Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 8 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 i ; www.clitheroetoday.co.uk clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Rotary’s warm welcome for its district chief


ROTARY has always had a high profile in Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley through its involvement in many local events and service occa­ sions. The annual civic bonfire, the Torchlight Proces­


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sion, and the Christmas parcel distribution are just three initiatives which many local people will be aware of. Both the Rotary Clubs of Clitheroe and Ribblesdale work with other service organisations, including Lions and Round Table, on these occa-


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sions and a great deal more less high profile and largely unsung work.


Clitheroe is fortunate that both its Rotarj- clubs


are strong and growing and recently they came together for a welcome visit by Rotary’s District . Govenor Adrian Hughes.


As well as hearing about the two clubs’ ongoing work in Ribble Valley, he was able to


meet several new members, including Barbara Bryan, Wendy Rigby, Robert Invin, Howard Blackburn, Bob Edwards, Mary Robinson Julie 'Taylor, Jeff Robins and Gerry Bindless.' Our picture .shows Mr Hughes with the


Rotary Club of Clitheroe’s president, Geoff


Ishenvood, left, and Ribblesdale’s president David Frost, right, (s)


Grant for bowls club


A GRANT for £2,500 has been awarded to


Hurst Green Bowling Club to improve its disabled facilities. The funding is courtesy of the Lottery’s


Awards for All small grants scheme, which makes awards to grass roots community groups and voluntary organisations. Bowling club president Mrs Lucy Wilkin­


son said: “We are absolutely delighted with the funding.”


She explained that it will be used to buy


ramps and rails to provide two disabled access points to the new bowling pavilion, which has been built from stone in keeping with the local environment. Other improvements include disabled toi­


let facilities and a special bowling wheel­ chair, which will enable disabled people to also enjoy the sport. The bowling club has also secured a grant


for £550 from the Government’s Depart­ ment for Education and Skills Community Champions Fund. This will be used to buy a water heater and kitchen equipment. As already reported in the Clitheroe


Advertiser and 'Times, £4,443 in funding was donated by SITA recycling and waste management services earlier this year. This will be used to install floor coverings, an indoor bowling mat, improve decor and pIumbing.The local community has been hard at work fund-raising for the new pavil­ ion for many months.


Photos for posterity


FORTY members of Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Masonic Fellowship enjoyed a slide show by Jim Halsall and his friend, Alan. The slides were the work of John and


Alfred Shaw, who arrived in Blackburn from Norfolk towards the end of the 19th Century. Working on the Fielding Estate, John became a blacksmith in the 1880s, but his first love was photography. When the last of the family died in 1954,


the collection of glass plate negatives was bequeathed to Blackburn Library, where they gathered dust for 50 years. It was then that Mr Halsall began sort­


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ing and cataloguing the collection, which included almost 1,500 scenic views of the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales, North Wales, Sheffield, Nottingham, Blackburn and Preston. They had all been taken ' between 1900 and 1912. Mr Halsall and his friend have made dig­


ital versions of the images so that a record will remain long after the original glass plate negatives have deteriorated. Names were taken for the Christmas


Party 25th anniversary celebrations. The next meeting, to be held at West


Bradford Village Hall on November 13th, will be the AGM.


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A KILLER sentenced to just four-and-a-half years for stabbing to death for­ mer Whalley man Peter Ormiston now faces a life sentence. A court of appeal sitting


on the Isle of Man ruled that the original sentence, hand­ ed down in April this year, was “unduly lenient” after police on the island protest­ ed. Because of time served awaiting trial and an auto­ matic reduction under Manx law, killer Ann Marie Gosling could have been released in January 2007 - just three years after she stabbed 49-year-old Mr Ormiston, pictured, to death at the flat they shared. Gosling (53) pleaded


guilty to a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after last-


Whalley man’s killer is now locked up


minute evidence emerged showing she had sought treatment for depression in the weeks and days before the fatal stabbing on Janu­ ary 25th, 2004. Mr Ormis- ton’s family believed they had been cheated of a con­ viction for murder and the long prison sentence that it would inevitably bring. Speaking at the time, Mr


