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I work since he was 17 in locations ' Jsuch as India, Malaysia and lAfrica before Brazil. I ' "Sheldon will be fondly remem- Ibered as a pleasant personality, Ibuc above all he was a grafter," isays a family friend. "Whatever- Ihe was doing, he was doing it Ithoroughly and well. There won't“ Ibe many people who knew mor^ about drilling and oil-rig opera-" tion than him - he u ^ to go orfl bourses to learn more.
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lent father and everyone in the5 Idllage feels great sympathy." ’ ' ' Funeral arrangements were still being finalised yesterday, but the{
■amily has asked for donations to - Ihe Royal National Lifeboa_ji Institute in lieu of flowers.
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Singer is to take place of Animals
rock star Burdon 'Clitheroe father-of-three is to
play in a free gig in Langho ■ by John Tumer
A SINGER from Clitheroe has taken his place fronting a rock band with an inter national pedigree going
back nearly 40 years. I'From now, ph, father-of-three
Peter Barton-will occupy the place filled originally in the Ani mals hy Eric Burdon. Th e Animals rank in the top
league of British '60s groups — there were times when they were jockey ing for chart positions with the Bea tles and the Rolling Stones. Origi nally from Newcastle, their huge international best-seller, "House of the Rising Sun", originally consid-- "too long and too rude", estab-
&hed them around the worl(i. ,* John Steel and Dave Rowberry are Qie only two survivors from the orig inal ch^-topping band,
, . Z The Clitheroe singer and manager
reformed the Animals in 1992. He ^ p p e d in to sing after the lead singer bowed out just over a year ago. ^ The 40-year-old has returned to
, glitheroe for a short rest, after a huge- - ly-successful 45-day UK tour with peorgie Fame. The tour followed big Recesses in Russia, where they played £6 crowds of up to 100,000. 5' "It is amazing", said Mr Barton. ?The band is going down a storm and we are getting people aged from 17 to 70 being bowled over by the sound we tdake."
• They'have brought out "Life", the Animals' first original album since 1983, and are due to play a free gig at Mytton Hall Hotel, Langho, on Wednesday next week.' ,
, . The Clitheroe member is the baby . of the band. Three of the others are in their 60s and one is 54. The free gig is their way of giving
thanks to the hotel for the support in providing accommodation when group members visit the Ribble Valley. The next day the Animals fly out to
begin a mammoth 150-date world tour..
Success is nothing new for the
Clitheroe singer. In the 1970s he sang with Lieutenant Pigeon, who had the No. 1 hit, "Mouldy old dough" in 1972. ' He is also the UK representative for Eric Burdon, the Animals' former lead singer who is now based in California. Isn't’ Clitheroe a strange place for a
top international band to be based? "It's perfect," said Mr Barton this
week. "We are close to all the motor ways and Manchester Airport is only 40 minutes away. "You can actually get to an airport
quicker from the Ribble Valley than you can from the centre of London. And band members love visiting the Ribble Valley. You'd be amazed how many top musicians re^larly visit," added the singer, who lives in Salthill Road, Clitheroe, with wife Juhe, and children Liam (15), Adam (11) and Amy (13). Mr Barton is pictured right as he
takes the microphone during an open- mr concert outside the Palace of Cul ture in Moscow with Vladimir Mick- elov, the biggest music star Russia has ever produced.
Belarus to Blackburn - that’s the aim of a ‘friend’ of Chernobyl children
by Robbie Robinson
F R O M B e la ru s to B la ck bu rn b y b ike — Ibhat is the c h ^ t y slo g a n fo r a ; C l ith e r o e ^yclistv 5>5-Ail
bwl is their own barn owlj
fhaps Ollie, for the past two - and years.
I have Mrs Higham added: I rest- "The bird is ringed, sq
lledge whoever claims the bir'^ I over will have to provide alt the documentation tp
j t reg- prove they are the right- fnde- ful owner." gister Anyone who has any shire, information about the
(vised owl is asked to contact lird to Mrs Higham on 01282 lham. 774417. band. Our pictin.e shows Mr Itered Higham with their lost ^tion, charge. vned
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the social, educations^ and vocational develop ment of local young peo; pl& The redevelopment of
the Grand Cinema willi they say, be complement ed by the development of a new town centre Corii- munity Arts Centre in the next two to three years. Both venues will por
tray a progressive Ribble Valley community fulli^ able to meet the demands for cultural leisure and educational resources for both local people and visi tors to the town and bor ough.
ition for Jessica-
In Chtheroe are bemg asked tol. le and help an appeal to buy an^ ]iir for Chtheroe four-year-old
district Darts League are nm-i. 1 doubles tournament on Aprili;
(to enter can fmd entry forms at 1 who have darts teams in the.
