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52-56 AT A GLANCE... Teens learn martial arts - page 7
AIDS orphans visit Valley - page 10 Great Days of fun —pages 16 and 19 Physios say thanks - page 23
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Investment will protect and secure employees’ jobs
___________ by Julie Magee
pupil Mr Moore who will have been at the compa ny 14 years next month, will walk away with more than £lm. ' He will receive £774,300 in severence pay and
cash in another £250,000 worth of shares. Mr Lees told the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
on Monday that UK managing director Vanda Murray has agreed to stay with the business for a period of at least six months. He added that he hoped Latium Holdings would take over the busi ness in the next four to six weeks. As the 400-plus Clitheroe employees heard the
news, speculation increased with regard to the future of the Salthill premises and the workforce. Speaking specifically about those employed at
the Clitheroe site, Mr Lees said; “This is very posi tive for people on the ground. The Latium approach is that we invest in management teams and we think that the management team at Ultra frame UK in Clitheroe are an excellent bunch of people. “I t’s very early days, but our hope and expecta
tion is that we will be growing the business and returning it to its former position and that can only bring in more investment and secure and protect the jobs, which are obviously very important to the local community.” There was a mixed reaction from employees on
Friday. Mr Moore said that there was a measure of disappointment with regard to the employee share holding value, but also a degree of realism. “I believe it is a good deal from an employee per
spective and it offers very good potential in terms of securing futures,” said Mr Moore on Tuesday. “Ultraframe is a quality business operating in an extremely aggressive market. Prospects will be improved through this arrangement with Latium.” Around 400 employees are based at the Clitheroe
site. Asked whether Latium would be moving any
part of its operation to the Salthill premises, Mr Moore refused to speculate, but said that he sus- • pected that if the d ^ went ^ead, the group would be investing “in this part of the world.” Latium’s portfolio includes Wendland Roof Solu
tions and Spectus Window Systems. Wendland, based in Gloucestershire, is a similar operation to Ultraframe, but one fifth of its size. And while the nation’s press this week took the
view that the deal was already “done,” Mr Moore told us that that was not the case. The board was, he said, supporting the offer unanimously and had just short of 36% of the entire shareholding, but it was not yet sold. “Latium will take over, subject to shareholder approval, later this month,” he added. Ultraframe’s US arm. Four Seasons, sells directly
to homeowners and will be run in tandem with the Elverest windows business. Financing for the deal has been arranged with
HBOS’s Bank of Scotland unit. Under the offer Latium will also take on Ultraframe’s £23m. of net debt. Mr Lees confirmed that shareholders will be enti
tled to a payment from any funds recovered in liti gation over patents and designs against two com panies, Eurocell and Bmnden, provided Ultraframe recovers more than £500,000. Rod Sellers, chairman of Ultraframe, said: “The
directors unanimously recommend our sharehold ers accept this offer, which we believe delivers best value to shareholders and provides greater certain ty of value than a sale of either one of the trading subsidiaries. “The board has undertaken a full strategic
review and has concluded that as trading condi tions remain difficult, shareholders and employees will be best served by shareholders accepting this offer.” Mr Kennedy, who is estimated to be worth £250
million, commented: “I look forward to working with all the Ultraframe people.”
From council flat to Rich List status
BRIAN Kennedy (46), is worth £250 million, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. The son of an Edinburgh window
cleaner, Kennedy’s big break was the acquisition of the Everest dou ble-glazing window business in 2000. His empire has diversified into
home improvements and is now said to have a £400m. annual turnover. Latium Holdings is owned by
Brian Kennedy and Stuart Lees and funded by Housingagent (Holdings) Ltd and Latium Plas tics Holdings Ltd. Mr Kennedy grew up in a council
flat near Tynecastle, now lives in Cheshire and is said to remain a practising Jehovah’s Witness. His background includes work
ing as a double glazing salesman, selling kitchens and mobile phones. He played rugby for Wilmslow RUFC, owns Sale Sharks and has his own helicopter. • Ultraframe founder John Lan
caster has been out of the country during the past week’s negotiations. Read next week’s Clitheroe
Advertiser and Times for his per sonal reaction to the recent events.
Residents celebrate OU success
SIX new Ribble Valley graduates are celebrating Open University suc cess. The mature students qualified in a
range of subjects including natural sciences and literature. In a recent edition we featured
grandmother-of-two Mrs Carole Cawley-Smith, of Simonstone. After leaving school with no qualifications she returned to her studies later in life gaining a BA (Hons) in Litera ture - proving you are never too old to learn. Well-known Clitheroe personality
Bill Honeywell is another of the Open University success stories. The chartered surveyor/estate
agent, of West Bradford, said: “I dropped out of university
aft.er school and instead combined work and study by qualifying as a char tered surveyor.” He started with the Open Univer
sity “for fun”, after seeing his son, Mark, graduate with a BA and eight years later Mr Honeywell gained his
THE Ribble Valley is firmly in the. grip of England fever! W e have more flags to give away
WEEKEND WEATHER: The warm weather will continue this weekend with temperatures reaching 25°c on Saturday and Sunday.
