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dren's service when they had drawn pictures and written read­ ings about the popular vicar. I t was a very emotional service and the temporary chapel in the church hall was packed with a congregation of 85. The church itself is still closed .


and leaders are awaiting a visit from English Heritage officials next Thursday to help them decide the way forward. The church was closed for safety rea­ sons in December and repairs to the roof and structure have been estimated at more than £130,000.


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Rushton of Bolton-by- Bowland, told the coro-' ner Mr Carr was in a good mood at the night club, then "all of a sud­ den he wasn't there." The witness said he


left the nightclub and at 2 a.m. received a call on his mobile telephone from Thomas, saying he was sitting in his Land- Rover in the car park of the Coach and Horses. Mr Michael Knights,


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of . Settle, told the inquest how he came upon the accident scene around 3-20 a.m. as he returned home after tak­ ing someone to Man­ chester airport. He saw the body a t the side of the road and immediate­ ly went to call for help at the nearest public tele­ phone. Accident investi­ gator Sgt. James Booth- by, said the Land-Rover failed to negotiate a slight left hand bend. There was no evidence of braking, only tracks across the grass where he appeared to be attempt­ ing to steer back onto the road. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the


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Certainly not a wonderful day as far as -family of Zipardi Duda is concerned


by Vivien Meath


TH ERE should be plenty of sunshine coming the way of for-' mer Ultraframe sales director Tony Duda. He h it the head­ lines in the natiorial tabloids at the weekend by changing his name to Zipardi Duda. • •There has, however, been a back­


lash. Members of his family are not too amused. The son of a Polish airman, Mr


Duda left Ultraframe in the mid '90s. to set up his own company. Refresh,


using an advanced cleaning process to rejuvenate carpets and uphol­


stery. His mother st il l lives in Clitheroe and he has a son in Lang- ho.. Now living in Whitby, he is cur­


rently unemployed, but hoping to- work as a writer and entertainer. He


■ is to set up a charity for needy chil­ dren in Africa, and after obtaining permission from Disney, decided to change his name froni Anthony Pawel Duda to Zipardi Duda to help promote his new venture. He told the national press: "I'm a


fun person and I like a laugh, so I thought it would be perfect to finally become Zipardi and help promote the charity a t the same time."' • His charity is to be called Shangri'


La Hope. "It's a wonderful name for a wonderful concept and I'm the lad


to pull it off," he told the Advertiser and Times on Monday. • • • Unfortunately, his brother living in


Devon, and son in London were not too amused by his name change. He had rung his mother to prepare her in;.- advance, explaining th a t 'h e was going on the stage and would be per­ forming and wanted a name th a t would stick in people's minds. ; In Whitby, Mr Duda says he has


is being approached for autographs and added: "They are singing to me as I walk down the streets. If I do anything, I do it properly," he added.- "There are 180,000 charities in the UK, I didn't want to be 180,001." In a few months time he is to fly out to Africa, a trip he has already


paid for, on a fact-finding mission. "I have no money,at this moment, " he said. "I have two-and-a-half wardrobes full of beautiful clothes, but I have no job." A: new business venture is on the cards and he will shortly be performing as a stand-up comedian: -


Currently writing a book: "Just An ■ '


attained instant celebrity status. He ' hopes the charity will be able to fund a communal meeting place in Africa in a bid to help stamp out problems


.Ordinary Lad," detailing his life, much of it in the Clitheroe area, he


'such as glue sniffing and drug taking, .where youngsters can eat and meet together.. If all goes well, he says he may set


up a cultural exchange with Whitby and "possibly, Clitheroe too."


