Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 17th, 2007


INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


1 Valley Matters .................................. 6,7 i Village News . .......................... 15,16,17 9 Letters . . , .........................


11,13


1 Weekendplus............................20,21,22 9 Thursday feature................................ 46 9 Family Notices.............................. 26,27 IReadersplus....................... .................24 I Motors Today.................................57-68 I Sport............................................... 69-72


AT A GLANCE...


Flush out fly-tipper - page 8 Parish council results - page 48


Death of Sabden’s ‘gent’ - page 48 Gisburn’s new park - page 49


INFORMATION


Duly chi'niist: Boots the Chemist, 35 Moor Lane, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Flectricily: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Rihble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 2G3555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clilberoe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282416655. Aid.sline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Uil)i)le Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. I.ancasliire Riirtil Stre.ss Networli: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Uililile 1'alley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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WEEKEND WEATHER: Light showers are forecast for the weekend with temperatures reaching 13°C.


SUNRISE: 5-04 tt.m. SUNSET: 9-05 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-35 p.m.


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Festival of fun all the way!


by Duncan Smith


COLOURFUL programmes are now. available giving full details of Clitheroe Festival Weekend, which runs from


tomorrow until Sunday. The informative guide, listing details of all


the events throughout the fun-packed week­ end, has been sponsored by Clitheroe design and advertising consultancy Ginger Pumpkin. Copies of the free guide can be collected from the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, in King Street, Clitheroe Library, Clitheroe Castle Museum, Clitheroe Interchange, The Plat­ form Gallery and Ribble Valley Borough Council offices, in Church Walk. Shops and businesses also have stocks of the guide to give away in the run-up to and during the Festival Weekend. Alternatively, you can download a copy of


the festival programme from our website (www.cIitheroeadvertiser.co.uk) without leav­ ing the comfort of your home. With a whole host of attractions planned,


Clitheroe is certainly the place to be this week­ end, whatever tickles your fancy. Below is a brief list of the main events, with much more detail in the Festival Weekend guide: Friday (May 18lli)


Great Days Music - 8 p.m. at the St Mary’s


Centre, Clitheroe... Asere in concert, with Mambo Jambo. Tickets from Clitheroe Tourist Office (Tel: 01200 425566). Saturday


® 12-12 p.m. - arrival of the Community


Rail Inauguration Train, with VIP guests and music from Blojangles. O 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - the only surviving,


steam bus, running between Clitheroe Inter­ change and Bashall Barn (farm shop, tea room, brewery tour), plus • • • guided country­ side tours on a vintage Bedford bus, from Clitheroe Interchange. ©11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Great Days Music at


Clitheroe Castle Bandstand, with The Lav- erne Sisters, Blackburn People’s Choir, Jam Factory and others.


Peiidle Club


SOLO whist players at the Pendle Club were: J. Thornton, Mrs D. Farnsworth, Mrs A. Fos­ ter.


New members welcome


every Monday a t 7 p.ra. Bridge winners at the


, Pendle Club wpre: Mrs " Frances"'Porter and pafL ner, Mrsporis ■ , V Farnsworth and Mrs Sylvia Walsh.'''' Experienced players


welcome every Monday at 1-30 p.rh. Domino winners: B.


Cooke, Mrs B. Townson, R. Knight, P. Metcalfe, joint 5, Mrs R. Kiddie and D. Lowe. New members welcome


every Friday at 7 p.m. Sequence dancing is


held every Tuesday at 7- 30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m.


NEWSDESK: 01200 . 422324


® Noon until 11 p.m. - second Clitheroe


Beer Festival at St Mary’s Centre. ® 11 a.m. onwards - old-lashioned funfair


on Clitheroe Castle field. 0 10 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. - railway exhibition


at the Platform Gallery, with photographs, memorabilia and work by local schoolchild­


ren. ® 10 a.m. to 3-30 p.m. - art exhibition at


Clitheroe Library by New Form Arts, who will also be setting up their easels and paint­ ing and drawing around the town (weather permitting). O 5-45 p.m. - cavalcade of American cars


through the town. The cars xvill be on display on the Castle field from 10 a.m. ® 11-15 a.m. to 4-15 p.m. - “Meet the Vic­ torians” at Clitheroe Castle Museum and in


the grounds. © 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - birds of prey display in


the Castle grounds. ® Throughout the day - in town and


around the market, lots of other music, face­ painting and activities, plus great shopping and places to eat and drink. Free park and ride from Barrow Printworks or Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Chatburn Road. Additional parking at the Gramihar School, on York Street.


