litheroe 422324 (Editorial),01282 426161 (Advertising). Bumlev 01282 422331 (Classified) Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classifcd) 14 : Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 11th, 2009


Are you a Latham? A COUPLE from Dorset are so keen to trace


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' their ancestors that they are holding an exhi­ bition to display their family tree and history at the White Bull, in Gisbum, on June 27th. •; ■ The extensive family-tree of Michael and.


Diane Latham, dates hack to 1540 in Gisbum. where Thome Leethum was born. Leethum


: has had various spellings throughout time such as Latham and Laytham. , • . ^ ;


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' Michael is the 15th great-grandson of Thome and he has traced many family mem-. hers past and present in the Kibble Valley area ■ of Bolton-by-Bowland, Slaidbum, Clitheroe and Waddington and many other placra.' , - •' On a -visit from York to Preston they called


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at Slaidbum where they found a real treasure trove in the form of the archive and a v e ry ; helpful archivist Mrs J. Bradley. Their search led to disco-vering Laytham Farm; thought to have been built about 1700-20 by Lancleoti Laytham and the ’parish registers which showed William Laytham, of Woodhouse, was appointed a churchwarden. • ■


If . your.name is;Latham, Michael and


Diane would be pleased to meet you at th e ; White Bull from 11 a.m. or contact him on , michaellatham6@intemet.com ,


A GROUP of KNITTERS associat- h-i'.


U - ed with St James’s.. Churcb.'j Clitheroe, have been putting their craft skills to good use. - . Led by Mrs Mavis Brewer, a team of


knitters have created more than 1,500 wool squares. Later this month the squares will be


taken to Eldoret in Kenya where they will be made up into blankets and given to chil­ dren living on a rubbish dump. Mrs Brewer decided she wanted to help


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these youngsters after hearing about their plight from Rosemary Lancaster and Linda Richardson who had met some of the chil­ dren during a visit to Eldoret.; ;- ,


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V Said Mrs Brewer: “They talked about ! that they had seen and 1 was so moved. - Someone had given me two huge bags full of wool and I was wondering what I could


! do to help; then God spoke to me and said I should use the wool. '


■ “I went to see what it could be used for and the message came back that if it was


-' knitted into squares they could he made up ’ into blankets for the children because it is


very cold at night.” - - She added: “These squares are knitted by a wonderful gang of knitters - one per­ son has knitted 200 of them. The response


■ and interest has been remarkable and wonderful.” ' ■


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School’s day of family fun I


: OVERCAST skies failed to dampen spirits at a village school’s family [m


• day.' - • i •,: The event; a t Read Primary School -featured maypole dancing, street


: . dancing, face painting, lucky dip and a host of stalls selling everything from - plants and cakes to bric-a-brac. -' - organised by the Friends of


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:Read School and all the proceeds I which have not yet been counted, will go towards resurfacing parts of the


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-playground to make it safer for chil-1 dren. Organisers had planned to hold the fun day on the school playing fields but the decision was taken to move everything inside due to the ■: weather. Mrs Dee Bottoms, from the Friends of Read School, said: “It was an outstanding social success and it will hopefully be a financial one too." : - Our picture shows face painting at


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the May celebrations at Read School, j ^ (T100509/llb)


Driving scheme a real life saver


“WASTED LIVES” - an edu­ cation al programme that challenges young drivers’ atti­ tudes - has won a top regional award for helping to reduce


casualties. The initiative from The Lan­


cashire Partnership for Road Safety has been recognised as the 2009 Safety Project of the Year by the North West Institute of


■ Highways and Transportation. - Aimed at changing attitudes,


influencing behaviour and saving lives,' the Wasted Lives pro­ gramme challenges young drivers to think about the risks they take while driving and gives them a wake-up call to the consequences their actions can have for them-


. selves and their passengers, as well as their family and friends. - Since its launch in September


'2008, the Wasted Lives pro­ gramme has been delivered to more than 2,700 young people across Lancashire and the Lan­ cashire Partnership for Road Safety is committed to contmue delivering the programme until


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; at least 2011. ’-. I ts co-ordinator, Rhiannon ■


; Leeds, said: “We are delighted - .with this award that recognises -the good work of everyone involved.


