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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classified) Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, July 30lh, 2009 www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Bridge repairs on course


WORK to repair West Bradford’s dam­ aged bridge is still on course to be com­ pleted by August 21st.


- Emergency repair work started on the


bridge on July 4th after a crash left it badly damage and impassable to all vehi­ cle traffic. ' Highways bosses immediately closed


the bridge, which provides a vital cross­ ing for residents of West Bradford, Grindleton and the surrounding area -, travelling to Clitheroe or the A59.,,: ; • For the past few weeks, motorists have


been forced to follow temporary diver­ sions through Waddington or Chatbum until the repairs are completed, putting:


extra pressure on those routes. .A


spokesman for Lancashire County Coun­ cil said that, following feedback from local residents, more comprehensive sig­ nage informing motorists about the diversions had been erected on approach routes.Reassurances were also given that the repairs to the bridge would be com­ pleted before work started on Chatburn Station Bridge on October 10th.


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SUNDAE


SCHOOL; Lucky Busliall Barn


competilion winner


Hughic Wilson (5),


gives his baby sister


: Phoebe, a


taste of his ice cream


. sundae, with mum Suzanne and Bashall Barn owner Simon Barnes


looking on. G280709/2a


by Duncan Smith


IT’S delicious, it’s gooey and it’s all thanks to Hughiel Ice cream fan Hughie Wilson,


has come out tops in a competi­ tion to design a new ice cream sundae, helping to raise hundreds of pounds for Ribble Valley pri­ mary schools.


* ’<He might be only five, but when ifcbm e s to'ice cream Hughie knows a thing or two and his chocolate and orange concoction was a firm favourite with the frosty flavour boffins at Bashall Bam.


y . I t ran the “design an ice cream / Our picture shows the bridge shortly after the damage was done. Exclusive - ALL CLARET FANS


sundae’’ competition to celebrate the launce of its new Food Visitor, Centre, and in response to a ' request by local schools for fund-,


raising ideas. ■ Simon Bames, managing direc­


tor of Bashall Barn, said: “The response has been great and I hope we can develop this into an annual challenge to primary schools across the Ribble Valley.” Hughie came up with his design


• for a chocolate and orange layered - ice cream sundae and called i t “Not Just For Sundae”. Both the name and the combi­


nation of flavours grabbed the attention of the judging panel.


including Helen Backhouse, Bashall’s chief ice cream maker. She said: “Hughie’s design was


fa r and away the best we had amongst the hundreds of entries. We have now developed an orange sorbet especially for it and Hughie was right... it really is wonderful!” Schools which joined in charged


£1 per entry for the competition and all the money raised has gone to school funds. . Hughie won a voucher for a


family meal in the new Food Visi­ to r Centre restaurant, and his sundae will feature in the Bashall Sundae School parlour for the rest of the summer.


Funding rethink angers


VILLAGERS in the Ribble Valley are livid after discover­ ing th a t Lancashire’s climate change fund has been scrapped. ■,


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. ..: Downham Village Hall com- . mittee members spent months : compiling a grant application to the fund, which was specifically set up to help community groups reduce their carbon and green­ house gas emissions. The grant would have paid for


double glazing and better insula­ tion at the village hall, which is


■ an important community a s s e t . and a registered charity.


: • .


■is However, Lancashire County. Council’s new Conservative lead­ ership has axed the grants, decid- '


: ing instead to spend the £250,000 available.on improving gullies


: and drainage across the county to v help prevent future flooding. . 'The shock decision has enraged


residents of the attractive small village in the shadow of Pendle


' Hill, who argue that the council should have dealt with the.out- ,


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\ standing grant applications . before axing the fund.


. "; Mrs Olive Awbery, who is a . member of the village hall man­ agement committee and applied


■ for the grant, said: “People spent a lot of time and money to get ■ this application in and we feel


very angered and aggrieved by what has happened. 'There must be 30 or so more groups in the area who have gone through a similar process and will be feeling- equally let down.” :.


. . . All the grant applications were


due to be discussed at a meeting of Lancashire Local on July 15th, but no-one informed Mrs Awbery


. that the item was no longer o n , the agenda. “At the .very least, we would


have like to have been considered; for this funding. .'We just feel so cheated,” Mrs Awbery added:.■


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, -“Like everyone else, our fuel bills have shot up recently, with most of it going out of the win­ dow because we’ve no double glazing. This climate change fund was the ideal solution. ., “All we’re trying to do is keep a lovely old building in use and


, bring it up to modern day stan-' : dards regarding climate change and emissions, but all we’ve been left with is a bad taste in'our mouths.’’


