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Tragedy as a popular mum dies in crash


by Julie Magee


SHOCKWAVES have been sent through the village of Gisbum following the sudden death of community stalwart Mrs Jessie.Wrathall. A much-loved and highly


respected Gisburn farmer, Jessie (69), died after her car' crashed into a gatepost in Clitheroe on Thursday. ;


, by Duncan Smiths


GRIEF^STRICKEN parents o f a Ribble Valley teenager killed in a road accident earlier this year have -


■ spoken out in the hope-that other young people will learn from his trag-. ic mistake. - ■


r - ■ The circumstances of 18-year-old Mat­


thew Alston’s death could not have been in starker contrast to his life. He was a , much-loved son and brother, a popular and hard working student at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, where he also ex­ celled at sport, he was just a few days from collecting his A Level results and looking - forward to going to university; He loved life and had everything to live for.' , . . But early on the morning df August -


■14th he was instantly killed after losing : control of his car and crashing into an-. other vehicle,'injuring its occupants; H e ; was more than twice the drink-drive limit


m i knew him reeling with shock.


, )Now, in the week that an inquest r e - ; corded a verdict of accidental death, Mat- ' thew’s parents, Andrew and Janet Alston,;


' have spoken but iri the heartfelt hope that: ■ other young people might leam from their : son’s mistake.


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/ ‘People who have never met Matthew will form opinions based on the last few .


■ hours of his life,’f said his father, Andrew. • ■


• was caring and thoughtftil with a wicked sense of humoiin He made a positive dif- ference to many and would have contin­ ued to db'sp if he was with us today. Sadly


- ’ MATTHEW ALSTON


after partying with friends the previous night. He had.taken recreational drugs ., which left him unable to sleep. He made a t. mistake which cost his life and left all who'


■ he lias gone too soon. ■ ■ ‘!Tfagically Matthew made a grave mis-; take at7-15 a.m ofthe 14th of August, fol­ lowing a night out with friends in Burnley,'


■ TURN TO PAGE 3 ‘‘However, those of us who had the privi- "


“lege of knowing and loving him knew what . a fantastic young person he was, who lived his life to’the full, had a great work ethic, -


'. Mother-of-two Jessie (pic- . tured) collided with the stone gatepost of a house on Chat- burn Road, near to the junc-; tion with Pimlico Link Road, at ,9-15 p.m. when she was travelling in the direction of Chatbum from Clitheroe. She was subsequently taken


to Royal Blackburn Hospital where she sadly passed away. : A post mortem examina­ tion held on Monday revealed that Jessie had suffered a rup­ tured arterial aineurism and had later died in hospital from intef-cranial haemorrhage. ' Jessie, who was the wife of ;


late Gisburn farmer Frank Wrathall, was a key member of the Ladies’ Social Section . of the National Farmers’ Un­ ion; She was also well known: ■ forhercharity work, which in­ cluded supporting the Ribble ■ Valley Talking Newspaper. ■


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JESSIE WRATHALL Jessie,'who regularly at­


tended St Mary’s Church at Gisbum, also acted as a judge for Lancashire’s Best Kept Village competition. “She'was adored by her


family and grandchildren,” said her daughter Gillian Todd.,‘,‘She was a wonderful


' and very giving lady and she ■


will be missed by many.” A funeral will be held to­


morrow, Friday, at St Mary’s Church, Gisbum, at 2 p.m. ,


: For a full tribute piece see next week’s Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times.'


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