f l 8 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, March 11th, 2010 . www.cntheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe422324(Editorial),01282426161 (Advertising),Bumley01282422331 (Classified) H


Marine insight


• MARINE photographer -Ron Crosby used a series


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: of slides to illustrate his talk Life and Colour in


N o r th e rn Waters" to Clitheroe Probus Club. A retired engineer, Mr


Crosby is a self-taught marine diver and photog­ rapher who has filmed in many parts of the world, b u t focused on the west coast of north England for. this talk.


Grand gateway to the music world


by Duncan Smith


COULD The Grand become to Clitheroe what The Cavern is to Liver­ pool? In the relatively short time it has


been up and running, the state-of-the- a r t performance venue in York Street has seen some outstanding shows from talented local performers who could be set to hit the big time. In the past month alone it has host­


ed concerts by a t least three “home­ grown” acts on the verge of national and even international success. Among them is Indie band Shakeys


Brother, who are largely Sabden-based and now about to play a six-week tour in the United States of America after being nominated out of the blue for a Grammy Award. They will play 30 charity gigs to


raise money for global warming and endangered species, performing in cities across the country, including Las Vegas, New York and San Francisco, to crowds of up to 40,000 people. As well as the live pgs, the band are


also booked for a string of television and radio appearances to promote the concerts organised by the Endangered


Species Coalition. Formed in August


' 2008, Shakeys Brother comprises Phil Parker, Mark Smith and singer Mark Capstick, all from Sabden, along with Jimmy McNulty, of Bacup, and Sam Robinson, from Bolton. Mark Capstick said: “I t ’s going to


be an absolutely amazing experience - once-in-a-lifetime stuff. “I imagine i t will be t ir in g and


stressful too but we won’t be complain­ ing.


“I t ’s a cause we all really believe in


and we want to do everything we can to raise as much awareness as possible. The band are also hoping to sign a


record deal and have secured a six- month deal for one of their tracks, “Sweet Girl”, to be played in shops including Co-op, Burtons and Costa Coffee. Also heading Stateside after pla3ung


at The Grand in February is 18-year- old local singer/songwriter Charlotte O'Connor, who hails from Blackburn. She gave a breathtaking perform­


ance in Clitheroe, featuring several of her own songs, and is about to tour the United Kingdom and Ireland before flying to Los Angeles where Columbia Records have signed her to record four


of her own songs for release later this year.


Already being hailed in the music


press as an up-and-coming young star, she had a great reception a t The Grand. So too did Clitheroe’s own Chris Scott when he supported swing singer Rick Guard in a concert which raised more th an £3,000 for the Alzheimer's Society. Chris, also 18 and a former pupil of


St Augustine’s High School, Billing- ton, has just released his debut single, “Heart for Love”, now available to download from iTunes and other major online retailers. His combination of a modern popu-


Choir is in fine voice under new church roof


A MUSIC group who 18 months ago sang in Clitheroe United Reformed Church to help raise money for a new church roof has returned to sing under it. “B Natural” - a group of singers led by


Gill Fourie - entertained an appreciative audience with their wide range of songs


Interesting and unusual pieces


of Victorian and Edwardian pine


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> Pine Wardrobes • Welsh Dressers • Drawers


• Bookcases Tables


• Chairs etc


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and music. They were joined by their own friends and younger family


-members, referred to as “B Minor”. Children from the Clitheroe URC Junior Church and choir also took part.


: The re-roofing of the church, a t the


.top of Moor Lane, has been a major project over the past two years. i The to ta l cost of more than


£80,000 has been raised from church fund^ many fund-raising events, and


grants from the following organisa­ tion to which thanks are extended: The North Western Synod of the URC, Congregational and General Insurance, Garfield Weston Trust, The Rank Foundation, National: Churches Trust, Duchy of Lancast­ er, The Jane.Hodge Foundation and


Lancashire County Council Climate Change Fund. Our picture shows “B Natural” in concert at the re-roofed church, (s)


: A HGV driver from Clitheroe has lost his liveli­ hood after driving off in a taxi which he had called to run him home from the pub. The


drink-fuelled “moment of madness” would


, cost 47-year-old Andrew : Pietrzak dear, Blackburn


t magistrates were told. They heard that the taxi


Moment of madness’ costs HGV driver his licence


driver left his keys in the igni­ tion while he was talking to a colleague outside the De Lacey Arms pub in Whalley. But he looked round to see his cab being driven away by Andrew Pietrzak, with one of his friends atting in the back. Pietrzak, of Moor End,


Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to unauthorised taking of a


Ford Galaxy, driving with


.excess alcohol and without insuranca


He was banned from driv­


ing for 18 months and ordered to do 150 hours’ unpaid work and pay £85 in costs. ■


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Miss Parveen Akhtar (prosecuting) said after the


. : taxi had been reported stolen


CCTV cameras picked it up entering Clitheroa When he was stopped in Moor Lane, Pietrzak got out of the dri­ ver’s door laughing and told the police it was “alright.” ' He later gave a breathal­


yser reading of 82 against the.. legal limit of 35.


