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Thursday, October 30th, 2008 No. 6,378 INSIDE THIS WEEK
news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom
www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Price 70p Burns victim^s Bfework warning THE combination of alcohol
and fireworks can be lethal. And Lesley Wilson should V.
know. She lit a rocket, held in her hand, after drinking and sufferied severe bumsi This week, Lesley, known to
friends and family told lis that she'
wanted.to try
to.make sure that no one else did anything so foolish/ " ^ : The 20-year-bld was in the vicinity of
Clithefde.Market on a Saturday n ig h t .‘When her hand became engulfed in
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■ flames, her friend dialled for the' emergency services and Tilly, w h o - works for a local newsagency, was rushed to hos pital in Blackburn. From there she was transferred to the bums unit at: Preston Royal Infir mary ;;
; Now back at work, Tilly said
that she has bums to her right hand, w ith three fingers extremely badly affected. She ■mil, she says, be scarred for life, but was extremely lucky that ■ she did not need skin grafts;
■ Her hand will be bandaged
for a month and she K visiting the health centre e-very two days to have th e dressings changed. , ■ “I just want to try to make
sure, that no one else does any thing so stupid,” Tilly told us
this week. “I was lucky. People should
read the instructions, not com bine drink with fireworks and' remember th a t th e y can be dangerous.” (CR241008)
by Julie Magee
A PRODUCT designed by a Barrow student, which enables disabled people to ski, is caus ing a real s t ir in the design ' world.
; HOMES BUILD BAHLE
. Twenty-two-year-oid BenThor- pe’s Switch and Ski design won him Best in Show accolade at this year’s Product D e s ign Degree Show at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), where he gained a first cla^
B.Sc. degree in
' Product D e s i^ . ' : The concept, was designed in
response tb’a brief from theRoyal Society. ; '
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•: The brief required a product for the encouragement of Arts, Man ufactures and Comrherce (RSA) which, in Ben’s words, would pro-
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vide “a design for an inclusive sports, wanted to design a product •world’’.r
that could help disabled people and . Ben, a keen skier and lover, of give them the able-bodied experi
J ' l A l l i ' C R &SKI
The Switch and Ski allows more
freedom of movement and makes access to ski lifts achievable.' Ben, who is a former pupil of
Ribblesdale High School Technolo gy College and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Sixth Form, has also seen his idea listed in the top five of the product design category of
NOISEfestival.com The virtual
. festi'val showcases the best creative talent of young people, aged 25 and under, via the mass media. Ben’s portfolio can be seen by logging on to
www.NOISEfestival.com/Beh7 Thorpe
> • _; Ben, who is about to start an
MA in Product Design at UCLAN, having been offered the place along with only two other students, is now hoping to create a prototype to show to manufacturers. Our pictin^ show designer Ben,
ence on the slopes. Sledges are currently the only product avail able for disabled skiers.
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