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An inquest hears how a farmer suffering from cancer was killed by one of the chemicals used in his treatment.


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Heads are turning in Downham as a six-foot high iron horse takes up residence. .;


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Two more Ribble Valley clergy­ men are to say goodbye in a few weeks’ time.


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A well has been discovered at the site of a former Clitheroe inn.


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The Glitheroe Sal­ vation Army offi­ cer has returned from war-torn Afghanistan..


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Tributes are paid to one of two men who died following a glider accident.


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Clitheroe canoeist Jonathan Schofield is to defend his junior wild-water racing crown.


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A TREASURE trove of Clitheroe’s photographic history is going out on the Internet for


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Hard work and generosity pay off as Scouts pack up


A YEAR’S hard work by some Clitheroe Cub Scouts is allowing them to go off this weekend on their first camp in new tents. St Mary Magdalene Cub Scouts


raised £600 by a sponsored walk, selling raffle tickets, and packing


customers’ bags at the Clitheroe branch of Sainsbury's. The first purchase with these


funds has been three more five-man tents. . ■ • ' The extra tents will allow the


group to go camping and take up to 18 boys and four adults. The first camp will be this weekend at the West Lancashire Scout Association Camp site at Waddecar, north of Beacon Fell beyond Chipping. Leader Mr Chris Pickles said:


“We intend to make full use of the tents throughout the next 12 months with additional weekends


in Apnl, June and a longer camp in August. The boys would like to say a huge thank-you to all the parents who helped with sponsorship and the generosity of the management, staff and customers at Sainsbury's.” In the picture outside the Whalr


ley Warm and Dry shop are several of the Cubs from St Mary's; in the foreground to the left are Alexander Pickles and his friend, Luke Pisso- chet, holding one of the new tents. In the middle are Jake Fletcher with the cheque, with CSL Chris Pickles and ACSL Darren Fletcher and John Smith, of Whalley Warm and Dry. To the right: James Ibbot- son, Oliver Dowd, Connor Martin, Matthew Heskett, Christopher Parkinson, Sean Stinson and Scott Townson.


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more than 130 years, contains a t least 5,000 negatives, many of them on large glass plates, depicting the people and buildings of the town from 1870 onwards. The invaluable hoard, two of which


are pictured below, is the result of gen­ erations of a Clitheroe business family not wanting to throw anything away. They are even using hoarded equip-


ment 100 years old to make prints from the old negatives. Nooks and crannies in attics and cel­


lars at the Pye family’s photographic business in York Street are filled with boxes and boxes of negatives, some of them going back to before Mr Edward Pye opened his business in 1893. Now his great-grandson, Mr Michael


' “Old Clitheroe”;website he has created. Mr Pye (37) said: “Originally I want­


Pye, is sifting through the unique collec­ tion and has already printed off and scanned in at least 400 images on to the


never seen the light of day since they were taken by my great-grandfather, Edward Pye, in the late 19 th Century and early 20th Century.” Some of the earliest plates were found


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ed a subject matter to learn the ropes of creating a website. I came across some old glass negatives. Out of interest, I started printing a few up and very quickly became wrapped up in them. “Most of these photographs have


to go on to see


Included on the website are what is


believed to be among the earliest pic­ tures taken of Burnley Football Club. : His great grandfather was a keen Burnley fan and took some fine action pictures of games in the early 1900s. The laborious task is therapy for Mr


Pye, who has been ill for several years. . He is able to add pictures of other old items of memorabilia, like old-tickets and programmes which have been hoarded by members of his fami ly,.v' ^ “These things add a bit of atmos--


phere to the website. The shop is quite incredible that way. I t is like a bit of liv­ ing history really,” added Mr Pye, who is hoping one day to publish a hard-back book containing some of the collection. Mr Edward Pye moved to the present


premises in York Street in 1918, replac­ ing earlier premises in Peel Street and Cowper Avenue. The business is now run by his grandson, Mr John Pye, who took. over from his father, the late Mr Ronnie


stacked behind a load of picture-fram­ ing glass. Mr Pye added: “There are boxes full


of torchlight photographs. I haven’t even started to go through them. This is an ongoing project. A lot of the early ones in the 1900s have been damaged with the damp, but quite a few have sur­ vived. I believe the computer can restore' some of them.”