Ormiston’s sister, Margaret Howard, told the Clitheroe Advertiser: “Justice has not been done, not by a long shot.” This week, reacting to


news of the successful appeal and the life sentence imposed on Gosling, Mrs Howard said: “The original sentence was a joke, a sick joke. “It’s been a hard slog, but


we feel now that justice has been done. “We can finally lay Peter


iour gives cause for concern at any time in the future. “We are hoping and pray­


I-


ing that she -will get at least 10 years in prison,” said Mrs Howard. “I t ’s no less than she deserves.” Mrs Howard, who lives in


to rest and get on with our lives.”


In overturning the original


sentence, the court of appeal ruled th a t former bank worker Gosling could still pose a risk to the public if released in the near future. The court will reconvene soon to establish the mini­ mum length of time th a t Gosling will serve behind bars, although the life sen­ tence means she can be put back in prison if her behav­


Altham, also praised the Manx police, who had kept Mr Ormiston’s relatives informed of developments at every stage of the prosecu­ tion and appeal process. “The Isle of Man Police


have been absolutely won­ derful throughout this ordeal,” she said. • Born in Ramsbottom,


Peter Ormiston moved to Whalley as a young boy when his parents took over Abbey Farm, in Mitton Road. One of four children, he attended Whalley Prima­ ry School and Ribblesdale High School, in Clitheroe, before going to work at Rib­


RESCUE crews had to cut the injured driver from the wreck­ age of his overturned truck fol­ lowing a serious accident on the A59 yesterday morning. The crash, which happened


around 8-10 a.m., involved two trucks and a Ford Transit milk float. It left the busy A59 closed in both directions for several hours as the over­ turned truck was recovered from a field between Gisburn and Sawley Brow and debris was cleared from the road. I t is thought both trucks


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were travelling towards Clitheroe when something caused the lead truck to brake and the second truck, strug­ gling to avoid a collision, slewed off the road and over­ turned into the field. Its driver was trapped inside the cab


ble Cement, now Castle Cement. In the 1990s he ran his own demolition and crushing company and moved to the Isle of Man around 2001, making many friends there. He met Gosling on the


island about 12 months before she killed him, the couple sharing a flat in Ramsey. In April the court heard tha t Gosling would often drink heavily, some­ times shouting and scream­ ing at her partner, who did not retaliate. It was one such row th a t led to the fatal stabbing with a kitchen knife. Mr Ormiston had two


sons from previous relation­ ships, one 16 and the other four at the time of his death. The tragedy came just


two-and-a-half years after Mr Ormiston’s brother, Fred, died of cancer.


Three-vehicle crash closes road


with a suspected broken leg and other injuries. Paramedics and Fire and Rescue crews from Clitheroe and Barnoldswick worked to free him.


Also involved in the collision


was a milk float, its driver shaken but otherwise unhurt, with smashed milk bottles scattered across the cariage- way. Police were quick to close


the A59 at Gisburn and the Sawley turn-off, with diver­ sions in place. As the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times went to press, a police spokesman said he expected the road to remain closed for several hours. Our picture shows the


remains of the vehicles and the milk crates on the road. (CR011106/1)


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FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2005 You are invited to join the Worshipful the Town Mayor, Councillor Allan Knox and other Members


of the Town Council at the Castle Gates at 11.00am on Saturday 11 November 2006 to observe the National Pause to Remember.


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SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2006 You arc invited to join


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COUNCILLOR ALLAN KNOX


At Morning Service at the United Reformed Church Casilegale, Clitheroe


Sunday 12 November 2006 at 10.30am


for the obser\’alion of Remembrance Day and at the Cenotaph at 12.00 noon


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