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Golf champion Joan loses cancer fight


by Robbie Robinson


A POPULAR local p e r sona lity in the world of ladies golf has died of cancer at


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GRIFFITHS (nee Simm)


John and Heather are delighted to announce


the early but safe


| arrival of their beauliful | Daughter,


Elizabeth Florence,


| on August 19th, 2001, weighing 4lb 14oz.


I Special thanks to all the I Staff on C7 and C9


Wards of Queens Park I Hospital, especially the I Ribble Valley Midwives.


TURNER - MOSS


Arthur and Maureen Turner have great


pleasure in announcing


the Engagement of their Daughter, Michelle, to


David, the eldest Son of Christine and


Christopher Moss.


Congratulations and best wishes from both families.


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COLLINSON Darryl


September 21 st


Congratulations on your 21 st Birthday.


Lots of love from Mum, Dad and the boys.


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A welcome brother for Aidan John.


Thanks to the Ribble Valley Midwives, especially Tracy Topham.


Aidan sends a special thank you and "biga love" to Nana and


Grandad Ferguson for looking after him.


HALlGREN- MALONE Dianne


The budgie supper is


over the hill. Swap the red wine for a


basket of trill. Happy Birthday.


From Harry and Sarah.


a


DINSDALE Q K a th ryn September 24th


Happy 40lh Birthday.


All our love Anthony,


. Robert and Laura.


the age of 63. Mrs Joan Rhodes


was taken ill during a holiday in Australia in


January. At first it was thought


she had been affected by heat exhaustion, but bowel cancer was diag­ nosed and she was flown home and admitted to Hope Hospital, where she underwent 12 weeks of chemotherapy. Owing to her particu­


lar condition surgery could not be performed. Mrs Rhodes, who


lived in Great Harwood, was a very well known


and prominent local golfer. She was born and


raised in.Oswaldtwistle and when her parents moved to Rishton they all joined the golf club


there. She started playing in


1950 and won the Lan­ cashire Junior Champi­


onship at the age of 13. She spent 20 years at


Rishton Golf Club with both her parents, leaving in 1970. She later met new friends from Clitheroe Golf Club and became a member there. She met her husband,


member at Clitheroe, but I've always been in second place as far as the' game is concerned. Her lowest handicap was


four." Mrs Rhodes was Lady


Mr James Rhodes, at a dance. He said: "It was a ladies' invitation and we were soon talking about golf. She introduced me to the game and I am a


Driver, 89,


collapses CHATBURN resi­ dent Mr William Spensley died follow­ ing a road accident in Chatburn on Tues­ day morning. Mr Spensley (89),


Captain at Clitheroe in 1999 when the dub host­ ed the prestigious Northern Ladies' Cham­ pionship and was a play­ ing member of the Lan­ cashire Lady Veterans, an elite, low handicap team. Her name appears several times on the competition winners' boards at both Rishton and Clitheroe. Music was also a love


,~t ' u


tric organ. She was very good at it." Some of her favourite tunes were played at her funeral ser­ vice, which took place yesterday, at Immanuel Parish


Oswaldtwistle, where she was a member. Mr Rhodes has


Church,


requested no flowers, but donations to Hope Hos­


pital can be sent to Ms Stephanie Hughes, Col­ orectal Unit Fund, Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Greater Man­ chester. Mrs Rhodes leaves her


in her life. Mr Rhodes said: "She played the piano and later the elec­


Peace tree


disappears MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of a


lOft.-high tree in Sabden. The mountain ash


was given to the village several years ago by Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council to commemo­ rate 50 years of peace. Known as the "Peace Tree", it was planted in Pendle Street East, and Sabden Parish Council bought several other trees to plant around it. It went missing earlier


Look wha is in The


TWO social events involv throughout the Ribble Valley nently in the pages of our Oct


Valley. Clitheroe's "Last Night of t


the grounds of the town's Ca pictures. Also featured is the the an


tea party, organised by m e Club of Clitheroe and held Hotel, Gisburn. We visit the flower festiv


Church, Sabden, where ou tured many of the stunnin


this month, coinciding with Sabden's annual street market. The neat thief filled in the hole after uprooting the tree, and a plaque sited at the foot of the tree had been moved further up the


street. Coun. Frank Goss said


that if the parish council has no funds he will pay for it himself.


