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. Farmer to pay £ 2,706 - page 4 Police drugs swoop- page 5 Trio’s vicious attack - page 8


Traders’ dismay on parking - page 11 INFORMATION


Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. - , Poiicc: 01200 443344. . -


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Fire: In emergency-999 and ask' for fire service.' Eiectricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Water: 0845 462200.


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Counciis: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535


652511. Clitberoe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.).. Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribblc Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. Ribblc Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. . - V ' Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. - - , QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095.


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Tablies turned on news editor


NEWS EDITOR at the Clitheroe Advertis­ er and Times, Duncan Smith,: found- the tables turned when-he was interviewed live , on BBC North west Tonight.


- « ; • Duncan sings with the


Bolton Barbershop''Har- mony Chorus-known as the Cottontown Chorus- who competed last Satur-. :


'day in the category finals of the BBC Radio •3^?: Choir of the Year comper'


-tition a t th e Liverpool ■ Philharmonic Hall. Because Cottontown was: the only choir from the region in the competi­ tion, a dozen members of the 50-strong chorus were :


invited to th e BBC’s Manchester news studios last Friday for a preview piece on th e evening news. Presenters Gordon


Bums and Ranvir Singh interviewed Duncan


Plans in the pipeline


A PLANNING applica­ tion has been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council for the proposed erection of new sports barn building in a field adjacent to the car park, demolition of the existing shop and erection of a new le'an-to shop and new lean-to storage and plant buildings including re-landscaping, refurbish­ ment and alteration of the existing walled car park, and the alteration of the existing entrance and exit arrangements to. the site, including the- creation of a new. gated access.


-f-"" Comments;on the pro­


posal a t Waddow Hall, Waddington Road, Clitheroe (number 0672 and Listed Building con-, sent 0673) must be made. to the council by tomor­ row.' Other plans submitted


include: Chalburn: Installation of


0.75m satellite dish antenna . at a high of 5m on the exist­ ing 25m lattice mast, a GPS antenna, the installation of a small feeder gantry, a small., ground based meter cabinet: in preparation for television Digital switchover at Trans-; mitting Station,v Ribble Lane. (0886).- Grindlcton: Two storey


extension to the rear of 4 Greendale v View, ■ Main


Street (0842). Application for approval of details reserved by condition on planning


consent


(3/2008/0678P) Listed Building Consent condition number two at White Hall,


- Green Lane (0901). Pro­ posed extension of dwelling into attached barn at Har- rop Gate Farm, Harrop (0900). Mcllor: Demolition of


existing single storey utility room, garage and store along the south east elevation and erection of a new two storey extension on the south east


• application for a white Upvc framed conservatory at 37


.elevation. Also retrospective


. ■ Mellor Brow (0768). -: Ribchester: Retrospective


,: application for three back-lit elevation signs and two non- illuminated car park signs at Angels Restaurant, Fleet Street, (0890). Single storey rear extension at 21 Ribbles- dale Road (0897). Waddinglon: First floor


extension forming addition­ al bedroom, en-suite and house bathroom. Existing


• bathroom and WC removed to form new en-suite to bed-


, room. one. Small single storey extension to form


. shower -room added to ground floor at Waddington Old Mill, Mill Lane (0898): Whallcy: Erection of a


fence within the grounds of the Old Grammar School to


provide a secure nature area for the children of Whalley -pre-school (0893).


• HOPING for. a '“wheelie” good turnout are organisers of the first “World of Wheels’? event at, Gisburn Auction Mart on Sunday. Anyone pas-; sionate about engines and wheels can take part. From classic cars to a-combine h arvester /a‘


Harley Davidson to aRuinmer, a Robin Reliant to a Rolls-Royce or a tnal bike to a tractor, organ-? isers hope owners will attend and exhibit th e ir vehicles and share their knowledge and enthusi-i asm. ,The event'starts.at 10 a.m. and runs until 3t


' p.m.', exhibitors Mt up at 8-30 a.m:-To book your' place ring 01200 445272. - ■ -


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■ along with fellow singer Simon Hunt and compe­ tition judge Howard -Goodall before the group closed the programme singing “Come Fly With Me’’.- Best of all, Cotton­


town won on Saturday night to become BBC Radio 3 Adult Choir of the Year and will now travel to London on December 7th to com­ pete against other cate­ gory -winners in the grand final a t the Royal Festi­ val Hall. Highlights from last


Saturday’s competition will be broadcast on Aled Jones’ Radio 3 pro­ gramme “The Choir” on Sunday at 6-30 p.m.


