2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 26th, 2006
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Women’s champion takes top award
by Julie Magee
GOVERNMENT officials have recognised the leader of a Ribble Val ley multi-cultural faith group as an “exceptional community champion”. Shanaz Hussain, who leads Ribble Val
ley’s Tamanna Women and Children’s Group, joined 28 other Community Champions, who have contributed to improving the lives of people in their local area, at the National Community Champion Awards in York. The 35-year-old mother-of-two, of Clitheroe, was personally congratulated by MP David Blunkett and the Govern ment’s Children, Young People and Fam ilies Minister Parmjit Dhanda. An English teacher at Rhyddings High
School in Oswaldtwistle, who completed her teacher training at Ribblssdale High School and Technology College in Clitheroe, Mrs Hussain was nominated for the award by Hyndburn and Ribble Valley CVS. Mrs Hussain, who has just completed an MA in literature, was pre viously presented with the title for the North West region before going on to the national finals. Mrs Hussain, who is a governor at
Pendle Primary School where her two children attend, explained: “The project
promotes and provides training and development opportunities for women who would not normally access main stream education. This improves life chances for both the women and their children.” She added: “I set up the group in a bid
to reunite women of all faith and cultural backgrounds and celebrate each others differences and more importantly emphasise similarities.” The'group’s activities have included
literary and numeracy classes as well as IT training, courses in self defence, keep fit workshops at Hicks Health and Fit ness Club in Clitheroe and social outings. Congratulating the award winners at a
ceremony in York, Parmjit Dhanda said: “The Community Champion award win ners have made a real impact in their communities. Everyone wants to live in a neighbourhood with a sense of togeth erness, whether it be Brixton, Buxton or Bognor Regis - and everyone wants to live next door to a Community Champi on!
“Community Champions is now in its
sixth year and we estimate that for every £ lm . spent supporting Community Champion projects there are 5,280 vol unteers reaching approximately 33,000 beneficiaries..”
OUR picture shows Mrs Hussain with the Children,
Young People and Families Minister Parmjit Dhanda at the presentation in York, (s)
Final £3m. plans unveiled Boost for Pauline ■ ij.un!iiiw;jii..i,iiiJM
THE final plans in a £3.2m. scheme to redevelop Clitheroe Castle and Museum will be unveiled in the foyer of the Ribble Valley Borough Council Offices tomor row. Members of the public are invited to
see the revised plans and leave their com ments. One of the most controversial aspects
has been the popular viewing area, known locally as “the crow’s nest.” Concerns have been voiced that the original plans would have led to restricted access to the site.
Chris Hughes, the council’s communi
ty development manager, said yesterday: “We have listened to people’s concerns regarding the ‘crow’s nest’, but round- the-clock access will seriously compro mise the security of the site. “There will be managed access outside museum hours and the museum will open 50 weeks a year. “We looked at the situation thorough
ly and spent many hours dealing with this aspect of the scheme, but it is just not going to be possible to maintain round-the-clock access to the site.” The Heritage Lottery Fund has
approved a £2m. bid by the council to revamp Clitheroe Castle and Museum. The ambitious scheme, one of the biggest heritage projects in the North West, will
• A PAPERBOY is improving in hospital a fortnight after being involved in a collision with a car while on his early- morning paper round. Glenn Matthews (13), of Somerset Avenue, sus
tained serious head and arm injuries after the inci
position the site as a central feature of the region’s leisure experience. I t will see a glass atrium linking the
museum and North West Sound Archives on two levels, with a lift, facilities for the disabled, cafe, exhibition space, interac tive display facilities and education suite. The museum will undergo major
restoration and internal modernisation in a bid to develop a reputation as a quality visitor attraction, with strong links in the education and specialist interest sectors. The plans will be on display at the
council offices in Church Walk, Clitheroe, until November 3rd. The offices are open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
dent, which involved a sil ver Citroen S^xo, as he crossed Chatburn Road - just yards from his home. The accident happened
on Thursday, October' 12th, about '7-30 a.m., near Clitheroe Cricket Club, when the Ribbles- dale High School Technol
ogy College pupil was delivering newspapers. Glenn was taken to
it has been. Recent successful fund
raising events have includ ed a Good as New Sale organised by staff at Pendleside Medical Prac tice, which took place at St Michael and St John’s RC Social Centre, Lower- gate, Clitheroe, on Satur day, raising £1,500. Organisers expressed
Haircare, Parson Lane, Clitheroe, raised £361 for Pauline after collecting money for the refresh ments served there and a raffle. DJ Chris Kennedy, of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, raised £64, through a quiz night he held at the Waggon and Horses pub on Monday. The total raised for Mrs
their thanks to everyone involved in making the fund-raiser such a resounding success. Meanwhile, staff at
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, October 26th, 2006 3 Terror close to home for Lucy by Julie Magee_______
“BE careful what you wish for, lest it come true” is a phrase local teenager Lucy Demaine should have paid more attention to.
