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16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,'Thursday, February 5th; 2009 SABDEN


Concert- , A/iConcert ■ in : St ■ Nicholas's Church hy the Red Rose Singers was attend-


: ‘ ed by 45 people and raised : £193- for church funds.:: ■ ;


Confirmation


• Classes have begun - for those members of St Nicholas's , Church, or ahyone


: else, who wishes to be confirmed this year. The confirma­ tion class will take place on Sunday, March 15th, and any child who is in


■ Year 6 or above and any adult who would'like to be


• confirmed, should contact Bernard Parfitt on 773759 or


Cathryn Bristol, as - soon as possible. ' Classes will be held? on'February lOth'j and : 24th andP March 3rd at 6-30:5 p.m. The; March? confirmation servy- ice will take place in' - St'John's Church, '. Read.............. .


•AGM The annual meeting - of Sabden Ladies':


■ Circle will:.take::: place '.in -S t Nicholas's Institute, • Wesley Street, oh j ;


: ■-Wednesday, March I. 4th, at 7-30 p.m.


St Mary's If anyone is interest­ ed in joining, the 50 Club a t St Mary's RC School will thejT


: contact Mrs Jane Sharpe. Last Friday,


•the school held a Step into Spring disco which was to


Park is much


sought after A NEW business park in Sabden is building up


■ steam as firms queue up to set up shop there. '


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■ The office section of the business park, which was built around the for­ mer Cobden Mill site in Watt Street and is now


• Falcon House, has wel corned DKN Power Lines, which is relocating from the existing base in Simonstone: The compa­ ny is a training organisa­ tion and hopes to draw in clients from a wide area. Unit 2 to the rear of the offices has been let to


. :Etha Services Limited, a roofing contractor compa-


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, ny which is based in Gis- burn, which \vill operate a warehouse and distribu­ tion facility for the com­ pany.


' : There is a further work­ shop available at the unit, along with a service yard suitable for open storage, caravan or vehicle storage.' The units are being let by agents Trevor Dawson.


for jobless WORKERS who have


■ recently lost their jobs s: due to the national “cred- j . t crunch^ can take a free : stall at a weekly car boot sale in Clitheroe. Hoyles-Promotions,


•: organisers of the Sunday car boot sale at Clitheroe


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. Auction Mart, is offering a limited number of'free indoor and outdoor stalls throughout February,


/beginning this Sunday... / . Anyone-who has been


:. recently made redundant- . and wants to make some


.. extra cash by clearing out clutter from their, attics, ; ; garages or cupboards can


:■ contact the sale organis-j ■ erson 01253Y82828 or e-


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A PROPOSAL for con­ version of'an agricultur- - al building to a holiday '■; cottage,, at:;:Higher-<; House,. Higher. Farm,'.; Kiln:Lane,;Paythqrnej(: (n u m b e'r ■' ;■ 0 0 61) j: a n d f- replacement of. exiking


replace one planned before Christmas


, which, had to be postponed due to the snow. On Satur­ day; night pupils attended a special Mass in St Mary's Church as part of their programme to' prepare'them for- taking the Sacra­ ments./The school: now has a range of after-school clubs for pupils, including table-.'.tennis. on Monday, netball on Tuesdays; science: on Thursdays and football on Fridays;


.SIMONSTONE Education ' ;;;


Extra seats had to be brought ..into '.'St


■ Peter’sC h u r c h , '\ Simonstone,-for the


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Education Sunday service to accom­ modate the congre{:


■ gation. The children' of St Peter’s under-


. took all the usual ■ activities of. a Sun-.


:';day service by act-, ing as sid^men and


• ■,taking-u'p,'the cok -■-lection,


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.,Thettheme::of; the . service^was educa- :?,tion:and the pupils ;■ gave_a: presentation M re'flectinVon.here :? and ;'now:'>::. what 'vthey^erijoyed about; iiYchool T favourite' lessons and activi-'


sang a song “Living and Learning’’.


r-;the>Rev.. Dr • A; Sowerbutts ; who


■ ■'gave a blessing at- theend. .


