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INSIDE^YOURCUTHEROEI I Valley Matters . . ! ......... 8,9


■ Village News.................... .13,14,15, I Letters,........... '...................'•-----18 ^ I Weekendplus . . .


. . .19,20 I Thursday feature .. . . . . . . . . . . :. .12


■ Family Notices . . . . . . . . . . . .16;i7.; I Motors Today . . . . . . ----- ----- .21 I Sport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,38,39,40


AT A GLANCE... ~ Couple’s royal card - page 5


John O’ Groats in sight - page 6:,


Chris’s fuel price mission - page 12 Woman diipes landlady - page 17 :. ,


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Duty chemist: Boots the Chemist, .15-19 Castle Street, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344.


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Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital:. 01254 263555. Airedale.General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. . Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655.


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Aidsline:.01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies-0800 807060. . Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line:


01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. , Kibble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200428604. :, . , Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721.


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358095. Ribble Valley Citizens,’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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A17-YEAR-OLD. student i killed • himself after the rela­ tionship with his girlfriend. ;


ended. 'An inquest heard that Matthew


Barnes had been to see his doctor, j days before his death and confided - that he had suicidal thoughts, but.; his parents said they had no idea.;; what had bren said and questioned ;• whether paitient confidentiality ,


. should have come before their son’s .. wellbeing.


' ■ ' “I t ’s crazy, particularly with a ;


young person who is obviously.;' troubled,” said Matthew’s father, '; Mr Martin Barnes. -‘.‘The doctor .; had no guarantee Matthew was !- going to talk to his mother and we v had no idea he was thinking seri- f ously of harming himself.” ;■ •• Dr John Randal revealed to the


hearing that Matthew had spoken! to him about harming himself and >;


- in particular about hanging. Four days later the student of Oakhill College, Whalley, was found hang-. ing from a beam in his bedroom a t " the family home in Osbaldeston, just minutes after computer con­ versations with a close friend and


-his girlfriend. In an online convert sation he told the friend he was looking at websites that dealt with;;


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how to kill himself. Mrs Julie Barnes' told th e /


inquest her son had been very fond ‘ of his girlfriend and the relation­ ship had been very intense. She told how Matthew went to Black- ’, pool on April 2nd with friends with the intention of meeting his girl­ friend,- but when he arrived home.' he was very down. “He was crying a little and was/


really down in himself,” said Mrs . Barnes. “I had never seen him like - • that before.”


tation with the doctor he said i t


was a waste of time. “Helt relieved th a t I had got


him to the doctor’s, bu t I also wanted to know what had gone on,” said Mr Barnes.


' On the day of his death, Matthew did not get up until lunchtime and then went back to


his room. ■ “I asked if he was going to do


• some revision and he said he could?


;; n’t be bothered,” said Mrs Barnes! : “My last words to him were ‘I t ’s, ■your future Matthew’.” ■ • . When Mrs Barnes went, to


:.' She said he was the same the fol­ lowing-day when, he made a com­ ment about life not being worth living without his girlfriend. ,; . Mrs Barnes told how she had a .


long conversation with Matthew - and was sufficiently concerned . that she-thought he should see the doctor. She had received two calls, one from the girlfriend’s brother and one from her mother saying


-that-Matthewwas talking about doing something silly. “I explained to the doctor I was


worried about Matthew because of what r had heard,” said Mrs Barnes. She was in the consulta­ tion with the doctor when he asked Matthew if he was thinking of


Matthew’s room that evening the door was locked and she couldn’t get a response. Her husband forced, the door open and they found Matthew hanging from a beam. -


': “I just wish I had known what had gone on with the doctor,” said Mrs Barnes. “I feel I should have been aware of what Matthew was thinking of doing. I'should have been made aware as a p a ren t because that would have set alarm bells ringing.” The inquest heard th a t in the


hours before his death Matthew had been talking to one close friend and his girlfriend via his computer. He told the girl he was going to kill hiniself and she told him not to do