: She added: “I t has all been handled very shabbily. The clos­ ing date for applications was the


; end of May, then they tu rn around in July and say they’re not doing it now.'!


• ;r “I cannot quantify the time it


has taken for people to get the quotes and for the plans to be drawn up. I t ’s been an endless


task.” ^ ' • In response. County Councillor


■ Tim Ashton, Cabinet member tor Planning and Environment, said: “We have decided to refocus some of our climate change activity to where it will bring the most bene­ fit to the most people as soon as


possible.


■- - “Our weather is changing, as evidenced by serious flooding in


the UK in recent years. Acting


" now to strengthen maintenance :'of storm drains could prevent communities in Lancashire being


^flooded and avoid damage run- . ning into millions of pounds., ^ •' “I have no doubt that redirect- : ing this money is a very worth- ■ : while investment that will pay fof


.’i itself many times over. If we don t •' learn from these recent severe


' floods, I believe we will not be


• doing our job.” He added: .“Our officers have


; - contacted the groups which - ‘applied for climate change grants ■ - and offered to help them bid for a snumbef of alternative funding - sources which have become avail­


able.” ,


. . ‘ Mrs Awbery this week Clitheroe Advertiser she had


" received no written notification from the county council.


‘ABBIE Lund won the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times Trophy at the WI area show. G250709/5d


School venue turns up trumps for show


by Vivien Meath


A NEW venue resulted in the b ig g e s t ever Clitheroe Area Women's Ins titute Handicraft and Produce Show. - :.


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. With the hall at the grammar school’s Chatburn Road site


. closed for refurbishment, show organisers faced a dilemma as - they attempted to find premises with no steps and plenty of park­ ing. Edisfoid Primary School was ; the final choice and proved a pop­ ular option. Visitor numbers were excellent; with many new faces among them and, in an added bonus, the show also attracted tourists from the nearby caravan and camping site. ! In previous years, the majority


of the exhibits have been housed in the school hall. This proved impossible a t Edisford School. The ever-resourceful committee ■ utilised classrooms and corridors - a move th a t proved popular


: with -visitors and exhibitors. • . Fence WI took the trophy for large institute with most points in


: the show and Grindleton won the trophy for small institutes. Once again Hurst Green collected three ■ trophies, proving size is not every­ thing,- while Oswaldtwistle and Fence won the co-operative


entries. Balderstone WI member Kath­


leen Rigby achieved awards for best handicraft and best confec-


V tionery, Hilary Hopkins of Hurst Green had the best produce and preserves while Lynda Sharpe, of Oswaldtwistle WI, had the best


horticultural exhibit. .- In the children’s section Abbie


Lund, of Downham, took home th e Clitheroe Advertiser and Times Trophy after winning best in show and child with most


points. Welcoming members and visi­


tors, Mrs Pam Jelley explained the change of venue and thanked all concerned for the extra work necessary to make the show a suc-


■ cess,-particularly Jill Wilkinson, Sheila Baron, Maureen Bowe and


LADIES of Hurst Green celebrate their ongoing success in the WI shows. G250709/5e show secretary Bonnie Kram-


risch. There was no Country Market


this year, but the ever-popular teas drew scores of customers. The draw was well supported, as were all the various categories in the displays. As ever, the Ribble Valley's WI members proved how ingenious and talented they are,


■particularly in the craft sections, and competition was rife. A class to re-dress Barbie dolls attracted a large number of exquisite entries with daintily knitted, beaded, crocheted and tailored garments - the vast majority far superior to the original outfits. The annual show entails a huge


amount of preparation and resourcefulness. Mrs Jelley explained that the event is self- funded, with much of the infra structure taken to the venue each


year by members and their fami­ lies - including crockery for teas, table coverings and, of course, the hundreds of exhibits. •Arriving to set up, members of


the committee discovered the school's Holiday Club in full swing on Thursday in the main


■ hall. The club mov^ into another room and by Friday, the judges were able to move in adding their personal comments to each exhib­ i t as they set about finding the ■ best in each class. Whether the show will move'


back to Chatbum Road next year. rests with the committee, but most visitors agreed that, after a few hiccups, the new Edisford Road premises proved an excel-, lent alternative.


-‘ • See page 22 for more pictures


and a full results round-up from the show.


Alan’s selling adventures


AT the meeting of Clitheroe and District Masonic Fellow­ ship the guest speaker was Mr Alan Bowles. His talk was entitled “The Adven­ tures of a door-to-door sales- - man”. He. told his audience . how he was out of work for •


six months before becoming a door-to-door salesman, which he enjoyed for the next 27 years. At the next meeting on August 10th, Mr John Hart­ ley will talk on “French Art”, in West Bradford Village Hall at 2-30 p.m.


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