: 2 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, February 12lh, 2009'


fADVEijmSEI^ANPitlM^^^ ■ Valley Matters


INSIDEiirOUK CLITHEROE ........ ....: . . .6,7


■ Village News............................... 14,15 ■ Letters^......


............. ■ Weekendplus . . . ' .......... .24,25


■ Business Matters . . . i ...................29 f l Family Notices..................... ^ .26,27 ■ Readersplus......................., .30 ■ Motors Today'.............. .'................s i ■ Sport . . ' . .......... f ___ ; .■............46-48


AT A GLANCE...' Love at first sight - page 10


Woman smashed up home - page 11 - New minister Michele - page 12 Jessie celebrates 100 years - page 13


information:


Duly chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5..Ch’urch Street, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m.' ■ Police: 01200 443344. ■


Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. . ■ ; Gas: 0800111999. Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722.


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Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 4220^. ■ Cruse Bereavement Care: 01772 433643. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. ^ ' Kibble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424.


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Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721; ' Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771.- :


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QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. ' Ribble Valley Citizens’Advice Bureau: 01200 428966. 1


CONTACT US! News: 01200 422324 .


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WEATHERiSi CHIPPING I Lunchtime theft


IA STIHL saw was stolen' in broad,daylight from the rear yard of a house


in : . Turner' -'Street', Clitherbe. , ■


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WEEKEND WEATHER: The weather-will remain dry on Saturday. Rain is expected on Sunday -j


SUNRISE: 7-34 a.m. SUNSET: 5-11 p m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 4-41 p.m.


: ■-Thieves' made off: with the orange saw,-worth an' estimated £700, between 12-30 and 1. p.'m. - last Wednesday.


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t'rBusiness news rl^e RibbleWalley#] ife%^'see page 29]-;«5r3


Bridge Club


WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Thursday evening were: NS Lorna


: Pimperton:and Brian Holden, Pat Ward and Roy Ward. EW Deanna Atkinson and Doreen Blake, John Renton and Brenda Wilson.


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sion was cancelled due to' the weather. :; ■


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Window damage A BRICK was thrown at


'. a double-glazed window of a house in Brook Street, Clitheroe, between 10 p.m.'on Fri­ day and 10 a.m. on Sat­ urday, causing .£300; worth of damage. ’ ■


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AN organic dairy farmer from Warrington is the new county chairman for the National Farmers Union;(NFU) in Lan­ cashire. ■ Tom Rigby, of John-, son’s Farm, in Warring­


ton, is 54, married to' Julia and has an eight- year-old son - called Janies. He milks 50 tradi­ tional Friesian cows on an organic system and: sells the milk; to the organic milk suppliers co-:: operative (OMSCO).:


I Tom owns the 153-acre . Johnson’s Farm where' he' also grows a mix of pota­ toes, vegetables and fod­ der for his cows. He sells the potatoes and vegeta-


:bles into outlets in Man-: Chester, . various , box delivery. schemes. and local food hub. Northern. Harvest. . Tom-said: “I enjoy talking farming and to' farmers. Every farmer should.witness the great work that'goes on at the NFU’s headquarters in' Stoneleigh.. . Perhaps arranging a trip'for Lan-- cashire inembers should' be my first job as chair­ man.” •


Driver in .


car smash "AN elderly.woman driver was taken to hospital after a two-car crash at the .notorious" Pendle Road, junction of; the A59. A blue 'Vauxhall Corsa


. was involved in a collision with another Vauxhall Corsa; The accident hap­ pened a t around 8-44 a.m. on Tuesday morn­ ing and emergency serv­ ices were'called. The elderly motorist


did not sustain any life- threatening injuries, but w a s ’-taken -to- Royal BlackburnHospital and was treated for shock. ■


• VANDALS kicked the wing mirror of a--Rover parked , in Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. ' ‘ ■ The vehicle was target­


ed between midnight and 10 a.m. on Sunday and the cost of .repairs is esti-. matedat£50.


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• THE wing mirror of a Ford Mondeo parked in' Mitchell Street, Clith- eroe, was damaged by v a n d a l s s om e time’ between 5 p.m: on Satur­ day, and 11- a.m; on Sun­ day.


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Clitheroe422324(Editoriai),01282426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classified) as top hotel is saved


- by Duncan Smith- : TWE N T Y - N I N E


•- jobs have been saved '■ , at a t Ribble Valley: ? hotel which has been ;


bought by new owners. The: Clarion Hotel, at : Billin^on, had gone into: •


f administration on Janu­ ary 21st, together with nine others previously :


,; leased by the Real Hotel - Company; Now the 10 ' ailing hotels have been- taken over by: Focus ■


: Hotels Management, saving a total of 500 jobs, 29 of them in Billington.,: As part of the takeover,


:the Clarion-will now - revert to its former name,' ‘“Foxfields Coutry Hotel and Suites” .