■ doing something silly and if he had v heard of the hangings in.Bridgend,;. South 'Wales. “ I came out because I felt,;


■ anything stupid. He repeated the threat to another friend who was


- one of several trying to contact him because of concerns which had circulated. He' told that friend he


Matthew wasn’t going to open up:/ while I was .there,!’ said-Mrs Barnes. “I . had . never> seen - Matthew like that before. He was ■ very, very depressed and I was con­ cerned about him.” -. Mrs Barnes said th a t when . Matthew came out of the consul? -


Jobs shock as closes


by Faiza Afzaal'


‘ axed as'one of thabldesf mills i in Clitheroe was placed into ,


. ufactures tu f ted carpets from ;. Primrose Works, has been mad e . redundant.: The. remaining 27 .


' employees are set to be out of work - ,:as the firm closes its doors for the last time next week.


■ ■ As we went to press yesterday,. : administrators Kroll confirmed ; they had been called in last Thurs-. -


ALMOST. 60 jobs have been; was available to speak to the . . Clitheroe Advertiser and Times ■


day (June.12th), but were unable : to comment further on the matter.; : None of . the company directors


administration.’ ' ‘ Half the workforce at Stalwarts ■ Commission Carpets, .which man-


■ about the shock closure, hovyever - ‘.: an employee, who wishes to remain - . anonymous, said:“ I t ’s disgusting.;. .= and the job losses are a major blow; i not ju s t to the workers,: but to-.: - Clitheroe as well. /“I began working here 20 years ■


ago as a-tufting technician and / have worked my. way up. I can’t : believe this is the way they repay.. .. me by sending me home.


■ had blocked a lot of his contacts ■ because he was fed up of them ask­ ing how he was.


,.. .The medical cause of death’was .given as hypoxic brain injury and ’• coroner Mr.Michael Singleton


.: recorded a verdict that Matthew killed himself.


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Positive signs in %


home sales


think prices are; continu­ ing’to; rise a t the same rates and that is just not the .case.” Mr Lloyd said Mor­


timers had not noticed a difference in terms of the number of properties coming'i up for sale demonstrating continued confidence from vendors. He added:“ .The eco­


nomic/conditions are right for the market to be fine - interest rates are low, there is low unem­ ployment, and Govern­ ment targets for building | of new houses has not been reached so there is an under supply of new homes.” ;. ..


•L a te s t figures from


the Land Registry sug­ gest th a t in the first q u a r te r of 2008 house, values fell in every bor­ ough of East Lancashire - except the Ribble Val­ ley where, they: rose by just over 17%.’ Chris Driver, a director


a t Honey wells, said the figures are worked out from the average sale price of apartments, ter­ race and semi-detached houses and detached homes. Although the fig­ ures are correct, Mr Dri­ ver said they did not fair­ ly reflect the current sit­ uation. . .“The average sale price


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way to the Benefits Agency next week. Thirty of . my colleagues have already been made redundant and the remaining 27, including myself, will lose their jobs next week. It’s devastating as the bosses


1 haven’t told us any thing. I t is' understoodihat th ey a re all on holiday at the momentl” -. j ; ;;


: i: .,# .The old printworks at'Prim' ■ rose dates back to the beginning of the.19th Century employing more than 1,000 people. Stalwarts was founded in 1952'and two years later, special development was undertaken to meet the need for!


“I have a wife and three children ■- broad-loom width piece dyeing of to support and will be.'making my; tufted carpets.' -' ■ •' ■ ........ . •


Clitheroe Bridge Club weekly results^!


yahfi' ‘--"WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club '. Reiersen. On Monday evening winners /. on Thursday evening were: NS joint 1st, Brenda Wilson and John Renton and Adrian Norris and William Norris. ;: EW Joan 'Wheatcroft and Kath Fish- - ' er. Beryl. Bennett:;and. Stephanie


were: NS Jean Martindale and Jean . Taylor, Geoff Wharfe''and Kath. ’ Thompson; EW Chris'.Pollard and !


i.'Janet Bailey, Marion Miller and Pam'; ■Moulds.


