Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 14th, 2007


INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


a Valley Matters .................................. 4,5 9 Village News ............................ 11,12,13 H Letters ...................................................5 BWeekendplus ................................18,19 H Thursday feature................................ 16 H Family Notices..........................20,21,22 BReadersplus........................................ 16 B Motors Today................................ 49-60 B Sport .....................................


AT A GLANCE...


Rapping robot on schools tour - page 7 New jazz club up and running - page 9 Party time for diamond duo - page 11 Skipper quits Shawbridge - page 64


INFORMATION


Duty chemisl:Read and Simonstone Pharmacy, 90 What­ ley Road, Read: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidslinc: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Kibble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01251 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254


358095. Kibble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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WEEKEND WEATHER: It will be cloudy with some showers on Saturday. Rain is expected on Sunday with some bright spells later in the day.


SUNRISE: 4-40 a.m. SUNSET: 9-36 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-56 p.m.


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Can you give a home to an unwanted pet?


YOUR local RSPCA Animal Centre


at Altham is at a standstill. There isn’t a single space free for the next cat or dog that needs the centre’s


help. Branch manager Ken Harrison


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appealed: “Please give a thought for the unwanted, unclaimed or abandoned ani­ mals we are trying to rehome. Currently we have 44 cats and 57 dogs in our care at the centre awaiting new loving homes. “Until we rehome these animals we do


not have space to take any animals on our waiting list. At the end of May we had 84 cats and kittens and 46 dogs on


our waiting list. We know that people are becoming frustrated at the long wait, but we ask that you try and understand the situation and bear with us. “If you think you can help by rehom­


ing one of our animals, please get in touch. Alternatively, we are looking for short-term fosterers during the summer, which would free space at the Animal


Centre.” You can visit the centre’s new website


(www.rspca-lancseast.org.uk) to view animals available for adoption, or ring ring the Animal Centre on 01254 231118. Pictured is Dillon, one of the dogs that needs a loving new home, (s)


New office opens its doors


THE UK’s largest charity working with and for older people is fulfilling it’s com­ mitment to Clitheroe. The deputy Mayor of


Clitheroe, Coun. Allan Knox, officially opened Age Concern Lancashire’s new office in Castlegate - just a stone’s throw from Age Concern’s charity shop, at the top of Moor Lane. The new and larger


offices will enable older people in the Ribble Val­ ley to visit expert staff and volunteers and benefit from advice and the varied range of services and information available to them. Anyone wishing to spare


a few hours a day or week to volunteer, should con­ tact Ms Geraldine Moore on 01257 233200. Our picture shows


Coun. Knox with staff and volunteers officially cutting the ribbon at the new Age Concern offices. (CR290507/1)


Student’s exciting Indian


adventure A TRIP of'a lifetime awaits a grammar school sixth-former this summer. Jonathan Wharam,


of Slaidburn, will be travelling to India as part of the Global Adventures Project in conjunction with the HSBC. He has been offered


one of 20 scholarships for A-level students enabling him to undertake environ­ mental and voluntary work. From the start of


July the 18-year-old Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil will spend 11 weeks in India. He will spend four


weeks in a Himalayan village teaching Eng­ lish and sport and from there will move to a second village working in an orphan­ age for children of Tibetan exiles. His time will finish


with a stay in Delhi when he will do a presentation about his visit to the project managers. Although the trip is


subsidised, Jonathan has to raise £800 him­ self towards the costs. He has already


raised some money, but still needs finan­ cial support. Anyone interested


in helping to sponsor Jonathan can contact him on 07989 024691


or email him at wharaml@hotmail.co .uk.


Winning hands at Pendle An all-singing night to remember


BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs Anne Riley, Mrs Frances Porter, Mrs Doris Farnsworth, Mr Brian


Holden. Experienced players welcome every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Solo whist winners a t the Pendle Club were: Mrs


WINNERS a t Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday evening were: NS P a t Ward and Roy Ward, J. Pawlicki and John Ren­ ton. EW Jean Martindale and Jean Taylor, Doreen


D. Underwood, D. Grant, Mrs D. Knight. New players welcome


every Monday at 7 p.m. Dominoes winners were


were: joint 1st, R. Barker, Mrs V. Giles, P. Holden, R. Knight, 5th, Mrs M. Miller. Line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m.


Clitheroe Bridge Club latest


Blake and Sue Johnson. On Thursday winners were: NS Pauline Grant and Philip Manning, Pat Ward and Roy Ward. EW Deanna Atkinson


and Doreen Blake, Ilse Park and Kath Higson.


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A SPECIAL fund-raising night with lots of singing raised £310 for a good cause. More than 40 residents and staff at


Clitheroe’s Corbridge Court enjoyed a charity night in aid of Christie Hospital. Attractions during the event included


a buffet, raffle, auction and a team of vol­ unteers from the Manchester hospital took centre stage and kept everyone entertained with their singing perform­


ances. Organiser of the event Mrs Sheila Webb said: “ I would like to thank every­ one at Corbridge Court and all the visi­ tors for attending and supporting the fund-raiser.” •. Our picture shows Mrs Dee Moss, manager at the housing association, handing over a cheque to Mr Peter Quinn, from Christie’s along wit,h resi­ dents and guests. (T270507-7)


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Farewell to business boss by Faiza Afzaal


FAMILY and friends gathered for the funeral service of a well- respected and successful Ribble


Valley businessman. Described by his son, Michael,


as a “colourful character who lived life to the full”, Mr Eric Dugdale, pictured, who ran E. and D. (Plant Hire) Ltd, in Chatbum, died sud­ denly last month aged 70. Born in Southport in 1936, Mr


Dugdale was the eldest child of Amy and Joe and had one brother,


Alan. When Mr Dugdale was 10, the


family moved to Calder Farm, in Bolton-by-Bowland, where he and Alan helped build the bungalow that was to become their home and where Alan still lives today. Mr Dugdale attended Ribbles-


dale School, Clitheroe, and later transferred to Riversmead School shortly after it opened, where he was head boy. On leaving school at the age of 16, he pursued his love of joinery as an apprentice at Veevers in Clitheroe.


