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larly my 91-year-old grandma who, up un­ til now, has always been relatively healthy and has lived independently. But with ill health comes the need to rely and be dependent on others. The better images of this new dependency are of my three- year-old daughter combing her great- grandma’s hair, or of friends and relatives rallying round to keep her spirits up. Another high is knowing that my


Blackburn Hospital, where she was treat­ ed for just over two weeks.


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Clitheroe, penned the following poem to show his respect and to mark the na­ tional occasion of the Coronation: “The King is crowned and may it be an omen of peace throughout the world; May swords be sheathed and ploughshares sped and battle standards will remain quite furled. May trade and commerce with exchanging lands, still multiply and grow on eveiy hand and George still give us cause to sing - God bless our country and our King.”


THE villagers of Dale Head (the village next to Slaidbum that was flooded to cre­ ate a reservoir for local water supply in the late 1920s), were holding their own Coronation festival in combination with their annual tea party and sports day: “The proceedings wiH begin with a lively procession at 10 a.m., followed by sports and a public tea, with a special church service taking place at 6-30 p.m. The Slaidburn Silver Band will be on hand to play during the afternoon and will remain for dancing in the evening.” • W. Spencer, of Corporation Street,


grandma is being cared for locally in a great community facility. There are only a couple of other ladies in her room, and she has a bed right next to the window. Al­ though the hospital is looking its age, there is a lovely atmosphere and from what I’ve seen so far, a dedicated team of staff. This is a complete contrast to the Royal


the family visit there are highs and lows, so having somewhere like Clitheroe Com­ munity Hospital is a real God send. After all no-one likes being ill, particu­


y grandma is very poorly and is being looked after in Clit­ heroe Community Hospital. Each time myself and other memners of


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Clitheroe Community Hospital lacks in equipment and facilities, it certainly makes up for in location. Family and friends can


ed that she was treated in a hospital with the correct facilities. The staff there treat­ ed the root cause of her ill health, while at Clitheroe, she is allowed to convalesce. The amazing thin§ is though, whatever


the care my grandma received there. The overworked nurses were obviously trying their best to cope with a large number of, in some cases, severely ill and elderly peo­ ple. But to my grandma, being cared for in a hospital nine miles away from her home, family and friends must have been very upsetting and frightening. Obviously, her condition initially dictat­


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pop in regularly and I’m sure knowing that she is closer to home has lifted my grand­ ma’s spirits greatly.


kinson’s Disease, has also just completed an eight-week course there titled “Pre­ venting Falls - strength and balance exer­ cises for healthy ageing”. So let’s hope the talks about this local


facility currently being held ensure it’s fit for the future for many years to come.


website I discover just how much Clitheroe Community Hospital has to offer; 24-hour nursing care is provided to people requir­ ing rehabilitation, post-operative nursing care, ongoing medical care, palliative care and blood transfusions. The wards are staffed by a highly skilled team of quali­ fied nurses and support staff, while local residents can also access dedicated teams of Physiotherapists, Occupational Thera­ pists and other specialities. The hospital also houses a Rehabilitation Day Unit and Outpatient facility where patients are assessed and their care planned to meet their individual needs. There is also a den­ tal specialist unit and X-ray facilities. My husband’s grandma, who has Par­


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HAVE you ever thought about the origin of place names?


act of throwing the large pieces of Mill­ stone Grit his apron string broke and he dropped the large boulders on the hill top, creating the Devil’s Apronful on Apronful Hill. Nowadays, in these more enlightened times, we realise this is a much-denuded


that originated from folklore. Here the group are standing on a ransacked stone circle known to the locals as “The devil’s Apronful”. This is the site where, accord­ ing to folklore, the Devil wanted to bom­ bard Clitheroe castle with large stones. He gathered the stones from a nearby stone outcrop - now Deerstones quarty- in his apron and from this very spot began to throw stones at the castle. Most of the stones missed and in the


dedicated to this, called “Toponymy” Pictured above are members of Ribble Valley’s “Stepping Out” walking group on Pendle, at a place called “Apronful Hill” overlooking Pendleton. This is a strange name indeed and one


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WALK AND LEARN: Members of the Stepping Out group learn about Apronful Hill.


Bronze Age ring bank cairn with a paved outer ring of stones.


If you would like to explore the Ribble


Valley and join the Stepping Out group on one of their walks, just contact Dominic


Cooper on 01200 414484. The Stepping Out healthy walking group is a Ribble Valley Borough Council initiative formed


to improve the health of the residents of the borough.


There’s something fishy going on at this school!


50 years ago


House, Clitheroe, was re-elected presi­ dent of the North East Lancashire County Boy Scouts Association. He had already proved a very popular and active presi­ dent, full of enthusiasm for the Scouting Movement, and his re-election was warm­ ly welcomed.


