Thursday, August 14th, 2003 No. 6,110
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A young “car mad” Ribble Val ley man died of head injuries after a three-car crash in Clitheroe, an inquest hears.
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The saga of -Clitheroe’s Christ mas lights continues, as apathy threatens plans for new festive displays.
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An outspoken vicar has said that the death penalty is too kind for the most evil people.
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More than 300 people attended the funeral of pop ular father of three Stephen Whit- well, aged 36.
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A controversial plan for housing on the site of a former garden centre has been refused.
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The football season kicks off on Saturday for Clitheroe FC and player-boss Lee Sculpher is con fident that his side will mount a title bid.
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AS temperatures soared into the high 90s in the Saturday sun, the August heatwave resulted in a seasonal bonan za for local businesses. Ice cream, lager and barbecue equip
York St, said: “It’s been an exceptional ly good week.We’ve sold record amounts of cold drinks and it was one of the best weeks we’ve ever had for ice cream, with more than 600 being sold.” Milkshakes were the top tipple at
Cafe Caprice, Moor Lane, and waitress Elaine McCaffrey, commented: “Our ice-cream milkshakes have been selling really quickly. We’ve also gone through loads of cold drinks and water.” The sun brought the tourists. The
son’s and the adjoining Maxwells Cafe Bar, said: “We sold out of electric fans, paddling pools, kebab skewers, ice-cube trays, and cool boxes - and tonnes of barbecue charcoal was sold. ” David Brass, owner of Banana News,
ment were in huge demand in Clitheroe's shops and pubs. Judith Dawson, proprietor of Daw
TWINS in turquoise, Amy and Abbic Lund (five), of Rimington, in the sun at Edisford. (CR000803/4)
TIC reported high demand for accom modation and Chris Morris-Barrow, who co-owns the Onward and Outward shop on King St, said the shop had sold lots of camping equipment, shorts, T- shirts and sandals.
81degs F. in the shade at his Chatburn weather station on Saturday, while sev
Weatherman Ted Boden recorded
were claiming to have experienced the hottest day on record, with tempera tures of 100 degs F. on Sunday, the Rib ble Valley experienced a stormy start with flash floods causing chaos in sev eral areas.
eral residents said their thermometers had zoomed up to 98degs. F. in the sun. And, while other parts of the country
shocked but unhurt. Fortunately he was driving a new bus with a reinforced steel roof.
It’s war on pavement chewing gum louts!
by Rebecca Wright
A WAR on chewing gum is being waged in Clitheroe. Town centre streets are plagued
with the problem and Clitheroe Town Council has blasted local school pupils and is writing to a well-known maker of the gum. Former council election candidate
Mr Ron Loebell is behind the cam paign. He proposed a ban on the sale of chewing gum in Clitheroe to the
cerns about the problem, but do not believe a ban is feasible. They have instructed town clerk Mr
town council’s Planning, Finance and General Purposes Committee. Councillors shared Mr Loebell’s con
John Wells to write to local headteach ers, urging them to enforce in-school bans on the gum. A ban is already in place at several of
the schools. Among the schools where bans are known to be in force are Bow- land County High School, St Augus tine’s RC High School, Billington, and St Michael and St John’s RC Primary School, Clitheroe.
Pair’s drive to join the soccer ‘92 club’
by Rebecca Wright
A FOOTBALL-mad Clitheroe pair are fulfilling a lifetime ambition by visit ing every Premiership arid Nationwide League football ground in the country - and along the way will be raising funds for two local causes. Ian Townson (28) and Damien Hart
(23), both of Bolland Prospect, will embark on the tour to raising money for the Derian House children’s hospice and Clitheroe FC. They are hoping to obtain sponsor
ship and a hire car from local compa nies in order to fund the trip.
team will have their company name displayed in the Clitheroe FC pro gramme, and also on the front of spe cially-made shirts which the pair will be wearing in photographs at every league club ground in the country.
Anyone sponsoring the two-fnan
High School duo have already raised £700 from a series of fund-raising activities.
The ex-Ribblesdale Technology t i f \ v j
donations from their work colleagues at Clithoroe manufacturers 3M Neotechnic, where they are both employed as researchers. The keen Clitheroe FC fans have
This includes more than £200 in
also received sponsorship from Prim rose Garage towards the cost of petrol money, which they estimate will be around £300. They will set off on September 13th
and expect to spend eight days on their travels visiting all 92 grounds. They plan to stay with friends or in
bed and breakfast accommodation; and will travel more than 3,000 miles in the circular route. Ian said: “We really wanted to sup
port a local organisation and we knew it had to be Clithoroe FC, as we are
and my family has always supported it, so we wanted to carry that on by raising money for them. “Visiting all the league football
lifelong fans and attend as many home games as we can. “Also, Derian House does a great job
grounds is a bit of an ambition for us as we both love football.