SUNRISE: 4-41 a.m. SUNSET: 9-33 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 10-03 p.m.
this week - both large 5ft. x 3ft. - and smaller car flags. Celebrate the World Cup with us
and settle down to England’s first game versus Paraguay on Satur day in style. Pick up your FREE England
B.Sc. (Hons) in Natural Sciences. He commented: “I have spent eight years studying and basically getting out of mowing the lawn and other chores, for which I am grateful to Valerie, my extremely tolerant bet ter half. “The coiuses have been varied and
really interesting and the OU resi dential schools have given me an insight into all sorts of interesting things, especially in the fields of geology and ecology, I am now con tracted to mow the lawn throughout 2006!” Carer Caroline Blackwell has
described her degree success as “a dream come true”. Miss Blackwell, of Slaidbum, gave
up paid employment to take care of her father following her mother’s death. Staying in an isolated location, a
mile from the nearest village and with no close neighbours. Miss Blackwell (41) said: “I felt I needed something in my life for me and a
We’re all going football crazy!
■ you need to do is cut out the Eng land flag promotion on the top of this week’s front page and bring it into our office. Stocks are limited, so make sure you call in soon! • Catch up with all England’s
games with our World Cup Wall Chart, FREE on pages 28 and 29.
flag from the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times office, 3 King Street. All
friend recommended the OU. I always thought my education was not sufficient to do a degree and of course I could not travel to an edu cational establishment. My experi ence has been wonderful and to grad uate will be a dream come true.” When she embarked on an Open
University course, retired Stony- hurst resident Mrs Janet Halfpen- ney was not looking to gain a degree, instead she hoped to expand her interests in an academic way. Very interested in music, Mrs
Halfpenney decided to follow a music course. After thoroughly enjoying the module, Mrs Halfpen ney tried another which also involved a week’s residential course in Durham. She has now gained a BA. Other Valley graduates were Mr
Allan Dowling, of Simonstone, a spe cialist radiotherapy technician, who studied for a
B.Sc. and Miss Debo rah Wadsworth, of Chatburn, who also graduated with a
B.Sc.
Farm safety issue
A FARM safety talk by local members of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service was full of sound advice for members of Slaidbum Young Farmers. The event was held at Fober Farm, by kind per mission of Mr and Mrs R. Parker. The Young Farmers meet again on
Monday for a trip to Clapham and Ingleborough Caves. Parents are wel come and anyone going should meet at Slaidbura war memorial at 6 p.m.
Pendle Club
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: Mr S. Holden, Mrs D. Under wood, Mrs J. Thornton. New members welcome
every Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the
Pendle Club were Mrs Marjorie Collier, Mrs Eileen Hadfield, Mrs Sylvia Walsh, Mrs Ann Pedder. New members welcome
every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Domino winners were:
Mrs S. Barker, joint 2, Mrs J. Joyce and Mrs P. Oddie, 4th, Mrs F. Cooke, 5th, M. Pye. New members welcome
every Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday dominoes: R.
Barker, joint 2, Mrs D. Knight and P. Metcalfe, 4th Mrs P. Oddie, joint 5, G. Berry, Mrs H. Wolfend- en, Mrs J. Joyce and C. Wiseman. Line dancing is on
Thursdays at 1-30 p.m. and sequence dancing on Tuesdays at 7-30 p.m.
THE future looks . brighter for. a Clitheroe
pre-school- see
page 17 for report and picture
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All tee’d up to face challenge
by Duncan Smith
PLAYIN G four Ribble Valley courses in a single day is the charity challenge facing two
Clitheroe golfers. Roland Hailwood - Clitheroe’s
Town Crier and chairman of the local National Children’s Home (NCH) Support Group - will team up with friend and fellow Trinity Methodist Church member Peter Dixon for the golfing marathon. They will set out early on July
12th to play the 18-hole Clitheroe Golf Club course, followed by the nine-hole Whalley course, a fur ther nine at Stonyhurst and finally the 18-hole Mytton Fold course.
Lights, camera, action!