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iClithcron’Adverliseifi ‘and Times. pjWiihjour’f ^ magazine thetVallejr^' r jt’s a great localYead;'‘*-‘


for smaller homes has reduced, but for detached properties the figure shot up because in this area we have sold, more of. the expensive properties than the smaller ones,” he said.' “Although houses at the top end of the market have fallen in value the number sold has pulled the overall average up and warped the figures. So although the average price is correct it is not a fair representation of the market and that is where. this supposed ‘growth’ has come from.” . .


Pendle.Club SOLO whist winners at


-.: the Pendle Club were D. - Underwood; D. Cook, J.


iTho'mtoni'New members welcome every Monday at 7 p.m. _ _ •-


. '.^Bridge winners at the Pendle Club were -Mrs


iJoan 'S eo tt,.M r.B rian


i Holden,-Mrs Pat P a i^ k -.’Mrs Rhona I n g l ^ . '.members welco'meMpn-.


.days at 1-30 p.m.' ! Domino, winners were:


iR. Kiddie,’J. Pye,- joint 3, >: G. Capstick,' B. B^ker. J. ; Joyce-.;( booby) ;'New .members'welcome every


Friday at 7 p . m . ' “ / ■'?Line'dancingis held


■ every!iThursday!at; 1-30 . p.m.' •'


"" Reviews . by Faiza Afzaal


A LIFETIME of sterling work for.,the local community by a charitable. Clitheroe man has been recognised with a presti- gious award. ; Mr John Myers (78), pictured, a


founder member of Clitheroe Round Table, has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birth­ day Honours List after decades of serving the community and individ­ uals inmany different ways.. ’ ■ A former pupil of Clitheroe Royal


Grammar School, Mr Myers, of Claremont .Drive, Clitheroe, launched a haulage contracting business in Clitheroe in 1952, retir­ ing 20 years later. ■ • Over the past five decades,.Mr Myers has pursued his passion of


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helping others. He was chairman of Clitheroe Round Table in 1964. In ;


■ 1969 he joined .the most senior of the service clubs. Rotary-Interna­ tional. .


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-. He was president of the Clitheroe Club in 1987, in addition to chair­ ing many of the service committees,- ■ his particular interest being com­ munity service.; :-


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During his time in Rotary, he > became ; Ghairman '.o f ' CLOG


. (Glitheroe Local Organisations Committee) ?- a post he has held for' over 25 years. ' .


.' CLOG oversees the Christmas' -Fare distribution to the elderly, working with Clitheroe Town Conn- ' cil, to ensure duplication does n o t . occur and efforts are maximised; • .: Mr Myers also took on the role of .


vice-chairman and a trustee of the :• Pendle Club, Clitheroe. •


He has been president of the local branch for more than 30 years and


' has transported their caravan to all • types of events where their services were required; in addition to keep­ ing it roadworthy and fit for pur-, pose. ■ In more recent years Mr Myers


-has become involved, through Rotary, with the the Life Education Programme Lancashire.


■. This is;the caravan-type units which tour the primary schools, giv-


■ ing children a unique insight into the effect of drugs, solvents, alco­ hol, and unhealthy lifestyles. ; He is cu rren tly a tru s te e and


deals with the day-to’-day move­ ment of the units between schools. In 1997 Mr Myers received the


. - The St John’s Ambulance Brigade has also benefited from Mr Myers’ time and talents.


town-council award for his hard work on behalf of the town and his selfless community spirit.


