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future for farming


page 3 AT A G L A N C E A Clitheroe company steps in to


•^safeguard the future of the town’s Christmas crib. H im


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Wooden remains washed up on a Fylde beach have been posi­ tively identified by readers.


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Heads turn as a lollipop lady from Down Under reappears in town.


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A Ribble Valley WI is disband­ ed after more than 30 years.


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Clitheroe’s business community is stun­ ned as a trader who loved the town dies • at the age of 56 after a short illness..


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. Christmas cards and a cash gift arrive at the right address with a little help from us.


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An 18-year-old youth dies and his friend, is badly injured in an


“horrific road accident in the Samlesbury area.


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FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER: . Remaining dry, set- tied and relatively mild.


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means by Natalie Cox


A RULING th a t a school watersports trip was not ed u c a tio n a l means a teenage diabetic from the Ribble Valley can contin­ ue challenging the deci­


sion to ban him from it. In October) 2000,


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School hit the headlines over its decision to stop Tom White, of Slaidburn Road, Waddington, from going away with classmates on an


exchange visit to Germany and on a sports-related trip to France. The school’s deci­ sion was made af ter the pupil suffered a hypogly- caemic attack and, in the view of the school, behaved irresponsibly while on a ski­ ing trip in February, 1999. Since then, Tom’s parents,


against the teenager because of his diabetes. At a preliminary hearing in


the discrimination case, a judge at Preston County Court ruled that the water- sport holiday was not part of Tom White's formal educa­ tion. The decision means that the


Malcolm and Rosemary White, have pursued the matter and are now left facing a court hear­ ing later in’the year relating to the watersports holiday, which will decide whether CRGS was justified in its action or whether the school discriminated


16-year-old's family can pur­ sue a potentially ground­ breaking case under the Dis­ ability Discrimination Act 1995 which does not currently cover the education system. Due to this, a second case relating to the German


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exchange was not allowed to proceed. Mr White said the ruling was not a victory, but a "clari­


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That will be the final stage in this matter." Former teacher Mr White


fication”. : "For the first time we have


got someone, a judge, who said that the watersport trip is non-educational," he said, adding tha t the school's attempt to play its "get out of jail free” card and use a loop­ hole in legislation had not worked. "There will be another court


said th a t his son had been allowed on some trips since the incident. In a statement to the Press


case later this year. The school has to justify why Tom was stopped going on the non-edu­ cational watersports trip.


on Monday, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School headteacher Mr Stuart Holt declared that it was "wholly inaccurate", as had been reported in a nation­ al newspaper that morning, "to suggest the court decided that the school acted illegally." Added Mr Holt: "The


school's position is that dis- • continued on page 2


Yalley-made puddings look set to tickle the nation’s


by Julie Frankland


house Fare, based at Shuttleworth Hall Farm, are celebrating super­ market chain Sainsbury's ■ decision to add the com- ' pany's traditional sticky , toffee pudding, boxed I ready to heat and serve, to the fresh desserts menu at all 380 medium and large stores nation­


JUST des se r ts are being enjoyed by the s ta f f of a Gisburn company-now work-- ing to bring a taste of the Ribble Valley to the whole country! Employees of Farm­


wide. Dishing up such a


recipe for success means that the 14 full-time and 16 part-time workers now have to produce ,000 sticky toffee pud­


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dings a week to fulfil the Sainsbury's order alone. On top of this, they also supply the sweet to all Booth's stores, as well as to a number of local deli­ catessens, and expect soon to see it go on sale at 50 Morrison’s super­ markets. Yet the initial move


is to star in quiz show


by John Turner


TELEVISION viewers will have to wait to see if Clitheroe estate agent Mr Bill Honey­ well is the brainiest estate agent in Britain. He has been sworn to the second with the star


secrecy over the out­ come of the episode of the Carol Vorderman television quiz show "Britain's Brainiest" in which, having won through from hundreds of would-be entries, he competed against 11 other finalists in a show recorded to go'out oh ITV on a Wednesday night later this month or early in February. His only clue leads


one to believe he has not disgraced himself. He said: "I'm sworn


. The filming at Elstree Studios, London, was the culmination of a process which began last October when his resi­ dential lettings manager, Angela Windsor, per­ suaded him to enter. He won through vari­


to secrecy, but let's just say it'll be worth watch­ ing."


of the show, the record­ ing took place in the evening. Mr Honeywell (49)


. . "After, the.recording we were put up in a lux­ ury hotel for the night before being chauffered back to Euston for the journey home." The programme-mak­


said: "Carol's links were full of estate agency puns, but the contest was also hard fought and there was plenty of ten­ sion from start to finish.


ing process was, he said, "quite an experience". "The one-hour pro­


ous eliminating rounds and a November audi-


tion in Manchester to meet and manages to be join the 11 other final-' - both super-friegdly and ists. Other episodes fea- ultra-professional, which put everyone completely