SLAIDBURN


Whist drive ■Winners a t a whist and domino drive


■-held in Slaidburn ■ Village Hall were, '■Whist: E. Barker, J..; ■ Kenyon.


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:!'ties,' e.g. school trips f.and how privileged ' ^itheyare'-to-Re edu-; /c'ated .'today.? They ■ did readings and


Dominoes: A. Fox, P. ■Metcalf, M. Smith,


i F. -.Giles and M . .■'Briggs.-Raffle: J. Oddie, G. Berry, F.


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The service was con- ducted by the.'vicar.


.-.Taylor and E. Bark- - er..The next drive 'will be on February. ;.28th at 7-30 p.m. in : the currcd room. ■ ■


Cancelled Slaidburn Young : Farmers’ meeting was cancelled on


- Monday because of ■ the , snow..- Next ■' week's meeting is a tour of Thornber's ■Mill, Greenacre Street,- Clitheroe. Members - are to


: meet at the mill at 7- -30 p.m. .


WEST BRADFORD


Church service The 2 p.m. service in


Methodist Church. continue, to be fully ' L a h c a s h i r e ' s on Sunday will be ■


■ committed to the school\bdok quiz


led by the Rev.'Tim .” Fairtrade ethos. ; ;-: .The DVDs of the Thorpe and will StaffrOOm


munion. Everyone- welcome. - :. :. ,


WHALLEY staffroom at-Whal- .


ley Primary school - * ; h e school because the present one is faftoo small.' Some classes will


to collect '


was prb-


Traidcraft Contrary to the recent article in this . Parents of those in column concerning. Infant 4-have been the Traidcraft stall • at Whalley Parish Church,'Fairtrade goods will be avail-, able after the 10


throughout- the year.


The church and


moved to o th e r , rooms until the end -; of May.'


Glen Rostron and


Melanie Gerrard, who are donating


asked to bring'chil- : ,


. the proceeds to the school. Those pay­ ing by cheque


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dren to the lower .' make them playground to reach i their room via the hall. .-


lyhalley ■ ■ a.m. service on In other school news. The AGM of Whal-


most weeks four children from ley Out of School Year 6; Alex Arm- Glub will be held on


Organisers are only


. changing their- method of sale.


strong,- . Harry ; Tu'esday at 6-30 Richardson, Eliza- ' p.m.


beth .Saville and A new chairman and Chloe Wilkinson,- i-secretary are need-' have qualified for : ed.. •:


H c o o p h i g h e s t C u b S c o u t s a w a r d


Generations join force to


crack crime A SCHEME to fight crime designed to “con­ n ect”- young and older people to break down barriers has gained wide­ spread recognition. ■ “Operation Connect”


..was among six of the division’s best problem-


■ solving schemes present­ ed in front of an audi­ ence of more than 120 people a t a special cere­ mony held in Oswald- twistle.-


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. ;The m'oye was aimed at competing for the best Problem Oriented Part­ nership (POP) prize. Leading the “Opera­


FIVE. Cubs from the 2nd Bow- land;Cub Pack, Waddington, have, received, th e i r Chief Scout’s Silver. Award. :■ ' ■' : - I t is the highest award a Cub


Scout can achieve. They had to do many things, including out-


; door activities such as camping and hiking, finding out ab o u t'.


:the work of an international charity and the culture and tra­ ditions of a'cbuntry other, than their own.


