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'FAM ILY an d f r ie n d s will gather this weekend to celebrate the diamond wedding anniversary of Clitheroe couple Stowell and Ethel Musgrove. The couple are celebrat­


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•■ Both born and brought up in Clitheroe, Stowell(82) attended St James Primary School-and then Ribbles- dale High. He left school at the age of 14 to train as a cobbler, but then went to worTc in the textile industry at Primrose Bleachworks, Clitheroe. Ethel attended Pendle Pri­


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mary School and Ribblesdale High and on leaving school she joined Pendle Weaving Mill as an office junior. Ethel also worked as a Sunday school teacher at Waterloo Methodist Church. It was love at first sight for Stow-


ing 60 happy years of mar­ riage today and say they have “never had a violent row” in their six decades together.-


,, er and married on July 19th, .1952, at the Wesleyan Meth­ odist Chapel. They, enjoyed a reception at The Victoria Hotel, Clitheroe, and a hon­ eymoon in Blackpool.' The first three years of


• ell who one day saw Ethel leaving the Sunday School and the couple began seeing each other. After the Second World War in 1947 Stowell was stationed in London for 20 months as a conscript. During this time the couple frequently wrote to each oth-‘


their marriage were spent- jiving with Stowell’s parents in Standen Road, while the newlyweds saved for a house of their own.


three children; Elaine, Ste­ ven and Catherine, Stowell worked at Castle Castings


After the birth of their


Ltd, Clitheroe, until retire­ ment in 1988, while Ethel ■ worked as a “dinner lady” at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School retiring in 1992. When asked the secret to a


long and happy marriage, the couple, who enjoy dancing


WEDDED BLISS: Ethel and Stowell Musgrove who are celebrating 60 years of married life today, (s)


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together, walking and gardening, said: the best thing I ever did ” As well as three children, the couple have seven grandchildren and eight


Stowell added. Marrying Ethel was great-grandchildren. - 1 3 1 . 1 ^


New rules for diabetics explained


TH E DVLA’s new driving regulations for diabetics were explained by Lesley Challenor, of Diabetes UK North West


Office, assisted by Sister Garole Kay, of Pendleside Practice; to members of Kibble Valley Diabetic Group. The DVLA issued new legislation in


2011 for drivers of cars and motor cy­ cles regarding severe bypoglycaemia, they will have their licence revoked if they have more than one episode in a


12 month period that-requires assist­ ance from a health care person or they fail to recognise the symptoms, also any driver on insulin has to undertake appro-


: priate blood glucose monitoring before they set out in their car and then on long


journeys have to rest every two to three hours, failure could lead to prosecution


and even prison if involved m a fatal ac­ cident. -


^ Licences for people with diabetes on


insulin are only issued for a three-year term and then need to be reviewed in conjunction with the GP, but these can be revoked by the DVLA in the case of


■ failure to abide by the guidelines. How­ ever, only 526 licences from 1.5 million people with diabetes were revoked last year, and they can appeal against the de­


cision with the backing o f their GP and Diabetes UK. Both Lesley;and Carole answered many questions frpm members and they


were thanked by the chairman Mr G. Dixon.


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Head teacher says fond [farewell to her pupils


Clltheroe Advertiser & Times,Thursday, July 19,2012 ----------U Mmis9 ,Miursgay,juiyi»,2012 by Jiilie Magee


I this summer after a career j in teaching spanning 40 lyears.


I Mrs Anne Pickup, head I teacher of St Leonard’s CE


I School atLangho, will retire I from this post which she has f held for the past 15 years at I the end of August. I During h er career Mrs iPickup has taught many age groups, but most of her time has been spent with primary lage children.


I After graduating, Mrs Pick- |u p began teaching in Hull for fa. short time, before moving Ito the Ribble Valley in 1972 I and teaching at Baxenden, St


I John’s and then St James’ in I Clitheroe. .


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I ; • Speaking about heraca- I reer, Mrs Pickup said: “I have I loved my job as head teacher i at St Leonard’s; it has been


ing head teacher before being I ! appointed as head teacher at


I ton. She then returned to St I James’ to teach full time. Af- I ter eight years there she be- t 'came deputy head teacher at I Stubbins Primary School, near I Ramsbottom, for three years, I where she spent a year as act-


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I After a few.years out of I teaching when her son Rich- I ard and daughter Helen were I young, Mrs Pickup co-ordi- I nated adult literacy tuition I throughout the Ribble Valley I and taught part-time at sev- ! eral village schools including Waddington and Grindle- .


IA KIBBLE Valley primary I school te a ch e r will retire


a privilege to help the school and pupils to flourish. I have a passion for education in its widest sense and believe it is


children a love of learning with opportunities to develop interests which will carry on through their lives. I have been delighted at the success­


es achieved by pupils at St Le­ onard’s and like to hear about


cently awarded Primary School of the year by the East Lancashire newspaper group. St Leonard’s has a fantastic staff team who have been a pleasure to work with and I am grateful for the support


door learning is a great way to motivate pupils and St Leon­ ard’s recently gained a Learn­ ing Excellence Best Practice Award for the use of outdoor learning. The school has con­ tinued to go from strength to strength, culminating in the recognition that St Leonard’s is an outstanding school in all aspects by Ofsted in Febru­ ary 2012 and an outstanding church school by the SIAS in­ spection at the same time. “The school was also re-.'


. time as head teacher at St Le- onard’s the school has grown with an increase in pupil num­ bers. The building has been considerably updated and extended along with the ex­ tensive improvement of the outdoor facilities. “I firmly believe that out­


them after they have left.” She added: “During my


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I cil has launched its 2012 sum- I mer activities booklet, listing six I weeks of sports, arts and crafts I for youngsters. I The courses, being offered I in conjunction with Lancashire


I l^ounty Council, Clitheroe’s I The Grand and the Ribble Val- I ley Children’s Trust, will take I place at venues throughout the I borough. These include village I ^2 lls, primary schools, libraries, I Hongridge Sports and Arts Cen- . I fre, plus the-RibbleWaUeyTen- V


nis Centre, the Platform Gallery and Visitor Information Centre, The Grand, Roefield Leisure Centre and Ribblesdale Pool. More than 70 activities will


be on offer from July 23rd to August 31st, including archery, arts and crafts, athletics, baking, boxing, dance and drama, graf­ fiti, football, netball, Nordic- walking, rock-climbing, singing,; storytelling, swimming, tennis, zumba and street dance. The 20-page booklet also in­


cludes details of the Ribble Val­ ley Olympic Weekend, which aims to inspire residents of all


_ ages to get in the Olympic spirit by taking part in new sporting activities, from traditional Ol­ ympic sports, such as boxmg afad. . hockey, to new activities, such as


firn-fencing and body-zorbing. Tom Bamber, sports develop­ ment officer at Rrbble Valley


Borough Council, said: “This year’s summer activities booklet is the most comprehensive yet, featuring a bumper crop of ac­ tivities for young people. “From body-zorbing to zum­


ba, there’s no need for boredom in Rrbble Valley during the summer months!


■ “We are grateful to the fan­


tastic venues and dedicated vol­ unteers, who have joined forces to make this event possible.” The booklet is available from


the Rrbble’Valley Borough Council Offices in Church WaSq Clitheroe, Ribblesdale Swim­ ming,Pool in Edisford Road, Clitheroe, and local libraries.’ '


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