2 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 12th, 2005
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AT A GLANCE...
Former vicar in print - page 9 Retired PC dies - page 10
School’s “chunky timetable” - page 11 Girls are lops in cricket - page 30
INFORMATION
Duty ciicmisl: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church S tre e t , 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 P a rk Hospita l, Blackburn: 01254 263555. Airedale General H o sp ita l, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsiine: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Vioience Ileipiine: 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. Rihbic Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthiy Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Ribble Valley Citizens; Advice Bureau: 01200 428960.
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Residents hit out at VE Day ‘snub’
By Tracy Johnson
ANGRY residents have hit out at Ribble Valley Borough Council for not organising celebra tions to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Residents have been
outraged at the lack of cel ebrations to signify the end of the Second World War on Sunday. Mr Shaun Warburton,
of Castle Street, said he felt a mixture of “disgust, shame and-confusion” towards the borough coun cil for the lack of effort they demonstrated in marking the commemora
tive event. “All it would have taken was some
' bunting and maybe a few street parties to mark this historic and important occasion for the freedom that we all have today,” said the Territorial Army soldier. “Both my granddad and
grandmother did their bit in the war and as a soldier who has served their coun try I think Ribble Valley Borough Council should hang their heads in shame on behalf of all those who have served in the name of freedom of this and other countries around the world.” The occasion, celebrated nationally by street parties
and a concert at Trafalgar Square, in London, was extremely low key in the Ribble Valley. One resident from West
View, in Clitheroe, com mented that you would not have known it was VE
Day. He felt that the men and women of Clitheroe who
• sacrificed their lives during the War were not being remembered. Ribble Valley Borough
Council’s chief executive, David Morris, said it was not the responsibility of local authorities to organ ise events to celebrate VE Day. He commented: "Such events are usually organ
ised nationally by the Royal British Legion or service organisations with government support.” The borough council,
who were presented last November with a Red Ensign from the British Merchant Navy Associa tion, received the highest honour as a thank you for their recognition of mer chant navy seamen, who lost their lives during the First arid Second World Wars. Mr Morris added: “We
are not being discourteous in any way to people who gave their lives for the safe ty of our country and are mindful of their sacrifice.”
Louise wins coveted radio award
FCRMER ■ Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Louise Hulland (pic tured) hit the national spotlight this week. Louise (25) won the
2005 Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in the feature category for her work on Radio 1. Her documentary:
“Missing the Message,” broadcast on World Aids Day, highlighted young people in the UK living with HIV. Louise said: “The last
national safe sex campaign was 20 years ago - so a generation has grown up with a shocking knowledge of what it is, this coupled with poor sex education in schools means that in
, Britain there are more than 50,000 people living with HIV and last year more than 6,500 were diag
skilful scripting, interwov-
' en with appropriately con temporary music. Power ful and effective documen tary radio”. ' A former resident of
nosed. That's 18 every day. Cne in three are between 15 and 30 years-old.” The judges commented:
“This prograinme is a master class on how to connect a young audience to a painful subject (AIDS) and hard-hitting evidence they may well not wish to hear. “This was achieved by meticulous research and
Ribble Valley Mayor THE Ribble Valley has a new mayor. Clitheroe resident Coun. Mrs Mary
Robinson was installed as Mayor of the Rib ble Valley for the next 12 months at a formal ceremony in the borough council chamber on Tuesday eveninig.
>. ' It was followed by dinner at the Mytton
Fold Farm Hotel, Langho, Coun. Mrs Robinson,! who is a former
LAHGHOI I ACCRII. BLACKBURN ■
WEEKEND WEATHER:BOTH Saturday and Sun day are forecasted to be dry with sunny spells.
SUNRISE: 5-15 a.m. SUNSET: 8-57 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-57 p.m.
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Clitheroe Mayor, follows Coun. Charles Warkman who made history by becoming the oldest mayor in Britain. • For full story and pictures, see next week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.
Restaurant’s laptop theft
A LAPTOP worth £1,000 has been stolen from Don Dino’s on Whalley Road, in Clitheroe. The computer was taken from the Italian
restaurant between 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday. Anyone with information should contact Clitheroe Police on 458734.
Read, Louise had aspira tions to become a journal ist from a young age. She spent several periods of work experience at the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, followed by stints at The Journal, Newcas tle, Sky’s film programme andITN.