- - They were presented with the


awards by Felicity Ruddick, the Clitheroe District Commis­ sioner at a pack meeting at the beginning of January. ■ ■ . - Our picture shows the Cubs


from left to right: Sam Simkin, Joshua Broadhurs t, Jack


Haworth, Matthew-Chew and Adam McMeekin with the Dis-


“ trict Commissioner (centre). ' Betty Collinson and Je an


Bentley, the Rowland Cub lead­ ers, are standing proudly at the back, (s)


Gar bodt stall Florence (81) was a true village stalwart


ATRUEDownhamwoman,- who lived in the'same.house: Lyndene Cottage-.’ in the-yil-',


lage from being born, has died : a t the age of 81 years


Miss ' Florence -; Mary


Smithies was a stalwart of St Leonard's Church, Downham, ■ being one of the longest serving members of the choir where she sang for 74 years. Villagers described her as a


a fi i^ and was not too much in the public eyej/but liked jjy , everyone, a true village charac-


- ter who will leave a big hole in the life of the choir.


likeable person who did not like' -' • ihilking;and general duties


■ She attended the local village school before moving on to Ribblesdale --■.'School, ■ in Clitheroe, after which she went to work on the Downham Hall Estate farm .where she looked after cattle and sheep as well as


about the farm. 'When the farm was no longer running Florence went to work a t Castle Cast- ings.in Clitheroe, travelling- i there and back on her tru s ty ■


■ scooter in all weathers. She continued at Castle Castings until her retirement. . A member of Downham Gar-


' dening Club, Florence also loved watching television par­ ticular ly , the: programmes which featured Downham, like


"Whistle Down the Wind"; "Born and Bred" some scenes from.Wuthering Heights, and the horse and c a r t going


through the v il lag e - in ’th e "Likely Lads". ■ Florence also enjoyed touring


countryside with her long time friend John Duffy who used to drive up from his home in Essex to spend time in Down-’


;ham. Florence also leaves a sis­ ter Elsie, who lives in Clitheroe.


to build three holiday cottages ag r icu ltu ra l building


! with two holiday cot-;' itages has been submit- ,.-, 'vte'd.;toj Ribble ,-Valley./ . ' Borough.Counci 1. Com- ■iments must be made to / . the'councilby.iFebruary ■: ■ .20th'.',Other plans sub- '


mitted include:.;; j - : ■;Read: Pro'posed single


storey garden • rom-ito front elevation a t Hoik-' ers Cottage, Whins Lane (0079).


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■: Waddington: Proposed demolition of existing


Construction of replace­ ment outbuilding to pro-: :/.vide ancillary residential , garage, storage and fam-.i


' residential outbuilding.- ■


/ily. hobby/study.space • and a self-contained hoi-. ■ iday :.let.,; Associated


.-iji.i. 1.1 . ,0 - iA ■-.r, J -mill d.M_( (.


: external works (0062).' ■Retrospective applica-; tion forithe change_of


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use from agricultural to: class BLbusiness use at-


; Croft'-Barn,: Backridge Farm, -Twitter-Lane :(0066), J


tion Connect” initiative was Clitheroe’s PCSO Danyal Desai, in part­ nership with Age Con­ cern and Ribble Valley Borough Council. :. PCSO Desai said: “The scheme was intro­ duced to Jackie the fear that many elderly people have of leaving their homes, Especially in the la te . afternoon/early evenings. . “Many said they did


not both er contacting the police when they saw young people causing trouble as they didn’t want to waste police time.:. ; “Connect'was about bringing the generations


together to create a bet­ te r u n ders tanding of . each other and find solu­ tions.” Chief , S u p t Andy


Rhodes added: “Problem Oriented Partnerships (POP) is ab o u t going right back to the source to.find out why a prob­


lem keeps happening. “More often .than"not


we see that i t isn’t just a


policedssue so we can then work'.with other ■ agencies' - to ; resolve


things perm'anently.” Parents - Christmas produc- ■


include the Sacra- ^ o rk is about to ; -^’°^’.'A Christmas ment of Holy Com- i]0giii on. a ■ new ■ ^®cipe", are now


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A top BBC man gives pupils political insight


