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«. --^7 r-? Ci- r- t 10 :^.’Clitheroe;Advertiser&Times,'■•Thursday, April 2nd,*2009? I';


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K? 'Permission sbuglit tot cHange listed biuldiiig


:. A PROPOSAL for full consent to alter and


; extend a-,listed ibuilding,,Thistle MaS)iv' i-.Edisford Road, Clitheroe, has been sub-


V iv-jjjinitted to Ribble .Valley Borough Council; s.'.-v The plans are.to provide improved accommodation; including alterations and of en-suites within the exist-:


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; . mg room^-proposed alterations to modem ;;'yAfear.extensions to^providedmproved ^As;«;acc6mrnodation'and iniprove disabled ■. access, erection of new .free standing t":-?.;* acconimodation block mid improved park- ling and circulation areas.


s^JssixThese are arnended details to3re'«ous S 'approvals., I . ’


'"Z on ,the proposals (numbers


i::i'^;'i0203 andT)204) should be made to the ;/"council by April 10th. ' ,,,^.1,.. ; •’ Other plans submitt^ include:


j V singlMtorey can-


:..5ijr?teeh and single^storey^optioii infill court- -TjAsvyard extensions to provide improved pri- . (■Siivate study and recreation space. Erection of single-storey accessible main entrance and reception foyer. All as part of a phased


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: j .iftdevelopment at Clitheroe Royal Grammar fe; School, Sixth Form. Cehtre,'iYork Street


; (0216)!',Demolition ofioutbuildings;' Extension and refurbishment of- existing


: .sports and leisure facilities to’include new. reception, offices, toilets,t:i^he, adventure:


v area, meeting room aerobics and change !,j.i'..facilities at Roefield Leisure Centre,Edis-' : ford: Road (0213and 0223) .Alteration of.


: . matenals used in construction of extension ' approved at 69 Fairfield Drive (0227).' ;


Caravan vandalised


fVANDALS jumped on the roof of a cara- 1 van parked in Central Avenue; Clitheroe,’ / between 8-30 i).m; on Saturday and 1 p.m;: on Sunday.


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-TOO much’booze on Red Nose^fei-The.chairman of the magis-: Dayleft a Comic ReUef fund-rais-'Vtrates told Aspinwall; (27) that the


l,v , c V, 4^.. -1 * , ' blind drunk, to the extent where


;s.'rhe;magikrates .heard'that intoxicated Ryan Mark Aspinwall t; doing.


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Marie Dowden. He was given a j? scene and arrested Aspinwall'


er redrfaced when his antics put *•; organisers of thecharityfund-rais- -him’in'the dockAt;Blackburn v;er did not expect.people.to get? Magistrates’ Court,, •,


conditional discharge for 12/--“When he was interviewed he said months and ordered to pay £340 ^ he could remember nothing of the in compensation and £65 in cos ts.'incident because he was heavily Mrs Emma Kehoe (prosecuting);'^ intoxicated,’’ said Mrs Kehoe.


they did ndt khow what they were, said a CCTV operator had been'. < Aspinw^l told the court he had -


' monitoring the town centre on_ been stupid. I must have had too ________ 1 •'O.'


signs back in Newton!


___ / • T'’ 'i by Julie Magee


^/TRADITIONAL fingerposts have ' i returned to Newtondn-Bowland -vil­ lage green thanks to a campaign by, parish councillors.


.sa;-,Three fingerposts; which are painted in '- ?';:the traditional black and white livery '■ iv. scheme that was used from 1933 onwards, s,i have been erected, on each corner of the' 'triangular village green.


' ,by jVivien Meath'


M A h n f ; p ^ l ^ ^ ^ r t a i n a g ^ ; have,cause,to=be;gfatefult6 Mrs Margaret Willacylr ^ iwAs the area’s'district nurse and61^ midwife in the-’50s and early ’60s,§| she delivered hundreds of local chib|| dren.


y .(4 fi! Now in her 90th year,: she jjgs a';^


multitude of happy memories, declaring: ;“Lwas ah old fashioned v nurse and enjoyed a bit of fun. Iiii;; loved every, minute' of it and would do it all again.’!^


*1. Still sprightly, bright as a button; S&


missing nothing and with a delight-’Hj ful sense of - humour; Mrs Willacy’s :f | is a’ familiar face around CUtheroe.S£‘


I .-j.^^aWhether ma^ng and delivering’*- I .icakes and pies'for charity coffee 1 ft' .»


