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. in last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times that a 13-year-old rape victim had to endure an internet hate campaign, threats of arson and accusations of lying' prior to the conviction of her attacker. I have no wish to comment on the ac­


of teenage victim I WAS shocked and saddened to read


tions of those responsible -. quite frankly words fail me - but i do wish to call on the many right-minded Ribble Valley resi-, dents' to send this young woman and her family prayers and healing thoughts for a full recovery from their terrible ordeal. NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLffiD


I can throw light


street Processional and as well as Clog Hurling, the Three Clogged Race it was included in the 1980s at Downham (be­ cause the pub was open on the Sunday.af- ternoon) for the Clitheroe Morrris Men’s Weekend of Dance —this being a massed dance, in the village \vith, at one stage, 80 couples taking part, with the majority of women being from the public having been coerced by the (very) merry Morris Men to participate. Perhaps the Dance can be revived if •


age I have seen of the Gisburn Dancers - the Pierrot figure at the back with the blackened face is most intriguing. Perhaps the “Fool” as Clitheroe had for a time with a character found in the Library, known as Jem Tosspot. The Gisburn dance was a wonderful


ever street closures can be negotiated. BRUCE DO WEES, .Whalley Road, Ciitheroe


I question York


done? Certainly it will not have made the exit from the Grammar School any easier as the visibility to the right bn that exit can be hampered by the' cars parked oh that side, especially if a high sided van parked on the first bay. Also on the morning of Tuesday, February 7th, to the left of that


of a hvo-year-old who attends Rossendale Nursery. Previously, I would be able to park in front of the nursery, this enabled me to safely get my child out of the vehicle straight onto the pavement on the correct side of the road. Now, Iinust park on the opposite side and then negotiate the road at a peak trafiic time.' .■ I wonder what benefit this marking has


I WOULD like to ask other readers to join me in questioning the parking spac­ es recently marked down York Street - the majority next to the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Sbrth-Form. My main concern is that I am the parent


House in London, the home of the English Folk, Dance and Song Society, where the notation was stored long before the 1970s. This inclusion was-upsetting to the pow­ ers that were, who did everything possible to discriminate against women in Mor­ ris Dancing and, of course, Gisbum was unique in that it was MDffiD dancing! Indeed it is the most accomplished im­


1974 the Gisbum Dance was one of their repertoire. Amazing as Gisburn was at that time still in .Yorkshire! And I includ­ ed it in 1977 when I revived the Clitheroe Morris Meii. Please do send a copy to Cecil Sharpe


on dancers photo WITH reference to the photo published last week of dancers at Gisburn, I can throw some light. ' When I joined Leyland Morris Men in


that unless this is reviewed there is the huge woriy for any parent having to ne­ gotiate that road .with an infant. There is also far more of a chance of an accident. It would take a Second for any toddler to maybe break free of their parents hand, and in excitement head to the nurseiy door, but now on to the very busy road. I, for one, am wondering whether an acci­ dent is what it will take to revert this very poof piece of planning? I also wonder if a petition is required to


bring some common sense to this matter. MR M. COOPER, Newton Street, Clitheroe


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mentipn “Permit Parking” as these are aisp available tp all mptorists fpr twp hpurs parking, withput a permit. Hopefully this will simplify matters for anyone perplexed by the new signage.


lANSOWERBUTTS, Church Brow, Clitheroe


are driving danger OVER the past weeks I have noticed the increased use of advertising boards on roundabouts,


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peared for Oakhill College and Northcote on the associated A59 roundabouts. Not only is this yet another sign cluttering our roads, but surely is a dangerous practice: the roundabouts are tricky enough to negotiate at peak times, and these adver­ tising signs are yet a further distraction which are quite frankly not needed. Who has given permission for these to


be put up, as there has obviously been ho regard for safety in the decision process.


NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED Whalley in Bloom


- the way we work THE Whalley Britain in Bloom group is


and they are giving many hours and dona­ tions willingly. We have raised the money ourselves'with the aid of local people’s support and do not rely on the council for


iss, are volunteers to aid in this fabulous effort within the village of Whalley to a) make it more attractive for the village/ shops/visitors and b) to enter Britain in Bloom and Best Kept Village.'After win­ ning Best Kept Village in 2008 witff the " efforts of the local community we were urged on to aim for Britian in Bloom. There is no financial gain for the team


derived from Whalley Chamber of Trade. All of the helpers, including John Ever-


this. This effort is not just for one day. The volunteers have already spent the ■


Street explanation NOW that the parking regime on Church Brow, Church Street and York Street, Clitheroe, has changed, can I pleasedar- ify the situation for the visiting motorist, some of whom are misinterpreting the regulations? With the exception of bays marked as


school exit I saw hyo vans from the Mo­ bility shop, now parked totally legally in the bays on both sides of the road, who by their actions wpuld have made the turn very difficult. Returning to my original point I feel


.to support such a worthwhile cause. GILLIAN DARBYSHIRE,


Chairof Whalley ChamberofTrade My potty plan to


■ fective for RVBC to supply villages with their own poo bins. Savings made could then go towards


combat closed loos WHY all the fuss about RVBC closing public toilets? Surely it would be much more cost ef-


the cost of R'VBC Outreach Officers tour­ ing the valley by helicopter, meeting and greeting coach parties, tourists, walkers and other desperate passers-by in the outlying villages, and issuing “Welcome to Ribble Valley” pop bags. Larger bags could be issued to long stay visitors. Further saving could be made by closing


Thompson and his advisers could also of­ fer to voluntarily empty the poo bins in their own spare time, at their own conven­ ience of course-pun also intended. ■ Anyone travelling away from home, particularly those with children, the disa­ bled and the older generation, Imow only too well the importance of provision of clean and decent public toilet facilities,


availability of which are a common cour­ tesy.


, KATHLEEN CALVERT, Payfhome


Recently advertising boards have ap­ Thanks for rushing


.those people who helped me last Thurs­ day, February 9th, when ! slipped and fell on the ice on Parson Lane. .. When I was laid on the ground and un­


to my rescue I WOULD like to say a big thank-you to


able to get up, several people came to help me. I would also like to thank the staff at


MRS EILEEN ALLEN, John Wall Court, Clitheroe.


patterns emerge HAS anyone got any toys and dolls clothes knittin^crochet patterns they dont use any more as my daughter is learning to knit and crochet and we are finding any


Hoping to see some


of these patterns very difficult to come across. • ,I have had no luck finding any of these


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patterns, but I have spent many holidays in your part of the country and have found the local people lovely.


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Hair Care, on Parson Lane, who took me home.


the council offices’ own toilets, and coun­ cillors and staff using facilities provided by nearby businesses and charity shops. To save even more money. Councillor


funds for charity and support local good causes and groups. It has been a privilege


last few years making Vale Gardens more attractive with their voluntary planting (supported by Whalley Chamber). This project will create local interest and vol­ unteers who are willing to sustain and make the whole area of 'Whalley more at­ tractive. The team of people involved are local people who want to make a differ­ ence to the village and should be encour­ aged. We have very few people who arc so beneficent in the village and it is great to see that so many are doing so much for the greater good. Whalley Chamber of Trade do raise


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BILLINGTON


Tuesday March 20th is Bil­ lington Qiapel’s date to provide the Lent lunch.


The service on Sunday at 10-45 a.m. will be taken by the Rev. Johnson and


- a warm welcome will be given to all.


Cafe bar The cafe bar is open on Saturday as usual at 10- 30 a.m. until 1-30 p.m. for good food and fel­ lowship.


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Garden club Members of Bolland Gar­ dening Club enjoyed a very entertaining talk by Sue Lewis from the Hedgehog Rescue Cen­ tre at Shawclough, near


• from there. As more people brought hedge­ hogs to her, she ended up with rescue boxes in nearly every room in the house. Following pub­ licity on TV a kind do­ nor left enough money to construct a puqpose- built hospital. This now deals with about 2,000 “patients” a year; cur­ rently there are '370 in residence, most of whom simply iieed nurs­ ing through the winter.


