Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 10 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, April 19th, 2007 . Air ambulance to the rescue


A BOY who suffered an allergic reaction after being stung by a bee was flown to hospital by the North West Air Ambulance. It was called to the 11-year-


old boy’s home near Dunsop Bridge about 1-30 p.m. last Fri­ day. He was e.xperiencing breathing difficulties after being stung on the bottom lip and the decision to use the air ambu­ lance was taken due to the remote location. Paramedics


took the boy’s observations before he was flowi as a precau­ tion to Lancaster Hospital. The flight took just eight


minutes. • The North West Air Ambu­


lance is a registered charity, receiving no mainstream fund­ ing yet it costs £1.9m. a year to maintain. Donations can be made by ringing 0800 5874570 or logging on to www.northwes- tairambulance.co.uk


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Golden milestone to help life-savers


by Duncan Smith


A TRAINED First Responder from Clitheroe had 50 good reasons for donating more than £700 to his life­ saving colleagues. Pat Devine, of Littlemoor Road, was


one of the first in Clitheroe to become a Community First Responder - trained volunteers who rush to heart attack vic­ tims in their locality and administer vital first aid using a portable defibrillator. ■ . The first few minutes after a heart


attack are crucial and the sooner treat­ ment is given, the greater the chance of survival. Recently Pat turned 50, but rather


than gifts he asked family and friends to make donations towards the life-saving work of the Clitheroe First Responders team. Fund-raising was boosted with a raffle


and bingo during a birthday bash attend­ ed by more than 100 people at Whalley Cricket Club. When all the money was in, Pat was able


to present a cheque for £728.50 to his fel­ low First Responders, to help pay for equipment and training. He thanked everyone who made a dona­


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tion or gave prizes for the raffle and bingo. To learn more about the work of Com­


munity First Responders or how you can get involved in your area, visit the website (www.las-first-responders.com). 0 Celebrating Pat’s 50th highlighted a


gap in his past. His wife, Jackie, has no pic­ tures of him before they met in 1974 and she would love to hear from anvone who


has. Family photos wwe lost, so Jackie has no pictures of Pat as a boy or teenager. The picture below shows Pat with Jack­


ie in a Blackpool photobooth in 1977, w'hen he was 20, but she has no pictures of him before that.


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01200 428276. Our picture shows Pat (front) presenting


his cheque to First Responders (from the left) Peter Wells, Mike Ball, Eric Wallace and Kimberley Waterhouse. (S210307/1 i


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examples of need th a t can be addressed by relational care in a non- judgemental framework. He shouldn’t therefore pre-judge


the initiative. I t can only be evaluated when something tangible has been achieved.


■ - GAS.TLE Sign up to be a


friend to Castle ON Monday I passed on the baton of chairman of Friends of the Castle to the High Sheriff of Lancashire, Peter Robinson, who will lead a group of trustees to establish a registered char­ ity to attract monies both as dona­ tions and grants from funding agen­ cies. I have signed up to be a Friend and


although the terms of reference have yet to be fully explained I urge fellow supporters of the Castle grounds to join me in due course. Hopefully there will be opportuni­


ties to get your hands dirty in plant­ ing bulbs, plants and trees, as well as many other activities - or you can just participate in determining where and what projects should be pursued. So watch this space for develop­


ments!


BRUCE DOWLES, Immediate Past Chairman, Friends of the Castle, Whalley Road, Clithcroe


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framework which can be monitored. I t behoves the stakeholders in the


Grand/Oasis project to ensure that there are suitable checks and balances relevant for the Ribble Valley’s rural context. Oxford Youth Works, established 20


years ago, achieved credibility with secular agencies in a number of ways: 0 Establishing an applied theology


course accredited by Oxford Brookes University and ensuring that youth workers could be registered through the secular Joint National Council .


0 Acting as advocates for socially


disadvantaged teens in dealings with the city council and, as a result of liaising with Thames Valley Police on their restorative justice model (where victims of crime meet their perpetra­ tors), the model was adapted to improving understanding in a non­ criminal community context O Providing activities such as after­ school drop-in, music mixing, photog­ raphy, car workshops and a support group for single mothers. Alan cannot deny that there are


IAN HARRISON, Grindleton Road, West Bradford .


i / Thank you Martin,


you made my day I WOULD just like to say thank you to “Martin” from The Dog public house in Clitheroe, who made my day by contacting me regrding my lost purse. He had found it and used my social


club membership card to find my con­ tact information and rang me up and said he had got it and there was £27 in it. I didn’t think I would ever see it


again and was really pleased to know that there are honest people out there. Thanks again for going to the trou­


ble. N.AME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


Could you help out


with cricket teas? ONE of the quintessential elements of the village cricket club is in danger of being lost at Whalley Cricket Club. Despite many improvements being


made to the ground facilities and pavilion at Station Road over the past couple of years, it has become increas­ ingly difficult to find volunteers to produce cricket teas for players and spectators. The club has therefore decided to


appeal to the local community for assistance. The situation may present an opportunity for a local supplier to offer its services to the club and its spectators. We are looking for a small business


or group of individuals which can pro­ duce cricket teas each week through­ out the summer. Ideally, the club would like to form


a partnership with a local company that can be mutually beneficial to both parties. There are a number of opportuni­


ties for the club to market our chosen partner through advertising boards, newsletters, etc. Anyone who is interested should


contact me, David Westwood, on 07740 172179 to discuss their propos­ al.


D.AVID WESTWOOD, (e-mail: (lavid.wcstwood@dsI.pipcx.com)


Do we really need


to light up Castle? I AM pleased that Clitheroe Castle has been granted monies for restora­ tion, but I do not think it is fair that each householder is expected to switch off standby switches and unnecessary lights to conserve energy and protect the environment when a few days ago it was announced that the Castle is going to be floodlit! It has stood for hundreds of years.


very visible, without extra lighting. Surely a better use could be found for the money?


