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There will be sunny Intervals which will develop throughout today (Thursday), but It will be cloudier tomorrow (Friday) with occasional outbreaks of rain. On Saturday the forecast looks dry, but it


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At the age of 75 most folk are ready to put their feet up, but not Margaret Blatch- ford, who celebrated her milestone birthday by swimming a mile to raise funds for the Ribble Valley. Macmillan Cancer Support group. Thanks to generous family and friends a delighted Margaret raised more


than £1,500 by completing the 64 lengths of Ribblesdale Pool, in Clitheroe, and has now handed the money over to her friends in the local fundraising group. SEE INSIDE PAG 16


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Rail supporters have welcomed news that the Clitheroe to Bolton railway line has been recommended for electrification. It is one of 12 lines in the North listed for priority by the Electrification


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S la id burn woman Sue Schofield (50) isjoining nov­ elist and TV presenter Fern Britton for her latest cycling challenge, helping raise funds for Genesis Research Trust’s research into the prevention of miscarriage in pregnancy. Fern (57) will cycle 57


miles a day from John- O’Groats to Land’s End from May 1st to 21st, with Suejoin- ing her for three days. The TV star is hoping to raise at least £57,000 to fund research in­ to the prevention of miscar-. riage in pregnancy. More than 70 men and


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Home was Nellie’s ‘heaven on earth’


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Tributes have been paid to a Ribble Valley grandmother .who died after a recent fire at her home in Barrow.


A funeral was held on Friday for Mrs Nellie Shaw (84) who was killed when a ferocious fire tore through her large detached house, in Whalley Road, earlier this month. Since the tragedy, tributes


have been pouring in from family, friends and local resi­ dents who remember Nellie as a “kind” and “well-liked” person. Born in Lees, Oldham, on


June 4th 1930 to Albert and Margaret Ann Fletcher, Nel­ lie was the youngest of four siblings and sister to the late Arthur, Walter and Jack. In common with many of


her era, Nellie left school at 14 to begin work at a local cot­


ton mill as a winder and then


a weaver. ' Aged 17, Nellie met Philip


Shaw at Billington Dance Hall and after courting for five years, they were married and set up home in a little cottage at Grasscroft, near Oldham. Both Philip and Nellie be­


lieved in working hard and saving hard. For years they lived off Philip’s wage whilst saving Nellie’s. Nellie’s eldest brother


Arthur was living in Rish- ton at the time, and through him they heard of a business that was for sale. Hopping on their Triumph 50OCC mo­ torbike, they headed off and bought themselves a fish and chip shop. ■ With Philip in charge of


the frying and Nellie in charge of the customers, Shaw’s Fish and Chips or “Nellie’s” as it became known, at 90 High Street, Rishton, went from strength to strength. People regularly queued down the street for their chips with children often eryoying “free scraps” from the kind couple. Together they ran the


shop for 34 years living on the premises and bringing up their three children, David, Peter and Jo-Anne. In 1981 Nellie and Philip’s


dream came true when, after. many years aspiring to live in the Ribble Valley, family days out were always to the area, they bought Barrow Garden ’ Farm; Nellie’s “heaven on earth”. Son Peter was doing his greenkeeper apprentice­ ship at Clitheroe Golf Club


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A Clitheroe man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates after more than 87,000 pornographic images and movie clips of children were recovered from a computer, an iPhone and


storage discs. Graham Charles McCally (55)> of Green Drive, wassent on bail to Preston Crown Court on 11 charges of making indecent photographs and movie clips of children and six of possessing still and moving images. The charges cover images at all three levels of seriousness. He will appear before the Crown Court on April 7th.


Don’t be late for poll Refreshments at candidates’meeting refurbished hall


A meeting for prospective candidates in Ribble Valley’s Parliamentary, borough and parish council elections, at the Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council Chamber in Church Street, Clitheroe, is on Wednesday, March 25th at 5-3opm and not 5.50 pm as previously announced. -


Anewlyrefurbishedvillage hall is open for refresh­ ments every Sunday from Easter until theendofAugust. Dunsop Bridge Village Hall will be open from 11 am until 4 pm. Donations of any un­ wanted books, DVDs or CDs for the book stall would be greatlyreceived.


Sale of Twinbrook site for ‘around £1M’ is confirmed


Commercial property consultants and chartered surveyours Trevor Dawson and Co. have confirmed the sale of a 6.8 acre site on the edge of Clitheroe which had a reported asking price in the region of £1 million. A spokesman for the com­ pany said that the former Twinbrook Golf Driving Range and adjoining land on the Salthill Industrial Estate hadbeensold to Clitheroe-based company James Alpe Ltd. The spokesman commented thatthis was “arare opportunity to acquire a reasonable-sized site in a good location”. As reported in last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser, James Alpe Ltd has applied for planning permission to build 21 industrial units and parking areas on the site.


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MrsNellieShaw.whofoundher’own piece of heaven'when sheand her husband moved to the Ribble Valley


and had seen that the farm had come up for sale. Nellie loved the country­


side, nature, birds and ani­ mals and the added bonus was they inherited their very own donkey-Kelly. Here Nellie kept chickens


and sold the eggs at the farm gate and in the shop. She fed the birds religiously and kept fit walking her beloved Ger­ man Shepherd dogsRhanaiand Rhana2. Part of the


not” was one of her many say­ ings or “Nellieisms” as her family like to call them. Rare­ ly did anyone visit her home and leave empty handed after being told to “take what you want” whether it be clothes or apples from the orchard. Nellie and Philip did eve­


a‘Nellie could chat


success of the business was un d oub ted ly due to Nellie’s warm, welcom­ ing and friendly personality. She always greeted people with a smile and insisted her chil­ dren did likewise. Nellie could chat away to


anyone and drew customers from far and wide. She even had the Great Harwood Male Voice Choir serenading her whilst they waited for their


' supper. Generosity was another


of Nellie’s qualities. A great hoarderwhoneverthrewan-


ything away. “Waste not want


way to anyone and f drew customers


rom far and wide. Sheevenhadthe Great Harwood mate voice choir w serenading her


f hilethey waited ortheirsupper'


rything together. Married for 63 years almost, their wed­ ding anniversary would have been on Sunday Marchisth.they worked togeth­ er and played together with golf being one of their shared interests. Mem­ be rs at both Rishton and Clitheroe golf clubs, Nellie was . very proud of the


many trophies they had won and that she had got a “hole in


one” at Rishton. The couple followed their


children to wherever they were living. Their first trip abroad was to Portugal to see David which they loved. When he later moved to Aus­ tria they also visited him there. They also went to see their son Peter in Germany. Visiting daughter Jo-Annein


California they travelled the Pacific Coast Highway. However, at heart Nel­


lie was a homebody and was quite content to stay at home in her own piece of heaven. Visitors were always made welcome and treated to a cup ofteaandoneofherhome made ginger biscuits or slic­ es of apple pie, which turned out different every time as she never followed a recipe. Nellie loved her family


dearly and she was immense­ ly proud of her children and grandchildren. Agrandmoth- er-of-seven to Lauren, Justin, Jason, Olivia, Nicholas, Mo­ ritz and Malwin, she was al­ ways asking about them and her house was adorned with their photographs. Nellie ery oyed the simple


things in life and loved noth­ ing more than sitting in her summerhouse, looking at all God's creatures and enjoying the sunsets. Nellie’s husband, Philip,


who nianaged’to escape the blaze, is recovering with fam­ ily after being treated in hos­ pital for smoke inhalation. An inquest into Nellie’s death has been opened and adjourned untilApril23rd. .


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