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Alan Hemsworth gave an in­ teresting talk, “Unsung He- ro e so f the Second World War”, at the Ribble Valley Fam­ ily History Society meeting. Alan is a member of “Old


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Men’s Forum” and was asked to talk about war memories, which led him on to thinking about conversations he had had with war veterans. Jack, a relative of Alan’s


wife, enlisted in 1942 and in 1944 was attached to the Aus­ tralian Air Group. They were on a bombing


mission when the crewhad to bale out, but Jack’s parachute didn’t open properly and he landed in a tree where he had to spend the night, before be­


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ing rescued by a Frenchman. They then had to run from the Germans and the Frenchman was unfortunately killed - Jack was shot in the head, but was taken to hospital. He sur­ vived an operation and spent a month recovering, but his memory and speech were af­ fected. He had no identity/ tag, but Americans eventual­ ly helped him get back to Eng­ land. In 1970, he met up with the nurse who helped him recover and she told his wife whathadhappenedduringhis captivity. While visiting Ipswich,


Alan visited a bookshop and got talking to the owner, a colonel who had been in the


Coldstream Guards during the. war and had had his arm am­ putated after a shell exploded inabuildinghewasusing.The Colonel has written a book en­ titled “To Fight another Day ”. The group were told many


otherstoriesofunsungheroes who had kept their memories to themselves until speaking to Alan. • ’ Please note that there is no


January meeting - the next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, when Sue Holden’s talk will be entitled “Bowland Scrapbook”. Visitors are always wel­


come at the meetings, held in Clitheroe Cricket Club, Chat- burn Road at 7-30 pm.


Festive bin collection dates Leon and NataliaTyldesley w ith ‘Elsa’ from ‘Frozen’ at Clitheroe Christmas Festival. Photos: Martin Bostock V%r~? Children FromSt James CEPrimary Schoolsingingcarols


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extreme weather


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Torrential downpours may have forced the cancellation of one festive fair at the weekend.


But the weather failed to turn Clitheroe Christmas Festival into a total washout, accord­ ing to its organisers. Ribble Valley Christmas


Fair, which started on Friday at Hawkshaw Farm, Clayton- le-Dale, and was due to run on Saturday and Sunday, had to be postponed because of the extreme weather. Informing people online, a


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spokesman said: “With abso­ lute regret, due to the extreme 1 weather we are all dealing with in Lancashire, we have decid­ ed to cancel our event for the remainder of the weekend. “All tickets for today (Sat­


urday) and Sunday will be refunded once we can get eve­ ryone off site safely. “Thanks to all those who


have supported us through­ out, it’s the toughest call, but safety is everything.” In contrast, members of . Clitheroe Chamber of Trade


/and Commerce, the organis­ ers of Clitheroe Christmas


. Festival, decided to go ahead with their event, but with


Elf-service from Jenni Schumann, Sarah Burke and Nicola Price


/‘some amendments. ■ - Daniel Williams, president ...' ofClitheroeChamberofTrade and Commerce, said “The


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weather was awful, but we rearranged a few things and battled on and the day does go down as a success. “Everyone who braved the


weather enjoyed the event and the idea was to bring people into town shopping and if ev­ er there was a day we needed that, it was this Saturday! ” He added: “I’d like to thank


the whole team for all their ef­ forts and everyone who came


to support us on the day.” Attractions included a visit


from Father Christmas, who arrived by train from Black­


burn, and Olaf, the much­ loved snowman character from the hit Disney film “Fro­


zen” alsovisitingthetownand posing for photos. Entertainment from sing-


ers Grace Davies, Arthur Geldardplus Xanthe and James and Clitheroe Ukelele Band still went ahead at the Rose and Crown pub, Castle Street; which also served a hog roast, mulled wine and mince pies. Children could also vis­


it Santa in his grotto at The Atrium Cafe, Clitheroe Cas­ tle, with Britain’s Got Talent star Ella Shaw singing Santa


a seasonal farewell at the end of the day.


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still led his annual Walking Nativity from Clitheroe Par­ ish Church to the crib'at the castle gates.


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cision to go ahead with the Walking Nativity, Mr Froud said: “We thoughtdong and


hard about cancelling the Walking Nativity due to the dreadful weather. The alter­ native would have been to reenact the story of Noah-. As it happened, an amazing number of families appeared sol’mgladwekepttoplan. “I’d like to thank the team from the Clitheroe Chamber


ofTrade for all their hard work and for keeping the faith I" There was also carol sing­


ing throughout the day by pupils from local primary schools including St James’s CE Primary School in Clithe­ roe and St Mary’s RC Primary


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Residents in Ribble Valley are advised of changes to re­ cycling and refuse collection over the festive period. The changes are: sched­


uled collection date (re­ arranged date) - Monday, December 21st (19th), Tuesday 22nd (21st), Wednesday 23rd (22nd), Thursday 24th (23rd), Friday 25th (24th), Friday, Jan- uaryistfcnd).


There will be no refuse col­


lections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Waste paper and card­ board will also be collected on the rearranged refuse col­ lection dates and residents are reminded to recycle their Christmas waste. Christmas trees should be


chopped up and placed inside green bins, or for households


not on the green wheeled bin service, tied up and left with burgundy bins or lilac sacks on green waste collection week. They can also be taken to the household waste recy­ cling centres like the one in Henthorn, Clitheroe. More details from refuse


collection calendars, by visit­ ing www.ribblevalley.gov.uk or calling 01200 425111.


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