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Village set for Pickwick fun


Husband and wife's passion for live music supports charity


by Julie Magee julie.magee@jpress.co.uk Twitter @clithadvertiser


A couple from Clitheroe with a love of rock’n'roll have used their passion for live music tohelpthelivesofhundreds ofpoor children in Eldoret, Kenya.


Over the past 18 months, John and Ann Marsden have organ­ ised four rock ’n’ roll nights at The Grand Venue, Clitheroe. All proceeds have gone to


support the Solomon Project, a charity initiative of The Grand, raising an incredible


_ totalof£i2,74ointheprocess. The Solomon Project helps


deliver a feeding programme in schools across the poverty- stricken Eldoret region. Free school meals encourage chil­ dren to attend school and gain an education. It costs just £17


peryeartoprovideachildwith one hot meal per day." Working together with


Mary’s Meals, The Solomon Project feeds between 5,000 and 6,000 chil­ dren every day. Mary’s Meals’ wider food pro­ grammes feed aroundhalfamil-


lion children per day.


Eldoret is recovering from


the effects of a devastating tribal conflict that left many children orphaned. Many


Annand John Marsden recoiveamementoofthahks from Rosemary Lancaster,atrustee of TheGrandand co-founderoftheSolomonProject


‘Manypeople


survive fromlhring on rubbish dumps: inanattemptto


overcomehunger'


meal at school has given chil­ dren more of an incentive to attend school and gain an edu­ cation, enabling a better future for themselves and their communi­


ties. All the cori:


certs organised by John and Ann


for the Solomon Project have featured the popular band Colin Paul and The Persuad-


• Providing a substantial next one in the spring. “When we learned of the


plight of the children support­ ed by the Solomon Project we wanted to do something and support in any way we could,” saidAnn.


“The first concert coincid­ something. It’s a lot of friends


people survive from living on ersj The most recent concert getting together and having rubbish dumps in an attempt t00'c P*ace earl*er this month .a dance and a good time, and to overcome hunger. •


andplansareafoottostagethe people have backed us 100% . in helping the charity.” .


ed with John’s 70th birthday and we did it as a one-off, but peopleenjoyeditsomuchthey asked when were we doing another one. “We realised we’d hit on ^...... ......... ..........„„


Ann also paid tribute to


the commitment of Colin Paul andthePersuaders. The band was formed in 1995 and has developed a strong following throughout the UK. “They are so popular and


everyonewantedtohearthem again.-The music creates a great atmosphere and lifts


peoples’spirits. They love per­


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The finishing touches are now being put to prepara­ tions for this year’s Whalley Pickwick Festival. The festive event, which


. is now in its 26th year, will .’ be held next Thursday, December 4th, and will be officially opened by histori-’


, j - an and ghost walker Simon. ‘ Entwistle.


J. • Joininghimattheofficial ; opening will be VIP guests


.an d dignitaries. In recent years, Pickwick


night has attracted approxi­ mately 5,000 visitors. ; And this year various ac:


tivities and entertainment are planned to attract more people than ever from far and wide.


. Attractions during the


evening extravaganza, which will last from 6 to 9 p.m, include entertainment by Clitheroe-based theatre company Ribcaged. There will be a wide range of stalls selling seasonal fare, includ­ ing hot food stalls, mulled wine,giftsandcharitystalls. Traders will be dressed in


Dickensian costumes, while the re-formed Whalley and


District Lions will be selling mulled wine.


And Santa is allowing some of his reindeer to come


to Whalley for the evening. The gold medal winning


Whalley In Bloom team, which is already raising funds for the 2015 competi-, tion, will be present.


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Other events being held


in conjunction with Pick­ wick Festival include “Stalls and Santa” at the Methodist Hall in King Street; the Val­ ley Voices Choirperforming at the Old Grammar School building; and bell ringing andrefreshmentsatthepar- ish church in Church Lane. Mr Neil Martin, chair­


man of Whalley Pickwick Festival, said: “Please come and support the event. The organisers who are a small group of local volunteers who run the event to kick start the Christmas celebra­ tions in the village. “Money raised by the


festival is given to local good causes. People who benefit­ ed from last year’s event are Inbetween Ears, the Whalley and Billington Royal British Legion, Whalley in Bloom, a local young resident Naomi Eastham, who is carryingout volunteer workin Sri Lanka, and many others.


Whalley in Bloom strikes gold - once again!


ItisgoIdstarsallthewayfortheWhal- ley in Bloom committee.


