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The Clitheroe L-


Julie toasts promotion to a TA captain


A new bus company to serve the Ribble Valley is launched


this week. ■ page 3


A young local artist is gaining interna­ tional recognition for her work with glass.


page 7


Clitheroe is to be the third Lan­ cashire town to have life-saving teams on call round the clock.


page 9


' A village church says farewell to a popular priest,


s o c m a n page 10


A fat chance to become a leading player in the weight loss market has


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been seized by a Brockhall company. - page 7


The legal system of “no win, no fee” has come under attack from a hotelier con­ cerned with “flimsy”


claims. - page 10


FOGGITT’S WEEKEND


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by Julie Frankland and John Turner


"M IS E R A B L E ” is th e d e s c r ip t io n th a t h a s b e en attached to the Ribble Val­ le y ’s w a sh -o u t , fo o t -a n d - mouth-blighted Easter. Instead of welcoming guests


to their Pages Farm home bed and breakfast, as they have done for the last decade, Mr and Mrs Peter and Mary Cowking found th em se lv e s alone and isolated in their rural idyll. Normally a staging post for walkers cross ing the Trough of Bowland, their 17th


Home alone - as foot and mouth keeps the Kibble Valley’s B & B visitors away


page 4 Century farmstead, with its _ . ,


, with its footpaths closed, they have noth- tocomefoi,„


with its footpaths closed, they have noth-


oak beams and log fires on tne Jn a b;d tQ increase its passing ■ half-price meals Mondays to It was passing trade that dou-


o u tsk ir ts of Slaidburn, tra(jei Hark to Bounty is offering remained spurned.


Tn the village itself, visitors Thursdays throughout April, were noticeable by their absence. At


the Hark to Bounty Inn, which is usually booked out over


Monday nights. Only four guests out of a capac­


ity 18 checked in for Good Friday and Saturday, while meal orders


were 50% down on Easter Day and 20% down on the Bank Holi­


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day Monday. Said the inn’s Mr Peter Hey:


r rou ^ o f Bowland, their 1.7th


"It's been an absolutely miserable weekend. People are just not com­ ing into the countryside. Most of our guests are walkers and,with


booking. Yet for two of the holi­ day nights, an unexpected single visitor and then a couple of bikers each checked in for the one


a u uuc . evening. Said Miss Joan Simpson, who ,


runs the lodge with partner Mr Nigel Quayle: "We had a maxi­ mum of two rooms occupied for some of the holiday period when, normally, we would be _ fully booked. People are phoning to


booKea.


bled guest numbers at Middle Flass Lodge, Bolton-by-Bowland.


the Easter weekend, all rooms with five rooms for occupancy, it were free on both Sunday and


r etU incd_one Easter weekend


t o ® * , il W, a „ still open but i n q u m e s ® e not^turning t ^


reservations. I am very wo


about what will happen in the coming season.


t iV S 'S ’iStS STlTndsJ.de.Vad to teU 50 te v


^appointing. dinner between 6 p.m. and 7-30 borne “ tern The lodge, which also serves Y S S S K l S S


o l ta s that they would not scenic journey,


"VpI it is not all bad news. guests houses, 8 cutheroe


The town —


30 p.m., is a barn conversion with b u s y * the no ^ views over the Forest of Bowland. Admitting it naa


best of Easters for the Ribble Val­ ley, Mrs Mary Parker, manager of Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre, added: "I am aware that bed and breakfast businesses in more rural locations have been significantly hit by foot and mouth disease, keeping visitors away. In addition, the Trough road through to Lancaster from


Admitting it had not been tne _ „ , —j.„Li:r,ivTvioni-c __


Knsv over the holiday Monday, dul 11, w«u>


only a few local establishments were open."


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p.m. on Saturday evemngs, as vell Pa™c^ r/ satisfied with their as Sunday lunch from mxmto 2 p.m. and tea from 4 P*.


• VISITORS to Chtheroe Cas­


tle Museum are up. During the week leading up to Easter, more than 700 v is its were made, according to custodian Miss Mary Hornby, which represents a significant increase on this time


last year.


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iav-witii meals - for music festival at


Success on the air waves


special feature; on page


A sad display marks area’s


latest tragedy Family and friends mourn Neil (


22) after accident


l4!V™tru.B FRE SH flowers, cards and poems have been laid 'was also as a shrine by grieving Ribble Valley communities, weekend, mourning the deaths of three of


k Holiday While those in Whalley old toolmaker Mr N e il -


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Road, Barrow, and Water­ loo Road, Clitheroe, are poignant anniversary trib­ utes to celebrate the lives of a teenager, who died last year in a road acci­ dent, and a man who died in his twenties, the latest respectful floral display pays respects to 22-year-


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M P a n s v v ^ r s h i s ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S critics on Grand Cinema listing


TH E planned £ 3m . artscentre LC tun


,


opportunity missed for th e The reader, Mr Antho-


ny Cross, cites the devel­ opment of Clitheroe’s old auction mart site and the sorry state o f the Castle as examples of blunders


by leaders of the town. But his most vociferous


attack is aimed at the Rib­ ble Valley’s MP, Mr Nigel Evans, whose critics claim that his involvement in the listing of the Grand Cinema


. r_.r piifhproe could become another golden to one of our angry readers,


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could scupper the ambi tious plan for a state-of-the- art facility which would almost certainly be the envy of- towns for miles


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around. In fact, Mr Cross (see our


letters page) described the behaviour of Mr Evans as disgraceful and says that it should serve as an epitaph


to his time as MP. However, Mr Evans says


that he was duty bound to act on the listing of the Grand Cinema after being approached by a con­


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ma project was “another opportunity rarely present­ ed to any public authority. He continues: “Was this glorious opportunity seized by our civic leaders? No, it was either spurned or treat­ ed with indifference.”


