Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) e* S'.fv*-.'i'i 1 ’ r-i 1- '. ’ •.. r M t 2 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, September 23rd, 2004


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69-72 AT A GLANCE... Cyclists boost cancer fund - page 8


Charity duo’s 2,200-mile epic— page 15 Bid for Valley radio station - page 17 Blues in FA Cup clash - page 71,72


INFORMATION


Duty chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church Street, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire servica Electricity: 08001954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Kibble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Blackburn Royal Infirmary: 01254 263555. Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospi^: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidslinc: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 4220^. Cruse Bereavement Care: Blackbimi, Hyndbum and Kib­ ble Valley 01254 207999. Environmental Agency: Emergency Hotline — 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Ribble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Ribhie Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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by Faiza Afzaal 20


THE death of well-respected and popular Clitheroe Rotari- an Mr Alexander Leonard has saddened many people throughout the town. Described by his daughter,


Claire, as a devoted father with a fabulous sense of humour, Mr Leonard, pictured, died in hospi­ tal after a short illness aged 69. Bom in 1935, in Barrow-in-Fur­


ness, Mr Leonard, pictured, was evacuated to Shap during the war. A few years later, he returned to


Barrow-in-Fumess and was edu­ cated at the local grammar school, but had to leave early because of his father’s illness. The keen football supporter


went on to become an apprentice engineer before doing his National Service in the Royal Navy. At 22, Mr Leonard married


Maureen in 1957. Subsequently the couple had


two children - Mark and Claire. He joined John Moore’s Little-


wood’s organisation in 1959 and moved to Clitheroe in 1966. In 1980 he left the organisation


to join CAL-Scotland where he covered the North of England and continued working with the Cred­ it Advisory Services. Well-known and respected for his caring, outgoing and sociable


personality, Mr Leonard was a valued member a t the town’s Probus and Rotary clubs. He was also a key member of Clitheroe’s


Keep Lodge. His popularity was evident


when family and friends packed the parish of St Mary’s to pay their last respects before he was laid to rest. This was followed by a wake at Clitheroe’s Old Post House Hotel. In his spare time, Mr Leonard


loved to take his chocolate- coloured Labrador dog “Barney” out for a walk. He also enjoyed playing whist


with friends at Clitheroe’s Pendle Club and was a member of a local card school. In his earlier years, he acted as


secretary for Clitheroe Cricket Club. Be-living some of the treasured


moments he shared with his fami­ ly, daughter Claire, said: “He was very reliable and went out of his way to help people.


Angler found dead on river bank


husband’s friend and some­ time fishing partner, Mr Anthony Martin, who dis­ covered Mr Carlisle’s body.


Mr Carlisle, pictured, who had a long history of health problems, collapsed on the river bank. Mrs Carlisle contacted her


bara (54), of Mount Pleas­ ant, Sabden, raised the alarm when he failed to return home at 8 p.m. after leaving for his regular fishing trip two hours earlier. It appears fly-fisherman


grandfather Mr Stephen Carlisle (51) found him dead on the bank by the conflu­ ence of the River Ribble and Calder, near Hacking Ferry, in the early hours of Friday. He had died of a suspected heart attack. Mr Carlisle’s wife, Bar­


A TEAM from Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Res­ cue were drafted in to help a well-known Sabden angler who collapsed on a fishing trip near WhaUey. However, a friend of


“Stephen had a bad heart. An accident when he was a teenager also meant he had problems with his kidneys, but he was still very indepen­ dent and loved to go fishing. He had been fishing since he


Pendle Club winners SOLO whist winners at the Pen­ dle Club were: Mrs J. Thornton, Mrs A. Foster, Mr D. Grant. New players welcome every Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the Pendle


Club were: Mr Brian Holden and Mr Ernest Manning, Mrs Kim McDonald and Mr Joe Lynch. New members welcome on


Mondays at 1-30 p.m. Domino winners were: joint 1,


W. Cooke and P. Metcalfe, 3rd, C. Wiseman, 4th Mrs J. Thorn­ ton, 5th J. Pye. New members welcome every


Friday at 7 p.m. Sequence dancing is held every


Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m. New members always wel­ come.


to the scene drafted in help from the rescue team because of the treacherous surroundings, but Mr Carlisle had already died. Mrs Carlisle said:


An ambulance crew called


informed, but police say they are not treating Mr Carlisle’s death as suspicious.