I recording. After two rehearsals,


pany, Celador, who also make "Who wants to be a Millionaire?", arranged for Mr Honeywell and his wife, Valerie, to be picked up at Euston Sta- ■ tion on the day of the


ture teachers, taxi dri­ vers, nurses, magistrates and footballers.' ■ . The production com­


reveals he won, it will be interesting to see if he will still be welcome, as a national champion, to compete at regular pub quizzes at the Calf's Head Hotel at Worston or the Three Millstones at West Bradford, his home village.


at ease." If' the screening


into pudding production came by chance as Farmhouse Fare founder Mrs Helen Colley explains: "My mother, Mrs Dorothy Falshaw, and I launched the com


morning for two cancer charities. We made some sticky toffee puddings to sell to raise extra funds. They proved very popu­ lar and we had th a t many requests for more that we began supplying delicatessens. "We also approached the Booth's supermarket


pany from home in 1984 . chain, which was very take our puddings."


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Business was going Adds Mrs Colley, who


Waddington with her ■ plumber husband Michael, daughters Charlotte (11) and nine- month-old Harriet and son Simon (five): "Last May, we received a call from Sainsbury's.. The company said it had seen our puddings in Booth's, bought some, done a taste test and wanted to trial them in its stores. "We were invited to a


meeting in London, the outcome of which was to


dings to 30 stores in the North. In October, this was expanded to 100 stores and now we have just received the nation­ wide order." With a Preston food


technology laboratory on board to advise on manufacture and devel­ opment, Mrs Colley, Mrs Falshaw and their team, which now works from a purpose-built kitchen attached to the main farmhouse, are hopeful that a whisky


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Harrier Jump Jet could be crowd-puller at Torchlight


THE landing of a Har­ rier Jump Jet on Clith- eroe's Castle Field could be one of the highlights of September's Torch­ light celebrations. Organisers of the week­


Arrows display team to per­ form over Clitheroe. Said Mr


They also want its Red


Peter Moore, chairman of the Torchlight Working


end-long event to celebrate the Queen's golden jubilee are in talks with RAF liai­ son officers. With Torch­ light weekend coinciding with Battle of Britain weekend on September.


14th and 15th, its co-ordi- wartime craft, culminating nators want the RAF to in the landing of a modern, include the town on any fighter such as a Harrier on fly-pasts already in the the Castle Field, could diary for its war-time fleet attract a t least another of Spitfires, Hurricanes and 10,000.people to Clitheroe Lancaster Bombers./


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Group: "We are in talks with the RAF and expect an. answer as to whether or not our plans will be supported by the time of our next Torchlight meeting on Feb­ ruary 25th. ■ "We are' optimistic of achieving what we want. I


would be good for the town and its traders."’ Mr Moore and his team


are also talking to Army chiefs and representatives


from the Royal Navy in a bid to have their display teams feature in Torchlight weekend. ’ They are also hoping its


actual Torchlight procession through Clitheroe on the Saturday evening will be bigger, brighter and louder than ever before and have written to 35 North-West marching bands to invite them to take part.


• Following the procession, there will be a spectacular firework display on the Cas­ tle Field. '


launched in Booth's and 30 Sainsbury's stores in December, and a choco­ late pudding due out in spring, will prove just as successful in satisfying gaps in the pudding market. Farmhouse Fare has


biscottis for another national supermarket |


chain. "It is very much a case I


also been asked to con­ sider biscuit manufac­ ture.


of team work. We have a fantastic team here both in pudding production and outside catering, I which deserves every I credit for the success we |


are exploring the possi­ bility of. making biscuits in future, including tra­ ditional farmhouse vari­ eties and'Italian-style


Adds Mrs Colley: "We


line manager Nicola Cummings and staff proudly displaying the Gisburn-produced pud- |


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Butterfly garden idea for Castle grounds


A BUTTERFLY garden could be c reated in th e grounds of Clitheroe Cas-


tle." . Introducing a wildlife friendly


area, improving facilities for vis­ itors, restoring and renovating the rose garden and developing a woodland on the Castle's east flank are among suggestions which could help restore and improve the site over the next two years.


ment on the suggestions over the next six weeks. Once public reaction has been


gauged, further work would be carried out to develop the scheme's details.. From Monday, copies of plans


Borough Council's Community Committee were told that the


Members of Ribble Valley .■ ■ ■


showing the proposals will be on view at venues including the council offices, the town hall and the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times office. Comment sheets will also be available. . • : A sum of £246,000 has been


proposals for further, work were currently at the "concept stage.” ...........


identified for spending on work at the Castle grounds, that fig­ ure includes £146,000 for work on the museum and £100,000 for


The council's engineering man- - improvements to the grounds, ager Mr Graham Jagger told • See next weeks Clitheroe members that Ribble Valley res- Advertiser and Times for more idents would be asked to,com- details of the. scheme.


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