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A NEW magazine featuring the work of local writers will be launched a t Clitheroe Library on February 25th. Clitheroe Writing Group has
Platform for local writers
produced the magazine, which features its members’ best work and promises to be a live
ly read. It will be launched in the upstairs room at the library at 2 p.m., with copies on sale. Anyone who would like to know more about the group is welcome to go along, or ring Iris Howden on 01200 422577' for more information.
Event could prove a life-saver
A FUND-RAISING event for a Clitheroe nursery could be a life saver. On March 9th, Ribblesdale
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Nursery is hosting an emer gency firstaid awareness evening. ■ . A St John Ambulance trainer will be on hand to talk about •
CPR and give other first aid information. All those who go along to the Queens Road site will be presented ivith a certifi cate of attendance. The event will take place between 7 and 9 p.m. and-tickets, including refreshments, are £3.50 and available from the office.
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Well-known farming family vet dies at 83
A RESPECTED veterinary surgeon, Thomas Ormerod Roberts, has died aged 83.
■ The eldest of a family of three, he was
the son of farming parents Bert and . Agnes Ann Roberts, of Westmoor, Bolton-by-Bowland. From the age of five, he attended the
West Riding primary school at Lane Ends, Grindleton and Sunday school in • Bolton-by-Bowland where he also joined the church choir of which his father was a member and sometime church organist. He transferred to the Royal Grammar
School at Clitheroe aged 11, making a two- mile bicycle ride to join the bus serv ice into town.. Just before his 15th birthday, his father
died suddenly from pneumonia. The fam ily rented out the farm and moved to 73 Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. In 1939, he reached the matriculation
standard required for entry to the veteri nary. college a t Liverpool University, being admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in Decem ber 1944.
- From 1942, he had been gaining practi
cal experience with the veterinary prac tice of Bernard Holmes and his asstant, later partner, William Semple, in Settle, and he was offered a post there on quali fication. Called up to join the Royal Army Vet
erinary Corps in May 1945, he was post ed to the Doncaster area where he worked with horses being used to produce serum
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THREE days of half-term fun are being held at Clitheroe Castle Museum. The weather-
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youngsters during the February school holiday, s ta r t on Sunday with sessions from
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Tuesday from 11- 30 a.m. to 12-30 p.m., 1p.m. to 2
i p.m. and 2-30 p.m. to 3-30 p.m. and Friday from 11-30 a.m. to 12-30 p.m, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 2-30 p.m. to 3- 30 p.m, each ses sion costs£1.75 and children need to be accompanied. For booking and
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and with mules returned from overseas by the Army Remount Services. In 1946, he returned to join the Settle
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practice and later became a partner. During his working life he saw great changes in veterinary practice. His career saw the disappearance of
heavy working horses from farms and the compulsory regular tuberculin testing of herds. In 1945, he performed the first sur
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gical recovery of a piece of wire from a cow’s stomach (a rumenotomy), now a routine operation. He participated in the first Caesarean
operation on a sheep conducted in the Settle practice area and later, in 1952, at a cost of £ 2 .10s, the first bovine caesarean , section. It fell to him to diagnose the first case
of BSE (“mad cow disease”) locally. He was noted as a teacher and mentor of the young vets who passed through the prac tice and his younger son, Neil, is now sen ior partner of the Dalehead veterinary practice. In 1976 he was greatly honoured to be
invited to be president of the Hodder Val ley Show, followed by Bentham in 1987 and Malhamdale in 1992. He was in demand as a referee for tug-of-war com petitions and a founder member of the Settle Farmers’ Club. An active member of Settle Rotary for
more than 40 years, he was a keen ama teur musician, had a strong interest in natural history, and in the history of the locality and its families, serving on the committee of the Museum of North Craven Life. He leaves his wife, Joan, sons Ian and
Neil, daughter-in-law Gillian and three grandchildren Charles, Alice and William of whom he was very proud. His funeral and thanksgiving service
was held at St Akelda’s Church, Gig- gleswick, on Friday.
IMPORTANT
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Local will writing Profassional Lancastrian Wills is urging people to assess their own worth, by totting up the value of their estate.