WINNERS at Clith­ eroe Bridge Club on Monday were: NS Mrs Jean Martindale and Mrs Jean Taylor, Mrs Janet Blakey and Mr Robert Blakey. EW Mrs Eileen Wood and Mrs Frances Porter, Mr Chris Pollard and Mrs Doreen Blake. On Thursday win­


ners were: Mrs Jean Martindale and Mrs Janet Gilmour, Mr Chris Pollard and Mr George B. Pollard; EW Mrs Sue Johnson and Mr Ernest Ormand, Mrs Deanna Atkinson and Mrs Doreen Blake.


Bridge club latest results The previous week’s


winners on Monday were: NS Mr Robin and Mrs Deanna Atkinson, Mr B. Cuba and Mrs Doreen Blake. EW Mr Chris Pol­


lard and Mrs Janet Bai­ ley, Mr Geoff Wharfe and Mrs Kath Thomp­ son. On Thursday, win­


ners were NS Mrs Janet Bailey and Mrs Jean Martindale, Mr Chris and Mr George B. Pol­ lard. EW Mr John Renton and Mrs Bren­ da Wilson, Mrs Joan Bowker and Mrs Kath Higson.


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shown an interest, so maybe he will carry on the tradi­ tion,” she said. The coroner has been


ly shared a love of fly-fishing. “Stephen often took me fish­ ing as well as the girls. “Our grandson has also


1970 and lived in Burnley, before settling in Sabden in 1984. They have two daugh­ ters, Jean (30) and Joanne (24), and a grandson, Cal- lum Stephen (four). Mrs Carlisle said the fami­


up in Burnley. He was made redundant from his job as an electrical engineer in 1987 and was self-employed until he was forced to give up work after a heart attack. He also had a kidney transplant in 1989. The couple married in


was five after going with his grandfather and went on his own as soon as he could.” Mr Carlisle, was brought


“He often visited my brother,


who lives in America, and loved spending time with his grandson River. “I also remember the time when


I worked in South Africa for a spell and my parents came to visit me there. “Dad went to visit the place


where his grandfather had won the Victoria Cross at the Buffalo River in 1879.


“Dad was a lovely, gentle man


with a fabulous sense of humour. A loyal and dedicated husband and father who was always there for us. He was a dear friend to many and life will never be the same without him, we will miss him very much. Claire also said that she had


been overwhelmed by the support, cards, kind words and donations received following Mr Leonard’s death. The rugby league fan is sur­


vived by his wife, children and grandson.


Drivers injured in rush-hour smashes


A CLITHEROE man sus­ tained chest and mouth injuries after being involved in a head-on smash, which closed the A6068 Padiham-Barrow- ford bypass for around two hours on Monday morn­ ing.


Mr Julian Hadfield


(44), the finance director of Nelson wine and spirits merchants, John Stephen­ son & Sons Ltd, was at the wheel of his new BMW saloon. Fire-fighters cut him from the wreckage. He was taken to Burnley General Hospital suffering chest and mouth injuries. In the other vehicle, a


white Peugeot P a r tn e r van, was Mr Malcolm Totty (63), of Roughlee. He suffered whiplash injuries, but was not detained in hospital. The collision happened near the Thatch and This­


CLITHEROE police are appealing for witnesses to come forward to help them trace almost £3,000 worth


of stolen garden orna­ ments. The goods, which were


taken from Winney Lane, in Langho* in the early hours of , Saturday, September 4th, include a bronze statue, a chimenera and two bluey-green


