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Clitheroe422324(Editorial),01282426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classified) 2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 14th, 2009


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■ Valley Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,7 ■ Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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■ Family Notices .. . . . . . . . . . . . .16,17 ■ Village News . .. . . . . — .. .. .18,19 B Readersplus . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . ; . .20 B Weekendplus .. ... .. ... .. ...29,30 B Motors Today . . .. . i . . . . ; . . . . .


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Sporting fund-raisers - page 4


Coast-to-coast charity ride - page 5 Ribble Valley’s new mayor - page 5


. Travel agent Derek retires - page 9 INFORMATION


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T H IS y e a r ’s C li th e ro e -F e s t iv a l Weekend promises to be th e be s t yet offering something for everyone. The three-day event starting tomor­


row (Friday) will have a 1940s theme and include such a ttra c t io n s as a Churchill/Vera Lynn lookalike compe­ tition along with a 1940s photographic and memorabilia exhibition a t


-■ Clitheroe Library. On Clitheroe Castle field there will be


a parade of military vehicles including jeeps, cargo lorries and armoured cars as well as people re-enacting the French Resistance, Luftwaffe, RAF and Home Guard. There will even be the chance to hunt for the downed German Heinkel bomber pilot, before jiving to music from Tuxedo Junction a t the castle bandstand. •


, At the Castlegate entrance the 1940s


theme will continue on Saturday in the New Form Arts marquee from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Glitheroe-based Ribble Valley arts group will be embracing the “make do and mend’’ theme and offer­ ing visitors the chance to make small items from predominantly recycled materials. F o r


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yo un ger g e n e r a - t i 0 n . , there is an equal­ ly impres­ sive range


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■ of attrac­ tions and activities • toenjoy.-


entertainers. However, all the fun won’t be con­


fined" to the castle grounds. At. Clitheroe’s Swan Courtyard, there mil be a range of children’s activities on both Saturday and Sunday. Gift shop Precious Little Treasures has organised face painting, a stilt walker and a bar­ becue, while films and computer games will be free to play in the Eden Bus parked outside 'The Grand, York Street, all day Saturday.-; . The festival will also offer a wide


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" Many youngsters have been instru­ mental in providing art for the festival with more than 100 paintings of sheep, created by local school children, set to line the pathway from Castlegate to the castle bandstand. '■ . Continuing with the animal theme, a 10-foot tall mythical creature called Veronica, who looks like a cross between ^ a giraffe, llama and feather duster, will


. grace the festival with her presence. Provided by West Yorkshire’s Thingu­ majig Theatre, the puppet will be a hit with children of all ages as she walks around the town and castle grounds. Bouncy castles, a fun fair, punch and


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selection of culinary treats. Deli­ catessen Taste at the Swan Courtyard will celebrate its second anniversary with a mini food festival. On Saturday, there will be a Gazegill Organics sausage barbecue, sp'eciality beer tast­ ing, and numerous food stalls including Leagram’s cheeses and Reedy’s jams, pickles and chutneys. On Sunday, there will also be an organic wine tasting event, more food stalls and hopefully some farm animals to see. ■' On Saturday, there will be an all-day market with entertainment from Phil Knight and town crier Roland Hail- w o o d from 12 p.m, while on Sun­ day a one- off farm­ ers’ rtiar- ketwillbe s t a g e d from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with more than -30 stalls.


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Entertainment will be provided by the Valley Voices Choir from 2 p.m. ■ A hog roast provided by butcher Alan Hacking will also be available on the castle field and outside the New Inn, Parson Lane, on Saturday and Sunday. To work off all those calories, the


more energetic festival goer will have the chance to take part in Clitheroe Bike Club’s cycle ride on Saturday leav­ ing the Clitheroe Castle field at 1 p.m. Cyclists will follow a route along Edis- ford Road to Bashall Barn. The approx-


• imately five-mile long ride will return to Clitheroe via 'Waddington.


judy shows, circus skills workshops, family bike rides and a wooden play-/ ground provided by Woodstoc UK Ltd ■ from Backridge Farm, Waddington, a re , just some of the festival’s other family- orientated attractions. ,


- Numerous competitions will also be


held a t the skate park in the castle; grounds on Saturday, and there’s also a ' busking competition for aspiring young


- “Into The Valley” in partnership with the Clitheroe Festival Weekend \vill provide a broad mix of music over the three-day event. One band, the “Magnetars” are even travelling all the way from Chicago, Illinois, to take part; in the festival.They can be seen on Sun-,


: day afternoon at Keystreet, Lowergate. □ For further details about the


festival and its other attractions log on to urivw.clitheroefestival- weekend.co.uk


GUIDE TO THE FESTIVAL KEY: SMC - St Mary’s Centre, Church Brow;


