14 Clitheroe Advertiser&Times, Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Thank you from


Sophie’s family CAN we, as Sophie’s parents, say.a . massive thank you to all who took -, part in the Blackpool 10k run to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis , Trust.


Sophie has had this condition from


birth and was diagnosed at eight- and-a-half months old. It is with the kind hearts and gen­


erosity of people like you that one, day they will hopefully find a cure for this life-threatening condition, to help not just Sophie, but all the - other children and adults with CF.; I would most of all like to thank -


Dave Gillibrand for organising and getting the support of his work col­ leagues to run and Calderstones NHS Trust to'support them. I have known Dave for nearly 30 years and he has been like a father to


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' NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED Not much backing Iv^le to Can we please have a stop to


cTlhcroccrlis^"and Timas, 1 King Street, ClitheroeB1^2EW ore mail inien mcathgeastlancsncwscouk • The addresses on the letter


describing roads as such or giving them nicknames, eg Devil's Elbow (A671). The implication is that it is the thoroughfares that are to blame, whereas surely it is the motorists - who have caused the accidents. As a regular user of the A59,1 can cer­ tainly vouch for the hazardous antics of some drivers.


SHIRLEY M.ADDY, The Hazels, Wilpshire . .


great deal of effort into their sheep so we'd like to thank all the pupils


: and staff. Glitheroe Town Council and Hyndburn and Ribble Valley CVS gave financial assistance, Clitheroe United Reformed Church, acted as farmers for our flock and Mike Fourie cut the sheep tem­ plates.,': ‘ .' , We'll be baaack in 2010. ;


CHARLES AND STEVE, Ribblc Valley ShccpFesl


Not easy to buy Billington


What is to health service?


ithat the


j ^ oyer.Stydd chapel. _ As far as i am aware, the chapel


- has never had any. connection with


I WAS upset on Monday morning to v the- Knights Templar. It was a. hear that my great neice, five-year-' : “camera’.t or, estate of. the Knights old Morgann Garner, from Clitheroe,?-. Hospitaller (a different, though sim- arrived at Blackburn HospitaFat^ ilar, 'crew 'of crusading! soldier p.m. with a suspected broken loweri^jinonks) which held a considerable arm after falling off a low w a l l .' ;= am b u n t 'o f land in Lancashire,'or at I was outraged to learn that she*'’''le^t enjoyed rents,-which had been


. spent more than seven hours at the\ '-bequeathed to them.?-...?,'!.' hospital arriving home at 2-50 a.mV;>r'; ■ ■ T is very, littleMnforination this morning with her little arm in a \ about Templar actiyityr-rri'Dan- pot.


Words now fail me as I have just the late Father Turner, of Stony-


heard that Blackburn Hospital has hurst College, wrote to me back .in telephoned her mother to say her 1987 when I was researching a book arm is 10 degrees out and she will ' about the Knights Templar: "In the have to be re-admitted fqr it to be re-:-.:; Middle Ages Lancashire was a large set either today or tomorrow they'? and:poor expanse, with very few are not sure when! What is happening to our Nation-^


monastic foundations of any impor-


al Health Service in East Lan­ cashire?


CAROLE GALBRAITH, ' Manchester Road, ■ - - Burnley


• , - / - ^ To all who made


last service special MAY I, as a true member of Sabden Methodist Church, one who attend­ ed every week and worked for the benefit of the church family, say a big thank you to those who ensured our final thanksgiving service was truly memorable. We had so many guests the service had to be held in the open air. To Jim our organist, who carried


on playing when his fingers were. numb with cold, to our minister


• Denise, who shared our sorrows and tears, to Ian for his wonderful comic,- but uplifting address, to all the visit­ ing clergy of whatever denomina­ tion, to our Methodist churches, to • all the village churches and to all old, friends - thank you and God bless you all.


DOREEN WRIGHT (MRS), Subden Brook Court, ;


•Subden •


• • ■ . ■ ■ It’s not the road , that’s at fault


; ONCE again we are told of a tragic ■ accidentonthe,“notorious” A59,- this time involving a cyclist in colli­ sion with a car moving in the same


: direction (“Cyclist dies on notorious road,’.’May 15th, 2008). '


; tance apart from Whalley, and Fur­ ness, then in Lanc^hire. Unfortunately, I do not think we'll


find the Holy (irail buried at Stydd any time soon, but there is a poten­ tial local Templar artefact which Da


. Vinci code enthusiasts might like to . examine. This is a grave slab at Saw- ley Abbey which features a cross • patee (symbol of the Templars)' along with the representation of a sword. This indicates that a Tem­ plar knight was buried at the abbey at some point in its history.


