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-* MM - r<?/Mfi'k£zSs *■*>€4 paye 16 AT A GLANCE nqui’ries continue, following a:


GlitKeroe-drugs’ Haul withan estimated* street value of more


than£300,000. page 3


There will be no Santa Special rail; services in the Ribble Valley


■this Christmas. page 2


European’money is, being used to help a Clitheroe charity shop fight shoplifting.


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A new general manager, at Cas- tie Cement’s Ribblesdale Works has been named.


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The man appoint­ ed to.project man­ age the launch of the Grand Cinema arts centre reviews the future. 7 ..


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A Bolton-by-Bowlandmother is following in her son’s footsteps


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Twins Danielle and Shrona Moores have been selected for a prestigious netball academy.


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FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER:,


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SUNRISE: 7-33 a.m. SUNSET: 4-07 p.m.u«


LIGHTINGXJP TIME: 4-08 p.m.


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A DRIVER trapped behind .his < smashed dashboard for 45 minutes with broken arms and legs and internal. injuries after a head-on collision in the Ribble Valley was doubly lucky at the •


weekend. - Firemen were not on strike and ,


responded to the call as usual and MedAlert "flying doctor" Dr Grant McKeating, called to the scene, was able to use a piece of advanced equip­ ment that was only due to be officially handed over two days later. Mr Muliammed Mushtaq, of Black­


pool Road, Preston, had the benefit of. the advanced defibrillator machine


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.monitoring his vital signs while the.' firemen fought to release him from the wreckage of his Toyota Corolla:' ' . , . Dr McKeating, wb.o took the. dra­


matic picture of the firemen rescuing Mr Mushtaq; said this week: "It was very fortunate the firemen were not on strike. If they had been, it is quite like-: ly the driver would'have died. The* Green Goddesses will not have the equipment nor expertise to deal so promptly with such accidents." . In the end, the injured man, in his.


50s, was taken to Preston Royal lnfir- mary's intensive care unit, v


. ; . A second vehicle involved in the acci-


dent- soon after 3 p.m. on Saturday, was occupied by a Ribchester mother,


her son and baby. - They all escaped without life-threat-


erring injuries. Mrs Karin Viljoen (33), of Sarma-


tion Fold, driving the Hyundai Matrix, broke her arm, son Corel (five) broke his collar bone and baby Jean- Pierre Viljoen (one) received bruising to his face. .


as accident inspectors carried out their work. ,


• The piece of equipment was offi­ cially handed over to Dr McKeating at


The road was blocked for three hours : - ' . •


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a ceremony at Clitheroe Health Centre on Monday.


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Driver could have diesd had the firemen been on strike’ - crash scene doctor


pages 7,9 and 16 ♦ W < •"> Local crews


likely to join strike action


ALL 17 p ar t- tim e retained firemen a t Clitheroe were expected to join their full­ time colleagues on strike today. , Their action leaves Clitheroe and the Rib­


ble Valley with fire cover supplied for 48 hours by 1950s Green Goddess engines manned by soldiers - one each at Lancaster, Preston, Blackburn and Nelson and one Ford Transit pick-up unit carrying-Naval ratings, some res­ cue equipment and breathing apparatus sta­


tioned on one of the motorways. Clitheroe Station Officer Dave McGrath


said: "It is hitting them hard emotionally, but they are a union body and they are after bet­ ter terms and conditions.


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"Nobody wants to go out on strike, but this has been dragging on since summer and they .


have already stalled two strikes." ■ He Said once this first 48-hour strike was over at 6 p.m. tomorrow they would immedi­ ately return and the Clitheroe part-timers planned to be on the streets of the town on ■ Saturday giving out advice about fire safety


. and smoke detectors to members of the public in readiness for the second round, an eight-day strike beginning on November 22nd. Mr McGrath appealed to members of the public to be particularly cautious during the


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been bought for the greatly-reduced price of £4,600, half of which had come from the Clitheroe Heart Fund. I t is more, sophisticated than the defibrilla­ tor machines carried by first respon­ ders and is a key tool for doctors such as Dr McKeating who are treating vic­ tims at the scene of accidents or emer­


gencies. Picture shows Dr McKeating, Dr -


Ian Ibbotson and Mr Bernard Lord with the new equipment. (J111102/5/a) ; ..


Police warn car owners CAR owners are being warned to keep perr.


■ sonal possessions with them a t all times and not risk leaving them in v e h i c l e s : ,■ •- ; v The warning wasissued-this week to Rib­


ble Valley residents by Insp. Bob Ford, of CHtheroe |ioUce;;following!a spq,te of thefts;


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EXCLUSIVE by John Turner


A M EM B ER of th e ambulance staff a t Clitheroe has taken a risk iy speaking o ut in support of the c am p a ig n for improved ambu-


ance cover in the Ribble Valley. His revelations, which include


claims th a t the volunteer F irs t Responders are being used to deal, with incidents like pub fights and even calls to health centres and Clitheroe Hospital, are expected to anger his bosses and members of the


Ambulance Trust. . He said he was pleased to see the


recent letters in the Advertiser and Times drawing attention to shortcom­


ings in the service. : .; The ambulanceman, one of eight sta­


Ko/J4 r-iL ' tioned at Clitheroe, who asked for his


identity to be withheld, wrote: "It’s high time that the people this.subject con­ cerns most should know what is going on. As an emergency ambulance person I feel it is my duty to explain to the gen­ eral public what is going on and how our management is creating the illusion all is well, by maintaining the ever-.so- important, Government-set Orcon stan­


dards. ■ Firstly, I feel that, although they will


have you believe differently, patient care is very low down on the list of priorities of our management. The one and only, priority is response times.. ,. There is only one ambulance some of the’time. This has been going on for


• years. As soon as that vehicle gets a job, ■ the next nearest vehicle is at Altham


near Padiham. Arid that's presuming there is one available there. Altham is the busiest station in East Lancashire.