POLITICS pupils at Stonyhurst College were treated to a visit from the.BBC’s political editor, Mr Michael Crick; while the inauguration of Barack Obama was taking place. - ■ ^ Mr Crick spent time talking to


members of the Stonyhurst Poli­ tics Society about the role of the media in a democratic society plus his career as a political jour­ nalist, and gave his thoughts and comments about the new US president. M r Crick was a regular


: reporter on BBC Two’s “News- night” and was appointed politi­ cal editor inMarch, 2007. He has


. also reported for Channel 4 News and Panorama, as well as appear-


■ ing on the popular news q u iz . “Have I Got News for You”. '' “Michael’s -visit was timely, as


the inauguration of President Obama was under way in 'Wash­ ington, so he watched it live on the television with the pupils,” explained Jonathan Hewat, Stonyhurst College Admissions


• and Marketing Manager. Mr Crick is also a published


author and has written an unof­ ficial biography on Jeffery Archer and several books on Manchester United. Our picture shows, from the


left, Mr Crick with Charlotte Leach; joint head of the Politics Society, and headmaster Mr Andrew Johnson, (s)


Plugged-in students show how to make a difference


by Faiza Afzaal


ENTREPRENEURS of the future have been working to help their local communities, thanks to a ground-breaking scheme. . Pupils from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School were among almost 100 young people from across East Lancashire who spent three months volunteering to help make a difference.


- , ■ The projects culminated in an


event a t Turf Moor, home of Burnley FC, at which students ■ gave presentations about their enterprises and described what they had learned along the way. The work was completed with


the help of volunteer university students as part of the Voltage Project, funded by “v ”, the nat­ ional youth volunteering'charity, and run by the Lancaster Univer­ sity Volunteering Unit in partner­ ship with the Burnley FC. Com­ munity Sports Trust. ' ■ Students identified a-need in


their school or community and thought about how they could use


their skills and passions to create a business that would meet the need and make a difference. ■ They visited Lancaster Univer­ sity to create a marketing cam­ paign for their social enterprise,


; which they operated for four ■ weeks.


: The initiatives ranged from a culture event for primary school children and a smoothie making business to raise awareness of healthy eating. . ' Around £2,000 in profit from


the schemes is being invested into . the community through a variety of worthy causes, including Chil­ dren in Need. Voltage co-ordinator Sidonie


Richardson said: “I t has been such a rewarding experience-working with the students as they have all really engaged with the activities.


. . “I am so proud of the work that they have done and i t’s great to ' know that some of the social enter­ prises and sustainable and will continue to operate in the future.” Our picture shows some of the pupils from-Clitheroe Royal


. Grammar School who took part in the scheme, (s) :


Mountaineers’ Cumbrian climbing adventure


MEMBERS travelling to the George Starkey hut in Patterdale for Clith­ eroe Mountaineering Club’s January weekend meet found th a t the road from the Kirkstone Pass, was closed,


due to roadworks.


.: That meant a detour via Threlkeld or Penrith - or a;wait for the road to be rw)pened at 5 p.m^ However, they were rewarded with a weekend of fine weather, with snow, on higher ground and gale force winds.


• - On Saturday, one group set out


. from the nearby village of Hartsopto; climb via the steep.north ridge of - Hartsop Dodd to the summit,<then: continued along Caudale Moor .to - reach . Stony :Cove ■ Pike / before. descending sharply into,Threshfield


Mouth. _ - . Here members battled against the


■ strong wind'to climb the rough scree: slope.up to the beacon on Thornth-. waite Crag, falsely expecting to find shelter for lunch behind a substantial dry stone wall.


: ■ So, after a brief stop,'the party set out in mist towards the summit of High Street, gaining ju s t fleeting views of the Helvellyn-range and Haweswaterreservoir. .


..- Lea'ving the trig point that marks the high point of: the broad ridge,, members headed north to claim the summits of Kidsty Pike/and High.. Raise, - where i t was difficult, to remain standing due to_ the savage


down to Hayeswater for the path back ■ to Hartsop. Overnight snow gave an Alpine :


atmosphere to the -views on Sunday, as members headed out from the h u t : , towards Boredale Hause to walk: .


