Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 1 st, 1998 Clltheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Sophie could be ‘Blue Peter’ star after receiving first nebuliser


Can you help plan to give nature reserve visitors an information service?


A £10 000 visitor-information project is being planned for two important, geological sites and, among other things, it will show that Clitheroe once


lay under the the seal -


Lancashire Wildlife Trust at Crosshill and Salthill quarries' nature reserves and members of the public are being asked to provide memorabilia for the state- of-the-art information pan­ els and even become volun­ teer wardens. The panels will be posi­


It has been launched by i- -_ -u_j ries and almost 40 species of


birds breed there. The trust, which man­


tioned at entrances and at strategic locations within the nature reserves. Meanwhile, Castle


Cement has agreed to spon­ sor the project to the tune of £10,000 through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme as a means of benefiting the environment and local com­


munity. Did you know that


Salthill quarry has fossilised


sea lilies which grew around Clitheroe 340 million years ago when the area was cov­ ered by a warm sea and that it is one of the best geologi­ cal sites in the British Isles? The quarries are also of great interest for their histo­


ry and their wildlife. More than 260 wild plants have been recorded at the quar-


ages to sites, is looking for old photographs of the quarries to help illustrate the changes that have taken place since quarrying ceased earlier this century. It is also seeking the help of local res­ idents to make records of birds and other animals seen in the quarries, to mon­ itor important wild flowers or to act as a voluntary war­


dens, The trust's East Lan­


cashire conservation officer, Mr John Lamb, said: "The text, artwork and pho­ tographs will be compiled over the coming winter months and the higli quali­ ty interpretation panels unveiled next summer. "I hope that the residents


Anyone who can assist


the project is asked to con­ tact Mr Lamb at Cuerden Park Wildlife Centre, Shady Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6AU


(tel. 01772 324129).


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of Clitheroe are able to help the trust with this project or with the management of the nature reserves and that they are able to visit the quarries, see the panels for themselves and appreci­ ate the fascinating geology and natural history.”


Variety is keynote at speakers’ club event


THE first regular meeting of Clitheroe Speakers' Club was held at Low Moor Social Club and it was typical in that it had plenty of variety, was light-hearted, y e t educational, and very enjoy­


able. The topics chairman asked his audience to use their . . ' .


imaginations and he set the scene by assuming everyone was stranded at a foreign airport where the only outward flight had just a few seats left. Each member was asked to assume the identity of a famous person and to justify why he or she should be awarded a plane ticket. Mr Gordon Taylor gave a humorous speech in wmch he


PEOPLE are rallying round to help the Cystic Fibrosis Trust after a youngster from Read was diagnosed with tne


dlSophieLongton, a first year pupil at St Augustus'si RC High School, Billington, might be appealing on BBC i V s "Blue Peter" after receiving the first of a number of nehu- lisers its fund is providing for sufferers.


Dr Richard and Mrs Frankie Freeman, Mr Mark and Jbclde Naughton and Mr Peter Roberts are'sponsored m the'Great North Run on Sunday. They hope to raise a sub­


Sophie's parents, Tony and Vicky Longton, and fnends ■ stantial amount for research.!


■Dailydife for sufferers such as Sophie includes physio­ therapy, use of the nebuliser and various medicines. The Longton family has already been fund-raising and


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picture with Dr Freeman, left and Mr Naughton. At the back from the left, are Mrs Freeman, Mrs Naughton, and Sophie's mother, Mrs Vicky Longton. (250998/17/14)


Sophie, with her special nebuliser, is at the front of the , . .


many of the Ribble Valley's Guides and Brownies helped with bnng-and-buy sales.


