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■f'l I f Plitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classifiedl 2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 25th, 2008 ADVElinSiER AND TIMES nMeWrcMh d ^


Valley Matters . . j ............. ............6>7' Village News ..........................16,17,18 Letters ..............................................22 Weekendplus...... ...................... 40,41 Valley weddings ...............


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1 Family Notices..............— • • -20,21 I Chipping show ............... ............. • -19 I Motors Today ............................. - 44 I Sport......................... ..................


AT A GLANCE...


Young sports stars honoured - page 4 Club marks first 10 years - page 8


Jim’s beery banger boost - page 14 Blues FA Cup dream - page 64


INFORMATION


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Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble 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.


Samuritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254


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WEEKEND WEATHER: There will be sunny inter­ vals on Saturday and bright sunshine on Sunday with maximum temperatures of 16°C.


SUNRISE: 7-02 a.m. SUNSET: 6-57 p.m. ., LIGHTING UP TIME: 6-27 p.m.


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A ‘trusted’ staff m caught stealing on CCTV


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A TRUSTED member of staff at a Clitheroe confec­


tioners shop was caught on CCTV stealing from the till. Blackburn magistrates heard


that Elizabeth Ann Lloyd had denied being responsible for cash going missing from Stansfields, in Castle Street, when the shop owner called a staff meeting. Suspicion fell on her col­


leagues and it was only when the owner was about to show CCTV footage that Lloyd owned up. Lloyd (24), o f Tower Hill,


Clitheroe, pleaded guilt to steal­ ing £700 from shop owner Richard Atkinson between March and September. She was. remanded on bail for the prepa­ ration of a pre-sentence report with a warning that custody could not be ruled out.


•Mrs Isla Chilton (prosecut­


ing) said Mr Atkinson’s suspi­ cions were first aroused 18 months earlier when he noticed small amounts of money going missing, usually on Thursdays when there was no supervision by him or his wife. “He called a meeting eight


months ago where all the staff were asked if they knew any­ thing about the shortfall,” said Mrs Chilton. “ They all denied it and Mr


Atkinson had no way of proving who it was.”


' Mrs Chilton said the owner


installed a CCTV system, but for three weeks there were no thefts. When they started again the CCTV footage was not of a good enough standard to identi­ fy who was responsible. “Mr Atkinson had to install a


different system and after another shortfall he and his wife went back to the shop a.t night and viewed the tape,”- said Mrs Chilton. “They saw a customer pve Lord a £20 note which she kept in her hand as she gave the


I change.” . . Another staff meeting was


held the next day and they were asked if anyone wanted to own


'*^“Lord denied it, but when the owner went to get the monitor to play the CCTV tape she realised what was going to hap­ pen, got her coat and left,” said


Mrs Chilton. “The owner can’t be sure how


much has gone missing, but his estimate is about £2,000. The defendant says she has only been stealing for eight months and that is why the prosecution


accepts the figure of £700. “ (ilearly suspicion passed onl


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to other members of staff who| were put under scrutiny because she didn’t own up. It was also] clearly a breach of trust,” said!


'Mrs Chilton. Mr Richard Prew (defending)


said that what could actually be proved against his client was] that she took £20. “There is no actual proof she|


took anything else and it is com pletely bjr her own admission that the other amounts have come to light,” said Mr Prew. “ She started taking £5 or £10, but the situation was exacerbat­ ed when her boyfriend was made redundant.” Mr Prew. said Lloyd was


deeply ashamed of what she had done.


Newsagent always had a smile on his face He later played for local amateur sidel by Hannah Ramsden.


A POPULAR and well-respected Padiham newsagent, who “ always had a smile oii his face”' and was an avid football fan and friend


to many, has died. Mr Harold Wood died on Saturday, Sep­


tember 6th, at the age of 73, following a long


illness. At his funeral mourners packed St John’s


Church to pay their respects and remember the man whose shop “ sold everything” . Mr Wood was born in Clitheroe and grew


up in Read, but it was in Padiham that he became a well-known figure in the commu­


nity. He took over what was known as


“Harold’s Shop” in Green Lane in 1970 and stayed there for the next 24 years. His son, Duncan,'said: “He was genuinely a really


nice bloke. “ I think it was from being in the shop that


he got along with so many different age groups, from children to pensioners. “He sold everything. It was in the days before supermarkets, he could always get


anything. “People used to go and knock on the door


and even after he had closed for the day peo- Pendle Club


S0”L0 whist winners at the Pendle Club were: D. Underwood, B. Wood, D. Knight. New members welcome


every Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the


Pendle Club were: Mrs Muriel Wood and Mrs Frances Porter, Mr Harvey Jackson and Mr Ian Arm­


strong. ■ Domino winners: D. Lowe, V. Giles, M. Parkes, joint 4, M. Berry and J. Pye, 5, D. Knight. G. Cap- stick (booby).


