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September 25th M 2 p.m.: Mr George & Mrs September 26th
7*30 p.m.: Led by Rev Brian " ■
■ 1.0. of the L» eprosy Mission
Followed by sale ol Fruit and Produce
A Warm Welcome to a
NEWTON IN BOWLAND Village Hall
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND VILLAGE HALL
WHIST &
DOMINOES Wednesday,
September 28th at 7-45 p.m.
Admission £1.20 (inc supper)
VILLAGE HALL SLAIDBURN
WHIST & DOMINO
DRIVE Saturday,
September 24th 7-45 p.m.
Admission £1 Including supper
FARMERS BALL
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23rd 8-30pm till 12-30pm
MARK KITTO BAND
Licensed Bar £4.00 inc. supper
For tickets
Tel: 0200 446642 or 446643
S P R IN G E R S
Surrey Road, Nelson (Junction 13 M65) SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 25th
INDOOR CAR BOOT SALE Stalls £8
Refreshments available
Traders from 8-30 a.m. Public from 10 a.m. To book a table
RING 696225 FREE ADMISSION
THROUGH COLOUR Michelle Sutcliffe of
FEELING GOOD Presented by
APPEARANCE MATTERS To be held at
The Starkie Arms, Clitheroe Tuesday, October 4th — 7 p.m. Tickets £2.50
Tickots available Irom tho Cancor Resoarch Shop, Castle Streot, Clithoroe. All proceeds towards Imperial Cancor Rosoarch
For further Information on Colour/lmage analysis contact Michelle on 0200 443332
Burnley Road, Altham, Nr Accrington
Tel: 0254 384874 Thurs September 22nd
SOUL PARTY NIGHT Come and join the fun
With D.J. Pat Carter, Guest D.J. Andy Peebles
also special guests Big J & The Plccofo Chickens
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i l BEFORE 10 pm 42 BEFORE 11pm
September 23rd & 24th Friday & Saturday
LIEUTENANT PIGEON
(Gary Glitter, Bowie, Mud etc)
PLUS
I M A G E M A K E R S
22 Sept - 28 October A stunning exhibition of furniture, mirrors,
jewel boxes and jewellery. Makers include Kilner and Aspin of Grindleton.
Gallery open 10 am - 4.30 pm
Platform Gallery. Station Road, Clitheroe. BB7 2JT
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AIGHTON, BAYLEY & CHAIGLEY MEMORIAL HALL. Hurst Green
31st ANNUAL BALL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th 1994
(Bring your own drinks and glasses)
MARK KITTO BAND Supper 8 p.m. prompt
Tickets £6 tor details telephone 0254 826361 i 0254 826588 • 0254 826354
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CLITHEROE EVENING TOWNSWOMENS GUILD
C O F F E E M O R N I N G in the
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Saturday September 24th 1994 10.00 a.m. - 12 noon
Cake Stall • Bring & Buy Tickets 50p
In a id o f B r it is h H e a r t F o u n d a tio n
CLITHEROE WOMEN’S AGLOW FELLOWSHIP
MONTHLY MEETING Will be hold on:-
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th
In the Meeting Room, Clltheroe Library, commencing w ith -------- -—“ '— ’
i refreshments from 7 p.m. Speaker:
" m Pat Jarrett, Cumbria -B» agio*1 win the Spirit" (Romms 12:11) OUR NEXT Saturday only KEN DILLON (Comedian)
CABARET ROOM NOW OPEN TILL 2am
A s from W ed n e sd a y O c to b e r 5 th
OUR CABARET ROOM WILL BE OPEN FOR HUE
MUSIC & DANCING FOR OUER 25s
9 p.m. until 1 p.m.
Featuring Resident D J. Pat Carter and Guest Group
Arimtolon JL2.00AU Nt^bt LOUNGE BAR
EUERY SUNDAY KARAOKE
COMPETITION 1ST PRIZE £15 2ND PRIZE £10
LOUNGE BAR OPEN FOR LUNCHES
Wed. Thur. Fri. Sun
CARUERY OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
ALL HALLOWS CHURCH
MITTON
HARVEST FESTIVAL
SERVICES Sunday,
September 25th 9-30 a.m.
