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lage Life around the Time of the Black Death”. The outbreak of plague in the mid- 14th century and minor outbreaks later in the century, resulted in a population loss of 50%. One can still find evidence today of lost and abandoned villages.


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year’s events and thanks was expressed to Helen Hardy, who has for many years writ­ ten reports for the local press and to Whal­ ley Parish Council, for its grant of £100. Speaker Ian Ramage spoke about “Vil­


THE April meeting of Whalley and District Historical Society was combined with its AGM. Chairman Dave Rigg outlined the past


‘Grand old lady^ Ellen dies at 104


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A WELL-RESPECTED and caring Clithe­ roe woman has died at the grand old age of 104. Mrs Ellen (Nellie) Wilson, had for three dec­


of eight children, her father Mr John Parkinson was a native of Inskip and came to Clitheroe to


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was admitted to The Royal Blackburn Hospital. After being discharged she moved into the Clit­ heroe Care Home in January. However, she was admitted to Clitheroe Hospital on May 9th and died the following evening. Mrs Wilson was born in Clitheroe. The fifth


ades lived at Pendle Court, Hayhurst Street, Clit­ heroe. In November last year she suffered a stroke and


work at his trade of dogger. Before her marriage, her mother, Mary Moorhouse, lived in the area known as Salford, at the corner of Whalley Road and Harrop Street, where her father had a butch­


the age of 12 started work half-time at Jubilee Mill, going full-time a year later. Following a slump at the mill, she was out of work for a while before starting a sewing job at Hitchen’s (which eventually became Trutex) in Shawbridge Street. She later returned to Jubilee Mill as a weaver. She met her future husband, Hariy' Wilson,


er’s shop. Mrs Wilson attended St James’ School and at


of Blackburn, who was working in Clitheroe at the time. The couple were married in St James’ Church in May, 1930. After a brief spell living with her parents, they moved into a cottage at Littlemoor, paying a rent


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ganisations struggling to se­ cure funding to enable them to continue to provide services, Home-Start - a charity which provides support and friend­ ship for families locally - was delighted to receive an ongo­ ing grant from the council. Kshwar Mahmood, the lo­


A MUCH-NEEDED grant from Ribble Valley Borough Council has been gratefully re­ ceived by Home-Start Pendle and Ribble Valley. With many voluntary or­


cal charity’s senior co-ordina- tor, said: “This generous sup­ port will enable us to provide quality family support in the Ribble Valley. “Given the current econom­


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www.cmheroeadvortiser.co.ul www.clltheroeadvertlser.co.uk MRS WILSON


of 6s 6d a week. Their son, Adrian, was born there in 1931. In 1935, having saved a deposit, they moved into a new semi-detached house along Lit­ tlemoor Road. The couple later moved to Radcclyffe Street.


sheltered accommodation at Pendle Court. A funeral service was to be held yesterday


Mr Wilson had become unwell and was eventually diagnosed with motor neurone disease. They de­ cided to move to a house in Chatburn Road, next door to Mrs Wilson’s eldest sister, Hilda, where Mr Wilson died in the spring of 1969. In 1975 Mrs Wilson moved into the then new


(Wednesday) at St James’ Church, Clitheroe. fof- lowed by cremation at Accrington. She is surx ived by her son, Adrian, his wife, Anne and their chil­ dren, Ruth and John. She was also great-grand­ mother to Benjamin, Ellen, Charles and Jack.


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Sara chasing Chelsea gold


A RIBCHESTER florist is hoping to be first past the post with her latest floral creation. Sara Collinge (48), of Flowers


With Passion, has reached the prestigious finals of the Chelsea Florist of the Year title.


Show, she is up against 15 top florists from throughout the UK who face the challenge of making a jockey “silk” out of flowers and plant materials. “I’m overwhelmed, scared and


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in the grand floral marquee for the final three days of the show -Thursday to Saturday. Sara said she has been entering


excited all at the same time,” said a Sara, a freelance florist who lives in Church Street. “I’ve only been training for four


years. It was always my secret am­ bition to get to Chelsea one day, but I never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to be so soon!” Sara will travelling to London


next Wednesday and set up her display late that night, ready for judging early the next morning. The jockey silks will be on display


David will be remembered with event


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A WARRANT was issued for the arrest of Jonathan Neil Walmsiey (21), of Tewkes­ bury Close, Ac­ crington, when he failed to appear before Blackburn magistrates to answer a charge of indecently as­ saulting a woman over the age of 16 in Clitheroe on February 4th.


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has been raised by the local branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institu­ tion. The organisa­ tion held a coffee morning and raised the money for the lifesaving charitv.


competitions for the past three years. “Competitions make me think outside the box and try lots of different techniques to cre­ ate something with a wow fac­ tor. However, this year’s brief for Chelsea is very daunting. A jockey shirt (known as a silk) is naturally very soft and lightweight. Trying to make one purely out of flower and plant material is going to challenge my creativity!,” she said. To qualify for Chelsea, Sara


took part in a British Florist As­ sociation hub meeting in Leeds in March. She came second, beat­ ing several previous Chelsea gold medallists. Normally only the heat winners from the hub meetings, held around the country, get as far as Chelsea, but Sara’s high score of 90 out of 100 was enough to see her through.


A FUND-RAISING event in aid of Help for Heroes has been organised for Saturday. Being held in memory of Clitheroe


man Mr David Ferguson, the event will take place at The Craven Heifer,


phies at Southport Flower Show, as well as taking part in the North’s equivalent of Chelsea - the RHS Tatton Show. Before starting her business.


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FLORAL ART: Sara Collinge with one of her creations.


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sionate about flowers, I seem to have spent half my life trying dif­ ferent things and although I’ve picked up numerous awards for my businesses nothing has ever meant quite so much as winning Southport last year and now get­ ting through to Chelsea. “I feel I’ve finally found my true vocation!” said a delighted Sara.


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