16 ■ Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, August 6th, 1998


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Livewire town clerk off to


pastures new


| Roberts as he bids farewell to the Ribble Valley at the end of next


PASTURES.new beckon for Clitheroe Town Clerk Mr Peter


month. Mr Roberts, of Highfield,


Langho, will be stepping down after five years in the job to retire to a village in Norfolk some 15 miles from Sandringham Royal


| assistant manager at the interna­ tional Guide training centre at Waddow Hall, have lived in


Park. He and his wife, Susan, who is also retiring from her post as


. Langho since 1986. Their ; youngest daughter, Claire (25), will be accompanying them to Norfolk and they will be close to


their elder daughter, Sharon, who lives in Cambridge and is expect­ ing her first child in the New


Year. The decision to leave the Rib­


ble Valley came rather out of the blue for Mr and Mrs Roberts. Mr Roberts (pictured) com­ mented: "We went to Norfolk on holiday last year arid never dreamt we would retire there.


Then we.heard that this little ’ cottage was up for sale, so we


went to look at it and fell in love with it immediately." ' He and his wife were looking ,


forward to the new chapter in, their lives, but commented that they were both leaving the area with tremendous regret. He said: "We both love the area and the town and the people are fantas­


tic." Despite his decision to retire


from local government life, Mr Roberts is sure he will be able to keep busy. He is heavily involved with arts nationally and is on the committee of the Arts Council of, Great Britain, into which he pours years of experience in the entertainments industry. Prior to his role as town clerk,


manager. Moving from camp to camp,


allowed Mr Roberts to rub shoul­ ders with many famous names, including Princess Margaret on a royal visit and Flanriagan and Allen, when he went "strolling" on stage with them. , However, he and his wife


programmes for all three resorts. : ■ Since moving to Langho, he;:;


Mr Roberts was a theatre man­ ager with the Rank' Organisation in the West End and Manches­ ter, after leaving the RAF in 1956. He then decided on a career change away from the sil­ ver screen and joined Butlin's, where he quickly progressed from Redcoat to entertainments


decided to leave and settle down in Margate, where he was appointed house manager for the Winter Gardens, which was. the beginning of a 20-year associa­ tion with the South-East coastal, resort. Mr Roberts was later appointed Chief Entertainments and Arts Officer for Thanet Dis­ trict Council, which included Margate, Broadstairs and Rams­ gate, his duties stretching to implementing entertainment


has worked for the.World Inter- : national Relief and Develop­ ment Organisation as Regional Manager for, North-West Eng-., land and Scotland. His reasons for applying for the position .of:,- town clerk were clear. Speaking ' to the Advertiser and Times in 1995, he said: "I thought Clitheroe Town Council was . endeavouring to maintain the ■


quality of life for the town and, having seen what other councils have achieved, I felt it would be a privilege to be appointed." Mr Roberts has helped to bring in many' changes to


‘ Clitheroe during his time as town clerk, including the introduction of the civic awards, a town band


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and the council's commitments to Millennium, with a town sign and a torchlight procession, but it is Clitheroe's increasingly high­ er profile that he feels has been the main achievement. "We have also managed to maintain the heritage and character of the. town", he said. There will be some regrets


when he leaves his position on September, 30th, including his membership of Clitheroe Rotary Club, which he says displays tremendous camaraderie. ■ ■ A Clitheroe Town Council sub­


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committee is currently looking into finding a replacement for Mr Roberts.and the post is expected to be advertised within the next few weeks. ■


A The Clitheroe


•Respect the countryside’


is the plea


ers are bracing themselves, f o r a damage limitation


FARMERS and landown­


■exercise now thomain holi­ day season is uriderway. >, f ;With a higher than ever. •


number of tourists expect­ ed to flock to the Ribble Valley, they are urging visi­ tors to respect the country , code and-have enlisted the


help of the Country Landowners': Association


to alert day-trippers to the annual catalogue of prob­


lems thats.can. be ;left behind- following- their


countryside forays.' - According to GLA data collected last summer, Rib­ ble Valley farmers’ liveli- ' hoods were hampered, by cars parked in gateways, which.denied thern access to their fields, unleashed dogs chasing sheep, gates being left open, walls being knocked over, and litter. Explained Mr Jolyon


, Instead, they are trying to earn a living from the


land." ■ ■


Dodgson, the . CLA's regional director. "We wel­ come visitors and holiday- makers. We want them to enjoy themselves, but they must remember our'mem-: bers are not on holiday.


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Plea for local triathletes to help raise money for Debi’s cancer treatment


leap after spending a day training at the Black Knights Parachute Centre and to the cheers of a group of friends, family, and work colleagues who travelled with them to wit­ ness their brave feat. (040898/1/11)


Mobile surgeries LOCAL MP Nigel .Evans is currently on the road again with his mobile surgery, planning to have visited virtually every vil­ lage and town in the Ribble | Valley constituency by the


side, was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkinson's low grade lymphoma three years ago and had recently come out of remission after 13 months. ■ ■ She was referred to can­


WOULD-BE triathletes are being sought to take part in a charity event in a bid to raise money for a Clitheroe woman's cancer treatment. Debi Wood, of River­


dale Pool, Clitheroe. Nikki said: "People don't


have to be able to complete in all three of the activi­ ties. It's just a bit of fun and we hope to raise a bit of money for Debi." The fund-raisers will


cer specialists St Bartholo­ mew's Hospital, London, last year when doctors decided to take her stem cells and freeze them until the time came when she would need a peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT). Now that time has come


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and Debi's family and frierids are rallying round to raise money for her trav­ el and treatment expenses. As a result, Debi's


pool. Debi, who is the co-ordi-


cousin, Nikki Walmsley, has organised a triathlon event for September 12th, and is calling on all local people who fancy a chal­ lenge to pick up a sponsor form from several Clitheroe venues, including the Advertiser and Times front office, Key Street Music Bar, the Waggon and Hors­ es and the Lee Carter Health Studio. The triathlon will see partici­ pants put through their paces with a 15-mile bike ride, a 10-mile walk and a one-mile swim at Ribbles-


, happy with her progress, she will have a PBSCT, which entails high dosage chemotherapy until all the blood cells are destroyed. The stem cells, which were frozen last year, will then be transplanted into her body over a six-week peri­


Gardeners fight against growing indifference


CLITHEROE Garden Club officials are battling


against apathy as they prepare for the annual show of flowers and vegetables later this month. But they are hoping for a late upsurge in interest


and are appealing to members and local residents to rally round to make it a show to remember.


"Interest and participation, even from club members, is difficult to motivate and maintain," said Mr Geoff Sains


bury, who is both chairman and secretary. "Despite having over 100 members we have never


reached the 50 mark of entrants in 18 years.of shows." ■ The show, scheduled for August 22nd at Clitheroe


Parish Hall, is open not only-to members, but to any res ident of the Ribble Valley.


and maybe winning a prize - has to be experienced to be believed.


- Mr Sainsbury continued: "The pleasure • of showing - .


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- "The success of the show is seen by officials as a justifi­ cation of their efforts throughout the year. Excuses such


to our lifestyle; as so many of these shows are disappear­ ing, never to surface again.


- as weather and nothing to show are evergreen reasons for ignoring the event, particularly by club members, who should be the mainstay.


' "With optimism, this year may see the revitalisation of the event."


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