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INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


■ Valley Matters . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,9 ■ Village News . . . . . ; ------- .15,16,17 ■ Letters ;


. . ■ Weekendplus . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 , 1 9


■ Family Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 , 2 1 ■ Readersplus . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. .2 2 ■ Motors Today................................ 23 ■ Sport . . . ' ......


AT A GLANCE...


Teens set sail for adventure - page 6. ■ Valley MP on summer tour-page 14,


Child star to duet with Rolf? - page 18 New era dawns' for Blues - page 40


INFORMATION


Duly chemist: Read and Simonstone Pharmacy, 90 Whalley Road, Read: Sunday, noon to 1-p.ra. . Poiice: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service.,. . Eicciricily: 08001954141. Gas: 0800 111999.. Water: 0845 462200. ■


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Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722.. Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555; Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. ■ Alcohol Information Centre: 01282416655. ■ Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.).


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Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: 01772 433643. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807000. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. ' Rihhlc Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Sanmrilau.s: 01254 662424. : Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Rihhie Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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CHIPPING ■ CLII 0 LANG I ACCRINGTON v"' • BLACKBURN ■ '


•WEEKEND WEATHER: It wUl be warm'with - - sunny intervals on both Saturday and Sunday


SUNRISE: 5-37 a.m.' SUNSET: 8^3'p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-23 p.m. '


BURNLEY


WEATHER ■ SLAIDBURN


IGISBURN; ATBURN #■ . . . . . . . .12 www.clitheroeadverliser.co.uk. ■ Historic pub up for sale for £1


A LANDMARK pub dating back to the 19th century is on the market for £1.75m. The De Tabley Arms,


Ribchester Road, Ribch-_ ester, is up for sale with


. Dugdale Rolafson & A^ociates estate agents,; based at Hurst Green.


• .; Sarah Leach, a director; at the firm, said: ‘‘The


' building is yet to go on our website, but already .


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"we have had plenty o f : • interest jus t from'the board outside.' . - “There is planning per- ■


tial units. I have shown a mixture of people around already.


mission to use the build­ ing as a business, such as ■ a pub or hotel, or a single - house, and there is an application going in soon to split it into six residen-


• “I had one person who wanted it as their private house.


■ • “Someone else was looking at using it as a conference centre.’’; ■ Built in the 19th centu­


ry by the De Tabley fam­ ily of Cheshire, the for-, mer pub xvas a popular, destination for mill work­ ers from Blackburn early last, century, when it became known as “Little


•Blackpool”. • In more recent years it . has featured an animal


park as an attraction; was a Burlington’s restau­ rant and its function suite became popular for wed­ dings and events, r-Sarah added: “Hope­


fully, from a local resi­ dents’ point of view, someone will take it on and improve it soon.” ,


Illegal rave thwarted by police after tip-off


POLICE averted an


. illegal rave in Whalley last weekend after a tip-off from the pub­


lic. It is believed that the


rave was set to take place on the banks of River Calder on Friday. ■


. /Details and directions of the event xvere posted on the social networking website Facebook enti-.


■ tied:; “Whalley.’s first ; drumnbass/dubstep/hou; se festival (Friday)”. ;; Understo9d ,to 7 be


' organised by teenagers, '.and youths, alcohol was also seized by police who


were tipped off at around 9-15 p.m. Sgt Conrad Tapp, of Clitheroe Police, said: “We received a call from a concerned member of the public about rowdy behaviour by approxi­ mately 20 juveniles heading towards The Crescent, in Whalley. This was a t about 9-15 p.m. on Friday. ■ ; !‘When: • officers


arrived, they discovered a planned rave was due


/ to take place, however, ■due to the inclement weather, some of the party-goers were found roaming around the vil­


lage. One juvenile was issued with a fixed penal­ ty notice for a public order offence, while the organiser of the rave was spoken to and advised by police and other agen­ cies. Alcohol was also seized nearby.”; ■- Sgt Tapp added: “We


are aware that a couple of individuals have attempted to organise unauthorised events through Facebook recently. .. ,


. “Individuals who


organise or attend such events will be targeted over the forthcoming months and acts of anti­


social behaviour will be dealt with in a proactive and positive manner.” Whalley councillor