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li ed treat, to'retained firefighters.?.® •;:/and ambulance crew around -the 'Incomer, keeping an eye.on things aty« ;-sWell.Court'(her,home for the past'sjv ;';20 years), writing poetry (“it has to;!w: ijrhyme!”); or kreping in touch with':*; !?; a host of nephews and ■


nieces; she * t


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Reinsures that she.keeps active in:-; mind, body and spint.


-V'She'actively supports several


. ji charities, including the Scout Asso- ^ i-, ciatidn, adding “Dale Higham was -v,‘ * one'bf m y b a b i e s r , ' . <


It was an advertisement in the f


k Nursing'Mirror.’that caught her,; eyeinl951.'


“Nurse Johnson.was leaving


before other, jobs.{In her.20s,:she - decided to follow her. sister .into -


years of training. She trained in' nursing on a bicycle, her Ford


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‘ in market gardening for a"while, V' delivered hundreds of babies in £• W


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» m'bmin^’ or, as a much appreciat- ::.?! ;;. Mother)ipatron of the Queen’s ’


:,,sInstitute;of . District Nursing, at a ' ceremony, in, St James’s Palace,'


. tation, tea was served in an adjoin-


;;ing room and the Queen Mother 4f/was joined.by two of her corgis,'- ; chatting about the dogs to the then' a , Mi^ Curren and her sister, former-


i -nurse Anne Bonner, who accompa- 'niedher., ^ , Among' Mrs JVillacy’s many happy meniories are two afternoon :


; ; tea parties at Buckingham Palace, - V, one in.1967 and another in 1975, the year she retired.


^ “I t is 34 years now since I retired,” she adds.


;r^ .“I decided to retire before they. i . moved to the new health centre ;


.vj.with computers and things and I’m* r.;.glad I made the decision.” , ,.;vi i i. Her mother, who she looked after;,


t:, for many, years, lived until the age.;- : ; of ;96 and her sister, Anne, is now.;: 9 3 . - ' . ; ' ; '


.‘v;;,. Mrs Willacy married her hus- .; ;*band,*the. late Jim Willacy, m;,.; )i l983.'“Kpassed him a note in .- " church, inviting him to a party I ;; was giving to cheer people up,” she - laughs.’


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Pendleton, Worston,;Chatburn,' DoTOham and Tiviston, as well as - and Pwas 6L* w7had"l6 very


®n?,barked.pn fpur^ Chtheroe. She began her district ii-hannv vpnr!' -


' 1 Downhain, so I apphed and got the * general nursing at St Helens, in ' Angha mlodn eventually fepl W ' 'W pP Pnnrf ;]ob,” she recalls. The then Miss Queen’s district nursing at M^n- two w h ™


, Curren left school at, 14. She did > Chester and in midwifery at Sahord - In the l'960s she gave up mid ' St Helens.


)/;,■. A She worked alon^ide her brother,Gurren; or: “Aunty Ciirreh”; she «


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. ^work never killed anybody,” she sion to move from Eccleston, Chor- ■ Aating a week on the district with a VaHey. AsSister weekinthesureeS ' ' ^ :


Mrs Willacy’s input. One of the ;• toWs living legends, she celebrates - her 90ih,birthday on Wednesday. ', with a family party at the Copy, ; Nook'Hotel,' Bolton-by-Bowland., Pictured is Mrs . Willacy with a .


Well Court have benefited from lor 21 years service from the Queen ’


received her award (. memento of her nursing days. , (A310309/la)


j' -v.t’They.were mainly doctors and,/ k nurses.‘!He had lost his wife and he; : .'Came and'enjoyed it.'.We were mar-; ■. ried’the following year. He was 73 ;;'


based in Cumbria and experts in tradi-


: tional signage,-produced the patterns and the castmgs necessary to bring the project


: to a successful conclusion. . The distinctive finials carry the name of. the village and the Ordnance Survey grid


; reference for the position of the sign. . John Bennett; chairman of-Newton-in-.


:;Bowland Parish Council, said: “The proj- ect de'monstrates the importance of


".retaining rural distinctiveness in our. towns and villages.” , •'


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:;,.<Newton-in-Bowlarid Parish Council; 1 obtained funding for, the project-from; Lancashire Rural Futures and Ribble Val-: -1 ley Borough ■


consulted Lancashire Highways. Our pictures. show (above) one of the


>: signposts being made and (top,- nght) the-. • topS.-(s) !T'.


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GENEROUS Glitheroe Advertiser and v Times readers have helped to raise £200;: for Pendleside Hospice at.Reedley by; donating money to the charity. ’ 3


Advertisers’ cash boost for hospice '•


. : , Anyone placing an advertisement in this paper or our sister titles the Burnley > Express or LeadenTimes Newspapers for ;■


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