One in three UK homeowners will now be subject to a 40% Inheritance Tax research suggests.
A recent survey by Scottish Widows bank claims 34% of homeowners have assets worth more than the £275,000 threshold for the tax.
Whilst may of us undervalue what we are worth, the taxman does not and miilions-are now caught up in an Inheritance Tax trap, solely due to the escalating value of our homes.
If your home is valued in excess of £275,000 then you need to act. Viable and inexpensive solutions are available.
Its easy to assess whether you are in this trap, according to Lancastrian Wills Just add up the value of .you house, furniture, car, savings, personal belongings and any benefits ■ payable on your death, from pension or life policies. If the value exceeds £275,000, your
current Nil Rate Band, then your beneficiaries would be liable for the Inheritance Tax due on the difference, at a rate of 40%.
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Planning now could ensure a massive saving of upto £110,000 in Inheritance Tax payable by your children or other beneficiaries. ' Gifts to a registered charity can also be bequeathed tax free, if these are detailed in a Will.
Lancastrian Wills established in 1990, is a member.of the Institute of Professional Willwriters - a self-regulatory body that demands high standards of professionalism from its members.
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www.clitheroetoday.co.uk e w s f r o m t h e Y i l l a g e s Race night
Bolton-by-Bowland Cricket Club held a fund-raising race night which was well attended.
Chairman Allan Clements welcomed all and asked for silence to remember vice-president Stella Moss, who had died recently.
The evening’s enter tainment was organ-
■ ised by Eddie White and was much enjoyed by everyone. A pie and peas sup per was served.
Gardening club Although the talk at Bolland Gardening club’s usual monthly meeting last Wednes day was entitled “Using Natives in the Garden”, mem bers of the club were treated to a foretaste of spring.
The speaker was an old friend of the club, Mrs,Brenda Pitts, of- Higham,' and her talk, which was beau tifully illustrated with slides, covered many aspects of nat uralising wild flowers to take their rightful place in the garden.
As so many of the plants shown were spring flowering, the
. slides enlivened a dull February evening.
The club’s ACM then
followed.This was conducted by the chairman, Mrs Mar garet Middleton. During the election of committee members for the following year, the club’s secretary, Mrs Sally Mac-, Alpine, did not wish to seek re-election and Mrs Pat Cun-
.ningham was duly ' elected in her place. Thanks were expressed to Sally for her hard work over the past five years. All other positions on the club’s committee remain unchanged.
, that the next meeting is on March 8th when a talk will be given by Mr-Les Foden entitled “Sweet Peas and Dahlias”. New members are always welcome.
The chairman then thanked the evening’s hostesses. Miss Porter-Hargreaves, Miss Whittaker and Mrs Hartshome, and closed the evening by reminding members
Young Farmers Last week, members enjoyed a talk and this week they will go ice skating. Members' wishing to attend, should meet in the village at 7-30 p.m. an d . bring' some money.
Taste of spring Mrs Doris Giles opened Chatburn Women’s Fellowship with prayer and prayed for local and world situations.
The speaker for the afternoon, Mrs Christine Thistleth- waite, of Clitheroe, was introduced. The title of her talk was “The Promise of Spring, if Winter Comes Can Spring Be Far Behind?”
Mrs Thistlethwaite read some of her poems, “The Swal lows Return”, “ Cap tive Summer” and one about Sunday school anniversaries. Mrs Giles thanked the speaker for pro viding a taste of spring and a good laugh.
The meeting ended with a cup of tea and
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cakes and a bring and buy stall.
The next meeting is on Wednesday when the speaker will be Mr Swarbrick, a garden er.
CHIPPING
Ceilidh The friends of St ■ Mary's School are organising a ceilidh dance at the village hall on Friday, March 3rd. It will include a hot pot sup per and starts at 7-30 p.m.
There is no bar so . those attending should take along their own drinks. Tickets, priced £6, are available from Kate Bailey on 01995 61033 or St Mary’s School.