• The 44-bedroom and suite hotel in Billington


. enjoys a prime location with stunning views, making i t a popular choice for weddings and


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: other family celebrations. It also has a health club


w ith a strong local mem­ bership.


• Jeff Hodgson, who has been at the hotel since


■ 2007, commented: “The • team and I are so relieved after a tense three-week period wondering about ’


the ho te l’s future and indeed our jobs. We have ■


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■great faith in the new management team at Focus and we are really enthusiastic about the future. We are now ring­ ing round brides-to-be,’ and their families to share our good news.” • Focus Hotels Manage­ ment was formed in July 2007 by Peter Cashman, : Alun Edwards and Tony Mylchreest, all of .whom have extensive rhotel industry experience. That includes working a s : senior executives for The Real Hotel Company- the business they have now bought out. Chief Executive Mr : Cashman said: .‘.‘We are v


• delighted to have agreed ;a deal to operate these hotels. “Having been •


founder director :-'of Friendly-Hotels, which


■later became the Real Hotel. Company, and working . with • Alun


•Edwards and Tony Mylchreest, themselves former operations direc-


: tors, we are familiar with all the Hotels and look fonvard to delivering the long-term development plans to take the business forward. “We believe that there


is a strong opening in the current market for quali­ ty mid-market hotels offering value and excel­ lent service”.


U l t r a f r a m e ’s w o r k e r s fa c e s h o c k n e w s


I conlinucd from jm'^c 1


we are now a pretty lean- and shipshape business,”; saidMr Price.


: ‘.Other initiatives are also.under way, both to stimulate demand for Ultraframe’s_ existing


. “The issue now is the ^ marketplace for our prod-, ucts and we: have seen ; sales reduce at alarming: levels. January, in particu-' lar, was significantly down:


■ in the volume of sales and ■ so we are having to look again at our headcount.” ■


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: Mr Price’added-that due to a culture of open-; ness and trust between management and work-. force which has been fos-- tered at Ultraframe,' the workforce were already aware of the company’s: trading position and the announcement of job cuts was not unexpected. : ■


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“ As a business we are in the best shape we can be and we are consistently


ibeating our competitors, but our marketplace is reducing and we have to : take some tough decisions; now to ensure that we stay ahead. This is the fifth time in 12 months that we have had to cut jobs, but we have gained the trust of the workforce through being open and honest and we will do all we can to mitigate these redundancies.”.. : Mr Price stressed that


: ranged market-leading products and to develop .new products and new


i‘. uses-for. the company’s .existing technologies. In -particular,aClitheroe-


;■ based offshoot of thecom- ■ pany. Framework Innova­ tions, is looking at ways in which:.the skills and expertise developed at


- Ultraframe could be put to work in other sectors of


. the marketplace. ■ :■ •:vWhile - Ultraframe’s


■ business has doubtless been hit by the housing


: market slump, it is not all bad news..Many home-


: owners are now choosing to improve their existing property rather , than move to a new one, and with interest rates at an ■


. all-time low there-has never been a better time to add value to a property


■ by installing’a conservato­ ry. The home improve­ ments side of Ultraframe’s


• business, which builds and installs conservatories


- within a 25 to 30-mile radius of its Clitheroe


: base, has actually seen business improve. Looking to jKe future,


Ultraframe had a lot of talented - and ■ highly- ^ skilled employees and he ' - and his team would do all - they could to'retain those . people so that the compa- ? ny was in “pole position’’ to emerge from the cur­ rent economic crisis. Ultraframe’s HR man-


ager Mark'Davies said:; every effort, would be', made to minimise com- r. pulsory redundancies and v ■various other options were under;;-, consideration, ; including reducing.the working week across some departments.


. Mr Price said'Ultraframe was well positioned and ready to react to any change in the economy,


' bothdownorup. : .:: “Ultraframe has been a significant employer in Clitheroe for the past 25 years, and we plan to be here in, another 25 years, . but we have to take these.


r. tough decisions now to ensure that happens.” ■


' • For more information on .Ultraframe and essen­ tial advice on choosing and installing a conserva- tory, visit its website at:


: www.ultraframe-conser- vatories.co.uk -. •


BRIDG E winners at-; the Pendle Club were: Mrs Marjorie Collier.:, and M r John; M ont ­ gomery, 'Mrs Anne Cooper;and -Mr: Ian'.; Armstrong.' Solo whist winners a t ; -


Pehdle Club latest results -'Domino winners were:


P. Metcalfe, M. Berry, joint 3, P. Parrott a n d . D.;Lowe, jo in t 5, M. Davies and F. Eccles. Booby R. Seed..'' ■ , - New' members wel­


the Pendle Club were: ■ D. Underwood, L; Nor--,; ris, K. Holding. '


New. members wel- . '


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come everyFriday at.7 p.m. ’


.V : Line,dancing is held


every Thursday at 1-30' p.m. and sequence danc­ ing every'.Tuesday at 7- . 30 p.m.'