Augustine’s RC High School, met up with the eerie figure of notorious 18th Century highwayman Ned King after pestering her mother all week that she wished to see a ghost. Lucy, of Great Mitton, encoun
For the 12-year-old pupil at St
tered the ghostly figure while visit ing the Punch Bowl Inn at Hurst Green with her family, who are friends with the landlady, Sandra Burke. “It was about 9-30 p.m. and I was
TERRIFIED Lucy had the fright of her life when a .shadowy figure moved soup dishes of (he shelf and smashed them on the floor in the Punch Bowl kitchen (A231006/3a)
in the kitchen looking for some chocolate fudge cake in the fridge. When I turned around I saw some one dressed in a black coat, black boots and a triangular hat surround ed in a misty white cloud,” Lucy explained. Frozen to the spot with shock,
Lucy screamed for help, before the ghostly figure picked up three soup
Health centre work on target
HEALTH bosses have signalled th a t the proposed makeover of Clitheroe Health Centre is “on track”. A £1.4m. cash injection to
Altham in the past four weeks now stands at around £9,500. “The response has just
been phenomenal,” said Mrs Altham. “I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the Good as New Sale.” A further fund-raiser
organised by Pendleside Medical Practice staff will take place next month. It is a sponsored five and a half mile walk around the Tolkien Trail at Hurst Green taking place on Sunday, November 19th, meeting at the village hall car park at 10 a.m. The walk is suitable for all the family with a sponsor sheet for a family of four costing £5 and available from the dispensary. Anyone else who would
like to publicise an event organised to raise funds for Mrs Altham should contact the newsdesk on 01200 422324.
Pendle Club results
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs J. Thornton, B. Wood, Mrs M. Holding. Bridge winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs
Royal Blackburn Hospi tal, but transferred to Pendlebury Children’s Hospital, in Manchester. Yesterday, a hospital
spokesman said his condi tion was “improving”.
Anne Peddar, Mrs Jackie Pilling, Mrs Doris Farnsworth, Mrs Dorothy Jackson. Experienced players welcome every Monday at 1-
30 p.m. Domino winners were: Mrs J. Joyce, joint 2, Mrs F. Cooke and M. Pye, joint 4th Mrs J. Thornber and Mrs H. Wolfenden.
Sequence dancing is every Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m.
improve and upgrade the existing 30-year-oId building through refurbishment and extension was approved by Hyndburn and Rib ble Valley Primary Care Trust (PCT) earlier this year. The makeover of the centre in
Railway View, which is used by Pendleside Medical Practice and Castle Medical Group, has been largely funded through the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) funding initiative. The revamp will include the
creation of eight further consult ing rooms for local doctors, some of which will provide much-need ed space for (JP training.
In addition, a l if t will be
iiistalled to provide access to the first floor, and improvements to the ground-floor reception area, information systems and a com plete re-decoration throughout. Work is expected to s ta r t next month and be complete by the summer. The move is aimed at improv
ing the environment for patients and staff and ensuring Clitheroe Health Centre is ready prior to the planned construction of a new health facility, which will be used for the provision of primary care health services in Clitheroe and for the Ribble Valley. I t is anticipated that the exist
ing building would then be used to complement the services pro vided within the new health facil ity and would accommodate clin
ical staff such as district nurses and health visitors as well as all non-clinical support staff. Chief executive of the PCT, Mr
David Peat, said: “The improve ments are a necessary first step to improving the existing health centre in readiness for any future proposed health centre in Clitheroe. “With the completion of the St
Peter’s Centre in Burnley, Yarn- spinners in Nelson, and Bacup Health Centre development and the foundations being prepared for the two Accrington Schemes, the PCT is inheriting a strong record of improvements to health care and is poised to continue this.” It is hoped that the revamped
health centre will open its doors to patients in spring next year.