' Next nearest is Blackburn; Accrington or Bamoldswick.


"It is not uncommon for ambulances


to be mobilised on emergencies from Blackburn to Clitheroe and vice versa or anywhere in Lancashire for that mat­ ter. You must also bear in mind .that ambulances only have standard Transit engines and are very heavy due to all the equipment. In other words they are slow,"hesaid. .


He said very often, the Clitheroe , '


- vehicle is sent out of town to do routine ■ work in other areas including hospital


transfers. He revealed how response time? are


maintained so well, despite an increased demand of approx-100%- with.no actual increase in numbers of patient-moving ambulances in the last 10 years; "If ambulances are 'concentrated in areas of high demand, i.e. Blackburn, then areas • of less demand suffer, but statistically,


, this is better for the service. "If an emergency is.received in an area of lesser demand i.e. Clitheroe,


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from’cars parked jit Osbaldeston Riding. Centre.- 1 ' ' " ' ’


' Insp. Ford asked owners to be vigilant ana - ” ,


urged them to keep handbags, containing purses, credit cards and mobile telephones with them wherever possible.


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then should it take over the eight or 19 tninutes for the ambulance to respond, which ever applies to the specific job, then it no longer matters how long it takes because statistically, the job is 'out


of time'." He listed methods used by the ambu­


lance service to overcome their prob­ lems: "The introduction. of Fast Response Cars which are manned by a single- paramedic. Very good for response times; no good for taking peo­ ple to hospital; You still have to wait for the standard ambulance. "First Responders are well -meaning,


public-minded citizens.who are mis­ guided into thinking they are serving their friends, families and neighbours,


- by volunteering to attend, day or night, at what are classed as immediately life-,


: threatening emergencies, that require an eight-minute response.


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fillers, Christmas jewellery, books, train sets,! ' ‘


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Don’t miss The Valley - in next w e e k ’s ClitheKoe Advertiser and Times ..... the last rriinutethat Ribble Val- Coun.Mis Robinson added: " I . from officers a t a meeting on ed M^HfeTw^readv have been, criticised for £10 : Gntweek (FREE .’c la s s '


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ANGER erupted in-Clitheroe on Monday as residents pre­ pared to pay. homage to the area's war dead. • ’As the 11th hour of the 11th


day of the 11th month drew, closer, some.50 or 60 people: asseihbled in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle waited to hear


.the maroon sound to signal two. minutes'silence.- ■ By then, many had com­ mented on the absence of the Union flag. As minutes ticked by.'watches were checked and,


a.m. said Coun. John over at 10 a.m. and rang our McGowan, who is a town coun- .town clerk. They are the senior


At two or three minutes to 11 ough Council decided to take . _ .. .


• cillor as well as a Ribble Valley authority. We are not pleased Borough councillor, the Mayor that they took this job on. called the Ribble Valley council . "Roger Hirst has done it for offices because no one had • many many years and never got


•arrived to fire the maroons. "There were no flags there ........... "All she could get was a "I was stuck with 5Q people,, it wrong. , _


recorded message saying they a t the Castle. Museuin gate. were closed for: two minutes' v when the Library clock chimed


several minutes late, the firs t' Riome vaney can t maroon heralded the start of the thing


Ribble Valley can;t get some^ wrnT 0i^ v mimteTiate arid _ responsibility.'for the firing w the maroon went up two' ■ the maroon in the past. Last


sssasscssssts' n a m uuai u -u, i_i._ raise the issue at the full council fall


meeting. "I was very hurt and embar­


rassed for. the people .o f , Clitheroe and very sad for them. A lot of elderly people said they were hurt and angry,"


she added. Another of those present also


silence," said Coun. McGowan. „. and there were no maroons. 1 , ....... 1 ■


-11th day of the 11th month there was no flag flying at half­


expressed "disgust" : that on the phoned the council on ;my: ; mast.. v- 10. . and and-; (§,


strike * People should make sure their smoke


alarms are working; they should formulate escape plans; smokers should be.extra cau­ tious; and people should not light candles. 1 He advised people to make sure electrical apjaliances were discoimected at night and a thorough check of the house should be.made at night before going to bed.


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down at 10 a.m. on Monday after the town council discov­ ered that the borough authori­ ty was taking over the responsi­


bility. ■ "We have always taken responsibility for this. Septem­


b e r 11th is the only time , that we did not do it and the bor­


ough council did." ■ On Tuesday, Ribble Valley Borough Council Chief Execu­


tive Mr David Morris denied, ■' that the first maroon was up to


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