IT will be a case of lights, camera, action at a Valley pub on Monday night. A team from the Preston
Amateur Film Makers Society, whose patron is Oscar-winner Nick Park, will be in Rimington. The centre of attention will be the Black Bull where scenes will be shot for a film about two ex-RAF pilots. Filming is due to take
place between 6 and 8 p.m. and to make the setting even more atmospheric the crew are looking for willing volunteers, who have 1940s-style clothes, to act as extras. However, film makers are stressing that no costumes will be provid ed on the night and the dress code must be correct including the hairstyles if people want to take part. Anyone wishing to come
under the spotlight should contact landlord Neil Buckley on 445220.
•A PARAGLIDER sus tained a minor leg injury after crashing into a field in Chipping on Sunday. Police and an ambulance crew attended the incident, off Fiddlers Lane, at 3-45 p.m.
Money raised through sponsor
ship will go to the NCH, which is the children’s cha r ity of the Methodist Church and widely acknowledged as being at the fore front of the fight against child abuse. The duo hope to boost their
fund-raising through a competi tion for people to guess the num ber of strokes it will take them to complete the feat, the prize being a dinner for two a t the Mytton Fold Hotel. “We will start at Clitheroe Golf
Club at 6-30 a.m. so we will be well into the round before early-start golfers,” said Roland. “We will then play Stonyhurst and Whalley either side of lunch.
finishing up at Mytton Fold.” Roland, whose handicap is 24, is
a member at Mytton Fold and for merly at Whalley Golf Club, while Peter, who plays off a 15 handicap, is a current member at Whalley. “We are aware of the great effort
it will take to complete this chal lenge and will be using caddies and an official scorer,” Roland added. “The golf clubs involved have
been very generous in allowing us the freedom of their courses and we will of course accept all local rules and uphold the traditions of the noble game at all times.” Sponsor forms and more infor
mation are available by ringing Roland Hailwood on 01200 424240.
Valley awash with sweet lovers
WHO would have thought the Ribble Valley had so many residents with a sweet tooth? But judging by the response to
Farmhouse Fare’s request for volunteer taste testers, it seems we are a Valley of pudding connoisseurs, with the com pany inundated with application forms after last week’s front page article. However, for those who missed this
amazing opportunity, the generous award-winning company, which prom ises to reward successful volunteers with payment in puddings, still have room for a few more tasters. A cross-section of the public is want ed with people of all ages and walks of
life free to applyfor this tasty post. The only proviso is that volunteers
should be available to attend taste meetings one morning a month at the company HQ. A “bank” of around 30 to 40 tasters
will be chosen, of whom eight to 10 will be randomly selected to attend a tast ing session. Anyone wanting to put themselves
forward can pick up an application form from the reception at Farmhouse Fare at Lincoln Way or the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. But hurry, as all application forms
must reach Farmhouse Fare by Wednesday.
A birthday trip to remember
A FORMER Ribble Valley man is cele brating his 60th birthday by cycling up one of the highest mountains in France for charity. Chartered accountant Julian
Coombes, who lived in Langho, Chat- burn, Whalley and Rimington before moving to London and then retiring to France, is taking part in the “Tigerpuss Challenge” next weekend. A keen amateur cyclist and former
pupil of Stonyhurst College, he reached 60 in January and, with a group of friends, decided to. cycle up 6,000ft. Mont Ventoux, one of the highest mountains on the Tour de France route. The son of the late Andre and Pat Coombes, he is undertaking the ride to raise funds into research for prostate cancer.
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COOMBES will cele brate in style! (s)
* Tots try their hands at construction
WITHOUT the need to wear hard hats pupils at a Valley village school became a construction team. Class One youngsters at Waddington
and West Bradford Primary designed and made items for an imaginary playground. Their design and technology topic coin
cided with the opening of the new village play area in Waddington. With the help of class teacher Mrs Ali
son Sheldon and class assistant Mrs Claire Pallister, the youngsters designed, made and evaluated their own play equipment. The monkey bars, spider’s webs and other items, which were constructed from
recycled materials, are now on display at school. Pictured with their models are Bronti Leeming (five) and classmate Will Bailey (five). (S240506/1) • Work to revamp the play area in the
grounds of Clitheroe Castle is almost com plete. Last month Ribble Valley Borough Council closed the playground so major refurbishment work could be carried out. The project is now partially finished
and as a result some of the equipment, including the swings and toddlers’ climb ing frame, are open. Council officials hope the rest of the work on the play area will be completed in the next few weeks.
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lenge can log on to
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In custody
A MAN has been arrested and has appeared before Blackburn magistrates in connection with an incident in a Sabden store. Police were called to Shippy’s
Store, Padiham Road, follow ing an incident on Wednesday night in which a member of staff was injured and £400 was stolen. The 29-year-old man has
been remanded in custody. Our picture shows Shippy's
general store in Sabden. (A030606/4)
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