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Jiest speaker Mr Gordon Yates, ■annual visit to Clitheroe Natu- c about “The Natural History s”.


by Vivien Meath ;■


I with film, was as outstanding ; lerly Mr Yates concentrated on pn this occasion his topic was Covering not just bird life, but L and fauna of the Pennine;


Ihe valleys from the north of 1 the Bowlarid Fells. |e was treated to breathtaking lural history around the hills, [the valleys. Wonderful shots, lie well-camouflaged woodcock: Itographer had spent 71 hours Ingfishers and rare shots of the 1 a nest in the Bowland Fells. Jng pictures showed waxwings, fieldfares feasting on holly and Tries in a snowy landscape, I sandbanks of low reservoirs,


Ing ousels, yellowhammers and lirds, all filmed with great kill. I Is also featured on film, includ- eared bats, slow worms in the an adder in the hills about


Lers and young roe deer stum- leak legs. Ilso a veritable feast of plants Ithe landscape throughout the liebells and cowslips of spring,- I the moors, colourful fungi and


Id orchids, snowscapes and I3


in the woods.


Iwas thanked by the chairman Ig and instructive evening. I:ture takes place tonight at |ary from 7-30 p.m. when Joe S’ his talk, “Once Upon a Time fils.”


insics will it pupils


ING animals using forensic


(of the tasks that pupils from ■will be taking part in tomor-


lenagers from Ribblesdale I’echnology College, who are he Wildlife After School Pro- I'ASP), run by the Wildlife pen invited to a conference at aent Education Centre in


It the day, the delegates and js will take part in games, 1 lectures based around the ure Detectives.


I'display on wildlife law, an |ind scavenger hunt expedi­ te grounds looking for signs


Id a workshop on barn owls Ihe workshops that the stu- laking part in. Jeer, Mr Graham Pitt said: lence gives delegates the press their views as well as to plans for the future of the


L but tocused day celebrating nents that have been made lious year.”


^20) intended


\y back cash Igarage was duped out of more Ithree weeks by a 20-year-old ] using someone else’s credit


magistrates heard that i Greenwood had initially been


Jcause the assistant mistakenly lirked for Rimington Caravan


|hen the truth was discovered las given chance to settle the 1 the police were involved. 11, of Somerset Road, pleaded Idiarges of obtaining property land asked for seven further ] taken into consideration. He ■0 and ordered to pay £318 in 1 and £G5 towards prosecution


|lo (defending), said at the time ; Greenwood was working for


|n park and this had caused the Int assumed it was the Riming-


Ic petrol was to go on,” said Mr Ire was nothing sophisticated Tice and he always intended to back, but had problems in his


inded on bail f E man has been remanded on


|>er 20th by Blackburn magis- Gillibrand (24), of Curzon


|ie, is charged with dangerous ving with excess alcohol.


;RY WINNERS


TWO television personalities who . have made their mark in different ways attracted a capacity audience to the October-Red Rose Counties liter­ ary event. Every seat was sold when Kate Adie


first visited the Ribble Valley 12 months ago and, on her return, there was a sub­ stantial waiting list.-


1 Some 500 people attended lunch and din­


ner events at the McDonalds Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, and raised £650 for research into childhood cancers. Ribble Valley Radies’ Luncheon Club has now raised more than £275,000 for research since its inception, Sharing the literary platform with the


veteran war broadcaster and journalist was actress turned author Carol Drinkwater - once hailed as "the woman who brought sex appeal to Wellingtons," for her role as Helen Herriot in "All Creatures Great and Small." Kate Adie revealed how her second book,


"Corsets to Camouflage - Women at War," was the result of a request from the Imperi­ al War Museum. The journalist was asked if she would write something about women in uniform for an exhibition which opens this week. Painstaking research revealed intrigu­ ing human interest stories, many of which


had been almost ignored throughout the first half of the past century. Among the heroines was vicar's daughter


