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: enjoyed play time in uto­ pia thanks to a bit of crea-. tive thinldng.


CLITHEROE ..youngsters


eroe After School Club, based. at Trinity Youth and. Community Centre, came up with the winning n a m e •' f o r a m e w newsletter.


The children from Clith­ E Competition organiser


§£ opular, Utopia Fun


and Enterprise Counci rewarded tn< youngsters’ efforts with a trip to the


ast : Lancashire Training


Eye Spy and it will now be seen on newsletters, dis­ tributed throughout East Lancashire, for people interested in care for school age children.


"ouse, in Burnley. Their winning name was


L A D I E S L E A T H E R T R E N C H C O A T


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£ 1 0 9 ; 0 0 Portsmouth Mill, Burnley Rd, Todmorden.


Y O U S A V E £ 3 0 . 0 0 Turn Tannery,


T e l : 0 1 7 0 6 8 1 3 5 6 3 FOR OUTSTANDING VALUE ON TOP QUALITY LEATHER GOODS


Clitheroe Advertiser & Tinies, November2nd,1995-;13r ..... .__AIMO XA K B a . -


CLITHEROE ORiLNGS PEOKFB CEMTR1S OFFICIAL SURPLUSES OF OBANGE MOBILE PHONES -. (MOTOROLA FLIP M9.99)


THE Glitheroe United Reformed Church hosted this autumn’s North-West Provincial Synod, the first time one of- the twice- ycarly meetings has been held in the town for 12 years ; b The synod was attended


the North West area, which covers from Mac­ clesfield in the south to Windermere m the north. The proceedings began


y 200 people from all over


with a service, which took as its theme Clitheroe’s


motto of “the rock Stands and the river flows. The service also included two


hymns written by mem­ bers of the congregation, the Rev. Alan Gaunt, who was minister at Chtheroe


1A F IR S T IN TOW N FO R 12 Y E A R S T r a f f i c c a lm i n g j


United Reformed Church from 1958 to 1965, and Mrs Beverley Jones, wife of Coun. Howel Jones, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the Ribble Valley Council. The meeting which fol­


thelowed was addressed by


the United Reformed Church, the Rev. Tony


General Secretary of


the church in England and Wales, it was a return to old pastures as for some years he was minister of a c h u r c h i n E a s t Lancashire. Our picture shows, from


Burnham. For Mr Burn­ ham, who is the head of


P la n s in th e p ip e l in e


PLANS'for junction improvements at access to Feazer Farm, Fell Road, Waddington (number 0668)'are among the latest applications lodged with Ribble. Valley Borough C o u n c i l - P la n n in g .


Department. , Other plans include: t Billington: Continua­


; more thanj 14-.days per ^lawfulness-forian'existing year; at'land adjoiningK-use; -use as a; private Moor, Lane ,(0670).; Bolton-by-Bowland:


ion; to retain earth mounds to form features for motorcycle motocross scrambling for use on,not


New, field access between Park Gates and Park,View Barn, Gisburn Road (0669). f Renewal, of application


at field adjoining Monu- bentLane (0679).. ■ Chatburn: New vehicle access over crass verge at


or erection-of club house


for a certificate of lawful­ ness for a proposed use, extension and alteration, at Radchffe Cottage,' off Goose Lane (0673). Clithcroe: Refit to


existing store at Kwik Save store, Station Road


M u s i c t o


h i s e a r s A METHODIST mmister will see and hear his own music performed during a: service at Trinity Method­ ist Church, Chtheroe, on Sunday.The president of the Methodist Conference, the -


Rev;- Brian- Hoare^ is attending the service, starting at 10-30 a.m., when he will listen to the choir, congregation and orchestra sing and play his music.The morning service’s main piece of-music is “Celebrate - and Sing,’’,


which Mr Hoare has set to the words of the Commu­


odist Church, his preach­ ing having taken mm to Germany, Malaysia, Ghana, Barbados, Brazil and .USA; .He. is -well known as- a musician, writer :and composer, of hymns and songs, which t can be found, in both Brit­


nion Service. o Mr Hoare has a wealth


f experience in.the Meth­ ps h a n d : A m e r i c a n


ength: musical-called ‘New Creation”.


