Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 4 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 12th, 2008


Whalley News


Extension plans for village care home


PLANS for the provision of additional 12 bedrooms with en-suites, WC and lift to existing residential care home, including conservatory have been submitted to Kib­ ble Valley Borough Council. Comments on the proposal a t Croft


Care Home, 84 King Street, Whalley (number 0415) must be submitted to the council by June 20th. Other applications include: Billinglon: Two-storey extension to.rear


of 23 Chapel Rise (0420). ■ ^:v>v Alterations to end of terrace house. -


Replace roof hip with a gable end ancl con­ struct rear dormer at 2 Bridge End (0451).


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, advei tiser.co.iik - . Love at first sight for this platinum pair by Faiza Afzaal


IT was love at first sight for a. devoted Ribble Valley couple who have cele-


:brated;70 years' of wedded bliss. . V Soul mates Mr


■


■ and Mrs Arthur : and Nellie Gold- . smith, who live at the bungalow next to the Croft Rest


..Home,: in^King Street, Whalley,. celebrated their platinum wedding


■


■ anniversary, th i s - month.


. . And' at,-.: the grand old age o f . 99, Mr Goldsmith is remarkably fit and active and- continues to enjoy gardening. He is looking forward to


iVou will be feeling so good that you will want


’•■to shout i t from th e mountain to ps. i - , We'll we can’t help you with that but we can - . -


help you announce it to the whole of East Lancashire & beyond


How? With a notice In our - . v.


Engagements column of the . ; . Burnley Express Nelson Leader or- . Clitheroe Advertiser: and a page created ' especially for - you on our online Family Notices site.


• celebrating:."-his centenary in Feb­ ruary next year.. Mr Goldsmith- was brought up in’


Pendleton- and attended Barrow School. A.life-long gardening enthusi­ a st, he spent 30 years until.retire­ ment employed'^ a gardener, at Saw- ley Lodge. -Afe ■


.'During the Sec­ ond World War,


-Mr Goldsmith served with the


;Royal Artillery. ■During


his


younger days he was a keen fell run­ ner, claiming a


: prestigious place in ■ the record books by . winning the


■ Pendleton Fell Race for four con- . secutive years.


' ' Mrs Goldsmith (93) was born in IBashall Eaves and on leaving school worked as a machinist at Tru- tex, in Clitheroe,


■ until she retired aged 60.


••• : Mr-,:and--Mrs Goldsmith met at a village, dance in.


Bashall Eaves and admit they “hit it off” immediately. “We used to


■


dance a lot. I fell in love with Nellie the first time I saw her,’! reminisced Mr Goldsmith. “She is my soul mate.” . They were mar­ ried at S t P au l’s


. Church, Low Moor, on June 4th, 1938, and enjoyed a week’s honey­ moon in Black­ pool. The address


Park Avenue has been synonymous with the couple’s happy married life. Their first home together was in


■ Park Avenue, i Chatburn, where • they lived for more than:30 years after which they decid-


;■


■ed tq^move to Park Avenue


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son, Eric, sadly died two years ago, aged 64. The cou­ ple have two grandchildren of whom they are very proud. The pair marked


the milestone anniversary with a family meal at the Calf’s Head Hotel, in Worston.


■ They are also waiting in antici­ pation for a special c o n g ra tu la to ry telegram from Her Majesty The Queen. Mr and , Mrs


Goldsmith believe. the secret to a . blissful 70_-year marriage and for a love to last a life­ time is good li-ving. They both agreed. th a t they have ■ enjoyed the same.:' interests and loved • . doing ' things : together.


- “We have looked after ourselves the best we can,” they


i.said. r- . -A ‘.‘We ‘ have., always made deci-


sions together and ; have enjoyed life together. We have : always been happy in our home.” :


• Our picture - shows Mr and Mrs Goldsmith, above,: celebrating- .-70 happy years - of. m a r r i a g e (A090608/6)and right, on their wedding-day in 1938. (s)


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A heart- made


by Duncan Smith


A BILLINGTON woman whose heart stopped beating for 21 seconds is urging Ribble Valley people to back a major fund-raising campaign by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).. . The “Help a H e a rt” campaign will run-


throughout June, with a target of f 1.5m. to fund essential heart research that could save friends and family from the pain of losing a ..lovedo_ne.:.. .. ■- Someone who has already-.benefited from vital research funded by the BHF.Js 28-year-


. old Emma Burgess,- of. Billingtbn;- .■ V Ever since she was five-years-old Emma had been fainting, particularly if she stpod still for too long or was ill. Years later and fearing


Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) moment want to help


epilepsy, Emma was referred to a neurologist who thought he heard a heart murmur and referred her to a cardiologist. In January 2006, she was fitted mth a pacemaker for Malignant Vasovagal Syndrome and since then she has had a great life. Emma said: “Doctors said I was prone to


fainting. In the past 10 years I fainted more on nights out so it was thought I may be allergic to alcohol because I didn’t drink much and still fainted. “When I had a ‘tilt table test’, my heart


stopped for 21 seconds and only restarted because the nurse punched me in the chest


twice.” Now that Emma’s condition is diagnosed


and managed, she is keen to support the BHF, whose fund-raising has helped her and thou­ sands more heart patients. .


