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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Shed some light on problem! by Faiza Afzaal


CONCERNED young people in two Ribble Valley villages have renewed calls for lighting on a poorly-lit coun­


try lane. A group of youngsters in Whalley and


Billington have launched a campaign appealing to county council officials for lighting to be installed along Broad Lane, in Whalley. They claim the dark and narrow lane,


which forms part of the quickest pedes­ trian route for Billington residents to Whalley Railway Station, is being used as a “rat-run” by drivers wanting to avoid the main road through Whalley and is an “accident waiting to happen”. The young people say the lane is dan­


gerous because of the lack of lighting and fear they might be faced with speeding traffic, drunks, robbers and other attack­ ers.


Pedestrians also have to negotiate the


lane without the help of pavements and argue that because of the bad conditions someone could trip, fall and not be found for some time. The need for improved lighting along Broad Lane has been a long-running saga. In 2003, a campaign group, consisting


of young people in Whalley and Billing­ ton, was set up calling for the well-used route to be lit up. The group launched a petition, which


was submitted to Lancashire County Council, but to no avail. Now, four years on, the group mem­


bers are saying they no longer want to be kept in the dark and are demanding the county council take action. One of the original members of the


campaign group, 16-year-old Taryn Whipp, who walks along Broad Lane on a daily basis to catch a train to Black­ burn College, said: “I t ’s dark and dan­ gerous. “With the arrival of winter and the


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DINNER ladies at St Augustine’s RC High some tasty portions of pumpkin soup. School, Billington, decided to join in on the Pictured from left are Anne Shorrock, spooky fun of Hallowe’en.


Karen Emmett, Helen Curran and Marie They donned witches’ hats and served Williams with “spooktacular” treats, (s) MP’s fear for council tax rise


CONCERN over potential rises in coun­ cil tax has been expressed by Ribble Val­ ley MP Nigel Evans. He believes council tax levels could


increase in the wake of the Chancellor’s recent pledge of an increase in the central grant to local authorities to almost £26billion in 2010/11. Speaking from Westminster Mr Evans


said: “The worry is that this is only a one per cent increase in real terms and in order to avoid a hole in the funding of services, one of the few options open to the Local Authority will be to increase council tax. “Council tax bills have nearly doubled


in the Ribble Valley and across the coun­ try since 1997 and these above-inflation increases have hit those on low and fixed incomes - such as pensioners - the hard­ est. “Conservatives want to see councils


relieved of the unfunded burdens, regula­ tions, inspection and red tape that have forced up council tax. Furthermore, we will push for councils to have more free­ dom and discretion to fund their local priorities - not Whitehall’s - and we will start by abolishing the unelected and costly regional assemblies. “I would urge Alistair Darling to look at council tax again.”


clocks going back it’s intimidating walk­ ing along there in the evening. The lane is narrow with no footpaths. I t is poorly lit and has uphill blind corners. I t has become a rat-run for drivers to get to the A287.


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4 “It is frighteningly dark at this time of


the year and very overgrown with trees and bushes. More lighting is urgently required.” Similar concerns were expressed by


Mrs Sue Shepherd, youth and communi­ ty worker for Hyndbum and Ribble Val­ ley, who said: “I ’m glad that the original members are asking if the lighting is going to be improved because they are young adults now and use the lane inde­ pendently to get to college. “Young people have put a lot of hard work and energy into this project and


CAMPAIGNERS


in Broad Lane fear someone could be injured if lighting is not installed. (B241007/4a)


Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) YOUR... by Faiza Afzaal sometimes feel let down when nothing is


done.” Responding, a spokesman for Lan­


cashire County Council said: “Additional street lighting in Broad Lane has been looked at in the past, but the idea has not been taken up. “However, if the young people and


youth workers submit the petition we will look into the matter.” Our picture on the far left shows local


residents and young people under s street light largely obscured by foliage in Broad Lane. (B241007/4c)


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FIVE generations of a family, plus a surprise visit from th e editor of the Clitheroe A d v e r tise r and Times, ensured Mrs Emma Brown had a mem­ orable 107th birthday. The Ribble Valley resident, who is


believed to be the only surviving 107-year- old in Lancashire, toasted the milestone in style with celebrations spread over the week­ end. Remarkably fit and active for her age,


Mrs Brown is a former member of Wiswell WI and the village chapel choir. Until last Christmas she lived with her


daughter, Doris, at Moor Field, Whalley. Speaking from Clitheroe’s Abbeyfield


House, where she now lives, the great-great­ grandmother declared: “I only feel 21.” Born in Brierfield in 1900, Mrs Brown


recalls waking up at 5 a.m. to help her par­ ents, Richard and Jane Moore, open their green-grocery shop, before setting off to work as a weaver at the age of 12. “The place has all changed now,” she said.


