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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 9th, 2003 13


• Cottage plan gets go-ahead


uity of local taxes, e principal areas of council-


s almost non-existent in shel- chemes. Careful design and ty systems reduce the likeli- r or attempted break-in by a les compared to conventional


are rare and serious fires even lanks to state-of-the-art fire arm systems in modem shel-


;he age of 70, 80, 90 . . . little


; great majority of our resi- jp driving and the convenient of most developments min- r travel. : An elderly person in their


t generates a tiny amount of with the typical household, ficient as can be, usually from efuse of several dozen flats is r. Hence, typically 45 to 50 d at the same time. : Many of our residents find md wellbeing improves when sheltered accommodation, npanionship of like-minded ed worry and stress, a warm environment and the emer- ipport systems, has shown that our residents much time in hospital as the aged 75 plus.


king space at council-provid- es and rarely need, or ask for, al worker visits. f a corner of life where the and for council services is not minated when taking private odation. Yet they are being a rise in local taxes identical whose lives virtually revolve ivision. they have also paid taxes for tury - often asking for little


at taxes are not based solely f paying only for what you se of older people who have is for an independent retire- is too great to ignore, ivernment - which is largely lg some of its financial prob­ alls - woke up to this gross


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ting effects [ngitis


Trust's representative in the writing to ask for your read­ ing awareness of the hidden lingitis.


lieve that meningitis is sim- e or death and have no Teal


J the lasting effect it has on Imilies. Ion of people recovering from pffer after-effects and these I tiredness and headaches, to mce problems, depression, afness, eyesight problems, mage and with septicaemia,


lose the fight to meningitis, and friends who suffer the int. Trust has launched its Sup-


paign to reach out to those ievastating disease. I t pro- support, including coun- s and financial grants, s has had a lasting effect on


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ose to you, call the Menin- • Helpline on 0845 6000 800.


HES, ent Officer, Norlh-West


n’s Society ty invite


ociety would like to bring to aders a special event that is Iford on November 5th. ex-residents and staff of the ty St George’s residential or diabetic boys to an open en’s Society regional office ■ge’s home and hostel) at 8 al, Salford, Manchester, on 03. give people an opportunity ds, view displays from the ’s archives and talk to mem-


Society will be moving into Vhitefield, Bury, in Decem- nue to provide administra- of the charity’s projects in


r children and young people, iential home was opened by :iety in 1928 and became a : boys in 1952.. It has oper- office for the charity since


developed in 2004. eaders who worked or lived home would like to attend could they write to the fol- iting when they were at the I, The Children’s Society, 8 il, Salford, Manchester M7 mail to: denise.bell@chil- k


be by ticket only and the


s is limited. Therefore, an dvised.


iely’s Head of Social Work, etters.. .


mes letters on any subject, but > reminded that contributions ndenscd, must not exceed 350 ;acb us by noon on Tuesday. >ms de plume are now only ation if the editor agrees that in for the writer's identity to be


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ent by post to the Clitheroe s, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB7 i e-mail •


to I


tlancsnews.co.uk, via fax to ed to 07799696447. . ed by any of. these methods :lude the writer’s name and


HARGREAVES- CLARKE


TENOR Mr Jim Lancaster sang, accompanied by organist Mr Alan Briggs, during the wedding ceremony of Miss Rachel Elizabeth Clarke and Mr Boyd Michael Hargreaves, a t St Peter’s RC Church, Stonyhurst. The bride, a partner with her brother of a Gadget Shop


concession, is the youngest daughter of Raymond and Rita Clarke, of Elm Close, Rishton. The bridegroom is a director of the Oswaldtwistle Mills


Shopping Village and Hilden Design and Marketing Com­ pany, and is the youngest of four sons of Peter and Maureen Hargreaves, of Accrington. Given away by her father, the bride wore a full-length,


strapless white satin gown with diamante detail and com­ plemented by a cathedral length veil. She carried a bouquet of white arum lilies and pale pink roses. She was attended by her sister Miss Angela Clarke and


Ashton Hargreaves, the bridegroom’s youngest niece. They wore dresses of midnight blue and ivory and carried flowers similar to the bride’s. Page boy was the couple’s 14-month old son, Ewan. Best man was Mr Matt Williams and ushers were the


bridegroom’s nephew Mr Ben Hargreaves and Messrs Chris Pearson, Richard Hanson, James and Michael Newell and Richard Kirk. Following the ceremony, conducted by Fr Adrian Howells,


a reception was held at Eaves Hall Country House Hotel, West Bradford. On their return from a honeymoon in Major­ ca, the couple will continue to live in Langho. Photo: The Garth Dawson Studio, Accrington.