A few are too badly in­ jured ever to be re­ leased into the wild. Afthis stage. Sue lifted one-eyed Nelson out of his box and held him for the rest of the talk. She also had. with her a blonde hedgehog which - could not be released as


' Rochdale. She said it all started in late autumn over 20 years ago when she found a hedgehog in the road that was too small to survive the win­ ter. She took it into her kitchen and placed it in a cardboard box with some food. The next morning there.was a hole in the box and the hedgehog had disap­ peared; eventually it was discovered behind the fridge. She rang “Tig- gywinkles” for advice, and things snowballed


Community The service on Sunday at Billington Community Church was taken by the Rev. D. Johnson and based on “The Love of God is unconditional and to seek the Lord’s way at all times not our own.” The Bible read­ ing was Romans chapter five “Right with God” and read by Mrs Jean Chadwick. Holy Com­ munion was taken with' flowers for the commun­ ion tabl^rovided by the church. The hymns sung were “Break the Bread of Life,” “Jesus stand amongst us” and “Gifts of Bread and Wine”.


After Sue had answered the many questions from the audience, thanks were given by Mr Ratcliffe and refresh­ ments were provided by Mesdames Hartshorn, Pickles and Ratcliffe.


it would be too vulnera­ ble to predators. People are now bringing birds to the hospital, includ­ ing the barn owl she brought with her, which had been stolen from the nest as a chick and then abandoned. She explained the threats faced by hedgehogs, mainly caused by en­ vironmental changes. In 15 years the popu­ lation has fallen from 15 million to less than one million. These soli­ tary nocturnal animals can travel a few miles every night, searching for food which they can smell from at least three gardens away. People can help them by leav­ ing gaps in their fences and by providing water and suitable food - not bread and milk. Much of Sue’s time is now devoted to educational work to both schools and groups such as gar­ den clubs.


- Winners of the raffle for the chocolates made in the evening were: Matt Parkin, James Airey and Chris Morris. Af­ ter a tour of the kitchen and shop, where mem­ bers could buy that last minute Valentine’s Day gift, Richard Seed ex­ pressed thanks.


mentary hot drinks and chocolates on arrival.


A short meeting followed where details were fi­ nalised for the those who have won through to the quarter-final of the county quiz and for thpse attending the Bowlahd Indoor Sports' night this Thursday. Taking part in every­ thing from pool to skit­ tles, Connect 4 to domi­ noes and arm wrestling to the infamous boat race. Chipping members will be all out to defend last year’s winning tide.


The next meeting will be on March 14th when' Marguetite Hughes will talk on “Seed Sowing”.


Young farmers Members of Bolton-by- Bowland Young Farm­ ers’ Club would like to thank the Cornthwaite family for hosting them


Next week’s meeting is on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7'p.m. prompt at BoIton-by-Bowland Vil­ lage Hall. The meeting is a joint regional night hosted by Clitheroe YFC at Hurst Green Village Hall.


CHIPPING


Bingo night Brighouse Bowling Club, are holding a bingo night in Chipping Vil­ lage Hall on Saturday, February 18th at 7-30 p.m. to which all are welcome.


Young farmers Members of Chipping Young Farmers’. Club enjoyed a demonstra­ tion in the art of hand­ made chocolate making at the Chocolate House,


. ny produces it’s sump­ tuous chocolates and hand-made novelties and were given compli-


.Blackburn on Monday evening. They were shown how the compa-


. for pig judging on Mon­ day night and also thank Mark Blakey for being master judge. 'Well done to Tom Bolland for win­ ning in the senior class and Millie Smalley win­ ning in the junior class.


Next week (Wednesday, February 22nd) there is no club meeting as members will join Clit­ heroe YFC at Hurst Green.


DUNSOP BRIDGE


Everest camp The meeting of Dunsop Bridge WI, held in the village hall, was presid­ ed over by Mrs S. Win- stanley who introduced guest speaker for the evening Norman Harris who gave an illustrated talk on “Gasping for breath at Everest base camp”. He took mem­ bers on a journey from


, Katmandu, on steep and rough tracks, up to one of the base camps for Everest. He gave an insight into living conditions in the towns and villages he passed through and also the


Erimitive conditions


A competition for a photo­ graph of a winter scene was won by Mrs J. Hall, Mrs A. Hargreaves and Mrs J. Parkinson..


the route. Thanks were expressed by Mrs M. Cook.


e had to endure on


Congratulations go to Paul Bailey who won the Cou'nfy Brains Trust Competition, Vicki Seed whp was a very close (1 point) runner-up in the situations vacant competition, to Henry Hamlet who was a very creditable 4th/12 in the “Just a Minute” Com- peition and to Richard Seed who was runner- up in public speaking at the county finals at My- erscough last week.