SUNDAY EVENSONG 7 p.m.
t/HarfftcIme Monday,
argaret Golding ol Rosegrove, Burnley
7 p.m.: Paitor Geoff Jones and the Knowle Green Singers
or
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Mother’s anguish as she hears son has cancer
C o n t in u in g L y n n H a r r i s o n ’s p a g e o n e s t o r y o f b r a v e M a r c u s
ON the evening that can cer sufferer Marcus Butt was admitted to Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, his mother told a paedia trician that, apart from a lump and having just reco vered from chickenpox, her son had seemed rather more tired than usual dur ing the previous couple of weeks. Single mum Miss Alison
Butt nad, however, put that down to him having been particularly active at nursery — Marcus had for the p a s t four y ea rs attended “Elaine’s” pri vate day n u rse ry in Whalley. At this stage — the iginning of June — Miss
an ultra-sound scan of his abdomen, that the paedia trician told Miss Butt that Marcus had a tumour. She said: “Even when
tors battled to save his life. At the same time,
Dr Benson mentioned a tumour, I didn’t realise what he meant. Was it cancer? I f so, was it benign or malignant? Had it spread to other areas? There were so many ques tions to be answered.” Before any answers
Marcus had to have phys iotherapy on his lungs in order that he should he as fit as possible for the start of his firs t session of
chemotherapy. this
could be given, there fol lowed an agonising two- day wait, during which time Marcus was trans ferred to the Royal Man chester Children’s Hospi tal at Pendlebury. Marcus underwent sur
Butt, of Station Road, Whalley, still had no idea that her son was in fact seriously ill. She thought instead that he might have a cracked rib following the fall. It was the next day,
gery, as cancer specialists had to find out where the cancer cells were coming from in order to determine th e b e s t form of
treatment.
after various tests had been carried out, including
was the worst time. “Before he went to
For Marcus’s mum this
theatre, Marcus didn’t look ill,” she explained. “It was only afterwards that we were told he had been so desperately ill that they weren’t even sure whether there was enough time to get him down to theatre.”
there came another set back when Marcus picked up an infection which led to pneumonia. Marcus had to have a blood transfu sion, as well as scans and other tests while the doc-
During his recovery,
Miss Butt and her parents, Shirley and Allan Butt, of Longworth Road, Billing- ton, learned the fUU extent of Marcus’s illness. Miss Butt said: “When
It was at this stage that
dilemma, the family decided to opt for the rapid treatment, only to '
be told that as part of he trial,
this type of treatment was made randomly and that Marcus had not been selected.
the decision to offer • >f t‘
we were told it was neuro blastoma, we knew that this was bad news, as this is a rare form of cancer, which is particularly diffi cult to treat. We were then somewhat shocked to be asked what sort of treatment we would like for Marcus."
that there were two kinds of chemotherapy treat ment available — the stan d ard tre a tm e n t , involving a dose of chemo- therapy every th ree weeks, or a rapid treat ment, which has been on trial in the UK, only for the past 18 months, and would mean chemotherapy every 10 days.
Miss Butt explained
“There had been no results on the trials, so we knew that whichever choice we made we could be dimin ishing or in c re as in g Marcus’s chances.” Faced with this terrible
Marcus’s mum said:
feelings: “We were disap p o in ted and r a th e r shocked, as we thought that the consultant would have selected the best form of treatment for Marcus. It didn’t seem fair to put it into our hands.” So far, there has only
Miss Butt described her
shown by teachers at the school, two of whom had given up part of their sum mer holidays to attend an open day at Pendlebury Hos
school’s headteacher, explained: “Marcus has just started school and we feel it is important that he has the opportunity to ;du<
been one major setback — when Marcus was found to have a tumour at the base of his spine which was threatening to paralyse him.
walking properly and we wondered whether this was one of the side effects of the drugs,” Miss Butt said. "However, when I mentioned this to the doc tors, within hours, we were whisked off in an ambulance to Christie’s in Manchester for emergency radiotherapy treatment.
