Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified) 6 Clitheroe Advertiser&Times, Thursday, June 7th,2007 www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editoriai), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classilied) Naturalists enjoy picturesque walk


THE picturesque village Bridge the group walked of Kirkby Lonsdale was along the riverside and via the destination for a party field paths to Casterton. of 20 Clitheroe Natural- After continuing through ists.


the village to Lowfields Starting at Cowan Lane, the walkers then


went to Kearstwick by the varieties of flowers were including swallow, swi , River Lune, From there seen including bistort, common sandpiper, field and forest paths took meadow saxafrage, marsh curlew and treecreeper. they party back to its marigold and wood mel- Also observed w ^ a hare starting point.


lick. A total of 22 different and a common blue but- During the walk 54 birds were also spotted terfly.


Mansion go-ahead


A “GREEK-REVIVAL” style man­ sion can be built in Rimington. Plans to replace Denisfield House in


Rimington Lane with a new building, incorporating the reconstructed facade of a Liverpuddlian building have been grant­ ed.


The application was deferred last month


to enable members of Ribble Valley’s Plan­ ning and Development Committee to see a sample of stone. However at the commit­ tee’s recent meeting, the application- again recommended for approval by offi­ cers - was given the go-ahead. Other decisions made by members included: O An application to vary a condition


enabling the Emporium in Moor Lane to open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. was approved after being slightly amended. Planning officers had recommended that permission be restricted to the hours between 8 a.m. and midnight - committee members agreed. O A proposal to change the use of Unit 2


in King Lane to make it a tenant drop-in centre and staff office in connection with the council’s housing stock transfer has been approved. A report to committee said the facility should be accessible by public transport and described the unit as “an acceptable type of development in this location”.


m i 'm by Faiza Afzaal


WH.ALLEY sisters Xantheand Ynez Taylor-Wood have had plenty to smile about lately. They have been winning sil­


verware again - and lots of it! A pupil of Ribblesdale High


School Technology College. Clitheroe. 14-year-old Xanthc and her sister, Ynez 11 0 pic­ tured. took centre stage and scooped six trophies between them at the Blackburn Festival of Music, Speech and Drama. The talented girls have been


attending “Stage Door Theatre School”, a Biackbum-based per­ forming a.i'ts school, from a ye ry young age and have earned more than 20 trophies and medals


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Sisters’ success at performing arts festival


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between them. At the festival, in the 10 years and under cate­ gory. Ynez. who attends St Leonard's Primary School, Langho, beat strong competi­ tion from hundreds of entrants to earn the top award for ve.-se speaking and won the solo drama title for I'ne 12 years and under category. She went on to scoop the run­


ner-up position for the duologue in the 14 years and under cate­ gory. Meanwhile. Xanthe walked away with the top prize


£1299 WAS • 1 ^ . " - i STEVENSON - COOK


A HONEYMOON in Brazil followed the wedding of Miss Suzanne Cook and Mr Hew Stevenson, at St Andrew ,s Church, Slaidburn. The bride, a teacher in Ealing, is ihe


daughter of Mr Derek and Mrs Mary Cook, of Marl Hill Barn, Newton-in-


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Bowland. The bridegroom, a landscape garden­


er, is the son of Mr John and Mrs Helen Stevenson, of Bladon, O.xon. Given away by her father, the bride


wore a full-length gown of ivory silk satin, and she carried a bouquet of ivory and pink roses and orchids. She was attended by her friend, Angie


Francis, her sister, Louisa Camacho, and Victoria Cook the bride’s niece. Angie and Louisa wore short dresses in a shade of ruby while Victoria wore a long ivory coloured dress. They all car­ ried flowers similar to the bride’s. Best man was James Oliver and the


ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mark Russell-Smith. A reception was held at the Inn at


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Whitewell and following their hone.y- moon the couple will continue to live in Thames Ditton, Surrey. Photograph:: Jeanette Dawson,


Clitheroe.