DUNSOP' BRIDGE
Wl During the February meeting president, Mrs Clarkson wel comed everyone and introduced the speaker, Fr John Chaloner, priest at St Hubert’s RC Church, Dunsop Bridge.
In a talk about his life, he told members about his first job with the Greater Manchester Police, for whom he worked for eight years before realising his call to become a priest.
A vote of thanks was given by Mrs Sheila
In 2004, his book, “Miss Mac The Church Cat”, which recalled the amusing story of the church year through the per spective of the church cat, was pub lished. :
Pupils choose their top 10 books
BOOKWORMS from Bowlahd High School, Grindleton, joined with others from West Craven . High - Technology College,
; Barnoldswick, to draw up their top 10 list of books.
The Year 9 pupils, who met, at Bamoldswick Library, were tak ing part in an initiative to find
: the national Book of the Year. . •, They had read through dozens of books before making their selec tion, which will now,be debated , again Lancashire-wide when they
Winstahley. The evening outing in June will be a visit to
' Gardenmakers, where members will have time to browse in the shop and garden, and will be followed by supper.
The monthly raffle was won by Mrs Lisa James and the win-
: ners of the monthly competition for a newspaper cartoon were Mrs Mason, Mrs Hall and Mrs Clarkson. A birthday bouquet was present ed to Mrs Metcalfe.
Mr Stephen Halliwell will give a talk to the March meeting enti tled “My Work as a Local History Detec tive” and the compe tition will be for an old style map.
: and the other 10 schools taking, part meet up in Preston for the next stage.
: pupils Emma Mort, Anna Town-, V son, Tim Ankers and Becky; - Miller who helped to draw up the ‘ list of top 10 books. • (G070206/2b)
and anyone with any thoughts is asked to let the committee know.
To help with fund-rais ing there will be a St
, Patrick’s Day party in the White Bull on Friday, March 17 th.
At the event, there will be a Gisburn Mr and Mrs quiz, with local couples being tested to see how much they really know about their other halves. It will be a fun night with a disco to follow.
Tickets are £5 and are available from Alison Pilkington on 445543 or Nadine Jackson on 445365.
'GRINDLETON
^’lay area The play area now has a committee, with Giles Bridge the chairman. ' •
The committee is in the process of secur ing the site above the new Festival Hall car park. Ideas are need ed for what equip ment to purchase.
Speaking of a “full house”, the annual
Full house Grindleton WI presi dent Mrs Cynthia Openshaw was delighted to welcome a full house to the February meeting - 29 members and four guests.- :
• bingo night will take place at the Pendle Hotel, Chatburn, on Monday, March 13th at 7-30 p.m. Tickets are priced at £4.50,
Our picture shows Bowland School, . ' ' '
“The Top 10 list of books chosen is V completely the work of pupils, if with no input from teachers at: ' all,” said teacher Mr Chris Tat-; ton. •'
Hems r<ir inclusion should be sent lo: Village News, Clillieroe Advertiser & Times, 3 King Slreel, Clitlieroe BB72EW.
The monthly walks, organised by Mrs Mandy Brennan, will recommence on the last Sunday of this month, February 26th, meeting at the Buck Inn at 2 p.m. These walks are open to anyone from the village and friends.
■ money raised by Christmas activities including carol singing and the fes tive parcel stall..
Treasurer Mrs Caro line Waters read a letter of thanks from the East Lancashire Hospice for the dona tion of almost £200,
Mrs Openshaw report ed that the- three Grindleton WI teams who entered the Lan cashire Federation Fun Quiz had acquit ted themselves well. “The Blossoms” scored 56 points, “TheJammies” 54 and “The Honeys” 47. The winning team was “Hurst Green Juniors” with 61. Grindleton’s team names were chosen because of their asso- ciation with jam making and St Ambrose in the vil lage. There used to be a jam factory and St Ambrose (church and primary school) is the patron saint of bee keepers.
which includes a bingo book and a supper of sandwiches and chips. Proceeds will go to the East Lancashire Hospice, this year’s chosen charity. For tickets and information, call Mrs Kay Hopkinson on 01200 441387.
