8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 24th, 2007 *1 I s l lU I C lU C n U V C l l i s C I w i l l ) i c o , m u i o u a j , m u ;


www.ciitheroeadvertiser.co.uk .........—■ Act now if your group could benefit from grant scheme


LOCAL voluntary and community groups based in Clitheroe and the surrounding villages can benefit from new rounds of Clitheroe the Future’s Small Community Projects Fund. This grants scheme has been made available by Clitheroe the Future (through the North


West Development Agency) and is administered by Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service. The fund awards grants of up to £250 to help local groups carry out activities and projects which encourage community involvement and participation in local activities.


The fund aims to help small groups (those without paid staff) carry out activities which


otherwise might not be possible. Projects must work towards the aims of the


Clitheroe Market Town Action Plan which include:


9 Local Empowerment - engaging the local


community to address issues of prime impor­ tance to the future of the town and surrounding


areas. 9 Environment - preserving and enhancing


the area’s cultural heritage and local environ­


ment. 9 Visitor Attraction - developing


Clitheroe and surrounding areas as a qual­ ity visitor destination within the Ribble Valley. 9 Service Centre - to ensure that


Clitheroe fulfils its role as a local service centre for the town and surrounding rural hinterland. 9 Economic Base - to contribute to the


local economic base in Clitheroe and the hinterland Some projects which have been funded in


previous rounds include: a local pan­ tomime, painting exhibition and a poetry reading programme The next deadlines for applications are


June 29th, August 31st and November 2nd. For more information contact Ribble Valley CVS on 01200 422995.


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Club is now a charity


THIS year’s AGM of the Ribblesdale Camera Club had more important matters to resolve than the usual election of officers and committee. It was decided during the year to change


the status of the club to a charity, in view of its educational element. The constitution and rules were separat­


ed and the new constitution was adopted at an Extraordinary General Meeting a few weeks ago. The residual “housekeeping” elements


were presented to the club as “Rules” and approved with only a few minor amend­ ments. A further document accepted was a revision of the entry requirements for the internal and external competitions. In his report, club chairman John


Bradley said that recent years have been turbulent, partly because of the increase in the use of digital cameras. This has led to the introduction of digital projections as a medium and meant major alterations to both the club’s programme and competi­ tion structure. Added to which, the club's Chatburn Clubroom had become too small for the number of members in the club. The move to the Young Farmers Centre,


off Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, for the majori­ ty of the meetings was successful, but because of structural problems, a second move was necessary. West Bradford Village Hall then made the club very welcome. The drawback of not having storage facili­ ties or a noticeboard has now been resolved and the lack of a wall for the exhibition of member’s work will be addressed in other ways.


Plans in the pipeline


A PLANNING application has been sub­ mitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council for a farm worker’s dwelling. Comments on the proposal at Crossbank


Laithe, Catlow Road; Slaidburn (number 0415) must be made to the council by tomorrow. Other applications include: Read: Single-storey extension to the


front of the dwelling and internal remodel­ ling. Flat roof on garage to be replaced with pitched roof at 7 Nowell Grove (0418).


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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Loeal lad Peter’s worth a bob or two by Natalie Cox


MULTI-MILLION­ AIRE Peter Harg­ reaves has remained loyal to his Ribble Val­


ley roots. Despite enjoying phe­


nomenal business success the former Pendle Junior and CRGS pupil returns home once a year. Earlier this month a


quarter of Hargreaves Lansdown, the company Peter co-founded with Stephen Lansdown, was floated on the stock mar­ ket, giving the company a value of around £1 billion. This makes Peter one of the Valley’s greatest suc­ cess stories. Although he has lived in


Bristol for the past 20 years, Peter (pictured) still describes himself as a "Clitheronian”. He said: “I try to get


back at least once a year. I came back to Clitheroe last year and intend to come up this year. Last time I came I could


not get in anywhere although I was no poorer then than I am now. I ended up staying at the Station Hotel, which in fact my family used to own about 100 years ago.” There are many connec­


tions between Peter’s fam­ ily and the Ribble Valley. Kendal Street, off Chat- burn Road, is named after his grandmother’s family who at one time had the Moorcock Inn on Waddington Fell. Peter was born and


brought up locally. His parents used to run a con­ fectionery business from number 25 Chatburn Road and for 10 years the family lived above the shop. After leaving Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Peter spent five years at Blackburn accountants Collingwood, Burrows and Riley where he trained to be a char­ tered accountant. After working for Unisys and Whitbread, Peter moved south to Bristol where he met Stephen Lansdown. In 1981 they set up their


own investment brokerage company and since then have never looked back. He explained th a t the


decision to float part of the company this year was for “continuity”. Peter said: “The only


way we could realise the value for our families was by doing it and keeping the business independent. Anyone who would have


bought it would have ruined it and th a t is


absolutely true.” News of the floatation


made headlines in the Sun­ day Times, the Financial Adviser, the Independent and the Financial Mail. Added Peter: “ I t is a


real shame my parents are not alive. They knew I would be successful, but I think this would have sur­ prised even them.” A former fell runner and


Clayton-le-Moors Harrier, Peter still goes to the gym “more or less” every day. He also manages to stay


in contact with some for­ mer school pals and has friends in the Ribble Val­ ley.


One pal in particular


th a t he keeps in touch with is Jonathan Lloyd. Peter said: “He started grammar school with me on our first day in Septem­ ber 1958. Twelve years ago with


another scientist he invented a much better way of making fuel cells and a piece of kit called an electrolyser, which con­ verts water into oxygen and hydrogen. “I t is widely believed


th a t this company is a market leader and is cer­ tainly, when the world accepts it, one of the likely replacements for fossil fuels and, more important­


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ly, hydrogen is a clean fuel. “When Jonnie, who is


now a PhD, came to me with this technology many years ago I was one of a few people who put some of the seed capital in to allow them to develop. “ I am now in fact a non-executive director of


ITM Power. While it is early days for ITM Power, Jonnie Lloyd’s stake in the business is £17 million and my smaller stake is worth £7 million. “Jonnie Lloyd, like me,


lived on Green Drive when we were at the grammar school.”


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