Clltheroe Advertiser &T!mes,Thursday, August 19,2010


INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


■ ’ , '-V .


■ Valley Matters......................................;!......g . :■ Village


16 and 17


, ■ Letters..................;............................... 14 ■ Weekendplus.......18 and 19 ■ Family Notices................ ............20 and 21 ■ Readersplus....;.....;.....'................... ..;;...22 ■ Motors Today.............'..;;................23 to 30 ■ Sport...............'...■................;..........37to 40


INFORMATION


DUTY chemist: Read and Simonstone Pharmacy, 90 Whatley Road, Read: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. POLICE: 01200 443344. FIRE:_In emergency 999 and ask for fire service.


ELECTRICITY: 0800 1954i41. . ^ : -Gas: 0800 111999. WATER: 0845 462200. COUNCILS: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clit- heroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. ’ ■ HOSPITALS: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555._AiredaIe General Hospital, Stee- ton^01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital:


ENVIRONMENTAL Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. :


ALCOHOL Information Centre: 01282 416655. AIDSLINE: 01282 831101 (7p.ni. to9p.m.). • DOMESTIC Violence Helpline: 01254 879855. CRUSE Bereavement Care: 01772 433643.


. • '• .....


DRUGS: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600.


RIBBLE Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. SAMARITANS: 01254 662424.- '


MONTHLY .Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. LANCASHIRE Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771.


QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service!: 01254358095. • • .


■


RIBBLE Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


NEWS: 01200 422324 CO NTACT US!


ADVERTISING: 01200422323 Classified: 0128’ 422331


FAMILY Notices: 01282 478134 PHOTO Orders: 01772 838026 FAX: 01200 443467


EDITOR e-mail: roy.-prenton@eastlancsnews. co.uk


NEWS editor e-mail: duncan.smith@eastlancs- news.co.uk


'lews online 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk


WEATHER


I Dunsop Bridge /


I ChippingJ; hiS


A DAY spent with family and friends followed by a trip to Soutli- port and a celebratoiy meal marked the diamond wedding anniversary of Clitheroe couple George and Elizabeth Weston. The celebrations were rounded .


Langi I n i Ti ' ' - '^ ’^ ■ '^ '“ ■■ington


Weekend weather: There will be light showers, but temperatures will remain normai for this time of year.


Sunrise: 6 a.m. Sunset: 8-25 p.m; Lighting up time: 7-55 p.m.


off nicely when they returned to their Kenilworth Drive home to find an envelope marked “Buckingham Palace” and containing an anniver--


. saiy card from the Queen. Married 'at Roby Parish Church, Liverpool, in August 1950, George and Eliza­ beth - known as Lilly - enjoyed a honeymoon in Torquay. ■ Asked what first attracted her to


George, Lilly replied: “It was cer­ tainly a case of opposites attracting, with me being one of 10 children and George being an only child!”. George’s recommendation for


their.Torquay a long and happy marriage is that


■ maintaining a sense of humour certainly helps!”


He added: “My advice to newly­


Ellis, said: “Mum and Dad’s devo­ tion to each other has been a great source of inspiration to us all.” ■' -


weds would be for each of them to put their partner’s needs above their own; thatway everybody wins.” ■' The couple’s daughter, Trish


Ball will boost cancer|charity


CELEBRATED French-style res­ taurant, The Black Bull at Riming- ton, is hosting a Summer Charity Ball to raise funds for a children’s cancer charity. •


.


: Owner Katherine Lachance has organised the event, which will take place on Sunday, August 29th, and will include a four course meal with dancine until late in the eveninc. /


: ity, we were only too pleased to help,” said Katherine. <


; .“Cancer in children must be one . of the cruellest diseases ever, and '


: - we hope to raise as much money as we can, to cariy oh the charity’s re-' search in the hope of finding a cure as Quicklv as Dossible.” ■


raise funds for this worthwhile char- ■ - Tickets are £34-95 each'.and ,


“When we were asked to help


served from 7 to 9 p.m., and dancing until late.


this includes dinner, which will be . ,


■ • A donation of £5 from each ticket will be made to the Children’s Can-/ cer Research Fund.


