12 ' Clithero'e Advertiser&Times, Thursday, January 1st, 2009 .


wwwilitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editori'al), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 012821122331 (Classified)


‘Exceptional’ quality of lambs at Gisburn show


CRAVEN farmers dominated Gisburn -Auction: M a r t’s Christinas Prime Lamb Show and Sale. - ' ‘ !‘ Leading the sale was the champion pen of: five Beltex


■lambs, weighing 39kg, from Robert Lambert, of Wig- glesworth; .The lambs, sired by Longley Hardy and out of homebred Beltex cross ewes, sold for a staggering £250 (641p per kg) to George Crop­ per for. his Butcher’s Market Stall on-Accrington Market.


;Mr Lambert.farms 40 pedi­ gree Beltex ewes and 650 com­ mercial ewes at Wigglesworth. : :: The reserve'• champion


1(1 H


FESTIVE goodies abounded at the Parker's Arms, Newton, •


• when a'fund-raising Christ­ mas market was held to which lots of local patrons flocked;', including a special v is i to r - Father Christmas.: ■


. ;• •. ■ Licensees Stosie Madi and


Tasty treats abound at festive market • prizes were Coco Moyo,'Daw-'


made goodies stall raised £50.


■Together with other dona- , tions, proceeds will be divided.


I. sons; Cheesie Tchaikovsky, Taste of Clitheroe, Exchange


:between^the Slaidburn and ■ Newton Over-60s Christmas party next year and the North:- West Air Ambulance. ; ' :. =' The various stalls donated


Kathy Smith were delighted with the support of visitors, ■ stallholders and those who donated gifts and prizes for th e , raffle which raised over■ £80, and the Parker's home­


.part of:their proceeds and' local lady Mrs Rachael Cowin made and decorated a fantas-: tic Christmas cake which also' raised funds. :


. Those who donated raffle


0 Coffee, Cowman's Butchers, •-Shackletons, Lee Carter-s, ■ Weezos, Kalos Candles, and a: huge turkey from Johnson


'and Swarbrick. r Pictured is Seres Kennedy. ■ with a'display of Coco Moyo


j chocolates watched by Stosi " Madi and visitors to the mar- .:ket.


. (S211208/2)


Camera club ends the year admiring prints THE final meeting of 2 0 0 8 '


white tiger in its natural - •


. at the Ribblesdale Camera : ■ Club was a viewing of the • Lancashire and Cheshire- Photographic Union’s 2008 . - Documentary Prints folio. > • This was of. special inter­ est because it contained fine prints by Ribblesdale mem- ■ . bers Stephen Robinson and ■


>


‘SueMarsden.; ' The latter’s image of a


.habitat at the Endangered ; ■ Species Breeding Centre in • - Singapore came third in the ■


. nature section of whole North-West competition. ■ The evening concluded


with mince pies, kindly pro­ vided by the club’s chair- • man, John Bradley.


'. -The next meeting at West Bradford Village Hall will . .


Thank you to our


Good Samaritan ■ A FEW days before Christmas I was doing my shopping in Booths, but when I'got to the checkout ! found that my card was not accepted;- in


■. spite of it being used there many times before. ■ After three assistants failed to get the machine to accept the card,'a


If. ft


' lady in the.queue told the girl to add it to her billand she paid for it. 5 - I do not know the lady’s name, but she has both of bur grateful , thanks..


MR and MRS S. IIORSFIELD, Eshton Terrace, Clitlieroc'*.


Some gems from the EU officials !


■ .th a t ;! think everyone shouldibe. aware’of.


iWrite (o:Tlic Edilor, Clitheroe ^Ivertiscr and Times, 3 King Strcel, 'Qitheroc^BB72E\V of e-mail; vivicn.raealh@casilancsncws.co.uk '*


• : ty that they will lose their nominat-;!- : ed commissioner and be joined up : ,,-.with Britain-under British control.


: •': :• A ^totally: unacceptable proposal; that should be nipped in the bud. ; •:. :


‘ : - Also it'^was announced after, the -resignation of Peter Mandelson from - ‘ . his position of EU trade commission •


;>


. for the UK, that after only two years t : in'that'position-Mandelso'n will.:-; . receive a pension of £38,000 a year -


' THEi'-European';-' U n io n /- has-' announced over the last few weeks , the following gems of-informationi


' when he retires. S' - Talk about having your nose in; '7 the trough.


