Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.eastlancashire Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 19th, 2001


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Foundation’s fund - raiser searches


for true-life testimonies of hope A suecial inspirational book will go on sale at Christmas* — 1


■ by Julie Frankland


TRUE life stories that may give hope and inspiration are being sought by a Ribble Val­


ley charity. Volunteers working for


the Anna Dylan Cancer Foundation are aiming to publish a fund-raising book to go on sale at Christmas, which will be made up of personal testimonies from


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ister Anna Dylan, who is to undergo further cancer surgery in September: "Lat­ est statistics suggest that one in three of us will now experience cancer at some point in our lives. Yet there


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consent application for refurbishment work at Stonyhurst College has been granted by officials of Ribble Valley Borough Council, acting under their delegated powers. I t is for existing bedrooms on the first and second floors of the college’s west wing.


i fear surrounding the dis­


ease. "What people may not


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SOME of television’s best­ loved stars took to the dance floor at Gisburn’s Best Western Stirk House Hotel to help “reel” in funds for charity at a Scottish themed gala night. Current and former cast


........ a l th o u ^ c c g f e s can S o S m s p e c t i v e l y .


Explained,the charity’s ® wjinri Ms Dylan and .-.anonyitfouiM&elw^^ founder, Chatburn mother


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A COUPLE who first met while they were studying at art school have.celef:


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^DGIlCGr. • Their diamond anniversary was spent qui­


They moved to be closer to their family in Holden eight years ago., ,


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etly. The rest of the family had booked to go on holiday in Tuscany, before the significance


j of Mr ^nd Mrs Hellewell's special anniversary


was realised. ■ ■ . i -**. Mrs Hellewell, now aged 85, still draws and


paints, mainly dogs and cats. Mr Hellewell (86) also occasionally occupies himsll with art, but,; since suffering a stroke, his main occupation has been reading. Pictured are Mr


and Mrs Hellewell at .home. •( (P139701/1)


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3 days-30th December‘01 ■ I HOW'S this for a head


| countl X Head-' teachers! from


Clither'oe’s five primary schools gathered to cele­ brate the career of one of


1 their number, Mrs Mary I Hallewell, who is retiring | from Edisford Primary


I School. ‘ • Mrs Hallewell, who lives in Clitheroe, was appointed


head inT985, but joined the school as a teacher in 1971 and was appointed its deputy head in 1980. To mark her 30 years of


, ry; Mrs Margaret Carring- -ton, of'Pendle County Pri­


- Primary;; Coun. Paul Adn- itt, of St James' CE Prima-


service, our photograph shows, from the left, Mr Vincent Murray, of St Michael and St John’s RC


mary, and Mr Graham, Claydon, of Brookside School, who stood lunch : and then presented Mrs Hallewell with a.vase. Said Mrs Hallewell, who


has two grown-up children and a granddaughter. "I am looking at my retirement as the s ta r t of a new career involving lots of travel with my husband, David, who is also retired, gardening,


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reading and hunting for Baxter and Leblond prints to add to my collection. "I will however miss the


support and fellowship of staff and; of course, the children who never cease to amaze and bring a smile. I would like to thank every-


' one at Edisford and my fel­ low headteachers for their


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kindness and good wishes." (C090701/2)


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from £7 9 * 5 0 2 days-30th August restoration work undertaken^B Fellow heads gather to say farewell ls ral®1"® ............. those in support of the cen­


tre are still being sought for inclusion on a petition, which can be signed at Clitheroe’s branch of the Skipton Building Society. The branch is also home to the foundation's account and is accepting donations. Anyone wanting to


"Tcsrimon^es can be long or Methbdist^Hiifch,' Whal- which it anticipates it will or


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organise an event in aid of the foundation should tele phone Ms Dylan.


O^iiple wjBJfcet at art school now celebrate f>Q years of marriage


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Simon expands his favoikrite haunts


A MAN who has made a name for himself unearthing the ghosts of Clitheroe is expanding


his area of haunting. From next month Ribble Valley Council gardener Mr


Simon Entwistle will start a series of ghost walks m the neighbouring town of Blackburn.