He claims that the Mr comes out of the incident


with no credit. As far as missed opportu­


nities from the past are con­ cerned , Mr Cross says the auction mart was an oppor­ tunity to improve the aes­ thetic of the town centre - but that the resulting mar­ ket and housing was ‘ an embarrassment to a town of historic import.” Regarding the Castle,


Mr Cross refers to Black­ burn’s successful £2.25m. Lottery grant to improve a “largely unremarkable pub­ lic park”, while the Castle, perhaps the most historic landmark in East Lan­ cashire, remains “under­ used, under-res-ourced and largely ignored” by the local authority.


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ing the listing of the Grand Cinema had “frustrated,


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I and possibly ruined," plans for an ambitious refurbish­ ment of the town-centre building, described as a “dull building of little archi­


tectural merit”. Mr Evans was asked to


itage. The problem is people fhink I have listed the


ow n vil , R v an Gladwin w en t p o t ty to GIFTS St GEAR


Mr Evans on our letters "The newspaper s own ^ played each other at snooker in by the end of the year, page last week.


, . by the end of the year, said Mr Braith- O T1d nf the vear, said Mr Braith-


think I have listed the building. I have not. "A constituent came to


me and asked me to put it forward to English Her­


itage, which I am duty bound to do. That s my job. I am not an expert on the listing of ancient buildings. If somebody comes to me and asks me to put forward that suggestion, I am duty


bound to do it. But he added: "I would


like to know why on earth an arts centre should go on that site and no other site in Clitheroe. It is a mystery to


me." • WORRIES over the ,


Grand Cinema project, Clitheroe, were aired at a public meeting held by Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council at Gisburn village hall. Almost 40 council offi­


cials and members of the public were present when- Mr Bruce Dowles asked whether the council would take into account what


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frames by league Downham, against John (17), o r i s o n


, , iea„ue player Ryan (J


Street, Clitheroe, was a cheque for £1,448 for the hospice.


The two Clitheroe Royal Grammar School boys raised £948 sponsorship and


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Castle Cement contributed £5UU. During their marathon. Ryan scored


1,961 points and John scored L ^ p om t s . The highest break, 28, was scored by John ■ The arduous session has not put the boys off their favourite game. "It was hard work,


but a bit of fun," said Ryan. The money, handed over during a cere-


mony a?Downham Village Hall, brings


ever closer the total of £1.3m., which the East Lancashire Appeal Fund launched in 1999 set out to raise.


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WaThe facilities will be used bY about 100 people, 30 or 40 of them from the Ribble Valley, where "a large portion” of the funds


have been raised. Apart from lottery funding of £700,001), , * c^nn nnn


the largest single donation - MOO.OOO -:has come from the Lancaster Trust in


^ But even when the last £40,000 is gath­ ered, the appeal fund will continue in


^The sum of £300,000 will be needed each I


year to run the new facilities. Pictured, right, is Mr Peter Parkes, of


Castle Cement, presenting a cheque for £500 to Mr Braithwaite. Watching, from


the left, are Ryan and John at Downham Village Hall.


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Castle ghost is silenced by actions of young vandals


Y O U N G v a n d a ls h a v e s i le n c e d Henry de Lacy, Earl of L}nc° ln 1


n waa a.* _ _ j facilities Clitheroe had, C TheUWoice" of his ghost wasanattrac-


owner of Clitheroe Castle m the 13th he ,iv ice"


would be going to the coun­ cil's Community Commit-


nti wt» fee going tQ the coun_ | But t — The Council's Director of I i tpe in May.


Commercial Services, Mr John Heap, told the meet- ing they might need to start again looking at alternative | sites and proposals.


^ ^ & fuU r(jport tory oi tne l °But‘ K


kers s0 0ften, said Castle


haye ripped out and tavorippei =u. a».


custodian Miss Mary Hornby, that they


W'llenry de^acyV'voice" wiil be heard no moreTecause the Castle can think of no other ways of repelling the 21st Century invaders of the castle.


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tainly not a lone one, with lng behind this issue for ralse money tor t three readers also criticising party political ends. Hospice.


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explain his stance by c ~ re h ------- ^ „ honwso


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aders and, when we con­ tacted him, was quick to


defend his actions. He said'he had no alter-


native but to pass on a con- | stituent’s request to English


Heritage for the building to be spotlisted and claimed | that one "offensive” e-mail he had received and letters of criticism to the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times took | no account of the fact that he had a duty to contact English Heritage on the I


matter.


Mr Evans said: "One ot the letters of criticism m the


paper came f Appeal chairman Mr Geoff Braithwaite,


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Lancashire “ “ shed in September this year, The new Duuumg auuuiu ^


collected by the time building on the exten- building should be in operatio ,n


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Heywood. Mr Heywood, who lived


with his parents Mr and Mrs Mick and Ellen Hey­ wood in Limefield Avenue, Whalley, died in the Royal Preston Hospital last


Wednesday. He had been airlifted to


the hospital five days earli­ er by the Lancashire Air Ambulance crew, which had been called to Whalley Old Road, Billington, to care for him after he had been thrown from his Vauxhall


Nova car. The accident closed the


road just below York Vil­ lage for several hours, while police investigators deter­ mined how the car had mounted an embankment at the beauty spot and spun over back on to its wheels. After being treated at the


scene for head and back injuries, Mr Heywood was taken on the four minute air journey to Preston. Said a friend: "Neil will be sadly missed. He was a quiet per­ son, but a good friend, whose main hobby was his


car." Mr Heywood had just . , - t


started in a job with a Dar- wen company, after working for Blackburn’s Presspart Manufacturing. His funeral is expected to take place in Whalley


tomorrow,


although at the time of going to press, exact details were unavailable, pending the results of a post­


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