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The winds will become lighter than they have been of late. The early ra­ in today (Thursday) will soon clear


' to reveal much longed forsunshi- • ne. There will beasunny,chilly start tomorrow (Friday) before rain . arrives, clearing through Saturday


.to leave some sunshine. Next week, there will be a light clo­ udcoverageforthe majority ofthe week.withafewlightrainshowers . falling on Monday.


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At their first meeting of 2014, members ofthe Rotary Club of Clitheroe enjoyed a rare treat. Their speaker was fellow Rotarian John Myers MBE, who told of his


The life of a wartime farmer’s boy Connor’s climbing right to the top Clitheroe climber Connor Byrne ended 2013 on a high note. -


schooldaysandgrowinguponhisfather’sfarminWhitewellinthei920sand’3os. Several members were so enthralled with John’s recollections that they felt they deserved a wider audience in The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. We are happy toobligeandhopeyouenjoythemtoo. •


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_ Not only was Connor re-selected for the Junior GB Climbing team -for the fourth year - he also ended the year placed 10th overall in Europe as a Youth A, and the 17-year-old now moves up an age group and into the Juniors. Inyet


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Major alert after unexploded bomb is found on Pendle Hill


A walker “could have been killed” after stumbling across an unexploded bomb on Pen- dle Hill. The man found the suspi­


cious device and picked it up to inspect it while out walking on farmland near Sabden on Sat­ urday.


He called police in, which


sparked a bomb alert at the re­ mote spot near Wesley Street. Bomb squad experts were


drafted in to deal with the de­ vice, which is believed to be an unexploded mortar shell from the Second World War; ; Xanthe Gill, who lives with'


her dad, brother and sister nearby, said the bomb: was. foundjust yards fromherhome. She said: “An old man saw it


and thought it was a bit strange. Hepickeditupandwaswalking around with it, but thought he shouldputitdownandreportit. “It is a good job he did be­ cause the police said it would


The Royal Logistics Corps van at the scene in Sabden where the bomb was found.


have exploded if someone had messed with i t . . “Police came and told us


not to panic. They were up and down checking it out and then the bomb squad came out.” „The bomb alert happened


around 11-30 am as police were called to the scene by the walk­ er. -


. Officers sealed off the area


andsearchedsurroundingland before experts from the Royal Logistics Corps arrived. ‘ ■ ' The bomb disposal team in­ spected the device, which was


Xanthe Gill is pictured with asoldier and the detonator..


believed to be left over from the Second World War when parts of Pendle Hill were used as a live-fire training range for theArmy.


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military unit wired up the un­ exploded ordinance to carry out a safe detonation. ^ : - A controlled explosion was carried out safely around 4-30


pm, which rang out across Sab- den:


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dent Xanthe said: “I have never seen anything like it before. But


- apparently therehave been oth- er devices found on Pendle Hill before. It was quite exciting. ■ “There was a massive plume


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Some say silly but others say festive fim!


Silly hats were out in force as Whalley villagers and visitors put their best feet forward for their annual post-Christmas walk. Forty-three walkers and


five dogs donned weird and wonderful hats and braved thewetandwindyweatherto take part in the igth annual Whalley Walk and Silly Hat competition. Mr Ivan Hargreaves, one


of the organisers of what has become a keenly awaited fes­ tive event, said: “Despite the poor weather forecast which surely put many walkers off, we only had to endure one small shower and a few hail­ stones.”


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Sad passing o f popular Life cut short at the age of 43 of well-known Pendleton man


By Julie Magee julia.magee@jpress.co.uk Twitter: @clithadvertiser


Tributes have been paid to popular family man Roger Nelson who has died aged 43.