Sunday © 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Sunday Market and


shopping around the town. Drumming group and character costumes. © 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - the only surviving


'steam bus, running between Clitheroe Inter­ change and Bashall Barn (farm shop, tea room, brewery tour), plus guided countryside tours on a vintage Bedford bus, from Clitheroe Interchange. © 11-30 a.m. to 4 p.m. - railway exhibition


at the Platform Gallery, with photographs, memorabilia and work by local schoolchild­ ren. © Noon until 11 p.m. - second Clitheroe


Beer Festival at St Mary’s Centre. © Noon onwards - old-fashioned funfair on'


Clitheroe Castle field. © 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. - concert by Clitheroe Town Band at the Castle Bandstand


Clitheroe Festival Weekend COMMUNITY RAIL DAY


LATEST LOCAL NEWS AND SPORT


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• Was Ribble Valley Borough Council right in refusing Ribble Valley • Radio’s funding application? (See pages 5,8 and 13)


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Previous vole: Would Barrow benefit from the massive regeneration scheme that is being proposed? Yes 25% No 75%


Children’s champ is the new Mayor


by Julie Magee______ O 1 p.m. to 4-30 p.m. - “Meet the Victori­


ans” at Clitheroe Castle Museum and in the grounds. 0 3-15 p.m. - Medieval Battle Re-enact­


ment (Norman Lords versus Saxon “out­ laws”) at Clitheroe Castle. A full military camp will be reconstructed and weapons demonstrations and other events will take place throughout the day. © 4-30 p.m. - cavalcade of American cars


through the toxvn. The cars will be on display on the Castle field from 10 a.rri. Additional town centre parking available at


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School on York Street.


The town’s Chamber of Trade and Com­


merce is supporting the three-day event, with many shops staying open and numerous comic characters touring the streets distributing goodies. In the Swan Courtyard, Taste deli is staging a special mini-market and a Bowland roast pork barbecue, with traders joining in the fun. ® Organisers of the Festival Weekend are


appealing for volunteer marshals to help on either the Saturday or Sunday. If you would like to get involved and can spare a few hours, please contact Richard Jackson at Clitheroe the Future on 01200 421049.


Download a copy of the full Clilhcroe


Feslival Weekend programme from our website -


www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk


Pastures new for Tillage, eoMpany


A WELL-KNOWN Sabden firm is moving to pastures new. Workers at Contrast Upholstery -


owned by Preston-based Tetrad PLC, were told on Tuesday that the company would be relocating to Preston later this year. Tetrad took over the Cobd'en


Mill premises in 1996, but after 11 years the firm has decided to cen­ tralise operations due to the age and location of the current premis­ es.


The Whalley Road site, which is


on the market for £lm., is set to be relocated at Preston Docklands in August. A 61-strong workforce is current­


ly employed at the Sabden site and company bosses are hoping the move will riot result in any job loss­ es.


Consultation is currently taking


place with regards to relocating employees and group human


, Tesources-manager Mr Peter Sher- like'r said: -“Consultation has begun and this will he carried out with agpointed'represeritatives and all the individual employees affected. At this stage'there.should be no


,;Coinpulsory job losses. '' “'We are'looking a t offering assisted transport for all employees


and we hoppthat this will mean no losses. “I t is simply a business transfer


and not a closure. With the compa­ ny looking to expand it would not be viable to have 40ft. lorries trav­ elling through the village of Sabden every day.”


Group managing director Mar­


tin Griffin added: “This is a strate­ gic move allowing the group to develop a bespoke centralised dis­ tribution facility and consolidate


• an already successful manufactur­ ing base in a more suitable and up- to-date facility.”-


Archery winner’s new challenge


CLITHEROE woman Barbara Mor- riss is facing her next archery chal­ lenge this month at the 3D Champi­ onship in Tavistock when she will be competing along with 400 other par­ ticipants. Barbara-won the prestigious Scot-,


tish National Championship at the t\vo-day tournament in Dumfries and Galloway this ypar while her partner, Peter, the current UK National Champion, won the bronze medal. Barbara, who first joined her home


club. Read-based Oakleaf Bowmen in 2003, is a legal secretary for all-female practice Chenery Maher Solicitors in Clitheroe. - '


STARTING next xveek - pictures from the area’s primary schools as Kibble Valley’s children set out on their educationul highway. Plus-7 your local newspaper is link­


ing up xvith (he town’s Chamber of Trade and Commerce in a great new competition. Make sure of your copy by placing an order with j’otir local newsagent.