Mr Dugdale married Dorothy in


1960 and made their first home in Albermarle Street, Clitheroe. This is where their children Sue and Michael were bom. A few years later, Mr Dugdale


left Veevers and moved to work for George Waddington Builders Ltd in Barrow. He progressed through the organisation and eventually took over the business. During this time he worked on building Jolly Croft which was to become the family home in 1973. Mr Dugdale went on to acquire


a haulage business, W & B Trans­ port, based in Bawdlands, Clitheroe, and consolidated his businesses on Pendle Trading Estate in Chatburn. Over the years his business


empire expanded with lots of dif­ ferent sections including plant hire, haulage, a skip business, a builders merchants, furniture assembly, buying and selling of commercial vehicles, a coal delivery business and a block works in Ingleton. However, the main business


remained George Waddington Builders Ltd, which on account of


its size was dependent on winning large contracts such as schools and hospitals. For a number of years as the government cut back on its building programme, Mr Dugdale was tendering for jobs at a loss hoping that the economy would pick up. Sadly this was not to be the case.


Despite all his best efforts, the company went into voluntary liq­ uidation. However, he managed to sell


some land at the 11th hour and kept the merchants, haulage and plant hire businesses. Earlier this week, his son, Michael, paid tribute to a wonder­


ful father. He said: “Dad loved his cars and


his boats. In fact dad’s passion for sailing continued throughout his life. Another of dad’s passions was his animals. He loved his Highland


cattle. “Also important to dad was


friendship. He loved being part of the community whether it was the church, Masons, Rotary or the many people he worked with or business customers.


Funeral to take place of a dedicated former Mayor


by Natalie Cox


A DEDICATED Ribchester resi­ dent has died at the age of 72. Bom in Preston, Mr Brian Collis


(pictured) moved to Ribchester with his wife, P at, in 1964 and together they immersed themselves in village life. Mr Collis moved to the Valley to become licensee of the Black Bull Inn, a job he enjoyed for the next 20


years. With an avid interest in local


sport, Mr Collis was a member of Ribchester Playing Fields Trust for 40 years and was its chairman for a quarter of a century. In 1996 he received an award


from 1IRH the Princess Royal to mark three decades’ service to local recreation. He travelled to London to be presented with his Torch Tro­ phy Trust award after being nomi­ nated by the National Playing Fields Association. For 35 years Mr Collis was


involved with Ribchester Football Club and received an award from the Duke of Edinburgh in 2004 to mark this achievement. As well as supporting local sport,


Mr Collis also got involved with local politics. For six years he was chairman of Ribchester Parish Council and was elected to repre­ sent his village for nine years on


Society, the Guides and the Scouts. For the past 13 year Mr Collis


had also been responsible for organ­ ising Ribchester’s Christmas tree


and crib. A former president of Ribchester


tennis club, Mr Collis was also a governor of St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School and for two decades was the village’s Neighbourhood Watch coordinator. Mr Collis was also responsible for


collecting for the blind from pubs, clubs, shops and post offices in the local area for over 30 years. Mr David Morris, the Chief


Ribble Valley Borough Council. He only stepped aside this year after ill- health prevented him seeking re-


election in May. In 1999 Coun. Collis was made


Mayor of the Ribble Valley, describ­ ing his election to this post as a day he would never forget. In seconding him for the position of Mayor, Coun. Margaret Sutcliffe spoke of his work for the Lancashire Blind Society, his two daughters Denise and Jacqueline and two grandsons. During the Millennium year


Coun. Collis and his wife served as the borough’s first citizens and helped raise money for Leukaemia Research, the Lancashire Blind


Executive of Ribble Valley Borough Council, said: “Brian was a former mayor and excellent councillor for the Ribble Valley. He was a very conscientious, diligent and caring person. A lovely man to be with. Unfortunately, over the past 18 months he has battled poor health, but despite his illness, he managed to attend council meetings and was kept well informed of council mat­ ters with all the phone calls and nec­ essary paperwork. ” He went on to pay tribute to Mr


Collis' wife, Pat, adding: “She has worked tremendously hard to sup­ port Brian at home through a very long illness.” His funeral will take place tomor­


row at St Wilfrid’s Church in Ribch­ ester at 11 a.m.


“Dad managed to touch the


hearts and minds of hundreds and probably thousands of people throughout his life. “Although he wasn’t the most


physically affectionate man, he showed his love for us in many ways, including how he was always there for us, ready to lend a practi­ cal helping hand whenever we needed it, either as kids or as adults. I know that he was particu­ larly proud of Sue and myself and showed it in his own unique way. Dad was passionate about his work and helping people whenever he could.” Mr Dugdale is survived by his


children Michael and Sue and his grandchildren Megan, Emma and Rebecca, (s)


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