“I remember helping my parents then going to the mills.” She added that she also remembers seeing


the first Model T motorcar being driven on the roads. She met her husband, Harry, a local pota­


to merchant, in the early 1920s and the cou­ ple married in 1925. They emigrated to New


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‘I only feel as if I’m 21!’


Zealand, but were unable to find work as their arrival co-incided with the Great Depression and they decided to return home a year later and make their home in Bum- ley.


The couple moved to Wiswell in 1932,


where they ran a poultry business and raised three children - Joan, Roy and Doris. Sadly, Joan died two years ago. In her younger years, Mrs Brown’s hob­


bies included cooking and sewing. “After the Second World War my father began breed­ ing rabbits and used to sell them to the butchers, while my mother made leather goods out of the pelts and gloves with the fur,” explained Doris. Mr and Mrs Brown moved to Whalley in


the mid-‘60s. Mr Brown died 27 years ago. The couple’s son, Roy, emigrated to New


Zealand more than 30 years ago. Mrs Brown, who sees age as no bar r ier to embarking on new challenges, has travelled to New Zealand twice to visit him - the most recent being 17 years ago when she was 90.


She says that life is still sweet for her and


she cannot believe she has reached the grand old age of 107. “I just can’t understand it. I only feel 21,”


she told our reporter this week. Mrs Brown is blessed with six grandchil­


dren, 11 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Her relatives, ranging from 71 to just seven weeks, came to visit her bearing gifts.


A family party was held on Sunday to mark the occasion and a congratulatory telegram from the Queen - the fourth to date - is among the many cards and messages of goodwill she received. Her daughter, Doris, said: “We are all very proud of her. She is a very unusual and


special lady.” Her birthday gifts included a bouquet


from her son, Roy, sent from New Zealand and another from Vivien Meath, the editor of her favourite local weekly newspaper. Our picture shows Mrs Meath (right)


handing over flowers to Mrs Brown, who is surrounded by five generations of her family celebrating the special birthday. (From left) Rachel Leeming, Mrs Doris Brown, Mrs Julie Leeming, Lisa Hilary with baby Ella Hopcraft, Rosemary Fort, Nicola Leeming and Ian Hopcraft with two-year-old Lawrence. (B051107/2a)


Guinness World Records say.. .


• Oldest person current world record


THE greatest fully authenticated age


to which any human has ever lived is 122 years 164 days by Jeanne Louise Calment (France). Born on F ebruary 21st, 1875, to


Nicolas (1837 - 1931) and Marguerite (nee Gilles 1838 -1924), Jeanne died at a nursing home in Arles, southern France on August 4th, 1997.


• Oldest person (female) current UK record


THE oldest woman to have lived in


Britain is Charlotte Hughes (nee Mil- burn) (born August 1st, 1877, and died March 17th, 1993) of Marske-by-the Sea, Hartlepool, Durham, who lived to be 115 years 229 days old.


• Oldest person (male) current world record


THE greatest age to which any man


has ever lived is 120 years 237 days in the case of Shigechiyo Izumi (Japan) of Isen on Tokunoshima. This is an island 1,320 km (820


miles) south-west of Tokyo, Japan. He was born a t Isen on June 29th, 1865, and was recorded as a six-year-old in Japan’s first census of 1871. He died on February 21st, 1986, after developing pneumonia.


• Oldest person living current world record


THE oldest living person is Edna


Parker (USA) who was born in Indi­ ana, USA on April 20th,1893 and took the US title on January 28th, 2007, aged 113 years 283 days, following the death of Emma Faust Tillman.


• Oldest person living current UK record


THE oldest living person in the UK


is Florence Emily Baldwin (nee Davies), who was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on March 31st, 1896, and


.took the British title on February 15th this year aged 110 years 321 days. Florrie married Clifford Baldwin on


September 25th, 1920, and they had one daughter; Florrie remains living in Leeds.


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Milestones in Mrs Brown’s first 25 years


1900 - The Marquess of Salisbury is Prime


Minister. 1901- Queen Victoria dies. 1903 - The Wright Brothers make aviation


history with the first flight in North Caroli­ na.


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1908 - Henry Ford develops the first Model 1910 - Halley’s comet observed photo­


graphically for the first time. 1911- Marie Curie wins the Nobel prize for


science. 1912 - The “unskinkable” Titanic sinks on


April 15th. 1921 - Albert Einstein wins the Nobel prize


for science. 1922 - Tutankhaumen’s tomb discovered. 1925 - John Logie Baird sends the first tel­


evision image. (source: Tvww.infoplease.com)


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