- ',!i“Around 260 young drivers in .Lancashire lose their lives or are seriously injured every year. The . research we have undertaken to


; test the impact of the Wasted Lives programme shows that it is


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having a very positive effect on -, the attitudes of young drivers and their passengers - especially on factors that contribute to seri­ ous crashes such as speed, seat- : belts, distractions and drink or • drug dnving.” The programme is delivered by: "


:paign; which has been a phenom- Aimed at 16 to 24 year olds, the!


course is free and flexible, withl seven different modules that cani


the partnership with help and support from Lancashire Fu-e and - Rescue Ser-vice, which often has i.^ to deal with the aftermath of seri-:r ousroad accidents. Chief Fire Officer of L a n - ;


cashire, Peter Holland, said: “As / many as 50% of our emergency :; calls are now to deal with road ' traffic crashes. We are committed to prevention strategies like The ' Lancashire Partnership for Road -j- Safety’s ‘Wasted Lives’ cam-j^;


TWO of Alan Bennett's best-known - monologues will be staged in Clitheroe on Saturday night.


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Trinity Drama Group is present- ; ing "A chip in the sugar" and "A’


. cream cracker under the settee" from the author's "Talking Heads" series. .,v.vThe,perJormance will,take place at.


- be run in a day or over a period pj| - time to suit the participants f ' needs.' Contact Lancashire Part-L : nership for Road Safety on 01'?72l 534?531 or find out more,at:l www.wastedlives.co.uk


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• ” Our ; picture: shows - Barryl : Heaps; of th e Institution of j


' Highways and Transportation,P with Linda Sanderson, Commu-j


•nications Manager for the Lan-l ■ cashire Partnership for RoaPI -Safety, and Rhiannon Leeds, c(^P •ordinator of; the “Wasted j


^Young'Drivers Education rr?-j s gramme; (s) ;-


^Micklehlirst 'TrinityMethodist Church Hall in


’ Parson Lane starting at 7.-30 p.ni- .' • Admission is-£5 including a supp? ■ of baked potatoes -with fillings w ip . 'Will be served during the interva. , - li; Programmes, which can be col w n ed on the door, are available by rin2-| ,ving 01200 424328,or 4 2 5 1 8 6 . f


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-United Utilities has starte'd'onefoiF^he biggest pipe-cleaning operations ever. ‘ ■;'seen in the UK water industry: The £356 million programme will help to provide clean and reliable drinking water supplies for future generations.


As part of this programme we will be working on Dunsop' Road.


to complete. There will be 2 diversion routes in place for through traffic and HGV’s.-These will be in operation . throughout the closure and clearly signposted in advance.’


Work will continue in the local area until the end of October 2009. During the work it is likely that you will notice


Work begins on Monday 22 June 2009 and will take 6 weeks construction teams working in the area and you may notice an increase in construction traffic. Said lan:‘You may also notice


. an increase in construction related noise. We will do all we can ' to minimise any disturbance" Our works involve cieaning our largest and most important . '


Diversion 1:22 June for up to 4 weeks Diversion 2: Following completion of work on road closure 1 for up to 2 weeks


times,” said United Utilities project manager lan Ford. - "We have also liaised with local emergency services to


ensure key essential services know all the diversionary routes.",


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Access to all businesses in the area is unaffected, and they are open for . trading as usual. ..


.’ Forfurtne r intorniation fcontactU i|ted Ut ilit ies'on ;


water mains and since they were laid - up to 90 years ago - ; deposits of manganese and iron, which occur natufally in raw: water, have built up naturally in the pipes. '


These deposits are not harmful to health but can lead to "Access for businesses and residents will be maintained at all discolouration of our drinking water and while the pipes.


themselves have stood the test o f time they do need to be cleaned and lined.


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