Band enjoys a swinging time in Texas: m


FRIDAY the 13th was anything but unlucky.for Clitheroe musicians Peter Riley and Gaynor Sutcliffe, when the Swing Commanders made their US tel­ evision debut in San Antone, Texas. The f irs t of 13 shows during the


band’s hectic 10-day tour of Texas was playing live on “Great Days SA TV”. They received such an enthusiastic reception that a repeat was booked for American network television on Satur­ day, when they are due to complete their tour as the first-ever British band invit­ ed to play at the (‘Legends of "Western Swing Festival”, in Wichita Falls. • Though it is their,second visit to the


home of Western Swing, for Peter and Gaynor i t is the first time they have taken the full band which in the past year has emerged as Britain’s best West-- ern Swing exponents as well as Forties • Swing specialists.


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'/ However, for a six-piece band who between them play 13 instruments, the logistics of such a to u r would haye proved impossible without the legendary hospitality of the Texans.. ; “ All the band members have been


u t te r ly overwhelmed by the time and effort the Texans have devoted to ensur-, ing that we could present our version of


Injured bike rider


^airlifted to safety .^SOTO (IROSS'accident brought' the North-West 'Air. Ambulance to Bolton-. , by-Bowland on Sunday afternoon.'!.'. - > 7-, A 27-year-old male motocross rider,


had fallen from;his bike and dislocated his left elbow. The air ambulance was dis-_:v patched and was first'on scene.'The crew,, administered.pain reliefito the patient. before airlifting him to .the Royal Black-’- burn Hospital in just six minutes! The same journey by land ambulance would t have takenmore than 40 minutes.;>>■,■:,: NWAA charity chief executive Lynda i


•Brislin commerited: “The air ambulance;'


; is called out re ^ la r ly to sporting accif' ‘dents in rural locations, especialljr during; the summer inonths.!^ ^ .7


'/ / ‘‘Our abil ity to reach th e .p a t ie n t ;, quickly combined with our capacity to '/ land on any terrain, gives the air ambu­


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lance 'a massive advantage in these inci?: dents.” ,


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A: registered charity, the NWAA;, receives no mainstream funding, yet it ,


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www.affordablemobility.co.uk ' During his working life Mr Myers


was greatly involved-with Road Haulage Association working to improve standards in the industry. Speaking to the Clitheroe Adver-/.


tiser and Times earlier this week about his MBE, he said: “ I ’m delighted. I like to help people less fortunate than myself.. “I particularly like to help the


. younger generation. “Through the Life Education


Programme I have been able to play a part in teaching children to make healthier choices.


■ “I have also been able to warn them about the effects of smoking, drugs, alcohol and obesity. . “This way I am trying to teach


children at a very young age how to look after their bodies’.’, added Mr Myers, (s)


The Queen to visit village dairy


HM The Queen is returning to the Ribble Valley next week. The royal -visit, which takes place next Thursday, will see


Her Majesty travel to Preston railway station then continue to Singleton’s Dairy, Longridge, for a tour of the premises. ■. The trip to the dairy in Preston Road, Longridge, forms


part of a day-long -visit to the area by the Queen which will see her go to Fulwood Barracks, Preston, to present The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment with its new colours.


v • The monarch last -visited the Ribble Valley two years ago


as part of her 80th birthday celebrations. - Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, she -visited Dun-


sop Bridge and the Whitewell Valley (part of the Duchy of Lancaster Estate);


Texas Swing to the real experts,” said Gaynor. “None of it would have been possible


without the countless supporters who have organised our programme of gigs, provided accommodation and-con- tributed all the instruments and electri­ cal equipment needed for a successful


tour.” With a busy schedule of -UK-wide gigs ahead as soon as th e y re tu rn to


. Clitherbe, Peter and Gayrior will have -• little time.to recover from jetlag before" ■


•The Swing Commanders head for Hoi- • land as Britain’s only representatives at the prestigious Floralia Festival in early • August.


■ However, their reputation as interna--h . tional artists continues to grow, keeping :■ the Ribble Valley firmly on the musical-, map!


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