Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 8th, 2001 csnews.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classift e d ^ w w ^ for only three


ear. minted out Coun. its charges had just over a third


n the past four > police authority


d risen by 27 per at time, but the lley's by-only-10—


e), leader of the pposition which


Howel Jones


•ouncil until two . said that the low ase was a result of


planning of res- nd services. The ad avoided "yo-yo" he pointed out. n. Jones is stand-


n as leader of his oup on the council ing the responsibil- 0 years. Tributes ‘ to his work by the Coun. Chris


, Coun. Redpath beral colleague


ephen Sutcliffe. <1. from page 1


sinesses ffer as


sis bites abattoir, although


Vest Lancashire, pur ed status makes it y to happen here he Government's are able to confirm t and mouth, which


such animals. He "Some farmers are ven special licences their animals from m direct to slaugh- le this is happening of Lancashire such ossendale Valley, lde area and in


ble Valley’s Rose Foods premises in as been authorised


e up to two weeks to te, has been fully


t is not just farmers e suffering in terms business. Hotels and pubsj which rely on


ed."


ts and walkers for rade, are also being ancellations and


n ts such, as the'Tiuxat e.weU,->he„Rarkers


s have become the f the day at estab-


, Newton, and Gis- Stirk House Hotel, last weekend had ooked out by a ram- party from a tennis


r Malcolm Weaving: all the Ribble Val- otpaths now closed to


Cheshire. Stirk House propri-


ublic, the party can- . The loss of thisbook- st us somewhere in the of £8,000. We were xpecting a full house


Easter as we are used holiday company spe- hig in rambling breaks, the company has can-


d all its bookings with definitely, but we are oing to be defeated,


er entertainment pro- me to cheer up every- in the Ribble Valley."


ad, with restrictions on lling in the Ribble Val- e are now planning an


'YMONG the events ed for this weekend to


victim to the foot and th crisis are Clitheroe or Club's Holden Rally, event, which starts in


-kburn and tours the le Valley to finish at ell Springs, Sabden, is so postponed is a pro-


tion of the farce "Don't t Lie There, Say Some- g" by Bolton-by-Bow- d Amateur Dramatic


-up. I t had been sched- for March 29th-31st in


village hall, but it is now ed that it will take place m May 17th-20th


tead. entary


lk work. They have been nd an interpreter and, eing treated like celebri- nese, with people taking asking for autographs, ie is taking it all in his


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2 on Monday. "In Pursuit of Pleasure"


sounds a slightly ambigu­ ous title, but it was actual­ ly referring to the 1700s and the life of Elizabeth Parker, mistress a t one time of Browsholme Hall, near


Clitheroe. The hall is one of the Val­


ley's key tourist venues, with the attraction of hav­ ing members of the Parker family still living there. The diaries of their ance-


storess are a key feature of the exceptional collection of family relics. Now in the Public Record Office at Pre­ ston, they have already given historians a rich insight into the life of peo­ ple of the standing she


enjoyed. The presenter of the pro­


gramme, award-winning women's lives historian Dr Amanda Vickery, depicted Mrs Parker as one of a growing number of young wives able to break out of their social isolation. But, after the death of


her first husband, Elizabeth


■ trous marriage, and the bride's downward path is recorded, down to gory


fell in love with a man 17 years her junior and eloped with him to Gretna Green, becoming Mrs Shackleton. I t turned out to be a disas-


detail about her bad feet. Dr Vickery is pictured in


the record office with some of the diaries.


The programme tried to . . .


recreate the times and dressed up an actress to play out some of the scenes from Mrs Parker's life.


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Tearful final farewell to a loved son and friend


: Martin buried with ’full military honours •by Julie Frankland


-FACES that expected ''to crease with smiles


‘‘when th ey next saw :,him in town were creased instead with


•tears as the body of •tragic Clitheroe guards- ' man Martin Rimmer '.‘was brought home for a ..final farewell. S Friends, made in •'Clitheroe, at St Augus­ t in e ’s RC High School, Billington, on local foot-


party”.


the coffin bore Martin’s cap and a simple poppy wreath. As it was placed by the


Adorned in a Union flag, • ..


"ball pitches and in the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards, which Martin had joined two years ago, crowded into . Lowergate’s St Michael and St John’s RC Chur-


There to pay th e ir respects to the 22-year- ;>old, found dead in the cor-


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• ridor of his London bar- tracks after celebrating his -selection to the Army s ^national under-22 football ‘squad, they watched as, ?;on the orders of Martins


altar, the mourners, led by Martin's parents, Mr and Mrs John and Patsy Rim- mer, of St Paul’s Street, Low Moor, and his sister Selena, supported by her husband and sons Brandon (nine) and Callum (four), who had also been proud guests at Martin’s Catterick passing out parade, listened to battalion chaplain the Rev. Angus MacLeod cele­


brate Martin’s life. He described Martin s


zest for life, praised foot­ balling skills which had earned Martin a place at the Blackburn Rovers Academy on leaving school and smiled as he referred to Martin’s “jack- the-lad ways and ready banter. Yet he also hung his head at the loss of a life so young, a hurt felt deeply by the many


young people in the congre­ gation, who had last shared Martin’s company on a visit he had made to Clitheroe over Christmas. As the funeral party


about turned to take up Martin’s coffin once more to place it in a hearse bound for Clitheroe Cemetery, a


tape of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” , one of M a rtin s favourite songs, was played as his comfort to those who had turned out to say good­


bye to him. And there was also a


poignant reminder of a tal­ ent that will now forever fall short of perhaps reaching


its full potential, with the announcement that dona­ tions in Martin’s memory


were to be made to Clitheroe Wolves Junior Football Club.


Mother’s single red flower ends a moving ceremony


Lone bugler plays ‘The Last Post’ at graveside .


by Natalie Cox


A SINGLE red flower thrown into the grave of 22-year-old Clitheroe guardsman Martin Rimmer by his mother marked the end of a moving ceremony at the town's cemetery. With military precision, the


young soldier was carried to his final resting place by six members


of th e F i r s t B a t ta l io n Scots Guards (pictured above).


S co ts Lt Col Alastair Mathewson, present As family and friends surrounded


the grave, the Union flag, which had draped his coffin, was folded and a wreath of poppies, along with Mar­ tin's peaked cap, placed on top. After prayers had been.said, a lone


bugler played "The Last Post" before the haunting sounds of a piper s lament could be heard drifting across the cemetery. Once the bugler finished playing, Martin's commanding of freer,


Lt Col Alastair Mathewson, present­ ed the flag, wreath and cap to the | young soldier's mother, Mrs Patsy Rimmer, before paying his own respects and saluting at the graveside. Throughout the service, two rows of


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