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THE final good deeds of the year by Clitheroe Round Table members and their counterparts, the Ladies' Circle, was to provide a major boost for the appeal to provide Jes sica Stone, aged four, with an electric wheelchair,
Jessica, who suffers from
cerebral palsy, needs £4,100 for the specially-adapted wheel
chair, which will help give her
mobility The two organisations pre
sented Jessica with cheques totalling £800 during their "end-of-term" party, the last , event before officers and com mittee change.
daughter of Peter and Katrina Stone, of Siddows Avenue, Clitheroe, is now only £1,500 short of the total needed for the chair. The party was entertained
This means that Jessica,
by a duo, Mid Life Crisis, which includes Sue Harg reaves, Jessica's aunt. The Waddington Village
Club allowed use of the hall
free of charge. Our picture at Waddington Village Hall shows Ladies' Cir
cle chairman Mrs Elaine Buckley (left) and Mr Michael
Anderson (right), Round Table chairman, presenting the cheques to the Stone fami ly.
(T080402/1)
Tablers and Circlers end year with boost for Jessica’s wheelchair fund
An expert on Read dies at age of 94
THE funeral takes place today of one of Read's most long-lived and knowledgeable residents, Miss Gladys Haworth. Miss Haworth spent
Haworth was bom in the village and lived there until moving into a home some three weeks
Aged 94, Miss
ago. Miss Haworth was
exceptionally well- informed about the life and history of Read. Her grandfather
founded the firm of T. Haworth and Sons, which for many decades provided farrier, joinery, undertaking and related services to Read vil lagers and other people; for miles around. Miss Haworth's father
Peter, son of the founder, ran a black smith's for many years and was still shoeing horses until late in life. Her late brother, Harry, was on the joinery side of the business and is still remembered as cap tain of the village crick et team.
her later working yean running a hardware and
ironmongery shop on th^ main road through the village. She and her sis! ter, Martha, worked together in the shop until itsilosure some 50, years afcm and shared a home SpEttl Martha': death. Miss Haworth wa:
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able to remain in heij own home through hen own determination and the1 help foi relatives! friends and neighbours) The last of - the line living in the village to bear thtj family's name, she was quietly proud of its con! tribution to the life of Read.
and interment are at St John'
s.Church, React, with .."‘which Miss Haworth had a lifelong and for' many years active connection. ■
The funeral service
EASTER saw the start of the summer walks programme for Clitheroe Natu-
Lots of flowers are sighted on first i walk of season ■ '
were sighted along the way.
1 ralists. Along with friends from the Nelson Natu
ralists, a group of about 30 had a good introduc-
| tion to the new season. | Leaving the Clitheroe Interchange, the walkers took a route which went
| via Back Common and through to the top of
| Low Moor, followed by a little road walking to take the party down to a very busy Edisford. Bird song was everywhere and many of the more common species had been identified. Travelling by the
| crowded area, a domestic goose was starting to set
River Ribble, the party saw lots of mallards and, a little further down stream, away from the
I up nesting quarters. With such a large I group, lots of flowers
their way to Siddows, where they were able to watch sandmartins skimming over the water, whilst oyster catchers, goosanders anil pochard were sighted on the river bank.
The naturalists made At Mitton Flats, the i
• the riverbank a t Sid dows, up to Edisford and
home.
round Kirkby Lonsdale. To book, ring 01200 428117.
This week's walk is j !
Strong objections- fail to stop new j access to property;
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DESPITE "strong" objections from Langho Parish Cou ncil, alterations can be made to create a new access on land adjacent to a proper ty in York Lane. A report to Ribble
been submitted again raising concern about the "dangerous bend", j Coun. Joyce Holgate
Valley Borough Coun cil’s Planning and Devel opment Committee noted th a t the parish council objected on seven grounds to the ret rospective application. Parish councillors raised concern about the loca tion on a bad bend on a narrow road and the fact that the access takes up part of the grass verge was also among their reasons. Two further let ters of objection had also
(Whalley) voiced her concern about the encroachment into the green belt, but Mr John Macholc, the councils development control manager, said theije would not be any further incursion or "significant harm" caused.
The application was, j
approved with condi tions relating to the pro vision of adequate visi bility at the street junc tion or site access and to prevent loose surface material being carried onto the public highway causing a potential source of danger to other road users.
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Former Stonyhurst pupil takes part in Arctic challenge j
A FORMER pupil of Stonyhurst Col lege who suffers from muscular dystrophy is planhing-to take part in an extraordi nary Arctic challenge
| in the next few days. , • Mr Michael McGrath (36) will be taken by
I helicopter to a point 150 : I metres from the North I Pole. He will join a team which is hoping to have sledged there and plans, to walk or, if necessary,
| crawl to the actual spot. Mr McGrath is partic-
I ipating in the challenge i on behalf of theiUK's. I 150,000 ; muscular | dystophry suffers.'; He is | hoping his sponsorship; will-supplement that'.:
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stretch of road walking, the naturalists took off up Malkin Lane b'efoije going into open fields and eventually back t'o
group stopped for lunch. Having made their way to Little Mitton and then Great Mittori, members of the party were able to see inside the historic church as a steward was preparing it for Sunday worship. j After a further short
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■ 4 Projects at VaUey; hotel]
TWO projects at the Gibbon Bridge-Hotel, Chip-1 ping, have received planning approval.: ; .\; A -iv; j A new two-storey reception area can be construct
APR0% | the plans, acting under delegated powers.
ed and so can a
two-storey.toilet extension. •; Officials of Ribble Valley Borough Council pasffid; J ...
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