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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, January 28th, 2010 3 has been given an ‘animal ASBO’
A V ^L E Y dog is believed to be the first in the borough to be issued with an “animal ASBO”.
The ovraer of the bull terrier type
dog was asked to keep the canine on a lead in public places after complaints about its behaviour in Hurst Green. ' A Clitheroe police officer together with the council's dog warden spoke to the owner who agreed to the measures.
Woone Lane one-way call
TRAFFIC on a busy Clitheroe road is to be monitored by high ways officers.
Lancashire County Council is
overseeing a traffic count on Woone Lane, from its junction with Moor Lane and Eshton Terrace. Double parking has long been a
problem on the busy stretch of road and the traffic count would help highways officers decide how best to reduce congestion. A proposal to make this section
one-way has been mooted. County Coun. Allan Knox said
the issue had dominated his post bag since being elected. “If we can get a one-way system,
2 f houis a day, Ldays a week!
Rock ’n’ roll fundraiser boosts flying medics
FLYING medics have benefited from a Clitheroe fund-raiser. Ma rg a re t and Charlie
Dewhm^t organised a rock and roll night at the town's Catholic Club in October featuring local band the Crown Top Kings. The event, held in aid of the
N o rth West Air Ambulance, raised £700.
. On a visit to the service's air base in Blackpool, the couple met the crew, saw the air ambu lance and handed over the cheque. Speaking about the fund-rais
er Mrs Dewhurst thanked all the shopkeepers in Clitheroe who had contributed toward raf fle prizes and she added th a t th ey hope to make i t an the fund-raiser. On average the North West
Air Ambulance is called out four times a day - a figure'which more than doubles during the summer months. The helicopter is usuaUy alerted when time is extremely crucial or where road' access is limited as th e y can reach the nearest hospital in the region in eight minutes. If a patient can receive treat-
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SUNRISE: 7-58 a.m. SUNSET: 448 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 4-18 p.m.
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BRIDGE winners a t the Pendle Club - were: Mrs .: Doris Farnsworth, Mr Brian Holden, Mr Ian Armstrong and partner. New members welcome every: Monday a t 1-30 p.m; ■
Solo whist winners at the Pen
dle Club were M. Parker, K. Holding, B. Wood. New mem
bers welcome every Monday at
■7 p.m. Domino winners: R. Chew, P. Oddie, F. Eccles, W.
Cooke, J. Bargh. Meetings every Friday a t 7 p.m. Line , dance is held every
Thursday a t 1-30 p.m. and sequence dancing every Tues day a t 7-30 p.m.
ment a t the scene of injury and arrive a t the hospital within the “Golden Horn-”, chances of sur vival and recovery are dramati cally improved. Lynda Brislin, chief executive
of North West Air Ambulance, said: "We are extremely grateful for this very generous donation.
We know times are difficult at the moment but our helicopters could make all the.difference to someone you know. “Please support us a t
www.nwaa.net.” Margaret .and Charlie
Dewhurst pictured with para medic Wayne Marum. (s) ■ ’ f
gNORJHWEST'^’g \ h i ' S M • continued from page 1
Teen averts fire disaster
“While I was in a s ta te of
panic, fearing the house would be burnt down, Daniel decided to go back inside the living room and used a poker to poke the flames, which resulted in th e debris falling down.” She added: “Luckily the fire
was contained to the chimney and there was not a lot of dam age caused to the re s t of the housa “The whole experience was
quite frightening though and we vrere only allowed back inside the house once the crews had inspect ed the building.” Joanne went on to say:
“Because we live in a remote area, we are lucky th a t the fire broke o u t after the snow had cleared.
; - “If the blaze was sparked dur ing the heavy snowf^, it would have proved difficult for fire fighters to make it through the narrow snow-hit ro u te along Anna Lane, which was not ploughed or gritted.” She added: “I am very proud
of Daniel and I cannot thank him enough. ■ “He was so brave and his
actions saved the day.” : .Tnan^np also expressed thanks to her neighbours David and
Linda who helped. ■ Clitheroe Fire Station’s watch
manager, Dave McGrath con firmed crews were called out and added: “We never advise anyone to go back inside the property during a fire because we don’t want anyone to put themselves
ini danger. “I t ’s important th a t chimneys
are swept regularly.’^: ; L'
I th in k th a t would be th e best option,” said Coun. Knox. “We’ve already got a one way system on Greenacre Street.” More than 100 people responded
favourably to the idea of making a section of Woone Lane one-way when Gounr;-Kjiox posted a link to a petition on his personal website. Only one person disliked the pro posal. Martin Nugent, senior engineer
(traffic and development) a t Lan cashire Co u n ty Council, said: “Woone Lane is a busy road which has parkiiig:bn both sides. We are carrying o u t traffic counts on Woone Lane and nearby streets to help us address the demands on the local highway network.”