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t-k M r 'B r ian 'D a v ie si o f ,, Phasm Dnye.’Teaves todayi;' tor the town of M o ^ e v in ’ Belarus and will bike back
to raise funds for Friends of Chernobyl's Children. He travels out with two
^ c l in g companions and a support driver, who all set off ofn the 1,500 mile return jour ney on April 16th. •' After passing through the
cities of Minsk and Warsaw, they will be joined by a fourth cyclist at Berlin and will make their way via Hamburg to Cuxhaven and catch a ferry to Harwich. ’ •From there they have a mere 250 miles to complete their ride, intending to arrive at Salesbury Church on May
-12th. Friends of Chernobyl's
Children (FOCC) started in a small way in Blackburn in 1-995 and has grown to a nationwide network of groups around the country. ' Mr Davies represents the
Clitheroe group on the ride, the other members o f the team being representatives of the Settle, Great Harwood, Blackburn and Fylde groups. Blackburn is now the chari ty's headquarters.
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. - The cyclists have chosen to d,epart from Mogilev as it was one of the two towns in the old USSR most affected
b y radioactive fallout from' the meltdown of the nuclear
reactor at the Chernobyl power station in Apri], 1986. The nuclear poisoning of
the area still affects the . health of local peoplq partic^ ularly the children,\with'a ■' 3,
000.%.inci:ease in.diseases such'; as thyroid .^cancer,-.', leukaeraia and brain disease rince the incident. Each year the charity's
groups bring 500 children from Mogilev to this country for a month's recuperation to help boost their ' weak immune systems and increase their life expectancy. The children all stay with host families and more are needed for the 2003 visit. The cycle run is part of
this ongoing friendship and will raise funds for the chil dren's air fares to the UK in 2002 and 2003. Mr Davies has already
cycled from Land's End to John o' Groats for the chari
ty. He said: "I was lying in
bed;thinking how we could raise more funds as we are short this year. I jumped out of bed and checked the atlas and thought; it's only 1,500 miles - we can do that. "We are hoping to raise
£5,000. As it costs about £500 for each child's visit, that's 10 children." Anyone requiring more
information on the bike ride who wishes to support the charity and the event, or families offering their ser vices as hosts, are invited to contact the chairman of FOCC Clitheroe, Mr Miles Leadbeater, on 01200 424575.
'Urn thief scales drainpipe
A BURGLAR .scaled many feet ‘of drainpipe to steal two classic Idesign urns from the top of
jStanden Hall, Pendleton. ■ They are valued at £500 each and Itheir disappearance is the latest and Imost daring of a series of thefts of sim- - •ilar items. Most of the rest have been Jrom ground or gatepost top level.
week, and the burglar traversed two floors of the height of the hall. The urns were pushed from their places to fall on to the lawn below. They left impressions in the grass,
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as did a wheelbarrow which police believe was used to carry them to a vehicle. . The urns are sandstone and of clas sical appearance, with garlands of
The climb was in the middle of last rleaves and pineapple markings.
Plan for shutters ‘sad reflection of times’
Security moves at shop approved:
AN application to install security shutters at a centrally-located Clitheroe shop is a "sad reflection of the times", according to a bor ough councillor. Coun. Howel Jones (Clitheroe) said that although steel shutters
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Cleared of meat theft at work
A M A N from- Chat - burn has been acquit ted after a trial in to allega t ions th a t he s to le meat from his employers, Rose Coun ty Foods. Simon Richard Taylor
(38), of Victoria Court, was charged with the offence in October but, after a trial at Blackburn Magistrates' Court, the chairman of the magis trates said they were' happy he had not acted dishonestly. Taylor maintained he
was taking meat he had. found in a packaging; room to security. • m The chairman said’
they accepted his version fully, arid hoped his legal advisers would make clear their views at any employment tribunal. Speaking after the
hearing, Mr Daniel King, of Forbes Solici tors, said the matter was already before an employment tribunal. "Mr Taylor’s acquittal
and the observations of the magistrates' chair man will assist him greatly", said Mr King.
Laptop stolen at CRGS
POLICE made immedi ate inquiries at the CRGS sixth-form centre in Clitheroe on Monday morning after a laptop computer was stolen. It was left.under a
desk in the York Street premises just after 10 a.m. and had gone a few minutes later. The Fujit su model Is valued at £1,042 and police inquiries continue.
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