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«2324 (Ediwr.1), 422323 a great weekend for all the family - ' by Natalie Cox ■ :


FL'AGS will be flying and music playing, the second


• Clitheroe Festival promises a weekend full of fun.


■ For six months organisers have been working behind the scenes to ensure that from Friday, May 16th, until Sunday, May 18th, there will be events for all the family to enjoy. . This year’s event is again being


run in association with Commu­ nity Rail Day. At 2 p.m. on the 16th the third annual beer festival starts at the


, St Mary’s Centre. Run by real ale organisation CAMRA in associa­


tion with the St Mary’s Manage­ ment Committee, the festival will offer more than 40 different beers supplied by North West brew­ eries. The beer festival will run from 2 p.m. until 11 p.m. on May 16th and 17th. Music will be provided on the f irs t night at the Swan and


: Royal, the Gavi in Whalley Road and at the New Inn. On Saturday attention turns to


the Clitheroe Castle field where there will be a birds of prey demonstration, as well as an assault course and aerial ropeway provided by the Army. With tra-


: ditional fairground rides and a BMX competition on the skate park there will plenty of attrac­ tions.


Campaign to combat silent killer


FIVE tradesman die in the North-West every week simply because they have . inhaled asbestos fibres.


, ’ Now Ribble Valley Borough Council :


is backing a Health and Safety Execu- : tive awareness campaign, cal led- “Asbestos: The’Hidden Killer”, to remind local tradesmen of lung diseases, s- such as asbestosis, cancer and mesothe­ lioma, caused by asbestos.


; ; •! The campaign is aimed specifically at


young tradesmen and women'after .r research revealed that, although they-';


were aware of the dangers of asbestos, they did not believe they were personal­ ly a t risk. - The council’s environmental health officer, Julie Whitwell, said: “Every week six electricians and three plumbers die in the UK as a result of exposure to ■ asbestos.


' , “People regard asbestos as something.


only.previous generations were exposed to, but there is a real risk that young people entering the workforce do not think it applies to them, . -r;-- : 1 ^


“But i t does. If they work on any


building built or refurbished before the year 2000 it could contain asbestos.” Helena Shovelton, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, added:


■ “I t is alarming to see that tradesmen know so little about the damage asbestos can cause to their health, espe­ cially, when they are the ones most at risk.'


■ ■ ■ - “We are urging tradesmen to make


sure they are well informed about asbestos;and follow Health and Safety


-Executive guidance in order to protect themselves from this hidden killer.” Ribble Valley Borough Council is dis­


tributing hundreds of packs containing information on protection against asbestos and where asbestos materials are usually found to builders’ merchants and retail outlets throughout the bor­ ough. , They can also be obtained by phoning


Julie 'Whitwell on 01200 413213. Fur­ ther information is also available from the Health and Safety Executive web site at: www.hse.gov.uk ■ Our picture shows Julie Whitwell


with director Peter Robinson (left) and projects manager Dave Knight, of Dug- dale’s Builders’ Merchants, Chatburn, : which is supporting the scheme, (s)


Warning: don’t die from ignorance


Guided countryside tours on


two buses from yesteryear will be given by Frank Watson and Simon Entwistle, starting a t 10 a.m. from Clitheroe Interchange. Visitors will also be able to call


into the Platform Gallery to wew a display of historical and con­ temporary train-inspired photo­ graphs and a special train station .


collage. All weekend a community ban­ - 7,


ner exhibition will provide a “flutter of colour” along Station Road, King Street, Market Place and York Street. Local schools and community groups have been involved in designing and making the many banners displayed. On the first full day of the festi­


val New Form Arts will be invit­ ing people to join them a t the Castle gates to help “P a in t Clitheroe” and create an eight foot wide panoramic townscape made up from a montage of small panels. This will be followed on Sunday by a “Shoot Clitheroe” activity with people invited to take along their camera and join a special digital treasure hunt. The SheepFest, pictured top


left last year, organised by the Friends of Ribble Valley Com­ munity and Entertainment group, is also part of this year’s festival weekend. Creatures creat­ ed by schools and local groups will be on display on the Castle field, while local shops and busi­ nesses will also be joining in the fun with their own exhibits. •


, Music throughout the weekend is being co-ordinated by the Great Days committee. A busk- • ing competition will take place on the Saturday and anyone want­ ing to take part needs to apply for' a pitch by e-mailing John Parkin­ son on parkiesare@tiscali.co.uk. As well as the Swing Comman­


ders, pictured left in action, who will be performing on the Castle bandstand, there will be jazz at the Olive Press and Lancashire- themed entertainment at the Old Post House.-Dance teams includ­ ing Fiddle ’n’ Feet, Stone the Crows and the Amounderness Ladies will be showing off their skills, while the Blackburn Peo­ ple’s Choir and the Pendleton Singers will be providing vocal. entertainment. There will also be music from local youth bands, as well as a hip-hop and beats night at The Grand. . A historic re-enactment in the


Caste grounds on Sunday, as well as a display of American cars, a skateboard competition and a performance by Clitheroe Town Band will bring a packed week­ end of events to a close. For more information about


this year’s festival weekend go to www.clitheroethefuture.co.uk


‘My colleague died a slow, horrible death’ by Eamonn Roberts


“ In 19931 started working,


4 with Kim Hilliard as an envi-■ : ; ronmental-'health' off icer 7


jrinspecting unfit housing-ihJ -Stoke-on-Trent.-.


: -'.i-Kim had^aJair^and prag-j! ; matic ap’


proach‘tp;enforce-A


■ ment.Hewas'not bureaucrat-; ic, had .a", commohsense approach and a cracking sense of humour. He-was a.role'i


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.^model for myself and th e 7; other officers that he helped -- to train. Five years later,- he - died a horrible death from'


: mesothilioma in his early 40s; ; ; Mesotheliomaj'caused by:


- exposure to asbestos, is a rare r and virulent form ofcancer that affects the lining of the


. lung, abdominal cavity and heart chamber.'


asbestos fibres during the ren­ ovation of properties in Lon-


:. ; don during the 1970s and ’80s,^ - when he recalled contractors i smashing and drilling through - asbestos-containing mateiials,' , such as pipe-lagging,'floor arid


:;,ceiling tiles,' and partitions,-; without precautions.


>; ;> .. .:The disease and treatments ;£he,endured;to prolong his life


;,:5iwere painful and seriously debilitating. , To watch Kim slowly die


fo, was traumatic for. his family and friends.-" *'


Kim was exposed , to : 'would;implore anyone who-


i'i might be exposed to asbestos , to do all they can to protect


iSthemselves; Call us. We are . here to help.’ Eamo'nn Roberts, pic-


' tured above, is a Ribble Valley Borough Couhcirsenior envi- ;-.ronmental healthoffficer.,


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’ I have seen for myself the ' vile results of the poor man- ’ agement of asbestos and


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