The monthly raffle was won by Mrs B. Clarkson and the birthday flowers were given to Miss M. Worswick.


At the WI quiz at Down- ham “The Dunsop Daf­ fodils” won with a score of 59 points. “The Dun- sop Ducks came third with a score of 55 points jointly with Slaidburn' WI.


for a demonstration and supper. The cost will be £12.50.


At the March meeting the speaker will be Mr Peter Foley on planting alpines. Please bring a container and money for plants. The compe­ tition is for a favourite garden tool.


Tea hostesses will be J. Parkinson and A. Har­ greaves.


GISBURN


Young farmers Members of Gisburn Young Farmers’ Club met bn Monday night at Moor Laithe Farm by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Frank Wrathall where they judged dairy cattle.


• -1st Chris Thompson. Junior Boys - joint 1st - Michael Smith and


Thanks were given by Mat­ thew Middleton.


Next week’s meeting is beef judging, please meet at the Festival Hall at 7 p.m.


: GRINDLETON


Nature reserve Grindleton WI’s February meeting was well-sup- ported considering the severe wintry weather, and what a treat was in store. Sophie Lead-


The girls decorated cup cakes and joint 1st Har­ riett Robinson and An­ nie Pilkington •


Junior Girls - 1st Rebec­ ca Harper; 2nd Daryl Benson; 3rd Annabelle Robinson.


.. Matthew Middleton; 3rd Fred Wrathall.


Senior - 1st Michael New- bould; 2nd Richard Hartley. Intermediate


The competition for a wildlife photograph taken by members themselves was won by Dorothy Hepworth, Catherine Taylor and Liz Parkinson.


President Elizabeth Rown- tree welcomed mem-


At county level, five mem­ bers, including Kay Hopkinson who is the Federation Denman College representative and a LFWI trustee, will attend the LFWI


• Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s new flagship re-


The evening outing in June will be to the Chocolate House, at Blackburn,


It is hoped that at the May meeting-members will have a group pho­ tograph taken to com­ memorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.


Sophie designs and builds nature reserves, man­ ages men and machines and has a profound knowledge of the wiid- life she encourages and protects.


■ serve by Junction 31on the M6 near Preston.


. som, reserve manager of Brockholes Wetland and Woodland-Nature Reserve, talked with passion and inspiration about conservation as a whole, about the crea­ tion of new habitats and about Brockholes, the


Judy Cowling sent greet­ ings from Ecuador, where she was about to board a local bus to see Panama hats being wo­ ven.


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. spring council meeting in Southport, where the main speakers will be NFWI chairman Ruth Bond and TV Chef Rosemary Shrager. A float will represent LFWI on September 7th during the Preston Guild celebrations,


Grace Dobson has kindly volunteered to collect items for a time cap­ sule to be buried in the foundations of the new Pavilion.


Forthcoming events in­ clude the next social lunch, hosted by Ann Connell on March 5th, the annual litter pick in and around the village on March 28th, meet­ ing at the cherry trees at 9-30 a.m, and a walk on Sunday April 29th to raise money for Associ­ ated Country Women of the World, to which the WI movement is af­ filiated.


, bers and three guests. She presented the rose bowl for second place in the 2011'monthly com­ petition to Ann-Marie Proud.


fully designed to be fun, friendly and family orientated. The centre itself is “a floating world on a flood plain”, an exciting feat of archi­ tecture in its own right. A lively and interest­ ing question time fol- lowed and Anne Huson thanked Sophie for an excellent and inspiring presentation.


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. Members who have very kindly offered bingo prizes and groceries for the hampers to be raf­ fled should bring them to the March meeting or. to Catherine Taylor by


-7-15 p.m. and the ticket priced at £8 includes a lasagne supper with des­ sert and one bingo book.


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