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Aweeklylookatlocalissues,peopleandplaces
VALLEYMATTERS Members of the Fun Club with their chocolate bunnies donated by Carter Leisure
■ A weekly lookatlocal issues,people and places
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Fun Club hopping with joy at Easter bunny donations
The Fun Club young people would like to thank Vicky Carter and her members at Carter Leisure for their chocolate Easter Bunnies which were kindly been donated to Crossroads Care Ribfale Valley. The young people had a fabulous Saturday after noon having a go at Archery, playing badminton and football, with bulls eyes achieved and goals scored. They rounded their afternoon off in the sunshine each receiving their chocolate treats to take home and enjoy. The Fun Club is an activities club for young people with learning disabilities, who continue to live at home, to have a couple of hours of fun on a Saturday after noon with one-to-one Crossroads Carer Support Workers, whilst offering respite time for their full-time carers. If you would like to know more about the programme of activities and howto become a member, contact Farrah or Hilary on 01200 422104 or visit:
www.crossroadscareribblevalIey.co.uk
Blood on the mobile phone
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Fiesta, smashes into the side of their wrecked car. For a moment all is still,
then the injured driver looks at her friend in the front pas senger seat, apparently life less, with head lolled to one side, blood on her forehead and neck. She starts scream ing hysterically. By now, other cars have
stopped. Police, fire crews and ambulances arrive. Onlookers stand and watch, horrified and helpless. In the silver Mondeo, a
young dad is apparently dead in the driver’s seat. A baby is
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100 YEARS AGO Furiously deriding...
“A CHARGE OF ’furiously riding a bicycle to the dangerof the public’was preferred at Bolton- - by-Bowiand Petty Sessions on Monday, against ' a sixteen-year-old farm labourer employed at a
Newtonfarm.Thesuperintendentstatedtothe magistrates presiding that the police could have made a charge of causing grievous bodily harm and the defendantwould have then have to have been sent to the Assizes, but on account of his youth, they had preferred the lesser charge. The lad rode at a furious and reckless speed down Newton village and crashed into a woman causing rather severe injuries. He then behaved in a very callous manner, saying ‘She should have gotoutof the road*.
in the child seat with blue eyes wide open, not blinking, not moving. A boy in the back is asking the ambulancemen what’s wrong with daddy. Fire crews cut open the
wrecked Ka, and ambulance men put an oxygen mask on the girl driver, strap her to a backboard and carry her to an air ambulance. As her eyes close, the camera looks down on the scene of carnage. The video was made in 2011
to warn against using a mobile phone while driving - which as we all know is illegal - and I urge you to watch it. You’ll find it on
www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RViH_dpLEGY and it’s four minutes that could save your life and someone else’s. It should be made com
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS AGO
New motorway planned
“MANYPEOPLE,INCLUDINGfarmers,willbe affected by the announcementof another new
motorway for Lancashire. Linking the M6 at Preston with the M62 near Manchester, the road is down for
completion in the early1970s and will be 22 miles
long.The proposed route forthe 13-miles-long
northern section from Preston to Westhoughton
has been published this week asadraft scheme by the Transport Minister. I t passes to the east of Adlington and Chorley and traffic will leave and join at Preston, Chorley or Westhoughton. The cost of the first section is estimated at £7.5 million and it is hoped that work will start in 1967. The NFU is arranging a • meetingbetweenallaffectedfarmersandLCC.” ’
pulsory viewing for drivers of all ages, and I mention it now because according to police figures released last week, prosecutions for the offence have fallen by a quarter. That does not mean the
battle is being won, however, because it still causes one ac cident in four. Many offenders take the option of attending an awareness courseandarenot on the prosecution statistics. I’ll suggest an experiment.
Next time you’re driving, close your eyes for five seconds then open them again to see what
happens. You wouldn’t, would you?
That would be sheer madness. But it’s no different from tex ting at the wheel. Just don’t doit!
John Cowking, pictured duringaspecial concert to markhis40 years atthe helm o f Slaidburn Silver Band.
