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Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil’s community development officer Bill Alker joined Eccles Borough Council straight from school as a junior clerkin i969,thenjoinedWarwickRu- ral District Council as an ad- ministrationassistantini973. He joined Ribble Valley
Borough Council’s elections team in 1975, where he was . based at the Clitheroe Castle Museum, before switching to the chief executive’s depart ment as a committee clerk and policy officer in 1983. Bill said: “When I start
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“CARVE” campaign, or Cam paign Against Ribble Valley’s Extinction, which successful staved off a carve-up of the borough during local govern ment reorganisation in 1994. He has also been an active un ion member and was chair man of UNISON’S Ribble/Valley
branch from 2010 to 2015, and secretary of the local NALGO branch from 1986 to 1989. But it is his work in com
munity safety for which Bill is best known, formerly with the Bibble Valley Crime and Disorder Reduction Part nership, then the borough’s • Community Safety Partner ship, which was tasked with reducing crime in the borough by 13.5% in 2005. Ten years’ later, according
to official statistics, Ribble is. the safest place in Lancashire andoneofthesafestintheUK. The partnership’s chair-
h T top ty - Vi Instrumental in making borough a safer place Bill calls i 's f a c e s .
Amoving and fascinating talk about the RMS Titanic was
enjoyed by members of the Ribble Valley Family History Society at their April meeting. It was delivered by Nigel Hampson, who is curator of the Lancashire Titanic Muse um in Eccleston and lectures both in the UK and abroad bn
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Bill Alker,whoisretiringfromRibbleValleyCouncilafter40years'service in local government, most recently ehgagedin making the borough one of the safest places in the UK to live and work.
man, Kevin Horkin, said: “The partnership has enjoyed con siderable success in making Ribble Valley a safer place in which to live and work, and Bill’s dedication and enthusi asm has played an important role.
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Bill for his outstanding com mitment to reducing crime in
Ribble Valley and wish him a happy retirement.” Bill is to take up a part-time
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board, the Captain would be aware that a thousand passen gers would not survive, even if an organise evacuation of the stricken ship went to plan. The crew struggled to un
fasten the new lifeboats and didn’t fully load them and eventuallyonly70opassengers were put into them. They had to listen to theories of the other passengers and watch the Ti tanic sink, which must-have been a nightmare for them. • The group’s next meet
ing takes place on'Tuesday May 12th, when John Dalton will talk about the Lancashire Parish Registers. The Bibble Valley Family History Socie ty meets on the second Tues day of the month in Clitheroe Cricket Club, Chatburn Road, beginning at 7-30 pm and visi tors are always welcome.
Summer Sunday brass bands
The programme has been an nounced for this summer’s brass band concerts at the Clitheroe Castle Bandstand. The concerts are on Sun
days from 2-30 to 4-30 and the bands playing are: June 21st Baxenden Brass Band, June
28th Barnoldswick Brass Band, July 5th Preston Con cert Band, July 19th Balder- stone Brass Band, July 26th Slaidburn Silver Band. Clitheroe Town Band will
play at the annual Proms con cert on Saturday August 8th.
Quilt is being raffled for church funds
A quilt which has been lovingly crafted by the ladies of a Slaidburn sewing group will be on show at this weekend's Springtime in Slaidburn event. And at the event there will be the opportunity to buy raffle tickets to win the quilt which has beenmadebythe sewing group that meets in Slaidburn Village Hall on Wednesday afternoons. All funds raised from the raffle, tickets cost £1 or £5 for a strip, will be donated to St Andrew’s Church at Slaidburn. This weekend’s Springtime in ' Slaidburn event is taking place from Saturday May 2nd to Monday May 4th at St An drew’s Church from 10 am until 4 pm daily. Our photo shows some of the ladies who were involved in making the quilt, (s)
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a t a l l t im e s ’ Police are warning motorists in Readand Simonstone to en sure their vehicles are locked and secure at all times. Sgt. Dave Simpson, of Clit
heroe Police, is also urging car owners not to leave valuables on show after a number of re cent thefts from vehicles in the area. In the f ir s t incident,
thieves targeted an unlocked BMW parked on the drive of a house in Woodside Road, Si monstone. The offenders es caped with cash and a wallet! The incident happened be
tween 7 pm last Friday and 4 am the following day. At 3 am, a man was spot
ted acting suspiciously while withdrawing money from a cash machine in Whalley Road, Simonstone. Police are examining CCTV footage and believe the victim’s bank card was used in the fraud. On the same night, an iPad
Nano worth £10 was stolen from an Audi A7 parked in Haugh Avenue, Simonstone, some time between 11 pm on Friday and 11 am the next day. Witnesses should call police on lot.
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