The spine-tingling £3-a-head tour wi11 ^ accompamed . ,


by Mr Entwistle's spooky sound effects, like blood-cur dling screams, tortured shrieks and rattling of chains. : He will take a.tour of Blackburn's ghoulish goings-on,


including the haunted railway station, the scenes of grim murders of Victorian times and he will tell about the body-


Sn Histoure, which begin on August 13 th, are being backed by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council s regenera-


tl0He saWriThe County has a great deal to offer the tourist and Blackburn is a town to be proud of. I am sure my


ghost walks there will do it justice. . | Lancashire history.'


He said the tourp were a painless way of learning a bit ol ________^


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Pupils help choose book of the year


TWO pupils from Bow- land County High School, Clitheroe, had a,


part to play in choosing L a n c a sh i re 's '.b o o k of


the year. In the end, .Jan Green-


hough and Kirsty Firth, with their fellow judges from 11 other Lancashire schools, se ttled on two books as joint winners. They spent all morning


a t Askew's Library Ser­ vices in Preston, whittling down 10 books to three finalists.


And, despite an af ter ­


phone by the young judges and they each accepted an


Hall.


vice-chairman of Lan­ cashire County Council, said: "It is important that children are involved in awards like this, as it is their opinions that count."


Coun. Dorothy Westell, '


noon of deliberation; they decided the title should be shared between "Bloodtide" by Melvyn Burgess and "Plague" by Malcolm Rose. Both authors were tele­


invitation to a presentation ceremony at Preston Guild


. Trust, a showbusiness char­ ity, which puts rescued don-


members of “Coronation Street”, “Last of the Sum­ mer Wine)L and "Taggart” joined-Susan Hampshire and others from “Monarch of, the Glen” and June Brown, who plays Dot Cot­ ton in “Eastenders”, to sup­ port the Michael Elliott


„ keys to work with children with special needs. Together with more than


' 300 local party-goers, they enjoyed a sumptuous Scot­ tish banquet prepared by the hotel’s four-strong team of chefs, sponsored for the evening by Morecambe butchers Althams, in a spe­ cially erected marquee. A pipe band provided the musical accompaniment to the • event, which also


— sorship, donations and tick­ et sales, they raised more than £19,000. Among the items raffled


' included a raffle and auc­ tion. Together with spon-


were a cricket bat signed by the current England team and an autographed David Beckham Manchester Unit­ ed shirt, while the auction included trips to Scotland to spend time on location with the cast and crews of “Taggart” and “Monarch of the Glen” and a visit to London for dinner with June Brown, following a trip to the theatre to see “My Fair Lady” and a meeting with its star, Mar-


tine McCutcheon. An autumn dinner for


Patient without was out


A RESIDENT wh had gone absent with out leave from Langho’ Kemple View Psychi atric Unit bumped int


a member of staff ou side Whatley's Re dez.vous nightclub t


following evening. Blackburn magistrat


' check whether patient I " Stott (20) should have! at large, Stott became a tated and abusive. Stott, who now lives


Rochdale, admitted breach of the peace and bound over in the sum £100 for six months. Mr Neil White (pit


heard that, when suppo worker Mr John Cowe used his mobile phone


ing) told magistrates th as Mr Cowell left Re dezvous, he saw St


Former Vail MBE for a


A FORMER Clitheroe for services to the aerosp Mr Fred Johnson, wh


to Pendle Junior School now lives in Hoghton,: at the age of 69. Engineer Mr Johnson


Canberra, the English Concorde. And he has n


BHW Components at W In his earlier years he


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keep young yourself, wo Mr Johnson, now a gr


Jean Aldersley, also of C


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Award of the Dioc They were examin-


'singing of a hymn, ‘wm room atihe 3* CovcnUy Hotel (or s.m.lar) _


choristers at Bradfo The examination


. appropriate for the The Vicar of -Wad sented the award at


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