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The b en e f its of worldwide public- i t y o v e r t h e Queen’s fantasy to retire to the Rib­ ble Valley could be lost — if vandals are not beaten.


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The most difficult budget in the his­ tory of Ribble Val­ ley Council has been agreed — but the _council lead­ e r says services will be protected,


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Car parking charges are on the way


CONTROVERSIAL car parking charges are to be introduced in C l ith e ro e th is y e a r — a n d a storm of protest is now brewing over the council decision. Borough councillors rubber-stamped


park fees. The issue looks set to remain a politi­


cal hot potato over the next few weeks, as councillors thrash out ways of imple­ menting the charge scheme.


plans to introduce the charges — in a bid to save £30,000 — during a meet­ ing to finalise the £400,000 cuts in the budget.


Clitheroe’s traders that shoppers will turn their backs on the town and head to charge-free shopping centres.


The decision has sparked fears among


pared to pay, but will not dig deeply in their pockets to meet expensive car


And shoppers have said they are pre­


to discuss the cost of the scheme at a Policy and Resources Committee meet­ ing on March 26th.


Councillors will have the opportunity


the top of the agenda a t Clitheroe Chamber of Trade’s meeting this week.


Parking charges were expected to be at Chamber president Mrs Judith


Hitchen told the Advertiser and Times th a t the organisation is opposed to charges and efforts would be made to change councillors’ minds.


She condemned the charges as ridicu­ lous, saying trade would suffer and


shoppers would lose out. Mrs Hitchen said: “Clitheroe is a rural


town and people have to come in by car as the public transport is not adequate. Shoppers will be driven out of the town. “I t will have a detrimental effect on


trade as a lot of people are just going to shop where they don’t have to pay.”


down of how much it is going to cost to introduce the scheme and how much shoppers will have to pay.


The chamber now wants a full break­


know how the introduction of charges could be cost-effective, because the council would have to pay out for ticket machines and ticket inspectors.


Mrs Hitchen said the chamber did not She said: “The council is supposed to


be saving money not wasting money.” I t has been suggested that a referen­ dum be carried out, asking shoppers if they want car parking charges. The chamber of trade in Todmorden recent­ ly defeated council plans for parking, following a referendum of shoppers.


not rule out a referendum or any other means of changing councillors’ minds.


Mrs Hitchen said the chamber would


The council’s Director of Commercial Services, Mr John Heap, said there is a possibility that the decision to intro­ duce charges could be reversed.


Mr Heap commented: "The council


can always change its mind, but, if that happens, an alternative £30,000 will need to be found to balance the bud­ get.”


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were submitted, the car parking charges could be introduced by July.


Details of the scheme, including out­ Mr Heap added that, if no objections


to shoppers on Tuesday, there was a mixture of anger and complacency.


When the Advertiser and Times spoke


— they would not put up with expen­ sive charges. Several said they would not be prepared to pay more than £1.


Downham resident Mrs Elsie Clement


said: “What is the council trying to do? Empty Clitheroe. I don’t want to shop


6 Continued on page 16. But shoppers were agreed on one thing


Hopes are high for Blues


Wembley date


HOPES are high for the Blues when they play the first leg of the FA Vase semi-final on Satur­ day.


Mangotsfield Unit­


ed, from Bristol, will have the majority of the crowd on their side when the two teams meet in what is Clitheroe FC’s away leg.


But there will be a


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vous but it is more frightening being in a wheelchair going down a bumpy hill. As


soon as Bernard said he had


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and sell information on almost anything one can care to think of and on Sunday he will be answering any questions listen­ ers put to him via the Internet. He runs his service, called In s tan t


Search, from the office near his home where he has had some particularly unusual requests: one man asked for details of a one-horse American town


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A COURAGEOUS Sabden woman took a giant leap forward for fellow multiple sclerosis sufferers — by pulling off a h o l id ay s tu n t which had her head in


which wheelchair bound Marion P a r f i t t soared above the Atlantic in a parachute — will also give a tremendous lift to other Ribble Valley people strug­ gling to come to terms with MS. Marion, who can only


walk a few yards unaided, went up, up and away on a 10-minute paragliding trip


— a surprise sprung by her husband Bernard when they were on a sunshine break in Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. Her only condition was


that it had to be on Leap Year Dayl He knew she had dreamed


of parascending when she saw holidaymakers up in the clouds on previous trips abroad. He checked it out with the people who run the trips, who said they would be pleased to take Marion out. When they arrived for


their holiday he told her he had arranged the stunt as an early present for Mari­ on’s 50th birthday in June, and she agreed as long as she could do i t on Leap Year Dayl She was a little nervous


th a t shared his name; another client wanted to know about a particular event that had taken place in a tiny French vil­ lage in August 1945. Mr Capstick (38), an information tech­


nology consultant, says: “I t ’s amazing what people want to find out about and very exciting that we can use the Internet to get back to them within minutes about the most obscure things.” His clients, mostly journalists and busi­


the clouds. , The soar-away stunt — in


Holiday stunt by MS sufferer will


also give others a big lift


by Margaret Parsons


it is more frightening being in a wheelchair going down a bumpy hill. As soon as Bernard said he had arranged a surprise for me I knew what i t was. But I said 1 would have to do it on Leap Year Day.


