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|>tch express neared Prim- > on its way to Clitheroe,


Jjr end flew off, but owing rity of the driver in stop- ain, no damage was done,


(pilot engine brought the 1 Clitheroe station, where sengers and luggage were pother train, and proceed- ■ journey after about an


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|isually quiet village of 3 was astir with a brilliant


he occasion being the mar- \ Thomas Simpson to Miss r Baynes. The approach to


(was carpeted and the inte- penerable pile was tasteful- propriately decorated. ; looked exceedingly pret-


ption was held in Samles- |the home of the bride, and noon spent in St. Moritz,


Ihn Pinder, of Bolton-by- la s fined five shillings plus


Jeing asleep in charge of a art, with no lights.


50 years ago f for a Hollywood western


I the Palladium, one of


(three cinemas, read: "The lo longer that unkempt fig- lole purpose it is to bite the


Ir as Western films are con- \ is becoming increasingly ; a human being. A case in


|he Half Breed’, which fol- rrent trend of putting the L favourable light.”


|1 MP Mr Richard Fort a meeting of Women


I He told them that despite 1 food subsidies, the cost of (sen less in 1952 under the lives, than it had in 1951 Ihe Socialist Government Jd the size of the loaf and he cost of many commodi-


Ig made no allowance for could not afford them.


bwn’s contribution towards I ’s first je t airliner, the


la s being made a t the feet workshop of Kenneth 1, Precision Engineers. An


lie manufacture of under- |>chanism components was ed out under conditions of ■crecy.


|25 years ago I ’TES were banned for the lof meetings by Whalley |iuncil, though for the of meetings, smokers were


I) light up. The ban was I r a new member said he jiaving to sit in a small, n. The half-and-half com­ as agreed upon after the


lad put forward the smok- lear-old Royal Navy radio


Iharles Pinder, of Fairfield Theroe, returned to naval j Ribblesdale School past- id the Navy the previous pd been manning a Green


re engine during the fire- h


lolicemen received awards Lting Chief Constable at a I t County Headquarters in lie awards recognised their | conduct during the arrest arrying a pistol, during a i Browsholme Hall.


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AS a teenager, Helen Col­ ley collected recipes and cookery books and spent many .hours c re a t in g mouth-watering dishes in her family's farmhouse kitchen. There was little doubt


among-family and friends that, on leaving Bowland County Secondary School, she would embark on'a career iri catering. Less than 20 years later,


her products are gracing supermarket shelves nationwide. As 2002 drew to a close,


it had become obvious that Mrs Colley's farm-based Gisburn company, Farm­ house Fare; desperately needed more space. Premises a t Salthill


In d u s tr ia l E s ta te in Clitheroe were acquired and 2003 dawned with the opening of a purpose-built factory already designed with further expansion in mind. The business growth has


been phenomenal and fol­ lowed Mrs Colley's pud­ dings being "spotted" by supermarket chain Booths. Within 12 months they also appeared on the shelves of Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. Morrisons, Spar and Costco quickly fol­ lowed and Farmhouse Fare's range of sticky pud­ dings are now well en route to becoming the nation's favourite. All the. recipes, from the


original sticky toffee pud­ ding to sticky banoffee pudding, sticky, mar­ malade and whisky, sticky chocolate and the latest


addition to the pudding range, sticky dickie, have been created by mother-of- three Mrs Colley. Later this year there are


plans to expand the range yet again, aiming this time at the summer market. The exceptional success


has led to the employment of 30 people, who now cre­ ate and produce thousands of additive and preserva-' tive-free, sticky puddings, cakes and biscuits each week from the new, pur­ pose-built bakery. Atten­ tion had been paid to every minute detail of the opera­ tion in a bid to ensure the puddings are just as fresh when they are served as they were when they left the oven. Packaging has been re­


designed and the puddings have been marketed as "traditional hand-made puddings from rural Lan­ cashire." And for those who have already become con­ noisseurs of the Farmhouse Fare range, the elderly lady pictured on the front of the new packaging is non other than Mrs Colley's great- great- grandmother, Janet Anderson, in 1858. The new factory in Lincoln Way has been named after her - Anderson House. From an early age, the


young Helen enjoyed noth­ ing more than helping her mother, Mrs Dorothy Fal- shaw, in the kitchen of Shuttleworth Hall Farm, Gisburn. She seemed to have an almost magic, touch when it came to food and took p a r t in many national competitions, as well as those within Young Farmers’ organisations and a t local agricultural


