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If forged £20 note, court told [A CLITHEROE shop- ordered to do 80 hours ikeeper was not fooled community service and when Michael William •. pay £65 court costs. Singleton tendered a £20 note.. He immediately spot­


Two similar charges


Wheatsheaf Avenue, Longridge, admitted .tendering counterfeit 'currency and was


ted the note' was a forgery, Blackburn mag­ istrates were to ld .: Singleton (21), of


against Singleton were dismissed after the pros­ ecution offered no evi­ dence. Mr Michael Black-


lidge (defending) said Singleton was in a pub in Longridge on'a Sunday afternoon and said he was intending to drive to


Queen’s biographer will entertain


5 l )st cancer appeal


Lady Captain, Mrs Loma Slinger. "It just shows what can be done in one and a half hours. The people of Whalley are very generous. It was lovely." The ladies committee organised a


bottle tombola, a home-made cakes stall and a bring-and-buy. Our picture shows the ladies proudly


displaying the results of their cooking. (T100102/3)


»uld y ou b e a


lunteer PAL? 'E E E S are


Iht to help run le and advice 1 local patients ■treatment at i Royal Infir- jQueen's Park


lervice, the price and Liai- ’ (PALS), was i December by , Hyndburn


|e Valley NHS tof agovem-


hitiative to standards of i the NHS. All > required to Bar schemes in


jpril. s designed to atients, their


pd carers with on on health,


| th resources, nd voluntary


groups. I t is also tasked with resolving problems and concerns and inform­ ing people of complaints


procedures. Currently, PALS help


desks in the two hospitals are open from 9-30 a.m. to 12-30 p.m. on week­ days, but its paid officers want to extend these hours to 4-30 p.m. To do so, they require volunteer support. Anyone wanting to


volunteer will be asked to work a minimum of two and a half hours per fort­ night. They will be given full training, receive back-up from a supervi­ sor and be able to claim expenses. For further information, telephone 01254 294060 and ask for PALS co-ordinator Mrs Elizabeth Matthews.


ley will feature in


[test TV special l/ISIONperson- These include , the


(ley.


les Television "I am delighted tha t lick and Boot" this programme will be {stray from its highlighting some of the | to look at van- many ancient buildings s of the Valley, in the Ribble Valley


B screened in the wells,


Ibson has been economy, with viewers 1 to visit with a seeing what the Ribble ably on Feb- Valley has to offer."


fer Mr Eric Rob- which need financial Iking plans to assistance,” says Mr jute a lot of Diack. hough it is not "The programme will [•hen the pro- hopefully give a much- 1 be seen.


needed boost to the local i and 18th, by a Mr Diack is helping back has been They include not only the


i Mr Mel Diack, with suggestions for the programme's itinerary,


|n t in the cam- dormitory, the Castleand refurbish the the wells but also Whal-


Jr local issues too. Bridge


Jiy brothers' dor- ley Abbey itself, Stony- [ t Whalley and hurst College, Ribchester > been involved Museum and Cromwell's


lease of life planned former village school


HER Ribble Val­ le primary school Turned into seven


)ning application 9) for the former


[•'s RC Primary emises in Pendle st, Sabden, has


Smitted to Ribble lorough Council } Properties Ltd. (lents on the pro- ust be made by


iron railings at rear of 43 Low- crgate (0936). Change of use to include conservatory show­ room without retail at Unit 2, Link 59 Business Park, Pimli­ co Link Road (0916). Pro­ posed conservatory at 17 Causeway Croft (0925). first- floor extension over garage and alterations at Greenacres in Ribblesdale Avenue (0926). Read: Double storey exten­ sion with car port under at


l25th. per accommoda- lilication for the > also been sub- ) the council,


Proposed extension to infor­ mation centre for curing of wild boar meat at Holme Bam and land being part of Fairoak Farm (0932). Chatbum: Extension of 5m


Ifillcot. Whins Lane (0931). DowInnd-with-Lcagram:


lying for permis- onvert two bams I holiday cottages


hd Mrs R. Dent


Jige the use of an Rural building to pies and a tack Jramley Farm in


| the North East Clitheroe Castle trees and i film about the the area's ancient, but sometimes neglected,


TH E Queen’s biogra-


ipher Mr Robert Lacey, author of "Royal: Her Majesty Queen Eliza­


b e th II", which is cur­ ren t ly being serialised .in the Daily Mail, is to speak a t a dinner and lunch in Gisbum.