Sawley Road (0671). : • ■ Chipping: Application


(0667).Gisburn: Additional storage, plant units, security gates, lodges for personnel, car parking, re- erection of sheep Jairage at Castill Laithe Abattoir, Sawley Brow, Sawley (0666).Pendleton: Construc­ tion of detached garage at Burnside, East View (0678).Waddington: Applica­ tion for a certificate of


dwelling-house, at Wad­ dington Old Hall, West ■View (0677).. Whallcy: Agricultural


building at Brook House Farm, Mitton Road (0675).


P ro te c t tYiis


s e r v i c e


PROTECT the Ribble Valley’s rural postal ser­ vice is the message local Euro MP Mark Hendnck has delivered to the European Parliament. Mr Hendnck backed a


proposal that any Euro­ pean laws on postal ser­ vices should be debated m public and not decided


upon by European officials using technical powers. The European Union


plans to introduce more competition to European, postal services, but Mr Hendrick wants to make sure that rural services are not threatened. Mr Hendrick said:


Reformed Church, the Rev. Geoff Rodgers, Mrs Judith Metcalfe, the Clith­ eroe church secretary Mr Andrew Chisholme, the Rev. Tony Burnham, the Moderator of the North West Province, the Rev. Keith Forecast and Mr Geoff Holmes.


TRAFFIC calming mea-. sures costing £54,000 are to be introduced on the A59 Longsight Road. : The Department of


Transport has given the go-ahead to the scheme at


H ow d id m y b r o th e r d ie?


the left, the Rev Alan Gaunt, the Minister of C l i th e ro e U n i te d


A NEW Zealand woman, anxious to know how her brother died over 55 years ago, is asking for help from residents of the Slaid-


based at RAF Dishforth, in Yorkshire. Returning from a bombing mission to Narvik on the night of April 30th, 1940 his aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed on Burnside Fells. Her brother received injuries from which he died the following day in Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Mrs Nancy Pcnwardcn, of Devon Street West,


burn area. Her brother, Pilot Officer John Gilmore, was


crash alive. Only one survived the war, and he died in 1966. She has exhausted all the normal channels of information, and hopes now that there might be some men and women in the area who remember the long walk up the fell to rescue the injured air­


hours. She knows, that there are no survivors of the


one of Lancashire’s most notorious, accident


blackspots. I t is hoped that the


W i t n e s s e s s o u g h t


POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a Clitheroe


town centre assault in which an I8-year-old man had to be treated for cuts


measures, as yet to be decided, will slow down the speeding traffic.


O R A N G E


2 - 4 Ca s t leg a te ,C lith e ro e,O p p Sue B yd e r Shop


Clithcroe police, said the man was walking along New Market. Street when he was attacked from behind by four youths at 12-01 p.m. on Friday. . DS Vernon explained


New Plymouth, New Zealand, has never been able to find out what happened in her brother’s last


and bruises at hospital. Det. Sgt Phil Vernon, of


that the man said he was struck with a glass or bot­ tle and then punched. The man sustained a cut


crash is Mr B. Blacklock, of Salthill Road, Clith­ eroe, who visited the site a couple of days after the crash happened. He was just 14 and went up on the Sunday following the crash. He has not been back since, but is hoping to revisit the site with a friend, Mr;Gcrrard Towers, who has shot a video of the scene which he plans to send to New Zealand.


men, and what happened to them. • This is Mrs Pcnwarden’s second attempt to get more information. One person who remembers the


B r i d g e c l u b r e s u l t s


MEMBERS of Clitheroe Bridge Club were sad­ dened to learn of the death of Mrs Dons Snowden, a long-time member. "She was a. fine bridge player


year,” said a spokesman. A detailed obituary


Fielding., EW Mrs J Bowker arid Mrs J . Tay­ lor, Mrs T. Park and Mi


and a delightful ^lady, who bird and Mr G. Pollard, Mi fought her illness most A.. Norris and Mr yf bravely over the last Noms. -E1V Mr H. Fieldj


B.Ghua.:On Thursday the win- "er® we.r®


;


appears elsewhere m this paper. wThe winners on Monday ;


and Mrs J. Martindale, Mrs V.Baron and Mr H.


