8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 14th, 2003
Bellringers get on bikes for tour
of 32 churches iv
BELLS on bicycles usually mean road safety rather than cycling campanolo gists. For the 46 members of
the Young Bellringers’ Cycling Tour, though, it meant biking round the Ribble Valley ringing the bells at churches along the way. The group travelled to
Whalley by various means, bringing their bikes. They were accommodated at Whalley Abbey during their week-long trip, during which they cycled to 32 churches, despite some wet weather. As most of the churches
in their itinerary had a peal of bells, they took their turns to ring them. The home of the tour is
Gloucestershire, where the original group was formed.
frey Stickland described the tour as wonderful. He said: “We were delighted by the hospitality enjoyed a t Whalley. They were super to us.” He described how they
Now in its 30th year, the ringers come from all over ' the country to take part. Organiser the Rev. Jef
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Death penalty is too kind for some people, says vicar
A VICAR has confessed th a t he burns with anger towards some people. He would oppose the death penalty for them, because, he says, death would be too kind. The Rev. Rodney
were also looked after well as they cycled round, and added: "Many of the churches have their own facilities, so we were given cups of tea wherever we stopped. Everyone showed us such warm hospitality. I t was lovely; we had a smashing time.” Our picture shows some
of the group with their bikes during their bellring ing visit to St Mary’s Church, Clitheroe. (B300703/4)
Cannabis man’s pub ban
THE latest person to be banned from the 32 premises covered by the Clitheroe and Whalley Pub Watch scheme is paying the penalty for using cannabis in a beer garden. He was spotted by the local CCTV sys tem. The ban is for three months and a police spokesman
said: “Pub Watch members want their premises to be a safe and friendly environment where people can enjoy a drink.”
MP’s criticism on compensation pay-out secrecy
surrounding the compen sation decision, Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans said that taxpayers have a right to know how their money was being spent.' He has suggested tha t
FURTHER requests have been made for the leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council to reveal the cir cumstances involving the £70,000 planning compen sation pay-out. Regarding the secrecy
He has been asked by
the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times if he intends to continue to press that the details be made known and has replied that he has made the request through the newspaper’s columns and will continue to do so. Additionally he has sug
the council look at ways of write directly on con
ensuring the complainant's name is kept private, but th a t the nature of the complaint and the amount of compensation paid be made public.
gested that people write to the council and said: " I t always helps for con stituents to write to ask for this information also.” Mr Evans is able to
stituents’ behalf and can be contacted by post at the Constituency Office, 8 Railway View, Clitheroe, BB7 2HA, or by email at
nigelmp@hotmail.com
A ‘wonderful’ tribute ic Stephen (36)
by Tim Procter
SOME 300 people paid trib ute to the life, work and brav ery in facing terminal illness of Ribble Valley personality Mr Stephen Whitwell, aged 36 and the father of three young children. Mr Whitwell (pictured right)
had lived in Pendleton almost all his life and the village church was packed for Thursday’s funer al service. Speakers relayed it to the many mourners who had to stand outside. A pupil a t the former village
school in Pendleton, Mr Whitwell later went to St Wilfrid’s CE High School, Blackburn, and studied farming subjects a t both Myer- scough and Winmarleigh Colleges. He helped his parents, Garnett
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work, travelling to sites over a wide area as a plant' driver. His skills went much further,
however, and his flair for identify ing and repairing faults of all kinds
in his spare time on plant and agri cultural machinery was renowned throughout the Ribble Valley and beyond.
Mr Whitwell faced extensive chemotherapy at the Christie Hos pital, Manchester, and a major stomach operation at Blackburn Royal Infirmary with calm cheer fulness, keen to minimise the effect of his failing health on his three young children. Mr Whitwell later had a spell in
people out with sudden emergen cies and had an almost uncanny ability to dig out further reserves of skill and determination when faced with a problem new to him. Taken ill about 18 months ago,
He was always ready to help
the East Lancashire Hospice. Three weeks ago, when it became
clear doctors could not do any thing further for him, Mr Whitwell calmly planned his own funeral, with the help and support of his wife Carole. He welcomed visits from a wide circle of friends and colleagues as well as from family members. During his illness, Mr Whitwell
managed to create an impressive decorative railing a t the family’s Clitheroe home and was helping mend machinery on his parents’
farm only six weeks before his death.