Top post for farmer’s daughter
A MEMBER of Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club has become the first ever Lancashire chairman of coun cil for the National Federation. Catherine (Kate) Cross was
elected at the organisation’s coun cil meeting at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Catherine (29), first joined Sam-
lesbury YFC in Lancashire when she was aged 10 and moved to Clitheroe YFC when she was 20. Daughter of a farming family,
Catherine studied for a National. Diploma in Agriculture at Myer- scough College before becoming the college’s short courses and agri culture projects co-ordinator. She held this post for three years before moving to West Marton near Skip- ton in Yorkshire where she was herdsman for S. R. Shuttleworth. Recently, Catherine relocated to Lockerbie in Scotland to take on
the post of Scottish extension offi cer for the Milk Development Council. A passionate advocate for the
organisation, Catherine has held a host of club, county, area and national positions and was chair man of NFYFC’s Competitions Steering Group for two years. She very much believes i t has been worth all the dedicated hours she has put in: “I’ve had so much fun, made so many great friends and had so many amazing opportuni ties,” said Catherine. Her most memorable moments
include all six of her international tr ips with the Discovery pro gramme, attending one of the Queen’s garden parties at Bucking ham Palace and the last night of the NFYFC Annual Convention at Blackpool in 2002. During her year in office.
Catherine is keen to encourage greater ownership of the organisa tion among members and to help them get as much out of it as she has. “I want everyone to be able to
make the most of the opportunities available to them, be it through the competitions programme, training, travelling with the Discovery pro gramme or having the opportunity to discuss agriculture and rural issues with key industry leaders,” said Catherine. “I’d also like to get myself and
the organisation on Blue Peter during our 75th anniversary year next year and get members to drink more milk!” she added. Catherine will be supported by
her two vice-chairmen: Dan Halli- day from Abingdon Senior YFC in Oxfordshire and Bryce Mackellar from Stone YFC in Staffordshire.
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bowls from a nearby shelf and threw them across the kitchen. Concerned about the commotion,
Lucy’s mother, Sandra, and Mrs Burke, rushed into the kitchen to find the trembling teenager and pieces of the smashed pots all over the floor. But th a t wasn’t the last of the
evening’s events. Later that night, while Lucy’s parents were enjoying a drink at the bar with Mrs Burke, the door to the kitchen flung open and slammed shut several times. “We tried to calm Lucy down and
said it was just a draft, but it was so odd that even my husband, John, who is a total non-believer, was shak en by it,” Mrs Demaine said. The legend of highwayman Ned
has been retold many times in the Ribble Valley. The story goes that he was in league with the landlord of the Punch Bowl, which is an old coach ing house that dates back to 1793. Apparently, the then innkeeper would inform Ned when wealthy patrons called for refreshments so that he would wait at his favourite hiding spot and rob them. Ned’s reign of terror finally came to an end
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when the king’s men finally captured him as he hid in the barn, now the dining room, of the Punch Bowl. He was subsequently hanged without trial at nearby Gallows Lane. Not content with his fate, Ned’s
ghost has often been seen haunting the nearby roads as well as the inn. In 1942, the situation become so bad, that a Rite of Exorcism was under taken by a Stonyhurst priest. Similar sightings have been report
ed in the vicinity at places like Wad- dow Hall, and customers of the Punch Bowl Inn have sighted a figure surrounded in mist both on foot and horseback. Many believe that he is walking his old routes. With the power of the exorcism
now clearly faltering, Clitheroe’s very own ghostbusters, Clitheroe Paranor mal Investigators, are planning a trip to the Punch Bowl. Further details of Ned King and
other cases of the paranormal can be discovered in Haunted Places of Lan cashire, On the Trail of the Paranor mal by Jason Karl as well as Witches and Ghosts of Pendle and the Ribble Valley by Jacqueline Davitt, which are both out this month.
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