CP - Castle fields; B - Clitheroe Castle Bandstand; TG - The Grand, York Street; KS - Key Street, Lowergate; KA - The King’s Arms, Edisford Road; SR - The Swan and Royal, Castle Street; PH - Pendle Hotel, Chatbum; The Old Post House Hotel, King Street. ^ Thursday, May 14th. • Clitheroe Books, Moor Lane - poetry reading by Pennine Lancashire Poetry Stanza Members (


7p.m.). Free admission including wine and cheese. Friday, May 15th. . • SMC - CAMRA Beer Festival (doors open


noon), music from The Cheating Hearts (9 p.m.) • KS - music from Michaela, Maddison, George Borowski & The Fabs, Kev Fox (8 p.m. to 11-30


p.m.) . • KA - International Rescue (9-30p.m.) free


event. 8 SR - Atlanta Roots rhythm and blues band (7-


30 p.m.) ticketed event. ^turday. May 16th. 8 CF - (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) free admission - army


display tea, birds of prey, fairground, army vehicle display, hog roast, stalls and displays. 8 B - Blackburn People’s Choir (1 p.m. to 2


p.m.); Tuxedo Junction swing band (2 p.m. to 3 p.m.); Result of buskers’ competition (3-30 p.m. to 4 p.m.); Youth bands (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.) 8 SR - 1940s look-a-like competition (from 1


p.m.); music by The Harks, Rising 44, Spencer, Syd Bozico, Bushart, Karma, Jealous (6 p.m. to 11 p.m.) 8 The streets of Clitheroe - buskers’ competition


(10 a.m. to 11-30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2-30 p.m.) plus street entertainers throughout the town. 8 Clitheroe Skatepark - competitions and


demonstrations (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.). ' 8 Clitheroe Market - all day market with enter­


tainment from Phil Knight. 8 Clitheroe Bike Club cycle ride (set off 1 p.m.


from Clitheroe Castle field).- 8 TG - Blackburn People’s Choir (11-30 a.m. to


12-15 p.m.) free concert; Swing Dance Workshop (1-30 to 3 p.m.) ticketed event; The Swing Com­ manders (7-30 p.m. onwards) ticketed event. 8 SMC - CAMRA Beer Festival with entertain­


ment on Saturday afternoon from The Cheating Hearts; Tony Auton Band; Midlife Dementia Band; 'The Witnesses (late afternoon and from 9 p.m.)


- 8 KS - music by Midlife Dementia Show;


Cuthrol, Kojos, Phil Cuddy, Mark Duckworth, James 'Todd, Rikki Doolan,.A Foreign Town, Adverse Chamber (2 p.m. to 8 p.m.) 8 NI - Mike Kneafsey, session music and hog


roast (all day), Darren Poyzer & Fluff, Holly Bur­ ton (USA), Claudette Tillier, Natasha Lea Jones,


, Colin Wakeford, Steve O’Donoghue (6 p.m. to 11- 30 p.m.)


: -8 KA-Out on Bail, free gig. . 8 OPH - music by folk group The Likes of Us


and Lancashire entertainment by Rob Mason. Sunday, May 17th. 8 B - Clitheroe Town Band (2 p.m. to 4 p.m.) 8 CF - same as Saturday (12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) 8 One off farmers’ market (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). 8 TG - music from Outsider and Ragamuffins (evening ticketed event) ;


. 8 KS - music from Andy Whitaker/Andy Clegg,


Anonymous, Kizilok, Dave Hulston, The Magne­ tars (USA), Valium Skies, LB, Faker Junior. Six- 10-repeater(2p.m. to9p.m;)v‘ ;- ■ 8 KA - Milky Bobbins, free gig. 8 SR - comedy night with Guy Thomas,


Dominic Collins, Ruth E Cockburn, Letty Flynn (7 p.m. to 11 p.m.). ■ :


. 8 PH- Irish music (from 3 p.m.)


.'■ See Backridge Farm and Bashall Barn websites foreventsfurtherafieldi


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Angry residents in homes plan row


FURIOUS residents in Whalley


•are fighting plans for a new hous­ ing development. A revised planning application


has been submitted to Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council by developer Taylor Wimpey to build 39 houses on a site off Pendle Drive, in Calderstones Park, 'Whalley. The move comes seven months


after an application was submitted to build 60 homes on the same site. Nearby residents are up in arms


about the new plans. They say the development, which would be a combination of two to five-bed- roomed houses, would not only place an extra strain on Whalley’s roads and schools, but leave chil­ dren with nowhere to play. -A public meeting has been


arranged for 8 p.m. tonight at "Whalley Village Hall allowing res­ idents to voice their concerns. Letters of objections have bren sent to the council and a petition


has been signed by more than 100 people.