PLANNING IN THE PIPELINE


P L A N S to a l te r th e ex is t in g shop front, a t , 2 2 -2 4 C a s t le .S tr e e t ,: Clitheroe (N o . 0 6 19 ),


lhave been submitted to' Ribble Valley Borough


C o u n c i l P la n n in g Department. Iceland frozen foods has


just left the premises and clothing retailer Mackays is applying for the alter­


ations. Other submissions:- Clitheroe: change of use of


and extension to form garagei stable block and


Newton: bam conversion


-Easington Road, Slaidbum (0584).-Grindleton: erection of detached garage adjacent to house at New Barn Farm, Smalden Lane (0586). Bowland Forest (Low):


first floor bedroom1, plus porch extension to existing house a t Meanley Farm;


extension of dwelling into barn and conversion of


existing residential first floor flat to an office for existing retail unit on the ground floor at The Flat, 4/6 Market Place (0583); advertisement consent for spotlight sign at 72 Whalley Road (0589); erection of a single-storey extension at Beckside, Upbrooks (0592); removal of condition 2 (the permitted use shall cease on 28/02/98) from planning permission 3/96/0689 at Pendle Mill, Pendle Road (0596); erection of a rear conservatory at 95 Chat- bum Road (0585); installa­ tion of two stained glass windows (listed building consent) at Clitheroe Library, Church Street (0593); car parking for two private hire vehicles and use as the telephone base at Rockmount, Pimlico Road (0606); internally-illumi­ nated, projecting and fascia signs at TSB Bank, 7 Church Street (0607); rear extension to form first floor bathroom and ground floor kitchen and toilet at 2 Holden Street (0610); rear extension to form ground floor kitchen and disabled use shower and WC room at 4 Holden Street (0611); change of use into an off licence at 103 Whalley Road (0613); advertising consent for a non-illuminat- ed projecting sign at Past and Present, 22 Whalley Road (0624). Billington: single-storey


remainder of barn into two holidays lets at Crimpton Farm, Roman Road, Cow Ark (0587 and 0588 listed


building consent). West Bradford: erection of three-bedroomed


a


detached house with inte­ gral garage at land adjacent to Pickering Croft, Chapel Lane (0594); extension to existing detached garage at The Brooklands, Mill


Brook Court (0598). Bolton-by-BowIand, Gis-


burn and Sawley: change of use to form guest house with cafe/bar at Dog and Partridge, Tosside Road, Tosside (0595); construc­ tion of a timber stable block (retrospective application) at Ghylls Farm, Knotts Lane, Tosside (0599). Ribchester: convert barn


into two dwellings. Convert existing building into garage demolition of non-tradition- al buildings, install septic tank and improve access at Pinfold Farm Barn, Pinfold Farm, Preston Road (0597); alteration to exist­ ing petrol station access to form access to unit 2: garages at Unit 2, Lower Boyles Farm Barn, Black­ burn Road (0616). Simonstonc: erection of a porch at 1 Beauley Avenue


extension at 14 Billington Gardens (0582); construc­ tion of a post-modem bun­ galow at Brockhall Village, Old Langho Road, Old Langho (0602); erection, of two office buildings at Brockhall Village, Old Langho Road, Old Langho (0614) ; erection of a shop, cafe/ bar, estate office and managers accommodation at Brockhall Village, Old Langho Road, Old Langho (0615) ; erection of creche and manager's accommoda­ tion at The Langho Centre, Langho Colony, Longsight Road, Langho (0617); renewal of planning permis­ sion for a riding centre at land east of Northcote Road, Langho (0622). Whalley and Little Mitton:


barn, hay loft and store into two bedrooms, kitchen and dining room at barn adja­ cent to Wiswell Moor House Farm, Sabden Road (0601); engineering opera­ tions incorporating land­ scaping, drainage and road­ works at Barrow Print­ works, Whalley Road


(0600). Wiswcll: conversion of


(0612). . Thornlcy-with-Whcatlcy:


construction of ground floor and first floor extensions at Loud River Barn, Clough Lane (0604); erection of new double garage and car port and conversion of exist­ ing integral garage into a study at Gill House, With- inreap Farm, Longridge Road (0608). ;


Aighton Bailey and


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listed all the sports and pastimes at which he was no good or which he thought were foolish. He ended the speech by


saying marbles was his favourite pastime. Experienced speaker Mr Dennis Ogden gave a speech


which was almost "back to the future". Knowing there were beginners present, he gave a typical number one


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Chaigley: conversion of bam into a dwelling at the barn at Head O'th Moor Farm, Thornley Road, Chaigley


(0618). Bnshall Eaves and Great


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