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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 20th, 1999 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


race fun on River Ribble


Lions ready for duck


QUACKING up for charity are members of Clitheroe Lions Club, who are about to wade in with their second River Ribble duck race. So successful was last


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year's event, which raised more than £1,000 for local charities, that a "bigger and better version" will be , staged a week today at 7- 30p.m. from Edisford Bridge. Some 2,000 numbered


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plastic ducks will be released along a 100yd. course, with the first past the finishing post to win the ' owner of the corresponding­ ly-numbered ticket a I portable colour TV. The runner-up duck will carry a prize of bed, breakfast and | dinner for two at the Moor­ cock Inn, Waddington, and the third, a bottle of cham­ pagne. Tickets, which cost £1


each, are available from club members, who will be promoting the race in Clitheroe's Sainsbury's store on Saturday. All proceeds are to be divided between Ribble Valley Crossroads Care Scheme and other local support groups.


Top cycle event


passes through WORLD-CLASS cyclists will be passing through Clitheroe and the surround­ ing area a week tomorrow as they compete in the final stage of the Prutour, from Liverpool to Blackpool. Chris Boardman, among


Pupils plant trees in memory of Helen


FELLOW pupils of Gisburn meningitis victim Helen


Driver have planted two trees in her memory. Members of Year 11 at Rowland County High School raised


money for flowering trees planted in the grounds to ensure that Helen's bright personality and contribution to the school are never


forgotten.A suitable plaque has been placed between the trees. Our picture shows the informal planting ceremony.


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S a b d e n S o ir b o y s ’ p r e S ig io u s role in pcrformaiic© a t S t P a u l s Cath©dral


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SA B D E N ch o irb o y s P au l and W illiam V arley swopped th e ir usual setting of Blackburn Cathe­ dral for the lo ca t ion of many a


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many other Olympic com­ petitors, will be cycling over Pendle, Waddington Fell and the Trough of Rowland trying to earn a prize of £100,000. This is the most crucial of the six stages, as it could decide who wins the overall competition.


Solo whist


THE latest Pendle Solo Whist Club winners were


Mr E. Holden, Mr A. Leonard and Mrs A. Foster New players are welcome every Monday at 7-30 p.m.


T3o,il onri but his teachers have Said he will be very


but his teachers have said he will be very good when he gets a bit older." Both children are musically minded and


prestigious Royal occasion. The youngsters, of Stubbins Lane,


joined the rest of the 30-strong Black­ burn Cathedral Junior Choir for its performance in "Sons of the Clergy" at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday. Paul (11) has been a member of the


junior choir for three years, and has recently been made a senior, while eight- year-old William has been a junior mem­ ber for nearly two years. Both youngsters are pupils at Moorland School in Clitheroe and are members of local scout and cub packs respectively. Their proud mum, Mrs Helen Varley,


are also keen pianists. Mrs Varley added. "The Blackburn Cathedral Choir is very prestigious and to be asked to perform in St Paul's Cathedral was a big commitment for the choir and for the children as well." The junior choir is made up of young­


sters aged seven to 15, and Mrs Varley hopes Paul and William will join the youth and male choirs when they are older. There is also a separate junior girls' choir. She commented: "You have to be committed, as rehearsals are held a few times a week, but


it is very rewarding. "Quite a few of the choir members are


from the Ribble Valley, but it would be nice


to see more from this area." The performance at St Paul's Cathedral


said: "The boys have both been singing from a young age and got involved in the choir after Paul's teacher said he had a fan­ tastic voice. William is still developing his.


was followed by a sight-seeing trip of the capital on Wednesday, before the party


made its way home. Our pictures show Paul (left) and


William.


Mechanics to rescue - of ducklings in a ‘daffy’ predicament


SIX burly Castle Cement mechanics went "daffy" over two little ducklings


they rescued from wagon-testing equipment. Graeme Seedall (22), lings, Mr Seedall tried to ■ pull the ducklings to safety


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from Barrow, started work in the Castle Cement garage at 7 a.m. on Wednesday of last week, checking over the wagons. But he downed tools when he heard a racket coming from the brake tester, a piece of machinery set in a three-and-a-half feet deep


trench. On closer inspection, he


saw the source of the cacophony was two duck­ lings who had hopped into the machinery, but had appeared to have got trapped. Watched closely by a


family of water birds wad­ dled off back to the River


from the brake tester - but he was unable to get hold of them, obstructed by the machine workings. He went for help and


Ribble. Mr Seedall, a mechanic


came back with five work­ mates, who, after a brief conference, decided the best way to crack the problem was to shoo the flapping fowls into a cardboard trap. "We managed to get the


first one out pretty quickly, but the mother duck would not leave without the other one. It took us nearly 45 minutes to get the other one out. It was quite a big job,"


manic mallard, the dis­ tressed mother of the duck-


said Mr Scedall. Happily reunited, the


Improvements at youth hostel will give more privacy


VISITORS to Slaidburn Youth Hostel will now be able to enjoy more privacy, teamed with mod­ ern fixtures and f it t ing s , following a major improvement programme.


gone a number of changes, including the remodelling of the old, larger dormito­ ries to provide smaller bedrooms with more pri­ vacy; the installation of three new toilets and showers;


throughout upstairs; and new beds. Interior stonework has also been exposed and each room has been redecorated. Mr Bob Barnby, opera­


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The hostel has under- tomers old and new will have a great stay here. More than 3,200 people


stayed at the hostel last year, and the returbish- ments provide space for up to 31 people at a time. Most of the visitors are walkers and cyclists, and families use it as a stop-over on their journeys to and from


for AJA Smith Transport Ltd, contracted by Castle, reckoned the birds had come up from the river to have a gander at what was going on at the garage, but had fallen fowl when they stuck their beaks in the brake tester and realised it was not all it was "quacked" up to bo. Mr Seedall added; "After


we had rescued the pair, the lads wore delighted. Once they'd got wind of it, there was no quosUon of using the tester while tlie birds were still in it."


Traders’ rights on the agenda


TRADERS' rights are to be examined at a special meeting of Clitheroe Chamber of Trade. A fair deal discussion that


takes the emphasis away from consumers' rights will be led by a visiting trading standards officer. All chamber members are


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Clitheroe Bridge Club winners


WINNERS of the club pairs competition at Clitheroo Bridge Club on Monday were Mr and Mrs S. Green and Mr B. Ghua and Mr J. Pollard, with Mr G. Capstick and


were Mr C. Pollard and Mrs I. Park, with Mrs M. Butler and Mr P. Roche second. On Thursday evening, the winners were NS; Mr and


Mr H. Fielding in third place. On the same evening, winners of tlie Howell Movement


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Mrs S. Green, with Mr C. Pollard and Mrs B. Polkird sec­ ond. EW: Mr P. Roche and Mrs E. Wood, Mr II. I' iclding


and Mrs J. Stubbens.


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