in the sky, but it was really noisy as the wind rushed by. “I was a little nervous but


“My only worry was that I would be dropped in the sea when I came down, but the team who arranged it were great and with Bernard they were all ready to catch me. “I t was wonderful and I


would certainly do it again,” said the house­ bound mum of two who has suffered from MS for 21 years. When the disease struck


her she had to give up her nurse training a t Calder-


ness people, can have information sent back to them via e-mail or fax and can use their credit cards to buy the informa­ tion.


firemen say ‘we’ll quit’ by Max Gardner


Fire chaos looms as


by the 17 Clitheroe retained fire-fighters if the proposal — which means five of their number who answer a 999 call will not get paid — is taken up on April 1st. Local fire-fighters are calling on Ribble


CLITHEROE could be without its own fire service in April if Lancashire’s chief fire officer presses ahead with his inten­ tion to bring in a rostering system for retained fire-fighters. A mass resignation has been considered


Valley residents to support them in their bid to maintain the status quo. Station officer Mr Dave McGrath said: “I


would ask the people of Clitheroe to con­ tact councillors and their MP to support their fire service. Speaking for his men at Clitheroe station Mr McGrath commented: “The majority of th^nuv


ii'.roe are seriously con­


sidering resigning. This system dictates when a fire-fighter should come in. And it does not take into account the kind of commitment the retained fire-fighter gives to his job.


“This whole issue has affected the morale


of the men, who are on standby 80 hours a week and who give up their free time to


of 42 proposals made by Lancashire’s chief fire officer, Mr Gordon Russel. He is forced to make a net reduction in spending of £193,000 — due to county council cut backs — and it is believed the rostering system will save £60,000.


help the community.” The rostering system is one on a shortlist


th a t : “At the moment, the proposals remain to be put into force on April 1st. I will be visiting Clitheroe on Monday to hear the complaints of the Clitheroe fire­ fighters.”


Mr Russel told the Advertiser and Times 4’


quite a lot and although I was told I had been up for 10 minutes it did not feel anything like as long,” said Marion, whose eyesight has been badly affected by the MS. “I expected it to be lovely and quiet and peaceful up


and the most difficult part was actually getting aboard the boat to take them out to sea. But once she was hundreds of feet up in the clouds she said it was won­ derful. “I t felt lovely. I could see


stones and as her condition worsened and she became confined to a wheelchair more and more the couple relinquished their home in Padiham Road and moved to a specially-adapted bun­ galow in Pendleside Close.


Husband Bernard is a


charge nurse with the Calderstones Trust and he was so proud of Marion that he immediately rang home to tell their amazed family — daughter Alison and son Neil, and their four grandchildren.


When the couple arrived


back at their holiday bun­ galow the neighbours were so impressed that they gave Marion £10 to give to a


Pupil power


PUPILS from Ribblesdale High School achieved suc­ cess in Europe with their Young Enterprise compa­ ny, Get Shirtee Ltd. The teenagers have gone


from strength to strength following their success in local competitions. Four representatives from


the company, based at the school, won an all-expens­ es paid trip to Brussels, after fighting off stiff com­ petition at a presentation to promote their product in French. The four lucky directors of


the company, Emily Croft, Hannah Fawcett, Faith Wright and Becky Clarke, jetted off to Brussels to take p a r t in an interna­ tional trade fair and to per­ form their prize-winning presentation.


The trade fair consisted of


companies from all over the continent selling many weird and wonderful prod­ ucts. The young British company sold internation­ al badges, hats, flags and T-shirts and were very pleased with the sales they made. The budding tycoons per­


formed their presentation in front of a large crowd, along with 12 other com­ panies from Russia, Bel­ gium, other parts of the United Kingdom and Canada and gave a fault­ less presentation and were ecstatic to win the Young Enterprise Advisors’ Award and £50 prize money. The representatives all


agreed it was an enjoyable and worthwhile experience.


charity and it inspired her to turn it into a sponsored event to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and her parish church of St Nicholas in Sabden.


Sabden last Thursday to a large bunch of flowers and a congratulations card from the family, who admitted they were astounded.


Marion added: “ I have


given up smoking and I have been paragliding. Now I will have to think what my next venture can be.”


She arrived back home in


great deal of support back a t home.


This has already


been shown by the response to the club’s appeal for help to give the boys the best start possible to the fixture.


Twenty-four people — players, both managers, physio­ therapists and a few club officials — have received sponsorship from businesses in the town to stay overnight in Bristol, tomorrow.


Without a strength­


sapping 3- hour trip on match day, the Blues will be fully- prepared to tackle the game ahead.


Ultraframe has also


donated a full set of tracksuits for the team who — win, lose or draw — will have a capacity crowd roaring them on to victory at Shawbridge on Sat­ urday week.


Victory over the side


from the South-West will see Clitheroe contesting the final of the FA Vase at Wembley.


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