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S O L I C I T O R S Your last MAKING a will is something which most people
don't like to think about and are happy to put off. In fact, two out of three stop outside the local pub
people in this country die without one. Not having a will, however, can cause complications for the friends and family left behind and result in prob lems for the beneficiaries. Consider the last words of
a London woman, who requested that the hearse
while her husband went in for a drink, so that she could wait outside, as she always had; or the man who request ed his ashes be scattered at sea to link his daughter in England and his daughter in Australia: or the relatives who were each left one penny, as that is what their benefac-
Go-ahead given for a major study into tourism as council looks to the future
THE future of the district's tourism industry has been mapped out in an extensive Ribble Valley Borough
£1,000 study of tourism in the Valley has been given the go-
Council report. As a result of the review, a
ahead. The report, ratified by the Rib
ble Valley Borough Council Com munity Committee, examines the current state of industry in the area, its contribution to the local economy, its strengths and weak nesses, as well as opportunities to
take it forward. But before the report was pre
sented to the committee, Mr Mal colm Weaving, proprietor of the Stirk House Hotel in Gisburn, said the borough council needed to be more "focused" in its mar keting of the Ribble Valley by "networking" more effectively with the local and regional press
Pendle Club hears of her ‘Memories’
WHEN Mrs Mary Parker was unable to carry out her role as speaker at Pen dle Club, Clitheroe, Mrs Marion Fogg came to the rescue, with a talk was entitled "Memories". She showed members
several objects, including a string of pearls, gold bracelet and a miniature silver tea set, given to her over the years and told the story behind each one. One of the gifts had been
bought by her daughter with her first wage after leaving school. Mrs Fogg was thanked
by Mrs McGowan for her entertaining talk. Tea and biscuits were served. At the club's meeting
outside the Ribble Valley. Miss Jane Silvester, Ribble Val
bling, riding or cycling. The report reveals that the
ley Tourism and Arts Officer, responded: "I accept we can be a lot more focussed in the market ing of the area, but that is precise ly what this report is trying to achieve." Miss Silvester presented the
strategy, which aims to promote sustainable tourism particularly in the more remote parts of the borough, but in such a way that will not threaten the fabric of community life and of the envi ronment. According to recent research by
tourism officers in conjunction with Lancashire County Council, the Ribble Valley receives 1,175,000 day visitors a year, the majority of which come from nearby towns or the Greater Manchester area and are likely to come here to pursue specialist interests, such as fishing, ram
Carole is ‘model’ student
FRENCH flair for fashion cut the mus tard at a bridal fair organised by a Clitheroe gown shop! Just hours after arriv
ing in the Ribble Valley, exchange student Carole Clere (17), from near Dijon, was whisked off by her host, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Sarah Kenyon (16), for a
catwalk debut. Sarah (right), of Stirling
today, Miss B. Bingham is scheduled to show slides on a holiday in Peru.
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Heyes Chemist, 35 Moor Lane: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m.
Close, Clitheroe, had agreed to model bridal and bridesmaids gowns for Orchid Bridal Design, whose proprietor Mrs Liz Metcalfe had a wedding fashion show in Skipton. Both Sarah and her
average spend per head on behalf of day visitors is £5.51, making a contribution of £6,474,20. Result ing problems, however, are identi fied as congested car parking and environmental damage. Recent research undertaken by
North West Tourist board esti mated the value of staying tourists in the Ribble Valley is over £6,474,000, the reports says. The average spend per head of visitors coming to the Ribble val ley at £32.49 compares favourably to the rest of the coun ty's figure at £29.76 per head. One thousand nine hundred jobs, according to the report, are sup ported by tourism related busi
ness. One statistic, noted with some
concern by councillors at the meeting, is that tourist accommo dation occupancy rates are low,
estimated at 36 per cent. In addi tion, it was accepted that the bor ough council needed more hard statistics from local businesses catering for the tourist trade to provide a more accurate picture and in a separate proposal, a £1,000 baseline study of tourism in the Valley was approved by
councillors. Significant strengths of the
Ribble Valley as a tourist destina tion, listed by the report, are its attraction as an area of outstand ing natural beauty, its Centre of the Kingdom status, its good rela tionship with the tourist industry as a whole and the wide range of quality specialist shops, accom modation, pubs and restaurants. Major weaknesses are lack of wet weather facilities, negative per ceptions of "The North," insuffi cient circular walks or marked trails and limited council resources to fund new initiatives
and lack of staff to implement
them. An extensive "shopping list" of
action plans is presented in the strategy. Some of the items firm up ongoing initiatives, while oth ers detail new approaches, such as developing a network of local guides to introduce the area to visitors and developing a trails project with neighbouring author ities and the private sector to market "the rural product." Far- reaching environmental objec tives in the context of tourism are also outlined. Funding, in addi tion to the borough council's for various initiatives, is to be sought from bodies such as the Lan cashire Rural Development Pro gramme and the European
Union. The report concludes that all
aspects of the strategy must be monitored and a formal review of it is to be undertaken in 2000.
