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Borough awards honour to Ribble Valley soldiers


by Duncan Smith


TH E F re e d om of Ribble Valley is to be presented to the Duke of Lancaster’s Regi­ ment on Thursday,


March 10th. One-hundred-and-thir-


ty men of the Regiment’s 1st Battalion will march through the town centre, supported by the Band of the King’s Division. Brigadier Mike Grif­


served and continue to serve our country. “We are looking forward


to a marvellous event, and I invite local people to turn out and offer these brave servicemen and women a warm Ribble Valley welcome”. The soldiers will march


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fiths CBE will then be pre­ sented with a ceremonial scroll by Ribble Valley’s Mayor, Coun. Lois Rim- mer, in Market Place. Ribble Valley Borough


Council voted to grant freedom of the borough to the regiment, which currently has 40 serving soldiers from the area, during a meeting in the council chamber last year. As such, the regiment will be able to march through Ribble Valley on cer­ emonial occasions with “drums beating, bands playing and b an n e rs flying”. Coun. Rimmer said:


dates from the Middle Ages, when troops were not allowed to march through a borough without the per­ mission of the local council. These days, it is a ceremo­ nial honour showing the ties between a borough and a particular regiment. The Duke of Lancaster’s


through the town centre to Market Place, where they will be presented with a commemorative il­ luminated scroll signed by civic leaders, and a spe­ cially-commissioned drum major’s sash featuring an embroidered Ribble Val­ ley borough crest and regimental badge. Freedom of the Borough


“The opportunity for a municipal borough to show its recognition of the armed services rarely arises, and this move will honour the servicemen and women who have


Regiment was formed in 2006, following a merger between the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, the King’s Regiment and the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, together with their respective compa­ nies of the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers, and the King’s Cheshire Regiment.


www.ciitheroeadvertl8er.co.uk Round one to residents as


Thursday’s Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Planning and Develop­ ment Committee meeting witnessed a heated debate after which councillors refused the controversial application submitted by Co-operatives Estate. Now the developers say they will


MONTHS of campaigning came to an end for jubilant Whalley residents after outline plans to build 75 houses in the village were thrown out. A packed public gallery at last


consider the reasons for refusal be­ fore deciding whether to appeal. Almost 200 letters of objections


had been sent to the council by furi­ ous Whalley villagers, who feared the proposed development, on fields off


who formally proposed turning down the plan, said: “This application has caused a lot of concern to residents and some of their concerns are justi­ fied. “There has never been a major in­


village was already overdeveloped, Whalley Primary School oversub­ scribed, the drainage system in the village inadequate and cited other highways issues. Ward councillor Joyce Holgate,


Biddings Lane, would add to the traf­ fic problems in the village. Residents also claimed that the


vestment in the village infrastructure despite the number of extra houses being built and now it has reached its


full capacity. Whalley was never built for today’s amount of traffic - it.was built in the horse and cart era. What was an historic village has now been spoilt by overdevelopment. Coun. Holgate’s proposal was sec­


vation areas and, I believe, Whalley’s heritage.” ' Councillors voted 10 to two reject­


onded by Coun. Terry Hill, who add­ ed: “Development of this site to this intensity would remove a valuable vis­ ual amenity. Traffic is already a major problem in Whalley. In fact, someone said it is easier to drive along Oxford Street in London, then along King Street in Whalley in the morning and afternoon! “Whalley is a heritage village with


a significant listed conservation area and we have a duty to protect conser­


Mike Harper, on behalf of the Save Whalley Village Campaign, said: “To­ night we have witnessed a victoty for common sense and local demoefaq'. “This has shown that if the pub­


ing the plans. ■ Speaking after the meeting, Mr


lic presents a united front then bad developments can be stopped. It will, hopefully, persuade those who thought this application was a ‘done deal’ to think again and join together to fight further applications.” Meanwhile, Tom Whitehead, stra­ tegic planning manager at Co-opera­


Adam escapes Tunisia terror


by Julie Magee


A CLITHEROE cricketer recalled his terrifying jour­ ney out of Tunisia at the weekend after the country


HONOURED: Brig Mike Griffiths CBE wiii receive the Freedom of the Borough on behaif of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment


Man admits to helping garage cannabis farm


by Court Reporter urnley I Blackburn. Accrington


Weekend weather: It will be mainly dry, but fairly cloudy especially later in the day, and rather cold at night.