It also received a special award for the are truly delighted. Many thanks to eve-, best commercial effort. The prize was


The village scooped a gold medal for the presented to the committee by Chel-


ryone involved for all their hard work and to all the people who have been sup-


second time after being crowned a win- sea gold medal garden designer John porting our entry.” ner in the best small town category for Everiss,during a celebration evening. Whalleyhasnowbeennominatedfor the Northwest in Bloom competition. Aspokesmanforthegroupsaid:“We -


thenationalBritaininBloomfinals. '


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Donate food to help local people in need this Christmas time


Customers at the Tesco store in Clitheroe are be­ ing invited to donate food in store until this Saturday, No­ vember 29 th, as the retailer gears up to hold the biggest ever food collection in the UK and reach a target of col­ lecting 20 million meals for people in need by the end of


• this year.: ' This will be the fifth


Neighbourhood Food Collec­ tion run by.Tesco in partner­ ship with foodbank charity the Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity Fare- Share. To date, 15.3 million meals have been donated to help feed people in need. - Customers at the local


Tesco store will be given a special shopping list when they enter and will be asked to pick up an item of food, particularly items such as Christmas cake and pud­ ding, mince pies, ham, salmon, chocolate treats, tinned fruit and coffee be­ fore donating as they leave the store. ^ The food will then be given to the Ribble Val­


ley Foodbank before be­ ing handed out to people in times of crisis. Foodbankmanager Ruth


Haldane said: “Winter is the hardest time of year for peo­ ple living in poverty, and this Christmas is looking espe­ cially tough as many people on low incomes are already really struggling. “We’re delighted that Tes- ■


co is working with us to help stop local people going hun­ gry this Christmas and we hope that many people will donate a tin or two.” Daniel Beresford, store


manager at Clitheroe Tesco, said: “Our customers were incredibly generous when we held our last food collec­ tion in the summer, so we’re hoping to collect an even big­ ger total this time around. In the run up to Christmas wewanttodoourbittofeed' those in need and volunteers from Ribble Valley Foodbank are really looking forward to taking part in the collection.” Tesco will be topping up


the total donation by a fur­ ther 30%.


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The Clitheroe dvertiser and l imes rr\ ■ T h is is h o w y o u b u y .


ical staff to quickly determine the degree of illness of a pa­ tient, four being classed as a lowscore). O Concerns relating to the administration of medicines being wrongly recorded, with some entries recorded when it was impossible for Mr Pate- man to swallow oral niedica-


■ tion - the family also allege there is a record of him being administered medication at a time after he had died. Brian’s daughter Jeanette


Pateman-Shepherd said: “As far as we were concerned, he was in hospital to receive treat­ ment for a chest infection and we were preparing to take him home. We ran to tell the nurses after he suffered the first sei­ zure and were told that it was side effects from the nebuliser. It happened again around five times and each time, I went to, get help and was just told the same thing. It was awful as his eyes were rolling back and he was shaking and screaming and wejust felt helpless. “Afterwards, we realised ,


that none of the seizures we had seen had been document­ ed as we received a call from


the nurse on.duty that night, telling us to come to the hos­ pital quickly as he was having


. a seizure. I told her we’d wit­ nessed them happening all


. day, but there was nothing in my dad’s no tes to confirm this. “We were so angry be­


cause if we’d been listened to he could have been given an in­


jection after the first seizure andhewouldnothavesuffered so terribly.” . The hospital were also


criticised by the family for reaching a Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscita­ tion agreement with Mr Pate- man, without the presencqof anyfamilymemberandwhilst he was in a fragile and con­ fused state. Mrs Pateman-Shepherd continued: “We were told


' later that there was only one junior doctor on duty at the. t ime of Dad’s death and that his care would’ve been differ­ ent if it wasn’t ai weekend. We have also been told by the hos­ pital that the nurse who was responsible for Dad’s care was new to the hospital,’so she didn’t understand procedure.. They then dismissed the fact that no-one told us that Dad was dying as a lack of commu-


nication.” The family’s com- plaints have been investigated and they have received a for­ mal written response, signed by both the East Lancashire NHS Trust’s Interim Chief Ex­ ecutive and also by the Chief Medical Officer. In a statement issued to


The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times this week, Julie Mo- lyneaux, Deputy Chief Nurse at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “We again of­ fer our sincere condolences to Mrs Pateman-Shepherd for the loss of her father. “Mrs Pateman-Shepherd


made a formal complaint to the Trust, which was fully in­ vestigated and our findings were shared with her. “We apologised for the is­


sues that arose while her fa­ ther was a patient and we explained how improvements would be made as a result of her complaint. It is regrettable that Mrs Pateman-Shepherd has now felt it necessary to go to the media. ' “We would ask Mrs Pate­ man-Shepherd to get in touch with us if she has any further issuesshe would like us to look into arid we would be happy to arrange another meeting.”


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