Terry Hill has praised the efforts of the police.- He'said: “I,think .th e police have done a greats job to stop this rave from taking place. “We hope this, v ig i ­


lance will - continue because the last thing the residents of Whalley- want is a rave of; this nature.” Anyone with informa­


tion about illegal raves can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


Runners’ boost for Malawi children


'.RUNNERS-were put . through their paces in order to make a difference


;• to the lives of schoolchild-;; • renin Africa. . Despite the unseasonal downpours, more than ■


■130 people turned out in v force to take part in the - .Whalley Nab Race. The;


! 5.5-mile race was.won by-.x BlackburnHairrier John ■ Sutton in an impressive


, time of 33 minut^ and 32 ■ seconds. . First lady was Amy


■ Green, from Keighley and - V Craven AC, with a time of • 37-minutes and 42_sec-- v onds.


' , 3 Organised,by,;CIayton-:


)le-Moors Harriers’ fell..'. 5 running captmn'ahd local ;.■ businessmamJ^:,-. Garry-


■Wilkinson, who lives in ; 'Whalley, the event was a success.' ■'


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• It was held'to boost ' funds for the “Children in " Malawi” charity project.- -


J2| Maureen Laney, an ex-PE


; teacher, at Ribblesdale: ; High School Technology • College and world moun­ tain running gold medalist:


■


:in her.'V50 classification, also took part in the race.


' './ Maureen’s daughter,' Eleanor, spent - three


: months of. her gap year- out in Malawi.


-■'.iGarry said: ‘)I wish to thank all the sponsors for their sponsorship and sup-


7 port. Prizes were given out by, Mary Roberts, repre­ senting, her son Gary : Dewhurst, whose business


-. GAP Personnel sponsored the event. , '


; /'-Pictured is the xvinner ,'.of the race, John Sutton ;;with Mary Roberts, (s) . Winners. •


, ; Male veteran: Keiron


7: Horrigan (34mins22sec); ■Female veteran: Sue Burns (39:35); Man over


50: Graham Schofield; Lady over, 50:..Trenej Roche; Man over 60: Ron Chappel; Lady over 60: Karin Goss; Man over 65: Steve Davies: Man over


■70: Brian - Leighley (68:24).


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/ . First local man home was Craig Shaw, from. Wilpshire, xvith a time of 38:29. : First local team was from the Norden Gym


;.with Steve Dewhurst, Andrew Leaver, Rachael Laycock and Gordon Watson. Full results can be seen on the UK Results and Clayton Harriers’ website.


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be replaced /(Meanwhile, the coun­


cil will-continue to man­ age its own car parks to


ensure,that residents,- businesses and visitors to the Ribble "Valley have' access to adequate park­ ing facilities.” :


"--County-/Councillor Keith Young, cabinet


member for Highways and Transport, said: “This new approach will bring more consistency and f lex ib i l ity to the scheme as the traditional district boundaries are broken down. “Civil Enforcement


Officers xvill be able to move from one district to another within the same day, which means officers can target the most important parking restrictions on main routes across the county.” .


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Two concerts at bandstand


CLITHEROE Castle’s bandstand will be very


- busy this weekend when it stages two very different concerts.. , , The first event at the bandstand in Clitheroe Castle Grounds is a rock concert being held tomor­ row (Friday), at 7-30 p.m. It will feature local bands Freebird and Kickstart playing music from the


.1960s and ’70s, plus a third band called Waltz Invention.


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' Admission is free and there will be a collection for the North West Air Ambulance,- Clitheroe Red Cross and the town mayor’s welfare fund.


'-■- Saturday will see a change of style when the bandstand


hosts


Clitheroe’s popular annu­ al ‘(Last Night of the Proms Concert”. - This year the concert,


which starts at 7-30 p.m., features Clitheroe Town Band with donations wel­ comed for the town mayor’s welfare fundi :: Again, admission is free and promgoers are invited to take along a picnic.


Diversion


A TRAFFIC diversion will operate in Clitheroe.


■ ' Well Terrace, linking ; Chatburn ..Road with (Waddington Road, is due to close to allow, work on j a gas main to take place.


