Clltheroe Advertiser &Times,Thursday, April 4,2013


‘Treasure seekers^ coining to village


ARE you sitting on a small fortune? ■ Burnley auctioneers and valuers


Walton and Walton can tell you if your household items are hidden' treasures at a charity valuation day. Experts from the firm will be at St ■


Mai/s Community Hall in Whalley Road, Sabden. on Saturday. April 13th, from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. and you can take along any item that you- want valued. They will value anything from a


vase to a painting, jewellery, furni­ ture, boolb, tools, toys. Walton and Walton quotes the


lif-


case of a vase that had been sittiiig on top of ai bookcase for decades and sold for £53m.


. funds. There will be refreshments on sale throughout the day.


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It costs £1 per item to value, with • the money going to coimnunity hall


RJLL OF GOODNESS: From the left, Sue Foster, Phil Webster and Kay Berry at BAE Sanilesbury with just a few of the 300 Easter e^ s. '


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STAFF at BAE made a surprise donation'to local children and young people in need by col­ lecting chocolate gifts for local­ ly-based charity Child Action Northwest.


, - Sue Foster, an executive sec­


retary at BAE’s Samlesbury site, made an appeal across the Lancashire bases and staff donated 300 Easter eggs to the children’s charity, whose head office is in Wilpshire The charity’s Harriet Roberts


explained that the donation of eggs came completely out of the blue. '


' ' . “We were overwhelmed to


get this number of eggs and we are so grateful to the staff for their generosity,’’ she said. “The eggs have been donated


to families who benefit from various services that the charity delivers across the region. “These include our Young


Carers project in Blackburn with Dafwen, approximately 70 looked-after children and young people in foster homes across Lancashire and Greater Manchester, young people leav­ ing care who use the charity’s advocacy service and families struggling with financial hard­ ship.” ,


by Eric Beardsworth


A COUPLE who made Whal­ ley their home some 40 years ago are preparing to celebrate their diamond wedding anni­ versary. Bill Barratt (85) and wife Eileen


(80), of Mitton Road, put their long life and long-lasting marriage down to working hard together and having a close family. Bill, originally from Blackburn,


Retune on 10 April if you are missing TV channels


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THE RSPB and United Utilities are hosting a series of guided walks exploring the amazing wildlife on the


water company’s Bowland estate. From April to July there


will be eight walks, called “In Search of Skydancers”, with each one.offering the possi­ bility of spotting the elusive hen harrier, England’s rarest breeding bird of prey; These birds are known as


skydancers because of the spectacular aerobatics the male performs in spring to at­ tract a mate.


Besides hen harriers, par­


. Freeview* services may be sub^^ to disruption on Wednesday lo April. Seiyices should return to normal by late afternoon. If at this stage you find you are still missing channels, retune usingyour remote control to get them back.


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ticipants on the five-mile walk might also see other upland wildlife, including peregrines, merlins and ring ouzels, and learn more about how the es­ tate is managed for both water and wildlife. The first guided walk of the season is this Sat­ urday, April 6 th, at 9-30 a.m. Jude Lane, the RSPB ’s


Bowland project officer, ex­ plained: “The walks will give visitors the opportunity to explore the United Utilities


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for rare birds


and Eileen, from Accrington, were first introduced by Mr Barrett’s sister, and they were married at Sacred Heart Church, Accrington, on April 6th, 1953. Mrs Barratt used to run her own grocery shop in Blackburn


. Road, Accrington, and her hus­ band served in the RAF during the late 1940s and spent 40 years with Lancashire’s ambulance serv­ ice, working mainly at Accrington until transferring to Burnley as ambulance liaison officer. Mr Barratt said: “We’ve al­


ways been busy and worked hard, and we both like the same kind of things. We’ve got a good close family, and they have been grand for us.”


Please donate your un wanted items to


Age UK Lancashire


We Need: Pre 1980s vintage stock Shoes


Accessories Bric-a-brac Books


Household items


Vintage & modern Your nearest shop is


1 Moor Lane, Clitheroe


DIAMOND DAY: Bill and Irene Barratt will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on April 6th.


The couple are planning to


celebrate their diamond day with their family .They have three chil­


breeding in the whole of Eng­ land. However, Jude remains


,hopeful this year will be more successful. She says: “We have seen a male and a female on the estate in the past few weeks, so there are some birds in the area. “The cold weather and snow


has led to a late spring, so once the temperatures start to rise, we hope these harriers will come back, find each other and breed once again in Bow­ land.” “In Search of Skydanc­


ers” is part of the year-round Festival Bowland, organised by the Forest o f Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and also forms part of Skydancer, a four-year RSPB project aimed at protecting and conserving nesting hen harriers in the English up­ lands. The project is frinded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and United Utilities. ■ The guided walks take place


on April 6th and 19th, May 6th, 18th and 31st, June 8th and 21st, and July 6th. 'All tickets are £5 and need to be booked in advance by contacting Fariha Quraishi calling®01524 581001 or via email to fariha.quraishi®


l o dookco av o land estate has tradition- ited Utilties Bow- the conservation of hen harri-


, ally been the last remaining stronghold of the English hen harrier, but last year there were no nests there for the first time in three decades, with only one known pairi


Within this mg- rspb.org.uk All money raised be put directly back into


ers in Northern England. For more information on Festival Bowland visit www.fofestof- bowland.com. , • Find but more about Sky-


dancer at www.rspb.org.uk/ skydancer


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Nagpur trip for nurse


HELPING HANDS: Melissa Kelly, who is heading to India to help cleft plate suf­ ferers


dren - Susan, Margaret, and Phil­ lip - seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.


Sewage works theft nets copper cable


worth £5,000 ^ THIEVES broke into the sewage treat­ ment works at Henthom Road, Clit- heroe, on Monday night last week and stole copper earthing strip worth £5,000 from an aeration unit. Anyone who saw any suspicious ac­


tivity in the area is asked to phone the police non-emergency number on 101.


Carpet shop plans


AN application has been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council for the change of use of a former Clitheroe carpet shop into a house. The application, for full planning


consent, is for T. Heaton Carpets at West View, Clitheroe.


ARMS - I t ’s the


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BILLINGTON resident and Royal Blackburn Hos­ pital scrub nurse Melissa Kelly will travel to India with the Northern Cleft Foundation, to help chil­ dren and adults who would not normally have access to


highly specialised surgery. The NCF is a UK based


charity which runs an annual trip to the Indian city of Nag­ pur, performing cleft lip and palate operations.


, ■In January 2013, thanks to


generous donations, the team operated on 121 children and ' adults, at an approximate cost of £130 per person. With pa-


Each year, a team of medical


and nursing volunteers from the UK embark upon the trip to provide life-changing opera­ tions which will see a brighter future for the,patients who. de^erately require surgery. Each volunteer must con­


tribute £1,500 to cover their own travel and accommoda­ tion expenses for the trip, as well as covering the cost of five individual operations for patients, which in turn means that all money donated to the


, charity goes' directly towards helping as many people as pos­ sible. -Melissa commented: “I am


. tients fravellmg over 200 miles to receive treatment in some ■ cases, the charity also covers hidden costs-such as return travel to the hospital that may otherwise be a baifief to re-- ceiving care.


looking forawrd to the trip as this is the first time I have been part of the team, though I have sponsored other col- lea^'es who have taken part


. previously.'Any donations or fund-raising ideas would very gratefully rfecerved!”


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