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The final stages of Ribble Val­ ley Mayor Michael Ranson’s ambitious borough boundary walk take place soon. Coun. Ranson has revived


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an ancient custom by walking the borough 85 -mile bound­ ary to raise cash for his chosen charities, Home-Start Ribble Valley and Crossroads Care Ribble Valley. He has been “beating the bounds’ in four to six-mile sections through­ out his mayoral year. The penultimate walk,


from York village to Spring Wood, takes place on Wednes­


Mayor’s final walks Ex-RAF mail Kdl FGCeiveS ‘Suez’ medal after 64 years


day April 29th, and the grand finale, from Spring Wood to Read, on Wednesday May 13th. The last walk will be followed by a celebratory supper in the Stork Hotel, Read. Residents are invited to


join the walks and a reason­ able level o f fitness and mo­ bility is required to take part, although the April 29 walk is accessible to mobility scoot­ ers, pushchairs and wheel­ chairs. All walks start at 5 pm and further details, includ­ ing start points, are available at ribblevalley.gov.uk.


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The wait is over foraSi- monstoneveteran of the Suez Crisis who will finally receive his campaign medal forserv- ice-overdue by almost 64 years.


Kenneth ‘Bud’ Abbott (84), who served in the Royal Air Force from 1949 to 1954, was shipped out on the MC Dev­ onshire to Port Said in Egypt, in 1951, and posted to RAF Shallufah as an armament fitter during the Suez Canal Crisis. Father-of-tvvo Ken would


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have been eligible for the General Service Medal (Suez Canal Zone) after six months, but he was unaware he was entitled to one and didn’t ev­ er receive a medal. When he was demobbed


in 1955, he joined Lancashire Fire Brigade, in Preston, and was stationed at several fire stations during his service - his last station being Nelson, where he spent 26 years as a firefighter and was also the recipient of the Fire Brigade Long Service Medal. It wasn’t until Ken met Ben Robinson, one of.the


three founder members of Burnley and Pendle Ex-Serv­ ices Club, based in Burnley, and he discovered he should have been awarded a medal in 1951/52 - some 64 years ago. Ben said: "After having a


conversation with Ken, I dis­ covered he had served for about two-and-a-half years in Egypt, but didn’t receive


an award. I knew there was a campaign medal for this con­ flict and 1 decided to apply for his medal on his behalf. “We were delighted when


he heard it was agreed by the Ministry of Defence and Ken was entitled to it.” Next Monday (April 27th),


Ken will be presented with his long-awaited medal at


d \ / ' e- 'T ” ■/ Seven-year-old MatthewTaylor completing his bike charity challenge, (s)


Left, RAF veteran Ken ‘Bud’ Abbott, o f Simonstone, and (above) on duty with the RAF during the Suez Crisis.


Burnley Town Hall by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanca­ shire, Lord Shuttleworth. Also present will be Burnley Mayor and his mayoress, members of the Burnley and Pendle Ex-Services Club, Ken’s family and friends, pu­ pils from Hameldon Com­ munity College and the Cadet Forces. •


Guilty plea to another assault on wife


A 40-year-old Langho man assaulted his wife during a Sunday afternoon drinking session. Blackburn magistrates


heard thatStevenDennis Hill was so angry' h e was red in th e


face and the veins in his neck were sticking out.


And his wife was so scared


that at one stage she consid- eredjumpingout of the bath­ room window to escape. Hill, of Petre Wood Cres­


cent, Langho, pleaded guilty to assaulting Michelle Hill. He was remanded on bail un­ til April2gthfortheprepara-


tion of a pre-sentence report. Mrs Enza Geldard (pros­


ecuting) said at some stage during the afternoon, Hill had locked himself in a bed­ room. He was angry when his


wife demanded to know what was going on and came out


and punched her twice. Mr Richard Prew (defend­


ing) saidtherehadbeenacon- victions for assault against the same victim in the pasti2 months and it was accepted the magistrates would need a pre-sentence report before sentencing.


A kind-hearted Clitheroe boy thought about others before himself and ended up raising a lot of money for a good local cause. Seven-year-old Matthew


Taylor completed a cycle ride from Trinity Methodist Church to Chatburn Method­ ist Church raising £240 for Ribble Valley Foodbank. Matthew, who attends


Pendle Primary School, com­ pleted the5.2-milesponsored cycle ride and according to his father, Gavin, he loves nothing more than whizzing around


the forest trails in Gisburri Forest. His other hobbies include


gymnastics, football, swim­ ming and playing lego. Gavin added: “Matthew didn’t want to give up chocolate for lent, so we suggested he could do something to help people in­ stead. He knows about the Foodbank as we often put something in at collection points and he doesn’t like the idea of being hungry. We’re really proud of Matthew, we never thought he would raise so much money.


“When Matthew took the


money along to the Foodbank he met someone he knows going to collect a food parcel, the whole thing has made him think about how lucky he is and how hard the position of others can be.” Ribble Valley Foodbank


manager Ruth Haldane said: “Thanks go to Matthew for fund-raising for Ribble Val­ ley Foodbank he raised a bril­ liant amount of money, and it is a great achievement! This will help people in crisis need across the Ribble Valley.


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Matthew keeps wheels of fund-raising turning


Business gets a spruce up


An application to replace an existing building used for tyre changing and valetingin Clitheroe has been submit­ ted to planning chiefs. The proposed new build­


ing is to replace an existing dilapidated structure at Al­ bion Court, Waterloo Road, Clitheroe. It will be used for general vehicle washing, valeting and tyre fitting, with


ancillary areas for welfare storage and public access. The plans have been sub­


mitted by Mr M. Pozzi and will be discussed by mem­ bers of Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council’s planning and development committee at a future meeting. • Also in the latest plan­


ning applications, there i s . a proposal to demolish the


commercial property, Har­ greaves and Coates Ltd, on Back St Paul’s Street in Clit­ heroe. Once cleared, the plan is


to use the site for the creation of she new dwellings with as­ sociated car parking. The application is for out­


line planning permission, which means for permission in principle.


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