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Mr Jonathan : Taylor (defending) said his client


' was a self-employed HGV ; d i i ^ and the inevitable ban 1 1


would hit him hard. . “He can’t explain whey he


;got behind the wheel and drove off,’’ said Mr Taylor. “I t was a moment of mad- <


; liess which has cost him his | | livelihood and he doesn’t j know what heisgoingtodo|


in the future.” 13th-|i|th March Twitter Lane, Waddington, fir. Clitheroe. BBT 3L0 ■ '


. lar style with a stylish crooning twist lends a distinctive sound to Chris’s music. ■His fan page on Facebook has


cooked up quite a storm and features energetic interpretations of soul and swing classics such as “Ain’t no Sun­ shine”, “Moondance” and “Some­ where Beyond the Sea”. Chris’s single has been released on a


new independent label, Actual Music, founded by former high school friends Jamie Turner and James Keane, from Blackburn. With such a strong line-up local tal-'


ent. The Grand is fast earning a repu­ tation as a launchpad to success.


GRAND attractions (clockwise from top left), Charlotte O’Connor,.,


. Chris Scott and " Shakevs Brother


He displayed colourful


photos of life just off our shores. From crabs, eels, minute worms and long tra i l in g jellyfish with painful stings, to the sec­ ond largest fish in the world, the harmless bask­ ing shark, he captured the beauty of nature and gave interesting descrip­ tions of their habits and environments. He also described the


dredging operations which scoop up their intended harvest, such as scallop, but also effective­ ly scours the ocean bed of every living thing. With some fish being


masters of camouflage and requiring consider­ able patience to find and photograph, his audience was full of admiration for his achievements. The vote of thanks was


given by Probus member D e n n isO g d e n who’ adm i t te d th a t he had. viewed"our local seas in, mainly monochrome, and ; now found them to be in: glorious technicolour if you knew how, when and where to look. Clitheroe and Dis­


trict Probus Club meets on the first and third Fri- ; days of the month, at 10-: 45 a.m. in the Pendle Club, Lowergate. The: next meeting is the annu-,: al meeting on March’s] 19 th.


Clitheroe422324(Editorial),01282426161 (Advertising),Burnley01282422331 (Classified) Driink punched


‘Good Samaritan’ A DRUNK on crutches who fell to the floor in Clitheroe town cen­ tre punched the “Good Samari­ tan” who came to his aid. Blackburn magistrates heard


Dean Anthony Gregson caught Mr Joseph Fenwick in the mouth, loosening two of his teeth. . ' Gregson (31), of The Stables,


Withnell Fold, Clitheroe, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Mr Fen­ wick, but was convicted after a trial. ■ He was made subject to com­


munity supervision for two years, ordered to do 200 hours’ unpaid work and to pay £500 in compen­ sation and £500 costs. . Miss Parveen Akhtar (prose­


cuting) said the incident hap­ pened outside the So Bar and Mr Fenwick was a totally innocent party.. Mr Simon Farnsworth (defend­


ing) said his client was in the final year of a degree course a t the University of Central Lancashire and hoped eventually to become a teacher. “Normally he behaves himself


in drink, but on this occasion it seems to have got the better of him,” said Mr Farnsworth. “He was taking strong pain


killers for the injury to his heel and wonders whether those com­ bined with the drink to influence his behaviour. He has little recol­ lection of the incident. He is very concerned th a t this conviction will have an effect on his planned future as a teacher.”.


www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser & Tim e s , Thursday, March 11 th, 2010 9 Pupils’ panto will help Haiti quake victims


PUPILS a t St Augus­ t in e ’s RC High School have been working hard and having lots of fun raising money to sup­ port families struggling in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. So far the Billington


pupils have raised £3,500 for CAFOD and are hop­ ing to top this amount by the end of term. Pictured here are Year


11 Drama Club students whose pantomime ver­ sion of “Old Mother Hubbard” played to rap­ turous audiences in matinee and evening per­ formances. Staff joined in with


the fun, playing bit parts as dancers and monsters. Other fund-raising


activities have included daily copper collections, cake sales, silly socks days, sponsored silences and a non-uniform day. (s)


Vouchers boost healthy eating


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with us this weekend .


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YOUNG families are being encour­ aged to sign up for a healthier lifestyle and boost the health and wellbeing in East Lancashire.


. A partnership between Lancashire County Council Trading Standards and NHS East Lancashire Children and Families P a r tn e rsh ip team is encouraging more families to use the f ru it , vegetable and milk vouchers issued to families on low incomes. Healthy Start is a Department of


Health scheme which helps pregnant women and children imder four in low- income families to eat healthily. , People on the Healthy Start scheme


receive weekly vouchers, to the value of £3.10, which can be exchanged for cow’s milk, fresh fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk at any registered food outlet. Lancashire Trading Standards is pro­


moting the scheme to businesses where the vouchers can be spent. This is a win-win situation, as busi­


nesses can increase their customer base, and more eligible families should


, receive vouchers for healthy food. Any business th a t signs up to the


scheme will accept vouchers from cus­ tomers for cow's milk, infant formula milk, fresh fruit and vegetables. They then send the voucher to the


Healthy Start Reimbursement Unit, which will pay the full face value with­ out any deductions. Rachel Wilcock, lead officer for food


a t Lancashire Trading Standards, said: “This scheme may a t tra c t new cus-


. tomers to businesses who start accept- . ing the vouchers, as they can be used at many local ‘corner shops’, not just supermarkets. “We would encourage any food retail­ ers to sign up to the scheme.”


• For more information ab o u t the voucher scheme, visit the Healthy Start 'website at:www.healthystart. nhs.uk/


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Assault case is adjournment


CLITHEROE youth John William Wood (18), of Henthom Road, was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates after pleading not guilty to assaulting Jordan White and damaging the door to his flat. The case against a 15-year-old boy who is also charged with assaulting Jordan White was adjourned.


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