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■ Valley Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . r • -6.7 ■ Village News . . . . . . . . . . . • • • ■ -13,14 ■ Family Notices .. . . ---------- -16,17 ■ Weekendplus---- ' . - - ......... . .18,19 ■ Readersplus ■ Letters


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■ Motors Today ................... • -> - -32 ■ Sport ..................................... 45-48


AT A GLANCE Election line-up - page 4


Town’s new police sergeant - page 7 . Youth centre boost - page 8


' Firm sale rescues 30 jobs - page 9 INFORMATION


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Water: 0845 4G2200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clithcroe Town Council, 424722.


Ilospilals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 203555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 052511. Clitheroe Community Hospitah_427311.


Alcoliol Information Centre: 01282 410055. Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: 01772 433043. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807000. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 220200. National: 0800 770000. l!ibl)le Valiev Talking Newspaper: 01200 428004. Saniarilan.s:'01254 002424.


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Clitheroe Ad ver t iser & Times, Thursday, May 28th, 2009 3 |B - .co.iik Hundreds join picnic fun f r o p T ) We asked: Does Clitheroe


have a . drugs problem?


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. New vote: Ribble Valley


MP Nigel Evans is selling his Lon­ don home follow­ ing the expenses row ■ should ALL MPs be made to do the same?


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Life-saving honour for Keela, aged 7


ASEVEN-YEAE-OLD girl from Boltonr , by-Bowland has been commended for her- life saving skills after rescuing her younger


sister from drowning. - Bolton-by-Bowland Primary School pupil


Keela Marisa Cross, of Copy Nook Farm, was presented with a young person’s certificate of commendation by the Royal Life Saving Soci­


ety UK. Keela saved her sister Anissa Alice Bell-


Cross, who turned two on Tuesday, from a pond she had fallen into while attending a rela-


tive’s 50th birthday party at Laneshawbridge. The youngster, who attends


swimming lessons at Tosside every Saturday, had just been awarded her level one certifi­ cate in personal survival. This teaches children how to react if they fall overboard from a boat, together with the impor­ tance of keeping your head above the.water and dry. Mother Jacqueline Cross (41) said Keela’s bravery had


attracted a lot of attention. “She was presented with a


. merit award from her school during assembly and she’s even been mentioned in the parish magazine,” Jacqueline explained adding that Keela was now training for her level two personal survival certifi­ cate. ' Our picture shows Keela


with her lifesaver’s award and Anissa celebrating her birth­ day. (s)


Chart-toppers hit the Grand


A STATE-OF-THE-ART recording facility,in the Ribble Valley is attracting attention from global bands.


This weekjthe Boomtown Rats were £it The Grand in


- Clitheroe to record a new ver­ sion of their chart topping hit “I don’t like Mondays”. _: Speaking about the facilities; available at the York Street


venue band members said the technical staff had been “fan-: tastic people to work with”. .


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• 'Events manager- Matt Evans said preferential rates


, They added that the studio and live room were “absolute- ly fabulous” and really well; equipped and said: “I t is - absolutely brilliant to find:;,, such a high class facility in ■


: such an extraordinarily beaur tiful. location such ; as


• would be offered to local bands wanting to .' follow in:. the Boomtown Rats’ footsteps and make use of the profes- sionaTstandard recording facilities. He can be contacted


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her of affordable housing hoiiies on the site.


The committee was then left to


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decide whether or not it wanted to pre­ serve the Clitheroe Community Hospi­ tal building.


; Committee chairman Coun.-Richard


Sherras said: “I t is not the decision of this committee to decide whether the feasibility study put forward by the Civic Society is better or not; that is up totheapplicant. - ■ “■W


e have to decide whether this


scheme is satisfactory taking into con­ sideration that the alternative scheme may or may not deliver more. If we insist on retaining the hospital build­ ing it could affect the affordable hous­ ing.” . Coun. Rosemary Elms said: “There


must be some way of keeping the front part of the building. I feel it is such a shame to see the building disappear.” And Coun. Terry Hill added: “I am


sure every member of the committee has agonised over this as on one side it provides housing that we all want, but on the other we want to retain the


building.” , ; • _ Coun. Sherras said the council was


taking a risk in rejecting the applica­ tion, but added that he hoped the PCT would take into consideration peoples’, opinions about the building. • As previously, reported, the East


