10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times; Thursday, June 12tH, 2008


Shocked by this . wheelie bin tale


■I AM sure m an y people, were as V • shocked as I was to hear that an 80- , year-old lady at Bolton-by-Bowland is required to carry' her refuse half-a- . mile to a collection point.


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■ I was even more shocked a t the : interview on “Look North” with one of our councillors. - - .


;. When questioned he said that the matter is being looked into, but then;. went on to tell us that he himself is in his 70s. Where was the relevance, in that? Unless he, too, is having to carry his own refuse! (I think not). He also said th a t th e council


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■'. they could see their way to returninc the wallet itself. -


You can keep the money (obvious­


ly I'd rather that you didn't but.... ) and the various cards are of no


■ you as there wasn't a c re d i t^ ' amongst them, but the wallet itselfl


Write to: ThrEdilori Qithcroe Adwrli^'and 'fimesja King'sire


licity and try to draw more people in. This year there was a delay in fund­ ing which meant we were short of time. The move of the Tourist Infor­ mation Office didn't help either, but that’s a different issue. • So come on Denise... join the


wants to save taxpayers’ money. I • ■ don't think there could be a single council taxpayer .who would object to money being spent’on the proper . collection of an 80-year-old's refuse -. - although there are other spends we - could object to.


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■ I'm afraid the councillor's response was pathetic and I hope that a more positive attitude mil be forthcoming, even as I write.


• It would seem that proper research was not undertaken by the council before issuing the new arrangements.


J.E. MARSH, Lancaster Drive, v ■ - Clitheroe. ''


. ■- . : . E d ito r ’s n o te ; We received two •


other letters similar to the above, based on the coverage oj the wheelie bin story ; in the national press and on TV. Since, that story was misleading, it would be wrong to print views, especially criti­ cisms,-inspired by it. See our coverage . of the wheelie bins story elsewhere in this issue. • .


We need people with lots of ideas


; rWOULD like to th ank Denise . Travis for giving me the opportuni- . ty to respond to her comments about the Festival Weekend (June 5th edi- .


• tion). I t is always good to get feed­ back.


' : The weekend is a huge undertak- ing requiring a lot of hard work, - which is done by only a few volun-. teers. And yes, some of Ms Travis’ - ideas almost happened. We did plan to promote local produce and crafts


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organisers to plan another successful weekend. The chairman extends an invitation to you and others like you;. We need people with ideas,


patience, a sense of humour and commitment to this lovely tow n .. Then the citizens of Clitheroe can look forward to many more festivals.


PENNY MONK, , Festival Volunteer,


Chatburn Road, : Clitheroc .


A message to the


post office boss... MAY I through your paper voice my concern to Mr A; Crozier, chairman of the Post Office, wherever he may be. ■ Our post office facilities or should


I say no facilities in our village of Hurst Green are a disgrace. We are into the third week of


breakdown.- Due to I am informed, computer and BT lines being faulty. • Our postmistress-has had a very


frustrating time trying to.correct’ this situation.'She, too, is a villager,, and is concerned and apologetic to her customers.


. •: Perhaps Mr Crozier, instead of


spending millions of pounds on celebrity advertising, it would be prudent to invest in some decent equipment that works consistently. . Trust me, Mr Crozier, your cus­ tomers are here, ordinary people


. waiting for a service you are not pro­ viding. Our community is reliant on our


■ in a marquee on the Castle field,' but -■ ‘ couldn’t in the end commit to it as ' ' funding was not guaranteed at that; ; time. -


• - Local businesses DID support the ; festival, putting on music, tastings, •. and by opening on Sunday. They- : paid for all of this themselves.- - .; We need to do more of this and ■


■ plan to do it better next year! Many • thanks to them for their support. . There was more than the fair, too.


part-time post office .‘Three morn-, ings per week run from the Eagle -And Child pub”v Especially our sen­ ior citizens who need access to their pensions. - . " •


• liMost of us are not on-line or do Internet banking.


-: • . Maybe the slogan “Care in the


Community”' should be changed to , “Care of the Community”. - ' This mish-mash of-this service:


leads me to think you might consider a career change.' Might I suggest chairman of the FA?;But wait a-


About 500 people saw the Swing Commanders perform, while street .. entertainment and singing livened up the town. Wei had to invoke an ■


- almost £1;000. As i t was, the road v closure cost in the region of £400.; :


: While free- for the people of;- ; Clitheroe,'bands and other enter-: ; tainers do charge, the organisers- have to find funding every year,


, spending it carefully. The Beer Fes- : • tival was a tremendous success - 40 - fine.beers sponsored by local busi-. nesses, great live music, and not a spot of bother. The weekend was featured in this ,


'paper, on BBC Radio Lancashire, by • ■ the Rail Network, and shops, pubs :;and restaurants took leaflets to dis-;- Tri_bute.jWe.do.plan to increase pub-:


. minute you’ve done that already an d : failed a t that too. • - - -


ancient law in order, to get the street closed, otherwise Lancashire CounT.-,;:MRS SHEILA RYAN ty-Council would have charged us .: Hurst Green ' V:-,-: •


; On your report card I would write; in bold red capitals, ‘.‘Could do bet­ te r - s e e me”.


