Clitlieroe 22,124 (Editorial), 2222.1 (Advertising). IS urn leg 422.1.11 (Classified)
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 14th, 1993 13 Solicitor General is VIP guest
CRGS old boy tells of career climb
THE Solicitor Gen e ral , Si r Derek Spencer, presented the third annual Old Clitheronians’ Lec ture at CRGS.
Sir Derek talked to an audience of 100 about his d is t in g u ish ed legal career, as well as the history behind the posi tion of Solicitor General. His interesting lecture spanned an hour and a half and was sprinkled w i t h hu m or o u s anecdotes.
Afterwards, he spent 20 p minutes answering
impromptu questions in formidable detail.
Chairman of the associa tion Mr Barrie Lancas ter welcomed members and guests, explaining that Sir Derek was the latest in a line of distin g u ish ed sp e a k e r s , including Prof. Norman Myers, a worldwide authority on environ mental matters, and Mr William Blezard, an in te rn a t i on al l y renowned pianist.
Born in Waddington, Sir Derek attended Clith eroe Royal Grammar School from 1947 to 1954, proving himself both a scholar and s p o r t sm a n . A f te r attending Keble College, Oxford, he began his legal career.
L a te r a c h ie v em e n ts included being elected to Parliament, becoming a
Queen’s Counsel and being knighted, before
He is pictured being greeted by association president Mr Tom Wall- work (left). On the far left is CRGS headmaster Mr Stuart Holt and on the right are Sir Derek’s former classmate Mr Richard Read, of Clith eroe, association secre atary Mr Keith Whiteside
being appointed Solici tor General in 1992.
right), along with others who attended CRGS with Sir Derek.
nd Mr Lancaster (far
The annual Old Clitheron ians’ Association dinner wi l l be h e l d on November 12th at the Stirk House Hotel, Gis- bum, and old boys wish ing to attend should ring Mr Whiteside (Clitheroe 22121) or Mr Lancaster
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Indomitable Ivan’ in national spotlight
Impressive debut by schoolboy
SCHOOLBOY Lee Bir- kett saved the day when a Clitheroe chess team found themselves with player short. The 13-year-old made an impressive debut on board
five, when Clitheroe C team played its second game of the season against
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equalised when Brendan Brown routed his oppo nent on board th ree . Clitheroe then took the lead through Simon Kar- mann on board one, after some fine end-of-game moves. The match was won when Phillip Rad- cliffe, playing on board four, set a clever trap to which his o p p o n en t succumbed. Finally, captain Peter
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THE Ribble Valley cancer patient who walked from Land s End to John O’Groats has been featured in a national newspaper article
about the “end-to-end” craze. Mr Ivan Hargreaves, of Whittam Crescent, Whallcy, is one of 50 cyclists and
walkers pictured in a recent “Daily Telegraph” Sunday magazine. All were photographed at John O’Groats following epic journeys to raise money for everything from diabetes and arthritis to the Israeli Ambulance
^ Mr Hargreaves is shown beneath a caption entitled “Ivan the Indomitable. “This has been a lifetime’s ambition and, if you get cancer, it pays to fulfil
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CONFIDENTIAL advice on contraception is available to girls under 16 at Ribble Valley family planning clinics — that is the message behind a new district health authority campaign.
Family planning campaign aims at under 16s
burn and Ribble Valley Health Authority is trying to raise awareness about the fact that girls under 16 may obtain free confiden tial advice on a drop-in basis at local family plan
ning clinics. The move stems from a
The Blackburn, Hynd- ble Valley area, about 65 become
young women pregnant each year before reaching their 16th birth day — a rate 30% above
the national average. Local family planning
Government ta rg e t of halving the pregnancy rate of girls under 16 by the year 2000. In the Black burn, Hyndburn and Rib-
clinics are held at Clith eroe Health Centre from 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednes day and at Longridge Health Centre between 6 and 8 p.m. on Thursdays. GPs at Clitheroe Health
they are all sitting there at a c e r ta in time, then everyone will know why. I would like to see how many g ir ls rea lly go along,” Dr White added. Dr Alison Summers, a
consultant in public health medicine for the district health authority, defended the merit of clinics. “It can be difficult to get
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an appointment with the doctor. You have to be quite a good planner. We are not worried about the people who are sufficiently motivated. “We are worried about
and still is readily avail able from the GPs on a one-to-one confidential basis. There is nothing new about this. The health authority just wants to make it clear that it is on offer,” a spokesman for the 12 Clitheroe GPs said. Whalley’s Dr Ian White
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thing.This is to make things easier for them. It is important to have alter natives where you can go more anonymously,” she
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commented: “We have never held family planning clinics at a separate time. The service has always been there for people will ing to come and use it. Any motivated girl knows she can go along to a doc tor and have a conversa tion about contraception.” He argued that more emphasis should be placed on providing education and advice for girls at school. “The problem with
CLITHEROE man James S tu ar t Regan (20), of Turner Street, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the town’s magis t r a t e s on T u e sd a y , charged with damaging a ridge tent at Waddington belonging to the Girl Guides’ Association and u s in g t h r e a t e n i n g
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McQuade salvaged a draw on board two, after mak ing a blunder in the middle of the game, giving Clith eroe victory with three- and-a-half points to Cal dervale’s one-and-a-half. It was a much improved
performance from the pre- v i o u s de fe at a t Stonyhurst.
In the Trust
THE Pendle Forest Asso ciation of the National Trust, which has 200 Rib ble Valley members, will be holding its first lecture of the season at St Peter’s Church, Burnley, on Tuesday.
Nicholas Thomas, who will show slides of National Trust houses and gardens in north Cornwall. He is replacing the advertised speaker, Mr Nprman Rawson, who died in September.
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