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Three cheers for ‘Miss’ - page 16 Grand charity concert - page 18


INFORMATION


Duly chemist: L lo y d s P h a rm a cy , 5 C h urch S tre e t, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Eledricily: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Walcr: 0845 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Blackburn Royal Infirmary: 01254 263555. Queen's P a rk H o sp ita l, B la ckbu rn : 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospita l, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidslinc: 01282831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 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 sen ice): 01254 358095. Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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' Clithe'rde 422324 (Editorial), 4^2323 ^Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Bid for fame and fortune By Tracy Johnson


FAME and fortune may be on the horizon for a Whalley woman after appearing along­ side antiques guru David Dickinson. Mother-of-two, Mrs


Joanne Price, will appear alongside five other novice antique dealers in the new BBCl reality show “Dealing with Dick­ inson”. The trainee secretary


(pictured), who has a keen interest in art deco, decided to apply for the six-week programme after an audition at Clitheroe Auction Mart. After beating off stiff


competition during sever­ al auditions, the 30-year- old said she had no idea she had won a place on the show. “I t was a big surprise


when I found out,” com­ mented Joanne. “ I was at work when


my husband, Brett, asked me to come home. As I walked into the lounge there were cameras and David Dickinson was standing there. “He looked at me and


said: ‘Are you up for the challenge?’ “After slumping into


the chair with shock, I quickly jumped up and shouted: ‘Yes’. “ I was gobsmacked,”


she added. The challenge, which


Joanne had agreed upon, was to pass herself off with five other people as antique dealers. With training and


£50,000 from the bronzed celebrity, the group had to tour antique shops and auctions to buy stock, which they later sold at the giant antiques show


at Birmingham’s NEC. Any profit the group


made would be split between them. The former Edisford


Primary and Ribblesdale High School pupil, who


challenged Mr Dickinson on his knowledge of antiques, said the whole experience was mind- blowing and a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. However she would not


confirm whether she had i made her fortune. “You will have to watch


the show”, said Joanne. The programme will be


broadcast on Sunday, at 8 p.m. on BBCl.


Louise oversleeps and escapes bomb blasts


can command control of the net­ works to monitor calls. Despite ray leaving messages on Kai’s phone telling him I hadn’t even left my flat - he didn’t get them for nearly three hours. We always knew it would hap­


pen. The tube is often disrupted because of staff practising for such an event. Most households have cards on their fridges telling them what to do in the event of a terrorist attack. We just sort of forgot. So far - 1 know one person who


is missing. One person too many, but despite the fact I work on the door of Edgware Road tube it is a minor miracle. When I returned to work the


next day I took a moment to visit the station. After 9/11 it was the sheer number of deaths that made


it hard to comprehend the enor­ mity of what had happened. Now i t ’s the fact that something so alien and so evil has happened on my doorstep that makes it all so surreal. Camera crews, photographers,


armed police and onlookers la3dng flowers now surround the station - hidden by police screens - that I alight at every day. Yet strangely it wasn’t these huge symbols of invasion and tragedy that made us realise what had happened. It was small things - like not


getting our lunch from Marks and Spencer’s - that we realised how this alien body of people had infected our day to day simple life. They will be silently going about their daily business as we speak - buying milk, getting on buses - if they’re still alive. If they’re not, then they would have been sitting next to their victims knowing


Son’s death at 33 remains a mystery


A CLITHEROE man who complained of being cold was later found dead in his bed. An inquest heard that


Andrew Mark Swierezynski (33) was shaking so violently that he spilled the hot drink his mother handed to him. But a post-mortem failed to


uncover a medical cause of death, although pathologist Dr Anju Nijhawan said it was possible Mr Swierezynski suf­ fered from a viral infection which caused irregular heart beats. Mrs Maria Swierezynski, of


Nevrton Street, Clitheroe, told the inquest her son had been


working nights and when he came home on April 7th com­ plained of feeling tired and cold. She made him some soup and he returned to bed. Andrew got up at about 6-30 p.m. still feeling very cold and then returned to bed with a hot water bottle. Mrs Swier­ ezynski checked on her son later and realised he was very cold and called the ambulance. Cause of death was given as


unascertained and coroner Mr Michael Singleton recorded a natural causes verdict.“It sometimes happens that healthy adults in their 30s die for no apparent reason.”


SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs M.


Parker, Mr D. Grant, Mrs M. Holding; bridge winners were: Mrs Pat Parker, Mrs Frances Porter, Mrs Sylvia Walsh and partner.Dominoes: 'V. Giles, K. James, J. Oddie, F. Lofthouse, joint 5th, M. Davies, J. Thornber and R. Seed.


what they were about to do. Since Thursday, London has


been a very strange place - defi­ ant, yet cautious. The first time I saw a number 30 bus, the bottom deck was rammed - indicating we’re not giving in to fear tactics. But the top deck was deserted - still marking the unease we don’t want to admit we feel. Now I try and second guess where possible threats may be - and though I made myself travel on public transport again - I still find myself wondering if I should go to Covent Garden. Is Oxford Street too obvious? They’d never do anything in Clapham would they? There seem to be more sirens on


the streets - and no one can remember if there were tha t many “before”, or if we just notice them now. During my time in London I’ve been mugged twice and burgled.