Inquest


told of fall A SABDEN woman died after surgery to repair a fractured neck of femur. An inquest heard that


retired weaver Margaret Wood (73) was found on the floor of her bedroom; The fracture was subse­ quently discovered, but it was never established whether she had fallen or whether the bone-had broken as a result of pre­ existing osteoporosis. Mrs Wood, of Whalley


Road, underwent surgery at Royal Blackburn Hos­ pital, but her condition deteriorated and she died. The medical cause of death was given as bronchopneumonia due to immobility following surgery with infection of the operation wound con­ tributing. Coroner Mr Michael


Singleton recorded a nar­ ra t iv e verdict which reflected the sequence of events leading to death.


Children In Need appeal


TO help raise money for those less fortunate chil-: dren arond the UK the staff of Lee Carter's Gym will be attempting to cycle from 8 a.m. non-stop for a full 12 hours on Friday for Chil­ dren in Need. > Fancy dress will be the


order of the day for-thosc hoping to raise as much money as possible. ■ Members-rand, non- members arc invited to go. along and encourage them, donate some money for this:


- amazing cause or if there is a bike;frcc,'join;lhe gang';


■and contribute some hard: ,'work towards the end goal.*-:


Toufeelso helpless...’ •


and they are given it by “My heart was racing.


We held hands and, fleet- ingly, I wondered had we done the right thing.”


. In minutes, inquisitive children emerged froni the dump, acknowledg­ ing the X-Street te am ; and smiling at their -visi-' tors) , L itt le were , the


Clitheroe duo to kno-vy the horrors they would hear about and witness th a t week.- Fi-ye of the children were taken, beaten up, chopped up and then burnt - during their, stay. They filmed a 16-year-old boy, a torture victim., The children are seen


as vermin, said Rose­ mary, adding: “They are intoxicated by glue. I t makes them feel happy


■ their mothers at an early age. The nights are the w o rs t” . I t is reported th a t police are rounding th em up and beating them up and the older children beat, the younger ones., “You feel so helpless,”


added Linda. “You can see the lost look in their eyes. Their only hope is a life without glue, which takes three months reha­ bilitation. Then they can get into education, but first they need a uniform, registration and identity cards - and, if all that is possible, they might just have a future.” T h e . two mothers


expressed their thanks to those who have already given generous donations following their return to Clitheroe.


How Gan you help?


JUST £35 buys a school uniform and offers a child hope. Friday is “Children in Need” day and Christmas


is only.six weeks away. And, yes, times are tough here, but nowhere near as tough as a life scavenging on a lip in Eldorct. I am asking our readers to support Save the Chil­


dren and X-Slrcct by making a donation to Open Arms International specifically for school unikirms for these children. It’s a small gesture, but it could make a huge difference to a small, abandoned and unwanted child in Eldorct. Next week, Rosemary and Linda tell us of the


positive work being carried out by OAI, how the £3,000 raised by you, our readers, following July’s sponsored walk across Morccambe Bay is being spent, and how Ribblc Valley people are embarking on a rather different kind of holiday in 2009. If you wish to help, make your cheque payable to


Open Arms International, mark the envelope “Street children” and drop it into our front office at 3 King Street, or post to OAI, Text House, Edisford Road, Clitheroe,-^difor


. ' , Hectic time for club


RIBBLESDALE Cam­ era Club held two jam- packed. meetings last month.


The firs t included


member Shirley Rum- sey’s talk, during which she recounted a journey from Hong Kong to Bei- jing in October 1979. “ China Past” depicted a time when “Mao suits” were the norm and much of the country was not open to foreigners.. . The presentation fol­


lowed her journey west to Guangzhou, and then the beautiful Guillin, with


■ the' cormorant fishermen - ‘on the famous RiverLi c ap tu red , against the backdrop of the intrigu­ ing limestone hills.


. cinating contrast to the .’ •China we Wuld photo- -


graph today. The travel theme continued a t the following meeting with Mike Bartle’s wonderful-


. ly professional photos of his recent visit to Van­ couver. At the same meeting Graham Dudley spoke of a chance meet­ ing with an old friend, who happened to have more than 1,000 films of trains and tranis from the 1950s, the best of which


. are due to be selected for a book.. ■ ■ f . Opportunist photogra­ phy was also discussed by


John and Helen Fletchgt. •Ribblesdale Camera (


: . -With.material still in ■ ■Ijerfect condition after 30 - ■ye^i'she provided a fas-


•:is currently s taging' annual display of mem­ bers? work in Clitheroe L i b r a r y , r u n n i n g throughout November. . : For more inforination, call) th e ; chairm'an on


: 01254’822921 or. the sec- : retary on 01200 423474.


