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Memorial service will be culmination of young people's project into Bowland plane crashes Australia, New Zealand and


by Eric Beard sworth eric.heardsworth@ipress.co.uk Twittec@clithadvertiser


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A memorial to commemorate servicemen who died in air crashes in the Forest of Bowland in the1940s will be unveiled thisSaturday (September19th).


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This is the final stage of a project begun in 2012 by th e . Clitheroe Youth Forum, and funded by the Heritage Na­


tional Lottery. Atotalof25mendiedinthe


crashes on Bowland's hills and moors while on active service during'World War 2 and the


Berlin Airlift. Ofthe casualties,five were


from UK; .13 from USA; four from Poland; and one each from Australia, Canada and New Zealand. There are 15 crash sites in


all, and since many of them are protected and inaccessi­ ble, it was decided to place a memorial to all the casualties at a location within the Forest of Bowland that is open to the


public. The site at at Langden


Brook,'Dunsop Bridge, was chosen because it is a popu­ lar location and is symbolic of the area in which the crashes


occurred. ' The ceremony, which will


take place at 1pm at Sykes


Green, Langden Brook, will be an Act of Remembrance officiated by The Venerable • Michael Everitt, Archdeacon ofLancaster. He will be assisted by Mgr


John Corcoran of St Hubert’s RC Church in Dunsop Bridge' and by Fr Robert Pytel, who


will represent the Polish com­ munity. Local dignitaries will include Peter Robinson, Dep­ uty Lieutenant of Lancashire;


Nigel Evans MP; Coun. Bridg­ et Hilton, Mayor of the Ribble Valley; and Clive Grunshaw, Lancashire Police and Crime


Commissioner. Military representatives


from all six nations and an honour guard will also be


present. The ceremony will also be


attended by family members who are travelling in from


the USA. The memorial to the casu­


alties will be in the form of a boulder bearing their names, and in two Books of Remem­ brance - one handwritten, and one in Braille. '. The boulder comes from


Kemple Quarry and the en­ graving has been done by . Thomas Rock Stonemasons


of Clitheroe. ThetraditionalBookofRe-


membrance has been created by local calligrapher Norman


Kelly, and the Braille version by Chris Tattersall of Ribble


Valley Braille. The Clitheroe Youth Forum/


undertook the project in 2012 under the leadership of Mel


Diack.MBE. Havingidentifiedthecrash


sites and the names and na­ tionalities of the casualties, they commissioned six me­ morial stones to be placed at or near the sites. Commemorative ceremo­


nies were held at each stone between April 2014 and June


2015. •These were officiated by lo-


cal clergy, namely the Revds Andy Froud, George Darby, Stephen Cooper and Canon Norman Atty, and were at­ tended by local residents and military representatives. Mel Diack said: “The cere­


mony at Langden Brook is the culmination of the Project. “It will be an opportunity for all the various groups and


individuals who have been in­ volved over the lifetime of the project to celebrate its suc­


cess. “This is especially impor­ tant to the Youth Forum who


have spent much time and ef­ fort in ensuring that these cas­ ualties of a conflict that took place 70 years ago are not for­ gotten.”


Due to the limited space


available attendance at the ceremony is by invitation on­ ly - but the site will freely be open to visitors afterwards. The activities of the Fo­


rum are well documented in their website managed by Benjamin Steven: www.rvre- membrance.info/index.php/ crashes-of-bowland2


Membersof Clitheroe Youth Forum carry theairmen’snationalflagsat an earlierceremony. Tibet tradition in Whalley


Tibetan monks are set to en­ chant audiences in Whalley next month with a display of their unique work. Monks from the Tashi


Lhunpo Monastery in Tibet will be at Whalley Library on Monday, September 28th, where they will hold tradi­ tional sand mandala work­ shops at 10am and 2pm. Sand


mandalas are scared Tibetan Buddhist works of art, pains­ takingly created one grain of sand at a time. The library will need to


be consecrated by the monks with sacred chants and music prior to beginning their work. The monks are being


brought to Whalley bySpotOn Lancashire which takes pro­


fessional shows to a variety of venues. Scheme manager Sue Robinson said: “This is a truly once in a lifetime opportuni­ ty to witness this incredible culture without leaving Lan­ cashire.” For more information ring


03001236703 or email whal- ley.library@lancashire.gov.


u k . FRIDAY 25th : SEPTEMBER 7:00 pm


Programme will include music by Monteverdi, ' Pergolesi, Schubert and Holst.


Free admission (retiring collection)


St Peter’s Church, Stonyhurst, near Clitheroe ; 01254 826345 www.stonyhurst.ac.uk


Please come and join us for our WQW C Open Evening and Open Day Open Evening: Thursday, 24th September - 6.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. • Open Day: Friday, 25th September - 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. NICKLIN-HOW ARD


St Diinstan’s Church, May- field, East Sussex, was the settingfortheweddingofMiss Kate Louise Howard and Mr Joshua James Nicklin. The bride, who is the only


daughterofGrahamand Mar­ garet Howard of Langho, is a sponsorship executive man­ ager for Carat Media, based in London. Her bridegroom, the only son ofDavid and Mau­ reen Nicklin of Mayfield, East Sussex, is head of business de­ velopment at London based company Masabi. Given away by her father,


the bride wore an ivory tulle trumpet gown with a basket woven strapless bodice and ruffle skirt and train, which was accessorised with a dia­ mante encrusted belt. She carried a bouquet of pink and


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: STONY I HIRST A concert by the choristers of WESTMINSTER.


CATHEDRAL CHOIR Directed by Martin Baker •


white peonies and roses. Bridesmaids were the


bride’s school friend Miss So­ phie Thompson, Mrs Carly Gooch, MrsRachellePepeand Miss Gemma Goodall, who all wore blush pink chiffon dresses and carried bouquets of white hydrangeas. Best man was the groom’s school friend Mr Max Pepe


and ushers were Mr Sam Hig-' ginson, Mr Nick Mulley and Mr James Gooch., . A wedding breakfast, fol­


lowed by an evening reception was held at the Hotel Du Vin in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The couple honeymooned in Malaysia, Lombok and Bali. They will continue to live in Islington, North London


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