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limes which (problems in ■Valley with ly values and learnings, libble Valley, les are very Iheless needs (housing, is, Teater," he hg that under tystem the (Id lose out by nailer hous-
Iwe will main- Jt this is not Ike it any eas- led.
|re excellent the Ribble
IWI at 68
wart • - £ 5 V
ECTED stal- lal WI and vil- | , farmer's wife ara Steen, has
leen (68) died |y in Airedale on Tuesday
-ee-month bat-
| t cancer. With lor husband Mr
|n , who farmed hurn until his I t 10 years ago, Mr Ralph Steen hter Mrs Valerie
Been, who origi- (e from Preesall Tide, moved to ■ following her triage and then, Ire-located to hidbum. mg to the area, l Slaidburn WI
HELP was close at hand after pensioner • Mrs Mary Benson
: slipped and smashed her knee while walk- • ing on a remote part
of Pendle Hill. Only 20 minutes
a f te r h er Clitheroe Ramblers’ Association
colleagues had sent o u t a dis tre s s mes-
. sage, the North-West Air Ambulance was on the scene a f te r a 140 m.p.h. flight from its base a t Blackpool
on Saturday. And the helicopter
crew was able to pin point her accurately, because the ramblers had used their train-
, ing and passed over a six-figure map refer
per 47. years as a I held various (eluding Presi- I the leader of I roup meetings,
ence number to the emergency services. Widow Mrs Benson (73), of Ribblesdale
View, Chatbum, was put in splints and airlifted to
a field at the base of Ogden Clough, from where a road ambulance completed the journey to hospital in Blackburn. Mrs Benson slipped as
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she was negotiating step ping stones across a shal
low stream. The helicopter had a
tricky landing to avoid boeev ground in the vicinity. The Bowland Mountain Rescue organ- isation was alerted and on its way, but it stood down once the aircraft had found a suitable landing spot. Ramblers' Association
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official Mrs Pat Parrott, of Clitheroe, who was in the party of walkers,
J Church, Slaid- lon its parochial iuncil, acted as a Churchwarden
hn was also an hember of St
Xed for 19 years ( r recent illness.
I in its choir for a ■if years. (/as elected to i Parish Council
[zed on the Lan- [ Association of
l(eight) and Char- |ve) is now a direc- plogy company in
ler son Mr Ralph ■rho is married to (with daughters
dition to working [farm, she raised liily of two chil
Lnd Town Coun- T1992 to 1995.
iaston, Berkshire, lughter Mrs Val (married to John (ildren Anna (14) nes (12), isacom- r nursery nurse in
Bikers ride to national honours
A CLITHER.OE couple's pedal power has left them feeling
summit on Pendle Hill. Sarah (30), a lecturer
wheelie-good. Mountain bikers
Simon and Sarah Sargin-
son have won the Trailquest National
■ Series Championship. The competition
' involves a series of six events held in mountain ous regions across the country where distances . covered were up to
80km. Three years ago the
lerton area. I Steen is also sur ly her sister Mar- yho lives in Ham-
led children. She Id as a fund-raiser lumber of charities ding the local [1, Burnley Hospice host recently, the 1 House Children's
J-ly hosted money- I events and provid- t for local charities ng summer open . "burs at her home, 4g farm visits for
..1 her family, she iron Full,
■ when, dressed in run ning shorts and tops, - they were married on Apron Full, a subsidiary
couple were in the news supsioiary
said: "Mrs Benson badly injured a bone in her knee cap as she fell. She was unable to stand and was in some pain when she moved her leg.
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in public services at Blackburn College, took up mountain biking after a serious ankle injury left her unable to compete with the Bow- land Fell Running team. However, she is no stranger to cycling injuries either, having worked .as a bicycle courier in London, a job that was not only hectic and dangerous, but one where she was knocked off her bike more than
once.Said Sarah (pictured): "I started cycling when I was a student because I hated waiting for buses
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and could often beat the bus home at rush hour, I now cycle from Clitheroe to the college most days,
Valley villager is to become ‘Our Man in the Ukraine’
;. THE diplomat who has been - and hiswife, Mary, is one of the - appointed "Our Man in the 8
‘ village of Wiswell, near Clitheroe.
Ice. Mrs Steen was a gardener and skilled (woman, who often pted in the Hodder (• Show, as well as in etitions organised
tw i. __isgiving service
|ill be held at 11-15 _ in St Andrew's |ch, Slaidburn, on
ating Mrs Steen's
(vers with donations lu of flowers to be 1 to Derian House.
day. Mrs Steen’s / request only fami-
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jit Care: Blackburn,
bble Valley 01254 •
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The new ambassador, Mr Robert Brinkley (47), takes up -• his appointment in August, 20UZ.
