12 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, November 8th, 2007


MP’s expenses breakdown THE MP for the Ribble Valley netted £136,090 in expenses for the past year. His claim for air fares was one of the


highest at £9,711. Mr Evans’ claim was: Staying away


from home, £22,104; office costs, £17,765; staffing, £72,579; third party vehicles, mileage and rental, £4,678; rail travel, £1,608; air travel, £9,711; European, £601; member’s staff travel, £2,806; stationery, £777; postage, £2,150; IT provision, £1,311.


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A well-respected farmer and cattle judge (84) dies at home


________by Natalie Cox_______


A W E L L -R E SPE C T E D farmer has died. Mr Frank Clayton (pictured), of


Pendleton and formerly of Laneside Farm, Chatburn, died at his home the age of 84. The youngest of 13 children, he


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was born at Quaker Brook Farm, Hoghton, and began his own farm­ ing career at Lostock Hall Farm, Bamber Bridge, when he married. He moved to Chatburn in 1947. For 28 years Mr Clayton bred


Herefords, joining the Hereford Herd Book Society in 1964. He was a leading figure in the North of England Hereford Association and was its chairman from 1978 to 1980. His own Pendleside herd won


numerous trophies and Mr Clayton was extremely proud when he received the Overall Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show. He later


became a judge at both local and national levels and in 1979 travelled to Kenya to judge at the Nairobi National Show. As well as providing the family


home, Laneside Farm was also a thriving catering establishment. Together with his late first wife, Mabel, Mr Clayton transformed the downstairs of their home into “Farmhouse Catering”, from where they offered home-cooked meals until the couple’s retirement in 1989. Mr Clayton led a full public life,


serving on the Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Rural Council from 1961 to 1974 - becoming chairman from 1970 until 1972. He twice attended the Queen’s Garden Party and was introduced to the Duke of Kent. He was a Freemason at Limestone Rock Lodge for 45 years. A passionate football fan, he trav­


elled the length and breadth of the country to support Blackburn


Rovers. He had a season ticket for more than 50 years and was a founder member of the Rovers’ 100 Club. He attended every FA Cup Final in the 1960s and ’70s, and among his favourite footballing memories were watching Rovers win the Premier League at Anfield


and attending the 1966 World Cup final. In 1989 Mr and Mrs Clayton


moved to Ashlea and following a long illness, Mrs Clayton died. Mr Clayton later married Audrey


and the couple made their home at Inglewood from where he main­ tained his farming links by regular­ ly attending the local auctions and until 2005 going to every home game at Ewood Park. His daughter, Susan, followed in


her father’s farming footsteps, and with her husband, Roy, farmed at Wymondhouses Farm in Pendleton. His son, David, and his late wife, Liz, moved to Amersham in Buck­ inghamshire to pursue his career as an accountant. Mr Clayton’s funeral will take


place at 11-30 a.m. today at All Saints Church, Pendleton. He is survived by Audrey, Susan,


David and Roy, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, (s)


Gran’s Peruvian charity trek


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THE grandmother of tragic tod­ dler Joshua Massey-Hodgkinson has completed a Peruvian trek to raise money in his memory. Ms Cathy Massey hopes her


expedition to Machu Picchu - an Inca site and one of the new won- ders of the world - will raise £3,500. She undertook the 12-day trek


with the company Charity Chal­ lenge 24. For five days the only people


Ms Massey saw were those who live in the region. She said: “We went up to a


height of 4,280 metres and saw the way these people live, which has not changed for thousands of years. “It was an amazing experience.


They live off the land, they have no radios, no heating or lighting yet they are happy. They have it so right and we in the western world have it so wrong.” She now plans to donate all her


sponsorship money to the NSPCC. Said Ms Massey: “All the


money raised is for the NSPCC to say thank you for all the help they gave to us. “I am hoping to raise £3,500


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STAVELEY - COWPERTHWAITE


A HORSE-DRAWN carriage took Miss Rachel Margaret Cowperthwaite to All Saints Church in Pendleton for her mar­ riage to Mr David Steven Staveley. Officiating at the ceremony were the


Rev. D. Leyland and the Rev. R. Nichol­ son. The bride, a milk recorder, is the


daughter of the late Mr and Mrs G. E. Cowperthwaite, of Schofield Farm, Pendleton. Her bridegroom, who farms at Eshton,


Gargrave, is the son of Mr and Mrs M. J. C. Staveley, of Throstle Nest Farm, Esh­ ton. Given away by her uncle, Mr W. H.


Holgate, the bride wore a one-piece ivory strapless A-line satin gown with corset back and ornate floral embroidery on the bodice, skirt and train. She carried a shower bouquet of Pacific blue, heaven and akito roses, stephanotis and freesia with diamante decoration. Matron of honour was the bride’s sis­


ter, Mrs Helen Mellin, and together with older bridesmaids Lindsey Dyer, the bride’s best friend, and her god-daughter, Jane Thornber, wore sky blue dresses of duchess satin with strapless boned bodices, corset back and matching A-line skirts. They carried hand-tied bouquets similar to the bride’s. Four younger bridesmaids were the


CATHY MASSEY is pictured taking a breather near the ruins at Machu Picchu (s)


and donations are still coming in, but I think I will need another £300 to reach my target.” Anyone wanting to make a


donation should make a cheque payable to the NSPCC which can


be sent to Cathy Massey c/o 35 Riverlea Gardens, Clitheroe. • 18-month-old Joshua


drowned in the bath in 2004 while in the care of a child minder, who was jailed for manslaughter.


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THE first prizewinner in the East Lancashire Hospice Lottery was Ms Clayton, of Clitheroe, who wins £1,000. Second was Mr Redmond, of


Nelson, with £250 and third, Mrs Walls-Hester, of Blackburn, £100. If you would like to support


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