High and dry


after pipe burst HUNDREDS of residents in Clitheroe were left without water yesterday morning due to a prob­ lem with a valve on a water main in Park Avenue. As the Clitheroe Advertiser


and Times went to press, the problem had not been resolved. Mr Mark Donaghy of United


Utilities confirmed the shortage in the town was due to a problem with a valve on a large water main on Park Avenue, Clitheroe. “We have no exact figures at


the moment how many people have been affected. However we know about it and


are trying to get people back on supply,” commented Mr Don­ aghy mid-morning. “■W


e apologise to customers for


the inconvenience,” he added. The problem was exacerbated


by this week’s soaring tempera­ tures and the Clitheroe Advertis­ er and Times was inundated with numerous calls of concern from local residents.


and every time I’ve heard sirens I ’ve always rolled my eyes and hoped no-one was hurt. That - along with the jaw-dropping house prices - means I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the city since I moved here. , After 18 years of living in the beautiful Ribble Valley, this vast place has seemed overwhelming, with no obvious sense of commu­ nity. But that has changed now. Not because I ’m scared,


because I am. All signs point to the fact this may well happen again - and we can’t stop living our day to day life on the off - chance. But, because after witnessing


such horror - I’ve also witnessed a new community emerging. A community borne out of the actions of the people who were trying to destroy us.


‘We will not be te rr or is edVa ll e y MP Nigej Evans, see page 6


OVER SO’s TO GET MORE SAY


Older people have got vast experiences and Imowledge and should be


supported and encouraged to influence decision making over their lives.


Ribble Valley Older Peoples Forum


Will allow older people to raise concerns and enable their voices to be


heard in a formal and influential way in the planning and provision of services and facilities.


Anyone over the age of 50 is welcome


For further information come to the United Reform Church on Moor Lane in Clitheroe on


Wednesday 20th July at 11.30 am or contact Elaine HorsHeld,


the Age Concern Co-ordinator on 01200 453072


up to ■/ By Louise Hulland


EVERY day I make my way from my home in Islington, North Lon­ don to work in Edgware Road. Every day I take the Number 30 bus,


or I get the tube to Edgware Road. On Thursday July 7th I was due to


start work at 10 a.m. - leaving the house at 8-30 to tight my way through rush


hour. But I overslept. Ironically, it was because I had spent


the previous night celebrating London mnning the 2012 Olympics. I’d been in Trafalgar Square when the announce­ ment was made, and it was one of the few times in my three years in the city I felt like a real Londoner.


Olympic celebrations saved Louise’s life


CELEBRATING London’s successful Olympic bid saved (he life of a former


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil now living in (he city.


Radio producer and presenter Louise Hul-


land (25), whose parents live in Read, should have been a passenger on the tube, then the No. 30 bus last Thursday morning. Fortunately, she overslept.


With 52 people confirmed dead and 700


injured in Thursday’s attacks, Louise, pic­ tured, has written her personal account of events.


So, I didn’t wake up until 9-20 a.m. -


■ My boyfriend, Kai, had got into work unusually early that day and when his colleagues started calling in reporting “power surges” on the tube - and after growing up in London during the IRA attacks of the 80s - he knew something more serious was occurring. He’d left messages for me telling me


xvith my mobile incessantly bleeping at me, telling me I had messages. That was when I first realised that something was wrong.


not to get on the tube and as news start­ ed to drip through tha t one of the “surges” was at Edgware Road he’d started to panic, knowing I should be on the underground. I turned on the TV and his worst fears


THE hombed-out remains of


the No. 30 bus on which Louise tve been a passenger


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were confirmed - countless explosions on - saying the bus I travel on had were happening simultaneously all over explode the city.


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It was when I was on the phone to my mum that yet another news flash came


CRGS teacher is suspended in


indecency probe A TEACHER at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School has been arrested on suspicion of making indecent images of children. The male member of staff, who


lives in Clitheroe, has subsequently been suspended by the school. Officers from the police public


protection unit at Accrington seized two computers during inves­ tigations into the allegations - one from the school itself and another from the man’s home. However, the images are not believed to relate to pupils at the school. After being arrested from his


home, the teacher was questioned by officers at Blackburn Police Sta­ tion on Friday. He was later released on police bail until November pending the results of the investigations. Det. Insp. Ian Critchley, of


Accrington CID, said: “We have an ested a male in relation to inde­ cent images found on a computer. “Follo\ving a referral to us, an


investigation was started and we have seized computers from the school and from his home address. “He was interviewed on Friday


and released pending further exam­ ination of the computers. “I understand he was suspended by the school when the allegations


were made.” Headteacher Judith Evans said:


“A member of staff has been sus­ pended and a police investigation is currently ongoing, therefore we can not comment further at this stage.”


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