V For further information and to book tickets contact Tlie Black Bull on 01200415960.


COMPLAINTS about the poor quality of a cannabis batch helped to convict a Clitheroe


man for supplying the drug.' ’ - ' ■ They were included in a group


of text messages found on a mobile phone.


' About six or seven people had been in contact, some request­ ing cannabis, with around a dozen messages being sent over a period of several days. Police found 26.4 grammes of cannabis when they searched Carl Gillibrand’s home in Bawdlands, Clitheroe. Ajudge at Preston Grown Court'


gave him a suspended sentence involving nine months’ prison,/ suspended for two years, with ' 12 months’ supervision and nine months’drugrehabilitation. ' Gillibrand (31) had pleaded guilty


I /to_ supplying cannabis and possess­ ing the drug with intent to supply. A


1 drugs search was carried out at his - address in June last yean -Mr Hugh Barton (prosecuting)-, said 24 snap bags of herbal canna;


■ bis were found in a bedroom ceil- - ing lampshade. Police also found a “dealers list” and notebook.


' ■


: There was also a makeshift till on top of the microwave where more cannabis was found. In all, there was 26.4 grammes of cannabis. ■ Gillibrand initially told police Tie had been holding the drug for.


; another man; He denied, being in­ volved in supplying.


■ , A number of phones were exam­ ined. One was found to contain a


_ number of text messages relating to ‘ supplying cannabis. Mr Barton said: “A number of messages appeared to be com­


plaints about the poor quality of a particular batch of cannabis. There were also requests for supplying. ■ “The Grown says this suggests he


iwas involved in regular commercial supplying. There were lOor 12 mes­ sages between June 7th and I2th. There.were six or seven custom­ ers.” ■ Mr Adrian Williams (defending) said the drugs were a small quantity, ■ with a value of around £260.


: “He accepted he was selling can­ nabis to a small number of custom­ ers on a regular basis. He was secur­ ing his own supply of drugs, which was a significant habit, a daily one. He has a longstanding habit”. / Judge Andrew Woolman said an


immediate prison term would nor­ mally follow, but a number of mat­ ters had persuaded him to suspend the sentence.


‘Always put your partner first’ ■ ■ by Faiza Afzaal AMY BARSBY (S)


Tributes toglider death girl


al Grammar School pupil Amy Barsby (25) was fly­ ing solo during a compe­ tition when witnesses re­ ported seeing the glider’s wings fall off in mid-air. ■ Stunned onlookers could only look on in hor­ ror as the glider plummet­ ed to the ground and al­ though paramedics rushed to help Arny, from Dil- wortli Lane; Longridge, she was pronounced dead atthescene.- The tragedy happened


on Sunday, August Stli, when Amy was on her second flight in the Inter- University Gliding Com­ petition, at the Bicester Gliding Club, Oxford­ shire.


: ^ . She was studying for a


. PHD in the Scliool of Ge­ ography, Archaeologj'and


r Palaeoecology at Queen’s University^ Belfast, she became hooked on gliding after taking part in a ca­ det training course at the Bowland porest Gliding Club, based at Fiddlers Lane, Chipping, aged 17. /: Geoff Guttery, a former chief flying instructor at the Bowland Forest Gliding Club, took Amy out for some of the les­ sons, which inspired her passion for the sport as a teenager.;,,


/


. ■ He said: “She was a lovely girl and it is a huge tragedy for everybody at the club. She was e,\treme- ly keen and enthusiastic and a very good pilot. ' A funeral will take


place in Edinburgh, while the family hope to hold a memorial event in Longridge.