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Log on to www.clitheroeadvertiser.cq.uk -eyed Jack spots a rare treat by Natalie Cox____________


EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe schoolboy Jack Morris caused a “mini twitch^’ when


: he, spotted a group of rare waxwings in Clitheroe.


; : :.-,;:,'‘After his father, Pete, posted his son’s sight- -


-■ting on local website - www.eastlancsomitholo- ■. ■ gists.org.uk -a flurry of bird lovers converged on ■ the town. Jack had spotted the five birds in '■ trees near Waddington Road railway bridge on ;


'.•hiswaytoPendlePrimarySchool. t. ■ , Waxwings winter in the east of the country ; ;,rfrom breeding grounds in the Arctic forests, . - Siberia and Russia. They are rarely seen in this '' - area.


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. f-;The size of a starling, the waxwing is buff- : brown with a spiky crest, yellow flashes on their. ;


, wings and red “waxy” parts on their feathers, which give them their name. They eat red berries including hawthorn, cotoneaster and rowan and are typically spot-


I ted in small groups. The recent cold spell has attracted more waxwings than usual to the UK


, with hundreds sighted around the country. : Waxwings have visited the Valley before - • ing up in Clitheroe every few years and more


turn- .


, recently in Barrow and Whalley. . ; • ■,, :Said Pete: “Jack has seen waxwings before with me but he was really delighted to have spotted this group. Bird spotters have not had: ':-; to’travel too far this year to see waxwings-. \- because there have been a lot around, but those. who like to see how many different species they .'i'.


, can see in a year toH have to come to Clitherbe'-;i, toseethisgroup.” -


. , Our photographs, right, shows schoolboy Jack'v ■


, Morris, who spotted the waxwings (A100209/5) 5-v and, left, his father Pete’s photograph of one of-';'. ' the recent rare visitors to the Valley, (s)'


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JOB seekers queued up to work a t : Clitheroe’s new Homebase store on Friday. . ■ ..It is believed around 800


people ^turned out for a Homebase recruitment fair held: at Ribble -Valley. Bor- :; ough Council.; ‘ '■Kicking off at 10 a.rn.,':the '


•;sheer.:volume. of 'in ter es t - forced hopefuls to queue out-.- side.in the stre'et-with t h e , event remaining busy until close of play a t .8 p.in. that day.


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: 'IHomebaselis recruiting staff:.for-40..part-time p o s i- .'


: tions'ito :work;' in i ts new/- 25,000 sq.'-ft. store, which is duetto open in April on the si'tVoLthe for'mer:Rectella‘. : factory: :, in ;< Queensway,’.


Clitheroe.;Homebase store ; manager. Sue -Webster said:


: “The recruitment day. was a; resoun'ding success. , ■


■'.‘‘.People,- came :;.ifrom'^ Glithe'roe and the surround- , ing areas. We have met lots of


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? scheduled to’begin on. March -: - 2nd and we are' still working . towards being open in time • for Easter.” ' ,


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.Council’s chief ..executives ;• David' Morris said:; “We are ■ delighted that the-Homebase;; open day was such a huge su e - . cess.


" - y v ' . -- ': “ We are looking forward to


- dev e lop in g ; a.': productive • working relationship with;'


:' lovely people from the area ■


- who have made us feel very welcome. j:/‘We have had so many


' apply that the selection ; process mil be continuing for. some time. The store fitting is


' Homebase airid Jobcentreplus over the com'ing months in i


, the interest. of .the economic wellbeing of th’e.Ribble Valr:; ley.”


; I'Our pict-ure, shows-sthe:; ■ Homebase store. / (CR221008-1): 1,


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nominations NOMINATIONS are being sought for the Clitheroe Tovvn Council. “Town Awards 2009”. ' Anyone can make a


nomination in the annual awards, which have five categories covering most aspects of life in Clitheroe. They are: . • Building enhance­ ment


• Environmental


improvements • Service to the town • ' Service to youth


and community • Arts and culture Nominations can


relate to an indi-vidual or to a local group or organ­ isation and should be accompanied by brief reasons why the nominee deserves a particular award. They must be received by the Town Council no later than 5 p.m. on March 30th so that they can be consid-; ered by the Town Awards Committee at its meeting.


later that evening.;',-,:-.. Nominations, can be


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Clerk, 9 Church Street, ■' Clitheroe,’ BB72pD


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