20 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, November 22nd, 2007


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Naturalists’ ‘tour’ of Britain is voted a hit


CLITHEROE Naturalists’ sec­ ond winter lecture was a fascinat­ ing journey from “Craven to Cum­


bria”. At Clitheroe Library, speakers


Edmund and Iris Hurst presented a visual journey accompanied by


humorous asides. Natural and man-made boundaries, geology, architecture and the industri­ al past formed the framework for the


slides. At Skipton the Leeds and Liverpool


Event hit the high note for next year’s show


A MUSICAL evening hit the high notes for the Hodder Valley Show. This year’s annual agricultural


event did not go ahead as usual, due to restrictions caused by the summer outbreak of foot and mouth disease. At the 11th hour show organis­


ers decided to abandon the out­ door event, opting to hold a smaller indoor show with just the children’s and young farmer’s classes. That put a dent in the show’s


2008 budget, but many a dent has been knocked out by brass bands­ men, and Newton Village Hall


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hosted a successful fund-raising concert by Slaidburn Silver Band • At the AGM of Hodder Val­


ley Show, Mr Alpe was elected to remain as president for 2008. Our photograph shows mem­


bers of Slaidburn Silver Band with Mr James Pinder (left) and Mr Alpe. (P151007/5)


Canal provided a good example of changes from commercial transport to narrowboats for the leisure industry. The Craven fault formed the unique


landscapes of Malhamdale and the limestone country. Evidence of inhabitants from the


Celtic square field system, seen from the top of Malham Cove, contrasted with the Medieval church at Kirkby Malham, the mill at Hanlith and the changes to farming made by the monks of Fountains Abbey to the vast moors in the rearing of sheep.


Audience members learned that


rivers have been important bound­ aries. The Wharfe, Ure, the Swale and their valleys are now a tourist para­ dise and the villages an architectural delight in their simplicity, but the speakers said this had not always been the case. The geological difference between


the Dales and the Lakes was clearly shown in the hills near Dent where the monument to geologist Adam Sedgewick dominated the main street. Wonderful views of the colours of


Wastwater and the country around Great Gable and the Langdales were shown. Close-ups of flowers such as birds-


eye primrose, damson blossom and daffodils were also shown. Chairman Mr F ran k Mason


thanked the Hursts on behalf of the naturalists. • The next lecture will be tonight at


7-30 p.m. when Malcolm Roberts will speak on “Highland Experience”.


Wendy will not be forgotten


TICKETS are being sold for a charity raffle to honour the memory of a Clitheroe woman. Mother-of-two Mrs Wendy Boyer, of


Talbot Close, had been suffering with leukaemia since June 2003. Despite undergoing a successful bone-


marrow transplant, she contracted pneu­ monia and died two years ago. Mrs Boyer was well known in the communi­ ty and had worked at the local Tesco supermarket for 15 years. Her friends and daughters, Carla and


Georgina, have decided to keep her ■memory alive by setting up the “Wendy Boyer Forget-Me-Not Fund”. One of the first fund-raising events is a


charity raffle with 16 prizes to be given away. The top prize is £50 worth of Tesco vouchers. Tickets are priced £1 a strip and can


be obtained from Carla a t Pendleside Medical Practice, Clitheroe Health Cen­ tre.


All proceeds raised will go towards Leukaemia Research.


Church is target


LEAD flashing has been stolen from the roof of a church in the Ribble Valley. Vandals and thieves made off with an


estimated £500 worth of lead flashing when they targeted St Helen’s Church, in Waddington, between 10 a.m. on Sunday, November 11th and 1 p.m. last Friday.


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Castle Cement to the rescue!


PUPILS at a Clitheroe pri­ mary school are enjoying a new eco-friendly play area thanks to the generosity of a leading local employer. Bosses at Castle Cement’s


Ribblesdale works were approached by Edisford Pri­ mary School to see if they might be prepared to help with a donation towards a new play area. The company did better


than that - it said it would happily supply all the materi­ als and labour to make the play area become a reality. Deputy headteacher David


Edmondson said: “We’ve been looking to extend our play area for a while now. Our play­ ground supervisor, Alison Knight, knew what she want­ ed, but the challenge was funding i t . When we approached Castle Cement we couldn’t believe how helpful they all were. “We were invited to visit


the quarry, discussed our needs and chose the stone we wanted. We have an eco- friendly policy at the school so we wanted our new play area to comply with this philoso­ phy and Castle Cement has even enabled us to do this.” The new play area includes


a sandpit, wooden play house, a waiting area with benches and rocks for the children to play on. “The new area has consider­


ably enhanced our facilities and the children are delight­ ed,” said David. “We could never have afforded it without Castle Cement’s help.” Gary Young, general man­


ager at the Ribblesdale works, said: “We always try and help where we can with communi­ ty events. This was a project which we felt we were able to adopt a hands-on approach and we are very pleased the area has been so well received by the children.”


Go-ahead for park plan extension


PLANS to extend Twyn Ghyll Caravan Park in Paythorne have been given the go-ahead. Members of Ribble Valley


Borough Council’s Planning and Development Committee agreed that vacant agricultur­ al land could be used to extend the site with an addi­ tional 75 static holiday cara­ van pitches. Representations from the


parish council, United Utili­ ties and a nearby resident


were received by the council. Committee members grant­


ed the application subject to a number of conditions, one stated that the period of occu­ pancy of the entire site be lim­ ited to March 1st to January 6th with none of the units to be occupied outside those dates. Another stated that the 75 static vans be used only as holiday accommodation and “under no circumstances” to be occupied as a “person’s pri­ mary residence”.


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OUR picture shows Gary


Young


(left) and Lee Yates from


Castle


Cement, play­


ground


supervi­ sor Ali­ son


Knight


and two of the Edisford pupils.


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