The Clitheroe ^Thursday, April 2 0 th , No. 5,937


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Campaigners step up pressure Tor a new Valley school.


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sweep the prizes at the Young Enter­ prise area finals.


Brave Georgina receives an award in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.


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A new TV series about families and their antiques is to


be filmed in the Ribble Valley.


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The teenager who was injured in a death crash is improving in hospi­ tal.


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More agony has been heaped on Stonyhurst College with the publication of a new novel.


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Two pages of lively readers’ letters.


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Jodie (six) asks the Queen for help over homes play danger


THERE is nothing like aiming high when the cause is dear to your heart and you share a com­ mon bond with royaltyl Six-year-old Pendle County Prima­


ry School pupil Jodie Townsend is hoping to enlist the support of none other than the Queen in a fight to save a Clitheroe field from house builders. Jodie, who lives with father Mark, mother Debbie and sisters Jade (nine) and Tonilea (seven), in Cowper Avenue, has posted a letter to the Queen because "we learned in school that you like the Ribble Valley". In it, she asks for regal help to stop the proposed Bellway


Homes development on "the rec", which


borders her home. Jodie tells Her Majesty that she too


likes the Ribble Valley, but that new homes will bring more cars to make playing out unsafe. She also appeals to the Queen as an animal lover, signing off with an invitation for her to come to Clitheroe and walk her Corgis in the


field, which is part of Chews Farm. The plans for the development are


expected to come before Ribble Valley Borough Council's Planning Committee


next month. Pictured at the gate to the controver­


sial field is Jodie with her letter. (180400/5/18)


Mum quits marathon to be with her sick son


exclusive report by Julie Frankland


PRECIOUS though it might have been, a Lon­ don Marathon finishers' medal could not come close to comparing with the results of a Ribble


Valley mother's race for the life of her son. For although Mrs Julia was forced to walk away


Harvey, of Westminster Close, Simonstone, had


trained for and dreamed of completing last Sunday's marathon for months, she


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from taking up her place when son William (four) was struck by meningitis. As William's condition


deteriorated, Mrs Harvey and her husband, David, the manager of the Whalley branch of the Halifax Building Society, had to dash the poorly youngster to their Whalley-based fam­ ily doctor, where he was given a life-saving penicillin jab before being transferred to Blackburn's Queen's Park Hospital. Now that William, a


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pupil at Read CE School, is back home and recovered, Mrs Harvey, who works jointly for the Halifax and estate agents Harris and Moss in Whalley as a cashier/customer adviser,


can at last pause for breath. Cuddling her son, she


said: "William came home from school early a week last Friday with what we thought was the usual sort of childhood sickness bug. He was poorly throughout the night and very hot. As he was still unwell on Satur­ day, we decided to take him to see a doctor, and on our way there a rash started to appear.


"He was diagnosed with


meningitis and taken to Queen's Park Hospital. All the time he was ill, I was unable to eat. We had planned to take William and his sister, Alexandra, who's six, to London for a long weekend so they could watch the marathon and see some of London's tourist sights but, although William was out of hospital in time, I was advised not to race because of the trau­ ma we'd been through." Continued Mrs Harvey:


"I'm obviously disappointed at not taking part in the marathon because I was running for charity and such a lot of people had helped me, but the most important thing in the world is that William is


well." So as not to let down her


many sponsors, who had pledged approximately £900 in donations for CRY (Cardiac Research for the Young), she is now to run in the Leeds Marathon on May 14th with her friend, neighbour and training


partner, Kim Lowes. Added Mrs Harvey, a


member of Accrington Road Runners' Club, who took up the sport less than a year ago: "I would like to thank everyone for their kindness, support and best wishes. I may not have a medal, but I have my son." ® For a round-up of Rib­


ble Valley London Marathon performances,


see page 3. Pictured is Mrs Harvey


with William. (180400/16/19)


Double excitement for local golfer by George Embley


GOLFER Kim Andrew has two big events on her mind at the moment - a coveted place in the Curtis Cup and the arrival of her


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first baby. Kim will be more than five


months' pregnant when she tees it up in the biennial clash against the Americans at Ganton GC in June. After being named in the eight-


strong Great Britain and Ireland team for the match, 26-year-old Kim disclosed she is expecting her first child. Kim, who lives in Read, said: "I


was told I was pregnant in Janu­ ary, but until now only family, a few close friends and Curtis Cup officials knew.