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 31st, 2002 3


Contact with asbestos, ■ inquest told


;


ONLY' six weeks before he died, re t­ ired ma intenance foreman Mr John Stunner made a det­ ailed s ta tem e n t to his so lic ito r ab o u t the conditions under which he worked for 22 years a t th e CEGB’s former pow­ er s ta t io n a t Padi-


Man made statement weeks before his death • He was in the vicini­


ty when asbestos powder was poured out of sacks and mixed in vats and when asbestos sheets were cut using hand tools. • • In the statement,


F O R B E S s o l i c i t o r s


ham. The statement, parts,


of which were read by Coroner Mr Michael • Singleton a t an inquest on . the 73-year-old Clitheroe man, painted a vivid picture about daily life at the power station in close contact with asbestos and asbestos dust from 1961 until he took early retirement in 1983 at the age of 55. The s tatem en t told


how: . • Most of the pipes,


boilers and turbines in the power station were lagged with asbestos. 1 Until the last two


years of his employment,


he had no protective clothing or mask while removing asbestos lag­ ging to make repairs. • Dust which collect­


ed on steelwork in the roof had to be removed with handbrushes.


made in September shortly after he was diagnosed as suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma, he told his solicitor: "I stripped off lagging containing asbestos indoors and without any mask or other precautions on countless occasions". Home Office patholo­ gist Dr John Rutherford


was called in to carry out a post-mortem examina­ tion on Mr Sumner, of Warwick Drive, Clith­ eroe. . He found the cause of


death was malignant pleural mesothelioma and there was evidence consistent with asbestos exposure. The Coroner for


Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, Mr Singleton, recording a verdict of death by industrial disease, said: "Mr Sumner suffered for no good reason other than the fact he was a hard-working man car­ rying out work in accor­ dance with the instruc­ tions given to him."


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pathologist's report stat­ ed that death was due to multiple injuries. A spokesman for West Yorkshire ambulance


Mr Singleton said the


authority said: "We will take the coroner's com­ ments on board and we will review the case, along with the police. However, i t would appear our crew have acted within our existing procedures." A spokesman for Lan­


cashire ambulance said they were requested to attend by police at 4-30 a.m. but told there was no great urgency to attend, as police scenes- of-crime officers were still a t the scene taking photographs. An ambulance was from


despatched


Bamoldswick a t 5 a.m., he said. . He said normally a


police surgeon or medical practitioner would certi­ fy death, paramedics were not allowed to. Then police would call in a local undertaker. "We would have


thought that if the coro­ ner had criticism he would ask the ambu­ lance authorities to attend the inquest to account for themselves."


.


. goods are collected to pass oh to those" • - who are in need of help, with clients ;


was started to meet a real need for fur­ niture and household items. ■ Gqod, used furniture and household


uired a new vehicle. Clitheroe Churches'Furniture Store


usually giving a small donation. That money, together with contri­


ling service after being donated by a local businessman some years ago. ’ All involved in the scheme - some 30


Our Explorer magazine is


A TOURISM magazine produced by this newspaper has been helping to promote the Ribble Valley a t two travel exhibitions. Copies of the Rib- stands to publicise


ble Valley Explorer, together with the bor­ ough's 2002 Visitor Guide, have been handed out at promo­ tional displays in Manchester and Bla­


ckpool. Ribble Valley Tourist


Information Centre staff took part in the G-Mex Holiday Show as part of Lancashire's stand pro­ moting short breaks to the area. Clitheroe's two recently appointed TIC


officers, Susan Walmsley and Emma Murray, rep­ resented the borough and said they were pleased with the positive responses they had received. The annual Group


Travel Organisers' Asso­ ciation Conference pro­ vides those responsible for setting up visits a chance to meet up and look a t new ideas. This year's event was held at the ' Hilton Hotel in


. Blackpool. Lancashire's districts ■ were invited, to take


attractions and activities catering specifically for groups. Delegates also took part in familiarisa­ tion tr ips during the weekend, with one party visiting Ribchester's refurbished Roman Museum. As well as escorting


the visit to the Valley, Jane Silvester, the bor­ ough council's Tourism and Arts Officer, pro­ moted other attractions and provided informa­ tion about the "Centre of the Kingdom", the "Middle Earth" claim and the area's royal con­ nections.