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YOUR help is needed as young choristers from a Clitheroe school bid to sing “Joseph” in the West End and live on TV. As reported in last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, children from St Michael and St John’s RC Primary School have entered a national on-line competition as part of BBCl’s hit talent show “Any Dream Will Do”. A spokesman for the school said: “The amount of


entries has been much greater than anticipated and people have been struggling to get on the website.


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CHARITY stalwart and “chil­ dren’s champ” Conn. Doreen Taylor has been formally invested as the Ribble 'Valley’s new mayor. Coun. Mary Robinson proposed


Clayton-le-Dale and Ramsgreave ward Conservative Coun. Taylor as mayor at the annual meeting of Ribble Valley Borough Council where the “mayor making” is car­ ried out in the time honoured tra­ dition. Describing the new mayor as


“dedicated” and hardworking, Coun. Robinson added: “I think Doreen will do a wonderful job.” The proposal was seconded by


Coun. Stuart Hirst. Coun. Taylor, of Balderstone, is


a hairdresser by trade and devel­ oped her community spirit amid the snip of scissors at her salon in Rishton. She is chairman of the Well-Wishes Ladies’ Luncheon Club, which has raised £14,000 over the past five years for the Make-A-Wish-Foundation, which grants wishes to children and young people fighting life-threat­ ening illnesses. Make-A-Wish together with Homestart, a family support char-


COUN. TAYLOR (A150507/9a)


ity, for which Coun. Taylor is a volunteer, will be her chosen chari­ ties for the coming year. Born and brought up in Black­


burn, Coun. Taylor, who is a for­ mer Blackburn councillor, where she represented the Roe Lee ward, is also chairman of governors at Cedars Primary School, Black­ burn, and a member of Clayton-le-


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Dale, Ramsgreave, Osbaldeston and Balderstone Parish Council. Members were unanimous in


electing Coun. Taylor as their new mayor and she was presented with the chain of office by outgoing mayor Coun. Peter Ainsworth. After reading and signing the


formal acceptance of office, Coun Taylor, whose consort will be her husband, Douglas, told her audi­ ence that she would do her utmost to uphold the dignity of the role of mayor. She went on to thank Coun. Peter Ainsworth and his wife, Thirza, for allowing herself and her husband to carry out so many interesting engagements during the past year. “Peter has been a great mentor.


He never gets ruffled even under pressure,” she added. “Pressure, what’s pressure? That’s Peter!” Coun. Ainsworth responded by


commenting th a t it had been a “privilege” and “honour” to be the Mayor of the Ribble Valley for the last 12 months. He thanked all those who had helped during the past year, before directly thanking his wife, Thirza. Elected as deputy mayor for the


coming municipal year was Read and Simonstone ward Conserva­ tive Coun. John Hill with his wife, Phillipa, becoming deputy may­ oress.


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and Mayoress Coun. John iind Phillipa Hill, the Mayor Coun. Taylor, her husband and con- sort,Douglas, Mrs Nan Morris, and Chief Exececutive Mr David Morris. (A150507/9b)


A 17-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe youth has been warned that he could face prison after admitting racially aggravated threatening behaviour towards a 32-year- old Asian woman. The Crown Prosecution Service will


also be applying for an anti-social behav­ iour order against the teenager when he is sentenced for a series of offences. The youth, who cannot be named


because of his age, had previously denied the charge of racially aggravated threat­ ening behaviour, However,he pleaded guilty to other


charges of possessing cannabis and Ecstasy, criminal damage and using threatening behaviour. But, when he appeared at Hyndburn


Magistrates’ Court on the day set aside for his trial, he changed his previous not


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guilty plea to one of guilty. Mr Philip Potter (prosecuting) said the offence involved a young Asian woman who was walking back to her car at 10 p.m. when she was confronted by the youth who swore and called her an offensive name. The woman said she would tell the


police, but the youth he said he knew where she lived and was going to blow her house up. He also said he knew who her children were and where they played. Mr Potter said the youth had a history


of offending, including offences of crimi­ nal damage to memorial benches in the cemetery, and the decision had been made to apply for an ASBO on convic­ tion. Mr Gareth Price (defending) said his


client did not consider himself to be a racist.


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