' • ' She went on to gain a
theology degree at St Chad’s College, Durham University, saying at the time: “Theology, helps you understand people’s moti vations and the good and bad things about the world.” A weekend job at Radio
Lancashire saw her launched on to the air
waves and made up her mind that her future career was in radio. A member of the
Unique radio production company, Louise told us: “My job is a showbiz reporter for the commer cial radio network, so I present bulletins, make packages and reports for radio. “I've covered the BAF-
TAs, film premieres and awards ceremonies and interviewed a range of peo ple from Julie Andrews, Cliff Richard, Michael Palin and Sean Connery to Kylie, Blue, Britney Spears and Halle Berry. “Before that I worked at
Radio 1 as a researcher for Newsbeat, Chris Moyles, Jamie Theakstone and Jo Whiley. I also now con tribute to LBC and BBC London 94.9.”
Mary becomes new Concern grows for patient
who escaped from hospital A PATIENT who absconded from a secure mental health unit 13 days ago has still not returned, hospital officials con firmed. Txyo men escaped from
Calderstones’ West Drive low- security wing on Friday, April 29th, by prising open a window. In line with the hospital pro
cedures, the relevant authorities were informed and one man returned to the unit within 90 minutes after being found in the local vicinity, but the other is still on the run. Earlier this week, Mr Russ
Pearce, chief executive for Calderstones NHS Trust, said the missing man is not consid ered to pose a risk to anyone but himself.
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He explained: “We can con firm that on Friday, April 29th,
two clients from the low securi ty part of the West Drive Unit absconded from the Trust. “The clients left the unit
through a window, which they were able to prise open. ! “The relevant authorities were informed and one client
, was returned to the hospital within 90 minutes. The second client has not yet returned. “We would like to reassure
members of the public that he is not considered to pose a risk to anyone but himself. “However, we are concerned
that he might be vulnerable at this time and we are working with the relevant authorities to ensure that he returns to the Trust as soon as possible so that he can continue to receive the appropriate care and tre a t ment.”
Disgust at
dumping of dead foal
PROTECTIVE boiler suits were donned by coun cil workers when they were called to remove a dead foal dumped in a rural area of ClitHeroe.!.. ■ Mr Alan Boyer, street
cleansing manager and grounds maintenance manager for Ribble Valley Borough Council along with Mr Nick Pawson, animal health officer for Lancashire, spent hours on Tuesday trying to remove the brown foul dumped behind a tree at the site of Four Lane Ends, off Pen- dle Road. The animal - under
stood to be stillborn - was removed and stored at the council’s Salthill depot ready for disposal. Mr Boyer said he was
extremely annoyed because it was unfair on the animal and because the whole incident had taken up the council’s valuable time and money. He commented: “It was
awful for the horse to be dumped and it cost around £50 for the disposal. “I would just like to re
iterate that illegal fly-tip pers caught dumping waste should be prepared to face a hefty fine.”
Bridge wins
WINNERS of the Eliza beth Tyerman Trophy at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were: equal first Mr G. Wharfe and Mrs
K.Thompson and Mr and Mrs R. Atkinson, third Mrs I. Park and Mrs K. Higson. Winners of the normal
bridge were NS Mr and Mrs R. Ward, Mr C. Pol lard and Mrs J. Martin- dale. EW Mr W. Wolsten- hplme and Mr G. Cap- stick, Mr R. Bailey and Mrs P. Coleman. The Thursday night
winners were: NS Mr
K.Geddes and Mr P. Har greaves, Mr C. and Mr G. Pollard. EW Mrs M. Thompson and Mrs J. Bowker, Mrs D. Atkinson and Mrs D. Blake. WMJ
PendleClub
BRIDGE winners at the Pendle .Club were Mrs Joan Scott, Mr Joe Lynch, Mrs Eileen Wood, Mr Harvey Jackson. ; ■ New members welcome
every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Solo whist winners at
the Pendle Club were Mrs M. Holding, Mrs A. Fos ter, Mrs M.
Parker.New members welcome every Monday at 7 p.m. Domino winners were J.
Oddie, M. Hogg, J. Joyce, W. Cook, joint 4, R. Bark er, M. Miller, J. Thornber, C.Wareing. Sequence dancing is held
every Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m.