21st. (Classified) www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, August 6th, 2009 3 Team’s mountainous charity effort


SPEED, stamina and steely determination will be needed by local fundraisers when they tackle a tough 24-hour challenge. ■ Ribble Valley man


Michael Lancaster will lead the team of six col­ leagues from Altham-based workwear company Simon Jersey-on the National; Three Peaks Challenge on September 12th and 13th.


Ix involves climbing the highest peaks in England, Wales and Scotland - that’s Scafell Pike, Snow­ don and Ben Nevis - all in under 24 hours, including 13.5 hours drixdng time. •


. Team leader Michael, who is Operations Director ■ for Simon Jersey, took on the challenge two years ago and his experience will be invaluable to his heroic half-dozen-Andy Cottam,


Craig Hull, Keil James, Joanne Holden, Warren Spencer and Gareth Wilkinson. Together they are raising


money for Care Interna­ tional, which helps to fight poverty and injustice in more than 70 countries across the globe. . Anyone can make an


online pledge at the team’s “Just Giving” site at: xvxvw.justgiving.com/sj3pe


Dogs ate dead woman’s face


A PENSIONER concerned about his depressed neighbour made a gruesome.discovery when he went


into her Ribble Valley caravan. An inquest heard that Susan Loft- house (62) was lying dead on her bed : and nearly all the flesh on her face had


been eaten by her pet Dalmatians. The hearing was told that Miss Loft-


house had doted on the two dogs and told friends that if anything happened to her they should go to the Dalmatian Welfare organisation. She had spent the previous evening


with friends and neighbours Albert and Patricia Chamock at their caravan on the Hackings Caravan Park, Elker Lane, Billington. They had urged her to see her doctor


or even contact the Samaritans because of their worries over her wellbeing. “At the end of the night I gave her a hug and offered to come and stay the night with her, but she said she would be alright,” said Mrs Chamock. They didn’t see her walking the dogs


the following day, so Mr Chamock went round to check on her. He heard the


dogs barking and when there was no answer let himself in to Miss Loft- house’s caravan and made his grim find. PC Jemma Derbyshire said Miss Loft- house had “horrific” injuries to her f^ce, which she believed had been inflicted by the dogs. “Her face appeared to have been


removed with only a small amount of skin remaining, the rest of it was down to the bone,” she said. Pathologist Dr Neil Sahasrabudhe


confirmed that most of the bony parts of the face were exposed. He said one


YOU could be a life-saver!


LIFE-SAVER Mark Evans is determined to keep hearts ticking. ' -The father-of-txvo, xvho lives in Clitheroe and is a local ambulance technician, will teach people to save lives. 'The 32-year-old has been


appointed by the North West Ambulance Service to take on a new role as a Community Resus-


. citation Development Officer, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). : Mark xvill be involved in edu­


cating, training and supporting the local community in heart health initiatives. . In a life-threatening emergency,


such as cardiac arrests, knowing what to do in the"first few minutes can make the difference between life and death and the promotion


; of these campaigns will give the public a better chance of surxdval. ‘‘The more people xve can give.


xdtal yet basic life-saxdng skills to, such as cardiopulmonary resusci­ tation (CPR), the better the com­ munity will be to live in,” com­ mented Mark, who has worked for the ambulance service for more than 11 years. ' During his first year in post,


Mark w i l l ; work to promote ■ Heartstert UK - an initiative co- ■ ordinated by the BHF to teach


■members of the public what to do in a life-threatening emergency. , He will visit teachers across schools in Lancashire to train


; them in the xrital skills needed to be able to save a life. He xvill also train them in chest pain aware­ ness so they can then teach , schoolchildren the skills they have : developed. - , ' P Mark will also facilitate and .


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The work should be com­ pleted by.Friday, August


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house had killed herself, coroner Michael Singleton said it was clear Mr and Mrs Chamock had befriended Miss Lofthouse and done all they could to help her. “The events of that day were horrific


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£3bn. jet


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protracted agreement on Typhoon Tranche 3 is great news for Samles- bury, BAE and the North West. To secure around 3,000 jobs during a time of economic difficulty is fanta s t ic news for the industry and the area.” ■


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