Basketball


invitation FORMER Manchester Magic basketball player


Wole J. Johnson is hoping to organise some sporting sessions in Ribble Valley. :: Now living in Clitheroe,


he is looking to help any­ one over 18 who wants to improve their hoop game. The sessions will take place on Wednesday eve­ nings between 6-30 and 8 p.m. or Saturday mornings from 10-30 until 11-30 a.m. For more information ring 07529875471 or e-mail jay- baino@hotmail.co.uk


I i


A MEMORIAL event will be held for a Ribble Valley pilot who plunged 1,000ft to her death in a horrific glider crash. Former Clitheroe Roy­


A CAMPAIGN has been launched by a former Clitheroe woman to -lower the age limit for cervical cancer screening. ■ Roseann Hollis (Rosie) was diagnosed


with the condition in December last year aged just 24 - seven months before she was automatically entitled to a NHS smear test to check for the disease. Now she wants all women to be screened


from the age of 20 and has written to all the top government officials appealing for their support. She has already had a re­ sponse from Her Majesty The Queen, who has sympathised with her plight. Rosie, who is a former pupil of Ribbles-


dalc High School Technology College, Clitheroe, has vowed to fight until the age limit is lowered. Speaking about her ordeal, Rosie said:


“My mum insisted to my GP that I had a screening at the age of 24 and I was fortu­ nate enough to undergo a scan in Novem­ ber last year. I received a letter, a month later to say severe cell changes had been detected and I was asked to attend Royal Blackburn Hospital in January where four biopsies were’iaken.


■ “That was;;an extremely painful and traumatising experience. I received a call a few days later asking me to attend the hos- • pital. I immediately knew it was bad news. / “My partner, Andrew Parker, accompa- , nied me to the hospital and we were told


ROSIE HOLLIS .


that I had cervical cancer. 1 recall sitting there and trying to take in the news. Apart from lower back pain and irregular peri­ ods, I had no other symptoms and no rea­ son to suspect that I had cervical cancer.” Rosie was transferred under the care of


a senior gynaecologist at Royal Preston! Hospital where she underwent a series of medical procedures under local an­ aesthetic to determine the severity of the cancer. ■- “The surgeon told me that the cancer


had fortunately been discovered at an early stage and so I would not need any chemotherapy or radiotherapy. I was re­


Chance to take part in survey


ANY ONE with’views about one of Britain’s rarest birds of prey - the hen harrier - sliould attend an event taking place in Slaidburn early next month. A “Community Consultation Evening’ will be


held at Slaidburn Village Hall on Thursday, Sep­ tember 9th, as part of the North of England Hen Harrier Community Consultation. It is a broad-based community consultation ex­


amining public attitudes to the species and how any future public engagement activities relating to hen harriers in the north of England might be devel­ oped. The consultation exercises are designed to find out if people know what hen harriers are, how they “relate” to them, and to measure the level of interest in, and support for, future public engage­ ment activities such as guided walks, viewing op­ portunities, education programmes, webcams'and interpretation materials. The consultation work is concentrated in three


areas of northern England, including the Forest of Bowland, where the hen harrier population is currently tlie strongest in the UK. The other two areas, both hen harrier “hotspots”, are in Nortli- umbcrland and Cumbria. Using a range of techniques, the consultation


will include local communities, schools, businesses, landowners and the general public. The consulta­ tion evening at Slaidburn will run from 7 to 9-30 p.m., with refreshments provided. Anyone who cannot make this event can still document their views about hen harriers using a dedicated e-mail address: ■


. ... • .


henharrierconsultation-GEES@yahoo.co.uk Commissioned by the RSPB and with support


from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the consultation . will be carried out by an independent specialist company. Everyone with views about the hen har­ rier is encouraged to go along to the event at Slaid­ burn and to take part in the consultation. ; ■ ;


www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk www.cllthorocadvertiscr.co.ui, to Rosie’s mission scare led


ally worried about my fertility because we do want to have a baby,”.she explained. Rosie has now been in remission for


four months, but says had she been tested when she was 20, it is possible that pre­ cancer cells would have been identified and treated earlier. “I just can’t believe women have to wait


until they arc 25 to have a scan. If I had not had a scan when I did, then the cancer would probably have progressed. “Women in Scotland, Wales and Ire­


land are invited to go for a smear test at the age of 20, but in England that invita­ tion is not offered until a women is 25. That is frustrating and I want something done about this.” She added: “I have written to the Prime