■ north over the virgin white slopes of '■Place Fell and descend -via Hart Crag- to Low Moss,: where a large herd of ' deer was easily spotted without: its usual camouflage; ■r. Continuing over, the aptly named .- Sleet Fell; the group descended ■; steeply to the hamlet of Sandwick andi retu rn ed to th e hut:in worsening.-''-'


■ weather along the eastern shore of:" Ullswater.


■gusts. ■ ‘ ■ ■ They then descended quickly the ■


secretary Nick Millward formally thanked Jane Pyzniuk and Dave Grosvenor, the co-ordinator's and main-course providers of the feast, together with all those who had pro- ■vided soup and desserts, on behalf of the enthusiastic participants. . ■


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'.; The club’s next indoor meeting will take place at 8 p.m; on .Thursday, Feb- ■ ruary 19th, in Clitheroe Cricket Club, when Professor Kokelaar will give a n ' illustrated lecture about ‘.‘The Geolo-: gy of the Lakes”.


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/ ■ . One of the highlights of the week-'.:' - end was a communal meal enjoyed by ■: ■


firm snow slopes from-.'The K n o tt ■ '.- members’ on Saturday Wening.- Club. ■:■


'VThis will be followed on Sunday,' ■February 22nd, by a day meet-in' Kentmere, with'those taking;part leaving the council offices car 'park at 8 a.m. Further details can be obtained from the meet co-ordinator, John Bar­ rett, on 01200 425884.


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Camera club’s contest success


PRIME prints from amateur photographers arouiid the


region'vrere much admired at : a 'ih e e t in g ;o fR ib b le sd a le - Camera'Club; > / ■: ■ ■' The Interclub Photograph­ ic Alliance'is a group of 13 , E a s t : /Lancashire''Vclub's; stretching from Ley Ian d in the west to Todmorden in the; east; with Bury and Ribbles- / dale being bn the south and north boundaries. A to ta l of : 126 colour p rints frbni this' year’s alliance competition : were shown a t 'West-Bradford: Village Hall. ■ Ribblesdale did V well;: "winning the competition in a ■' four-way tie with Padiham,: Nelson and Bury. Of the local club’s :lp entries; the top. four marks :were totalled for the / competition; Stephen Robin-'; son’s “Pintail” was awarded a full 20 marks,' supported by 19 j from John F letch er; with “Spot: Billed Duck” and 17' each from Graham Diidley’s “Liner a t B e r th ” and Sue Marsden’s “Claire”. - :. • • Next year the alliance will


celebrate its 100th year \vith an exhibition, probably a t : Rawtenstall. ■ ' The cliib meets on Tuesday


evenings a t 'West Bradford and new members are always \yelcom'e. More information can be obtained froiri the chairmanbn 01254 822921 or secretary on 01200 423474. :'


Sylvia’s talk on handwriting


“GRAPHOLOGY.- Under­ standing Your Handwriting” was the title of a talk given at the Calf’s Head, 'Worston. The Clitheroe Ladies’, Social


Section of-the NFU heard how Sylvia ■'Wheatly had trained as a graphologist to enable her to read'each per­ son’s handwriting and give an accurate personality assess- . ment. This is all done on the size, slant, and loops in your handwriting.:


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' Elaine Marsden thanked the speaker for a very interest­ ing and enlightening evening. . The next meeting is on


Monday, Feb ru ary 16th,- when-there will be a talk : about Bolton Abbey..


Danger driving case remand


CLITHEROE man Andrew Alexander Thomson (37), of Bawdlands, was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates charged with two offences of dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident and fail­ ing to report an accident. --


Assault alleged


CLITHEROE man Stephen Andrew Bishop (28), of East- ham Street, was remanded on bail by. Hyndbum magistrates charged with assault. Condi- ; tions of bail include no con­ ta c t with the aggrieved and


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