- New members welcome every Friday at 7 p.m. ■ Line dancing is held every


; Thursday at 1-30 p.m. and . sequence dancing every ^Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.


pie would knock on the door and he would


serve them.” Football had always played a part in Mr


Wood’s life. After leaving Clitheroe Gram­ mar School, he was on the books at Bolton Wanderers. : But his footballing career was put on hold


when he was called up to do National Ser­ vice in Hong Kong and Korea.


Albion Rovers and remained a devoted fan! of Burnley Football Club throughout hisj life, supporting them at home and awayl games.


I His wife, Therese, said: “He loved foot-1


ball. He used to go and watch Burnley regu-1 larly and had a season ticket for years.” The Clarets fan even got the chance to


combine his work at the newsagents with his love of the sport when the club picked him to sell its merchandise.


“He did his Window up with Burnley


Football Club products. There have been lots of tributes to him on the Clarets Mad website,” 'said Duncan. Mr 'Wood’s love of sport did not stop with I


football. He was a member of Padiham Bowling Club where he played for two teams until arthritis caused by years of playing | football forced him to give up. He also loved spending time with his wife,


son and six grandchildren aged between four and 19 and enjoyed many holidays abroad to Tenerife, Thailand and Bali. Mrs Wood said: “He always had a smile


on his face, he was always happy. “He was happiest when he was on his hol­


idays and when he was with his grandchil­ dren.”


]^om the frying pan to the fire


A MOTORIST jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire when he came out of a shop and found a police officer issuing a fixed penalty. Blackburn magistrates heard


that Karl Damion Hartley spoke to the officer before getting into his car, but because the officer had smelt alcohol on his breath he arrested Hartley for drink-driving. Hartley (26), of Milton Avenue,


Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. He was fined £100 with £65 costs and banned from driving for 17 months. Mr Andrew Robinson (prosecut- ing)'said the officer saw Hartley’s


car parked in Whalley Road, Clitheroe, and formed the opinion it was causing an obstruction. He was issuing a fixed penalty for that offence when Hartley came out of a shop. Mr Ben Leech (defending) said


the day before the incident Hartley had lost his job as an HGV driver. “He was feeling sorry for himself


and started to drown his sorrows by drinking in the afternoon,” said Mr Leech. “ To his credit, he snapped out of it and stopped drinking and when he went to the shop at about 8


p.m. he thought he was all-^ht to drive.”


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Lucky Valley winners


THE winner of a bottle of Champagne in last month’s 100th edition of the 'Valley’s Villages Competition was S. Hampson, of 57 Kemple


End, Clitheroe. The winner of the Valley


'Win-a-Book Competition was Mrs P. Gorrell, of P'eel Street', Clitheroe. ; Both prizes can bewH-


lected from our office, 3 King Street, Clitheroe. Please bring proof of identi­


ty-' And the lucky winner ol .


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a luxury overnight stay for two at the Gibbon Bridge Hotel, Chipping, the prize in last month's magazine, is Laura Gee, o f Singleton


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Couple attacked in early-morning raid


by Faiza Afzaal_________


A THAI restaurant owner has spo­ ken of the terrifying moment she thought she was'going to be killed by a gang of armed robbers during an early-morning robbery. Masked raiders forced their way into


Siam Palace, at the Judge 'Walmsley pub, 'Whalley Road, Billington and demanded cash from licensee Mrs Siwa- pomn Richardson (39) and bar manager, Mr Norman Wareing, before viciously attacking them. And Mrs Richardson said her ordeal,


where she was terrorised for half-an-hour, only ended when she managed to escape from the restaurant. The incident happened just before. 5


a.m. on Monday. Four balaclava-clad raiders, armed with a wooden pole taken from inside the premises, woke Mr Ware­ ing, who was sleeping in the pub’s living quarters, and began demanding cash. When he refused, they began punching him in the face and hitting him about the head. Meanwhile, one of the attackers made


his way to Mrs Richardson’s bedroom and punched her in the face. He ran­ sacked her bedroom and when he strug­ gled to find any money, he dragged Mrs


