Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classified) Clitheroe Ad vert iser & T im e s, .Thursday, Jan u a ry 14th, 2010 Postponed


A PREMIER Ribble Valley hotel was forced to call off the wedding fair it was planning for last weekend, due to the weather. Stanley House Hotel,


at Mellor, postponed the Wedding Open Day it was due to host last Sun­ day, January 10th,’due to concerns about the safety of suppliers and guests travelling to the event. Unfortunately, the


ponement


decision to postone was made after last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser - which carried a preview of the event - had gone to press. However, the post­ was


announced on our web­ site: www.clitheroead- vertiser.co.uk. Announcing the post­


ponement, the hotel’s general manager, Oliver Cooke,


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“We’ve studied the short-term weather fore­ cast closely and have regretfully taken the decision today to post­ pone our Wedding Open Day, due to concerns about people making the journey here.” The venue’s annual


winter Wedding Open Day will now take place on Valentine’s Day, Sun­ day, February 14th.


OUTPATIENT appoint­ ments at East Lancashire are continuing to operate as usual, despite the severe weather which has forced the North West Ambulance Ser­ vice to suspend its patient transport facilities. Outpatient clinics are still


being held throughout the Royal Blackburn Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, Pen- dle Community Hospital and


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the Rossendale Hospital, with many patients making their way to their appointments using their own transport. For others, transport prob-


lems will mean that they are unable to'get to hospital. If this is the case, it is very important that they contact their clinic to inform staff that they will be unable to make their appoint­ ment. Patients should call the num­ ber on their appointment card


www.clitheroeadvertlser.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 ( Yduhg chefs’ recipe for success


YOUNG cooks tested their culi­ nary calibre when the Rotary Club of Clitheroe held the local final of the Rotary Young Chef Competition. It was held at Ribblesdale


High School, in Clitheroe, where competitors had to prepare and cook a healthy two-course meal


: in an allotted time and with a limited budget. . -


■ , . , Competition was stiff, with all contestants showing high levels


• of capability and understand­ ing. Dishes included smoked haddock presented on a bed of spinach and crushed potatoes, served with a poached egg and homemade hollandaise sauce, chicken and vegetable stir fry in a filo basket and served with


noodles, home-made lemon and vanilla deconstructed cheese­ cake and banana toffee brulee. However, there has to be a


winner and on this occasion it was Alix Carey, of Ribblesdale High, who produced a delightful menu of roast butternut squash risotto served in a red bell pep­ per and a dessert of raspberry cheesecake. Chosen as the winner by a


panel of independent judges, Alix wins the opportunity to work with the chefs of Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf Complex to reproduce her menu for an evening meeting of the Rotary Club in April. She also wins an embroidered apron and £30 and will now go on to represent


Clitheroe in the District Compe­ tition, to be held on February


8th at Lancaster and More- cambe College.


. Ri^er-up in the local compe­ tition, and proving that boys can cook too, was Ben


Buchanan, of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Young Chef is one of several


competitions which Rotary organises for local children. Results of the Rotary Young Photographer, Young Writer and Youth Speaks competitions will be announced early in 2010. Our picture, by David


Bleazard, shows Alix Carey, Rotary Club of Clitheroe Young Chef 2009, with runner-up Ben Buchanan, (s)


clinics still open


to report that they will be unable to attend, and their attendance will be rescheduled as soon as possible Michelle Montague, outpa-.


tients booking manager for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Many patients have quite reasonably assumed that their appoint­ ments are cancelled because of the pressures created by the bad weather. “However, everyone at the


trust is working hard to ensure that as many services as possi­ ble are being operated as nor­ mal. This is not only to ensure that patients receive the treat­ ment they need, but also to minimise the risk of backlog when the weather cleju^. “The ambulance service is


hoping to restore its patient transport service very soon, although no final decisions have yet been mada “We don’t want patients to


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put themselves at risk in their efforts to get to hospital, so they should not travel unless they are safe to do so. But if they do not inform us that they cannot attend, staff arpe left waiting for them unnecessarily, when they could be attending to emergency patients. “I would like to thank all our


patients for their co-operation and understanding during the extremely difficult weather con­ ditions.”