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A BRIGHT future for Mrs Colley, with, from the left, Clitheroe Mayor Coiin. Mary Robinson, Mrs Falshaw, Mr Booth and Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Joyce Holgate (C170103/3b)


shows. At 19, she left catering


college and began her own outside catering business. Her expertise was such tha t within a short time Farmhouse Fare was catering for some of the most prestigious events in the North West. Her greatest fans are


her mother, who has never had any doubt but th a t her daughter would make a major success of her catering career, husband


Michael, who runs his own plumbing business, and three children. "Helen loves a chal­


lenge. We had outgrown the premises in Gisburn. They had served their purpose and we needed somewhere bigger," said a proud Mrs Falshaw at the factory opening on Friday. The new premises were


declared "open" by Mr Edwin Booth in front of


invited friends, family and representatives of agen­ cies which have provided crucial help to the compa­ ny in the past few years. Mrs Colley paid tribute to the dedication of the workforce and particular­ ly,to the help given by Business Link. "Everyone thinks I am some kind of superwoman. I am not. I have this great team behind me," she added. Introducing Mr Booth


as "the chairman of our longest-standing customer - the people who gave me my break," she asked him to officially open the building. 1 Replying, he described


it as "a huge privilege" and provoked laughter as he said: "I thought this girl doesn't make puddings, she's too slim." His wife, he said, did not like pud­ dings, but he had recently discovered the Farmhouse


Last call for local fire-fighters before Army steps in with 40-year-old Green Goddess


ONLY hours before C li th e ro e 's own Green Goddess moved in, th e expertise of the town's own fire-fighters saved a Chatburn company from disaster. Ju s t after midnight,


fire-fighters broke into a‘rv garage a t Fred Lawson/s frozen food and pushed' out a van;with a burning refrig­ eration unit. Five more of the company's vans were parked in the building. "I t was pure luck tha t


somebody smelled the smoke,", said Station Offi­ cer Dave McGrath. Not long before the


alarm went up, the part- time retained fire-fighters a t Clitheroe had met to reaffirm their support for the national strike in pur­ suit of a pay claim. "We have exactly the


same feelings of regret as last time, but we still feel we have to come out. - said Mr McGrath. They had also agreed


th a t , despite the strike, they would still respond if there were any emergencies which included threat to


human life. The Green Goddess, an


ancient Bedford with a his­ tory going back more than 40 years, .was stationed for the day outside the police station in King Street. I t was manned by six


men from the 2nd Battal­ ion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, normally based in Rutland, Their col­


leagues in the 1st Battalion had been ordered out to the Gulf on Monday, and some of them were expected to be heading for the Gulf after their fire duties had been completed. The stand-in fire crew,


headed by Cpl Andy Jones, from Manchester, expected a quieter fire-fighting time th an on their las t two duties in Glasgow and Liv­ erpool. Driving the ancient machine was Cpl Leigh


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Fare "little pot". And walls which would allow his perfect tip for unwinding at the end of a long day, a glass of whisky and a Farm­ house Fare little pud­ ding. Describing the


conversion a t a later stage. "Helen does not


accept second best. Neither do I. “We are striving to


premises as "beautifully thought through," he remarked on Mrs Col­ ley's obvious shrewd approach to the busi­ ness in th a t many of the rooms had been designed with inner


achieve the same stan­ dards of excellence and when you become a global player, don't for­ get Booths," added the supermarket company chairman.


MP hits out at gun crime wave


LOCAL MP Mr Nigel Evans says the Gov­ ernment has “lost its grip” on the new wave of gun crime. And this week, in a written parliamentary


question, he asked the Government to reveal the extent of its gun crime failure in Lan­ cashire. Mr Evans said that although guns had


become what he described as “a rather sinis­ ter, urban fashion accessory”, the number of cautions issued by Lancashire Constabulary had fallen by two-thirds, from 79 in 1997 to 29.


' ■ Said Mr Evans: “We all know that guns


are more readily available in this country than ever before and that illegally carrying a gun has become acceptable in parts of our towns and cities. “Guns have become a rather sinister,


urban fashion accessory in recent years. But, at the same time, the number of proceedings brought against Lancashire gun criminals has dropped by a third since Labour came to power.” He added: “The Government has neglect­


ed the dangers on our streets and allowed its spin doctors to dream up fancy slogans rather than tackling the problem head on. “The Government has lost its grip on this


crime wave. The police are strangled by bureaucracy in the form of paperwork and targets from Whitehall. We need to free the bobbies and put them back on the streets, where they belong.”


Assault charge man bailed


C L ITH ERO E man Simon Paul Bates (25), of Faraday Avenue, was remanded on bail until January 31st by Blackburn magistrates. He is charged with


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