2 ' Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 21st, 2009
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Success for,safer quad bikers-page 9 Great British Menu success-page 11
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Duty chemist; Duty Chemist: Peter Buckley Ltd, 4 Railway View, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Bank Holiday Monday: Boots, 15-19 Castle Street, Clitheroe: noon to 1 p.m. : . • Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800111999. v. Water: 0845 462200.
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 21st, 2009 3 f 3.5m. castle facelift unveiled by Faiza Afzaal ‘M
THIS weekend sees the culmina tion of a £3.5m. scheme to trans form Clitheroe’s 800-year-old Castle and museum into a 21st century visitor attraction.
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. The countdown has begun to the re-opening of the revamped land mark attraction. A series of celebra tions will be held on Saturday to her ald the completion of the 18-month major refurbishment programme. This will be followed by a grand
opening on Tuesday, June 23rd, where royal fans will welcome the Duke of Gloucester to officially declare the iconic site open. The doors of the Clitheroe Castle
Museum closed in July 2007 in preparation for the revamp and the result is quite phenomenal. • Visitors will experience new inter
active galleries, redesign of the gar den, improved disabled facilities and a new restaurant area.
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Mum’s campaign on drugs menace
_______by Natalie Cox ■
A CLITHEROE mum con cerned at the effect drugs and drink are having on young peo-^ pie in the town organised a pub- iic meeting. Sharon White (pictured) has first
hand experience of these issues, as she says her son has had problems with drugs for the past five years. “I brought him up to drink mod
erately and not to take drugs because they wreck lives,” said Sharon. “He has come home and tried to
detox, but as soon as he goes back out on the streets he is failing because they are too readily avail able.” Sharon booked the Kings Centre in Millthome Avenue for four hours last night in a bid to get like-minded - parents together. She said: “Other
parents are too frightened to say anything, but these issues need addressing.” She would like to see a support
centre set up for parents and chil dren, as well as a grassroots worker employed to work with young peo ple. “There are no facilities or
resources available in town,” said Sharon. A representative from Clitheroe
police was due to attend last night’s meeting.
. Speaking earlier this week, Sgt Conrad Tapp, of Clitheroe Police, said: “We do actively engage with members of the public when prob lems are highlighted. “Any information anyone has
regarding people who are using or dealing in controlled or illegal sub stances needs to inform the police either locally or anonymously through Crimestoppers and appro priate action will be taken.”
Anger over VAT bill for children’s hospice
A CHARITY champion is plan ning to lobby the Government after discovering her children’s hospice could be landed with a £350,000 VAT bill. Margaret Vinten, who is chair
man of trustees for Derian House Children’s Hospice, Chorley, has learnt that depite being a registered
. charity, it could have to pay VAT on a new building dedicated to termi-- nally illteenageiB. ■ ■
. . . '■‘Miss Vinten,'of Winkley Hall,
Stonyhurst, spearheaded the cam paign to raise funds for the dedicat ed unit, which will be built on land alongside the existing hospice. And thanks to generous members
, of the public, many from the Ribble ; Valley, the campaign raised £1.8 , million to fund the new build,
r .-“I feel so incensed and disap pointed. The people who have given
us this money have already paid tax on it. I think it’s appalling” said
Miss Vinten, who helped to found -
Derian House. She now plans to take the matter up with Ribble Val ley MP Nigel Evans and Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle.
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entirely on charitable funding, pro vides day, respite and residential care for children with terminal ill ness and their families. Work on the new unit, which will be equipped using funds raised in subsequent appeals, was due to start on June 23rd. •
I ('oiiliniied from 1 Hospital
developers and maximise its value. However, there is a
growing campaign, led by Clitheroe .CivieSpefety, to save the main building,
•fronting Chathllrn Road, as a key part of Clitheroe’s built heritage. I t argues the building could be converted to res idential use, and will sub mit a scheme drawn up by local architects Stan ton Andrews to tonight’s meeting. Demolition of other buildings behind would leave plenty of room for new develop ment, claim the cam- jjaigners, who have won backing from The Victo rian Society and many local people reluctant to lose the old hospital. . ' Now councillors on the
planning committee have the invidious task of try ing to meet the needs of the PCT to maximise
"revenue from the sale of the site; the desires of the
■ campaigners to save a landmark building; and
-the need for new homes in Ribble Valley, some of which might accommo date key workers at the
new hospital. Tonight’s meeting
starts at 6-30 p.m. at the Ribble Valley Borough Council chamber m Church Street, Clitheroe,
and is open to the public. For the outcome, see our
website: ■
www.clitheroe
advertiser.co.uk
. and next week’s edition ol . this newspaper.
Mr Chris Hughes, community
development manager for Ribble Val- ley Borough Council has been responsible for overseeing the work carried out at the castle. He revealed it was approximately
12 years since the idea to revamp the site was first mooted and to see ideas turned into reality is a great delight. Breathing a huge sigh of relief, he
• said: “We are pleased to say all the work has been completed on sched ule. There are just some finishing touches left between now and Satur day and we are all working hard to get those carried out.” He added: “I ’m excited but nerv
ous at the same time. “This weekend will be a chance for '
the general public to see what has been done. So far we have received a positive response from the public and we cannot wait to see their reaction once they have visited the site.” He paid tribute to the contribu
tions of a number of organisations and all sectors of the community who
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threw their weight behind the scheme. “This project was Ribble Valley
Borough Council’s idea, but it could n’t have been successfully completed by the enormous help of the Heritage
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Lottery Fund, the Lancashire Muse um service, local businesses and gen erous members of the community. It has been a true community spirit.” The Castle and museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entrance
fee is £3.50 for adults, £2.50 conces sions and children under-16 are free.
