Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) f l lU IC lU C Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, December 1st, 2005


INSIDE YOUR CUTHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


I Valley Matters.................................... 1 Village News..............................11,12,13


1 Letters ............................................ 19,55 I Weekendplus ........................... 49,50,51 I Weekend TV ..................................52,53 I Family Notices ....................................27 I Readersplus.........................................^


IJobs ....................................................... 1 Propertyplus ..................................33-48 1 Motorsplus ........................... .. • •'.65-76 I Sport............................................... .77-80


AT A GLANCE...


‘Tail’ with a happy ending - page 7 Death of former PoW - page 15 No Parkwise crisis - page 26 Letters Extra-page 55


INFORMATION I Duly chemist: Heyes Chemist, 35 Moor Lane, Clitheroe:


Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800111999.


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.


I Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. 1 Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311.


Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidslinc: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.).


] Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Kibble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line:


01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Ribblc Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604.


Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721.


I Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095.


Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


1 CONTACT US! News: 01200 422324


I Advertising: 01200 422323 Classified: 01282 422331


I Family Notices and Photo Orders: 01282 426161, ext. 410


Fax: 01200 443467 editor e-mail: vivien.meath@eastlancsncws.co.uk news editor e-mail: duncan.smith@castlancsnews.co.uk sport e-mail: edward.lee@eastlancsnews.co.uk


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WEEKEND WEATHER: Saturday is likely to see heavy rain, while Sunday should be dry and suimy.


SUNRISE: 7-59 a.m. SUNSET: 3-55 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME:4-25 p.m.


Sports boss’s top position


A BOROUGH council sports boss is helping local authori­ ties in the North West raise their game during a presti­ gious six-month secondment to Sport England. Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s Community Devel­ opment Manager, Chris Hughes, will help local authorities improve their sporting and recreational services, prepare for Govern­ ment inspections and meet tough new standards from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Mr Hughes also hopes to


identify and develop opportu­ nities for sport in the region, increase knowledge and expertise within the sector and develop regional improvement networks. He said: “This is a great


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Action group to fight car damage problems


_______ by Duncan Smith


RESIDENTS in th e Primrose a rea of Clitheroe have formed an action group to tackle the growing problem of criminal


damage to their cars. With the support of the police and the Kib­


ble Valley Crime and Disorder Partnership, the Primrose Action Group has launched several initiatives aimed at tackling vandalism. A newsletter has been circulated urging resi­


dents to report incidents, suspicious behaviour and any information that will help identify the


culprits. It contains a guide to help with descriptions


of suspects, contact telephone numbers and other useful information. More police officers, both uniformed and in plain clothes, have been patrolling the streets to deter or apprehend offenders and reassure the public. A covert vehicle fitted with CCTV cameras has been deployed, as well as special teams


from the police dog section. The Kibble Valley Crime and Disorder


Keduction Partnership is also offering a £100 reward for information leading to the success­


ful prosecution of offenders. And in the future residents could be given-


community radios with links to a monitoring station to ensure a rapid police response. John Barber, Kibble Valley Borough Coun­


cil’s quality of life officer, said: “This is a great example of residents working in partnership with the police to make their community a bet­ ter place to live. This new group shows what can be achieved in combating anti-social behaviour and improving our quality of life.” Further information about the group, or how


to set up a similar scheme, is available from John Barber on 01200 414462. The Kibble Valley Crime and Disorder ,


Keduction Partnership is spearheaded by Kib­ ble Valley Borough Council and members include Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire County Council, Lancashire Fire and Kescue Service and the Kibble Valley Primary Care


Trust.


^ Join our Bird Watch Campaign “We are very excited about the cam­


■WITH the winter weather upon us we need your help to make sure that


the birds are fed and watered. We are looking for 24 junior or infant


schools to join in our Bird Watch Cam­ paign, sponsored by Shackletons Garden Centre and bird care company Tom


Chambers. Shackletons will provide the 24 lucky


schools with a Tom Chambers Bird Feeding Station and a starter pack of food, which has a retail value of £109. This will allow your school to provide


a staple food diet of Classic Bird Nuts and Classic Bird Seed, while also intro­ ducing a specialised food to attract new wildlife into the school environment. By providing food for birds the chil­


dren will be rewarded with watching birds in the garden while also making a huge difference to endangered species, helping them to both thrive and continue to breed successfully.


paign” said Mr Shackleton. “I t will enable us to work in partner­


ship with the local community to protect the wildlife, especially with the threat of bird flu this year, while also being educa­


tional for the schools.” The campaign will follow the schools


over the 12-week period, monitoring the eating habits and attraction of birds, with one school winning a trip to Martin Mere Wildlife Centre. If your school would like to take part


in this campaign please send your school details by letter, confirming a contact name and number, to Paul Shackleton at Shackletons Garden Centre, Clitheroe Road, Chatburn, BB7 4JY, no later than Thursday, December 15th.


