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HARRY’S HONG KONG POSTING LANDS HIM A PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS


LIFE on the ocean waves has secured former Clitheroe Royal (Grammar School


by Julie Frankland


For Harry (34) has just returned from a Far Eastern tour of duty where, on board the frigate HMS Beaver, he was part of a 24-ship deployment, sent out by the Royal Navy as a show of strength and to mark the hand­


over of Hong Kong to China. His journey began in January, when he left Ply­ mouth to sail through the Bay of Biscay and the


Straits of Gibraltar. A cruise through the Med to the Suez Canal took him


into the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and finally, to South China Seas and Hong Kong. He reached the former British colony in mid-May, just


over a month before the hand-over. While in port, the then governor, Mr Chris Patten, boarded HMS Beaver to talk and dine with senior offi­


cers. The deployment was divided into task forces and his,


which included the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, the destroyer HMS Gloucester, another frigate HMS Richmond and two supply tankers, then turned for home via Bangkok, Singapore, Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Freemantle, Australia. While in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as


friends from his mother’s home in Lancaster Drive, Clitheroe,“With Hong Kong now part of China, this was probably the Navy’s last big tour of the Far East. “I t was, to an extent, a diplomatic relations exercise


Explained Harry, who is catching up with family and ,


but to commemorate it, we all received pewter tankards on our return to the UK.” A radio operator first class, Harry joined the Navy


eight years ago. When leave ends, he will return to HMS Beaver, which is docked in Plymouth for a main­ tenance period until the spring. His next leave is a two-week break a t Christmas


but already, Harry, who has a B.A. (Hons) degree from Lancaster University, is getting itchy feet to


be off at sea again. Never seasick, since joining the Navy, he has also


travelled to the Falklands, West Indies, America


thefts from memorials in two Ribble Valley villages


Diana: mourning spoiled by


HUNDREDS of people have penned personal messages in tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, in special books of condolence through­


out the Ribble Valley. A silence, described as “amazing,” fell over


Clitheroe on S a tu rd ay morning, marked by


maroons fired from the castle keep. Many of the town’s shops and market stalls were closed, some for several hours, others throughout


the day. Saturday began with a service of Holy Communion at Clitheroe Parish Church, conducted by the Rev.


Peter Shepherd. , I t attracted a congregation of 130 people of all ages. ■The retiring collection of £110 is being forwarded to •the trust fund set up in the Princess of Wales’ memo-


'ry. •Among those at the service was Clitheroe Mayor Coun. John McGowan, who later made his way to the


castle, where he was joined by councillors and mem- ibers of the public at the castle gates prior to the two


'minutes’ silence. * Police stopped traffic a t 11 a.m. in the town centre ‘following which, town clerk Mr Peter Roberts said “an


! amazing silence” fell over the town. Floral tributes have been laid in the castle grounds


#throughout the week and Ribble Valley Borough • Council intends to begin collecting the tributes today, 'in common with the collection of tributes in the royal


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LAST week’s report of the Ribble Valley Borough Council meeting, during which Mrs Mary Homer’s question regarding Castle Cement s stor­ age tanks was discussed, unfortunately contained


Figure quoted was incorrect


an inaccuracy.


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and residential homes. Where they are not suitable to be passed on, or have decayed, they will be mulched and used to grow new plants and flowers. Card and messages will be collected, dried as neces­


Flowers, where fresh, will be offered to local hospitals * i


sary, and stored until the family of the Princess has had an opportunity to consider what should be done with them for the longer term. Books of condolence will be kept, states the borough council, until further


notification. Clitheroe Town Council’s book of condolence is to be . . .


specially bound before being forwarded to London. • While recent events have provoked an unprecedent­


ed national response, in the Ribble Valley two partic­ ularly insensitive acts have upset and angered resi­


dents. In Whalley, floral tributes to the Princess were stolen.


At least two large bouquets, each with cards bearing


personal messages to the Princess, were taken between Thursday evening and Friday morning from the war memorial, chosen by villagers as their haven to mourn the Princess’s death and pay their respects. The bouquets were laid on Wednesday by mother-of-


three Mrs Sheila Edwardson, of Sabden, and Mrs Tracey Foley, of Great Harwood. After spending £10 on the flowers they went to the war memorial with Mrs Evelyn Edwardson, of Limefield Avenue, Whal- ley, who is Tracey’s mother and Sheila s mother-in-law. They placed four family bouquets but it was the two


biggest that went missing. Said grandmother-of-nine Mrs Evelyn Edwardson:


“I can’t believe anyone could stoop so low as to steal


from the dead.” And in Pendleton, the flag of St George was removed


within hours of it being flown at half mast from All Saints’ Church, to mark the grief of the Pendleton and Sabden communities. The flag was valued at £150. Anyone with information about either theft is asked to contact Clitheroe Police Station.


and throughout the Adriatic. Pictures show Harry’s frigate, HMS Beaver, enter­


ing Hong Kong harbour and, inset, Harry, right, and two colleagues meet Trevor Brooking


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being finalised this week. Mr Tindall built up a large practice in the Ribble Val­


ley over more than 30 years before going to live in Kent five years ago. He was a major local, regional and national figure in his profession and had been awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Veterinary Soci­ ety, an unusual honour which reflected his status. Mr Tindall was renowned for his practical and zestful


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thefts: come to us for advice say police


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POLICE are urging schools to seek crime pre­ vention advice after a computer given to replace a stolen one was itself taken in a night­ time raid. A local firm stepped in


to help Whalley CE School after the first theft, which happened before the summer holi­


replacement was kept in a well locked room...but their arrangements for this newspaper to take a picture of the handover on Thursday had to be hurriedly cancelled after they arrived at school. Overnight burglars had


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