Sunrise: 8-10 a.m. Suiiset: 4-32 p.m. - Lighting up time: 4-02 p.m.


POLICE executing a drugs search warrant close to the address of a taxi firm in Bar- row, near Whalley found a room set up for producing


the cannabis, but accepted h e . helped them water the 65 plants. McCormick (51), of Clover


• not connected to the taxi busi-: ness. And Christopher John Me-.


cannabis. . Blackburn magistrates heard the owner of the cannabis “farm” returned as police were inspecting a garage which was


Cormick told police he did not know the two men who owned


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Crescent, Burnley, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis. He was committed on bail to Preston Crown Court for sen­ tence. Mrs Joanne Close (prosecut­


defendant returned and con­ firmed he was the owner.” Mrs Close said the crop was


ing) said when police arrived at Ribble Valley Taxis, the owner directed them to a sub-let ga­ rage which was rented by Mc­ Cormick. “There was a strong smell of


cannabis and at the rear of the garage there was a padlocked room,’’ said Mrs Close. “The


: ed street value of £8,390. In mitigation, McCormick’s


solicitor said the cannabis was already being grown in the unit when he took over. “When the police executed


. court.


their warrant, he was in the process of moving out and would have had nothing to do with the harvest,” she told the


growing under heat lamps and the foil-lined room was venti­ lated. She said the total yield from the plants had an estimat-


Varied musical skills delight


the audience WINKIE Thin was the entertainer at the December meeting of the Clitlieroe University of the Third Age. He studied the cello at the Royal


Northern College of Music, before exploring the various avenues pre­ sented by the piano accordion. It was with this instrument that he


the other holidaymakers in the hotel knew about it was late Thursday after we watched re­ ports on Sky News in our hotel rooms; This said there was ri­ oting in Tunis.” Adam, who was staying in the resort of Port El Kantaoui,


were any problems in Tunisia when I booked, but I think it was part of the regime in that country that no-one was al­ lowed to say anything,” ex­ plained the former St James’ CE Primary School pupil. “The first that myself and


minute one week holiday to Tunisia online with tour op­ erator Thomson on Monday, January 10th, and flew out last Wednesday. “No-one said that there


plays for Ribblesdale Wan­ derers, was flown out of the African country on Saturday after a state of emergency was declared. Adam had booked a last


descended into chaos. Adam Wallace (31), who


ADAM WALLACE


which is situated just outside of Sousse, said people then started to ask their holiday reps what was going on. “Things just escalated from


who violated the restrictions. At 11-30 p.m. that evening,


fabulous, the area around was great and you really couldn’t tell that there was any trou­ ble/’ Adam recalled. “We were all just going


there. Thomas Cook at that point said it was going to start flying people home, but Thom­ son said it was going to wait and see how things panned out,” he said. That evening, Adam, who is


the security manager for Tesco at Burnley, was forced to abide by an overnight curfew, with the state television announc­ ing threats of force for anyone


There were a fot of army per­ sonnel and police on the roads and we saw a petrol station that had been smashed up and people were looting it. The streets were just filled with smoke. “It was very intimidating and


along with what the Foreign Office had said, but once we started travelling to the airport on Saturday morning, it all hit home. “It was very unnerving.