Remanded


A PLEA of "not guilty" has been entered by a Clitheroe man accused of assaulting his wife. Stephen Alan Blenkin-


ship (35), of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, was remanded on bail by magistrates at Black- bum. The magistrates imposed conditions that the defendant must not contact his wife, Mrs Ann Blenkinship, and that he must not enter her home.


husband, James, daugh­ ter Elizabeth, son Andrew and two grand­ children, Nicholas (10) and Charlotte (6).


harity thieves ‘lower than a snake’s belly’


BURGLARS may have- targeted a Clitheroe shop well known for charity collecting. The Briggs family,


was at the wheel of his Peugeot 205 saloon when it hit a dry stone wall at the junction of Ribbles- dale View and Sawley Road. There were no vehicles


other


who run the Ideal Pet Stores in Moor Lane, supports the El-Shaddi orphanage in Goa - and its giant Coke bottle contained up to £100 when it was emptied during a burglary last night week. The family was going


involved. Mr Spens­ ley, of Ribblesdale View, received med­ ical treatment at the scene of the accident, but was pronounced dead on arrival at Blackburn Royal Infirmary.


■BURGLARS smashed down a security gate to get into the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times offices last night week. They escaped with petty cash, including some from a charity box. Police are investigating.


to take the money out to Goa, where it sponsors a child, in March. But the shop also had


usually in them, whoev­ er broke into our shop has taken hundreds of pounds of much needed money - they are lower than a snake's belly," says an angry Mr Ray­ mond Briggs. "We will never know whether they knew what was here, but everyone is well aware that we support charity." Last year, the RSPCA


"Judging from what is


RSPCA, Air Ambulance and Moonbeam chil­ dren's cancer charity col­ lecting boxes.


WILL readers please note that the Monsoon Indian Restaurant two- for-one meal offer which appeared in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times last Thursday does not include Fridays and Saturdays. It is also


Pendle Club


BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Club on Monday afternoon were: Mrs Eileen Hadfield and Mrs Eve Volvick, Mrs BarT bara Hargreaves and Mrs Doreen Marston. New members welcome each Monday at 1-30 p.m. Solo whist winners at


film. Ribble Valley entreprene


interviewed at home by repo And we take a walk arou Wiswell, where John Turner


nating facts. Our popular Valley Gard


rural paradise on the edge 0 Meet the Chef sees Marcia


• the Hark to Bounty Inn whe ily behind the popular viliag Rebecca Smith recalls


Greenland and offers read the Lonely Planet's Guide to and the Faroe Isles, while " . a new series, taking a look !>


ley of old with pictures from There is something for ev


winning monthly magazine, ■ editorial team as your week


er and Times. The October edition


newsagents, priced just today.


Talk on So


THERE were 27 members p Clitheroe and District Mas: West Bradford Village Hall. Guest speaker Mr P. Ho


interesting talk and slide Africa Yesterday and To


received by the members. . At next month's meeting 30 p.m., guest speaker will 1 Country Park.


the Pendle Club were: Mr A. Leonard, Mr D. Grant, Mr J. Oddie. New players welcome every Monday at 7-30 p.m.


Bridge club


collecting box was stolen from outside the shop. It


WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were: NS, Mr and Mrs E. Holden, Mr J. Renton and Mr J. Pawlicki. On Thursday, winners were: NS, Mr C. Pollard and Mr G. Pollard, Mr and


was found in the Castle grounds. Police are making


Reader meal offer


not available on the price of takeaways or drinks. The offer is valid until


the end of October. We apologise for any


confusion caused by the wording of this offer in last week's newspaper.


'


inquiries into the bur­ glary.


Prospects county N


THE prospects for live­ stock farmers in Lan­ cashire are now extreme­ ly bleak, says Mr Thomas Binns, NFU county vice-chairman. Commenting on last


week's announcement of new arrangements for


the movement of live­ stock due to foot and mouth disease, the Downham farmer said it would be a further brutal


Mrs R. Ward. EW, Mr R Roche and Mrs El Wood, Mr J. Renton and Mrs B. Wilson.


Arson blaze


ARSON is suspected after a timber shed in the grounds of the CRGS Chatburn Road site was destroyed early on Sun­ day evening. There was little of


■


blow to the local farming community. "Farmers face the


d a u n t i n g p r o s p e c t o f winter approaching with depleted feed supplies, increased stock numbers and severe lack of cash­ flow because they have had no income for


months," he added. "The type of move­


value inside the shed., which was valued at £1,000. Police are mak­ ing inquiries.


I watched the towers crumble, the dust go up and the skyline of Manhattan change


1 mid-70s. For someone coming from Gisburn, a month or two of


THE early morning of Tuesday, September 11th, was a perfect start to Fall, a cool, sunny breeze with a forecast running into the


| this is quite a joy. I left my apartment in Gramer-


| small studio in a high-rise build­ ing. I look out across Lexington Avenue and 22nd Street right into the lives of hundreds of others. The subway ride every morning


cy Park around 8-30 a.m. My flat is typical of New York living, a


viewed me and I waited with hun­


GUY H IN D L E Y w a s in N ew York when Ihe terrorist attacks took place. Here is his accou nt. . .


don tells me that a plane hit the


tower, but no one really knows what is going on. I ring a close friend in England to tell him to get


toaTV.