JENNIELEECOBBAN, Henthorn Road, Clithcroc


Message from


Ladies Fellowship THE Trinity Ladies’ Afternoon Fel­ lowship would like to say thank you to Mrs Jean Robinson for taking. over our meeting, enabing us to carry on. Also for the lovely after­ noon at Mytton Fold, to the drivers who bring members to the meetings


: and take^them home and last, but not least, to the ladies who serve refreshments. God Bless you all.


EILEEN McGOWAN (MRS), AlmaPlacc, Clithcroc


Yet another Sheep Fest is a success


. WITH yet another SheepFest under our belts, we'd like to thank everyone for their help. ' All the participating schools put a


inexpensive goods ONCE again I find myself writing a letter regarding Clitheroe town cen- :.treshops. -,


- While I am in agreement with the


sentiments on the front page last week, I have to say it is difficult to support a town that does not cater for local people who cannot afford high priced goods such as clothes


■ and shoes for. a man. I personally have to go out of town for these products. You cannot buy essentials like a


school uniform for teenagers any more, and there is also very minimal choice to buy a man’s or child’s pair of shoes. So I would gladly shop in


Clitheroe, and do so when I can, but when I go to a supermarket in town I expect to pay the same price as the same supermarket in another town,


i but'through experience this is sadly ■not the case. .Lb'ought a product in another


town-and the same product in the same ' named supermarket in


■ Clitheroe was 40p a jar dearer - just because we live in Clitheroe?


: NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED Heads should roll


over this action THE people of Edisford and Low Moor received a letter this week about the forthcoming wheelie bin service. After reading it the people in the


area are up in arms,' not with the new system I might add, but with the sly underhanded way the coun­ cil deal with the public at large. Over the years we have had to put up with this council doing things


■ the decency of asking us first. •, This time the council, and possi--


' bly the Government, has sneaked in a change in the way we live without any consultation. . To be quite frank we need to take up arms and storm that granite cas­ tle called Ribble Valley Borough Council offices and demand the heads of those responsible. ■ ■ . ■What is it you may wonder that


has my blood boiling with discon­ tent, well Lancashire folk, we in Clitheroe are now part of Yorkshire; as the address on my letter states. .: The idiot who came up with this


: insult to we Lancastrians needs to give an explanation and a few heads


': are needed to satisfy the angry mob. RONLOEBELL


- : Edisford Road, ; Clithcroc


referred to Clitheroe, Yorkshire, and not Lancashire - Edifor


What a shameful


way to behave T'WO weeks ago we drove from Read to Scarborough. We never passed any speed cameras or any yellow camera speed boxes.


leys on h return journey you will go.^: which,wpuld have made the Govern- through'at least 10 yellow speed i-anient compensate those people on camera boxes.


If you drive from Read to Cleve-: - ..


•...... •___ ___:ii low incomes who would end up pay-


when" the-fun^day:was finishing at Read School guess who was in the yillage^the speed cameras. They even had the cheek to face the cam­ era towards Read School. Shame on you Lancashire County : >


I Council. fun days out?


B. TOMLINSON, Straits Lane, Read


___ A timely warning


we seldom hear IT is to be regretted that an old adage is dropping from our local venacular. Fewer people know of: “Cast not


a clout, till May is out” - don’t cast off, or take off a piece of clothing till May is out.


• May is out,'some people say, until


the Mayflower is out in bloom. That is already now, mid-May. I prefer the interpretation “till


May is out” meaning May is fin­ ished, the end of the month. For after the warm summery days we have enjoyed this May invariably there is a return, before the month ends, to cold and bitter winds. And the sequence is of “grave”


- concern, “Or else you’ll lay beneath the clay” - you will lie, beneath the soil ie: buried, dead! ■ And particular caution should be


exercised by anyone with the name ; of Daniels. On a gravestone in Kent, it reads “Beneath this stone a lump of clay, lies Uncle Peter Daniels. Too early in the month of May he took


, behind the ratepayers’ back without mature?


' off his winter flannels.’’ Any other anecdotes of a similar


' - . . ROBIN PARKER,


St Chad’s Avenue, Chalburn -


• - . ^ - , - . f Staff less helpful


than in the past I AM not sure whether it is just me, but I have noticed that the staff at the recycling centre seem to be less helpful than ever before. In the past two weeks I have


made several trips there and have received little or no help.The staff just stand around and talk. There i s ' occasional help to others, but it


seems to be the same one or two staff members.


. If you are to wear a tabbard that' says "here to help", then please do


. so, or turn it back to front so that , ■


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