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■ ^Demolition would remove forever one Clitheroe’s very important links with its p a s te d , ^


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; The matterwill then be'diSussiM at Ribble Val-> ,-ley Borough Council’s planning'coinmittee'meet-


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.:whilst?we can appreciate the attraction to ;the Ji-MRS BRENDA D K O N ,^ developers of having a completely “blank page” „ Chairman of theFnendsof Clithcroe,^ • upbn which to design the housing so badly n ^ e d Community HospiW' .


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on to demolition . by Julie Magee


A CAMPAIGN to save Clitherde Community Hospi­ tal from demolition is being spearheaded by local conser­


vationists. Clitheroe Ci-vic Society’s chair­


man P au l in e Wood is urging local residents to object to plans to demolish the former work- house in Chatburn Road. The plans are part of a larger


scheme to build a new £12m. state-of-the art health facility on the site along with affordable housing;


' “This building is an extremely


valuable record of the social and economic history of Clitheroe. It has a well-documented history and if i t were s itu ated in the town, i t would most certainly


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have been listed,” explained Mrs Wood. “We propose that the original


workhouse building be kept along with the limestone bound­ ary wall and the front lawn. This building would seem eminently suitable for conversion to apart­ ments as has been successfully achieved at Skipton.” Mrs Wood explained that the


rest of the cleared site could be used for new build. The Clitheroe Union Work-


house, which is made from local stone from Coplow Quarry, opened in April 1873. I t is an original early example of the work of the highly- respected local arch itec t Jonas James Bradshaw, of Bolton, and'was built by Robert Satterthwaite, of Clitheroe. “At the public presentation on


the re-development of Clitheroe Community Hospital on Tues­ day, August 19th, it was specifi­ cally stated that the funding for the entire new hospital was in place and did not depend in any way on the demolition or-reten­ tion of the old hospital,” Mrs ■ Wood added. ‘T h is really is the last chance


for people to save the old hospi­ tal building.” An outline planning applica­


tion has been submitted to Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council for new health facilities comprising three-storey building, car park and access. Comments on the proposal number 0877 must be made to the council by Novem- ber20th. • No one from the PCT was


available for comment a t the time of going to press.


le tte r frd n i tth e ^rie n d s . UR organisation has existed for more than


I ' 150 years with the aim of providing such additional equipment, goods and services


as might render the patients’ stay in our local hos­ pital as comfortable and stress free as possible.


: Increasingly, the need for such provision deri-ved from the fact that the building in which the hospi-: tal was housed was becoming less and less suitable ■, for the health-care pro-visions necessary in the 21st Century........


■ Consequently, we were highly delighted to'hear.-;,: '■


of the intention to erect a completely new, purr pose-built facility on the same campus. ' Naiurally, although their needs -will, hopefully,


be less, the patients of this new facility -will receive ■. our continued support.’ ■ However, coupled with the news of the replace- . ment came the information that the old accom-


: general feeling among our members that somcr, what more respect should be paid to the presence, that the old building has within the Ribble Valley geography and community.


r; Serving since 1873 as the only -workhouse of Jhe ,


by the district, surely this is going a step too far. We accept tha t the present structures would,


probably be unsuitable for incorporation into the new health service facilities, but at least the front part, which was the original workhouse and is the section that presents its face to the community, would be a very suitable c^dida te for conversion? to apartments in some form and-would suggest that this could be an acceptable course of action - to both the “demolishers” and the “conservers”; . . ‘ Examination of-the extensive documentations


modation was to be completely swept away, wlpch. ,. qjj developers for them'tb include any’elemeht ' has caused us some consternation, and there is a


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submitted by the developers indicates that,‘faatus _ rally there has been'quite detailed discussion between the.developersand.Ribble-Valley.-Bor-. ough. Council planning department,* but no men­ tion can be found of-any. consideratibn-of . th is . course of action., Currently, we accept’ that'there is no.obligatioh


of con^rvation in this'',their,6utlihe'proposaU.but ■ the possibility'must form an impwrtant'p^t of the: overall discussions prior tb any foimal approval being given. , ■


'- To this end, we.have submitted the above -views: ,-gQj.Qygjj


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