Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 4 CIHheroe Advertiser & Times, August 26th, 2004
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Loner found dead inside car ‘home’
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A LONER who spent the last years of his life living in cars
eventually died in one. An inquest heard that Walter
Forrest (64) was found dead in the driving seat of a broken down Ford Sierra that had been parked in his cousin’s Clitheroe farmyard for more than three years. • A police officer told the inquest
the car was so full of rubbish Mr Forrest would only have been able to sleep in the seat where he was sitting. Mr Forrest was described as a
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MORE than 400 people packed into a marquee in the grounds of Stonyhurst College, Hurst Green, at the weekend to watch a performance of “A Mid summer Night’s Dream.” The Chapterhouse The
atre Company originally planned to perform the play in the open air, but a continuous downpour forced the cast and audi ence to move inside a tent ed marquee still standing
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after the recent flower festi val. Miss Frances Aheame, domestic bursar at the col lege, explained that contin gency plans had been put in place this year after last year’s open-air performance of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” had to be abandoned after the first act because of the bad weather. Miss Aheame added that
members of the audience still enjoyed their picnics
both inside and outside the marquee despite the rain. “I t went very well,
despite the fact we had to put it inside,” she com mented. The college hopes to hold
a performance in the open air next year, weather per mitting. Picture shows action
from the performance of “A Midsummer N igh t ’s Dream”.
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A YOUNG West Bradford girl has scooped one of the top prizes in the police competi tion held during this year's Royal Lancashire Show. Josephine Webb (nine) -
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loner who rarely washed or changed his clothes. His sister, Violet Slater, said she
had not seen him for 16 years. She told how he had been born in Whalley and lived in Barrow before working on farms. She said he had been thrown out
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of his council house because of rent arrears and lived in a tent for two years. He saved his unemployment benefit and eventually bought a car, which he started to live in. He never washed or changed his clothes and she said his hair was
matted. “He never made conversation, he
was in his own little world,” she said. His cousin, Katherine Crook, of
Horrocks Fold Old Hall Farm, West Bradford Road, said Mr For rest had lived in about four cars. When they were running he
would “come and go”, but the last one had broken down a number of years ago and she had towed it into her farm yard. She said he rarely left the car and
she had done his shopping for him. PC Garry Danson told the inquest he had got to know Mr
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Forrest during his seven years sta tioned in Clitheroe and told how he
used to live in his cars parked in lay-bys. He said he could not recall seeing
him in the last three years, which fitted with the time he had been living in the farm yard.
When PC Danson was called to
the farm he found Mr Forrest dead in the front seat. He said there were two gas cookers and food in the front of the car and the rest was filled with rubbish. “The only room in the car was
where he was sitting,” said PC Danson. A post-mortem report revealed that Mr Forrest died of bronchopneumonia due to chronic obstructive airways disease with malnutrition a contributory factor. Coroner Michael Singleton
recorded a verdict of death by nat ural causes.
Biker airlifted
A CYCLIST was airlifted to hospital mth suspected spinal injuries following an incident on the Trough Road, Dunsop Bridge. ,: The man, aged 49 and
from Bolton, was taken to Royal Preston Hospital on Saturday afternoon. North West Air Ambu
lance was called to the scene along with paramedics and police and the road was closed for a short time. It is believed that the
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cyclist lost control on a steep section of the road and went over the handle bars and into a ditch. The incident happened
in a very remote place. The road was in between fells and so made the land ing quite difficult for the air ambulance.
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Medic service will be top class
THE Ribble Valley community is not going to lose out following the end of Ribblesdale Emergency Medical Ser
vices. It will have an enhanced, professional ser
vice which is much broader and more com
prehensive. That is the view of out-of-hours partner
ship manager for the North West NHS
Direct, Mike Smith. Mr Smith, a Rimington resident, said that
although people might think they are losing their GPs, they will just be working under a
different system. “When REMS finishes, the additional
work that this will bring to us has all been accounted for with increased staff members
available out-of-hours. Letters have gone out to every household
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out-of-hours non-999 emergency from Wednesday - 0845 2262626 (local rate). This will take the patient through to the
NHS Direct service, who can assess the urgency of the problem and provide the
appropriate care. Incoming calls will, explained Mr Smith,
go through to a health information asastant, who will assess the lu-gency of the call and if there is any doubt the caller will be trans
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service. For less urgent inquiries, the caller will be
sent through to highly-qualified nurses who can offer advice and diagnosis, or contact the mobile doctors who can make a home visit to patients in the Ribble Valley. He added: “The nurses on stand-by all
have a minimum of seven years training. “They are all very experienced and well- equipped to answer questions and offer
advice. “Each nurse also has a computer that is
connected to a huge database of health infor mation which backs up their existing knowl
edge.” The North West branch of the NHS
Direct, based at the Lancashire Ambulance Service headquarters near Garstang, was one of the original pilot schemes to be brought in - and has since built a first-class reputation across the area. They already run the out-of-hours service
for Southport and East Lancashire - which will now be extended to include the Ribble
Valley. They regularly receive 95% or more on patient satisfaction surveys and random
caller checks. Mrs Pat Blakey, of the NHS Direct, said: “We continually get very positive feedback
for our service. “We run a swift, accurate service that
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 26th, 2004 5 Crowning glory of a busy year for dancers by Gerald Searle
FOUR students from Clitheroe's Sut cliffe Theatre School have crowned a busy dancing year by being selected to compete in the prestigious IDTA The atre Dance Awards, to be held in Manchester next spring. Star billing goes to 18-year-old
Samantha Johns, who has completed 12 years with her teacher, Gladys Sutcliffe, before embarking on a university career. Not only has she recently achieved
IDTA teacher status, but she has also received scholarship nominations at
senior level in two theatre subjects, bal let and modem jazz. She will be joined in the modem jazz
by one of the area's most talented young performers, Whalley's Katie Cowbum. In a year which has seen her take a
leading role in "Oklahoma", as well as solo singing performances at the Grand and Thwaites Empire Theatres, she can now look forward to testing her dancing skills against some of the finest young dancers in Britain. At junior level, 13-year-old Sasha
Johns is following in her older sister's and brother's footsteps in enjoying the
special atmosphere of this top competi tion, with her first nomination in tap, after a superb performance in her Grade 5 examination. With her will be Hurst Green's
young song and dance man Charlie Bolton,who added an outstanding tap examination mark to his inspired per formance as the young Eric Morecambe in BBC television's "Local Hero" in March. Proud teacher Mrs Sutcliffe acknowl
edges the dedication involved in achiev ing these nominations. "It has been a demanding year for all my students who have combined their
examination work with featuring in two major charity shows, as well as aU their other commitments,” she said. “Though Samantha, Katie, Sasha
and Charlie know that they will be competing against mainly full-time dance students, I am sure that they will hold their own and emerge with great credit." When classes recommence in Septem
ber, there will be little respite for these keen competitors, determined to pro duce their best in front of a packed audience in Manchester. Pictured are the talented young dancers, (s)
Sneak thieves make off with digital camera
A NIKON Coolpix 4300 digital camera, valued at £390, has been stolen from a house in Main Street, Gisbum. Burglars sneaked into the
house via an insecure door while the owners were out and man- anged to escape unseen with the camera. Police are continuing their
inquiries into the theft, which happened between 4 and 5-30 p.m. last Thursday.
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