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same roads keep getting done and some have never been touched?


br'c-niail: w'icn.niealh(gcasllancsncws.co uk He had escaped from a prisoner o f .


: - Also would it notbe a good idea to fill in the pot holes and lift the man- . holes and grates before commencing


the works? Because after layers of the apparently make-do-and-mend. •work the holes become very low as


.'you notice when you are driving over them. I often wonder is it cheaper to pay out.insurance claims rather than


. making good these highway defects?., lam sure there must be someone


delegated to inspect the roads before the works are carried out, but i t ’s very seldom you see the highways being inspected if at all. I am sure someone will be paid a good salary and a decent pension to do this. Roll on summer when all the tar starts to seep through to the surface then they can throw some more chippings onit. - I t ’s just a pity that LCC doesn’t


have to earn a li-ving like most of us have to do. Instead they just put up the community charge again. With the Government we can change by voting in someone different. But like it or lump it we are stuck with LCC and roads th a t over the last few - years have rapidly deteriorated.


HARD WORKING SINGLE PARENT


TeacHer who gave


so much to pupils WITH being away on holiday;! \vas


• late reading two previous copies o f . “The Advertiser.”.. The May 22nd and 29th “Looking Back” columns of these two editions both mention the induction of Coun. James Entwistle as the new Town Mayor, also referring to the fact that he was Deputy Headteacher at Ribblesdale School. •: Presumably this Mayor-making ceremony took place in May 1958, two months before Mr Entwistle- retired from Ribblesdale. - I was a pupil a t the school from 1948 to 1952 and therefore came : under the influence of this some-


; times volatile, charismatic teacher, r : The name Jimmy-Ent, as he was affectionately known (and feared) by many hundreds of pupils is folklore to those who remember him - and most will! ' F if ty years down the line one


'could be forgiven for being hazy about teachers’ names, but I ’m sure; I speak for all when I say in Jimmy’s


Why do we put up ' T


with this yearly? THE time of year has come round ■ again for LCC to throw away a good portion of our money, by tar. spray­ ing and throwing a load of chippings on various roads around the Ribble Valley. 1,-being of the female gender.and


not of a highways background, often wonder why.this operation is carried , out. Is it to make the road surface ■. have more,grip?.If so why do.the>


'. case the very opposite is nearer the " truth. :):- He taught in an age that bears lit­ tle resemblance to the educational arena of today.


pupil had crossed the threshold of the school building, a


.code of discipline came into force • that was rigorously applied, wholly expected and seldom'questioned by pupils or their parents. Teachers of the calibre of James Entwistle saw


-to it tha t the word “consequence” was clearly understood by boys and girls alike. - ; Despite his reputation as a disci­


plinarian he was in fact a kindly man- who had a wealth of experiences and ; tales to tell.


.- was of great sentimental value to | me.


war camp in the First World War - and been exposed to situations of great personal danger.- He mainly taught us geography , and when “flavours of the Bosporus


'o r land masses of the Himalayas’’ became tedious we knew how to divert him to something more excit­


ing. A simple question such as “Have


you ever been abroad Sir?” could lead to 30 minutes of riveting der­ ring-do that had little to do with the Bosporus or Tibet! On April 1st, 1951, he appeard


before the whole school to take morning assembly - “Turn to hymn 701”. Amid the hubbub and confu­ sion at finding only 700 hymns in the book he said to the astonished school (teachers included) “Now th a t you’ve all been April-fooled, that’s the last I want to hear about it today , or some fools will be fooling with me!” We all.understood the message.; I t is difficult to identify what


attributes were passed on to our young minds by teachers like James Entwistle. Knowledge was only a , small p a r t of what they gave us. Respect, obedience and a sub-con- cious desire to conform to similar values probably made up the rest. Whatever it was, I am grateful and thankful th a t I experienced the ethos of those times. In 1958 James Entwistle retired after a lifetime of teaching in Clitheroe and district. He retired to Cleveleys where he died in 1977. In July, 1958, a special speech-day


ceremony was held in the King Lane Hall where he was presented with a watch by Mr Leonard King, Senior Master. Commenting on the appro­ priateness of a watch for such long and distinguished service, Mr King said: ‘‘There is no present like the


• time for such recognition and appre­ ciation of long and dedicated serv­ ice.”-.-.


