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INSIDE YOUR CLITHERdE ADVERTISER AND TIMES
■ Valley Matters..................... .‘.............6 and 7 ■ Village News;.....'.’...;...'..................15 and16 ■ Letters.'..;.......................................14 and 17 ■ Weekendplus.............................. 38 and 39 ■ Family Notices..................... .......42 and 43 ■ Readersplus......... .....................................37 ■ Motors Today..;....;.................... :...;44 to 48 ■ Sport............... .'............................... 54 to 56
INFORMATION
DUTY chemist: Christmas Day; no service; Boxing Day: Read and Simonstone Pharmacy, 90 Whalley Road, Read: noon to 1-30 p.m.; Bank Holiday Mon day: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church_Street, Clitheroe; Bank Holiday Tuesday: Peter Buckley Ltd, 34 King Street, Clitheroe POLICE: 01200 443344. FIRE: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. & ELECTRICITY: 08001954141.. GAS: 0800111999. WATER: 0845 462200. COUNCILS: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clit heroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. : > HOSPITALS: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Stee- ton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. ALCOHOL Information Centre: 01282416655. ' AIDSLINE: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). ' : DOMESTIC Violence Helpline: 01254 879855. • : CRUSE Bereavement Care: 01772 433643.' ' ' - ENVIRONMENTAL Agency: Emergencies -;- 0800 807060. DRUGS: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. ; : • ';
RIBBLE; Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. SAMARITANS: 01254 662424. • '
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MONTHLY Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721.- . LANCASHIRE Rural Stress Network: 01200. 427771.
QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254358095.
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RIBBLE Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.
CONTACT US! NEWS: 01200 422324.
ADVERTISING: 01200 422323 Classified: 01282 422331 - ’
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FAMILY Notices: 01282 478134 PHOTO Orders: 01772 :838026 FAX: 01200 443467 ' • '
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Inspiring talk from Christine
AN 'excellent; and very
: : informative evening was : enjoyed by members of
' byFaizaAfzaal COMMUNITY spirit
& lighted to hear so many. ipeople say the lights look
• has ■ helpe'd light up: ;;WhalIey'this Christ-’ mas.' • Whalley: is. shining
■ throughout December, thanks to the generosity of local businesses, indi-=
.viduals and Ribble Val ley Borough Council.; ' Andrew; R onnan,
i‘; fantastic and we invite everyone to' come and,
r join in our village fes- ’ ..tivities; We have many;
■ fine eateries where you', ■i can relax and soak up : the atmosphere and ou r. boutique shops are open ; late night Tliursdays and,
.; Sundays throughout De- cember. .
owner of Whalley Sid ings Business Park a n d . director of Solar Power :■ PV Ltd, said: “We a re ' delighted to help the vil lage look brighter this ■ Christmas.”
. ; Whalley Chamber of ' iTrade’s Christmas Lights ;; Campaign was spear-; headed by local photog rapher Stuart Ainslie, who said: “We’re de-';:;
,. :“.With all the bad ; weather we are experi-; encing people don’t have:
s to travel far for a fantas- . tic Christmas shopping ? experience, there’s one to be had right here in
.the Ribble Valley.’- • . The Chamber wishes ■
■ to thank Stuart Ainslie:: r for all his time and hard work and the local busi-
: nesses who donated and < supported the initiative;
FESTIVE SPIRIT: Stuart Alnslee with Andrew Clifford, Andrew Ronnan and Leanne Holmes admire the Christmas lights. "
Join the festive walks
THREE of Clitheroe;Ram- blers’ most experienced lead-f ers will be in action over the -; Christmas holiday, leading the ;. Ramblers’ Festival of Winter i Walks local programme. This annual event, with hun- .:;
Avenue car park at 10-30 a.m, ■ .or. head straight to Barley for
.TO-45 a.m; The leader is Geoff. Errington and he can be con-; tacted on 01254 814990.
dreds of walks taking place-- across the country, is the op-;'; portunity to make that change . in your lifestyle, and start the v New Year by enjoying the big ; outdoors at its wintry best. On Boxing Day (December ■;
26th), there will be a six-mile ; walk on Pendle Hill from Bar- •>. ley. If you would like to share transport, meet at Chester; .