I a few blocks until I reach my stu­ dio, which is on 9th Avenue and


is very easy and takes 10 minutes from 23rd Street to the famous 42nd Street. I get out at Times Square and battle my way across


41st Street. I t ’s now about 8-45 a.m. and


I work in my studio, which is in the neighbourhood called Hell's


I ’m about to start a solid day’s


| Kitchen.Like any normal morning, i turn on WNYC, which is the pub-


him, I see a huge black object cut through the sky. It's not until the fireball explodes through the other side of the building that I realise what has happened. The horrible realisation that we are being attacked suddenly becomes very


While I am still on the phone to , t


apparent. I don’t know if this is the start


or the end. All we can do is stand there, hoping another plane does­ n’t come in from somewhere. A few minutes later, the F16 fighter jets are circling the city ready to shoot down any other incoming planes. The sight of them and the burn­


| lie radio station here in New York, similar to Radio 4. Almost imme­ diately I am informed that there has been some sort of explosion in


1 4 0 9 9 m c l u d , n g VAT


dreds of others. I didn’t want to walk home, as it was much closer to the towers, also everyone want­


ed to avoid tall buildings. At about 4 p.m., I walked a few


miles to a friend’s house on the Upper East Side. It was too hor­


rific for us to watch the TV, so we wandered around Central Park in a daze. Everyone was quiet, as was the city. There was a sense of fear. Wednesday was a strange day


ments they would nor­ mally make at this time of year are for the most part no longer available to them. Farmers feel ' sense of desperation anc helplessness in a regula tory environment, whic does not offer them an) practical solutions." The county has beei


classified "high risk" an no animal movement will be allowed outsid Lancashire, except fo slaughter. Even withi


Your chan on future o


and by Thursday people tried to get back into some sort of routine. I headed to work, but by lunch the whole of Midtown Manhattan had been evacuated due to endless


bomb threats. The city was brought to its


knees the other day, but immedi­ ately it started to straighten up. Like someone said: "They chose the wrong city to pick on". 9 A FORMER pupil of Stony-


hurst College is among the Britons confirmed dead in the trade centre


l the World Trade Center. There is a perfect view from the


I rooftop of both .towers, so I grab my camera and plione and rush


upstairs. I am bowled over by the sight of what I see - dark grey j smoke pouring out of a large black


hole.I t ’s exactly how you would expect it in a movie. My phone | starts to ring. A friend from Lon-


ing towers was too much. Every­ one was in tears. We stayed on the roof and heard of reports of the Pentagon being hit and another plane on the loose. I thought this must be a wild rumour. I watched the towers crumble,


tragedy Mr Christopher Newton-


the dust go up and the skyline of Manhattan change. None of us on the roof was surprised they col­ lapsed. We had done the numbers in our head and didn’t even want


to think about it. Not long after tha t we got


evacuated. I headed down to the river on the west side, as I thought it was safest there. CNN inter-


Carter, who was at the Hurst Green school from 1965 to 1968, lived in New Jersey and worked on the 104th floor of the second tower targeted by terrorists. • A BOOK of condolence has


been opened for Ribble Valley res­ idents wanting to express their sympathy for the families of the victims. The book is in the reception


I 1


area of Clitheroe Town Hall and will remain open for the next two weeks before being forwarded to the American Embassy


INFORMATION ' Duly chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5


Church S tr e e t , Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In em erg en cy 99 9 and ask


for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141.


Water: 0345 462200.


Gas: 0800 111999. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough


Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe


Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Blackburn Royal Infir­


mary: 01254 2 6 355 5. Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hosp ital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Communi­ ty Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282


416655. Aidslinc: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to


9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282


422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: B la ck -


b um , Hyn d b um and Ribble Valley


01254 207999. E n v iro nm en ta l A g en cy : E m e r ­


gency H ot lin e — 0800 807060. Drugs: Local con f id en t ia l ad vice


and information line: 01200 444484. Nat ional: 0800 776600. Ribblc Valley Talking Newspaper:


01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline, Vol­


unteering Project: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural S tress Network:


01200 427771.


Lincoln W: Clitheroe.


7 Seater available


Low dail 8


-PEOPLE from Clither and across the Ribbl Valley are being invite to share their view about the future of 01 countryside. A special public co


sultation exercise is take place next Thur


'day. From noon until p.m., researchers will


/ has been rearranged f lowing its postponerm


, at Ribble Valley Borou: .Council's Church Stre premises and would w come a visit from anyo who would like to disci rural issues. The ev"


last month. The consultation


‘been organised on bel • of the Countrys: Agency which wishe:


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