8 Clitheroe Advertiser 8i Times, Thursday, November 23rd, 2006


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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) It’s just wonderful to be 102! _____ by Faiza Afzaal________


TWO Kibble Valley women cele­ brated their 102nd birthdays on the same day and only five miles apart! And in the words of Clitheroe res-


ident Mrs Annie Slater who reached her milestone on Satin-day


- “it’s wonderful to be 1021” Mrs Slater, who is the founder mem­


ber of Clitheroe’s Pendle Club, received a remarkable number of best wishes and bouquets of flowers to honour her 102nd birthday. And the momentous occasion proved


full of surprises for the great-grandma who was visited by Kibble Valley Mayor Coun. Peter Ainsworth and his wife, Thirza, and was treated to a sur­ prise family lunch at the Old Post House Hotel, in King Street, Clitheroe, by her only daughter, Mrs Joan Boothroyd, and her husband, Hylton. Mrs Slater was bom in Blackburn,


but moved to Clitheroe with her late husband 74 years ago. She worked as the deputy registrar of


births and deaths in Clitheroe, but it was her membership of societies which kept her busy. For more than 50 years she has been


a member of the Pendle Club. She was the secretary of Grindleton


WI for more than 30 years and two years ago received the Standfast Tro­ phy, a Lancashire Federation award for outstanding service to the community. Mrs Slater is also well-known as a former member of the Baptist church


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If councillors won’t help out, then I will


AN incensed Clitheroe resident has accused local councillors of not doing their jobs properly over controversial plans for a place of worship and com­ munity partnership centre in the


town. Gavin McQuade (34), of Henthorn


Road, Clitheroe, said he is so concerned residents’ views over the application sub­ mitted by members of the town’s Medina Islamic Education Centre (MIEC) are being ignored that he has taken the mat­ ter into his own hands. Mr McQuade has written a letter/ques-


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tionnaire, which he is delivering to as many addresses in Clitheroe as possible, asking people for their views. It asks: “Are you sick and tired of pay­


OUR picture shows (he guest of (he day Mrs Slater celebrating the milestone in style with family, friends, the civic couple and staff from High Brake House (A181106/8)


choir for 58 years and was a committee member for Friends of Clitheroe Hos­ pital for 40 years. Speaking of her mother’s birthday


celebrations, Mrs Boothroyd said: “Mum really enjoyed the lunch and was delighted with the amount of cards and presents she received. “She started the day by saying how


wonderful it was to be 102 and that she felt extremely lucky to be celebrating the occasion.” Meanwhile, celebrations to mark the


102nd birthday of Whalley woman Mrs Catherine Ellam also took place on the same day. Coun.-Ainsworth found himself tuck­ ing into slices of cakes twice on Satur­


MRS ELLAM is pictured celebrating her special day surrounded hy civic dignitaries and family and friends (A181106/7)


day when he dropped in to see Mrs Ellam, who is a resident at the Croft Care Home in King Street. The former pupil of Lancaster Gram­


mar School received lots of messages of goodwill in the form of cards and pres­ ents and was presented with a huge bouquet of flowers by Mr Kyle Gold­ smith, the new owner of the home.


The day was marked with a buffet


lunch prepared by staff and new man­ ager Mrs Wendy MeVety. This was followed by a small cham­


pagne party, which was enjoyed by all. Mrs Ellam, who is remarkably fit


and active for her age, was delighted to be joined by her best friend, Jane Bliss, who visits her every day.


ing your ever-increasing taxes to the coun­ cil and having little or no say about local issues? When was the last time Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council contacted you, the taxpayer, concerning matters within the Clitheroe community? “Would you like to tell the powers-that -


be, who reside in the ivory towers on Church Walk, your feelings on the pro­ posed multi-faith centre/mosque on Low- ergate?” Mr McQuade, who did not sign the let­


ter himself, subsequently gives members of the public an opportunity to fill in a slip asking for their comments and asking if they are for or against the application. He asks people to send this to the director of development at Ribble Valley Borough Council by November 30th. Mr McQuade added: “Too many people


are having to talk about this issue in their front room, when the officials should be listening to the people who elected them. “It’s a very emotion.al issue whether or


MR McQUADE posting his mosque referendum leaflet (A211106/3)


not you’re for or against it and I think our councillors should be listening to the elec­ torate.” Referring to the letter, he said: “ I think


the council should have sent this out. In my eyes our councillors are not doing their job properly. “People are afraid of saying certain


things. This is the perfect way for people to put things down in writing. It shocks me that people feel afraid to speak out about things about which they truly believe, which is what should be happening in a democracy.” Mr McQuade added that he believes


local residents should decide whether a ref­ erendum is held on this issue. In response, Ribble Valley Borough


Council chief executive David Morris said: “We have received a planning application for a place of worship at a premises in Low- ergate and will deal ivith it in the same way as any other planning application. “People can make their views known on


Village mourns a popular character


THE funeral of a popular Whalley man will take place on Monday. A founder member of the Dog Inn FC,


Mr Christopher Lowe, of Abbey Road, died at the East Lancashire Hospice on Sunday aged 49. Mr Lowe played for the club between 2001 and 2005 and friends have this week


been paying tribute to a kind and fun-lov­ ing man. Mr Simon Kerins manager of the club


said: “Chris was a character and lived life to the full. When not playing football, he enjoyed taking part in Sabden’s amateur dramatic productions.We will hold a minute's silence before our next game, when the players will wear black armbands." The funeral service will be held at Whal­


ley Parish Church followed by cremation at Accrington Crematorium. Mr Lowe is survived by his wife, Hilary.


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the matter in writing to the council’s Direc­ tor of Development Services. “Comments on any planning application


are always welcome, although they should be restricted to planning issues. “We contact our customers on a regular


basis via public meetings, an annual public meeting, Lancashire Locals, our parish councils’ liaison committee, our civic news­ paper “Ribble Valley News” and notifica­ tion letters to people living near proposed developments. “We have always given Ribble Valley


residents the opportunity to have their say on matters that concern them and that will continue.”


COMMENTS on this, or any planning appli­ cations, should be addressed to Stewart Bailey, Director of D e v e lo pm en t Services, Ribble Valley Borough Council, Coun­ cil Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, Lan­ cashire, BB7 2RA.


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 9 Bank reopens after major facelift


A CLITHEROE bank has reopened after having a facelift. The Abbey, which has been


taken over by Spanish bank Grupo Santander, is trans­ forming all its branches and Clitheroe was one of the first chosen for refurbishment. The new-look Castle Street


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