14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, March 9th, 2006


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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) It’s ‘snow’ fun for four-wheeler


EVEN four-wheel-drive vehicles can come a cropper when winter lays down its slip­ pery carpet, as the driver of this Land- Rover 110 found out to his cost. Luckily, the Ribble Valley farmer, who


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shall remain nameless to spare his blushes,' escaped with nothing worse than hurt pride.


. ■ • His Land-Rover topk a turn for the worse


near T\viston on Friday evening when the day’s snowfall started to freeze, making for treacherous conditions on untreated coun­


try roads. Fortunately, he did not have far to trudge


home through the snow, but his up-ended vehicle was still there the next day when Mr Ken Geddes, of Ribbledale Camera Club, came across it and took this picture.


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 9th, 2006 15 Business as usual for Ewik Save store


KWIK SAVE in Clitheroe is under new own­ ership, but it should be business as usual for shoppers. The store, in Station Road, is among 171


Kwik Save stores, including 15 in Lancashire, sold by parent company Somerfield. They have been bought by BTTF Ltd, a


company specifically formed to operate Kwk Save.


Other local Kwik Save stores covered by


the deal include one in Accrington, two in Burnley, one in Nelson and one in Cotoe. Paul Niklas is managing director of BTTF


Ltd, a company formed by a group of entre­ preneurs and believed to have paid around £20m. for the 171 Kwik Save stores. He was confident the new company could .turn around the Kwik Save business, which


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David sees the light in the Lakes!


“LIGHT PAINTING” has a special meaning to most photographers. I t is the use of artificial light, either


flash or a torch, to illuminate a building in darkness, or an underground cave or tunnel. So it was a surprise for Ribbles- dale Camera Club members when lectur­ er David Earle started to talk on “Paint­ ing with Light” and it rapidly became obvious that he had natural daylight in mind. His slides of the Lake District were excellent and greatly enjoyed. Last Friday saw the opening of a pho­


tographic exhibition by the Ribblesdale Club at Longridge Library. Despite the use of two exhibition stands and the wall, no more that about 25 prints could be dis­ played and the exhibition will be changed after two weeks. Initial reaction from both staff and the users of the library was enthusiastic and the club’s first venture into the west end of the valley seems heading for success. Next Tuesday’s club meeting will be a


viewing of the current Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union’s Colour Slide folio. New members are always wel­ come and enquiries about the club can be made to the chairman Jeff Cowling on 01200 440868 or secretary Ken Geddes on 01200 423474. Our picture shows some of the prints


currently on.display a t Longridge Library, (s)


Derelict house sold for £224,000 at auction


A DERELICT Ribble Valley home has


. now got a new owner. After more than a decade of neglect, the


three-bedroomed property in Whalley Road, Langho, was sold at auction for £224,000.


- Auctioneers Pugh and Company report­


ed there had been “an extreme amount of interest” in the property when it came under the hammer at Manchester Airport. Until its sale, the house had stood empty


for around 13 years after the death of its last occupant.


. - The decision to finally put the house on


the market was forced after members of Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Housing Committee, decided to make the premises subject to a compulsory purchase order.


Tony’s visionary talk


m e m b e r s of Ribble Valley Visually Impaired Group invite interested people to St Michael and St John’s Social Centre, Lowergate, on Monday at 8 p.m. for a pres- entetion by Toni Gill, of Humanware. During the evening Toni will demonstrate the Scanar document reader and a range of


low vision and blindness aids available from the company.....................


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IRENE CHENERY, Carol Maher, Yvonne Cannings and Dorothy Cosgrove (CR17020G/2)


Top celebrity author named new president


THEIR sights set on half-a- million pounds, members of Ribble Valley Ladies’ Lun­ cheon Club are preparing for a fund-raising bonanza. At the end of February, they


met at Stanley House Hotel, Mellon I t was a special date in the club’s diary for author Santa Montefiore was installed as president, taking over from Lady Waddington who has now moved to the south. Following a well attended


motor sports themed black tie event at Skipton’s Rendezvous Hotel, the previous evening, at which £11,500 was raised, the club has broken through the £400,000 barrier in its fight to raise money for research into childhood cancers. For joint Clitheroe chair­


women Carol Maher and Irene Chenery, Friday was quite a red letter day. Santa certainly arrived high­


ly recommended. MC Malcolm Weaving read out a letter from Sarah, Duchess of York, stating that she had known Santa all her life and she was sure she would be a great help. Introducing herself, the


author, who is the mother of two small children, sister of Tara Paliner-Tomkinson and married to leading historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore, told her audience th a t she came back, rather like a homing pigeon. She had never previously


INVESTIGATIONS are con­ tinuing into the death of a 64- year-old man whose charred remains were recovered from a burned-out car on the A59 near Clitheroe on Sunday, February 26th. An inquest has been opened into the death of Terence


. Revill, of Hornby Court, Blackburn, and adjourned until


SANTA MONTEFIORE and Karen Weaving (CR170206/1)


been inspired to go back to other parts of the country, but had been impressed by mem­ bers’ enthusiasm and vitality and the fact that they returned time and time again to raise money for cancer research. And although she said she


spent a lot of her time at her desk “in a fantasy world writing novels,” she had been personal- ■ ly touched by cancer following the death of her best friend from boarding school days. The lunch was attended by


members of the recently formed White Rose Club and the two are joining forces to organise a programme of events on-the Lancashire and Yorkshire sides of the border. At the end of the event, the


author hosted a book signing session with her latest book, “Gypsy Madonna.”


A59 fire crash victim is named


May 9th. The inquest heard that a car was found in flames


'on the A59 between Chatburn and Clitheroe shortly before 6 a.m. The car had come to'rest, against a road barrier. After the fire had been extin­


guished a body was recovered from the driver’s seat and sam­ ples have been taken to confirm identity.


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incurred substantial losses for Somerfield. He and his team intend to refresh the chain’s image and strengthen its reputation for “quality branded products at competitive prices”.


-• A further 77 Kwik Save stores were sold to


other retailers while 102 will be retained by Somerfield and converted to Somerfield stores.


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