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office to complete my paper- ■ work then it was off to the can­ teen for breakfast, after which I started the first part of my training, collecting all my gear then learning how to get into it and making sure everything was fitted correctly. ~ When you’re falling at 120 mph and the parachute opens,


all the straps pull tight. Those between your legs need to be fitted correctly otherwise you will end in tears! My allot ted 't im e was


lioohrs so we sat around chat­ ting with other people and drinking endless cup of tea. I " couldn’t wait to go aloft. Eventually my name was


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we were in the first stick to drop. As we flew higher and; higher I looked down at the clouds nearing the jump-off, Dave - a sergeant in the Par-


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autumn fair The Rotary Club of Rib- blesdale is holding an Au­ tumn Fair with numerous attractions, on Saturday, October 25 th, from 10 am t04pm.


ThevenueisWestBrad- ford Village Hall and attractions include a tom­ bola, face-painting, magic and music. There will be a story telling session and a Remembrance Revela­


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Thumbs upfrom Martin James as he plummets from thesky.


achute Regiment and part of the Red Devils team - said: “Are you nervous Martin?” With a grin a mile wide I


said: “No way. I can’t wait to go.”


My partner told me later


that he had never see anyone socool.


Once we got to the required


height, the door was opened then we shuffled forward un­ til my legs were outside the plane. The green “go” light come


on then within seconds I was falling, spreading my arms like a pair of eagle’s wings and


putting my thumbs up for the camera.. As we fell, I made out I was


swimminganddoing other sil­ ly things. It was so exhilarating Ididn’twantittoend. . Suddenly there was a big whoosh as the parachute


opened then I watched my cameraman continue earth­ wards like a stone. I was then instructed how


to work the toggles to bring us down on the target zone. We landed without a bump;


what I would call a very soft landing. It was one of thebest things


I have done and I am now seri­ ously thinking of doing the full course and going on my own. After all the excitement I


waited around for about 30 minutes to collect a DVD and some still pics before head­ ing off to Llanthomas Fishery near Hay on Wye.- The link for readers


who would like to make a donation to ABF The Sol­ diers’ Charity is https://se- cure.soldierscharity.org/ registrant/FundraisingPage. aspx?registrationlD=4644i7


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Ribble Valley residents are be­ ing warned about a company offering to get their council


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enues and benefits, Mark Edmondson, said: “People believe the company might be working on behalf of the council, or the Valuation Of­ fice Agency, but this is not so.


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Quad bikes and harvester used for wedding A bride who wanted a different


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form of transport for her wed- ding arrived in an agricultural vehicle with her groom and his best man on quad bikes.


The bride, Miss Victoria Eliza­ beth Howard, is the daughter


ofMrandMrsBarry and Jack­ ie Howard, of Slaidburn. Mr Howard works as an agricul­ tural contractor and Victoria, a nursery nurse at Moorland Nursery in Clitheroe, trav­ elled to St Andrew’s Church at Slaidburn with her father in a forage harvester. Her bridegroom, Mr John


Riley Chew, is the son of Mr and Mrs William and Wendy Chew, of Clitheroe. He works as a motorbike mechanic at the Rocket Centre at Black­ burn, and races quad bikes all over the country. He travelled tochurchonamotocrossbike with his best man, Kieren As- pin, on an Enduro race bike. The bride wore an ivory


satin gown with a pleated bodice with a full ball gown- type skirt with a diamante trim. She carried a hand-tied bouquet of green and ivory roses with diamante detail. Her bridesmaids were Nancy Hodgson, chief bridesmaid, and her sisters Nicola Mead


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Jack Waddington. Theservice was conducted


by the Rev. George Darby and a reception waslater held at the Stirk House Hotel at Gisburn. The couple, who enjoyed


Mead, Matthew Waddington and Murray Walker, while pageboys were Sebastian


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