Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Ciitheroe Aovemser ec limes, Thursday, October 27th, 2005 H ow our m o n e y i s sp en t
HAVING raised £2,000 for East Lancashire Hospice, members of Ciitheroe Ladies’ Circle were keen to see how the money had been spent. On a recent visit, they were able to view the
special air mattress now in use for long-term bed-ridden prognosis patients, a steam cleaning machine used on curtains and furniture and a special vacuum cleaner used in the in-patients’ area to reduce the risk from MRS A. Pictured are members of the Ladies’ Circle during their visit, (s)
'•r.— ’s n
AND then there were two. We should be getting used to leadership,
elections in the Conservative Party ... after all I have been the Member of Parliament for the Ribble Valiey since 1992 and since then
Hundreds of reductions in all departnnents
Autumn Specials
many with delivery in time for Christmas! d O r
Chair WAS £850
mow . . . \ . P ' » » ■
Large Sofa WAS £1199
NOW £599
we have had John Major, William Hague, Ian Duncan Smith, and Michael Howard. The decision facing the membership is a
serious one. We must be looking not only for a person that would be a good leader of the party, but also has the best opportunity for winning the next election. We could not have two more different can
didates to choose from. David Cameron is the new darling of the party. He is young and energetic - he looks fresh and clearly has none of the baggage of the rest of us having only been elected four years ago. He is well educated and quite frankly why
that should be an issue against him I have to imderstand. Eton is one of the best schools in the country and has provided some excel lent leaders in the past. Good luck to him. David Davis, my preferred candidate,
comes from a council house background and went to Warwick University. David has some baggage from the past, but the vast majority of that is good. He is experienced and was an excellent chairman of the public accounts committee. I worked alongside David in the shadow cabinet when I was Shadow Secretary of State for Wales. He is personable and persuasiva It is vitally important for the country that
we provide a powerful and effective opposi tion over the next four years. The threat of international terrorism and domestic terror ism faces us in our daily lives. Domestic violence and gun crimes are on
the increase: the scourge of drugs is destroy ing so many lives; parental choice in educ tion, quicker delivery of health services with the dangers of MRSA, bird flu... and so on. (I’m sure you get my drift as to the number of vitally important issues we faca) We have to provide scrutiny of Govern
ment policies such as ID cards, and we have to provide alternative policies where we believe the Government has got woefully wrong. I know from my surgery cases that Gov
ernments do not always get it right...or sometimes they get it right, (e.g. I still have Child Support Agency problems) so there fore we must never lighten up our vigilance. I will campaign hard for Mr Davis, but in
the final instance it could go either way. Both candidates offer something dynamic to the role they wish to play. Liam Fox would have been good in one way as would Ken Clarke in another. Choosing one candidate is for me a marginal exercise as when you get to the final rounds you know all the candidates pro vide skills, enthusiasm, various levels of experience, ideas and vision. If Mr Cameron is my new leader on
Relax in luxurious leather The entire "Sonnet" Range Visit
www.taskers.com for Special Internet Offerh
Open every day. Monday to Friday 9 til 6 Saturday 9 til 5.30 Sunday '11 til 5
QUEEN MILL QUEENS ROAD ACCRINGTON T: 01254 236262 ' . .
All-on-one-level showroom Easw free parking
December the 6th 1 will campaign hard for him and give him the benefit of my ideas from the Northern perspective. I will invite him'into our area and show him the prob lems of farming and attracting new business es into the area, the importance of aerospace and the need for real parental choice of schools for their youngsters. The stakes are very high Indeed and whoever is elected must speak for all of our interests throughout the entire UK. Whatever happens, the torch is passing to
a new generation of Davids, one older than the other, but both distinctly different to that that has gone before. I don’t envy them the task ahead, but th a t they and others have that extra drive and vision to lead a party I stand in awe. May I thank my con stituents who have suggested that I should have given it a go. I always take it as a com pliment - and will take your support with me to Westminster as I sit BEHIND the even tual victor.
Vandals target parked van
VANDALS caused £20 worth of damage to a Vauxhall Astra van when they ripped off its windscreen wipers on Friday evening. The van was parked in West View,
Clitheroe. Anyone with information should call Clitheroe Police on 01200 443344.
