,C3» Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 8th, 2001


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Flash the fell pony served charities well


| b y Tim Procter / /


I.FEW human fund-rais- r ers have worked so dili- vgently and given so ,:much pleasure in the £ process as Flash the fell 1 pony, who has died at


i'the age of 16. ’ ( The Ridgway family, of • Whalley Road, Clitheroe, have taken Flash to dozens


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Jes and NCT informa­ n t Mrs Gill Fourie on


JI shows aproned Mrs L coffee and cake with


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|/ of charitable events locally t; over the past 13 years. He helped swell the coffers by giving hundreds of chil-


to Flash, though the pre­ sent crisis will naturally delay their search. But they hope to carry on fund-rais­ ing with a new pony' when


summer comes. Mr and Mrs Adrian and


Yvonne Ridgway's children, Melanie - now Mrs Maher - Annmarie and Philip all went to St James' School, Clitheroe, and pupils there got to know Flash soon after he was bought from


Harrogate. "We took him and the


aRidgways were often seen


The trap in which the five their events as well, says Mrs Ridgway. "He was cer­


dren rides,"'usually~using a h a d ^ e c l i ^ t h - t h ® gypsy cart, but sometimes people startedi i


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.out. A The family was able to ['bury their much-loved pet in his "home" field at Waddington before the imposition of foot and mouth restrictions which


■would have made it impos- j looking out for a successor muity group, Roefield nurs-


' sible. Now the Ridgways are


Circle enjoys reading of


j French poetry : POETRY French-style i was on the agenda when


1 m em b e rs of le Cercle Francais de Ribblesdale


met. Works by Aragon,


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Baudelaire, Verlaine, Appo- linaire and Carco were read and discussed by Steve


. Chappels and Francoise ■Labrune-Duxbury. Those who attended discovered


. that some of the poems had been set to music and were


\ perfect for Valentine's Day. 11 The group's next meeting, 'which will take place a t Whalley Abbey on Monday, will feature food. Chantal Mayhew has been invited S along to tickle members'


l' and samples. lo f the Opera" and "Bring


In "Les Miserables". Ions of the ductfrom the, lind "NessunDorma ,from


Indot", were greatly appre- Ithusiastic audience. Ip h shows music lovers get- Ijoy the programme. Seated l Mrs Jennifer Calvert, Mrs


l Mrs Glenda Heanan, Mrs Ird Mrs Val Hall and, stand-


I left, Mr Vic Morris, Mr Ian and Mrs Joan Myers. 1(0503001/5/14)


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have included St Michael and St John's, Brookside and Edisford. The pony also worked for Gisburn Gala, the Mayfield com- oelieia


tainly one of the best known ponies in the area, and worked with a will to


give rides." Other schools to benelit


ing home, heart monitors, guide dogs and Chatburn


playing fields, as well as the Standen Hall Scouts and


s- Beavers.


Father Christmas visits and weddings were among


Flash's other duties. "We don't know how much he raised but it was


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certainly a large sum over the years," says Mrs Ridg- way. "People often ask us about him, and his memory


will live on."


Swimming pool A NEW building to house a


swimming pool, changing room, toilet and pump room with lounge has been autho­ rised for Whittle Hill, Tos- side. Officials granted the


I ers. planning application of J.


cart to school functions and those of other groups we


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Stonyhurst billionaire dies at 84


ONE of the most I famous of last century's | ex-Stonyhurst College


pupils has died aged 84. Mr Joseph Bamford .


developed the JOB excava- tor during the 1950s, | becoming a billionaire as it was skilfully improved and marketed all over the world. The firm is Europe's


largest privately-owned manufacturing business. A Stonyhurst pupil from


1925 to 1933, Mr Bamford I was renowned for thrift, hard work, direct manage- ( ment and good wages and conditions for his workers. . He demanded the same commitment from them as I


he put in himself, saying that he wanted the firm to be one big happy family, not tied down by union regula­


tions.Output per man was seven times th a t of com- . petitors, rewarded with reg­


ular bonuses. Mr Bamford is under- |


stood to have had few con- nections with Stonyhurst since leaving. His own son, I Sir Anthony Bamford, went


to Ampleforth. Booking office


I booking office. Planning per­ mission for the change of use at the Starkie Arms, Clitheroe, has been granted


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