. ■ On Tuesday afternoon (De cember 28th)i Ben Brown will - be leading a five-mile walk-: from Grindleton.iCars will leave the Chester Avenue car; park at 1 p.m.-, or you can meet
at.Grindleton at .1-15 p.m. ; Contact Ben on 01254 822851. ;
, :; Finally, on Saturday,-Janu- ; aty 1st, there is an opportunity • to celebrate the New Year with; an eight-mile walk from Hurst ; Green. Either meet at Chester.
Avenue car park at 10 a.m. or at Hurst Green at 10-15 a.m. This walk will be led by Jane Donnelly, who can be contact ed on 01254 248713. The walks are free and open
.. to all, with families and well- behaved dogs welcome. - ■
. Don’t-forget to take "a' packed lunch on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, and wrap up warm.
And: if your. New Year’s
resolutions include getting fit ter outdoors,-there will be a
; chance to join the Ramblers . by direct debit for £10 less than the usual cost.
There!s no changes to bin collections
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RESIDENTS in Ribble Valley will have no changes to their usual recycling and refuse collection times over the festive period. . There will be no refuse collections on
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and,New Year’s Day, but as thejf fall on a weekend there will be no disruption to normal serv ice.
- Christmas trees will be collected for re-
cycling during the week beginning Monday January 10th. Trees should be chopped up and placed in green bins, or for households not on the green wheeled bin service tied up and left with blue bins or lilac sacks. -; -
; - j Christmas wrap,_cards and cardboard can be left with white sacks.'^W^te can also be taken to the household wake recycling Centres in Henthom Road, Clitheroe ;;
^ews online 24 hours a day, seven days a = Festive kinch was a blooming triumph WEATHER
I Dunsop Bridge;:;;', ■ Slaidbum
A FESTIVE lunch organ-; ised by membere of the . , .Ribble Valley Macmillan i Cancer Support 100 Club was a bloomingsuccess;:::’ ' -j ■ More, than 140 mem-:;’.;i
bers were treated to a tra-i€' ditional Christmas meal at the Mytton Fold Hotel; 'S.;
iLangho, and a pres,entar «; tion by florist, Paul Lo-1? ' max, of Flsristrv and De-:, sign,Longridge.'*
3umley..";"; I Blackburn ^ ■ Accrington \
Weekend weather: It should remain dry,’ '
but.bitterly.cold throughout Christmas,'with'
some'sunny spells.expected on Boxing :
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Sunrise: 8-42 a.m. Sunset: 3-42 p'.m.'- }, s’-
4 rft, ^ V - ■ Lighting up time: 3-12 p.m'.''
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' Paul;created several;;;- very unusual and con- - temporary floral displays, k; which'were then raffled. ; Before,' and after. the
lunch .’the ladies wercrvi; able to do some Christ- Sf mas shopping at the stalls ;;5 offering giftware of all kinds., ,
i The fund-faising lunch ;
raised over £3,000. In ad-Cj; dition,' committee chair- cf;;
£1,000 by way of dona-' ' 'A'spokesman for the ’ by all and a trem’ cer SuDDwt ” "
cheques totalling almost . g“est speaker, Pau^ '
fold r S e d cerSuoport.,. nf
Ribble Vailey IVl'acmlli^n 100 Club'with ' ‘
of festive fun was enioved raised for the chantv. members for their eener-’v over £23.000.’.^
f6r the;'by alLand a trem'endous ' “Theco'mmittee would'\ous s'uppo’rt'throughout amount of money,was. - also like to thank all the theye'^m helping to raise
endous" ’'I ' “The committee wnnlV- C
.! Ribblesdale aiid District ;. Camera Club when Chris- vtine Widdall gave a talk : entitled .“In :My View” ; showing her excellent col our prints.' Christine, from Saddle-
’ worth, is the current presi dent of the Lancashire and
i'Che'shireiPhotographic : Union; a'renowned judge and successful competitor
; at photographic competi- 7;tiprisIbbth:national‘ and 'international. ’ I'Her. relaxed style and willingness to share her knowledge led to' a very interactive meeting when‘ members got an insight into HDR (High Dynam ic Range)-photography technique.-This involves blending several images
■ taken at different camera settings to ge't> the best definition throughout the finished photograph. ■
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--Christine’s beautiful' landscape prints certainly showed,off the results to
. be gained from HDR. Her interest in creative pho tography was enlighten ing and stimulated many
. members’: interest in this technique. ;“The:Club meets each Tuesday from.7-30 p.m. at West Bradford Village Hall and prospective new members are always wel come.-For more inforraa-
■ tion visit: www.ribblesdale camerac|
ub.org.uk»■
C a f t lirn e d o v e r in A 59 crash dram a
■:: A MOTORIST narrowly escaped; serious injury when the Renault Clio he ; was driving overturned on
:: the A59 near Clitheroe. .• A' police, spokesman
; said the vehicle came off • the road and flipped oyer;
'.. at around 6-18.a.m; on- ■-rTuesday; but the driver; was able to'get out of the; car'and was unhurt.