“As a thank you to the British Heart Foun­


dation, I have organised events at schools and taken part in the Morecambe Bay walk with my dad,” said Emma. “I really hope people in the area will support the nation’s heart charity during June.” In the UK, nearly 600 people lose their lives


to heart and circulatory disease every day. The British Heart Foundation is committed to pre­ venting lives being devastated by the disease, but urgently needs ongoing support to invest in groundbreaking heart research. You can support June’s “Help a Heart” cam­


paign by buying a Heart Button from any BHF charity shop or getting involved in vari­ ous other ways. For more details phone 01623 624558, e-mail: northcfr(@bhf.org.uk, or visit the BHF website at: www.bhf.org.uk/helpa- heart


Why we chose this method by Natalie Cox


THE introduction of the new three-stream waste collection service in the Ribble Valley is part of a drive to increase the amount of rubbish th a t is


recycled. Explained Mr John Heap, the


council's Director of Communi­ ty Services: “There is drive to recycle more than 56% of house­ hold waste by 2015. Neighbour­ ing authorities have doubled the cost of their refuse collections by adding an extra round, but if we had done that there would have been an additional £lm. cost to local taxpayers because no addi­ tional Government grant would be available. This would have led


to a 40% increase in the Ribble Valley’s share of the council tax. “Our members said that was


not acceptable. 'We were told it was not an option and neither was moving to a fortnightly col­ lection of non-recyclables. “We looked at the experience


. of other authorities to work out how we could deliver a service collecting refuse every week and alternating between green waste and dry recyclables at the same time in the same vehicle at a cost increase of less than 15%. To achieve that changes have had to be made to some res id en ts ’ arrangements and we have moved to wheelie bins to segre­ gate the waste. “The end result, after years of


consideration, is that we agreed to collect from the end of proper­


ties, the end of back streets and


. designated collection points and that is the issue that most people seem to have concerns about.” As with other hauliers and


motorists , the council is also having to deal with increasing


’ fuel costs. Said Mr Heap: “Our budget for the current year for diesel was £117,000, bu t since that was set the cost has gone up by 20% and there is no more grant money coming through to cover the increase so we have to find ways of saving to pay for it. I t is projected that by the end of the year the cost of fuel could be £2 per litre so i t will have dou­ bled in price and we do not have any spare cash. So the service not only has to be effective, but economical as well.”


We need the public’s help


■ SOME of the concerns raised by residents ' are entirely ■valid, such as a poorly located collection point causing a traffic hazard, or passers-by putting “the wrong rubbish”


■ in bins located near public footpaths. Council officers are keen to work


through these issues and resolve each one on an individual basis, as they have already done in other parts of the bor­ ough. But to do so they need the public’s


help. " Residents who have concerns and


queries about the new wheelie bin system are asked to continue contacting the coun­ cil’s dedicated helpline on 01200 414499 or by e-mail a t the following: three- stream@ribblevalley.gov They are also asked to be patient as it


will take time to work through the issues and residents might not get an instant


. response. Mr Heap said: “We are working .


- through all the issues in order. Every sin­ gle query is being dealt with as quickly as we possibly can.”


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i : And Mr Graham Jagger, the councils street scene manager, explained that in some instances action will need to be taken in response to specific requests: “We are getting back to householders and giv- ■ ing them details about what we will do.


It’s music all the way


AFTER the huge success of the recent 1940s theme night during the Clitheroe Festival weekend, St


rvr^M^ichael and St John’s Social Centre / i ^ ^ r e holding a 1960s theme night on


Saturday. There will be music from the era


and guests may come in fancy dress. There also will be a raffle and bingo;. All new and old members are wel­


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but there can sometimes be a delay between the question being asked and the council informing the resident about what is being done.” - Added Mr Heap: “'When someone rings


to change the number of bins they need it is not as simple as people think. “We have to alter an order th a t has


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“ SOME of the concerns raised by residents are entirely valid,


such as a poorly located collection point causing a .traffic hazard, or passers-by pul­ ling‘the wrong


rubbish’ in bins located near pub­ lic footpaths.”


Litter irony not lost on resident!


PICKING up litter dropped by the workers delivering her new litter bin was an irony not lost on one Clitheroe resi-


, dent. This pile of plastic ties, pic­


tured, was collected by the resident just from her street alone, but she saw similar debris across the town. The resident of the Peel Park area, who did not want to be named, said the plastic ties, . were dropped by workers delivering the new wheelie bins to homes thoroughout the town. She was concerned


• that, because they were loops, someone could trip and


■ hurt themselves. • A spokesman for Ribble Valley Borough Council said: “We are grateful to the resi­ dent concerned for alerting us to this issue. Since the council


■ became aware of the problem it has not happened again.”


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