■ Having myself spent almost a life­


time career as a teacher at Ribbles­ dale, maybe there are some souls out there who have occasional flashbacks of successul diversions a t my expense. ,


- • DAVID BOWKER .


Park Avenue, Clitheroc


Value for money at


this local outlet JUST a quick response to the couple of people recently who have said there is nowhere in Clitheroe to get a pair of cheap jeans or other clothes,' they should have a walk down to


; Shawbridge and look at “The Facto­ ry Shop”.


They are excellent value for money in my opinion.


PETER STANLEY, Mitchell Street, Clithcroc


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. who sneaked into the back of my ' shop on Wednesday, June 4th, and


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- If you, by any chance, read this and still have the wallet I would ask ' that yoii put it through the letterbo.x ■' of Townsend Records on Moor Lane | ' and I will be very greateful.


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PAULMcGOWAN, . ..Townsend Records'


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an honest person THANK you to the person who


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My sincere and grateful thanks." .-


Your letters...


• The Editor welcomes letters on any su b je c t , b u t correspondents arc reminded that contributions may be edited or condensed, must not exceed 330 words and should reach us by noon on Tuesday. Letters with noms dc plume arc


now only accepted for publication if the editor agrees that there is a valid reason for the writer's identity to be withheld. Letters can be sent by post to the


Ciithcroc Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clithcroc BB7 2EW, via e-mail to vivien.mealh@castlanc- sncws.co.uk, via fax to 01200 -M3167 or texted to 07799G9G447. Letters submitted by any of these


methods must, however, include the writer's name and full postal address.


:: JONES-PREEDY


- A HONEYMOON spent a t the world famous Sharrow Bay Hotel and a t the Linthwaite House Hotel, in the Lake District, followed the wedding of Miss Marie Preedy to Mr Peter M. Jones, in St Michael and St John's RC Church, Clitheroe. The bride, of Clitheroe, is head of the


food and technology department a t St Bede's RC School, Blackburn, and the daughter of the late Mr Reginald and


- Mrs Joan Preedy. ; The bridegroom, of Redcar, Cleveland, is a contracts supervisor, and the son of


. the late Mr John and Mrs Marjorie • Jones. • The bride wore an ivory lace and bead­


ed gown with a silk wrap, and wore a dia­ mante and pearl tia ra . She carried a shower bouquet of cream roses, freesia, stephanotis and asparagus fern. Dame of honour was Mrs Ann Hen­


derson, the bride's schoolfriend, who wore a dusky pink full-length gown with jewel and beaded detail. Other attendants were Mrs Katrina


Gardiner, the bride's niece, who wore a rose pink full-length gown,with jewel and beaded detail. Bridesmaids were the bride's great nieces Miss Sian Gardiner, who wore a rose pink ankle-length dress, with beaded bodice and silk and net skirt, and Miss Charlotte Gardiner, who wore an ankle-length ivory silk dress. They all carried flowers to match the bride's. - • ,


' Best man was Mr Jon Jones, the bride­ groom's brother, who had travelled from Montreal for the occasion together with ‘ groomsman Mr Simon Jones, nephew of


the bridegroom. The ceremony was performed by fami-


- ly friend Fr John Taylor, pictured with ; the couple, who is formerly of Clitheroe ' and now a Mill Hill missionary priest, and who was visiting England from his


parish in India. A reception was held a t Gibbon Bridge


■ Hotel,.Chipping, and the.couple will make their home in Clitheroe. .


. Picture by David Bleazard, Clitheroe.


;-r-'j^fc:MiNI digger worth thousands of ••“'■*^Sunds has been stolen from business premises in Mellon


, : mini digger worth £8,000.


• The theft occurred some time betvvcen ■''' 6-30 p.m. Monday, June 2nd, and 6-30 a.m. the following d a y . : ',


Witnesses are.askcd to call .Clitheroe - - .


Police on 443344; or Crimestoppers line on 0800355111


' ‘ Thieves made theinway into the yard of


an engineering company at AVoodfold Park and escaped'With the -Takeuchi 5-tonne


OUR picture shows Ellie with the bear sent by Prime Minister Gordon Brown (s)


Summer arrived for group


SUMMER had truly arrived when Clithefoe Naturalists - visited the Washburn Valley. - . The tr ip s ta r ted a t the


v iad u c t at-Lindley -Wood ;; Reservoir, and took th em - ; down a woodland track along the River Washburn and past the weir. On their way into more open countryside, the group passed a trout hatchery;; and spotted three herons who were hungry for a meal. - The walk'continued past, a


the fish ponds near Leathley. Mill and over to-Leathley -; Hall, before sitting down for .',


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The.walkerscontinued;to;> LeathleyBridge'and down,to


Junch in the picturesque ham-■' let of Leathley. ^


th e banks of th e River Wharfe.


