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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422^1 10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 5th, 1999


Horse show judge left Gisburn hotel without paying bill for £463


A PROFESSIONAL horsewoman left the Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn,


without paying a bill for £463. Riding instructor and given, and spoke to Mrs ■ ■ ~ Lintern, Miss Dacre told


horse show judge Susan Marie Tomlinson (54) appeared before magis-. trates at Blackburn and pleaded guilty to making off from the hotel without paying, and to obtaining RAC cover by deception. The case was adjourned


until August 23rd tor pre­ sentence reports, and Tom­ linson, of Railway Street, Foulridge, was allowed bail. Miss Sylvia Dacre (pros­


ecuting) said that the defendant had checked into Stirk House under her mar­ ried name of Mrs S. Ban­


the court. Prom that con­ versation it became appar­ ent that Tomlinson was the person responsible. She had worked for Mrs


son. Her employers expect­ ed her to work seven days a week and her wages were in


disarray. "She had problems with


Lintern as a groom and had somehow got details of her Barclaycard. Tomlinson had used them to obtain services worth £193 from the RAC and by the time Mrs Lintern discovered what had happened, Tom­ linson had left her employ. Mrs Debbie Jameson (defending) said that the


ker of her former employer in Wiltshire, Mrs Lintern. Tomlinson's meals and


drinks all went on her account, which totalled £463 at the time staff realised she had gone, leav­ ing behind just a suitcase. The hotel rang the num­ ber in Wiltshire she had


’ position. Following her divorce in 1993, she had worked abroad with horses and rented out her home in


the Linterns and she now accepts that there was an element of revenge in her actions," said Mrs Jameson. "She had a job interview in Spain, again working with horses, and used the details of the card to obtain cover for the drive." Mrs Jameson explained


ried name of Mrs S. Ban- offences had occurred at a expeeun.B -v- - nister. She had given the time when Tomlinson found ^hich she was owed in


that when Tomlinson went to Stirk House, she was expecting to be paid £1,060


address and telephone num- herself in a very difficult housing benefit. - -


Foulridge. She returned after two


and a half years and took the job in Wiltshire. But she soon decided she was being used, said Mrs Jame-


"It became clear that the


money was not going to come through and she was financially embarrassed. She knows that she should have gone to the manage­ ment and explained the sit­ uation. But instead she just


left." World tour m


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A couple married in Clitheroe hope to be at a key New Zealand vantage point to see the sun rise on the new Millennium while on their 12-month world tour honeymoon. There was an interna­


tional flavour to the wed­ ding at St Michael and St John's RC Church, Clitheroe, of Miss Tania Parker and Mr Richard Linacre, who are both grad­ uates of the University of Newcastle. Nuptial Mass was cele­


brated by Fr Edmund Willoughby, who married the bride's parents nearly 25 years ago, and was her bap­ tismal priest, and the bless­ ing was given by Fr Ger­ hard Baumann, of Ger­ many. The altar servers were Dawn Cowgill and Kate Ward. The organist was the


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of Mr and Mrs Robin and Kathy Parker, of St Chad's Avenue, Chatburn, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Raymond and Marjorie Linacre, of Stock­ ton-on-Tees. The bride's mother is


originally from New Zealand and three members of the family came over for the wedding. One of them, Mrs Bernice King, the bride's aunt, gave the Bible readings, and her godmoth­ er, Mrs Margaret Geddes, read Kahlil Gibran's poem. Miss Kelly Steed sang


"Pia Jesu" and "Panis Angelicus" and Herr Bern- ward Abraham, from Ger- m-any, "How Beautiful Are the Feet" by Handel. Carriage to the church


was by Bentley, courtesy of Mr Duncan Farrimond and driven by Mr Colin


Howarth. Given away by her father,


bride's godfather, Mr GeoL frey Kitchen, and Maori and Taize music was includ­


The bride is the daughter


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HOU^S and hours of work by a Gisburn Millennium Ptod team ensured that their big furid-raising event was a social and financial tri-


I umph. Gisburn Auction Mart allowed the


use of its complex tor a hoe-down and ^.r


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Millennium gift. The event featured a band, a disco.