on by Faiza Afzaal
NO plans for Clitheroe’s new multi-million pound hospital will be given the go-ahead u ntil March. A packed public gallery, councillors and Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans heard Mr Steve Spoerry, chief execu tive of E a s t Lancashire PCT, report on the future development of the town’s £12m. community hospital project a t Thursday evening’s Health and Hous ing Committee meeting. He explained how a com
plete review of NHS E a s t . Lancashire’s finances result ed in a decision being made to put the new hospital proj ect “on hold”. However, this explanation
angered local residents who have been waiting years for the development of their new local hospital. Mrs Barbara Park, of Langho, said: “We were ini-
“We tru ly recognise the importance of local hospital services and are doing a tremendous amount of work on our financial commit ments and we will have a clearer idea by the end of the current financial year
. (March 31st).” Mr Spoerry also reassimed
NIGEL EVANS .
tia lly assured th a t the money was available for the new £12m. hospital. “The Ribble Valley is a
large area and there is a large number of people aged 60 and over living in the bor ough. Although the Ribble Valley is considered as ‘healthy and wealthy’ we do have areas of social depriva tion and cannot cope with the current 33-bed hospital and the services it provides. “We ingently require new hospital facilities without
STEVESPOERRY
having to leave Clitheroa” .. Mr Spoerry apologised to
residents and added: “I am sincerely sorry about what has happened and I -want to reassure everyone who vol unteered their time, th a t it has not been wasted.” Coun. Mary Robinson
demanded answers about the future of the scheme. She asked: “The people of Clitheroe want to hear it straight - are we getting a hospital?” Mr Spoerry responded:
Age of Iron is coming to an end
A CHATBURN blacksmith and" t'- forgemaster is to close after dght ^ years in business.
'' The Age of Iron, in Sawley^?
Road, which is run by-Yvohnej/: Lloyd and specialises in mbderii%
; wrought-irbh work for the home';® and-garden; is set to close due to
- the ill health of craftsman RayL ; mond Lathani.'\
- . For the;p'ast eight years the v business has created gates; Tail-r-;
- ings,:steebbalconies andimany ■ more usual items; However, heads ‘ • have turned in the village due to. the creation of some ra th e r unusual items.
. Among them is a sculpture of a ; 7ft. tall dragon. The galvanised fire-breathingdragonwitha-wing- span of 8ft., which took Ray-
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’ mond many days to create, was originally on sale for £20,000, but
.: is now on offer at just £2,000. . Yvonne said: “The dragon vras
■ designed and made here by.Ray- '-mond, and each of the dragon's ' scales were forged and welded to '• i? the frame. When it came back from Merse3Tside Galvanizing, we put it on show outside. I -wish I
: had a pound for everyone who has. taken a photograph.” ■
residents tha t there were no plans to close Clitheroe Community Hospital or cur tail some of the services it pro-vides. Speaking after the meet
ing, Mr Evans said: “The turnout this evening shows how much the public sup ports the community hospi tal. I think we are all quite horrified th a t plans for the new hospital have come to a standstill. “I hope i t is only a post
ponement and we -will hear some good news in March. Ribble 'Valley folk pay then- taxes and they deserve to receive the services they are paying for.”
Mr James Russell, th e borough
council's environmental health man ager, said: “This is the first order to be served in the Ribble Valley. Where there is a dog not being kept under control and the owner is not, in our opinion, being responsible this is a measure now available to us and the police to deal with it at an initial stage. Mr Russell said he wanted to send
out a message to dog owners that irre sponsible action will not be tolerated locally. “We have the powers and we are not afraid to use them and we will where it is appropriate to do so. We are concerned about the public's safety and responsible dog ownership, they have to think about other people's safety and other people's pets,” he said.
and we do care. We will work with the police to deal with dangerous dogs quickly and efficiently.” Mr Russell also reminded dog own
ers of their statutory duty to ensure their animals have a collar and identi ty tag when out in public and away from their home environment or they could face fines of £2,500 for non-com- plianca
Man exposed himself to schoolgirls
A MAN who indecently exposed himself to schoolgirls in a Clitheroe alley is being sought bypolica According to Sgt Conrad
Tapp, the middle-aged man tar geted two groups of girls who were on their way to school at around 8-30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20th, exposing himself in an alley near Woone Lane and Newton Street. Sgt Tapp said the girls heard
someone whistling and when th e y looked round the man dropped his trousers and exposed himself. The man is described as
white, aged around 40, approxi mately 5ft Tins tall and with dark, scruffy hair. He was wear ing tracksuit bottoms and a dark jacket. Anyone who recognises that
description or who saw anything suspicious around the time of the offences is m-ged to contact Clitheroe Police on. 01200 443344 or the free and confiden tial Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111.
Air ambulance for ill girl (11)
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was flovm to hospital after falling ill in Newton on Sunday. The North West Air Ambu
lance landed in a field outside the. Parkers Arms pub at 11-18 a.m. and transported the youngster to the Royal Preston Hospital. Lynda Brislin, chief executive
of the North West Air Ambu lance, told the
Clitheroe.Adver- tisen “The patient was generally unwell and we transported her to the Royal Preston Hospital in seven minutes.”
RAYMOND LATHAM Also for sale is a sculpture of a
gorilla’s head priced just £500. . ■ Yvonne, who lives in Chatbum, went on to thank all the residents in the -village and the surrounding area for making her and Ray mond feel so welcome. “We are very sad to be closing
the business, especially as it has gone from strength to strength over the years. We hope we always -will remain a big part of the comraunity.” Pictured le ft is the dragon
sculpture, (s) L
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