!' Historian Mr Lacey 'will share royal anec­ dotes over dinner a t


'S tirk House Hotel on •April 24th and over lunch the next day. He


-will be joined on the speakers' platform by novelist, columnist and former editor of “Good Housekeeping” maga­ zine Ms Penny Vincenzi. Yet in the hotel's first


! literary event of 2002, ^•scheduled for next


month, former Tory MP Mrs Teresa Gorman will take the platform. She served under Margaret Thatcher, John Major and William Hague, quitting Parliament only last year to pursue a career as a writer. Mrs Gorman will


reveal extracts from her newly-published autobi­ ography "No, Prime Minister!" - described by The Times as "saucy" - at a literary dinner on February 27th and next day luncheon. Also on the bill will be best-sell­ ing blockbuster writer Ms Sarah Harrison and au th o r Mr


Jim


Shekhdar, described as "one of the world's eccentrics."


Top musician will be 5 guest of honour


"'AN internationally-acclaimed musician will be ’taking part in a series of performances a t an East


’Lancashire church. Two Ribble Valley


°violinist Chasey Usher, -will accompany London- "based violinist Erika Klemperer, who came to


'musicians, Clitheroe pianist Janet Ismail and


nthe UK in the 1970s at ’ the invitation of Yehudi 'Menuhin, when she "plays a t Padiham’s ^Nazareth Unitarian ' Chapel. 1 The first performance


* is set to take place dur­ ing the usual 10-30 a.m.


“ service this Sunday, when J. S. Bach will be the focus. Future events have been scheduled for February 17 th and March 10th. 1 Chapel minister the


Rev. David Usher, the husband of Clitheroe violinist Chasey Usher, said: "During the ser­ vices we will explore the connection between great music and spiritu­ ality and belief." As well as leading the


Klemperer Trio, Erika is a principal with the City of London Sinfonia and is professor at the Guild Hall School of Music and Drama. Speaking about her first perfor­ mances at the Padiham church, she said: "I know David well and enjoy his sermons and think i t will be fun to interweave, his words with the music."


3 Pensioners may be in line ’ for extra work payment


'> SOME pensioners may - be entitled to a particular i benefit, owing to a legal


;i loophole People receiving a state pension who have a


^disability or condition •'caused by a job they did “ in the past may qualify ’‘for Reduced Earnings “Allowance. This is a tax-free bene- fit of £45 a week paid by


'“'the Department of • ' Works and Pensions (for- "merly the DSS) as part 'tof the Industrial Injury ‘ Benefits Scheme. '■ It is paid to those peo-


Council spokesman said: "Until recently i t was thought that anyone over state pension age could not claim Reduced Earn­ ings Allowance. However, because of a loophole in the law, it now appears that pensioners can make a claim, providing they were not already getting this benefit when they reached pension age." Those people who


think they may be eligi­ ble for this benefit should contact their local Wel­ fare Rights Office. In the Ribble Valley


‘,'ple who have some dis- ' ablement or medical con­ dition owing to a work-


„ related accident or dis­ e a s e . As a result, they Were unable to continue with their regular job or do a job a t a similar


-.wage. A Lancashire County


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Mayor will don her apron RIBBLE VALLEY Mayor Coun. Mrs Gwen Pye is


set to be the hostess with the mostest. Coun. Mrs Pye is to host a coffee morning on


In addition to refreshments, there will be a cake and bring-and-buy stalls, a tombola and raffle.


. Choc plan a non-starter?


COUNCILLORS are being recommended not to allow hand-made chocolates to be sold from a Clitheroe


house. Tonight's meeting of the Ribble Valley Borough


Council Planning and Development Committee will consider an application from Mrs M. Brown for alter­ ation of the kitchen to form a shop at 98 Bawdlands,


Clitheroe. Officers recommend refusal, saying that the total


lack of off-street parking would make problems in the area even worse.


chamber in Church Brow, Clitheroe, from 10 a.m. on January 26th. ,


behalf of the home carers' support group, Ribble Valley Crossroads. The event will take place in the borough council


Clitheroe. Some other people asked, if they could join him, and it was they who provided


the forged noted. Mr Blacklidge added:


"The original suggestion was that he was involved in other transactions but, having viewed the closed-circuit television footage, the prosecution now agree that was not the case."


High-flying speaker


THERE were 40 mem­ bers of Clitheroe and District Masonic Fellow­ ship at the meeting held in West Bradford Village Hallwhen the North- West Air Ambulance gave a talk and slide show on the excellent work they do. The next meeting will


be on February 11th at 2-30 p.m. when Mrs Joan Marsh will introduce "More of My Poems".