New village toilets get the green light


_______by Faiza Afzaal


AFTER years of waiting, Whal- ley trillagers are to benefit from


brand new txiilets. Despite objectior,s and a petition


from elderly residents Ihring in shel­ tered accommodation near to the proposed site, plans for the new facil­ ity were given the go-ahead by mem­ bers of Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Planning and Develop­ ment (Committee. The development will be built on


a patch of parish council-owmed land near to the bus station and replace WTtalley’s existing crumbling public conveniences, situated behind a CP’s surgerj' in King Street. ’The deagn of the building will be


modem with a curved frontage on to the bus station and, once complete, the toilets will boast disabled and baby changing facilities. In addition, four semi-mature trees will be removed to accommodate the build­ ing and VTialley Parish Council will replace these elsewhere within the


site. The need for new public toilets in


the tillage has been a long-running saga. It is believed that the site was a location for a pretious toilet block, which was demolished approximate­


ly 30 years ago. ' Objecting to the latest proposals were residents liting in Vale House Close, who feared that the toilets will lead to an increase in noise and distimbance from youths congregat­ ing at the bus station in the


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AN emergency response crew from the Ribble Valley is breathing a sigh of relief follow'ing the dona­ tion of a brand new defibrillator from the kind-hearted souls at Thwaites Brewery. The Billington First Respon­


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ders, a group of specially-trained volunteers w'ho respond to emer­ gency call-outs in Billington, Bar- row, Mitton and Langho, received the essential piece of equipment from the 200-year-old brewery’s renow'ned Charitable Trust. Area co-ordinator Jackie Cook


said: “We have tw'o fully estab­ lished kits in operation at Billing­


ton and the new defibrillator - the most expensive item of equipment - w'ill give us a massive boost in terms of our fund-raising drive for a complete third kit. “The machine is state-of-the-art


and is calibrated to meet the changing protocols of GPR, so w'e are incredibly grateful to Thwait­ es for such a generous donation.” Pictured, Jackie Cook •' second


right I receives the defibrillator from Joan Halse of the Thwaites Trust watched by, left to right: Sheryl McDermott-Mercer, Glen Fendall. Gordon Fishlock, and Clare Wilkin, (sj


evenings. They were also concerned about the loss of light as a result of the increased height of the boundary' wall and from the building itself, and felt that the design of the building was no in keeping with the village. How'ever, the council’s planning


officer, Mr Mark Ollerenshaw, explained in his report: “In my' opin­ ion, loss of light to the residents would not be significant. “V’hile the residential properties


at the rear of the proposed building are on slightly lower ground than the application site, the increase in boundary' wall height is only' 750mm, the eaves line of the pro­ posed building is lower than the boundary' w'all and the pitched roof w'ould slope upwards away from the neighbouring properties.”


BIBLE stories w'ere brought to life when a touring Christian Theatre Company visited St Mary’s Primary School, in Osbaldeston. Children joined with members of the Manchester-based Rhema Theatre


Company' to perform three stories - Noah's Ark, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the Easter story. Our picture shows children and


members of the theatre company dur ing one of the performances, (s)


Thwaites life-saving gift Theft charge


A 52-YEAR-OLD man has been committed to Preston Crow'n Court to be dealt with on theft charges relating to a Rib­ ble Valley holiday park. Stephen Michael Wiw-


czaryk, of Booth Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, faces six charges, including the theft of a £10,000 bronze statue of St George and the Dragon. Others include the theft


of keys and an alarm fob and burglaries at various lodges on the park. Wiw- czaryk was remanded on bail.


for the solo drama and open class duologue and earned the runner-up position in the verse speaking category for 14 years and under. At the finals, Xanthe was awarded the winning Solo Drama Festival Trophy and overall Duologue Festival Tro­ phy with her partner. Benedict Hughes. Proud parents. Victoria and


Paul, of King Street, have always encouraged their daugh­ ters’ love for music, drama and dance. Thrilled with their latest achievements, they said: “We would very much like to take this opportunity to thank their speech and drama teacher, Mrs May-Rose Swarbrick. for her help and enormous contribution


to the girls’ success.”


(S200507/4) 9 Teenager Sarah Chew, of Barrow, also earned success at


the same fesiiral. The former pupil of Rihbles-


dale High School Technology College, in Clitheroe. won lop prizes in the British composer 16 to IS years category receiving the Soroptomist Trophy and gained first place and the Festi­ val Plate in the light operatic cia.s5es. .Vmongoi’


ner prizes she


collected were the Maud Cook .\ward to the most promising performer in the 18 years and under category" and the runners- up position in the girls or boys vocal solo in the IS years and under categoiy.


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