Good Luck! Our picture shows Mr Shackleton


(left) with Paul Radcliffe, of Tom Chambers, (s)


Still awards keep coming Bridge club


AWARDS just keep coming at a Clitheroe company with the recipe for


success. Luxury pudding maker Farmhouse


Fare has been named Business of the Year in the North West Society of Char­ tered Accountants’ annual awards. It is the latest in a string of awards for the Lincoln Way company, founded and run by Helen Colley. She started out running an outside catering company from her parents’ farm in Gisburn and, despite having no formal business training, now runs a highly suc­ cessful national company supplying sev­ eral major supermarket chains. Explaining her success, Helen said: I t’s my great passion for what we do,


the great puddings we make and the great people who work with me.” Deborah Wood, President of the


opportunity, albeit extremely challenging, and I am confi­ dent there will be benefits for Ribble Valley. “I t will give me valuable


insight, so that sport in the borough can stay ahead of


the game.” He will undertake the sec­


ondment for two days a week until March.


North West Society of Chartered Accountants, said Farmhouse Fare was a remarkably successful business, driven by Helen’s immense enthusiasm. She added: “It’s still a relatively new business, but the pace of growth has been


WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were: NS Pat Ward and Roy Ward, Beryl Pollard and George B. Pol­ lard. EW Sue Johnson and Stephen Green, Mary Thompson and Sheila Cornwell.


fantastic. In the last financial year, their sales increased by more than 160% and


• turnover by more than 100%.” Our picture shows Farmhouse Fare’s


Helen Colley receiving the trophy from Peter Mileham, of the Yorkshire Bank, which sponsored the award, (s)


Clitheroe Bridge Club latest results


Ward and Roy Ward, Janet Gilmour and Linda Wilkinson. EW John Renton and Brenda Wilson, Geoff 'Wharfe and Rose Spencer.


On Thursday winners were NS Pat CP


winners BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs Doris Farnsworth, Mrs Sylvia Walsh, Mrs Anne Cooper, Mr Brian Holden. New members wel­


come every Monday at


1-30 p.m. ■ Solo whist winners


at the Pendle Club were: Mrs J. Thornton, Mr D. Grant, Mrs P. Holden. New members wel­


7 p.m. Domino winners


were: joint 1, J. Oddie and J. Thomber; 3rd, M. Parkes, joint 4 th, M. Davies, D. Knight and M. Smith. New members wel­


come every Friday at 7 p.m.


Sequence dancing is held every Tuesday at


7-30 p.m. and line dancing every Thurs­


day at 1-30 p.m. Winners of Satur­


day’s dominoes were: F. Lofthouse, J. Pye, joint 3rd M. Parkes, P. Met­ calfe, 5th, A. Lowe.


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, December 1st, 2005 School is top of the class The Ofsted team said it by Natalie Cox


A CLITHEROE school w ith a f irs t class rep o r t has gone to the top of the


class. Edisford Primary School


describes itself as a t the “leading edge” of education provision and soon others will be learning lessons from its best practices. In the new year members


of HM Inspectorate want to visit the Valley school to find out just what makes it so effective. A recent Ofsted inspection


carried out at the Edisford Road school identified no areas for improvement. Only a handful of schools across the country can hold their hands up and say that stan­ dards assessors could find no key issues for concern. The inspection at Edisford


School was carried out under a new system which means staff are only given several days’ notice of an impending visit rather than six weeks. Headteacher Mr Robert Pye believes this is a much fairer


system, giving a better pic­ ture of a school and putting less pressure on staff. Since taking over at the


school, Mr Pye and his staff have instigated a number of distinctive changes many of which caught the eye of the inspection team when it vis­ ited in November. Golden Time was among


the eye catching schemes which caught the'attention of inspectors.


Filling the last session of


the week, it rewards pupils’ good behaviour by engaprig every class and teacher in a chosen activity from bowling and beauty therapy tips to cycling and ICT. Rather than just being free


time, the structured activity also helps widens the school’s curriculum. Said Mr Pye: “We do not know of another school that does this kind of thing to the same level as us.”