Lady who liked helping others dies aged 82


I interest in people and a fairiiliar face to many Clitheroe residents, 1 Mrs Winifred Webb


A LADY with a deep


has died aged 82. A Ribble Valley resident


for 47 years, Mrs Webb was well-known as a Jehovah's


Witness. She loved to share her


knowledge with others and had become a familiar face to many people in the area, her positive attitude and appreciation of life being


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1 her ministry work for 39 1 years. In her younger years, Mrs Webb and her hus­ band, Alfred, loved to expe­ rience life and embraced any opportunity that carne their way. As a couple, in their autumn years, they travelled together through Australia and went motor­ biking through Europe. Originally from Sheffield,


it was a chance meeting after the war with the owner of a guest house there that eventually led to the couple becoming stew­ ard and stewardess of the business. The guest house was near a Carmelite con­ vent and its guests included the late Mrs Hilda Wright, of Bolton Hall, Bolton-by- Bowland, whose sister was the convent’s Mother Supe-


rior.When Mrs Wright heard, years later, that the guest house was being sold, she


I They moved to the Rib- ble Valley in 1952 and, after


offered the couple a cottage in Bolton-by-Bowland and work as a chauffeur, garden­ er and cook.


Mrs Wright and her hus­ band died, Mrs Webb took a job in the local co-op and Mr Webb began work as a property repairer on sur-


1 rounding farms. It was during that time


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a bar and a full barbecue, and the organisers were very grateful for all the support received from the mart, villagers and visitors from a wide


area.


Our picture shows just a few of the revellers.(180799/3/15)


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the bride wore a gown of ivory satin with train and a lace and pearl-decorated bodice. Her veil was kept in place by a floral headdress and her bouquet was of cream lilies, roses, freesia


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with red roses. The bridesmaids were the


Misses Anna Bialecki, Alex Harrison and Rachael Parker, sister of the bride, and they wore gowns of burgundy satin crepe and carried bouquets matching


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the bride's. Mr Michael Quinn was


best man and groomsmen ■were Messrs Richard Forster and Francis Mon­ salve, the latter sharing the bidding prayers with the bride's father. The reception was at the


Old Stone House, Mltton, and, after a short break in Turkey, the couple will embark on a year's world tour, hoping to see the Mil­ lennium sunrise from the east coast of New Zealand. Photo: Ken Geddes,


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Hoe-down raises £3,400 for village fund iiiiai


S ch em e is to r ea s su r e th e rural elderly


A MAJOR project to give older residents of rural areas reassiuraince is-,beirig.'piloted in the Kibble Valley.


; An information caravan


staffed by a local beat police officer and an Age Concern Lanc^hire official will be


towed by police Land Rover to 10 rural communities


each week.


years' and the villages involved are Whitewell, Dunsop Bridge, Slaidburn, Tosside, Paythorne, Rim- ington, Bolton-by-Bow- land, Sawley, Grindletoh, and West Bradford.


any general impression that they are withdrawing from rural areas, and the caravan will give an opportimity for people to talk to officers.


The police want to dispel !


Age Concern will give out information arid leaflets rel­


evant to either known prob­ lems for rural areas, or ones which the excercise identi­


fies.Both agencies are meet­ ing some of the costs out of existing budgets. Greenacre Garage, Clitheroe, has loaned the caravan for the two years and funding has come from the Rural Devel­ opment Commission, the Lancashire Partnership Against Crime (LANPAC) and the East Lancashire Health Authority.


Farm open event on eclipse day


THERE is a double bonus for an annual NFU farm


I open event in the Ribble Valley - it is on the day of the eclipse, and at a time when farming has received a


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1 beef boost. Littletown Dairy in


Chipping Road, Thornley- i with-Wheatley, opens at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, just as the eclipse starts, and both it and the lifting of the beef ban will be suitably


marked. The event is now in its


fifth year and will include the usual attractions, many with children in mind. All are designed to emphasise the variety of activities and skills in the agricultural industry locally.


Sundial gift A SUNDIAL, is, being


^donated to-the Millenmum Garden in Ribchester. ;


1 It will be made by Stone- mason arid sculptor’ Fiona


Bowley, who is creating other parts of the garden, and paid for by the National Westminster Bank. Parish chairman Coun. Caroline Openshaw said the donation was a wonderful encourage­ ment to fimd-raising for the


£30,000 project. The,pilot goes on for tvjro " ;


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that two Jehovah's Witness­ es called on Mrs Webb, hav­ ing met one of her two sons. Many heated debates fol­ lowed in the family home and the couple became Wit­


nesses. Mrs Webb, of Maple


Avenue, died in Blackburn Royal Infirmary. The funeral was held on Thurs­ day and members of the family are hoping that many of those who knew Mrs Webb will attend a memorial service on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Back York Street, Clitheroe.


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