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ROYAL stories were all the rage in 1996, but the year will not be remembered in the Itibble Valley as one of divorces and high-class scandal.


Itibblc Valley residents are sure to remember it as the year


national media attention when it was made public that the Queen wanted to retire here.


the news of Her Majesty’s dream proved a refreshing tonic and got the year off to a


cracking start.


As the valley was recovering from its New Year hangover,


Her Majesty said her dream was to move in next door. The area became the focus of


the valley hit the headlines again with the news that it was


Slaying on the royal theme,


home to Europe’s top beauty queen.


Claire-Marie Harrison became an overnight success when 200 million European TV viewers watched her take the title of Miss Europe ’00 in Albania.


Simonstone beauty


during the year. Clitheroe FC fans glowed with pride as the team made it to Wembley for a sporting occasion which for many overshadowed England’s performance in Euro ’90.


Success was never far away


the valley’s roads, with several drivers losing their lives in


Sadly it was a grim time on


some of the most horrific accidents seen for many years. Beef was still not at the top


passions. II was also a year when


of everyone’s menus ax the BSE debate continued to Ignite


change was on the cards. Kibble Valley Borough Council


announced that its controversial chief executive, Ossie Hopkins, was leaving for pastures new.


were introduced in Clilheroe and it was not long before road rage erupted on the town’s streets. Ambitious plans to


Dreaded car parking charges


transform the town’s 900-year-old castle into a 21st


by rail to me v w j continuing success of the


uihhle Valley’s railway track gn lled fresh talk about the


reopening of the Clitheroe to Hellifield line for regular


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HIGH-FLYING Clitheroe couple Trevor and Maureen Gate (above) took to the skies for a perilous microlight aircraft flight to


journey was cut short when bad weather stopped them crossing the Pyrenees and the journey was completed by car.


Spain. Unfortunately, their


journey the couple had ever embarked upon and it took them across the English Channel, down through France and to the Spanish border. Strong winds meant the couple travelled at speeds of up to 80 m.p.h in an aircraft powered only by a two-stroke engine. They were part of a


Accrington College head of physics, piloted the two-seater aircraft 1,550 miles during the 36 hours spent in the air. It was the longest


Mr Gate, a retired


six-strong squadron of microlights making the mammoth trip to Alicante in south east Spain and back again. During their journey,


BRAVE Chtheroe mum Helen Jackson (right) fought back after


the death of her son to raise £10,000 for v ita l hospital


equipment. Her world had been left shattered


following Lewis’s death from a major heart attack after an 80-mile mercy dash to Stoke-on-Trent to get an inten­ sive care bed last Christmas. The tragic toddler had been turned


THE town’s football club put Clitheroe on the map in 1996. Its visit to Wembley in the FA Vase final attracted massive interest throughout the area, if not the


region. In 1997, as the club strives for a'


place in the UniBond Northern Pre­ mier League, it is hoping to re-create the exciting atmosphere which spilled out of pubs and shops and dominated


the talk of the town eight months ago. Hordes of fun-loving followers


away from hospitals in the North-West and his death sparked a great deal of national media attention. Following television appearances,


sive care equipment for local hospitals. Her plight touched the hearts of local


people and it was not long before they were helping her to raise the much


of-the-art machines to measure oxy­ gen and blood gases. They are crucial in the monitoring of children with breathing difficulties.


needed funds. The cash has been used to buy state-


Mrs Jackson decided to put all her energy into raising cash to buy inten­


descended on London.during a week­ end in early May. They were not intent on seeing the all-red affair between Manchester United and Liverpool, in the FA Cup Final on the Saturday. Their interest centred on Sunday and the historic visit of the Blues to the . home of world football. Clitheroe FC’s valiant struggle at


the end of the winter and in early spring to reach the Twin Towers lit up many a dream and many a dreamer. Come May again and those dreams


could be re-ignited and fuel the adren­ alin of 11 players and all the backroom staff to push Clitheroe FC on to yet another historic moment for the club.


Olympic honour


THE.year ahead holds a lot in store for Rib- ble -Valley’s Olympian


hopefuls. National Lottery money


they stopped at numerous airfields to refuel and snatch a few hours sleep before another gruelling day in the sky. Mrs Gate, a retired


is up for grabs for pros­ pective Olympians and here in the Ribble Valley we have our share. In A tlanta’ in- July,


Year. Roar them on to victory in the North West Counties League and pro­ motion to a league which is just two ’divisions away from professional


Get behind the Blues in the New


received in its FA Vase campaign, so get down to Shawbridge and, again, break the ground attendance record, an achievement of the FA Vase run. <~ Come on Clitheronians, make it a


football. The club needs the support it


Blues New Year — and you could experience the joy seen in our pictures of the fans (top) and club chairman Steve Rush (above).


deputy head at Pendle County Primary School, Clitheroe, admitted that the flying was tough, but was all worth it for the magnificent views and the excellent hospitality shown by the French.


Chatburn’s Joanna ,Jack- son competed in the,Team Dressage event: for Great Britain. Although her team did not perform as well as expected, she was praised for her efforts by the national equestrian magazine “Horse and


left, in her Olympic track suit) also posted her inten­ tion of competing in the next three Games. Calderstones Hospital


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tide holiday. Vi de o s o f


world-famous Babe will have dropped out of chil­ dren's stockings and been slipped straight into the VDU.Earlier in the year this area’s very own Babe. I’ei'cival, from Wadding- ton Fell, was highlighted in the Advertiser and


Times for his amazing abil­ ities. The pot-bellied Viet­ namese pig (pictured, above, with his owners Lee, Oliver and Gary Bol­ ton and their friend Justin Chamley) rounded up sheep and woke up the chickens. Unfortunately, one of his tricks was going w a 1 k - about and recently he did this and has not yet returned home. Stories about animals


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worker Mark Brown'won a bronze medal in tHe Para­ plegic Olympic Games in Atlanta during the sum­ mer. He came third in the marathon event and just missed out on a medal in the 5,000m, where he came fourth.


Animal magic


paring for the future in what could be described as an extreme fashion. At the end of the sum­


mer, Mike and Jenny Heyes sold their home and


Another family was pre­


their business, to give their son, Jonathan,— a world­ rated junior skier (pic­ tured, above, with mum,- dad and sister Helen) — the opportunity to ski for Great Britain in future


all three, and more, in coming editions of the Advertiser and Times and, of course, the next Olym­ pic Games.


Olympics. Keep your eyes open for


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ers at the Clitheroe Ultra­ frame pic factory and a handful of generous animal lovers helped pay the £250 veterinary bill of a pen­ sioner whose small dog had been mauled by a Rottweiler.


is pictured (above) with his owner, Mrs Brenda Jones. He received serious in ju r ie s , but he was nursed back to health by


Butch the Jack Russell Mrs Jones, who was hear­


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