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Your chance to join record-breaking picnic
A FAMILY goody bag is up for grabs by participants in a world record attempt at the biggest picnic at Clitheroe Castle this Bank Holiday Monday (May 25th). The picnic marks the opening of the
new £3.5m. Clitheroe Castle Museum after a two-year state-of-the-art refur bishment.
, ; Any family registering to take part in
the picnic could win the bumper goody bag. It contains an Xplorer ticket giving
We’re frying the flag with sizzling success
FRYING the flag for Clitheroe,-a celebratory sausage is set to make this weekend’s long-awaited, reopening of the Gastle Museum a sizzling succes;; As well as a £3.5m. facelift,- Clitheroe Gastle now;
has its own commemorative sausage thanks to ; Cowman’s Famous Sausage Shop; located in Castlej Street;'under the shadow of the famous Ribble VaLj ley landmark.
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■i^The sausage, which features wild boaq pork^; black pudding and mead, as 'well as secret h'erbsj and spices, has been devised by. Cowman’s propriT|
etor.Cliff Cowburn and his award-vrinning team toj commemorate the museum’s,opening after itsj extensive two-year refurbishment.
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■ Clitheroe Castle has dominated-the
Ribble.Val-f ley skyline since its construction in the 12th; Cen-| tury-by Robert de Lacy to protect the administra-J tive centre of<his vast estates
and.Cliff’s speciah recipe takes the Norman diet to a new high. ;ACliffsaid:’j-“Our sausage-making, team,has] worked hard to devise the sausage which we believe; has an authentic Norman taste.- I t features wildj boar, which would have run free in the 12th Centu-,; ry,:ahd porkis l t also features mead, a traditional celebratory drink made from honey, as well as ; secret herbs and spices.” '
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ated in!Castle Street for more than 100,years and; uses only the finest local and fiiee-rmige ingredients. | The sausage will be available at Cowman’s or as.a- dish on‘the menu at the. Clitheroe: Castle, Caf-,..
fetessen. ’ ; ‘ Our picture shows ClifLGowburn.with the.;
sausages he has created for the reopening of,Clithe;,. ore Castle Museum. (B050509/3a)y
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unlimited access for two adults and two children to all Lancashire museums for a year, as well as 10% discount at the Lan caster and Rossendale Museum shops; a hamper of mouth-watering produce from; ethical food company Gold and Brown,
which will run the Clitheroe Castle Caf- fetessen; and a selection of Ribble Valley merchandise, courtesy of the Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre. The picnic, which will be held on '
Clitheroe Castle Field, has been organised by Ribble Valley Borough Council in asso ciation with the Lancashire and Black pool Tourist Board and is part of both Lancashire Picnic Month and National Family,Week. It is one of hundreds being held across
the UK, with an official head count at each contributing to a national total and a Guinness world record attempt. Ribble Valley’s new Mayor, Coun. Bev
erley Jones, who will be attending the event with her grandchildren, said: “We aim to break a world record to commemo rate the opening of this fantastic facility.
Heated meeting over new homes plan for Whalley
CONCERNED residents gath ered at Whalley Village Hall to voice their opposition to controver sial plans for a new housing devel-. opment in their rural -village. As reported in last week’s
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, a revised planning application has been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council by developer Taylor Wimpey to build 39 houses on a s ite 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. The latest plans have sparked an
outcry among residents living in Calderstones Park who say the development would place an extra strain on Whalley’s roads and schools, as well as devastating a well-used existing play area. However, Mr Paul Smith, land
and planning director at Taylor Wimpey, has tried to allay these fears by explaining that 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 develop ment. Sixty-five people attended a
public meeting last Thursday to voice their fears. One of the resi dents said: “Despite the applica tion reducing the number of houses from 60 to 39, the density is still too hea-vy for the site. “The development of 39 houses
means, in practice, around 80 cars entering and leaving the site via Pendle Drive onto Mitton Road. This is already a dangerous junc tion, due to cars constantly parked. near the entrance to Mitton Road. “In addition, the centre of
Whalley is already heavily con gested and again, the situation will be made worse if the scheme is given the go-ahead.”
■ Another resident said: “Schools in Whalley are already full. The fact th a t these houses are all described as ‘family’ houses means an inevitable increase in pressure on local schools.” Letters of objections are contin
uing to be sent to the council and a petition is currently being circulat ed around the -village.
so people are invited to come along and enjoy the fun, whatever the weather!” Clitheroe Town Crier Roland Hailwood
will officially start the picnic at 1 p.m., but participants are asked to arrive from noon onwards to register, or register online prior to the event at the following:
www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk To take part in the picnic, participants
need two courses, such as a sandwich, cake or fruit, plus a drink and a rug or mat.
, The all-new Clitheroe Castle Museum
is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily throughout the summer and entry is £3.50 for adults, and children under 16 are free, if accompanied by an adult. More details about the picnic are avaiF
able from Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre on 01200 425566.
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manager Chris Hughes on the new balcony (A190509/4b)
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