to restore Clarion House


PUPILS attending a Whalley college are restor­ ing one of Pendle's historic buildings to its former


glory. A number of Year 10


pupils from Oakhill College are painting the outside of the Clarion House tearoom


their Duke of Edinburgh Award activities and they aim to restore the building by devoting three full days of work spread over a three-month period. Clarion House dates


atRoughlee. The .initiative is part of .,


months circulation settled down to about 30,000 copies a week. The newspaper became


involved in a wide range of different activities, includ­ ing missionary vans, cycling clubs, choirs, hand­ icraft guilds and holiday camps. I t sponsored Cin­ derella Clubs tha t enter-, tained children from the slums. Robert Blatchford


from 1913 and is only one of two that survive to this day. Every Saturday and Sunday, a small group of volunteers open it to serve a cup of tea and other light refreshments to walkers and cyclists - a pint pot of Clarion tea costing ju s t 40p. The Clarion, a Socialist


weekly, was established by Robert Blatchford, a Man­ chester journalist, in 1890, to follow a "policy of humanity; a policy not of party, sect or creed; but of justice, of reason and mercy." The first edition sold 40,000 and after a few


boasted th a t he would "convert England to Social­ ism in seven years". I t soon became clear that Blatch­ ford had overestimated the power of the Clarion, and when he was asked about this a few years later he replied th a t "the British working classes are not fit for Socialism yet". Oakhill itself carries on


the Clarion legacy through its Clarion Cycling Club and its school magazine, named the Clarion Van. The school has expressed


its thanks to Red Rose Paints, Accrington, for donating paint and to B&Q, Blackburn, for donating brushes and rollers.


Reader has a letter over 150 years old


OUR recent articles about the old envelopes posted from Clitheroe in the 1840s and auctioned in London for £1,840 held special interest for one reader. A Clitheroe man, who


asked not to be named, called into our office with his own piece of history - an envelope posted in Clitheroe in 1842 and bear­ ing a “Tupenny Blue” stamp. In fact, this was an envelope-letter,: essentially a letter which was folded in on itself to form an enve­ lope, sealed with wax and addressed on the outside. I t was sent to “Edward


Parker Esq, of Garden Court, Temple, London”- and came from Brow- sholme Hall, near Cow Ark, still the home of the Parker family. Unfortunately, the faded copperplate handwriting is


very hard to decipher, mak­ ing i t difficult to know what the letter was about. Like the other three let­


ters posted from Clitheroe in the early 1840s, it carries an exceptionally clear and sharp postmark stamp. Our reader explained


that a friend of his in Brus­ sels, who is a keen philate­ list, saw the envelope at an auction. Spotting the Clitheroe


postmark and making the connection with his friend, he bought the letter and sent i t back to Clitheroe, where our reader has kept it for some years. We passed the details of.


the London auction house, where the other Clitheroe letters were sold, to our reader. He hopes to get his 160-year-old letter valued with a view to possibly sell- ingit.


Youngsters can join the street-dance academy


RIBBLE VALLEY young­ sters who wish to dance like their pop idols now have the opportunity to do so by joining the Roefield Leisure street-dance academy. Following on from the


success of Popskool, the-10- week dance workshop p ro - , gramme intends to pro­ mote and encourage the health and fitness of all children who p a r t ic ip a te . through a variety of disci­ plines including exercise, dance and stage perfor­ mance. Week after week;, the two


specific age groups, seven to nine and 10 to 11-year-olds


will be guided, coached and motivated through numer­ ous dancing manoeuvres by Claire of all girls dance band “ECLIPSE” and the pilot scheme will conclude with a final live perfor­ mance in front of . an audi­ ence of family and friends a t Roefield Leisure or if possible at the Grand Cine­ ma..: ■ ,


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. . The academy starts on: October 16th to December 18th. Seven' to nine-year-■ olds are to attend at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. followed by 10-11- year-olds at 5 p.m. to 6 p.m;. Places should be reserved:


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THE wedding of Mr Leon Shaw to Miss Ann Marie Wood- ley took place at St Thomas' Church, Colchester. The bride is the daughter of Leslie Woodley, of Green-


stead, Colchester, and the bridegroom is the eldest son of Simon and Joy Swindells, of Sabden. Best man was Mr Daniel Kiff and the bridesmaids were


Miss Gemma Schofield and Miss Melida Grace Shaw, the bridegroom’s sister. Mr Daniel Shaw was the usher. The couple are to live in Colchester, Essex.


MOORE-HEARN


A HONEYMOON in Mexico followed the wedding of Sab­ den couple Miss Marianne Hearn and Mr Tim Moore. The bride, a student paediatric nurse who enjoys playing


squash, is the daughter of John and Christine Lawless, of Brunshaw Road, Burnley. Her bridegroom, a process technician at Johnson Matthey, Clitheroe, who enjoys motorcycling and playing squash, is the


son of Mrs Nadine Moore, of Woone Lane, Clitheroe, and Mr Tom Moore, of Vietnam. Given away by her mother, the bride wore an ivory strap­


less dress encrusted with crystals and carried a hand-tied bou­ quet of mango and black beauty lilies, orange gerberas, yel­ low celosia and gold roses. Mrs Rachel Blakey, the bride's sister, was the dame of hon­


our and Beth Lord, Rachel O'Dowd, Tracy Gill and Juliette Fox were the bridesmaids. They wore copper satin outfits and carried bouquets similar to that of the bride. Best man was Mr Sean Moore, the bridegroom's brother,


and the Messrs Simon Hearn, Andrew Clarkson* John Balm- bra and Nigel Clarkson were groomsmen. Following the ceremony at All Saints Church, Pendleton,


which was conducted by the Rev. Trevor Vaughan, the couple held a reception at the Higher Trapp Hotel, Simonstone. They will continue to live in Sabden. Photo: Ross Ditchburn.


