool with his brother when the fire struck. The blaze, which is


bel ieved to have been caused by an electrical lank in the tumble dryer, was confined to the ki t­ chen, but left much of the council house and its con­ t e n t s b la c k en e d wi th


smoke damage. Cushioning the devasta­


tion have been neighbours and members of the com­


munity. Since the family had no insurance, the Rev. Walter Drain lias launched an emergency append to help replace their belong­ ings. Two school gover­ nors who are also neigh­ bours, Mrs Klaine Kenyon and Mrs Carol Warning, are organising a raffle and a Clitheroe hand, The Mir­ rors, has offered to per­ form a benefit gig. 'Everybody is rallying


round us. They are even washing our clothes, bed­ clothes — everything — for us," said Mr Kemp, who had just finished put­ ting new fitted units in the now gutted kitchen. The fami ly is be ing housed temporarily by the


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WORK on the JMb.lUH) climbing wall scheme at Clithcroe’s Roefield Lei­ sure Centre is now under­ way and hopes are high that it will be ready for use by the end of July.


involves walls for different levels of skill, looks set to become a big attract ion from the s ta r t , as hun­ dreds of enquir ies have already poured into the centre'about the opening date. .


The s c h em e . wh i c h The scheme has been


made possible by a £30,000 grant from the Foundation for Spoil and the Arts and a borough council loan.


BIG EVENT READY FOR LIFT-OFF


“LI ’, up and away — lint don't forget your but t ies " is the message to one lucky pro gramme winner at Clitheroe Castle Kay re on .Monthly.


Went her permi t t ing.


one of the even! 's main attractions a giant ssft balloon --- will lift off car­ rying lhe winner heaven­ wards from the new Castle Field site at tile end of ( ’lithome's biggest annual fund-raiser. Bank Holiday crowds


will have the opportunity to c lamber aboard the te th e red canvas which holds 011,0011 cubic feet of


hot air to enjoy a different view of Clitheroe and the s u r r o u n d i n g R ib b l e Valley. Organisers are hoping


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for hot air of a different sort to bring crowds Hock­ ing in. "By switching both the


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LOCAL hero Mr Erie Peace stands near the spot where he rescued Carol Kemp and her son Craig from the bedroom window on the lelt and daughter Joanne, who had to squeeze through the top-opening window on the right


event ami the date ami by putting on more spectacu­ lar e n te r ta inme n t , we hope to br ing back the crowds to the Kibble Val­ ley," said Mr Keith Tay­ lor. the Ribble Valley Council's tourism officer. "For the past two years


Power station fuel debate boils up


THE debate regarding I’adiham Power Station's pro­ posal to burn the controversial new fuel Orinndsion is rapidly approaching boiling point. National Powers application to burn the fuel at


level over Read and Simonstone and, because ot this, I am not prepared to suppor t Nat ional Power 's application." Mr Pike’s speech included the following prophetic


Padiham, first highlighted in a February edition ol the "Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” united East Lanca­ shire politicians of all parties in a passionate House of Commons debate last Thursday.


Orimulsion being burned at the station was hacked by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, Hyndburn MP dreg Pope and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson. Mr Evans chose not to use the debate as a plat­


Burnley Ml’ Peter Pike's concern at the prospect of


form for his maiden speech, but said, in a statement delivered by Mr Pike: “I am concerned that the burn­ ing of Orimulsion will lead to an increase in the sulphur


statement: "What will we do in 10 years' time it there is a disaster in the area because of this fuel? It will he


no good saying that the authorities acted in good faith. Unless the Environment Minister can say that it is absolutely certain that this fuel is 1009; safe and that there can be no problems, then we cannot use it.” The most alarming comment, however, was made


by Dover MP David Shaw, whose constituency is near Richborough Power Station, which already burns Ori- mulsion. Mr Shaw said that £0 million worth of cars were damaged near Richbnrough last year, in what he described as a "major incident.”


the we a the r has let us down very badly. What wt would like from this year': event is for people to elite into the spirit of our his toric theme. Kibble Valley through the Ages." Events include mediev:


joust ing courtesy of the West Riding Company of Knights, with archery and longbow domonst rat ion.- and a medieval markc with a variety of good.- including a display of authent ic loth rentin' artefacts. Kibble Valley Mayor


Conn. John Travis will head the profession from the Town Hall at 10-1F a.m., with Slaidburn Sil ver Band providing tin musie and entrants to the Nat ional Town (Tier.- competition suitably tost ing thei r tonsils on tin assembled crowd. On the field, where tin


action star ts at 11 a.m. additional musical enter tainment will he provided by Blackburn and Harwell Band. “Space on the Cast le


Field will be at something of a premium owing to the numb e r of ev en t s this year. The organisers had planned to run the chariot race round the hot air bal­ loon. hut the course might be switched at the last moment," said Mr Taylor. Stuntmen who appeared


in the film "Robin Hood" aim to thrill the Kibble Valley crowd in a display of speed and skill aboar ’ the horse-drawn chariots A n o t h e r s t u n t m a n


Barry St John, will blow himsel f up while hand cuffed and chained.


ra is in g ev en t for local charities and a good turn­ out on Monday will give us something to build on in future years." added Mr Taylor.


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