S a m a r i t a n s c h a n g e t o


“Dehvenng the mail is not mst a business; it is a life-: ine for whole communi­ ties. The mail cannot be delivered to rural villages, and farms in the Ribble Valley at a profit, not without massive price increases.” “So opening the profit-':


able .parts of the Royal Mail-to more competition should not be allowed to destroy deliveries in rural areas like Ribble Valley; or price the deliveries out of the reach of people, such as pensioners.” ... ‘ The European MP added that the first step in safeguarding rural - deli­ veries was to make sure any postal- changes were properly debated 'in the European Parliament.


; television '.‘Songs of Praise” Hymn: Festival


the (Winners ;inithe.;BBC. THIEVES stole a - black l His latest work is a full-


ublications. In 1991, he was one of


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o n e n u m b e r THE Samaritans have taken a new initiative by introducing a single tele­ phone number for the entire country —: and they hope it will become as recognisable as 999 Today, November 2nd


ere: NS Mrs H. Askey


mg and Mrs J. Stubbens,/ Mr and Mrs J. Pawlicki. ( The team competition


able to play.


for the Brown Cow Tro-j phy will be played or November 9th. Only those who have signed in will be


L o c a l f a r m s f e a t u r e i n n e w g u i d e


SEVERAL Kibble Valley farms feature in a new county coun­ cil tourist guide about farmhouse accommo­ dation in Lancashire.


— 42 years, to, the day after; the first call to . the Samaritans — anyone in- crisis will be able to reach the charity , on 0345 9090 90.“We want this number printed indelibly on the minds of 60 million inhabi­ tants; of the UK,” said a spokesman for the Black-: burn; Hyndbum and Rib­ ble Valley branch. , . : . a “We hope m,will become


Until now, people in crisis have had to hunt for our 202 branches’ separate numbers m the local tele­ phone directories. . “Our branch’s number


s recognisable as 999.


farms featured is Pages Farm, Slaid- burn, which was the; recent winner of the North-West Tourist- Board’s award for best farmhouse.


Among the local


'Farm, C h a ig ley ; Wood - End Farm, Dunsop Bridge; Stubs Wood .Farm, Riming- ton; and Wytha Farm,. Rimington.


-Other farms include Lower Standen Farm, Cl ithcroe; Rakcfoot


and address will still be available, and the new one number 0345 90 90 90 will provide an important new means of making contact with the organisation.”


Accolade


.the' country’s .50 top value for money boardinj schools: by , the “Financia. : Times”.3 The; calculation for,; this : league table was based on s the .“Financial Times”


for college STONYHURST: College has been listed' as one of


achievement, m. this1 year’s 'A-level results; divided by- the; annual.iboarding, fee t charged by each school.


core:Afor. academic


.,7;Stonyhurstiis;the3only, North. West^boarding school ito'ifeaturei.m'the tabled'


. The 1 free colour: - booklet is available at ■ .Clitheroe Tourist


; Information. Centre, Market Place.


: TWO Ribble; Valley'men ;were; treated-in hospital ‘.after the car in which they - ^were travelling;over­ turned m Downham at


Two men in - road accident


saround 10 p.m. on Sunday, j *


:i Road, Clitheroe, suffered - ;cuts and shock when the ivehicle-toverturned; in iTwiston. Lane. The pas- ‘senger,'. MrAidanSmith- !sonli(18)y,:-of'! Downham ; Road.Chatbum.suffered cuts, to the head and 'bruising.


-■ Driver Mr -Paul>. Kwas- niewski (17), of Henthom


7; Bjith were ,taken 'to -BlaekburnRayabJnfir- mary, but were’later released.,-p.


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to the head and bruising to the face. He was later treated at hospital for his injuries.DS Vernon said there were no descriptions for the four youths. t Anyone with informa­


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should contact Chtheroe police on 01282 863161.


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