,


-. ifiThe faceless dictators that we have"' in, the EU'have announced that due: to the-“Nb”-vole from the Irish peo- -


;; pje, Uiey may.in future be subject to i financial restraints arid the possibilF":


.'.’•-'©Not b'ad for less than 100 weeks in « the job (all paid for from your pock- . - ets, ladies and gentleman). . - Also-the EU dictators' Have‘- '.announced that'bytthe yeari2020;:*


/':(bnly-12 years away);-^the,'EUiwill,v' ;-:-allpw;35 million?Africaris'.into thev'.i system Vi taking-o-veKthe.'ij obs and Housing etc that will be available'by" ;''


then (where do they get these ideas' from?)


, ■


'; You know which countrythey will' all be heading for don’t you. ■


-' -


:t. But all'is not lost dear readers,, .there is a political partly that will.: .oppose the dictatorship policies that ■ are being made in the EU and that, party is UKIP. '■'''This year is the yearfor the.Euro-; pean elections and UKIP-will be,; putting forward candidates for elec-. .; tion;- So, do you have a choice and a ,- say in how we'are run from Brussels, ', please don’t waste it, vote UKIP. ■?>;;/


: For further information on-.-what • UKIP can offer, -visit -www.UKIEorg and also look at the follovving.well-:; sites www.InDemGrbup.org and;-; www.NbRemoteControl.org


r .t . m : lo eb e l l , '


Edisford Road, - V'. -C . ' ‘ Clilheroe


- --


Use our local shops or lose them


. THE recession will hit us all, but we •must continue to support our local ..butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers,' :;wine merchants, milkmen and bakers; whose produce we take for granted.-. e have friends in larger towns who ; have lost all their specialist shops and


■-.W


■ tell us how lucky we are. Use them or lose them.


^


WYNMASHITER, Moorend, , • '(Clithcroe .


‘Reading’ treat for blind children


':I1VE just.recorded the sound'for a .new feely'picture version of a Mbg


- Drivers may be at risk without : being aware


THOUSANDS of motorists are at risk of


, being fined up to £1,000 because they are unintentionally driving without a valid licence.


take place on January 6th, when Bill Scawthorn from Fleetwood will present . - ,■ “Excursions in the Digital World”. Infdrmation.about the ; •


club can be obtained from' : the chairman on 01254 •: . 822921 or the secretary on ■ 01200 42347.4, or from its


: website at: www.ribblesdale-’ cameraclub.org.uk - •. r


Pause at party to remember a Mend


SPECIAL guests at a party for the Hodder Valley Over - 60s, held in Newton Village Hall, were the deputy Mayor of the Ribble ValleyCoun. Mrs Beverley Jones, and her ■ consort, Mr Howel Jones. .- Mrs M. Beattie welcomed • everyone and asked them to


stand in silence in memory of Mrs Mary Parker, who presided a t the event for many years. Fr John Chalon-


. er said Grace before everyone: sat down to a delicious festive meal. ' Entertainment was pro'vid- ed by the Mitton Singers who


?5iWww.'clitheroeadvertiser.co;uk* sang a selection of seasonal


■ music before everyone joined I them singing traditional car-1 ols. Mr John Parry thanked I the singers and the ladies who I prepared and served the meal. 1 Pictured are the special]


guests and partygoers. . (A131208/2)


: the Cat story for blind children to I borrow from Living Paintings’ free |


;; library of popular books. Mogisvery I forgetful and gets into lots of scrapes! I Blind youngsters look forward to i -new books just as much as their sight-1


. ed pals. . So letting them know that this free I


. -picture book library is there for them [ is vital.


i ' titles to the library. I ’d really like to I ; do another one so I hope they raise |


• lots of money to pay for more books,


- ■ - If you know anyone who’d like to | : join the free library, or help it grow,


•:: ; just call 01635 299771, or you can join I on th e website www.livingpaint-1


ings.org SU POLLARD,


, Lbing P.iintings, '


-- Unit 8,-Kingsclere Park; ■ New bur),'


• - - Berkshire,' ' ' ' -


- and there are educational packs as I well. Best of all everything is designed I to be shared with sighted friends and | family! ■ Every year they add new special I - touch and sound-versions of favourite I