THE Ribble Valley branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is holding a


tle pub just before 9 a.m. Meanwhile, three days


earlier, a 33-year-oId- Clitheroe man was cut free from a burning car by fire­ fighters after a morning rush-hour smash in Simonstone. At 8-10 a.m. on Friday,


Mr Kieron Taylforth, of Well Terrace, was rescued from his burning Rover 25 after the crash in Whalley Road. He suffered a bro­ ken neck and wrist in the accident and is recovering in hospital, where his con­ dition was described as “comfortable”. The busy road was


closed for three hours and,. Mr Taylforth was taken to Burnley General Hospital. The driver of the other


vehicle involved, Mr Yasir Abdallah (24), of Bury, was also taken to hospital with leg injuries, but has since been discharged.


Garden ornaments stolen


coloured griffins. Police are keen to speak to two men seen driving a silver


Ford Escort. They were recently


spotted in Preston trying to sell goods similar to


those stolen. Anyone with informa­


tion should contact the police on 01200 458705 or Crimestoppers on 0800


555111. Campaign group’s next meeting


meeting on Thursday, at Mltton Hall Coimty House Hotel, at 7-30 p.m.


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the bend at Devil’s Elbow, it overturned and caused major destruction. “I t struck the workmen


and there was debris scat­ tered everywhere as weU as the fuel. This led to a major mopping-up opera­


tion. “The weather was cold


and wet and this didn’t help matters as fuel is very hard to clear up from a wet road surface. “The road had to be


sealed off and i t was a nightmare trying to divert the traffic. “I t took more than four


hours and two cranes to secure the vehicle.” , Despite the apparent seriousness of the incident, PC Bolton said th a t the HGV driver, from More- cambe, did not need any hospital treatment. The Devil’s Elbow stretch had been closed for


■ eight weeks as county council engineers worked on a major scheme to resur­ face the road, install new signing and improve safety on the bridge.


The road was initially


due to reopen on Septem­ ber 5th, but this was delayed until the week after. However, since its open­


ing on September 12th, two accidents have been reported, including a rush- hour smash on Friday, when a local man was cut free from his burning car by fire-fighters (see page 2). Council bosses, howev­ er, say this is no reflection on the several weeks of improvements and alter­ ations carried out at the site. Earlier this week, a


spokesman for Lancashire County Council’s High­ ways Department, said: “The accident is through no fault of the new road surface. “Since the road has been


re-opened, it has had a 20 m.p.h. speed limit


imposed.” Meanwhile, a day after the accident, Rib­ ble Valley Borough Coun­ cil’s cleansing workers were still evaluating the wreck­ age and undertaking a major clean-up operation. Mr Alan Boyer, the council’s amenity cleansing


manager, said: “A team of six men were out there most of the night and all day Tuesday, working alongside workmen from Lancashire County Coun­ cil.


“They were clearing up diesel, plus the 20-tonnes of


Sad loss of entrepreneur Peter


MANY friends and former cus­ tomers will be sad to hear of the death of Clitheroe entrepreneur Mr Peter Turner (pictured), who died earlier this month aged 70. Born in 1934, Mr Turner, pic­


tured, lived in Clitheroe all his life until two years ago and w'as recog­ nised throughout a wide area of Lancashire as proprietor of “Turn­ er’s Pies”. In 1961 he married Mavis and


alongside their bakery business, which they had purchased from Mr Turner’s father, Richard, they began building a grocery business. This was to be the first self-ser-


■vice grocery business in the town. Peter often recalled with amuse­ ment how one Clitheronian remarked: “You’ll never get folk in Clitheroe to pick up a wire basket - daft idea I call it.” Needless to say it was a highly


successful ventme, resulting in fur­ ther expansion by purchasing the


next-door premises. Later they added another busi­


ness in Whalley, developing one of the first local self-service grocery stores to incorporate an off-hcence. Customers came from as far


away as Southport and Liverpool as they heard of the wonderful spe­ cialty foods and choices of fine wines, all keenly priced. Never, one to stand still, Mr