. She said: "This was an


excellent opportunity to encourage key organisers to return for a short break with their groups and provide information about the smaller attrac­ tions which may not nor­ mally feature on an organisation's itinerary. I am optimistic that some of these clubs will return to enjoy the delights of the Ribble Valley coun­ tryside."


butions from churches, councils, organisations and interested individu­ als has enabled the furniture store to buy a newer, larger van. This replaced the previous vehicle, which gave sterr


people - wish to express grateful thanks to Ribble Valley residents for their generosity. Special thanks have been extended to the ’United Reformed Church for allowing its premises tq be used. The store is.open on Mondays only,


from9^30a.m.onwards. ‘ 'y i Anyone needing help should have a - referral letter, obtained from Social.


Services, Citizens' Advice Bureau or the Salvation Army. . Anyone wishing to donate surplus


items of good quality can ring the fur­ n itu re store answerphone, 01200 423418, and a member of thefgroup .will contact them.:.


■pictured oh Monday are volunteers ' . Vr , 't^ .


with their new vehicle. • (C280102/1)


Father says daughter’s


suicide ‘beggars b e lie f ’ Because of her mother’s death, she said she would never leave her own children


FATHER Mr Brian Garnett told a coro­ ner he was unable to come to terms with the fact his daughter had hanged herself, leaving her two young children with­


out a mother. Mr Garnett told the


told him it was his expe­ rience th a t such cases were often not something planned over a period of time. The inquest had been


Clitheroe inquest: "Her own mother died when she was 13. Because of 1 the loss of her mother she always stated she would never leave her two chil­ dren without a mother, so it beggars belief as to why this happened, unless i t was sleepwalk­ ing or something. I just cannot understand it. "I can't come to terms


with it a t all. She knew. what i t was like not to have a mother. She said she would never put her children through that," added Mr Garnett, of Clayton-le-Moors. The Coroner for


Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, Mr Michael Singleton, reccording a verdict that Mrs Samantha Forster (28) took her own life,


told how Mrs Forster, who worked as a secre­ tary, had used a dog's leash and chain to hang herself from the bracket of a flower basket at the family's home a t Will- cross Farm Cottage, Gis- bum.


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. depressed she would mention th a t she could not cope and talked about taking her own life, he said. ■


Mr David Forster, told the coroner how his wife had developed post-natal depression after the birth of their firs t child in 1997, as a result of which she developed mood swings. She improved after medication and there was an improve­ ment after the birth of their second child, but there were still occasions when they would have arguments "over nothing at the drop of a hat". When she was


Her husband, builder


bottles of beer. They left to cfa rry ou.t a post a t 9 p.m:, collecting a/mortem examination.


Chinese takeaway meal Mf Singleton said the on the way home. '


His wife had another


bottle of beer and she was fine, said Mr Forster.


. But a t 10-30 p.m. an argument developed relating to the long hours


. he was working. He went. to bed at,11 p.m. leaving her downstairs. ■ Mr Forster got up at


6-50 a.m., expecting to find his wife asleep down­ stairs. "She wasn't on the settee," he said. , ■ When he drew the liv­ ing room curtains he saw


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abrasion on the front of the left knee and a bruise consistent with a grip mark on the lower part of her right upper arm and bruising and lacerations to the rear of. the top of her head. He said the injuries to


pathologist found an


: the head were "in an unusual position to be consistent with a fall, although possible, given


! the position in which she was found.”


; Mr Singleton said Mrs Forster must • have climbed on a small wall suspended a dog lead over the bracket and jumped from the wall death occurring instanta­ neously from hanging. But the leather part.of the dog's lead broke and she fell to the floor. •He added: "I am quite


satisfied th a t no other, person was involved in this lady's death." ■ .The coroner went on: "In all the circumstances, I find that she took her own life.' I have l i tt le doubt that, had she been able to overcome th a t immediate crisis,'in the calm light of day in the


were serious threats" he added. On occasions she


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