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Stephen Rushton, was one. of Its roost noted batsmen and [vas treasurer for many years.. Mr Rushton was a lifelong ember of Read Parish .


During the war, he" was an ■lectrician in the RAF and


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served m India and Burma from 1943-7. He was a mem- jer of the Burma Star Associ­ ation, and his service, like the rest of his adult life, is record­ ed in his diaries, which are low a family heirloom. ; "Life was never dull when oel was around and there


was always much interesting onversation," says Read


Jricket Club secretary Mr David Marshall. ''He will be much missed on our ground's Itop bank', the main road side if the field." -The funeral service is today jat Head Parish Church, (s)


Accused of indecency


A MAN accused of inde­ cency offences with a 12- year-old girl has been ordered to stand tr ia l a t Preston Crown Court'. .


: & Terence Hall (58), of Woodlands Road, Eden- field, is charged with two offences of indecently assaulting the girl in Ribchester, a third inde­ cent assault and a charge of gross indecency with the samegirl. Blackburn magistrates


remanded him on bail until December 16th for the preparation of committal papers with craditions that


1 he does not have any con­ ta c t with the girl or her family and that he does not enter the Ribble Valley.


Teams of


four contest ON Monday evening, one of Clitheroe Bridge Club's annual events was held, this being a teams-of-four contest for the Brown Cow Trophy. The winning team com­


prised of Mr and Mrs R. Ward, Mrs 0. Middleton and Mrs M. Alston. Run­ ners-up were Mrs M. But­ ler, Mr P. Roche, Mrs B. Wilson and Mr J.D. Mor­ timer. Thursday's winners were


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MALCOLM HEBDEN KATHY JAMIESON i JOHN MACARDLE MICHELLE HOLMES by Julie Frankland


PARTY-with.the stars,'show , your support for the Ribble Val- -- ley's great and good and help raise thousands of pounds.to


combat cancer in children! Just a few tickets are now left for ;


. our black tie H e a r t of the V a lley Gala Evening, which takes place this Saturday at Stirk House Hotel. . The event, which promises to be an '


‘ • unrivalled social occasion, is our oppor-'; ’ tunity to honour those in ourcbmmu--


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i i nity - nominated by you - for showing' ; great bravery, determination, courage,; ' selfless commitment and unerring - kindness. ■


' Besides an awards ceremony com­ V


pered by BBC newscaster Mr Nigel Jay, the evening includes dinner, a cabaret, disco and charity auction, with all proceeds to be donated to a


L arid its ground-breaking work treating cancer in children.


. fund set up by the Ribble Valley - Ladies' Luncheon Club. This fund col- : lects money for Cancer Research UK


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. Tickets cost £35 each and are avail-' - able from our King Street office or by


, telephoning Stirk House Hotel on .01200445581. Among those already with tickets


are a host of celebrities. In this line-up are Malcolm Hebden, better known as Norris from Coronation Street, and several of Merseybeat's most promi­ nent characters. These include the show's Jim and Dawn Oulton, real-life husband and wife couple the ever-pop- ular John . McArdle and Kathy


' Jamieson, Sgt. Connie Harper, played by Michelle Holmes, who also once starred in Coronation Street, as well as in the film "Rita, Sue and Bob Too", and Larry ’Tiger" Barton, played by Chris Walker. He alsb appeared in


N S Mr and Mrs R. Blakey, M r an d M r s S. Green. EW


Mr W. Norris and M r ‘A. Norris, Mr K. Geddes and Mr E Hargreaves. .


JFH Talk given


about Hardy MEMBERS of Clitheroe and District Masonic Fel­ lowship held their monthly meeting at West Bradford Village Hall with 32 mem­ bers present. The speaker was Mr. P


Holdsworth, who gave an interesting talk on "The Life and Times of Thomas Hardy", which was well received by members. The fellowship's annual


general meeting will be on November 11th a t 2-30 p.m., all members being welcome, and the Christ­ mas lunch is on December 9th at Mill House, Clay- ton-le-Moors.


Disqualified from driving


A BARROW man has been disqualified from driving for 18 months after plead­ ing guilty to driving with excess alcohol. Martyn Peter Langan


(45), of Green Bank, was fined £350 with £55 costs. Langan, who gave a


reading of 64 against the legal limit of 35, agreed to be referred to the drink drive rehabilitation pro­ gramme which, if complet­ ed successfully, .would reduce his ban by up to 25%.