The son of Roy and Susan Nel­ son, Roger, otherwise known


. as “Roger dodge” and “gadget man”, grew up on the family farm-Wymondhouses at Pend­ leton - alongside his older twin brothers Mark and John and his younger brother Peter. After attend­


ing the village’s primary school, Roger went .to Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and, in his early teens, often en­


joyed helping out his late grand­ father Frank, of Laneside Farm, Chatburn, when he showed his livestock at local agricultural shows. After leaving school, as well


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as working at Wymondhouses, Roger became well known at other farms around the Ribble Valley working for Ben Phillip’s Waddington-based agricultural contractors business. He later became a HGV driv­


er with brief spells at Miles Fox Haulage and T&J Haulage be­ fore becoming a driver for Cas- tleCement.Heworkedtherefor


around nine years before leav­ ing to relocate with his wife Fio - na and their sons Sam and Rob to County Tipperary, south­ ern Ireland, where his brother Mark already lived. A devoted family man, Rog­


er, Fiona and the two boys, who while in Clitheroe lived on West View and Fairfield Drive, en­


‘gregarious & sociable character, Roger


had many friends in the Ribble Wiley.'


joyed Roger’s passion for rac­ ing, together travelling all over the country for weekend race meetings as far away as Dover and Belfast. They also enjoyed holidays in Ireland and the UK in the family’s camper van. From a young


age Roger’s passion for all things me­ chanical was evi­


dent and he would much rather drive his tractor than milk the cows, his mum Susan recalled. His parents also regularly


took Roger and his brothers stock car racing, an interest that would remain with Roger throughout his life. And it was from this' hobby that he devel- oped his passion for Reliant Robins winning in 2004 an in­ ternational racing world final in his three-wheeler Rialto car at the Milden Hall Stadium at Suffolk. And what better present'


could Roger ask for on his 40th birthday than his younger


A Miroku over/under12-bore shotgun like the one stolen


Shotguns stolen from pick-up truck


Detectives are appealing for information after two shotguns were stolen after a pickup was broken into in Clitheroe. Somebody broke into the boot of a black Nissan Navara


’ parked on Whitewell Road between 6 and 9-30 pm on Monday December 30th. They stole two lawfully


held shotguns and 10 asso­ ciated cartridges along with items of clothing. The guns stolen where


a Berreta Silver Pigeon 686 over/under shotgun, se­ rial number V205715, and


Popular Pendleton man Roger Nelson, who sadly died on January 2nd


brother Peter organising for him to race a Reliant Robin at that very same stadium during a prearranged visit . . Over in Ireland his passion


for motors and mechanics con­ tinued with Roger restoring a tractor,hisprideandjoy,which he enjoyed showing at agricul­ tural shows across the country. A gregarious and sociable


character, Roger had many friends in the Ribble Valley and every year he flew home from Ireland to enjoy a skiing holi­ day with his friends - a holiday that he also often shared with his family. Roger first became ill at the


beginning of September last year and was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lympho­ ma, a rare and aggressive type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, only


afewweeks later. Despite doing


. everything he could to fight the illness he died on January 2nd with his wife Fiona and his fam- ilybyhisbedside. In keeping with Irish funei1-


al tradition,peoplewere invited to pay their respects to Roger’s family after his death with more than 200 people visiting the fu­ neral parlour near his home. A funeral will be held at


All Saints Church, Pendleton, on Tuesday January 14th at 1 pm followed by burial at the church. Afterwards, a celebration of Roger’s life will be held at Clit-


heroeGolf Club. Any donations in Roger’s memory can b e made to the South Tipperary Hospice Home Care Team e/o John Nel­ son, Ash Lea, Whalley Road, Pendleton BB7 iPP.


r a 12 Bore Miroku over/un­ der shotgun, serial number 59401MV.


■ ; It is not believed that the


shotguns were the target of the thieves as two other ve­ hicles in the vicinity where broken into around the same time. Det. Insp. Eric Halford, of


' Blackburn CID, is appealing for anyone with information to come forward. “It is imperative that we


retrieve these firearms as soon as possible. We can’t afford to have such items on the


streets and in the hands of criminals.


. “I would appeal to any­


one who has any information which will help us to retrieve the shotguns to come for­ ward. I would ask them to search their conscience and think ab out the criminal pur­ poses these guns could end up being used for. “Due to the nature of the


theft we have dedicated staff investigating this crime to make sure we can remove the shotguns from circulation as soon as possible. We are ex­ ploiting every line of enquiry, no matter how small it may seem. “I don’t believe the per­


son or people responsible bargained on stealing two shotguns and I would like to appeal to them directly: ifyou are still in possession of these firearms do the right thing and hand them in before any serious harm is caused.” Anyone with any informa­


tion should contact police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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