ple on the bus didn’t speak to each other - they were just taking it all in. There were gangs of men hanging around and the army. You could feel it was going to kick off again.” Adam and the rest of the holidaymakers reached Mo-


he received a call in his hotel room from his Thomson rep­ resentative, telling him to be packed and ready to go by 7 a.m. the following morning. “In my resort the hotel was


nastir airport, which was packed with fellow holiday­ makers desperate to get home, at around 10 a.m. and their flight took off just 40 minutes later. Qnce on the plane, Adam


praised Thomson staff for the way they dealt with the inci­ dent, said the crisis had not put him off holidaying in Tunisia. “I went a couple of years ago


could see smoke and flames from a nearby prison which had been set on fire. Father-of-one Adam, who


not nice at all,” Adam added. “It was very eerie and peo­


tine Wallace, of Henthorn Road, Clitheroe,.told the Advertiser how relieved they were to have their son back on British soil.“We didn’t sleep for a couple of nights when we heard about it,” explained Eric, who also plays cricket for Ribblesdale Wanderers along­ side his son. “Wejre just so glad to have him back home.”


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and his fellow musician, who played the double bass, delighted the audi­ ence with a large selection of their favourite music. Their repertoire was a varied mix of


songs from the 1920s up to the 1960s. Winkle demonstrated his musical skills by playing some of the tunes on his ukulele and also accompanying himself by whistling. Particular favourites among the


, Maigret, which he played hauntingly on the accordion. It was an afternoon of relaxation, but at the same time foot-tappingmusic.-' .* . • r


Lagoon”, the theme tune for Desert Island Discs and the theme tune from


The audience heard “Sleepy ■


and would go back again. It’s a lovely place and the people are lovely out there. In the tourist resorts there was no trouble and we’re the income for the people who work there. The staff at my hotel stood crying as we left,” he said. His parents, Eric and Chris­


tives Estates Issued this statement: “Naturally we are disappointed with the committee’s decision to refuse our application. • “We took time to design a proposal


that was sympathetic to VWialley while delivering housing that is much need­ ed. We will now consider the grounds for refusal and look at our options go­ ing forward.” • At last Thursday’s meeting an


outline application to build 39 homes on land off Whalley New Road, Bil- lington, was also turned down. Rea­ sons for refusal included access issues into Painter Wood, inadequacy of educational and health facilities and infrastructure issues.


Gym’s support for charity’s life saving campaign


A CLITHERQE ^m will help save lives by raising money to support a campaign by the British Heart Foundation next month. Lee Carter’s Health and Fit­


ness Club will support National Heart Month in February by raising money for BHF’s Red for Heart campaign. Throughout Februaiy, the


Heart campaign because we want people to become more physically active, so that they can reduce their own risk of coronary heart disease. “And what better way to do


challenge for gym users will be to take part in at least 12 aero­ bic sessions for a minimum of 30 minutes, equivalent to three sessions per week. Sessions can include the ma­


jority of the weekly fitness and dance classes on offer, includ­ ing x-bike sessions, x-circuit ses­ sions, personal training sessions at Lee Carter’s and personal gym workout sessions. All the money raised from


the classes and sessions will be donated to the campaign. Vicky Carter said: “We have decided to support the Red for


this than through various forms of aerobic activity which will increase breathing rate, get the heart pumping and most of all have some fun.” Jackie Skeel, who heads na­


tional campaigns for the BHF, said: “With the support we can continue our vital life saving work. 2011 is a special year for the BHF as it’s our 50th birth­ day, so there has never been a better time to get involved.” Participation with this cam­


paign is open to gym members and non-members. For further details, contact


Lee Carter’s on 01200 424475 or Zoe Pickard, the Ribble Val­ ley’s healthy lifestyle co-ordina­ tor, on 01200 421599.


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CRDWDS GATHER: Members of the public watching the drama unfoid.


Bag snatch drama at jewellers


A SPEEDY response by Clitheroe police saw two women arrested after an attempt to snatch a handbag in a town centre jewellers. Two further suspects made off after the incident, which occurred at


2-20 p.m. on Tuesday at Britton’s Jewellers in Wellgate. Sgt Mick Dixon said: “Two foreign ladies, not from Clitheroe, were detained bv staff of Britton’s Jewellers and subseauentlv arrested.”


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