The historic and majestic surroundings of Lancaster Castle will host a prestigious honours ceremony tomorrow (April 24th), with Ribble Val ley’s “Mr Music” among the recipients. John Cowking, long-serv
ing conductor of Slaidburn Silver Band, was awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s. New Year Honours list, for “services to music in the Hodder Valley”. Together with three other
BEM recipients from across Lancashire, he will be pre sented with his award by the Queen’s official representative in the county, the Lord-Lieu tenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth KCVO. For more than 43 years,
John Cowking has made a huge contribution to mu sic in the Hodder Valley and the wider Ribble Valley. At the age of 16 he took over the Slaidburn Silver Band, saving
it from closure, and has been the driving force behind the band ever since. Under his baton Slaidburn
Silver Band has become an in tegral part of the community, raising money for countless charities and good causes and performing at 25 events every year. With John at the helm, the band is the envy of many larger towns and cities. Since 1975, John has also been the organist at St Andrew’s CJiurch in Slaidburn. Tomorrow’s investiture
will be carried out in the stun ning Shire Hall at Lancaster Castle, with Lord Shuttle worth officiating.. He said: “I am delighted
once more to have the privi lege of presenting BEMs to Lancashire peopleon behalf of Her Majesty The Queen. The four recipients have all given great service to their com munities, and we are all very proud of them.”
LADY
Village’s whole world of scarecrows
A village scarecrow festival is about to go worldwide, with a theme of “Countries”. Children, adults and busi
nesses in Gisburn are busy making scarecrow characters to represent countries for the village’s second scarecrow festival, held on Saturday and Sunday May 16 th and 17th. The inaugural festival last
year, with a .theme of chil dren’s books, was a great suc cess and attracted more than 1,000 visitors who came to fol low the scarecrow trail. “The village was buzzing
after last year’s event, and it’s buzzing again,” said organis ing committee member Kirsty Hopcraft.
“As a result of last year’s,
we’ve got some more mem bers on the committee to help with everything.” Thisyear’s eventwillagain
include a mini scarecrow hunt for toddlers, colouring in the village hall, a raffle and tom bola and home-made cakes. ' All the profits are for Gis
burn Festival Hall, which is run by volunteers and pro vides a venue for many kinds ofevents. ’ Park House B&B has of
fered an overnight stay as main raffle prize, and Small- bone Cars have donated cash. The organisers are appealing for more raffle prizes; contact 07793503410.
Quality Ladieswear at affordable prices The 'Home to Oz' display a t last year's scarecrow festival.
SALE ROOM EVERYTHING l iS S T B fA N
25 YEARS AGO Queen’shead, King Edwards
“VEGETABLES COULD BE on sale next to the stamps
in Clitheroa if major changes to the town's post office get the go-ahead. I t is proposed to make it an agency rather than being run directly from the dis tric t.
office.Thatwould leave it open for someone to run a
separate business alongside the day-to-day running of the post office. The district manager has informed Ribble Valley Council that similar changes at other
post offices have been a success in terms of reducing costs and maintaining a high level of service. The
council’s legal and administration manager told the
finance and General Purposes Committee that it wasdifficult to know what effecLif any,the changes would have if put into practice."
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
s each day passes, we’re getting clos er to election day. By now, many of us ; a bit fed up of
- the seemingly endless cover age of politics in the papers and on ourTV screens. In fact, some of us will be
feeling quite negative about the election and wondering whether it’s worth voting at all. As a Christian, I believe it is
worth voting, even though our contrived and complex system
of democracy makes it feel like our votes have little impact. Jesus tells us in the gospels
to love our neighbour, and he challenges us to see that our neighbour is not just the per son on our street or even in our town. As Christians, we are to
love all of our brothers and sisters along with the planet we inhabit. I f we fail to take the opportunity to vote in the forthcoming elections, we miss an opportunity to steer
our society in the direction of the common good. Voting on polling day is im
portant, but that should not be the sum-total of our political engagement. We should also become more engaged'with our politicians. How will they know our
thoughts and feelings if we do not communicate with them? On May the 1st at Trinity
Methodist Church, there will be a hustings event organ ised by Clitheroe Christians
in Partnership. This will be an opportunity to find out what thedifferentcandidatesstand for, and to tell them what we stand for. Voting on elec tion day is important, but we should be prepared to engage with the candidates in a more directway. Pleasesendyour questions
(by this Friday) to nigeltrix@
litinternet.com 01200447057 Rev. Andrew Whitehead
Assistant Curate, St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe
3 Newmarket Street, Clitheroe BB7 2JW Tel: 01200 422042
www.ladyclitheroe.co.uk
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