“He didn’t seem to be
it all happened so quickly, then he picked up an infec tion and we were back at Pendlebury for five days.” Throughout her ordeal,
“That was petrifying, as
Miss Butt has received tremendous support from many q u a r te r s . She praised the dedication
they could help Marcus to continue with his educa tion despite his illness. Miss Yvonne Hulse, the
[ospital to find out how '
have a mainstream educa tion, just like everyone else. Also, this will help the other children to understand the problems associated with illness.” She said that Mrs Bar
bara Jenkinson, who is in charge of special needs at the school, and Mrs Julie Walsh, who is a nursery nurse in the reception class, travelled to the hospital so that they would be able to meet Marcus's needs in school. As well as support from
her family and from the school, Miss Butt remains thankful to her employers, Blackburn-based Hobkirk Knitting and Sewing Machines. She actually decided to leave her job as an accounts administrator when she found out about her son’s illness, but, as she explained: “They have fai
been fantastic, as they refused to accept my
'
resignation and told me to take as much time off as I needed.”
Delivering Post Office message
POSTMEN r a l l i e d together against Govern ment plans to privatise the post office at a meeting in Clitheroe town centre on Saturday.
were determined to stamp their mark of disapproval on post office privatisa tion, when they signed a pe ' ' Ui
More than 2,000 people Workers.
etition organised Dy the nion of Communication
. gne
centred on the New Inn car park, with around 40 postmen from all over East Lancashire collecting
The rally, as pictured,
Coun. John McGowan, of the Ribble Valley Council, who said the day had proved successful and similar events would be held around the area in the future. The rally coincided with CoUn. McGowan’s call for
signatures at various loca tions in the town.- - Attending the rally was
the council to support the public ownership of the post office to protect its
status in rural areas, such as the! Ribble Valley.
“piece of madness” and she
Speaking before the meeting, Coun. McGowan told the “Clitheroe Adver tiser, and Times” that pri vatisation plans were a
tunity should be made to make the public aware of the possible affects priva tisation could have on the rural service.
ould be stopped. He said every oppor
council to support public ownership as a means of providing a universal ser vice with a uniform tariff for both letters and par cels through an estab lished chain of post and sub-post offices.
His motion asked the
the present service woul be enhanced by greater commercial freedom under continued public owner ship.
It continued by saying ilia
Coun. McGowan (Clitn iring / !!
eroe)'claimed that privati sation would result in the removal of guarantee of delivery to every address. He added that customers in remote areas could be asked to collect their post from central locations under privatisation plans.
postal service deals with around 61 million letters and parcels a day and has paid over £1 billion to the Exchequer in the last dec ade.
Members heard that the
was not approved, after Couri. Bill Fleming (Langho) introduced an amendment calling on ade quate protection for the rural service when a Government decision is made on its future.
However, the motion
cent commercial freedom is allowed to enable the postal service to be fully competitive.
It also asked that suffi-
Speaking a f te r the meeting, Coun. Fleming said: 1: “A the end of the day, what really matters is that we do have a good
t ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
Eostal service for the Valley.’’.
enefit of the Ribble
carried as a substantive motion, after the views of councillors on the original motion were noted in a recorded vote.
The amendment was
Toddling to a £lm. target
LOCAL toddlers will p u t th e ir f irs t steps forward for the BBC national charity campaign “Children In Need” on.October 30th. Clitheroe Castle field is should be a fun day for the
one of the venues for the family. Great Round Table Tod- . “We hope to get as
die, which is organised by many people as involved Round Table groups for as possible. It is for a very the annual charity event. worthwhile cause,” said
n u (net a small Dart of Mr Dudbridge, who added
set out on half-mile spon sored walks at different locations throughout the
UK.
last year’s toddle, which raised over £250,000 for the appeal, the 1994 toddle is a much bigger event, with over 80 toddles tak
Following the success of ____
ing place. The target for the sum
of all the toddles is £lm, which would be a huge contribution to the annual
apjpes
Clitheroe Round Table member Paul Dudbridge is hoping to generate a_big interest in the Ribble Vi ley by inviting all toddler groups, playgroups and nursery classes to send their young ones for what
al. cal organiser and
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about
and the
Chemists’ rota
TODAY and tomorrow, Peter Buckley Ltd, of Railway View Road, Clithero’e, will be open until 6-30 p.m. Hills Pharmacy, Church
Street: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday until 6-30 p.m.
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