Ukraine" has a home in the •
r His Wiswell home is not tne ■ only link with the Ribble Valley. ’ Mr Brinkley was a pupil at Stonyhurst College from 1964
' until 1972, his three sons, Andrew (19), Francis (16) and Mark (12), have all been pupils at the college , - Francis and Mark are still there
u Ik before going to Oxford University.
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Andrew worked as an assis- Test
address, but are frequently in Wiswell: "I love the beauty of the Ribble Valley," said Mr Brinkley. "Walking on the hills in fresh Lan cashire air is so refreshing after working in London." _ Mr Brinkley joined the Foreign
The family also have a London working ^ ^ and Alloys.
Moscow L,'o Q in T rfindon. w
whmfste wS CRITICISMS that Fnclish language work on Chester Aven
| nating for us to live in Moscow^
and Commonwealth Office in 1977 after studying at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He has
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Mr Brinkley said: I t was fasci Christmas have been answered by the coun
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both in Brezhnev's Soviet Union and, later, in Yeltsin’s Russia.”
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The car park will be work should have been closed today for white lin though it will be
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and occasionally have been claiming that the
done at a more conve nient time, not in the rush
njon
ough Council Engineer ing Manager Mr Graham Jagger says that the work was urgent and was put in hand as quickly as pos sible after the decision to undertake it was made. "Parts of the surface
But Ribble Valley_Bor. to Christmas. I Li-
were getting dangerous and the scheme includes security lighting and fenc ing. I t is a big improve ment, so we wanted to do it rather than wait," says Mr Jagger. "The car park is very well used, so incon venience was inevitable whenever we closed it. There will still be more than a full week before Christmas after it is back
in use." Church theft
MONEY totalling £63 was stolen from a church
safe in Read. Clitheroe police are investigating. •
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tion training came in useful for giving an accurate map reference. The whole thing, from fall to evacuation, took
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less than 45 minutes," said Mrs P a r ro t t . I t was the first accident for the local ramblers' group in more than 30 years. Mrs Benson under
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went an operation and was said to be "comfort
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able" on Monday. • Pictures courtesy of
th e N o r th -W e s t Air Ambulance Service
Police renew
crackdown on drug dealers
l POLICE in Clitheroe are renewing their efforts to crack down on drug dealers across
| the Ribble Valley. Aspartofthefi^t against drugs, local
hopefullyi reduce
police chief lnsp; the
availa.bility of drugs Bob Ford is calling -
I to provide his officers campaign could also lead I with as much infor- to a reduction in the
on Valley residents He added that the m the area."
mation as possible about those invol
ved.He said the police
would be taking active steps to deal with existing problems as part of a division-wide strate
but in winter I also cross-train in the col
lege's gym and go run ning."
gy. Said Insp. Ford: "There is public concern that drugs are an issue and, if we can arrest and charge dealers or disrupt their activities, that will
number of crimes carried out to fund habits. Simi lar strategies adopted in the past have met with
success. Information can be
passed to Clitheroe
police by ringing 01200 443344. Alternatively, Ribble Valley residents can contact CrimeStop-
pers on 0800 55511 and give details anonymous ly.
Council says
car park work was urgent
ue car park, Clitheroe, is being done too near
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was complete closure, with limited opening in the days since.
Last Thursday there
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A £106,351 windfall for the CAB
THERE was rejoicing in the Ribble Valley this week when an organisation reaped a
cash reward. The Clitheroe-based
Citizens' Advice Bureau was awarded £106,351 from the National Lot tery's Community Fund. Staff at the bureau in
ple that opportunity." She said news of the
Wesleyan Row will be using the cash to improve access to the information, advice and support it offers by developing outreach cen tres across the Ribble Valley, extending open ing hours to Wednesdays and a late evening, as well as looking at the possibility of making home visits following referrals from other pro fessionals and organisa
helped around 5,000 Ribble Valley residents and was contacted by individuals representing | 44 different locations
tions. Last year the service
cash windfall, one of 35 Community Fund gra nts announced this week, was "really excit ing" and a "wonderful development" which would help to improve services tremendously. Mrs Wallbank said
that some of the money would be used to help set up about eight outreach centres across the Ribble
Valley. "We are going to be
across the borough. The grant, which is
being awarded over three years, will also be used to finance extra employees needed to staff outreach sessions and provide administration back-up. Local CAB manager
looking at where there | j are problems with trans- I; port for people, areas where people cannot get into Clitheroe conve niently and where there are a lot of people con gregating so we can locate outreach centres there and give a better service providing all the same advice, but moving out of Clitheroe into the Valley itself," she said. She added that the
Mrs Shirley Wallbank said: "Rural areas should not be disadvantaged and residents should be able to access the same services as people in towns and cities do; we arc looking to address that issue and give peo
CAB is also looking to open its doors on a Wednesday and possibly on one evening a week to improve access to the facilities it offers. Even tually, Mrs Wallbank also hopes to increase the number of volun teers involved with the bureau. "We hope to train and recruit more people for the outreach sessions," she said.
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