Jensen is first arrival


TINY Jensen Farmer was Clitheroe's first special delivery of 2010. Arriving four days late, Jensen


was bom at 6-56 a.m. on January 1st, 2010, weighing 61b 15oz. He is the third child of Lee and


Rachel Farmer, and baby brother to two-year-old Lucas and Kori- Leigh (six), a pupil at St James's CE Primary School in Clitheroe. After enjoying a DVD and a


Chinese takeaway at home to cele­ brate New Year's Eve, Rachel woke in the early hours of the New Year and headed for the Royal Blackburn Hospital after dropping the older children off with Lee's mum, Lorraine Bootle, on the way. Under the guidance of midwife


Helen Hollindrake, Jensen arrived after just 14 minutes’ labour. Rachel said: “Our other two


were early, but Jensen decided to be late. Friends said he was going to make' a show-stopping entrance!”


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Town’s oldest shop closes down


CLITHEROE’S oldest estab­ lished shoe shop will close its doors this week. The closure of D. Lord & Son,


which opened 110 years ago and has been run by five generations of the Lord family, has been blamed on the credit crunch. Mrs Pauline Lord, senior, who


is the widow of Bernard Lord and used to work alongside her hus­ band when he ran the business from the early 1970s to the mid- 90s, told the Advertiser: “It ’s a very sad week for myself and family. “D. Lord & Son, Moor Lane,


has been in our family since 1900 and we are about to close down - another victim of the credit crunch.” There has been a shoe shop on


the Moor Lane site since 1867. The first was opened by Mr and Mrs James Eastwood. This business was bought 33


years later by Daniel Lord before it was passed through the genera­ tions to Daniel’s son John and his grandson Bernard, the latter who retired from the business in 1996.


' ■ AFTER 110 years D. Lord and Son is yet another victim of the credit crunch. Five generations of family have worked in this footwear busi­ ness and have always given good personal service; ' My two daughters, Kathleen and Susan, and staff have worked so .


hard to keep going. The new parking in Moor Lane doesn’t help anyone, it is a nonsense. The powers-that-be in Preston don’t know what they are talking about.


, I would like to thank all our customers for all their support over the^


years. Good luck to all the shopkeepers in Clithcroe, after all if the pub­ lic don’t support them, who will be next? It is a very sad time for my family, but all good things come to an end.


Tomorrow is the first day for a new start. We shall keep smiling. •, ; Thank you.


PAULINE LORD AND FAMILY, D. Lord and Son, Moor Lane, Clitheroe.


Bernard then handed over control to his daughters, Kathleen and Susan, the fourth generation of the family to be involved with the business. They have subsequently been


helped out by two of Mr Lord’s granddaughters - the fifth gener­ ation of the Lord family to work in the bvusiness. The Lord family have sold


footwear to thousands of people over the years, often serving gen­ erations of the same family.


As well as selling adult shoes


and boots, the business has spe­ cialised in selling children’s shoes and has offered an invaluable fit­ ting and measuring service to parents. ■ Famous customers have includ­ ed Lord David "Waddington, who visited the shop with his body­ guard just after being made Home Secretary. See the letter above to read


more of Pauline Lord’s thoughts on the closure.


Drink-fuelled fracas outside house


TROUBLE erupted outside a Clitheroe house when an ex­ boyfriend turned up with his friends. Blackburn magistrates heard


windows were smashed and threats were made before at least five men ended up fighting outside the property on Woone Lane.


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; The court heard an off-duty police sergeant was in si nearby , house and witnessed the distur­ bance. James Garfield Fowler


(20), of The Crescent, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to using threaten­ ing behaviour. He was fined £120 with £100 costs. Mr Eddie Harrison (prosecut­


ing) said that Miss Kelly O’Rourke had been out with friends and went back to the house with a group of them. They were having drinks and socialising when there was banging on the door. Outside were three males, includ­ ing Fowler, and they tried to force


their way into the property. The off-duty police officer heard vari­ ous threats being shouted, includ­ ing that people would be stabbed. The officer ran out and identified himself to the fighting men and separated two of them before back-up arrived. Mr l^bin Phoenix (defending)


said one of the men outside the house was the ex-partner of Miss O’Rourke. “This was an alcohol and testosterone fuelled fracas.”


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Cl itheroe Advertiser & T im e s , T h u rsd a y , January 14th, 2010 5 Tiggi is fouud safe aud well


A Clitheroe woman has been reunited with her cat, after returning from a Christmas break to find her missing. Liz McDonald was fear­


ful that Tiggi, who had been missing since Boxing Day, would never be found. But a member of staff at Myerscough Vetemary


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