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AS thousands of people across the country celebrated the 60th anniver sary of VE Day, a Clitheroe historian has been reliving his memories from
the Second World War. Mr'Jack Burgess (68), pictured of
Queen Street, this week paid tribute to the soldiers who fought and gave their
lives for freedom. , He said: “I remember all the rationing,
gas masks and blackouts during the war. ' “As children we used to go up the Cas
tle at night and see a big red glow in the sky. We were told by our parents that it was the Manchester blitz.- “I remember bombs hitting parts of
Chatburn and the Henthorn area of Clitheroe.
“Following Winston , Churchill’s
announcement that Germany had been defeated, the celebrations consisted of street parties and other events to honour the efforts of those who died in battle. “I t was a very joyous occasion and everyone was happy waiting for the sol
diers to return.” To share the wartime memories, Mr
Burgess, who lives with his wife, Mar garet, has kept a national newspaper dat ing back to September 2nd, 1939 — just a day before war broke out. The heading on page one reads: “Hitler
gets last warning.”
At.the time, the newspaper was priced
only Ip, but Mr Burgess bought it at Clitheroe Auction Mart for £1.50 in 1990.
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Thumbs up to nature markers
PUPILS from Edislord Pri mary School were treated to a nature trail during a day- out at Crossbill Quarry. ■ Thirteen children, from
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the Clitheroe school, visited the quarry to look at the newly-installed way-mark ers on the Brungerley Sculp ture Trail. The riiosiac markings,
which feature animal art work, have been created by artist Paul Smith with the help of pupils from Edisford Junior School and St James’ Pimary School. The two teams, who were
from the schools’ Wildlife After-Schools Project (WASP), chose the animals they wanted represented on the stone markings after they visited the quarry to observe the wildlife. The way-makers, which
are on the route of the Rib ble Way through Brungerley Park, aim to encourage visi tors to appreciate the diver sity of the wildlife found there.
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MP launches road safety bid
.______ By Vivien Meath
WITHIN days of his re-election as-MP, Nigel Evans has launched a campaign for a roundabout on an accident-ridden
junction of the A59. The MP has called on the Government
and Lancashire County Council to make the A59 ^fer at the Clitheroe/Sabden junc tion and to have a roundabout installed. “This area is dangerous, has cost lives and
led to many accidents,” said Mr Evans yes terday.
• “Since the new controls on the junction
have come about, preventing traffic on the Sabden side of the A59 turning right, a life has been lost in a terrible accident. “The current no-turn right restriction is
the cheapest method and is not a solution to raising safety on the road. “The Government and Safety Partner
ships are obsessed with littering speed cam eras over the country in a futile attempt to prevent deaths on the road. “They are successful in raising millions of pounds for the Government and Safety
OUR picture shows children from Edisford looking at one of (he way-markers (B190105/4a)
Jack’s vivid memories of Valley’s VE Day
Company denies part
in proposal
UNITED Utilities has this week strongly denied that it is part of the consortium propos ing a £4m. visitor cen tre in the Gisburn For est and Stocks Reser voir area. A spokesman for the
company said: “United Utilities is not part of the consortium wish ing to build a visitor centre in Gisburn For est. “As the landowner,
our permission would be required before any building could take place. No formal approach has been received to date. “United Utilities
would not give permis sion to build in the for est unless there was evidence of over whelming public sup port for the project.” • See letters, page
26 and 27.
Dancing delight
PUPILS from the Rib ble Valley are prepar ing for a charity Dance Extravaganza. The event, organised
by Zoe Taylor School of Dance, will feature a mixture of dances and songs by pupils at King George’s Hall, in Blackburn, on Satur day, May 21st. For more informa
tion ring Zoe Taylor on 01254260657.
tel:01200 429929
fii;01209 442991 www^
ultraframe-conservatoriesxo.uk
Partnerships, but not preventing tragic
deaths. “I am now calling on the Government
and the county council to work together to ensure the money raised through fines is
• now targeted at major road improvements which will result in a safer transports net work and reduce deaths.
■ “I do not want to hear that there is no
money in the kitty to install a roundabout when money is being fleeced by the millions on a weekly basis from the motoring public. There is a solution, it is simple and money must now be provided before another per son’s life is lost. “The Government says it is listening and
the proof can now be measured by how long it takes to install a roundabout. 'There must be no more excuses.” • AN elderly driver was treated for
minor injuries after being involved in an accident at the junction on Friday. The North West Air Ambulance was
called to the scene after a blue Volkswagen Polo and, a silver Ford Mondeo collided at 12-13 p.m. The driver of the Mondeo was uninjured in the accident.
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