Valley soldiers confronted
RIBBLE VALLEY soldiers serving in Iraq were confronted by rioters at the weekend.
Regiment were forced to control angry crowds who were up in arms over fuel shortages and power cuts. The 500 local troops and 100 mem
Members of the Queen’s Lancashire
bers of the Territorial Army are half Way through a four-month stint re establishing law and order on the streets of Basra.
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degree of security to the Iraqi city, which in the main seemed to be pleasing the locals.
on the security front, but it is going well. Among our early successes has been training the Iraqi police force to a
ing incidents every night. The majority of the locals are pleased to see us, but there is a significant minority who are considerably less pleased,” said the Commanding Officer of the QLR Lt. Col. Jorge Mendonca. “We are by no means home and dry
“There are between 15 and 40 shoot
much better standard than before the war.”
diet of looting, organised crime and threats from those loyal to the former regime and are having to use force and firearms to keep control. Lt Col Mendonca added: “The situa-
ate stability and normality by improv ing the supply of everyday amenities, such as water, electricity and fuel, to enable the Iraqis to cook, wash and drive. But every day they are faced with a
The soldiers are working hard to cre
and it’s for two good causes.” For more information or to sponsor
“We have written to all 92 clubs ask ing for a donation of a piece of the
the pair, ring 07905 988292 or visit the website at
www.embark.to/92clubs Our picture shows Andrew and Ian
preparing for their venture. (T120703/2)
crowds
tion remains volatile and anger and unrest can easily develop out of the slightest incident.” An added complication is that all this
• The lads are enjoying the challenge
is happening in soaring temperatures of 57 degrees centigrade and 90% humidi ty-
of the tour in a totally different environ ment, but they would love to hear from people back home. If you want to lift their spirits then write to one of the sol diers. Send a letter marked “Penpals” to: 1 QLR, Op Telic 2, BFPO 647.
club’s memorabilia, then when we get back we’re going to auction it all off to raise more money. “It’s going to be a great experience
views of Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans, are awaited. One councillor has suggested bring
ing in a tax on chewing gum as opposed to a ban, to encourage people to be more litter-conscious. Town clerk Mr Wells said: “I really
despair about this problem. School pupils congregate near the town clock at lunchtimes, and they leave chewing
Wrigley’s, the chewing gum manufac turer to ask how it deals with the prob lems caused by “the careless deposit of their product.” Replies to the letters, and also the
A letter has also been forwarded to
gum all over the ground. It looks horri ble.
school, policing gum disposal is an almost impossible task. “It is expensive to remove the gum,
encourage their pupils not to drop chewing gum, because the only real solution is to educate people about it. “We accept that once the pupils leave
and the town council cannot provide a chewing gum clearance service.’
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to put it in the bin only a few feet away. That is just oi!e badly affected area in the town.” Mr Wells added: “Teachers can
“The pupils simply can’t be bothered
escape as he walked past a tree just before it was blown down on to a bus waiting at the turnaround in the village centre. The bus driver, from Ribbleton, was
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‘Slave trade’ to help hospitals
THE 1700s slave trade is set to return to Clitheroe this weekend - with a tongue-in- cheek charity “slave auction” to raise money for local cancer sufferers. Both male and female volunteers - many
dressed in appropriate rags and chains - will be "sold " to the highest bidder at the Dog Music and Sports Bar on Sunday from 3 p.m.
between two hospital. They are the Christie Hospital, Manchester, where leukaemia sufferer Wendy Boyer is a patient, and Pendlebury Children’s Hospi tal, Manchester, which cares for three-year- old Declan Tattersall, the son of Dog Music and Sports Bar doorman Keith Tat tersall. Mr Tattersall said: “Declan had a
All proceeds from the event will be shared
tumour on.his spinal cord, and after operat ing 95% of it was removed. Unfortunately, it grew back at Christmas time. Chemotherapy has since reduced the growth.
from local businesses, including everything from a helicopter ride to a free service and MOT from a local garage. The free event will also have games and competitions, a draw and music from local soul singer Keith Campbell. Food will be served from a barbecue throughout the afternoon. Pub manager Liz Devine said: “We want
teers who will put themselves up for sale - including the two owners of the pub, Mr Drew Ingham and Mr Martin Kenyon, with the bidding starting at £1 for two hours of “slavery.” Also being auctioned off are donations,
ill, Declan’s been incredibly brave. You would never know he had anything wrong with him, and he is really looking forward to Sunday.” The auction already has nearly 20 volun
“Although the treatment makes him feel
to raise as much money as we can in aid of Declan and Wendy. “Loads of local companies have con
weekend of fund-raising activities, whicli have included a “doctors and nurses” cos tume night on Friday, and an Ali G imper sonator as entertainment on Saturday night.
get them to do their gardening and washing for a few hours, or whatever they want - within reason!” The event will come at the end of a whole
tributed prizes for the auction and staff have put a lot of organisation into it. “People who bid for the volunteers can
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