MRS N. RIDING, St Mary’s Drive, Langho


Does anyone know


where Peter is? I AM desperately trying to trace a Peter Mills who lived in Clitheroe around 1955. He was a draughtsman and his


father’s name was Horace. He would now be around 77 years of


age. I am trying to trace his where­ abouts and would be pleased if anyone knows of him.


K.R MALONE (MISS), 94 Nunts Park Avenue, Coventrj-, West Midlands, CVGIGY


Go and use your


vote on May 3rd ON my election trail around Edisford and Low Moor wards, I was approached by a young man who was delighted that he was now eligible to vote for the first time. My advice to him was to make sure


that he did use that vote in the future and not, like many, sit at home and moan about things, but never do any­ thing to alter it, like voting. This advice goes out to all others


who are now eligible to vote. Please use it. It is good to see that in the forth­


coming elections there are many inde­ pendent candidates standing. This can only be a good thing for the sys­ tem. We need many more independ­ ent people on the councils to a(ldress this two-party shambles we have now. How often do you see the two par­


ties bickering in chambers, instead of getting to grips with the everyday running of the Valley and towns in the area?


. The area suffers from vandalism, crime, litter and all we seem to have is political fighting. I hope the electors will alter this on


polling day.


RON LOEBELL, Edisford and Low Moor Independent candidate, Edisford Road, Clitlicroe


Heartfelt thanks


from grateful mum THANK you to everyone who lives in Warren Fold, Hurst Green, for all the help you gave me during my son, Lawrence Balshaw’s, stay in the high dependency unit of the Royal Black­ burn Hospital. Thanks also to the police and


medics of Blackburn for the help yoii all gave to Lawrence at the time of his accident. God bless you all. You will be pleased to know that


Lawrence is now recovering at home and improving.


MRS BETTY MON.AGHAN, Warren Fold, Hurst Green


Park House: some


history, please READ Parish Council would be inter­ ested to hear from any reader having information about Park House, Saw- ley, which may have been a nursing home in the 1930s. The council can be contacted


through its website www.readparish- council.org.uk


SHEILA STURROCK, Clerk to the Council


Border Regiment


annual reunion THIS year we are mounting a sus­ tained effort to locate previously serv­ ing members for the annual reunion of the 1st Battalion Border Regiment on May 11th, as age is obviously reduc­ ing the numbers each year. Many were recruited from your area and people have migrated since leaving the army. The informal dinner/dance will be


held at The Shepherd’s Inn, Carlisle. Tickets cost £16 and can be obtained from John Mallinson on 01228 520877.


JOHN LITTLE Oxton, Wirral


Make a date with


council leader THE leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council, Coun. John Hill, is to appear live on air to discuss and answer ques­ tions on the proposed racecourse in Simonstone, Read and Altham. He will appear on the “David Caw­


ley Show” tonight, April 19th, between 6 and 8 p.m. Any questions for him on this issue should be for­ warded in advance to david.caw- ley@btconnect.com Ribble Valley Radio can currently


be heard online at www.ribbleval- leyradio.org.uk seven days a week.


DAVID C.AWLEY, Ribbic Valley Radio


A further waste of


our council tax ONCE again Lancashire. County Council’s share of the “council tax” is up by more than the national average and yet they are still prepared to waste money on, the quasi-religion of traffic calming. It may be the case that hardly any­


one in the area affected actually wants humps in their streets, but as usual they have to pay their hard earned money in tax to someone. Far better to spend the-“safety” money on the roads that need resurfacing etc. or roadside speed indicators at accident blackspots, but then the parasitic priests who design siich traffic calm­ ing schemes would all be out of a job. The chances are that the top speed


of 99% of vehicles will not exceed 20 m.p.h. if the road is already obstruct­ ed by parked cars making it a single lane only in places. You have only got to watch “Road Wars” on Sky 'Three to see that traffic calming is worse than useless when it comes to stop­


ping or even slowing determined reck­ less drivers. If the politicians are serious about


reducing C02 emissions they should be ripping out traffic calming and reducing the number of roundabouts on trunk roads to an absolute mini­ mum. Politicians are going to have to decide which of their direct or indirect tax (inflation) generating potentially expensive quasi-religions is most important, saving the planet by reducing pollution or alleged safer roads. There is also the public health aspect, I suspect that if anyone had bothered to do the research it would be amply proven that traffic calming increases the local rates of asthma and other chronic lung conditions. It would appear that I am not the


only one against traffic calming. The residents of Great Wyriey in the Mid­ lands have a website (www.greatwyr- ley.org.uk) which campaigns to remove traffic calming from their streets. Complaints include new hous­ es remaining unsold for ages because they are adjacent to humps, flooding, an(l the fact th a t since the humps were installed the general area has gone downhill as far as overall appear­ ance and cleanliness is concerned. I can only hope that concern for the


environment ivill put an end to “traf­ fic calming” once and for all. The sci­ ence shows that to reduce emissions, many speed limits need to be increased wherever practicable, not cut further. The road safety high priests will all squeal like stuck pigs, but it has to be pointed out that most of them have never campaigned for the potentially cheap and obvious safety benefit of free annual eye-sight tests for all drivers. I t is estimated that 20% of drivers in the UK fail to meet the eye-sight requirements, and they may be responsible for 50% of the serious accidents. Open minded scrutiny of the rele­


vant data shows that, unlike the pop­ ular myth, breaking the speed limit is only a factor in a very small minority (5%) of reported accidents. Far more accidents are put down to “not look­ ing properly” or other non-speed related factors.


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