Teen robber behind bars


A MAN who robbed a Clitheroe girl before attempting to drag her down an alley has been put behind bars. Drew John Allison (19), pleaded guilty to robbery at Preston Crown


i Court and was sentenced to 30 months in youth custody. His address was given to the court as Parkside Close, Shotts, Lanarkshire, although at a previous hearing he gave an address in Blackburn. The court heard that the 17-year-


old girl was walking alone on Pendle Road, Clitheroe, at around mid­ night on August 4th, heading horiie from her boyfriend’s house. Allison followed the girl for some


distance before attacking, punching her to the ground and taking her


mobile phone. In what was described in court as


• a “sinister” development, he picked the girl up and attempted to d r ^


her in the direction she had «rf f f l fr om , p u t t in g his h a n d o v e r tW mouth and telling her. that he would


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; F o r tu n a te ly he r c r ie s fo r help were heard and three people came to


m= ' her assistance, managing to detain ® ■ . . .. Allison until the police arrived......


Richardson into the office. The four offenders then tied her up with grey tape and knocked her to the floor where they proceeded to inflict further injuries while she was down arid forced her to reveal where the cash was kept. The robbers managed to get access to


the safe and while Mrs Richardson, who' has been running the restaurant for the past two-and-a-half years, was unable to disclose the exact amount of money taken, she said it was “ a very small amount” . While the robbers continued to ran­


sack the pub, Mrs Richardson managed tp free herself from her bonds and fled the property. She knocked on a neigh­ bour’s door and asked for help. By the


' time the police arrived, the raiders had sped away in a dark-coloured vehicle in the 'Whalley direction. Mrs Richardson sustained facial


injuries and Mr Wareing suffered cuts and bruises to his face, broken ribs and slight head injuries. The pair were taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, but were discharged later that day. The incident, which has been


described as a “vicious and unprovoked” attack, has left Mrs Richardson badly


shaken. Speaking to the Clitheroe Advertiser


and Times earlier this week, she said: “ I Is it a


A MYSTERY object blazing across the night sky above Chatburn on Monday night has prompted a curious reader to contact us. Sarah Bryant, of Greenfield Avenue,


Chatburn, wonders i f anyone else saw the strange flaming object witnessed by herself and her husband, or if anyone knows what


it was. Getting in touch through our website


(www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk), Sarah wrote: “Just after 8 p.m. I saw something in the sky. It flew in a long, slow arc across the clear night sky arid it was on fire. “ It was not high enough'for a meteor


burning up on entry and had sparks flying out of the back as though it were metal and


it was on fire. “My first thought was a firework, but it


was too silent and the direction was wrong.


feared for my life as I thought I was going to die. “ I couldn’t see the weapons they were


armed with, but it seems as though they were holding a wooden pole to my head and demanding money. I was screaming for help, but they kept hitting me and shouting at me. It was very frightening. At one point I just wanted to jump out of the window and scream for help.” She added: “ I cannot understand how


they managed to get into the property as all the doors and windows were locked.” A major investigation is under way and detectives have vowed to catch those


responsible. Det. Tnsp. Stephen Dowson, of


Accrington Police, said: “This is an extremely serious offence, which was very frightening for the victims. The couple have been shaken and left trau­ matised. It’s rare for an incident of this kind to happen in the Ribble Valley and CCTV footage is currently being exam­


ined. Every effort is being made to bring the culprits to justice. “ lam urging anyone who may have


seen anything suspicious in the days leading to the robbery - or the morning itself - to get in touch with us by calling Clitheroe CID on 01200 443344 or the free-and-confidential Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”


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I know there was a very low flying aircraft around at the same time. To be honest, I thought it was part of a satellite or a plane on fire, as it did look like something remi­ niscent of when the space shuttle crashed. “ It also reminded me of the spacecraft


they created in the 1930s Flash Gordon serials! I know my husband and I were not seeing things and wonder if anyone else saw it? ■ “ It flew over the valley of Chatburn and


Grindleton and was flying due west. I'd love to know we were not alone and I'd love to know what it was!” If you can solve Sarah’s mystery, write to


the Clitheroe Advertiser at 3 King Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2EW, phone on 01200 422324, or e-mail: duncan.smith@east- lancsnews.co.uk


Youth escaped police van, court to l^ |


A CLITHEROE man who allegedly escaped from the back of a police van after being arrested for motoring offences has had his case., conomitted to Preston: .Crown Cour t. i.


Daniel Hull (20), of Moorland Crescent,


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appeared before Blackburri magistrates, v y •, ^ He was charg^ with , - driving without due care.;


POLICE search for clues at the pub following the raid (B220908/2C)


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