I have a boy or a girl, just as long as everything goes all right." Kim and husband, Rob, a buyer


in the golf department at JJB Sports' Wigan headquarters, are both members of Clitheroe GC and understandably excited at the prospect of becoming proud par­


born, Kim will continue playing and honing an already immaculate game in preparation for the visit of the Americans. Kim's place in the Curtis Cup


ents. However, before the baby is


Search for ‘Whistle Down the Wind’ stars for opening


Special screening of classic hit will open the Grand Cinema


by Natalie Cox :


A SEARCH is under way for local screen s ta r s who appe ared alongside leading lady Hayley Mills in th e movie "Whistle Down


i The Wind”. Ribble Valley residents who appeared as extras in


| the classic hit are on the guest list to attend a spe­ cial screening of the film when the curtain goes up on Clitheroe's new-look Grand Cinema. Sir Richard Attenborough, who produced the film, has been invited to attend, along with Sir John Mills and his wife and Mary Hayley Bell, who wrote the book on which the film is based. When the film, which


also starred Alan Bates, was shot on location in Down- ham and surrounding area some 40 years ago, many local youngsters appeared as extras. Officials at Clitheroe's cinema are now working hard to track down the Ribble Valley residents who app-eared, so that they can be put on the guest list and invited along on May 13th to relive their memo­


ries. The reopening of the


Grand Cinema will be marked with a special screening of "Whistle Down The Wind", along with a full supporting programme


CHECKMATE "I'm not really bothered whether was delighted to win both her


LADIES DESIGNER CLOTHING STOCKISTS OF DIFFERENT LABELS FOR AN


matches. In the foursomes, Kim and Ali­


son Coffey accounted for Joanne Oliver and Helen Wadsworth by one hole and, in the singles, Kim completed a notable double by defeating Samantha Head by the same margin. Kim (pictured) said: "I had a


feeling I would make the team because my form last year was quite steady. But I wasn't taking anything for granted, and I was relieved when I heard the news on


was confirmed following a brilliant, unbeaten display in the Weetabix Challenge Trophy match against the Ladies' European Tour team on Saturday at Ganton. The Ribble Valley ace took on the professionals on level terms and


Sunday night. "To play in the Curtis Cup is the


greatest team honour in women's amateur golf, and it's fantastic to be picked for the second time. "We lost 10-8 in America two


years ago and will definitely be looking for revenge."


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A £300m. spend to stop tummy


bug repeat TWO water treatment


plants in the Ribble Val­ ley are to be modernised to reduce the risk of future outbreaks of a tap


water- linked tummy bug. The bug, cryptosporidio-


sis, which causes vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps, surfaced in Clitheroe and neighbouring villages last month, felling an official toll of 55 adults and children. ■ Now the treatment works at Hodder in Slaidburn and Chipping Springs have been added to a list of 80 similar sites in North-West Water's catchment area, all of which are to have additional treat­ ment and monitoring facili­ ties installed over the next five years as part of a £300m. investment by the company to fight the infec­


tion. The announcement of the


spend follows the publica­ tion of a damning report by health chiefs at the region’s Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre. It calls for the immediate and urgent action, blaming North West Water for an outbreak of cryptosporidio- sis, which hit parts of Lan­ cashire and Greater Man­ chester in April and May of


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identify themselves in the film, or who knows anyone who appeared in it, should contact Mr Mark Mason on 01200 424900. Details about advanced seat book­ ing for the opening night will be released soon.


ular outbreak, according to the report, was water, prob­ ably infected by sheep with the microscopic Cryp­ tosporidium bug, drawn from the Lake District's Thirlmere Reservoir. North West Water's pro­


gramme for additional water monitoring and treat­ ment of particular sources has the support of the Drinking Water Inspec­


torate. The inspectorate is now


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