Churchyard looks better than ever!


FIVE parish councillors and two borough councillors joined a party of local resi­ dents for a "'churchyard clean-up day" on Saturday, at Whalley Parish Church. As the churchyard is


legally closed, maintenance is the responsibility of Whalley Parish Council, Regular grass cutting is undertaken by Park View Landscapes, but there always a host of jobs not provided for by the contract. Many of the helpers


cleared brambles, elder and sycamore saplings from graves, while the Vicar col­ lected three barrows full of cans, bottles and other rub­ bish, including a car seat, and portions of an engine! Branches overhanging Church Lane have also been cleared, much to the delight of local pedestrians! Coun. Joyce Holgate,


chairman of the parish council Churchyard Com­


mittee, said: “I am delighted that so many residents gave up part of their weekend for a community project like


..this. “At very little cost it has


made a big difference to the churchyard in a very short time.” The Vicar and parish


councillor, the Rev. Chris Sterry, said: "We are all delighted with the way the churchyard is being main­ tained a t the moment. I t looks better than it has even dona “The churchyard belongs


to the whole community and it was good to see people working together to make it an even more beautiful and peaceful place for everyone to enjoy." A further "clean-up day"


is planned for the spring. Pictured are members of


the "cleanup team" and some of the rubbish collect­ ed. (s)


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CLITHEROE HEALTH CENTRE


INFLUENZA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN 2003


Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust strongly advises anyone who is 65 years of age and over to have an influenza injection this year.


This reduces flu-related deaths, hospital admissions and illness.


You should also have an influenza vaccine if you fall into the following categories and are under 65 years of age:


• Chronic Chest Disease including Asthma • Chronic Heart Disease • Chronic Renal Failure • Diabetes • Immunosuppression (including excision of the spleen)


Clinics will be held at St Mary’s Parish Hall, Church Brow, Clitheroe on:


Friday, October 10th, 2003 Friday, October 17th, 2003 Friday, October 24th, 2003 Friday, October 31st, 2003


9am-5pm 9am-5pm 9am-6pm 9am-6pm


If you are housebound (i.e. have a medical condition that prevents you leaving your home) please contact your GP receptionist.


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Officer refusals Chance to get involved!


MORE applications felt likely to affect the appearance of the area or the setting of listed buildings have been refused by Ribble Valley Borough Council. Officials now have delegated powers to turn down plans which are against policy, unless there is a.special reason to put them before the Planning Committee. Among recent officer refusals are:- A twin loose box and livestock build­


ing, Ringley Hey House, Slaidburn Road, Waddington; alteration of condi­ tion about removal of a mobile home within two months, Pendle View Fish­ eries, Barrow; new dwelling within'cur­ tilage, 125 .Whalley Road, Read; loose box, pigeon loft and fence; off Northcote Road, Langho; two Velux roof windows and a rear conservatory,. Brook House Barn, Clitheroe Road,. Waddington; gar- ■ den room extension, Ballyragget Farm; Tosside; alterations to conservatory and: roof; ’ 12.Main Street, Bolton-by-Bow- land; two-storey, rear extension, 40 Wes­ ley Street, Sabden.


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IF you have ever fancied getting more involved in your local community, or perhaps setting up a new community group, now is your chance; Hyndburn and Ribble


Valley Council for Volun­ ta ry Services is holding two “Get Involved Days” at its Clitheroe office They aim to encourage people to participate more in their ' local, communities and. show them how to do i t . : .. Dorothy Shears; Com­ munity. Volunteering Offi­ cer, said: “This will be a great opportunity for those. who’ve always,thought;, about getting involved iii community groups or .vol­ unteering, but' have either;:,


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don’t know where to start. ‘ “Development officers ’


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the chance to get involved ' in the life of your commu­ nity, drop in a t the CVS office in Swan Mews, Clitheroe, on Thursday, October 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or on Saturday, November 1st, from 10 a.m. tonoon.. . .. . . For more details, con­


ta c t the CVS'on 01200 422995. • Hyndbum and Ribble


.Valley CVS is also continu­ ing its autumn programme' of; training courses with an “Improve YourFund-rais-- ing Skills” course. ; ; I t will be: held in.West.; Bradford’on Thursday, .


October 23rd, and in Lon- gridge .on Tuesday, November 18th. A spokesman for the


Clitheroe-based organisa­ tion said: “The course will be aimed at local voluntary and community groups and aims to empower them to successfully bid: for funding for their group’s activities and projects; - “An experienced trainer


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