Lancashire PCT is pressing ahead with plans for a new £12m. state-of-the-art hospital facility on land next to the existing hospital in Chatburn Road. Cnee complete, the PCT will have no use for the old hospital or the site it occupies. As a public body it has a legal obligation to seek the best price for those assets when selling them off. Securing outline permission to demol­


ish the existing buildings and put up new, homes would maximise the .value, of the site by making it most appealing to would-be developers. . ,;


CLITHERCE Castle and its park grounds was the magnificent setting for the record attempt on the world’s largest picnic. T2C0.i09/if


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ON Bank Holiday Monday more than 900 picnickers gath­ ered in the grounds of Clithcroe Castle. .


' In beautiful sunshine young


and old enjoyed their packed , lunches as part of an attempt to stage the world’s largest picnic. : The picnic on the castle field


was just one of ,115 events which look place at 1 p.m. on Monday as part of a world record breaking attempt held to celebrate National Family Week.- The Mayor of the Ribbic Val­


ley, Coun. Beverley Jones, and the Mayor,of Cllitheroe, Coun.


Mary Robinson, were among the 917 people who enjoyed


their picnics in the park. Town crier Roland Hailwood


announced the official start of the Clithcroe event which had ', been organised by Ribble Valley Borough Council in association with the Lancashire and Black­ pool Tourist Board. The town picnic was one of several events which took place


over the holiday weekend to markjhe opening of the new X3.5 million Clilheroe Castle Museum. Boasting a range of


brand new exhibits, statc-of-thc-art inter­ active displays and a “cafetesscn’l, the Clitheroe Castle Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily throughout the sum­ mer. Admission is X3.50 for adults and accompanied under- 16s are free.


Residents have their say over housing sites


■WHALLEY residents packed a special meeting called to dis­ cuss the council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability ,


Assessment Report. :: Borough councillors Terry Hill:


and Joyce Holgate had organised a special surgery to pve local peo­ ple the chance to voice their con­ cerns about the report which sets out potential housing develop- mentsites. ' f Cqun.' Holgate said: “The resi-


■ dents’: main concern was that they do not want Whalley turn­ ing into a town and they were also worried about the infrastructure particularly schools and traffic.” Coun. Hill added: “We wanted


to let people know, that these are not proposals but just an assess­ ment of land that is potentially, developable. Any proposal that might come forward from the report'will be subject to the full planning procedure and we want ed to'pbint that out to people.’.’. ■ .The’councillors have promised


to hold a further meeting once the consultation period for, the SHLAA ends on June 5th.;' • MORE than 60 concerned


residents packed Read School at the latest parish council meeting to have their say on the SLHAA; which could see 700 houses built' on an historic battleground in the heart of the village. , The document, which identifies.


the greenfield area known a s , Hammond Ground, off Whalley, Road, for possible development, was met with opposition from vil­ lagers and local councillors who said the village did not have the infrastructure to support a fur- • ther 700 households. At the latest meeting of Read Parish Council villagers, worried about the, impact such a development could


■ have, voiced their fears. - One resident told the meeting ;


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that Hammond Ground is lit--- tered with underground coal, mines dating back to 1875 which, could be problematic for an y ' development.that went ahead ;


there. The meeting heard the site, of the Fort Street garages had also been earmarked sparking anger among garage owners and fears over an increase in traffic were confirmed when it was revealed the A671 between Read and Whalley was already rated among the most dangerous roads by the European Road Assess­ ment Programme. Mrs Dee Bottoms, who was at


the meeting, said: “Everybody who’was a t the meeting was against the development, but they all got the chance to have theirsay.” The parish council how plans to


take the matter to Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. • Some people believe the sol­


diers killed in the Battle of Read' Bridge in 1643 were buried on Hammond Ground, but no evi­ dence has been found to support that claim._.A petition to fight against the proposals is available at the Select Convenience Store.


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