Bridge time


AT the bridge session held in the Pendle Club, winners were: Mrs Eva Velcick and Mrs Silvia Walsh, Mrs Joan Scott and Mr Joe Lynch. New members are welcome every Monday at 1-30 p.m. ; Winners of solo whist at


the club .were: Mrs M. Parkes, Mrs E. Lancaster and Mrs D. Knight. New players are welcome every Monday at 7-30 p.m.


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- bei-of; the Royal Shakespeare Compa- ;'ny and sta'rof the fiitffilm "Brassed . OffVIri the smash hit Sunday, night ? series, filmed on location in'Downham, . John plays Will Bradshaw, the station master, and Peter, Len Cosgrove, the village bobby.


. another-recent small screen favourite, ITVs "Playing the Field". They will be joined by Born and Bred stars John Henshaw and RADA- ' , educated Peter Gunn, a former mem,


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-favourite .viewibyi'.Chatburn artist Michael. Bentley)' dinner, bed and breakfast a t the Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham, a framed p r in t by the Duchess of York, plus much, much ' more, it will be a night to remember. The proprietor of Skipton's Pump­


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Kind Heart Winner WHO are we to argue with the


• doughty ladies of Downham WI? . When we published details of M r '


- John Bailey's nomination for the Ham-. perstop-sponsored Kind Heart award, to be presented a t our Heart of the Valley Gala Evening, we received a let­ ter from the ladies. I t told us, "If any­ one deserves this award, it is certainly John". • ■ Mr Bailey (65) had impressed the iadiesmth his unerring kindness to his


- wife, Patrica. She originally riominat-[ red him for the award; The couple live in Well Court, Clitheroe, and have two


. grown-up children and two grandsons. Mrs Bailey was diagnosed with multi­ ple sclerosis 25 year ago. She is now confined to a wheelchair and Mr Bai­ ley is her sole carer, despite not being in the best of health himself. In her letter of nomination, Mrs


Bailey wrote of her husband: "He is always bright and cheerful and willing to help everyone. He has a kind and thoughtful personality and, without him, I would not be able to enjoy the life I have." :


. ' Besides looking after his wife, Mr


(Princess Anne Trust and a committee, member of the Well Court Residents' -Association..;


. her of the Council for Voluntary Ser­ vices and Carers' Link, a trustee of the;


Bailey is chairman of the Clitheroe and Ribble Valley Multiple Sclerosis Society, chairman of_Clitheroe Carers' Group, chairman of Clitheroe and Rib- bie Valley Access Group, a board mem-


All are positions he undertakes on a : -.-


voluntary basis. Mr Bailey now joins our other award winners who, as previously


reported are: . Unsung Hero award, sponsored by


Oxford beckons CRGS music pair


THE rarified world of top- level organ music has provid­ ed yet another remarkable Ribble Valley achievement. Oxford University's elite


, colleges offer 16 organ scholar - places every year, and two of them for 2003 have been won by CRGS sixth-form centre pupils.


, William Stafford, of Whal-


ley, is a well-known musician locally, and the other winner is Jonathan Clinch, who lives at Barrowford. Both are current­ ly studying for A-levels. "We have no idea whether :


two places have ever gone to the same school in the same, year before, but it is certainly very unusual," says William, who also plays the clarinet and the saxophone. Both boys are 17 and


underwent rigorous musical tests and searching interviews


before they were offered places, William at University College an d 'Jo n a th an a t Keble College. They faced strong competition from musi­ cians attending a variety of elite schools across the coun­ try. - William's elder brother,


Matthew, is already at Oxford, studying , economics' a t Worcester College. Both boys are Grade 8 pianists, but their younger brother, Simon (13), also at CRGS, provides musi­ cal variety - his chosen instru-


. ment is the bassoon. The leader of the clarinets


in Lancashire Concert Band, William is in various ensem­ bles and is playing with Bum- ley Gilbert and Sullivan Soci­ ety this week. However, there


. is no place for the instrument in the CRGS pupils' swing hand, so he plays the saxo­


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both boys will be following strongtraditions which ordairi' th a t they not only play,for chapel services, bu t take major roles in work such as music selection and choral training. The Keble College choir is going on to u r and Jonathan will be in the party. William's father, Mr John Stafford, is full of praise for the help his son has received, both at CRGS and at Whalley Parish Church. :


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te en a g e r (13) A TEENAGE boy, whose sharp-eyed observation at Whalley led to a post office robber receiving a seven-year jail sentence,, has received a £250 reward


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sons of security, received his reward at Pre­ ston Crown Court this week.


Judge Pamela Badley told the boy, from


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