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Tributes to Colin, a ‘football legend’


Tributes came flooding in ... at Clitheroe Football Club thisweekforColin Wilson,a Shawbridge legend in his own lifetime, who died last Friday, aged 72.


Former club secretary with four decades’ service dies at 72 .J ~ - - V .v r f ^ 1 ^ -7 A


Players stood in a minute’s silence for the former club


.. secretary before their home game last Saturday, and peo-


' pie at all levels of the game - officials, players, fans and


■ representatives of other clubs and leagues - praised the .. man.with “an encyclopaedic


. knowledge” of the game, dedi­ cated to fair play. - . Manytributesandmessag-


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es of condolence were posted on the club’s website and on Twitter. -v. Mr Wilson, of Moss Street, Clitheroe, stood down as sec­ retary last October through ill health, and died in hospital at Blackburn after being admit­ ted with a chest infection. During more than four


decades with Clitheroe, most­ ly as secretary, he served un­ der a number of chairmen including Cyril Whiteside, Steve Rush, Charles Mur­ phy and most recently Anne Barker.


- Steve Rush praised Mr


Wilson’s, “invaluable help” and added: “He knew foot­ ball rules inside out, and his outstanding knowledge of all things football was invalu­ able during one of the club’s finest hours, the FA Vase Final at Wembley. “He will also be remem-


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beredforhisunstintingdevo- - tion during the club’s darker hours. “Colin is a Clitheroe legend


and has been instrumental in n helping build the club into the success it is today. Football will be a sadder place with- outhim.”


.: . Anne Barker said: “Colin’s


life revolved around football and Clitheroe F.C. He was a private man, but hundreds of people knew him and I don’t think he realised how many liveshetouchedthroughfoot- ball. Even whenhis health was


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STAN’s the van to set you on the right road Council’s mobile mine of information will showcase health and homelessness over coming weeks


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Health and homelessness will be showcased on STAN


: theVan.whichwillbeoutand about in Ribble Valley over the coming weeks.


STAN, whichstandsfor Servic­ es To A Neighbourhood, is the popular travelling customer services vehicle that trundles around Ribble Valley’s leafy lanes offering a host of help on everything from benefits advice and bus passes to boiler replacement and business rates. Operated as ajoint venture


between Ribble Valley, Pendle and Rosseridale borough councils plus Help Direct, STAN provides residents with information on more than 800 public services and 2,000 community organisations. And it will showcase the


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to tropics A teenage couple who fled Stonyhurst College at dead of night are being sought in the Dominican Republic holiday paradise. The 16-year-old sixth-


failing, he carried on bravely.” . .Former Clitheroe man­


Colin Wilson, pictured at Shawbridge in 2009, when he marked 40 years as the club secretary. A141209/3k at all costs’ mentality.


ager and ex-chairman Dav­ id Burgess, who is now chief executive of Lancashire F.A., said: “Colin would strike peo­ ple as quiet, keeping things close to his chest, but when you got to know him he had a wicked sense of humour. “I’ve had messages from d u b s all over Lancashire,


askingme to pass condolenc­ es onto Clitheroe. He was very highly thought of.” Mr Wilson had a reputa­


tion for wanting to see the game played fairly and well, and had no time for the ‘win


, He was a last link to the club’s Lancashire Combina­ tion days in the seventies, through the eighties when Eric Whalley’s side.carried all before it, through to the F.A.Vase final at Wembley in 1996 and ultimately promo­ tion to the Northern Premier First Division in 2004. He was especially proud of the LanT


cashire FA medal he received to markhis years of service to the game.


Mr Wilson was a painter


and decorator with F.A. Allen before working for himself, and retired six years ago.


Daughter Tina Gough said:


“Our family is very grateful to the club for supporting our dad when his health was get­ ting worse, and letting him decide for himself when he should finish.” Mr Wilson, a widower,


held at Trinity Methodist ChurchonMondayati-3opm, -


leaves two other children,' John and Kierri, and two grandchildren. A funeral service will be


followedbyburialat Clitheroe Cemetery. Thefamilyhassaid


any donations in his memory can be made to Clitheroe F.C. - to promote the club.


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form boarders at the his­ toric Jesuitcollege-named unofficially as Edward and Indira - were seen board­ ing a plane at Manchester Airport at about 3 am on Monday after sneaking away around midnight. The exclusive Jesuit col­ lege, where boarders’ fees are more than £29,000 a year, alerted police the same day. >.. The pair are said to


have told friends they had booked tickets online and were going for a romantic break in the Ca ribbean. Lancashire police are


liaising with police in the republic bordering Haiti. In a statement, head­


master Mr Andrew John­ son said: “Two of our sixth formers left the College during the course of Mon­ day morning and we have been working closely with their families and with the


•policesince then. - “We understand from


the police that they may be overseas, and we are await­ ing more news. Our main concern is to be sure that they are safe and sound, and to reunite them with their families as soon as possible.”


issues of health and home­ lessness at various locations across the Ribble Valley from January 25th to February2nd.. Ribble Valley Borough


Council culture and leisure services manager Colin Win- terbottom said: “The sta ff on STAN are knowledgeable about public services and can put residents in touch with community and voluntary groups that can offer them help and support. “If residents


are facing specif­ ic issues, or just want to explore the comprehen­ sive information available on STAN, they are in­ vited to hop on board, where they willbeassuredofa warm welcome.” STAN is fully equipped with


a copier, printer and scan­ ner, and can access computer systems via satellite technolo­ gy. There are private interview


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rooms, shearing loop for those with hearing difficulties, and access for wheelchairs. STAN has been supporting


residents in the Ribble Valley for three years and feedback from people who have used the mobile service shows a satis­ faction rate of 98%. Dates and venues where


‘STAN has been . supporting residents


in the Ribble Valley for threeyearsand feedback shows a


98% satisfaction rate'


STAN will be appearing over the coming weeks include: J an u a ry 29th - Simonstone and Read; 30th - L o n g r id g e Civic Hall; 31st - Hurst Green and Ribchester; February 3rd - Whalley Arms


CarPark; 4th - Clitheroe Mar­ ket; 19th r- Mellor Spar; 20th - Longridge Civic Hall; 21st - Sabden; 24th - Whalley Arms Car Park; 25th-ClitheroeMar- ket. • For further details or to


book STAN for your village or event, phone 0303 3331m.


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Colin Winterbottom with STAN co-ordinator and driver Caroline Jarvis..


Family’s tribute to JK


A charity event at Clitheroe Cricket Club, attended by family and Mends of the late John Kenyon (known locally as JK), raised over £1,400 for the British Heart Found­ ation. The ’60s and ’70s themed fancy dress evening was organ­ ised by John’s wife, Loma ,and daughter Kaley.


N EW S IN B R IE F ‘Not guilty’plea to


begging charge A homeless man accused of begging in Whalley has been banned from the


- Ribble Valley village as a condition of bail., GavinWhalley (42), of no


fixed address, pleaded not .. guilty to begging on George Street, Whalley, when he . appeared before magis- , trates in Blackburn. He was remanded on ball pending his trial. -


Tickets sold out for


Jimmy Cricket gig A comedy night with Jimmy Cricket to raise . funds for Mary’s Meals children’s charity wiU be held at St Michael and St


' John’s Parish Hall, Clithe­ roe. Tickets for the Jimmy Cricket Laughter Show


: next Friday, January 24th, sold out quickly. The come­ dian’s son; Father Frankie Mulgrew, is the assistant priest at the church. .


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