Whalley vicar to stand for the


Conservative party in elections THE Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. Chris Sterry, is standing for the borough council. Mr Sterry has been nomi­


nated by the' Conservatives to join Coun. Joyce Holgate in fighting the Ribble Valley Borough Council elections in May. .i Coun. Arthur Pearson,


the other current Whalley member, is retiring. A well-known figure in


magazine, Mr Sterry (48) says he has been struck by the high average age of the borough’s councillors, v “I have no qualms whatsoever, of


the community, Mr-Sterry came to Whalley in 1994 when he was chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn. He became vicar, and warden of Whal­ ley Abbey, in 1997. Explaining his decision in the parish


party affiliation controver­ sial, but says that being part of a group gives strength and back-up not available to someone elected as an inde­ pendent.


course, about senior citizens having the ability and experience to serve as coun­ cillors. They do a marvellous job! What disturbs me is the lack of bal­ ance. As so often in church, the relative absence of people under the age of 50 makes me wonder about the future of local democracy at a time when turnout at the polls is falling election by election.”


, . The Church now. works in partner­


ship with many agencies, including councils, points out Mr Sterry.:i He feels that some people may find


elected, his council work will be done in- his own personal time and there will be no church involvement - anyone unhappy with his candidature is wel­ come to discuss it with him. He tells parishioners: “Some of you


being a harmonious, prosperous and happy community,” writes Mr Sterry. He has years of experience in commit­ tee and similar work and taken part in several key non-church Whalley initia­ tives as well as parish ones such as the renovation of the church interior. Mr Sterry is making it clear that, if


“The loss of a precious green space to housing, the noise from new neighbours, the fear of crime, rubbish not collected at the right times, facilities for young people. these, and many other local issues, are vital to our get­ ting along together and


• NOW OPEN • Post Office penniless shock!'


A BUSY Clitheroe sub post office was placed in an embarrassing posi­ tion this week. I t had no money! Customers arriving at Henthorn


will disagree with my decision to stand for the borough council; some of you will disagree with my decision to stand' for the Conservative Party. I have always been heartened by the fact that during my time here we have been able to disagree on a variety of matters without falling out. I have every confi­ dence that we will face this issue in the same spirit of maturity and u n d e r ­ standing.”


Road Post Office, to collect pensions and allowances at the beginning of the week were asked to try again later. Postmistress Mrs Julie Woods even­


tually decided to close the doors, having had to apologise to many,of her regular customers. "I got myself worked up and decided to shut mid-afternoon," she explained. . • % • Behind the counter for 10 years, Mrs


•Woods has never encountered a prob­ lem such as this before and, the follow­ ing day, when the post office was still


penniless, she decided to open arid con­ front the customers. "I told everyone who came through -


the door that I could not pay their pen- ■ sions and they were wonderful. I did not have one complaint. In fact I was going to write to the Advertiser and Times to say thank-you to them for being so understanding," she added.- By mid-afternoon on'Tuesday, the


money arrived, but there was still no apology from Post Office Counters. -1; ? Contacted by the Clitheroe Advertis­


er and Times yesterday, a spokeswoman: for Royal Mail apologised to customers. who were inconvenienced and said that - the delay was "due to exceptional c i r ­ cumstances." • ~ ‘ I1’ 'A,?";'


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leave school, join the family firm and it just seems to follow on,” said-Mr John Pye, who admitted hoarding had always been a family trait. The website is found on www.old-


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Helicopter called after car theft


THE police helicopter circled the night sky over Clitheroe in a vain attempt to catch two men who had stolen a car and crashed it. The alarm was raised between 3 and 4 a.m.


on Sunday when the X-registered Peugeot 206 crashed into a parked car in Brownlow Street, Clitheroe. i Two men, aged between 19 and 26 and wear­


dogs and the helicopter in the Edisford Road area of the town was unsuccessful. It turned out, said police, that the car had


been stolen earlier from the car park of the Brown Cow at Chatburn, where it had been parked by its owner, an agricultural engineer from Penwortham. It is believed the thieves hot-wired the Peu­


geot to start it.


TV promotes the charm of Valley


ANOTHER TV programme is promoting the Ribble Valley. Granada’s “Get Away” tonight is expected to


feature some highly-reputed dining venues, Stonyhurst College, the Tolkien Trail and some other parts of the area. Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati is the


to the filming and rode along part of the trail on it. The actress also spoke straight to the camera


“tourist”. She hired a bicycle to give a realistic aspect


about the Valley’s charms. The programme is keen to push British holi­


day venues as well as foreign ones and ranges across different spending levels. “The crew filmed our frontage and numerous


other places,” says Stonyhurst College market­ ing manager Mr Jonathan Hewat. “We do not know how. much time the programme will devote to the Ribble Valley, but it should be a worthwhile'slot.”


! Countdown to lottery


WITH just four weeks to go before the East Lancashire Hospice Lottery's first draw, 1,750 people have pledged their commitment. Collectors and canvassers are still urgently


needed and, if anyone can spare a couple of hours every month to help on a voluntary basis, lottery manager Mr Harry Grayson would like to hear from them. Anyone who wishes to have more information should contact Mr Grayson on 01254 342829.


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