- .VcPie incident happened. near the junction with the;
■ A671;Pimlico'Link Road. OfficerS;Were 'able to re-
: cover the vehicle’at 7-50. a.m;,
byFaizaAfzaal IT IS the time of the year to wrap up
warm, dig out the walking boots, don silly ■ hats and step outside!
, : ,The 16th annual Whalley Walk and Ridicu
lous Hat Competition takes place on Tues day. Keen walkers are invited to brave freezing-: _ temperatures and don silly hats to join in the”
six-mile circular walk'fiom the village in aid of a good cause. The walk has been organised by Whalley
; resident Mr Ivan Hargreaves and all proceeds i will be donated to the Friends of Whalley Pri-;
'maiy School. " - '■ ^ • Mr Hargreaves said: “It will be lots of fun.
. It is an opportunity for people to have a great day out and walk off all that Christmas in dulgence. This event is now a local tradition. Many local families with children take part.
; and there is a prize for the person wearing the mosHidic'ulous hat.” /People interested in taking part are advised
to meet at 10-15 a.m. on December 28th, at Whalley Bus Station. : i'.The “very serious” ridiculous hat judging
will take place'at 10-25 a.m.; after which the walk will continue via the golf course. Read
' Old Bridge, Read Park.' There will be a re-group session between
; 11-45 and 12-15 p.m. at the Gamecock Inn, Great Harwood, where refreshments will be available. ■ The'yvalkcrs will depart via-Whalley Nab
,approximately.l2-15 p.m;-,-arriving back at . Whalley around 1-30 p.m., where they can re lax, eat and enjoy a well-deserved drink in the many pubs and cafes in the area. ; : Anyone requiring further details should contact Mr Hargreaves on 01254 824888. ;; ■
Morgan scoops youth accblade YOUTH AWARD: Mor-
: gan is pictured with Rob
; Norton, Head of Young People
^ Services for Lancashire
County Council, who presented the award, along with
Jake Kay (16), of Low Moor, Clitheroe,
who was last
;; year’s winner and Mel Diack, chairman of
Clitheroe Youth Forum, (s)
Elderly woman found intruder in her home
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man broke into an elderly wom an’s home.
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appeal for anyone who was in the area who witnessed anything to come for-
' : The incident happened on Sunday, ■ December 12th, between 6-15 and 6-40 - p.m. in Portland Road, Langho. ; The offender forced a rear double-■
glazed door before being disturbed by; the woman. . ' Shortly after, the offender, who is
described as a young man and wearing - dark clothing was seen running up Port-: land Road towards Hillcrest Road. ■ ; ‘Det. Con. Will Biggar, who is inves-.- tigating-the incident, said: “I would t
-ward. I would urge everyone to make sure that their property is safe and secure aPall times and make sure that even if you are at home, you have your, property locked.
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; “Luckily, in this instance the wom an was not hurt, but she has been left, shaken up after what was an unpleas ant experience.” ■ Anyone with information is-asked
to: call.police on 08451- 253545 or. Crlmestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
Mayor in the Radio Times
- f LOCAL”readers of'; the festive:^! anes - with a rather dreaiy looking ; t double issue^of the Radio Times!: v Gisbum - which had none.
