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Bertie Bee helps at charity event


A DAY v/hen’£2,000‘was raised by:: the children of Whalley CEPrima- :


ry ScHooljled.toacomplaint, frbm'a; parent to head teacher Mr Brian" Beresford. "


; ' , The parent said he took exception


to the schoolchildren being used to raise money for Burnley, FC. Mr Beresford said: “ I had to


eneer story


majority of homes in e owned by the local


y of them were tied, ing population because access to housing. Any- ocally can’t afford what ties there are locally. .) in Clitheroe and dri-


o work.” lems were identified by


2000. riorities were a new vil- place the existing one r different levels, a need cilities and facilities for lercise. t is being part-funded ie Trust, the Govern- Development Pro-


me European money. ,hese villages were once eir local inhabitants as al community in “Dar-


; iy”‘ some gentle financial iking those gentle buds to flower - it is to be eventually bear fruit.


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ears ago


table’s annual report of the correctness of Clitheroe was a well-


r, only 17 indictable itted. In 11 of them,


ere arrested and con- case of manslaughter d on indictment were


stated that the aver-


r of tramps receiving orkhouse numbered he had no doubt any


could give the public es as to what those the Union over the


fared its interest in and his munificence, on was made to him the Free Library. In


explain to the parent that'we‘were not raising-money,for. Burnley FC,- but for the Burnley In The Commu^ nity scheme; wKicli is a charity and'' does very good work in the commu­ nity. Representatives come to the school ab out eight times a.year coachirig the children arid never ask -t for anything in return.” ' '


‘ The £2,000 was raised through a'


Speedball Challenge .when Burnley- In The Community .brought, a ,, machine which electronically mea- . sured the speed of shooting by the children.


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sponsorship for, their shooting abili- ties.


Some of the children secured ••


Our picture shows Burnley FC


mascot Bertie Bee during his visit to the school to present certificates and footballs to the children. (C310103/5)


Brussels weekend is a business success


A EUROPEAN mission' undertaken by enterpris­ ing pupils from a Ribble Valley high school met with great success. Young entrepreneurs rep­


resenting Ribblesdale High School Technology College, travelled to Brussels at the weekend to take part in a . trade fair and French- speaking competition. And, out of 14 companies


competing, the Clitheroe team was the only English


one taking ' p a r t and received a standing ovation. Although trading at one


of the city’s shopping malls , was slow, due to a heavy- snowfall, the pupils’ perfor­ mance in the “Three Min­ utes to Convince” contest earned the respect of the audience and generated enough.votes to see the team finish in third place and take home a cash prize. The youngsters were, all


members of the Clitheroe school’s Young Enterprise company, Odyssey. Pupils who travelled to


Brussels, were Richard Tandy, Katie Cowburn,


id that he had given uildings and th a t ,


ere 800 new applica- glish speaking world, e majority of them


ars ago


s after subscribing 0 for victims of the isaster, Clitheroe and rural areas joined e appeal on behalf of far greater catastro- s who had lost loved the disastrous flood- ~tern seaboard.


i received an invi- Elizabeth to attend London. Mr Arthur


~n the King Edward during rescue opera- explosion at a muni- the First World War,


ented with his award in 1915.


e did not take over- ge of their new-found ationing meant they as many sweets and wished. Shopkeepers


>wn to lack of money and.


ars ago Is met to decide if


' Meade Hospital was a long-term plan to burn all local mater-


ormerly a local mill It in 1882, had been “1 after being bought cil.


eronians protested ild the new council d the expense was


hen health services at ratepayers were


an council staff corn- people had managed nee the town received 47, so did not need centralised govern-


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Parkpr, along with manag­ ing directbrjFioha Birchair and production director Ben Freeman. Accoiripanying the pupils


were .link teacher Mr Neil Ashworth, foreign lan­


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guages teacher Mrs Debo­ rah Thorpe and Mr Andrew Yates, business adviser for BAE Systems. Said Mr Ashworth: “The


Odyssey team is grateful to the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Young Enterprise board for sponsoring its trip and sending them on what was a worthwhile and enjoyable experience.” The company represen­


tatives left Clitheroe on Fri­ day, flying from Manches­ ter to Brussels, where they were met by the chief exec­ utive of the Brussels Young


Enterprise scheme. : ■ From 7-30 a.m: on Satur­ day, the team was setting up its stall ready to sell its wares to the Brussels pub­ lic, along with 30 other companies, but unfortu­ nately business did not boom because of the weath­ er. ■ ■ ■ The final day in Europe


rto be speaking in a foreign language. The competition goes to an audience vote, and we finished third; which was a really outstanding achievement. We were so good that we got a standing ovation.”


llbe Clitheroe m .dvertiser and limes


saw the team taking part- in the French-speaking com­ petition in front of an audi­ ence of around 600. Mr Ashworth said: “We were the only English team tak­ ing part and the only team


Teenager behaving in a ‘deranged’ manner slashes at her wrists after knife threat to police officer


AFTER threatening a police officer with a kitchen knife, an 18-year- old Clitheroe girl began to slash her own wrists with


the weapon. Blackburn magistrates


heard that Amanda Jayne Simpson was behaving in a "deranged" way during the


late-night incident in November. The court was told th a t


Simpson and a 16-year-old girl attacked the front door of a house with knives, shouting abuse and challenges a t the occupants. And defence solicitor Mr


