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The Clitheroe ' Thursday, July 20th, 2000 No. 5,950


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A mother whose son died from a lethal disease has formed a support group in his memory.


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Two local soldiers help to keep the peace during Nor­ thern Ireland's trou­ bled marching sea­ son.


All-night shopping is to arrive in Clitheroe next month as the “store wars” hot up.


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Pride seems to be lacking in the streets of our beau­ tiful town, writes Vivien Mason.


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A resident declares war on mindless vandalism in Whal- ley after a trail of destruction.


A Ribble Valley couple win a luxury cruise in an energy­ saving contest.


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River rescue duo hailed as heroes by girl’s parents


Child is dragged to safety seemingly lifeless after five minutes under water


TWO men who moved swiftly to save Clitheroe cousins from drowning in the River Ribble were praised as heroes this week. The two girls, Asah


Bibi, of Holden Street, and Zabina Khanom, of Conway Avenue, both aged eight, were plucked dramatically from the River Ribble, near Edisford Bridge, Clitheroe, after they


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got into difficulties in a deep pool on Monday


evening. They were pulled to


safety by Clitheroe men Mr Andrew Townsend, of


Kemple View, and Mr Russell Boyd, of Low


Moor. The drama occurred


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around 7-20 p.m., when a group of children were playing and swimming at the popular beauty spot. It resulted in Asah being dragged seemingly lifeless from the river after spend­ ing five minutes under


water. Asah's father, Mr Allah


Ditta, said: "I sincerely want to thank all the people involved in getting Asah and her cousin out of the water. It was very frighten­ ing. I had no idea the water there was so deep and intend to have all my six children taught to swim as soon as possible."


home now and Asah is out o f in ten s iv e c a r e a n d e a t in g


And he added: ''Zabina is


and drinking. She should be home in a few days and then I will go and see the families who saved them." The Townsend family -


Mr Townsend, his wife, Amanda, and three daugh­ ters, Carla (eight) and six- year-old twins Megan and Lisa - were down by the river at the time. Mrs Townsend said that there was a group of Asian chil­ dren, among other children, in the water and they were making a noise because there was a dog swimming in the river. "They seemed frightened


and had moved away from it to where the water is deeper. Then I noticed someone was in trouble in the water and shouted to my husband. He ran straight into the river with a few other people to try to get her out." Mrs Townsend explained.


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| Various awards were hand­ ed out for two styles of danc­ ing, as well as for attendance. Isobel Wilson received the highest grade for Scottish Country dancing and was presented with a distinction for the Premier Cup. Our photograph shows


mony.Former children's class teacher Miss Doreen Hether- ington presented medals, tro­ phies and cups to the Clitheroe and District Cale­ donian Society Junior Dancers.


na, my daughter's friend at Edisford School. She was crying, but seemed all right," she added. Mrs Townsend, who with


"It turned out to be Zabi­


ly ran back into the water with Mr Townsend and


three or four other people, including the girl’s father. "We had to get down


her husband runs road safe­ ty classes at Edisford School, said an Asian man, standing near the water's edge, began shouting that his daughter was still in the


river. "By this time everyone


was out of the water and it didn't look as if there was anyone else in there," she


added. Mr Russell Boyd, of Low


Moor, was by the river with his partner, Edwina, and her two-year-old grand­ daughter, Nicole. He explained that, when the man said his daughter was still in there, he instinctive­


under the water to see if we could find her, but it was so murky it was impossible to see anything," explained Mr Boyd. I shouted back to find out where she had gone under and went to where he pointed. I kept looking under the water and then felt something soft under my foot. When I went under again, I saw some bright colours and realised it was her clothing. "I literally grabbed her


who performed lifesaving resuscitation on the girl. He


continued until the para­ medics arrived some min­


utes later. Mr Boyd added that one


of the paramedics said he had pulled Asah out in the nick of time. A few more seconds and it would have been too late. "I just hope she is going to be all right,"


he said. The girls were taken to


and pulled her out of the water feet first and made for the bank," he said. He was met there by an


off duty fireman, Mr Peter Shepherd, of Oswaldtwistle,


Blackburn Royal Infir­ mary. Zabina was kept in overnight, while Asah, a pupil at Brookside Primary School, was transferred to Pendlebury Children’s Hos­ pital, in Manchester. As the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times went to press, Asah's condition was described as


stable.


MR TOWNSEND (left) with Mr Boyd at the acci­ dent spot on the River Rib­ ble, near Edisford Bridge, where they rescued the two girls (C180700/4)


mm immmm wane by Julie Frankland


SOAP stars will mingle with rock stars in a just-announced new line-up for Clitheroe's August Bank Holiday family music festi­


val. The ambitious three-day Castle


grounds weekender, postponed from May Spring Bank Holiday, will now be hosted by Brookside's Ron Dixon, alias actor Vince Earle.


loved soap land character in Curly Watts, whose creator, guitar-playing actor Kevin Kennedy, is also in the throes of launching a music career. He is being added to Saturday's bill,


He is set to introduce another much­


the Foundations, Pentangle, Noel Red ding's Fat Mattress Band and Celtic rocksters Quill, a band which in indus­ try reviews has been likened to the


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subject to final confirmation, which organisers then hope will be headlined by hugely popular Scottish band Run- rig. The north-of-the-border outfit is famous for drawing stadium capacity crowds in its homeland. Support will come from cockney popsters Chas and Dave, the Rubettes,


some of music’s most legendary per­ formers with a "stars in their eyes"- style line-up featuring Cher, the Beat­ les, Meatloaf, Queen, the BeeGees and Abba, whose festival-booked imitators, Abba Gold, sold out Blackburn's King George's Hall earlier this year. To close the event, Monday will see


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Herman's Hermits, Bucks Fizz, China Crisis, Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers and Sweet take to the stage. All the bands contain one or more original


members. Said a spokesman for organisers


StreetLeisure: "We are delighted to be able to announce such a line-up. With the added guests and changes to the original programme, we really do feel we have now provided something for everyone and expect a big demand for


tickets." Ticket sales are currently limited to


a 7,000 capacity crowd for Saturday and 5,000 on Sunday and Monday. They are priced at £10 per day in advance or £12 on the gate, and £25 in advance for the full weekend or £30 on the gate. Children aged 14 and under, provided they are accompanied by adults, can have free admission. Tick­ ets are available from Clitheroe's KeyStreet Music and Dance Bar and via the festival information line on 01200 423456. During office hours, the line will be staffed, otherwise callers will be asked to leave a message.


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‘Scumbag’ vandals slammed


"SCUMBAGS” who com­ mitted the Ribble Valley's worst-ever single act of wanton vandalism were slammed by its Mayor. The destruction of the


war memorial has caused "colossal anger" in Langho and Billington, Coun. Chris Iloltom told the Ribble Val­ ley Police and Community


Forum. The memorial was


pushed over and shattered into eight pieces, 26 years almost to the day since it was put up. Coun. Holtom appealed to anyone who could help police trace the culprits to do so, adding: "It took some doing for three or four scumbags to get it to go


over.” Police told the forum that


they believed someone heard the memorial crash over and saw youths run­ ning away, but did not raise


the alarm. They pointed out that


there was an officer in the area at the time. He had passed the spot at 3-20 a. m. and the memorial was intact, but found it dam­ aged when he was in that part of the village again at 4-55 a. m.


Band concert is called off


THERE will be no band concert in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle this


weekend. The town council's annu­


mance by Goodshaw Band. However, members' holi­ days have left the band's numbers so depleted that it cannot muster sufficient players to appear. Instead, the series will


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