, •4; character Claude, a native of Men--;
;:to''see'the'face'’6f RibbIe_Valley.ji;’i.,ton,as he journeyed toGisburnin;:! Its pages! 'Sev t
•:; -ja;Ghristmas'tradition i n . m a n y T h e campaign traced central; ■ ii households ;'A;may be surprised ■
'takes'a “before and after’!-. look at' r-Gisburn;; claiming Glaiide!s^^^^^ ;;hasc^^^
yeripor example It contrasts a pho- 4 to)qf,the closed down'ah former village store with the bright
to introduce some "joiedevivre.,-; and attractive new deli, now open
L I French 6ar‘giant Renault has'-L',culminating in the Valley village’s in the same premises . '-T-'- pag'e advert in lhe>';first “Festival de Joie”, in which a ivTsIt also features a shot'of Goun. a'#i;lucky local woman won the car,in’/vsRimmer showing Claude a"spec-,,
' , ‘-4 Taking the form of aspo'o'f mini-'. ■■'t6)op‘en'a'new deli
and.cafe in ; ” Castler,jC^'-, ' .from earlier this year. ^ r
double’pagc.spread focusing on;&a draw of all the people.who had -;?: tacularview oLtheValley during'; its Megane Experiment campaign'test-driven it.''-■
‘ -4 Since then Claude has'returned *,7 was actually taken from Clitheroe '
- ^ her guided tour-though that shot
r;.; v;-;. documentary)the campaign asked Gisburn and, take-.up,. an) invita-.&g’^'The advert also nfentions Gis- ■ ;.-:i.¥?;'.“Gah^a change a town?”^'cone's):'tion from_Ribble,Valley,’
s.Mayor,alburn’s ongoing effort to twin'with; s,'';^r:tfasting sunny'and cosm'opolitariifeGoun;-Lois Rimmer,vtovisit“the,pj:Menton;i;To, watch the'Renault -, )French-holiday”re'sort'Mento'n)) real Ribble Valley”.
spool documentary, visit: _www. which has lots of Renault'Meg-;‘..'>‘.The advert in the Ra'dio Timesthem"
eganeexperiment.co'm')"<4'-L .
Cafe on Ribblesdale Park iff
; AN 11-year-old girl from Clitheroe has been present ed with an award for her contribution to Clitheroe Youth Forum.
. Morgan Rawcliffe picked up the Lancashire Asso-
; ciation of Clubs for Young People Junior Member - of the Year Award at an-
■ ■ award ceremony. She was nominated by
Clitheroe Youth Forum for her outstanding contribu-
■ tion to the club this year in ; numerous projects, as well as for her fund-raising ef forts.
•" Morgan, of Henthorn - Road, was interviewed by - a panel of judges and was ' up against other club mem-. bers from across the county in her age category. /
ClitheroeAdvertlser&TImes,Thursday,December23,2010 > 3 Backing for
announces -Fmgay^ '•Gontiriiiedg
Valley is any d i^ 'ren f tdf other parts lof The: UK;- Over tne'past 18 years-I J have received iricfedible- warmth-from the peppleT” here and'gehefallyitney ; are infcreidibly,friendly;,If just want to say to ihem 5
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- that I am'the same pejspni ;. • thaf'Ifw^ lasf we^^ > will befhextfweek. I have \ already' received a lot of r understanding and I: airif sure this \vill (xintiriue. f v
. .;/,“FdrUhe'mino'rity'pfi • peoplel-efiising to accept f; whatfis'npfrrial, I would; say I am terribly sorry, bu t' this is .your problem, not ; mine.”,. ' Reacfihg;tO; the news;^ Mr Keri I ^ d , senior vic«;f
;chairmari of
Rlbble.Val-;^ ■ ; ley Cohservatives and fa) •- former MP,'coniihented:' •-“Nigel’s sexual orienta tion was an open secret to many in Parliament and to officers and members of the Ribble Valley Con- ; : servatiye Association.'-',;S- ■ “It h'as never prevented V
him in any way from prop erly carrying out his du ties as our cohstituericy.f MP and, acting in a de termined and dedicated f way in the Interests of the people of the Ribble Val ley, which he will continue to do,”-''s';.'-:, )■/-),;? '.V f: Mr Evans also wished
his constituent's a Merry - Christmasfand a Happy; New Year. He)addem “I -f wish you all coiild have a - happy 2011 as I have had) towards the end of 2010.” : -
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