/ Minister, Health Minister Andrew Lans- ley and to leading gynaecologists calling for a change. I even wrbte to""the Queen and received a reply. In the letter she has expressed sadness to hear of my condition and has said that she will pass on this let­ ter to the Health Minister.” Last week Rosie ran an information


stand at Royal Blackburn Hospital on behalf of Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust - the only UK charity dedicated to offering information, support and friendship to women and their families affected by cer­ vical cancer and cervical abnormalities. Rosie, who has recently moved from


Clitheroe to Hoddlesden, said: “My mes­ sage to young women out there is if you have symptoms or want to be reassured, ask your GP for a smear test.”


Guides converge on Waddow h3 i


WEDGED: this delivery truck was the latest to come to grief on the tight bend at Painter Wood.


‘ Inadequate ’ signs sending truckers round the bend


A TIGHT bend on Whalley Old Road at Painter Wood claimed another victim when the latest in a succession of lorries be­ came well and truly wedged. The unfortunate lorry driver


from South Wales damaged railings as he struggled to extri­ cate his vehicle from the double bend section of the road, across from Billington Brass Band Club. It was eventually freed by a recovery truck, but the road


RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans cut the ribbon to open Primrose Studios, Clithe- roe’s new eco-friendly office development, watched by director Richard Stephen­ son, owner Letizia Stephen­ son and Mayor of Clitheroe Coun. Alan Yearing. The former Stalwart office


building has been designed with energy efficiency in mind. Situated off Primrose Road, electricity comes from, renewable eriergy company Good Energy, while tenants are actively encouraged to recycle. For further details . aboufthe studios visit wvw. primrose-studios.com or call 01200420868. .


STAIRLIFTS Sfeannoh


Dealer' I


PICNIC TREAT: The Guides who stayed at Waddow Hall and en­ joyed ice cream from Bashall barn, (s)


GUIDES from across the globe con­ verged on the Ribble Valley for a week-long stay. And during their time at Wad-;


dow Hall, tlie 150 Guides, who were aged behveen 10 and 15, took part in Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s Picnic Season. ■ Joining Guides from the Ribble


Valley and Burnley were youngsters from as far away as Bermuda, An­ guilla, Ascension Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, St Helena, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar . and Monserrat. ■ . - ' ; Guide Leader Barbara Bryan, who


is MD of Mytton Fold Hotel, said: “We know that these girls will cher-; ish these memories for the rest of


their lives and we’re just thrilled to be hosting Guides from so far afield. > “Some have had particularly excit­


ing journeys too; the girls from the Falklands travelled here in the only


. way available - by military plane. It has taken co-operation and organisa­ tion on a grand scale and many part-. ners have lielped make this happen.”'; / Local businessman Simon Barries,


MD of Bashall Barn, delivered 150 pots of homemade ice cream to the’ Waddow Hall picnic. / , He said: “Bashall Barn is delighted'


to be part of this wonderful event and we couldn’t think of a better way to welcome new friends to the area than the,offer some of our home made . Lancastrian ice-cream.” ;


l O C M , T R U S T E D . E S T R B L i S H iD & R i L I A B L E . BUT ABOVE All A F F O R D A B L E .


, honie survey &,quotation ©01200 444254 r


- For your LO C A L ' ADVISOR or a FR EE I


Straight & Curved ., • Slimline, For


■'Narrovv.Stairs afford


W


WW. af f ordablemobi I ity : co; u k 40 YORK STREET. CLITHEROE, LANCS. BB7 2DL • '


imobiSity .


CNew & . ' ' j Reconditioned Speedy- Iristallatipn d,


t-t;


was closed for some time. This picture was taken by


Whalley man Tom Flanagan, who commented: “It proves that the warning signs are in­ adequate and need updating. So why after so many incidents have they not been?” The 40-year-old lorry driver


told police he had been follow­ ing directions on his map but did not realise how tight the bend was until it was too late.


Clitheroe Advertiser &Times,Thursday, August 19,2010


il'viiill


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30