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listened to my translated guided tour with polite interest. When it came to the window next to the


had switched from “polite schoolteacher mode” into a passionate exponent until I caught the words “Mary Magdalene - Da Vinci Code!” It’s a constant suprise to me what


people are interested in. I read about a gentleman who collects bricks; he keeps them, thousands of them, in his shed. When asked whether he collected bricks


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FEW months I welcomed a group of Far Eastern school­ children to our church and they


War Memorial with Mary Magdalene out­ side the tomb the translator became posi­ tively animated. I couldn’t understand why the guide


Mrs Lawrence Hoyle, three coaches took employees of K. R. Hoyle and Sons Ltd., Pendle Mill, Clitheroe, to the Lake Dis­ trict and Morecambe. The trip included a sail across Lake Windermere. • Col G. G. H. Bolton, of Littlemoor


of people from flocking to The Arbories, Huntroyde, for a garden fete with various attractions, arranged by Clitheroe Con­ servative Association. • To celebrte the wedding of Mr and


AN old boy of Stonyhurst College, Mac­ donald Hastings, visited the district and was featured on the television programme “Tonight” when he spoke about Charles Waterton, a famous explorer who was also an old boy of the college, having studied theire in 1795. • Heavy rain did not prevent hundreds


25 years ago


THE son of a Waddington couple had been selected to join a team of “top young executives” to help lead British in­ dustry into the 21st century: “Mr James Lupton (31), a solicitor and director of a merchant bank, will be expected to come up with what he wants to see happen­ ing in industry in 2010. Mr Lupton and his 20 fellow team members will form a committee to plan what products Brit­ ain should be making, how it should sell them and how people should be working with and relating to new technology. The plan is to make industry more success­ ful by planning and drawing up a long­ term strategy and not leaving things to chance.” • Thorneyholme Hotel, Dunsop


Bridge, was advertising a “barbecue based on Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsum­ mer Night’s Dream’. A special barbecue supper will be on offer, including a roast suckling pig on a spit and pease blossom punch on arrival. Wine or mead will be served with the meal. Tickets are £15 per head and fancy dress is optional.”


CHILDREN in a Ribble Valley school had a surprise when live sea urchins and starfish visited their class­ room.


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that didn’t have a manufacturers mark on them he just looked blank and said: “Of t course not: why would I be interested in


Mark s Gospel; not, you might think, a terribly interesting thing to do. But I had not realised what we lose by breaking the Bible up into small pieces or simply read­ ing It by ourselves: the drama and excite­ ment of the gospel carried us through over t an hour-and-a-half sitting. You simply had


hem?” Last week a group of us read through


ferent aspects of its worship; whether it be the music, the building, the words - but at Its heart is always the gospel message, a


message which is always new and always exciting.


•' Our church also, despite being mostly a


o be there. Every church has people who love dif­


Civic Day and there will be lots of oppor­ tunities to find out some of the fascinating history of this amazing town. Catch me anywhere near St Mary’s and I’ll explain why a small brass plaque in the church has taken me on a voyage of discovery into the world of sixteenth century magic and poli­ tics that I think makes the Da Vinci Code look pedestrian. Or I could show you my brick collec­


relatively new building, has as much histo­ ry as you would expect from a site around a thousand years old; there really is sornc- thing that everyone can find interesting and exciting. T^is Saturday (June 25th) is Clitheroe’s


tion.


REV. ANDY PROUD, Clitheroe Parish Church


to caring for others and having her loving family around to sup­ port her. She was involved in the Clitheroe amateur dramatics scene for 25 years and very much enjoyed her time treading the boards.


join the hospice lottery please call Gill on 01254 733416.


prize winners were: £1,000 - Mrs Parkinson, Rishton; £100 - Miss Sparkes, Oswaldtwis- tle. A further 15 lucky players each won £10 cash prizes. To


TOMORROW’S second prize rollover prize in the East Lancashire Hospice weekly draw now stands at an amaz­ ing £3,000 after a succession of rollover weeks. Last Friday’s first and third


ily, friends and staff who all cel­ ebrated with tea and cake. She attributes her long life


BIRTHDAY girl Mrs Eileen Kenyon celebrated her 103rd on June 6th at The Manor House care home, in Chatburn, were she now lives. Eileen was joined by her fam­


eration family member of the Booths dynasty; his cousin, Edwin, is company chairman, and great-great grandson of Edwin Booth who founded the store in 1847. The children quickly re-


really came to life when Mr Simon Booth, Fresh Food Director at Booths super­ markets, took the sea crea­ tures to Hodder House, the pre-prep department of Stonyhurst College. He decided to source the fishy exhibits when his children told him about their school project. Mr Booth is a fifth gen­


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STAR TURN: Year 1 children at Hodder House, Re­ becca and James, get to grips with a live starfish.


alised that live starfish are far more mobile than dried ones, and that sea urchins are “squidgy” and have tickly tube feet... and teeth! “We always like to teach


children through real expe­ riences,” said their teacher, Mrs Lea, “and this visit cap­ tured everyone’s imagination, from our nursery children up to the seven-year-olds.”


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LADIES LUNCH: Justine Forrest with Seb Farrell, Macmillan fund­ raising manager for East Lanca­ shire, Susan Fil­ lary, chairman of Ribble Valley Macmillan 100 Club, and other members.


Valley Macmillan Cancer Support 100 Club met at Mit- ton Hall for their second la­ dies lunch of the year. More than 70 members enjoyed a delicious lunch, followed bv


AN inspirational story of a Longridge women who tran- formed her life to become a successful businesswoman was enjoyed at a recent gath­ ering. Members of The Ribble


a talk by Justine Forrest, who transformed her life by los­ ing 14 stone in just 18 months through her own epic en­ deavours. She went on to win Michael Winner’s Dining Stars in 2010 and now runs a successful business, “Brown­ ies by Justine Forrest”. She donated some of her award­ winning chocolate brownies to the cake stall, where they were ouicklv snaoned un!


of charities including Mac­ millan and Ronald Macdon­ ald Children’s Homes: During the lunch a home­


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made cake stall and raf­ fle helped raise more than £1,200 for the charity and the committee chairman, Susan Fillary, was presented with a cheque for £774 by The Stork Hotel, Read, raised through their ftm run.


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