Cheery angler and devoted family man dies at 70


D E E P - t h i n k i n g ; Christian, family man, sailor, fisher­ man, writer and well- remembered Calder- stones Hospital linen manager, Mr Bruce Pocklington has-died


aged 70. He and his wife had


lived first in Whalley, then Barrow and more recently in Clitheroe, where Mr Pocklington was a leading member of the Spiritualist Church. He felt the power of a


dry management job in Sheffield, Mr Pocklington became well-known in local angling and church circles. He was a familiar


and cheerful figure at the fishery was a favourite then large Calderstones venue, but Mr Pockling- complex. A Royal Navy able sea­


man for nine years, he started fishing as a boy in his native Lincolnshire: He was especially fond


of outwitting the carp and once caught a 26- pounder, returning all catches of whatever species to the water But a "bite" was not a


medium's gifts in his early 30s, and exercised them in constructive fashion over a wide area until final illess prevented him. Mr Pocklington was


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warmly welcomed at other Spiritualist church­ es over a wide area and was renowned for his work. After coming to. the area in 1974 from a laun-


recovering from a stroke and battled on through . ill-health to fish on waters near and far until a few months ago. The Barrow


ton was well-known in coarse fishing circles nationally. A review of the book in


pre-requisite - "it doesn't matter if you don't catch anything, because time spent by the water is spe­ cial," he would say. Mr Pocklington's


mature outlook on the hobby was reflected in his book, "The Pleasures of Coarse Fishing - an Angler's Pitch", published nine years ago. He wrote it while


the Advertiser and Times spoke of "his obvious pas­ sion for the true essence of angling. . . he harbours a great concern for the wel­ fare of the sport and of the fish themselves! There are also four delightful short stories at the end of the book". The funeral is tomor­


row at Accrington Cre­ matorium and there will be a memorial service later. Mr Pocklington leaves


his wife, Mollie, daugh­ ters Lynne, Julie and Dianne and six grand­ children.


Sad day as village WI shuts up shop for last time Ml


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 17th, 2002 .13


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SABDEN Women's Institute was formally disbanded this week. Almost 30 members


education and entertain­ ment for women in the village. The branch had 34


gathered for the sad occa­ sion when a vote was taken very reluctantly to close the branch after more than 30 years of friendship, socialising,


members and a strong committee, bu t for the past five years had strug­ gled to find members to take on the offices of pres­ ident and secretary., Retiring president Mrs


Mildred Pounder and sec­ retary Mrs Ann Sparks had to step down and no one came forward to take over. At Monday night's final meeting in the Bap-


tist Hall, the closure was moved and voted on "very reluctantly". One member said after­


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wards that it was a very sad day for the WI. She had been involved in the movement for many years and had never known an institute with so many members having to close. Two officers from the


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Lancashire Federation were in attendance to oversee the occasion. The money in the Sabden account will now be held by the federation for three years in the event of it being relaunched. If not, after this period the money will go to the fed­ eration. Our picture shows the


membership during their last meeting. (T140102/9)


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meter cabinet and a feeder gantry at NTL Transmitting Station, Ribble Lane (0935). Aighton, Bailey and


|11 Road, pplication (0928) i permission to 1 existing agricul-


Jlding. nents on this pro- st be handed to


|cil by tomorrow, recent plans


gg trade counter at Iincoln Park, Salthill Mai Estate (0933). pf wall and wrought-


Joe: Conservatory to fttion at 124 Whalley 1130). Change of use


existing loft space and forma­ tion of new roof terrace to rear of 3 Kingsmill Avenue (0938). Wiswcll: Erection of


Chaigley: Provision of new implement storage building at The Greenhouses, Stonyhurst College, Hurst Green (0937). Whalley: Conversion of


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L IT T L E C h a r lo t te Marsden stole the hearts of East Lan­ cashire as she gained most votes to claim the t i tle of "Christmas Cracker". The tiny to t , of


Grassington Drive, Burnley, was ju s t six weeks old when her mum Amanda and besotted auntie Gail Jolly entered her in East Lancashire News­ papers’ bonny baby


competition. The two runners-up


were five-month-old Bethany Swaine, of Olympia Street, Burn­ ley, and Morgan Ander­ son, of Foxstones Lane, Cliviger, Burnley. Readers were invited


to vote for their favourite youngster from the 130 pictured l i tt le crackers from Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick, Clithoroe and the surrounding vil­ lages. Proud mum Mrs


Amanda Marsden said she was over the moon


to hear her baby daugh ter - her first child - had won the competition and from the moment she was told her tele phono was constantly engaged until she had finished breaking the good news to most members of her family. Charlotte won ;


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{lILLORS are being recommended to refuse a ermission to sell homemade chocolates from


heroe house. Tonight's meeting of the Ribble 3orough Council Planning and Development'


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