: Many butterflies , dam--, selflies and dragonflies were


; seen along the way, as well as 59 different flowers including Soapwart, Catchfly, Wood Speedwell and Sanical. Many


■ Finches were spotted a n d . . other birds were seen and heard included Blackcaps,


' Grey and Pied Wagtails. . :■ On th e other side of the


; com fields, the walk finished, in Otley.


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Clitheroe Advertiser,& Times, Thursday, June 12th, 2008 11.


Sporting stars and volunteers are rewarded at glittering ceremony §


SPORTING heroes and community champi­ ons in the Ribble Valley were honoured at a


;ering ceremony. he 2008 Ribble Valley Sports and Commu­


nity Awards were hosted by Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council a t the Grand, Clitheroe.. Awards were presented for Club of the Year,


Coach of the Year, Volunteer of the Year (Adult and Junior) and Rising Star. There was also a Lifetime Achievement Award in memory of Marjorie Partridge. Tom Bamber, Ribble Valley Borough Coun­


cil’s sports development officer, said: “The quality and quantity of nominations’for the


Ribble Valley Sports and Community Awards was exceptionally high and a testament to the wealth of sporting talent in Ribble Valley. “The judges had a tough time choosing win­


ners from a wide range of fantastic entries.” The 2008 winners were: Coach of the Year - Paul Gray, of Longridge Town FC; Club of the


Rachel has high hopes for her supporters!


by Duncan Smith


SOME people jump out of aero­ planes to raise money for charity, some run marathons and some


climb mountains. One Bolton-by-Bowland mother


wanted to raise money for advanced genetic research into a cure for. Cystic Fibrosis, a cause very close to her heart, but at the same time she wanted to give something back to the people supporting the event. I t didn't take long before the idea for a Midsummer Night's Ball was born. Rachel Wilkinson’s daughter, Ellie, a


pupil at Chatburn School; has Cystic Fibrosis and has spent several periods in the Manchester Royal Children's Hospital this past year as she battles against the debilitating effects of the


condition. She was recently awarded a place a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and wants nothing more than to feel well enough to enjoy her new school come September. Having never tackled anything quite


on th is scale before, Rachel was delighted with the help received from managers a t the Moorcock Inn, Waddington, who agreed to provide the venue and a star raffle prize. Other local and national organisa­


tions have provided raffle prizes and Castle Cement kindly chipped in with a cheque for £250. Even the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, proxdded a 10 Downing Street


. Teddy Bear after receiving a letter from 11-year-old Ellie. Some 8,000 people in the UK alone


suffer from Cystic Fibrosis. Currently, any CF sufferer has to take upwards of


60 tablets a day as part of their normal treatment just to stay well. When they


contract an infection, to which they are very susceptible, hospital treatment with intravenous antibiotics can be necessary. Despite this, many of those with CF


achieve remarkable lives and are an inspiration to those around them. As Rachel puts it: “How can you do less than your best when you see how your daughter fights every step of the way?


' At the moment there is no cure, but we are raising money to fund research that will hopefully soon result in the long- awaited cure.” The ball will take place on Saturday,


June 21st, and there are still just a few tickets left. For more information or to book tickets, call Rachel on 01200 447039.


Open garden


A WHALLEY couple are holding an open gar­ den event this weekend. Steve Powers and Car­


ole Ann Cronshaw are inviting green-fingered enthusiasts to have a look around their garden at Casa Lago, 1 Woodlands Park, on Sunday, between 1 and 5 p.m. as p a r t of the NGS (National Gardens Scheme) The small garden is


tightly packed with interest. There are two fish ponds, tree ferns, bamboos, grasses, bananas and succulents. Interesting features include a black limestone wall. It also boasts dis­ tinctive garden furniture and ornaments from nat­ urally felled Ribble Val­ ley-trees. Admission is £2.50


and children go free. The next open garden will be in September.


LUNCH IS SERVED


Every day at the villa except Monday and Saturday and we are


now also open all day SUNDAY.


Classic Italian and Mediterranean Cuisine, Tayas, Al la Carte, Party Menu.


Wine Bar open daily from 6.00pm


Mediterranean style.


Outdoor terrace open daily.


DonT forget Fathers Day open all day Sunday.


76 Whalley Road, Clitheroe BB71EE ,


. Telephone: 01200 444223 '


’ UO Email: thevilla@htconnect.com \ I www.thevillaclitheroe.co.uk . r


Year - Longridge Town FC; Rising star - Lan­ cashire cricketer Alexandra Hartley; Adult Volunteer of the Year - Tracy Ormisher, of Ribchester Juniors FC; Junior Volunteers of the Year - Lewis Treacy and Stuart Davies, of Ribchester Juniors FC; Lifetime. Achievement Award - Mark Clegg, of Longridge Town FC.


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