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to beat killer


heat PLANS are in hand to look after vulnerable people in Lancashire if the thermometer starts rocketing this


at famed textile centre


LANCASHIRE has won the lot­ tery with a near-£lm museum project to bring the county’s working history to life. A huge £720,000 Heritage Lottery


Fund grant, together with cash firom a variety of other sources, will be spent on making Helmshore Mills Tfextile Museum into an historical resoirrce of , national and international significance.


A new gallery is plarmed at the former


working mill while more practical and picto­ rial displays will hring the county’s - some­ times troubled - industrial and social histo­ ry to life. Complete with a waterwheel and a huge


range of working machinery and staffed by some former textile workers, the Rossendale site already attracts thousands of visitors each year. Numbers are expected to increase due to extra facilities and improved access.


summer. Met Office forecasts are


•MUSEUMS must explain how the past can shape the future • museums chief Edmund Southworth


Edmund Southworth, Lancashire


County Council’s museums officer, said: “It wasn’t long ago that everyone had someone in their family who worked in a milk “They are getting thiimer on the ground,


so it is vitally important that we help people understand the area’s history, as well as how it continues to shape the modem world. ‘fit is an economic history that shaped


family life and social life and totally trans­ formed many parts of the coimfy from an agricultural to an industrial economy.” The museirm is actually two separate


mills sharing the same Holcombe Road site. The older l%her Mill, birilt in 1789, boasts a workmg waterwheel that powered the woollen-fullirrg process. Next-door Whitaker’s Mill concentrated


on spinning cotton. It was run as a commer­ cial business rmtil relatively recently and the spirming floor is still operational as it was during commercial production. Both parts of the muwum site have staff


sometimes in period costirme, to work the machines - Mways a hit with visitors. Yormger visitors espedaRy like to leam of how neighboirrs used to seU their rrrine — then called lant - to help in wooUen-fuUing. “Our collection at Helmshore is already of


national significance,” Edmund said, “fifiris investment will be a major boost, both for serious historians and for families wanting an afternoon out. “fibxtiles used to be an indirstry that peo­


ple did in their homes. Our (Usplays at Helmshore show how the process became industrialised and how Lancashire changed. “As well as enjoying themselves they can


leam about different fabrics, such as wool and cotton, about manufacturing processes and about use of colour and design - con­ cepts that are as applicable in the modem world as they were in the past.” The Heritage Lottery Fund grant is being


swelled by £100,000 from Lancashire Coimty Council, £50,0(X) fiarm the Cotton Industry War Memorial ’Trust, £40,000 finm the Higher MiR Museum Trust and cash frnm other charities and trusts. fibny Jones, Heritage Lottery Fund


regional irranager, added: “fifiris museum is a prime example of our industrial heritage. ‘This work wiR ensure that our chRdren


and oirr chRdren’s chRdren can leam about the importance of the indirstrial revolution and how their famihes’ Rves were shaped by it.”


New start for child care AN ALBINO hedgehog... what­


ever next? It may be rare but it is run of the mill


for conservationist Jenny 'Eruran, pio- tiured, who spends her working life restoring artefacts ranging from


famous paintings to Egyptian mum­ mies. The county’s team o f skilled restor­


ers will soon be sharing the secrets of their trade with everyone.


Seepages for full story


YOUNGSTERS at Walton Lane Nursery School looked to the future when their: new £1.75m children’s centre officially opened


last month. The Nelson establishment is the first


ChRdren’s Centre in the county and has


received funding from Lancashire County CoimcR to serve over 700 chRdren and their famihes. fifiie centre provides services includirrg


high-quahty mrrsery school educatiorr, before-school care, pick-up/drop-off servic­ es, hohday and Saturday clubs, and femRy support and coimseRing services.


for a prolonged hot speR at some stage in JiUy or Augirst - and Lancashire County CouncR and health professionals are gearing up to avoid a repeat of the Ffiench scenario in which thousands of people died two years ago. Talks are taking place


between key NHS plarmers and emergency plarmers from Lancashire County CouncR. Social services staff already know many of , the people who may be at risk from exhairstion or heatstroke. Carol Clark, social serv­


ices special projects manag­ er, said: “The problem in France was that rrrany peo­ ple were at home on their own and no one knew they were in distress. “Social services staff


know many people deemed at risk - people such as the over-75s and those with mental health problems - but it is essential people act in a neighbourly way and watch out for each other. “Actual medical help wiR


be the responsibRity of health professionals, but county couTKal staff wiR be watching out for people needing help. Members of the public have a role in watching out for each other.” ’ Weather forecasters


have said they wRl issue advance warning of an expected hot speR, classed as three consecutive days in which temperatures are expected to exceed 30c (89F). Guidarree on precautions


wRl be circulated in a leaflet which can be viewed at http://www.dh.gov.u- k/assetROTt/04/11/01/40/04 110140.pdf


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