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Historian tells how town’s success is down to Yorkshire!
AN audience which was 90% Lancastrian was led gently and with much humour to the conclusion that Clitheroe owed much of its success to York shire folk, when retired primary school head Mr Bob Jones talked to Whalley and District Histor ical and Archeological Society. Under
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mum, Mrs Cheryl Keny on, in charge of behind- the-scenes preparations, thought their French guest would be stage per fect, and they were proved right as a nervous
but brave Carole cap tured the hearts of her audience. Carole is one of a group of French exchange stu
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dents who visited the
grammar school last week. Clitheroe students will go to Dijon next month.
Annual award
STUDENTS on construc tion trade courses at i neighbouring college could find graduation to their own business a less costly ven ture than expected. Having been nominated
as one of only six UK Uni- Bond centres of excellence, Accrington and Rossendale College, a seat of learning for many in the Ribble Val ley, can now make an annual award of £5,000 to its top student from classes on painting and decorating, plastering, brickwork or car pentry and joinery. This is to help the recipi
ent transfer their new-found skills into a work environ ment.
"Clitheroe: Capital of York shire in Lancashire", Mr Jones gave a brief review of the history of this area from the Anglo-Saxon times when it was controlled by Mercia and Northumbria, through to the mill building period of the Industrial Revolution. He told of how men from other parts had built up Clitheroe, and was bold enough to concentrate on those from Yorkshire. From the original Nor landowner,
man
D'Arcy, who controlled the area from his castle in Pon tefract, to his grandson, Henry, who obtained the charter for Clitheroe in 1118, the early influences were not local. The audi ence was reminded that the tn earliest mention of the
Ilbert remmaea tn the title many of its early teachers,
both good and bad, were Yorkshiremen. In the 18th Century the
Lister family owned half of Clitheroe and were able to nominate an MP, and even though one of them became Lord Ribblesdale, they still came from th a t "other place". As did mill owner William Horsfall, created Clitheroe's first mayor, in
1835. To bring events up to
date, Mr Jones pointed out that Ribble Valley Borough Council was formed from various pieces of neighbour ing authorities, but 56% of its area was Bowland Rural District and pure York- shirel It was an uneven battle,
county s name was only in ua^ H .................... 1169, long after most of the other shires had been formed.- The speaker praised the
1554-founded Royal Gram mar School as the town's crowning achievement of the late 20th Century, but then pointed out that the money to set it up came from Yorkshire lands, and
the audience foUght question time and
were able to depart with the thought that they still had the Duke of Lancaster. The next meeting will be
held on Thursday, when Mr Ben Edwards will talk on "Archaeology in Lan cashire," in Whalley Abbey at 8 p.m. For further infor mation, ring Mr Chris Ward on 01254 53866.
WI Market open for business
THE Clitheroe WI Market re-opened its doors on Tuesday in St Mary's Lower Parish Hall, York Street. On sale Mil be the usual delights of home-baked cakes
and biscuits, preserves, plants, produce and crafts. The market will be open every Tuesday morning until
December.
A roaring trade for the young pedlars
YOUNGSTERS ped dled trays of home made goodies and raised more than £300 for a Sabden church
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Church Hall was transformed into a mini-market as dozens of Sunday School children sold their own home-made biscuits, Easter gifts and toffees at the annual Pedlar's Fair Rose Queen Chloe Nowmark opened the well-established event and her grandfather, Keith, presented more than 20 youngsters with their Sunday School prizes. The Rev. Roland
Nicholson said: "The children prepared their own trays of goods of whatever they liked. It was a lovely afternoon and they did really well. Our picture shows
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Sunday school mem ber Jason Bates (10) selling home-made goodies to Dorothy Britcliffe. (130399/16/20)
Council ‘no’ to garage and granny flat which would affect character of area
A PLANNING application to build a garage block and create a granny flat in the existing one in Ribchester has been turned down by borough councillors who say it would "detrimentally affect the existing countryside character of the
area". The new garage block would have to bo
constructed outside the existing curtilage of the property and mean the change of use of agricultural land to residential, but the Ribble Valley Borough Council Planning and Development Committee refused the application for Ashmoor House, in Stoney- gate Lane, following the advice of planning officers.
ed: "Having regard to its prominent loca tion and its residential character and appearance, the curtilage extension was found to be very intrusive and seriously out of keeping with the surrounding open countryside, where the quality of the land scape has been recognised." No objections were voiced over the con
A report submitted to the meeting stat i i
version of the old garage into a granny flat, but Ribchester parish council said that as the building is already visible, further development would be intrusive and could lead to an application to extend the cur tilage, or to create more accommodation, in the future.
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