Mr Whitwell’s order of service
for his own funeral started with “If Tomorrow Never Comes” by Ronan Keating as the coffin Was borne into the church, and ended with “All I Want Is You” by U2. There were favourite hymns, an
address by the Rev. Trevor Vaugh an, who conducted the service, and a reading by Mr and Mrs Whitwell’s eldest son, Harry, aged 11.
away as Scotland and the service was followed by burial in the churchyard. Mr Whitwell leaves his wife, two
Mourners travelled from as far
younger children, Emily (nine) and William (four) his parents, a brother and a sister and a grand mother. Mrs Whitwell, who is assistant manager at Lowfield House Resi
dential Home, Clitheroe, says: “The family is very grateful for all the support and help received and to everyone who attended the funeral - it was a wonderful tribute to Stephen.”
Nicholson wants people like Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe caught, kept absolutely safe to avoid them taking "the soft way out” by killing them selves, and paraded in front of everyone they have tor tured. Mr Nicholson pulls few
punches in the magazine of St P au l’s, Low Moor, Clitheroe, as he offers a fun damental Christian mes sage th a t although anger may be justifiable, “only God knows the full story and we are wise to bow down before him.” The Vicar, who is also
priest-in-charge of the parishes of Downham and Chatburn, refers to a Gov ernment proposal th a t some criminals should meet their victims and apologise to them. He writes: “I t would do the mugger or rapist or robber a power of good, surely, to have an eye- to-eye conversation with the person he had abused and to do some explaining.” Mr Nicholson says that someone had once done him
the disservice of suggesting th a t he, naturally, took a soft approach regarding wrongdoers. “Far from'itl I would be eager to give the police any help I could,” he writes Referring to the Iraq sit
uation, Mr Nicholson says he is sorry th a t Saddam Hussein’s two sons are dead because they are now beyond human courts of judgement although not, of course, outside the judge ment of God. “There are also plenty of
people in this country whom we would like to be brought to justice,” sug gests Mr Nicholson. The two sons may have
mercy and forgiveness as well as justice - we might not all have abused people, but we do have sin and fail ure in our lives, says the vicar.
Family fun days prove very popular
TWO family fun days organised by Home-Start Ribble Valley proved popu lar with volunteers, parents and youngsters. Both events took place at
Whalley Methodist Church Hall on two dates - one in July and one earlier this month. Each morning mums
completed a computing course while their children were looked after by volun teers. Following lunch,
mums and children took part in glass and tile paint
ing activities. The sessions were run
with tutors provided by Adult Learning, Lancashire
County
Council.The two days culminated with a well- earned night out for parents and volunteers at the Calf’s Head, Worston, which was enjoyed by 28 people. ® Home-Start Ribble
Valley is holding its fifth AGM in the Ribble Valley Council Chambers on Wednesday, October 8th, staring a t noon. Guest speaker will be Margaret Harrison CBE, the founder and life president of Home- Start national. Anyone interested in
becoming a volunteer or gaining support for their family is invited along to the meeting.
Fisheifes opemng was hit by there being too much waf er!
PLANS for a large scale grand opening of Pendle View Fish eries had to be cancelled due to floods. The same wet weather which
had led the organisers of the Royal Lancashire Show to can cel the event’s final day forced the fisheries’ new owners, broth ers Philip and Tony Harvey, Lin Davies and Susan Read, to scale down their planned launch of the site’s new facilities. However, despite the problems
caused by unseasonal showers, a barbecue went ahead and was attended by around 60 people, who were there to see the new buildings and infrastructure now in place at the site. Having carried out a major
transformation, the owners hope the site will become one of the finest fishing venues in the region. A new office/reception block
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the launch barbecue. (B060803/9)
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Hundreds fl see hall’s gt
TRADITIONAL teas a l refreshed visitors to a histoif venue over the weekend. For two days, Lord and I
again opened the gardens oil to raise funds for two local g<[ In sunshine and showers, 1
came through the hall’s gattj end, helping to raise money (I Village Hall and Ribble Valll A plant and bottle stall, tel
treasure hunt game, as well f prey display, helped keep yoij tained as they walked in the!
Nick’s revoli equine healil
A GISBURN-based comji tionised the equine world f a healing hydrotherapy ! the first of its kind in the I The innovative systenl
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market for a few weeks, 1 had lots of interest.”
Accused of theij
A MAN has appeared befo| Blackburn charged with parked at Clitheroe Golf Cluj Hargreaves (25) of Brodick f was remanded in custody ml
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