Stephen Parker told the court the drink-fuelled behaviour had its origins in an attack on Simpson two years earlier which had "changed the defen­


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dant's character and personali­ ty". Simpson (18), of Hayhurst


community reh ab ilitatio n order for two years and ordered to pay £65 costs. Mr Eddie Harrison (prose­


cuting) said police driving along Shawbridge Street at 12- 50 a.m. saw Simpson and the girl and stopped to inquire what they were doing. Simpson became abusive


and said she was going to kill someone - if the officers got in her way she would kill them. She told the girl to "get the


knives out", and the officers then saw th a t Simpson had a large kitchen knife in her hand and the other girl had a smaller knife. "Both girls were walking


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Wexford in ITV's adaptations of the Ruth Rendell mysteries, in his spare time he enjoys cookery books and is a gourmet chef. His father hails from Yorkshire


and his mother from Ireland and, apart from appearing on the Lon­ don stage for many years, he has


been in two James Bond films and on television in the drama "I Claudius", among others. A writer and producer of come­


dy scripts, poetry and cookery books are his passion. After the death of his much-loved wife, he married his on-screen wife, who will be visiting the venue, Stirk House Hotel, Gisbum, with him for the February 26th and 27th evening and lunchtime events. The couple live in a village in Wiltshire.


Street, Clitheroe, pleaded ■ guilty to affray. She was made subject to a


down the centre of the road, pointing the knives a t the police officers," said Mr Harri­ son. "The officer says Simpson


appeared to be deranged and they kept a watching brief after calling for the dog unit and operational support unit to provide back-up." The girls arrived at the front


door of a house and started kicking it violently. Simpson repeatedly stabbed the knife into the door and shouted threats at the occupant. She again threatened the


officers and then began slash­ ing at her arms. Simpson eventually threw


the knife away when other offi­ cers approached her behind riot shields and ordered her to kneel on the floor before hand­ cuffing her. Mr Parker said the man con­


victed of attacking Simpson had been sent to prison for 18 months and there had been ill- feeling between his family and Simpson's ever since. "That incident changed her


personality and I have a letter from her GP to the effect that, since the a tta ck , she has become suicidal, has self- harmed and abuses alcohol and drugs, none of which she did before," said Mr Parker. "My client has been the sub­


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ject of taunts and jibes from the other man's family and her brother was recently sent to prison for an attack on him. "Clearly the original offence


has been and gone, b u t the repercussions are very live and very relevant," said Mr Parker. "On the day of this incident,


the man's son had said to her that they wouldn't rest until all her family had gone to prison."


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Ex-Advertiser and Times reporter takes on might of officialdom


COLOURFUL Valley personality Mr Anthony Perry is complaining to the Parlia­ mentary Ombudsman about official “weav­ ing arid ducking” over his disability claims. They date back to Luftwaffe bomb injuries


received when he was aged five and run through to National Service problems and then falls while working as a journalist in London. / An industrial tribunal last month ruled


that Mr Perry is entitled to back-paid bene­ fits arid he is now awaiting their assessment. Mr Perry has asked local MP Mr Nigel


Evans to forward his complaint, as the pro­ cedure requires. “Principles of justice, official non-disclosure and disappearance of docu­ ments and the help of sound local govern­ ment, social security and war pensions offi­ cials to help counteract the blatant effects of maladministration, combine to make a pow­ erful parable for 2003,” declares Mr Perry. He is such an expert in the benefits field


that he helps others, ranging from local peo- ple to ex-military personnel living in Europe. Some 50 tribunal cases he has prepared and attended for others, often hinging on fine points of law, have met with 75% success. Mr Perry has a key role in the Algarve Welfare Rights Unit, which currently has


Congratulations to


CONGRATULATIONS were extended to Mrs D. Atkinson on winning the Leslie Wilkin­ son Trophy for individual Mon­ day night players at Clitheroe Bridge Club. Mr J. Renton was second and Mr H. Fielding was third. The Hesitation Mitchell


10 cases going through the social security appeals procedure. Mr Perry’s family has been connected with


Stonyhurst College for more than 200 years. He was a pupil there and on leaving became a junior reporter on the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. I t proved for him, as for several others, the s ta r t of a varied career which involved jousting with key figures in the cor­ ridors of power. After eventful National Service times on


the intelligence side of the 1950s1 terrorist emergency in Malaya, Mr Perry was a jour­ nalist in London. His experiences as editor of a catering magazine helped when he and his wife later ran the Bayley Arms a t Hurst Green. The couple made numerous innova­ tions and won a coveted “Come to Britain” award in 1973, playing an important part in developing the tourist industry. Later Mr Perry wrote a book, “Stonyhurst


Revisited”, and is now well on with another; about his family’s history and his own life. Possibly titled “Malaysia Revisited”, it awaits fur ther work on the latest of Mr Perry’s battles with the authorities. He hopes th a t the advice he will offer


about dealing with the authorities may help others in an ever more secretive world.


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Movement, also.played last Monday, was won by Mrs I. Park and Mr B. Guha with Mr and Mrs R. Ward second. There were no results on


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