^ - -- King Edwt ;e, Fihsley Gate'i Burnley, Lancashire BB11 2FS -TELF ‘ r. ■ •, ., • -4 • L W . ; ■ " * . ' ■ Hi '■'-my ^ J & \L
GIVING in to temptation and using some one else’s credit card to withdraw almost £3,500 landed a Clitheroe man in the dock at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court. Stephen Thomas Woodward (31), of
Colthurst Drive, previously pleaded guilty to theft of the card and six thefts from Bar- claycard and asked for six similar offences to be taken into consideration. He was ordered to do 200 hours’ commu nity punishment and pay £2,400 compensa
tion. The court heard that Woodward had been
in financial difficulties when a credit card, complete with pin number, dropped through his letterbox, addressed to a previous occu
pant of the house. Miss Catherine Allan (prosecuting) said
the platinum card and pin number had been sent to an address in Windsor Avenue where Woodward was living, but which had previ
A CLITHEROE resident scooped the weekly jackpot in the East Lancashire Hos pice Lottery, winning £1,000. Winners
www.ciitheroetoday.co.uk Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, October 27th, 2005 11 Kind and loving woman by Faiza Afzaal
A RESPECTED Chatburn woman who brought joy to others with stories of her
travels abroad has died. Loved ones and friends packed Christ Church, Chatbum, for the funeral of Mrs Audrey Stretch
(85). Born in Chatburn, Mrs Stretch (pictured)
lived in the village all her life and in the same stone-built cottage since 1949. After the death of her civil servant husband, Eric, in a road acci dent in 1966, she became a photographer and travelled the world with her camera. She trav elled overland from Katmandu to England; lived with Zulus in mud huts and was among the last party of travellers to cross before the troubles
began. She earned her living from her wedding pho tography and other local work, but it was her
Man gave in to temptation with a stolen credit card
ously been the home of a Mr Bradshaw. Woodward used the card to make various withdrawals from cash machines and in
total £3,410 was taken. "Mr Bradshaw was sent correspondence
by the bank about the withdrawals, but he was out of the country until September
26th," said Miss Allan. "When the matter was reported to the
police the card and the pin number were found at the defendant's address." Miss Sian Hall (defending) said Wood
ward was a man of previous good character who works as a machine driver and part- time as a doorman. She said financial prob lems were behind the offences. "There were various debts, the bailiffs
had been round and things had got out of hand," said Miss Hall. "The credit card arrived and he foolishly saw' this as an opportunity to pay off his debts."
Valley hospice lottery player wins weekly jackpot
were: Mrs Lambert £1,000, Mrs Patton^ Blackburn, £250 and Mr Croasdale, Black
burn £100. Over 5 0 ^ ^ ^ Motor Insurance
Starring Lou Gossett, Jr. & Kirk Cameron An Exclusive Screening at
Church Film Night Oct 28th-30th
7pm each night
OyisgliopeGiiristianfMiip V 15a halifox road
brierfleld For a free quote, call:
(Calls are charged at local rate and are recorded to improve customer service)
0845 600 3759 Or visit us at: g Q
Iage Clitheroe, BB7 1 BE Tel: 01200 444423
Age Concern Lancashire Clitheroe Office 4 Moor Lane
Please Quote Ref: ERS700 ^
hno Concern Enterurises Ltd is authorised and regulated by the ^nancia! Services Authority, it operates Jrtxn around 300 local Age Concerns across tho UK
j
stunning pictures of remote regions of the world that captured the imagination of her friends. Friends from the local area — and around the
globe - often visited her Chatbum cottage to lis ten to the adventures of her younger days and to see an impressive collection of photographs of
her trips. Mrs Stretch was an only child, whose parents
gave her the very best gift in life, not riches or luxury, but complete and unconditional love. She grew up with tremendous confidence and a fas cination for the wildlife and countryside around
Chatbum. She was a life-long supporter of Blackburn
Rovers, but a spinal disability limited her activi ties. However, she was still able to follow Rovers’ fortunes on television, via her satellite dish and she kept in contact with her many friends abroad
through e-mail. Her main hobby was needlework and through
this medium she created beautiful landscape pic National post for YFC girl
