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The Clitheroe Thursday, June 15th, 2000 - No. 5,945
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A man has been charged with armed robbery after a countryside inci dent.
Local \VI delegates explain why they “ h a n d b a g g e d ” Tony Blair.
A CRGS teacher is to defend a charge of assault against a pupil.
A Gisburn author publishes a contro versial book ext olling her views on the right food for
life.
Edisford Brimary School soars to suc cess in its OFSTED review.
A group of Valley ladies who enjoy luncheons take their hats off to a famous couple.
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TWO historic buildings in the Ribble Valley have been placed on an "at risk" register published this week by Eng
lish Heritage. The "west range" of Whalley
Abbey, built between 1330 and 1380, and the early 18th Cen tury Townhead country house at Slaidburn (pictured) are named in a list of buildings in danger of "being lost for forev
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Two of Valley’s historic buildings put on a national ‘at risk’ register
er through redundancy and
decay". It describes the abbey building,
owned by the Salford RC Diocese as in "poor condition and vacant It was last used as a church hall. Townhead, owned by Mr John
King-Wilkinson, who lives at another house in Slaidburn, is also said to be in poor condition and vacant. The report adds: "It is wind and weathertight, but some floors have collapsed. It has been on the market for some time, but no occupier has been identified." The "English Heritage Register
of buildings at Risk 2000" was launched in London this week. English Heritage chairman Sir
Neil Cossons urged local authori ties and other bodies to "act before
it is too late”. He said: "This is not a finger
pointing exercise - we recognise the real challenge this presents to local authorities and other.owners, particularly in terms of the onus it places on overstretched resources." Fr Paul Dillon, of the English
tenance work" was carried out whenrnecessary. The diocese, he said, had already been in touch with English Heritage in the hope that the organisation would take an interest in the building. The organisation had been asked to come up with a heritage plan, but that was two years ago and he had heard nothing since. Fr Dillon added that the build
Martyrs' RC Church, Whalley, said it was "beyond our resources", to bring the abbey building back into use, although all "vital main
Pet dog Lucy saves lives of three
in town pub blaze
Landlord refused to leave the building until animal rescued
A CLITHEROE couple and their seven-week-old baby son are alive today
the bar area of the Com mercial Hotel, in Whalley Road, licensee Mr John Yrvirt.r
Miss Tina Johnson (21), and baby Daniel Young, were awakened by the dog's
his partner,
barking. Fire-fighters with four
appliances had been called to the scene at 2-30 a.m. and rescued the family via
thanks to the family’s pet labrador, Lucy. ■______________________ When fire broke out in
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a third-storey sash window. The dog, which the couple
had owned for 18 months, was also rescued through the window. Mr Young explained: "I
called the fire brigade after I was awaken by the dog barking. There was smoke everywhere. If she hadn't woken us when she did we wouldn't be here today. Another five minutes and we would all have been dead. We owe our lives to
her." Mr Young's concerns at
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the time were for his family and he is thankful they are all all right. They were all taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary suffering from the effects of smoke inhala tion, but were allowed home after treatment. Two crews of retained
taken ages to try to smash down the door,” he said, adding th a t four men equipped with breathing apparatus entered the for mer coaching inn as fire and smoke engulfed the ground floor bar area. At the same time the occupants were brought down the 13.5 metre ladder by Mr Eathough, assisted by his
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fire-fighters from Clitheroe were at the hotel within six minutes of the call, closely followed by two appliances from Great Harwood and an incident support unit from Accrington. Acting station officer at
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handed what I thought was a bundle of clothes. It turned out to be a baby which I handed to the wait ing paramedics. I then had to smash the bottom part of the sash window because Miss Johnson would not climb out of the top part. Then Mr Young refused to leave the building until the dog had been rescued. We had to make a sling with a duvet cover and ropes because she was too big for me to carry and hold on to the ladder at the same time," said Mr Eathough. The whole rescue operation took around 15 minutes. Mr Neville Earnshaw,
Rolling out the barrel to help a Whalley church
A BARREL roll round Whalley, Wiswell and Barrow has brought in hundreds of pounds for a good cause right at the heart of one Ribble Valley
village. Thousands of pounds are needed to
carry out restoration work at Whalley Parish Church and Saturday's event, organised by members of the village com munity, is just one of many fund-raising events helping to boost the cash total. Three teams of four representing the
ers arrived, Mr Young threw down the keys to the front door which enabled them to get into the build ing quickly. "It would have...
assistant divisional officer from Burnley headquarters, praised the fire-fighters who each attended with a full crew for their swift action. Their rapid response was instrumental in saving the lives of the trapped family. He said that there were barely minutes to spare as O continued on page 2
De Lacy Arms, the Swan Hotel and the Dog Inn transported an empty barrel round a four-mile course, stopping off at every hostelry on route. As well as com pleting the distance, each team member had to have a drink in every establishment and get a document signed to authenti cate their visit.
A four-legged member of the Dog Inn
team - Kim the border collie - also man aged to completed the course. Parish Church vicar, the Rev. Chris
Sterry, got the competitors under way before going on to officiate at a wedding.
And although the traffic chaos caused by the barrel roll forced the bride’s atten dants to run across the road, they did manage to get to the church on time. Crowds packed the streets to cheer the
teams on as, complete with police escort, they all made it to the finishing post. Once all the sponsorship money has been counted, organisers hope to have
raised around £800. Our photograph shows competitors
part way round the four-mile barrel roll route.
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Castle Cement decides to switch to British coal
A BRITISH coal supply contract worth several million pounds has been signed by Castle Cement. And it means the return to rail transport for a large proportion of the
Ribblesdale Works' fuel. However, a company spokesman said
yesterday that the move did not mean a reduction in the use of alternative fuel. Castle Cement was switching its supply from South American coal to British. Some 300,000 tons of coal is to be sup
plied by RJB Mining from its colliery at Maltby near Rotherham over the next
two years. Most will come by rail, a feature of the company's "environment friendly" policy
and also a possible cost-saver in a competi tive industry. Castle Cement is already preparing plans to enlarge and upgrade the facilities at its plant, due to a plan to send cement to Scotland by rail. The company has previously bought
similar quantities of coal from South American sources, using largely road trans port into Clitheroe. But now it has chosen to back British efforts to sustain a viable coal industry, get traffic off the road, and avoid currency fluctuations as well. Production director Mr Peter Weller
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