March is proving to be a busy month for the WI. Ten members
- will be attending the Spring Council Meeting in South- port on March 14th when the speaker will be former Speaker of the House of Com-
- mons Baroness Betty Boothroyd, and sev eral members have accepted an invita tion to Downham WI’s birthday party on March 16th, when the speaker will be Margo Grimshaw. Grindleton WI. will also send representa tives to the Agenda Conferences on April 19th.
Five members attend ed the funeral service of Mrs Alice
.Hutchinson, who prior to infirmity had been a loyal and pop ular member. She will
. be remembered with great affection.
Mrs Openshaw intro duced this month’s speaker, and one of the newest members, Mrs Liz Parkinson, who, as a special one- off for the WI, spoke about “Life on the Bench”. Mrs Parkin son was appointed to the Clitheroe Bench in 1982 and, follow ing the restructuring of the system, now sits on the Burnley, Pendle
and Rossendale bench.
After a very interest ing potted history of magistracy, Mrs Parkinson tested members’ knowledge with a quiz. She was quite impressed by what they knew. Those present divid ed into small groups to consider two case
■ studies and were asked to decide on the sentences they considered suitable. An animated and even heated discus sion ensued.
Mrs Ruth Gann thanked Mrs Parkin son for an excellent and varied presenta tion.
Beijing talk Dr Bill Turner, of Grindleton, is due to hold a talk entitled “Beijing Acupunc ture” at Grindleton Primary School hall next Thursday, Feb ruary 23rd, at 7-30 p.m. Dr Turner will talk about his visit to Beijing, where he
'found out about acupuncture. Tickets cost £3, which includes light refresh-
• ments, and are avail able froth members of St Ambrose Church or on the door. For further details, call 01200 441507. •
young girl about to- move house. The show, which runs for approximately one hour, will start at 7 p.m., in the Memori al Hall. Tickets cost £5.50 and£3.50 for concessions, and are
' available on the door. The play is sponsored by Spot On Rural Touring Network.
St Joseph's Mass will be celebrat ed at 10 a.m. in St Joseph's for the next two Sundays while Stonyhurst College is on half-term.
^lay tonight
"Mr Blue Sky" comes to Hurst Green tonight, in a produc tion aimed at five to 11-year-olds and their families.
"Mr Blue Sky" is billed as "an inventive, yisually beautiful and fantastical jour ney into the magical world of an imagi nary friend." Music, puppetry, mask and dance are all used in this story about a
St John's The Rev. Gill Mack, the recently licensed new vicar in Hurst Green, will take her first service on her own this Sunday, accompanied by her husband, Gerald, a licensed reader. The service begins at 11 a.m.
Valentine's ball Last Saturday's fund raising event, in aid of the village football club and the Memor ial Hall was attended by 130 people. The' total amount raised has. yet to be finalised.
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Line dancing Line dancing will be held in the Village Hall qn Tuesday and sequence dancing on Wednesday. Admis sion to both classes costs £2.50, which includes drinks and biscuits. New dancers will be most welcome.
Piano solo Neil Crossland will be the solo pianist at the lunch concert today presented by john-
travis.eventslimlted in the village hall.
The concert next Thursday will feature Martha Hardman on oboe and Martyn Smith on piano. Lan cashire-born Martha
-began as a euphoni um and baritone player, performing with brass bands in the area. She is now in her fourth year at the Royal College of Music. The pro gramme will include works by Bach, Brit ten and Barber. To book for the concerts, which commence at noon, please tele phone 01254 826P48.
February Half Term Playscheme' \
For ages 8 to 13 years
Monday 20th February To
Friday 24th February 9am - 5pm
For only £10, (P
A fun packed week of indoor and outdoor activities, special events and prizes courtesy of McDonalds.
The next meeting will be at 7-30.p.m. on March 9th in the Methodist School room, when Mr Ken Geddes -will talk about “Better Use of Your Camera”.The competition will be for “a favourite pho tograph, taken by yourself”.
With outdoor activities every day,, children will get the chance to enjoy all that Roefield Leisure has to offer. Numbers are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
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