A MEMBER of Clitheroe Young Farmers Club has been elected senior vice-chairman of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. At the organisation's council
meeting at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, Catherine Cross (27) who now lives in West Marton, Skipton, was elected to the post. She is working as a herdsman
for S. R. Shuttleworth. Catherine (pictured) will
support newly-elected chair man S tu ar t Bell and junior vice-chairman Dan Halliday. Stuart (32), lives in Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire and is a member of Muston YFC. He farms in partnership with his parents a t Church Farm, West Button, and is a part-time development worker for the Wakefield West Prima ry Care Trust's Teenage Preg nancy Department. Dan (26), is a member of Abingdon
AS fans tuned into a Robbie Williams live in Berlin TV spectacular at the weekend, it was revealed that the interna tional pop idol had spent two
tures for the walls of her cottage. During her life, Mrs Stretch was also a member of Ribblesdale
Camera Club. One of her many friends, Mrs Gill Farthing,
paid tribute to a kind, caring, courageous and inspirational woman. She said: “She loved com pany and befriended and counselled all who
climbed her stairs. “She was young a t heart because she was
interested in so many things and her childlike excitement at receiving presents was a joy to behold. Audrey was a great role model, whatever she did was done properly and with care. “She was a kind lady who hardly ever com
plained or allowed self-pity to reign even when she recounted her devastation at losing her hus
band, Eric. “I t is an honour to have had the privilege of
talking about her, of calling her a friend because she was always there for us and we will all miss an amazing lady.”
HOW IS IT THAT WE LIVE AFTER DEATH AND WHAT IS THE
MEANING OF LIFE by Dr. Richard Steinpach
Irrefutable evidence coupled with new knowledge that clearly demonstrates how our earth life is a short but decisive episode in our entire existence.
For a free 64 page booklet, write or telephone, quoting DcpC NE to:
23 Hamilton Road, Sidcup, Kent DAIS 7HB Tel: 020 8308 9575 Fax: 020 8309 7105 e-mail:
gapc@compusene.coin_________
'Piae - The Better Quality Place -
For interesting and unusual pieces of Victorian and Edwardian pine furniture restored and polished on the premises.
We also make pine wardrobes, Welsh
Irfrciicrs, drawers, tables etc in new or reclaimed timber to your sizes.
Senior YFC in Oxfordshire. He lives in Eas t Hanney near Wantage and works as an area sales manager for New Holland dealers Oakes Brothers Ltd.
P op su p e r s ta r ’s n ig h t in Valley
nights a t the Stanley House Hotel, Mellor, at the end of the previous weekend while he was out filming a video for his new single in in Blackpool.
GFMIAM «&
GRAHAM & BROWN FACTORY OUTLET
JUNCTION* T NY O 6JAIC t BRpWN WALLPAPER FACTORY OUTLET
SUPER F M S a
OPEN
Monday to Friday. 9.30am-5.30pm ■Saturday
9.30am - 5pm ■ Sunday .
■ 10am - 4pm Leave the M65 at Junction 8 -Take the exit signposted Clitheroe
Follow road until you reach the first set of traffic lights At traffic lights turn right'Stay on road for about fifty yards
■Take your first right on this road and follow the road signposted for the Factory Outlet Unit 7, Shuttleworth Mead,
Padiham, Lancashire. BB12 8]Z Telephone 01282 680442
13 Duck Street, Clitheroe (next to Tesco’s) Tel: 01200 422222
www.clitheroecollectables.co.uk SHOP Welcomes “Charlotte” to the team
offering the very best in modern and traditional mens hairdressing. The Barber Shop now offers a booking service.
There is always a barber available for people coming in without appointments.
We hope this service suits everyone. Opening times:
Monday-Friday.............8.30am-7pm Saturday........................8.30am-2pm So for an appointment with the
barber of your choice ring 01200 444816 PRICE LIST:
Hair Cutting . . .from £ 5.00 Wash, Cut & Dry .. .£7.50 Beard Trimming . . . .£ 2.50 Boys Cut .....................£4.50
Senior Citizens.........£3.70 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-3pm)
Crops .........................£4.00 Ear Piercing . . . .each
UNIT 2, YORK STREET, CLITHEROE
8 5 5 4 0 0 - -WWW
FARNWORTHS.CO.u k ;. SOLICITORS ■ V. i i •; -• , Tarnwortiis £ 3.50
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35