: Living Paintings is an award win-1 ning charity that has braille and text I copies of all the children’s favourites I from Winnie the Pooh to the Gruffalo


j


: T h e new style photocard driving licences were first issued 10 years ago in 1998 and many, motorists have failed to spot that they automatically expire after


. 10 years and have to be renewed at a cost of:£17.50. . DVLA fipres.revealed th a t 16,136


:: photocard licences expired last summer, but so far only 11,566 dri-yers have


.renewed them,-.leaving 4,570 outstanding. With another 300,000 photocard licences due to expire over the coming year, the number of invalid licences could soar. , Neil Cunliffe, Lancashire County Council’s Road Safety Group Manager,


■ said: “We want to make drivers across Lancashire aware of this issue and ensure they, are not driving without a valid licence. - I


- - “We recommend that all drivers who have a photocard licence check to see


' when it expires. If you look at the key on the back of the card, number ‘4b’ states when your licence is valid to.” 'Motorists who fail to renew their


licences in time are allowed to continue driving, but the DVLA says they could be charged with “failing to surrender their


, licence”, an offence carrying a fine of up to £1,000.


• . ■ A spokesman for the DVLA said: “Itis


important that photocards are updated every 10 years to ensure the police and other enforcement agencies can identify whether a driving licence is being used fraudulently. The agency is sending reminders to drivers whose photocard is due to expire.”


■ ■ j Tendle Club latest results


' SOLO whist winners a t the Pendle Club were: M. Holding, D. Knight, S. Holden.


•-■ •Domino winners-at the Pendle Club were J. Chew, G. Berry, R. Chew, M.


■-'Berry,'P. Oddie. Booby: R. Seed, W. Barker, D. Knight.


. "•'Line dancing is held every Thursday at 1-30 p.m; and sequence dancing every


Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. , PUPILS turned-into rats as - ■ 'As revenge on the town, he •: •


the legend of the Pied Piper • ■ came to St John’s CE Primary. School in Read. “The Pied Piper at Christ- -'


mas told the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin”,-


where a mysterious stranger • . rids a toivn of its rats, but is - -■ then told he will not be paid; - -


; lures all the children but one • away to a cave by playing his, ■


• musical pipe, and they are - ; never seen again.


, - ' 'Many children in the school..


'.-■ were involved in the play, a n d :: ' .. the Reception class also joined ■ in with the fun by performing • .their own nativity play, (s) ,


Remand on bail


WHALLEY man Joseph ■ Longton (44), of The Crescent, Mitton Road, was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrate’


s


after pleading not guilty to assaulting Scott Elliot.,


by Natalie Cox


A RECORD number of children in the Ribble Valley had a happier Christmas this year thanks to the amazing response to the 2008 Toy Appeal. This year we were able to give


gifts to 149 local children. • One parent who received a bag of presents for her children described -


rosette w en t'to ; Procters. Farms, of'Slaidburn, with


Their Dutch Texel lambs : weighing 43kg and selling at ; :£115 (267p per kg) to quality*


.- butchers David Ingham and ;: Son, of Foulridge.


■


•— Renowned beef and sheep , farmer John Mellin, of Long '


■ Preston, picked up the first - prize rosettes in both the Suf­ folk and Charolais classes, his ;


" .champion animals selling for- £74 and £53. ■ Dunsop Bridge-based farm-, ers Geoff and Margaret Walk-


' -er were in the money w i th ; ' their 45kg Mule lambs. They sold for £52.50 (117p .


per kg) to Dunbia: The pre-1 sale: show sponsor Peterl ■ Oddie, of P.M. & M. Char­


tered Accountants, Black-1 burn, said: “I am delighted to


-. be involved in such a presti-| gious event; the quality of


I I


lambs on show was exception-1 al.


; “I t ’s s a great opportunity I for us to give something back to'therfarming community [ 'and Gisburn Auction Mart.”'


; Average were: Prime lambs I 33-39kgs, ,136p/kg; 40-1


45kgs,:133p/kg; 46-52kgs,I 123p/kg. Overall 133p/kg • Auctioneers were Richard | Turner and Son.


I


itheroe 4^2324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classified) , .www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk SPENCER - HAWORTH


TWO Ribble Valley families were united when ' Miss Anna Marie Haworth married Mr Antony


. John Spencer at St Helen’s Church, Wadding- ton.