Turner eventually decided to sell the business in Whalley in order to concentrate fully on the couple’s grocery and bakery business back


in Clitheroe. Building a brand new bakery with the latest equipment, with much hard work and long hours, Mr Turner built up a whole­ sale pie business, still known as “Turners Pies”, covering a large area of Lancashire. As well as their local customers -


many of whom became great friends - they supplied businesses to Manchester and surrounding areas, plus Lancaster and More-


cambe. Mr Turner was a member of the


Master Baker’s Association, hav­ ing obtained City and Guilds cer­ tificates in several areas of the bak­ ery and confectionery trade. He was also a key member of the


Clitheroe Chamber of Trade and Commerce and had a keen interest in the history of the town, i t ’s buildings and it’s businesses. Based in Colchester during his National Service, Mr Turner visit­


ed London whenever possible and so began a fascination with the city, which lasted his whole life. He was a great reader and loved


books concentrating particularly on philosophy and history. As a result, he developed a wide knowl­ edge of the history of London, from Roman Times to present day, and enjoyed learning more about buildings and architecture. His other interests included bird-


watching, gardening and building - a skill he learned from his father- in-law, Robert Hanson, a well- known local stonemason. This he put to good use when


building extensions to their former home in Hereford Drive, Clitheroe. Two years ago, Mr Turner and


his wife moved to Harrogate - a town which they had frequented and loved for over 20 years. Mr Turner’s funeral took place


at All Saints’ Church in Harlow Hill, Harrogate, and the family would like to express their sincere thanks for all the messages of con­ dolences they have received. Described as always being cheer­


ful and optimistic, Mr Turner was most dearly loved and will be greatly missed by Mavis, their three children, Kathryn, Anne and David, son-in-laws David and Mark, and their grandchildren Vanessa, Euan, Mark, Carl, Kari­ na and Natalie. Mr Turner also leaves a brother,


Edward, and two sisters, Josephine and Margaret.


; Former teacher in court on child porn charges


A FORMER teacher at Stonyhurst College has made a second appear­ ance before Blackburn magistrates charged with internet child pornogra­ phy offences.


Christopher John Wat­


son Score (54), of Water Street, Ribchester, was committed on bail to Pre­ ston Crown Court on five charges of making an indecent photograph of a


child and one of possess­ ing indecent photographs of a child. - He will appear a t the Crown Court on October 27th. • Rimington man


tel: 01200 429929


James Hacking (49), of Stopper Lane, was remanded on bail until October 4th by Black- bum magistrates charged with driving with excess alcohol.


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rubbish that had spread on to the road. The road had to be thoroughly cleaned because there was a danger of the diesel spilling into the brook, which would be an environmental disaster.” • As a result of the A671 being closed, Insp. Bob Ford.


of Clitheroe pohee, is appeal­ ing to motorists not to ignore the 30 m.p.h. restrictions when taking a diversion through Sabden. Our picture shows the


clean up operation after the overturned lorry had shed its load at Devil’s Elbow. (A200904/5d)


Post box gets a new home


BEMUSED residents in the Henthorn Road area of Clitheroe were sur­ prised to find their local postbox missing. I t used to stand outside


the Henthorn Road Post Office, which was closed down earlier th is year, with the building now for sale. One local resident con­


ta c ted the Clitheroe Advertiser this week to tell us that he had asked his daughter to pop out and post a letter. She returned a few min­


utes later, still holding the letter, to say the postbox was no longer there. When the resident went


to investigate, he found it had indeed gone — but not altogether. In fact, i t has been


moved further along Hen­ thorn Road, closer to the park. Although relieved that


the Henthorn Road post- box had not gone along with the post office, the resident commented that it would have been nice if people-in the area had been told about the post box move.


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