Edisford’s chosen arrange­


ment for tracking pupils’ progress was also picked out as a highlight by inspectors. Called Rockface, the scheme ensures children are always taught according to their ability and learn at their own pace, while scaling the heights and achieving the targets which will help them climb up a series of moun­ tains from Kemple End to Everest.


June talks naughtily but nicely at fair


was “hugely successful in raising pupils’ aspirations”. Following on from its


recent Ofsted success Mr Pye wants his school to continue its forward thinking approach to education. New schemes to develop


links with the wider commu nity and another titled “Environmental Literacy which will help pupils’ increase their word vocabu­ lary through use of interac­ tive whiteboards, will soon be introduced after Christ


mas. Mr Pye identified his


school’s strength as being its ability to adapt to meet the needs of the children. He said: “Within the


school we do not try and make all the children fit the system, we create systems to meet the needs of the chil­ dren and that is a fundamen­ tal difference; He added that the way his


school works is certainly dif­ ferent to many traditional primary schools, but he is proud of that and the success it has so far enjoyed


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Melanie’s jam quiz


JAM-MAKER Melanie Latham will be quizzing visitors to Clitheroe Keepers of the Castle’s first festive market with a “Twelve


Days of Christmas” jam. Guessing the contents correctly could lead


to “A Haunting Experience” for one of the prizes on offer is a tour around the Ribble 'Val­ ley with independent tour guides TV person­ ality Simon Entwistle and Frank Watson! Clitheroe’s market will be a hive of activity


on Sunday December 11th with most of the general market cabins open, along .with Farmers’ Market stalls selling hand-made chocolates, wines, roasted nuts, Christmas crafts, game, French foods, jewellery, savoury pies, home-baked goods and many more mouth-watering offerings. The market will be open from 11 a.m. to 3


p.m. and with seasonal entertainment and special “mince pie” trains in and out of town run by volunteers from Ribble Valley Rail, it promises to be a memorable event.


Police meeting


RESIDENTS in Simonstone are being invit­ ed to a Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting tomorrow evening. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the


Old School, School Lane, Simonstone, and will be hosted by Clitheroe’s police chief, Insp.


Jenny Coulston. Meanwhile, Sabden villagers are being


invited to attend a PACT meeting on Tues­ day, December 6th, at 7-30 p.m. at the Methodist School room, St Nicholas Avenue,


Sabden.


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MORE than £600 was raised at the recent Macmillan Cancer Relief 100 Club Christmas fair and


lunch. In total, 100 ladies attended the


event a t The Moorcock Inn, Waddington, and enjoyed a variety of stalls set up by local companies. The guest speaker at the lunch


come every Monday at


was June Corner, who gave a talk entitled “Naughty, But Nice”, a hilarious history lesson on under­ wear from the 1800s to the present


day. Susan Filary, who won first prize


of a Christmas hamper in the raf­ fle, kindly donated it for auction, raising £70 for the charity. This was added to the total raffle pro­


ceeds of £560. Other funds have been raised by John and Joan Myers, who recently donated £270 in Golden Wedding anniversary


gifts. A total of £635 was also raised .


from a coffee morning organised by Ruth Hunter and Margaret Tay­ lor. Meanwhile, during two recent collections, £938.60 was raised at Tesco supermarket and £1,061-26


at Booths. Thanks were expressed to all


those who supported the fund-rais­ ing events. Appreciation was also shown to three members, who will be retiring from the committee. These are Mrs Olive Walker, who has worked for the charity for 20


Need a break from the pre-Christ­ mas rush? Why not take some time out to get creative on one of the Platform Gallery’s Christmas


workshops. You can make your own beauti­


ful cards and wrappings on Jacqui Smith’s one-day course on Decem­ __


years as well as Jeanne Cullen and Doreen Lawton, who have arranged for speakers during the


past two years. The next event will be held on


Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006, when the speaker will be Ken Har­ greaves, former MP for Hjmdburn, who will give a talk entitled “The Humorous Side of Parliamentary


Life”- Anyone interested in joining the . . . . ^


club or becoming a committee member should contact Sheila


Sims on 01200 429017. Our picture shows ladies at the


Macmillan Cancer Relief Christ­ mas fair and lunch at the Moor­ cock Inn, Waddington. B231105/4


Have a crafty Christmas at PlatAform Galleryn Mll


ber 10th. If the children need a break, or


you need some quality shopping time, why not let them make their own decorations with Soo Gibson


on Saturday the 17th? the fiaimilv can loin in or y j


Sunday the 18th, when Soo leads lantern making sessions for all ages


and abilities. For full details, please contact


the Platform Gallery on 01200 443071.


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