;•■ One of the nearby residents, Mrs


Debbie Kirkby said the new hous­ ing scheme will increase traffic into the centre of the village and along MittonRoad. She added: “Traffic is already a problem and the access out of Pen­ dle Drive is poor. The new houses and increased traffic will make a dangerous junction even worse. “The designs of the houses are


- poor and the development Mil lead to more pressure being put on the. already-over-subscribed local and secondary schools in the area.’! She also appealed to ■villagers to


attend the meeting and show a united front against tlie planning application. “We want to maintain the char­


acter of our ■village and should act to do all we can do limit further developments of this sort,”: she


. said. A spokesman for Taylor Wim­


pey said plans had been revised to take on board comments raised by local residents. Mr Paul Smith, land and plan­


ning director at Taylor Wimpey, said: “We’ve listened to the pro­ ductive comments th a t we received and responded accord­


ingly. “The total number of homes


proposed for the Calderstones Park site has been reduced by over a third (60 to 39), following comments about the style and


. layout of the development.”; • He went on to explain that the plans will include an element of '; affordable housing supporting; first-time buyers trying to get on ,


;.to the property ladder and also contribute.towards improve-; ments of the adjacent public open space, as well as pay for an already planned adventure play­ ground on land off Fell View. .


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 14th, 2009 3 Mum’s charity run ‘thanks’ ■ ^ by Faiza Afzaal


A MOTHER is putting her best foot for­ ward to repay the charity th a t has helped her youngest daughter recover from a life- threatening illness. , Carol Taylor (38), of Newton Street,,


Clitheroe, will take part in the BUPA Great Manchester 10k Run on Sunday in aid of Leukaemia Research. Carol’s four-year-old daughter, Kate, was


diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) - a form of leukaemia, or cancer of the white blood cells characterized by excess lym­ phoblasts-on February 12th, 2007, aged just two. Over the past two years, the brave youngster


has undergone a series of gruelling chemother­ apy treatments at Royal Manchester Chil­ dren’s Hospital in her inspirational battle against cancer. Kate fought the illness on all fronts and fin­


ished her final course of treatment last month. Now the happy girl attends Pendle Primary


School and is pretty much like any other child in her class. Recalling the “nightmare time” when Kate


was diagnosed, mother-of-two Carol said: “A month before Kate was diagnosed with this condition, she suffered a few throat infections, but nothing else. Then she began complaining


that her back hurt, which for a two-year-old just didn’t seem right.” ■When Carol took her to the doctors, she had


no idea what lay ahead. She explained: “One morning she simply


couldn’t get out of bed or stand up, so I took her to the doctors and she was immediately referred to see a consultant paediatrician at Royal Blackburn Hospital. “After a series of tests and scans, Kate was


transferred to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and we were hit by the devastating news that she had leukaemia.” ' • “The initial course of Kate’s treatment was.


very intensive, which left Kate tearful, bloated, grumpy, moody and struggling to walk. “Following this stage, the treatment was in


blocks, some of which was easier to deal with than others and all with varying effects on her.” As doctors battled to bring the disease under


control, Carol said she received a lot of support from her family, friends and Kate’s teachers at both Moorland’s Nursery School and Pendle Primary School, who allowed the youngster to attend on an infrequent basis, particularly in the early stages. “There assistance was invalu­ able in keeping life as normal as possible at such a difficult time,” she said. Kate is now like any other fun-seeking four-


year-old. In fact it’s hard to believe she faced a fierce fight for survival only a couple of years ago.


“Kate finally finished her treatment last


month and we are now adjusting to life without medicines and constant hospital visits,” said ' Carol.. “We are all extremely happy. She loves school


and has made some wonderful friends. “I am so proud of Kate. Sheisahappy, lively


girl. I am also proud of her nine-year-old sister, , Charlotte, who has had to endure so much over. the past two years. “She has had to put up with her mum and


I sister so often being away for days at a time.”; Carol also thanked people who supported


her, Kate’s dad, Alan, and their families, in par­ ticular CLIC Sargent, Macmillan, the Rain­ bow Trust, as well as the hospital itself. As Carol prepares to join thousands of peo­


ple for the charity run on Sunday, she is appeal­ ing to Ribble Valley folk to dig deep into their pockets and help raise money for this deserving cause. She said: “It is believed that 95% of children


go into remission and for 75 % of those children it will never return.


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“Treatment is gruelling, but again this is improving with research.


“Anyone who ■wishes to help my fund-raising,


no matter how big or small, can donate secure-. ly online by logging on to the following: www.justgiving.com/carolmtaylor.” Pictured is Kate with her mum and sister, ; ^ ^


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