Flora Sands, from Poppleton, Yorkshire, who was 37 when the First World War broke out. She gave up nursing, went to Serbia and


joined the Serbian army, eventually gaining the Serbian equivalent of the VC. Elsie Ingles, a doctor who trained in Glas­


gow in 1908/9, presented herself to the War Office in London at the outbreak of war and said she would take as many women to the battlefields as she could. She took 1,000 qualified women to nine different front lines and founded the Scottish Women's Hospital. By the outbreak of the Second World War, women could still not serve in the


Bikers’ course on helping to save lives


A FIRST aid course specifically for motorcy­ clists is planned for Saturday. Developed by Lancashire Ambulance Ser­


vice, the “First Bike on Scene” course aims to equip bikers with the knowledge and skills needed for the initial management of a patient involved in a road accident. The pioneering course was kickstarted


partly by the number of accidents on East Lancashire roads - particularly in the Ribble


cyclists often ride in groups. 1


Valley - involving bikers. Often the first person to arrive at the scene is another biker, particularly as leisure motor­


The initial treatment and management of


a casualty in the first minutes after an acci­ dent can mean the difference between life and death. Bikers who carry basic first aid techniques


in their toolkit can provide the vital care needed before emergency services arrive. Eleven bikers attended the inaugural


“First Bike on Scene” course, including the general manager of Lancashire Ambulance Service’s training department, Phil Wood­ ford. He commented: “While out riding with a


group in July, I arrived at the scene of a terri­ ble accident which required the aid of the air ambulance. “Many riders I spoke to were concerned as


to what to do if they had been the first per­ son at the scene. I believe this course will help ease those concerns and assist in a positive way the pre-hospital care of the injured rider.” Saturday’s course will be held at Lan­


cashire Ambulance HQ in Garstang Road (the A6), Preston, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is £60 including all handouts, refresh­ ments, lunch and a certificate on completion of the course. Another is already planned for Sunday


November 9th. To find out more about the course or to reserve a place, call 01772 773141.


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ing to put the message across as part of the the charity’s national “Make a Difference Day”, on Saturday, October 25th. “All we are asking young people to do is


look through their wardrobes and choose at least one piece of clothing- that would look cool on someone else. “Then to pop down to their local Help the


Aged shop, on Moor Lane, Clitheroe, and drop it off before October 24th. “All the clothes donated will be put on sale


in Help the Aged shops on national Make a Difference Day, when there will be a chance to pick up some really great clothes at bar­ gain prices.’' Adelle Atkinson, manager of the Clitheroe


Help the Aged shop, added: “We hope to per­ suade young people that as well as picking up a bargain in our shop, it is also good for the environment because items are being recycled and raising money for older people, like their grandmas and grandads. “We hope that as many young people as


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declared Miss Adie, adding: "I hope there's not a single female in this room who is going


to go home and sit still." Carol Drinkwater was making her second


visit to the literary events. She explained the background to her books, "Olive Farm" and "Olive Season", the latter which is in the run­ ning for the W. H. Smith Travel Award. During filming in Australia she explained


how she met a French film producer who eventually became her husband. Her quest for a house by the sea resulted in the acquisition of a flaking, creamy house overlooking the Bay of Cannes. The property had been home to squatters, had a jungle of a garden, but within it were 68 400-year-old olive trees. She explained to her audience how, while deleting a file on her computer, she almost lost her sec­ ond book and why her home in France has since become home to even more young, healthy olive trees. Thanking the speakers, organiser Joan Laprell revealed how one of the 300 guests at


the lunch had been a Scottish Hospital nurse during the Second World War and.had met. her husband-to-be injured on the battlefield. The speaker at November's lunch at the


Mytton Fold Farm Hotel, Langho, is broad­ caster Jimmy Young. Tickets have already been snapped up and there is a lengthy wait­ ing list. In December, Joan Bakewell is addressing the diners, with the venue again being Clayton-le-Moors. Pictured are, from the left, event organisers


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 16th, 2003 11 We invite you to our


To celebrate and give thanks for the ministry of healing ana care in our community


St Lukestide Service Sunday, 19th October at 6.30 pm


in St Mary's Parish Church, Clitheroe


with guest speaker Rev Ronnie Clark, M.A. the C of E Chaplain to the East Lancs NHS Trust Everyone welcome


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