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Rotary Club of Ribblesdale appeal to local folk to help Vision Aid


If you're one of those who breathe a sigh of relief when youfindyourspectaclesso that everything becomes clearagain.thinkagainfor those many people who can neverseethelight.


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Tenpercentoftheworld’s pop­ ulation (670 million) are visually impaired because they cannot get the glasses they need. It is believed 153 million (23%) of the total number visually impaired cannot see properly because they are short or long sighted, easily treated with a pair of pre­ scription specs. Thirteen mil­ lion of these are children. They risk missing out on


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, education because they can’t see well enough to learn, but the high cost of glasses is be­ yond the average citizen in third world countries. The Rotary Club of Rib­


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blesdale has teamed up with Spex Opticians in New Mar-' ket Street, Clitheroe, by pro­ viding a receptacle suitable for receiving your unwanted. specs. Every time it is filled the specs will be sent to Vision Aid Overseas headquarters down in Crawley, West Sussex. A spokesman for Rotary


Club of Ribblesdale said: “0.7% of the world’s population (45 million) who need glasses are of working age, but are unable to work because they cannot see well enough, so they have really tiny incomes. Economies also suffer be­


cause of productivity loss based on the person’s unem­ ployment and the assumed unemployment of their car­ er. The cost of providing an eye


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A thanksgiving service for the life of retired hospital admin­ istrator, sportsman, youth worker and prominent Meth­ odist Mr Michael Britcliffe has been held in Clitheroe. Mr Britcliffe, of Chatburn


Road, Clitheroe, died aged 73 at Abbeyfield Care Home, Low Moor, where he had been resident for about nine months. Born in Barrow and edu­


cated at the village school and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Mr Britcliffe went to work at Brockhall Hospital aged 17 as an administrator, beginning a 42-year career in the National Health Service. He also worked at Calder-


stones, and in his 20s he was appointed as administrative officer at Clitheroe Hospital. From there, he moved on


to senior posts in purchas­ ing and supplies at Roch­ dale, Rossendale, Lancaster and Burnley, from where he retired as supplies manager. Involved in youth work


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since his 20s, Mr Britcliffe startedayouthgroupatWhal- ley Methodist Church and was also a leaderatPadiham Youth Centre andTrinity Youth Club at Clitheroe. He and his wife, Chris­


Kevin Horkin, owner ofSpex Opticians, the President ofthe Rotary Club of Ribblesdale Richard Schofield, thelntei^ national Committee Chairmanof Ribblesdale ClubMargaretSmitlitogetherwith her neighbour’s granddaughter Shannon Wilson, agedsevenwhoalsoverygerierouslywanted to contribute her out of prescription spectacles, (s)


testandprescribingglasses is founded in 1985. Apart from access to services they also a quarterof the burden ofpro- training eye care workers in give recycled spectacles. We ductivityloss.


their partner countries to ere- , can help in the Ribble Valley Vision Aid Overseas was ' ate sustainable solutions and by donating our old glasses.”


tine, were married at Trinity, where he was a church stew­ ard. Hewasalsoacircuitstew- ard and a leading member of the Trinity theatre group, directing plays and panto­ mimes. A keen cricketer, Mr Brit­ cliffe had captained the Black-


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• burn Hospitals team in the I 1970s, played the i97g/8osea- son with Clitheroe CC second XI and became an active mem­ ber of Ribblesdale Wanderers CC, captaining the second and third elevens and founding the youth section with teams for under-ns, under-i3sand | under-iss. He had also been club I


chairmanandvice-chairman. After his retirement, Mr


Britcliffe joined the Trinity I Ramblers walking group and I was a regular member until | his health started to fail. Following interment at I


West Bradford Methodist | Church, a thanksgiving serv­ ice was held at St James’s | Church, Clitheroe, Mr Britcliffe leaves his I


wife, son Ian, daughter Clare, [ brother Colin and two grand-1 children. The family have request­


ed donations in his memory I for the Trinity Development | Fund or Alzheimer’s Re­ search, c/o Mr Alan Daniels, | 60 Sal thill Road.


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