: . The bride, a care assistant, is the daughter of - Mr John Haworth, of Worston, and Mis Claire' Haworth, of Clitheroe.


. Her bridegroom, a vehicle technician, is the


I son of Mr and Mrs J. Spencer, of Green Drive, Clitheroe. ' •


- ' . Given away, by her father, the bride wore a


, white strapless gown with satin bodice and deli-^ ■ cate beading. She carried a hand-tied bouquet of white roses and fuchsia. :


- -


She was attended by flowergirls Leah Burgess and Abbie Haworth who wore white dresses with


A wriggly way t o


celebrate!


A VERY wriggly time was had by pupils a t St P eter’s CE School, Simonstone, as they put on their Christmas concert. . This year’s festive production-


was “The Wriggly Nativity” and was performed by the infant classes. I t incorporated a traditional


Nativity play, but also included singing and dancing and had a message of the true meaning of Christmas. :


. Junior pupils played guitars,


woodwind instruments and. recorders, and sang about Rudolph the Reindeer, a pop medley and a new version of “Bohemian Rhapsody”.(s) ■


record numbeirs of youngsters


the appeal as “a practical expres­ sion of God’s love”. •


' Speaking after taking delivery of a bag packed with toys, the same parent said:“ The Toy Appeal is


. absolutely wonderful and it really touches me. I t is such a wonderful idea and.gives my.children the extras that I would not be able to afford.”


:


Elizabeth Smith saying “the chil­ dren will love the presents and we very, much appreciate them, they have been a big help”. ■ Gapt. Smith, who thanked all


. _


' Another parent sent a text to local Salvation Army leader Capt.-


the volunteers who helped to deliv­ er the presents, said: ‘.‘H earing from the parents who recieve the gifts-makes the appeal all worth­ while.


■


whatever gifts you give them.” And L t Brenda Wise added:


“The Toy Appeal highlights the fact th a t the whole community works together. -


. “I t really is a team effort - start­ ' - ■ .


“They do not take the help fo r . granted and are always grateful for


ing with the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and then we play our part in acting as a vehicle to deliv­ er the presents.


, “But we could not do this good work without the public.” .. ,


‘Rats’ out in force at village school! Group declares war on bullying


AN award-winning local - community group- is. launching an anti-bullying. campaign.


; : The move is aimed a t


raising awareness of the lasting harm that adult bullying can cause and the ways in which people who are being bullied can get support.


. . East Lancashire People


First (ELPF) is an inde­ pendent, self-advocacy : group for people who-: want to speak up for themselves and has been active in the area-since- 2006. Their aim is to provide •'


support for anyone who ; wishes to have their voice. heard in the community: regardless of their needs or circumstances. Although: ELPF has members from - across East Lancashire,


they have decided to trial- the campaign in Clitheroe, before rolling it across the area. Posters, leaflets and badges, designed by group members, will be available soon for anyone who wish­ es to sign up to the cam-. paign and help to raise awareness of the problems of adult bullying. A meeting is being held


on Thursday, January 8th; at the CVS office, 62- 64 Yorkshire Street, Bum- ley.-'. ■ -


. Further, information


about the progress of the campaign will be updated on the group’s website at ■ www.elpf.org.uk where other contact details are • also available. Anyone


; requiring further informa­ tion is advised to call ELPF on 07792 684745. -


For Ribble VaUeyneivs. online go to... ; w w w c I i t h e f o e a d v e r t i s e r . c o . u k


, Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, January 1st, 2009 13


satin bodices and tulle skirts with aubergine sashes. Bijdesmaids Glaire Pallisterand Jemma Beverly wore aubergine strapless dresses ivith


_ sashes and carried hand-tied white roses.. • - The bride’s sister,_Emma, and the best man_ Michael Bank acted’as witnesses. Ushers were Richard Pallister, Stephen Burgess, Richard Blatchford, Paul Clegg, and;


James and William Pallister. Pages were James Burgess and Oliver Pallister. ■ Following the ceremony,-carried out by the Rev. John Brocklehurst, a reception was held at ■ the Mytton Fold Hotel, lin g h o .: '


'


• The newlyweds will make their home in Clitheroe.,


. Picture by Zoie Carter Ingham


,.£...k. --------- -- -


.1


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17