I AM doing research on folk medicine and invite readers to contact me if they have any old remedies, or know of remedies used by grandparents, etc. I would also be pleased to hear from anyone who has access to historical documents relating to folk medicine
WILLIAM Woodruff's splendid book, 'The Road to Nab End,' reveals an all-but-forgotten chapter of Blackburn's history. Griffin Street, central to the main theme, no longer stretches from Spring Lane to the Griffin Inn. Drastic changes have occurred and
RATHER belatedly, may I congratulate 'Leaver at Large' on his extremely sensible column regarding the election of members of the BNP to the council in Burnley (LET, May 8). These results had certain politicians, bleeding hearts, do-gooders etc, running
BLACKBURN defender Nisa Johansson today backed England to win their opening group F clash with Sweden in Saitama as Sven-Goran Eriksson's men prepare to make their World Cup bow in the Far East tomorrow. Johansson, a former Sweden Under 21 international
SATURDAY JUNE 1 BURNLEY Hart Street street party ROSSENDALE Rawtenstall Market Jubilee celebrations Greenfield gardens, Haslingden, golden jubilee bowling comp PENDLE 10am Colne Library, jubilee exibition 11am Earby, best dressed Jubilee window competition
By NICK EVANS The proposal that there would be only one care home in Burnley is felt to be totally inadequate Councillors want to question county hall plans COUNCILLORS in Burnley have called for a meeting with county chiefs to voice their concerns about
MEMBERS of the Brierfield and Reedley Area Committee will be asked on Wednesday to allocate their capital programme budget of £17,700. Bids already submitted to the council include £3,500 for the re-kerbing and flagging of the footway outside Brierfield
BURNLEY with PADIHAM: 11.30am -12.30pm Lloyds Chemists, 85 Burnley Road, Padiham; Asda Pharmacy, Princess Way, Burnley. NELSON, BRIERFIELD, BARROWFORD, COLNE, EARBY & BARNOLDSWICK: 11am-noon Brierfield Pharmacy, 10 Colne Road, Brierfield. Noon - 1pm
EAST LANCS are hoping professional Con de Lange will start weighing in with the bat as they look to make an impact at the top of the Transco Lancashire League. The Alexandra Meadows side - who have finished runners-up five out of the last six seasons
ANDY WILSON'S weekly look at the county scene IF Stuart Law thought he had seen the back of Essex when he left them in the Second Division of the Championship to join Lancashire during the winter, he could be in for a nasty shock. Instead the Queenslander
Ramsbottom annual sports week will start on June 8 and organisers are hoping the event will be bigger and better than ever. The Holcombe 2 Towers Race will make a welcome return, since it had to be cancelled last year due to the foot and mouth disease
THREE teenagers banned from Haslingden centre after they probably made residents' lives a misery have lost a bid to win back their freedom. Stephen Derbyshire, 15, of Maple Avenue, Jordan Pilkington, 17, of Greenfield Street, and Philip Sourbutts, 16,
A REFORMED Northern Ireland terrorist will be one of the guests at an evangelistic mission next week. David Hamilton, once a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), found God while in the infamous Maze Prison. He is now an evangelist and works internationally
A PRIMARY school which government inspectors said was failing its pupils five years ago has won beacon status. Wensley Fold Primary in Blackburn is one of 21 new beacon schools in the North-West -- and just three in East Lancashire -- announced by the
THE prospect of a rubbish-burning incinerator being built in Lancashire is more likely than ever, after councils failed to meet new waste-reduction targets. While Lancashire County Council's targets were missed by just 0.2 per cent, council chiefs in
DEFENDING champions Cherry Tree have endured a torrid start to the Jennings Ribblesdale League season but morale was boosted by victory last weekend. Having beaten Great Harwood last weekend they were hoping to follow-up that success at Clitheroe today
What's On is compiled by SUSAN SMITH. If you have any events to be included in this column, please phone Blackburn 678678 ext 239. SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Belthorn Recreation Ground, Belthorn, from 1pm. All welcome. Open Air Songs
VIOLENT crime in our town centres is at its worst in the three or four hours after the pubs and clubs close on a Friday or Saturday night. Bar room brawls, street fights and assaults and woundings like glassings that can scar for life went up by more
By Rev. Kevin Logan, Christ Church, Accrington. IMAGINE the World Cup if gravity was different. Too weak and it'd be half- time before the kick-off ball came down. Mind you, Beck's foot, with less to bear, would heal sooner. Too strong a gravity, and
Tracking down historic routes THERE are several way to reach the Worth Valley: By road -- to reach Haworth by the scenic route follow the A56 through Colne and turn off to the right from Laneshawbridge. From Blackburn follow the A59 to Skipton and on
SO Burnley FC have won a title this season after all -- most stupid sporting club in Britain. The decision to ban Sabaean Myers for life for streaking (LET, May 16) is the sort of small-minded thinking that is keeping Burnley out of the big time. The
I WONDER how many motorist readers have noticed the new, reduced speed limits into Rishton on both Blackburn Road (A678) and Lee Lane (B6535). They have been reduced from 60 mph to 50 mph and, more importantly, there is the new extended 30 mph section
I WAS rather concerned on reading the inquest report (LET, May 23) on the death of two young men after a car crashed at the junction of Shear Bank Road and Preston New Road, Blackburn. After buying the car for £40 at the local car auction and despite
THIS is for the information of everyone who has received a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP), a Fixed Penalty Ticket (paid or unpaid) or have either applied for, or previously attended, a Speed Awareness Course -- for alleged offences of travelling
SOOTHING music and chill-out zones are to be introduced in nightspots to curb violence after town centre attacks rose 61 per cent in three years. Clubs and pubs are to take part in the trial scheme, which will also see them serving soft drinks and water
A CONTROVERSIAL businessman has prompted outrage with plans for an asylum seekers' detention centre or open prison on the site of an old farm. But the proposals were today dismissed by the local community, who said they were a "non starter" and completely
A CONTROVERSIAL businessman has prompted outrage with plans for an asylum seekers' detention centre or open prison on the site of an old farm. But the proposals were today dismissed by the local community, who said they were a "non starter" and completely
EAST LANCASHIRE was today gearing up for its biggest party in decades as people prepared to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee -- and cheer England in the World Cup. Street parties and dozens of other events have been planned for the next four days
A WOMAN who took to the wheel while banned had been disqualified from driving only the month before. Burnley magistrates heard former taxi driver Debra Ann Webb, 39, had earlier lost her licence for 18 months for drink-driving. Webb, of Southfield Street
EAST Lancashire MPs Greg Pope and Gordon Prentice are calling for action to broker a settlement of the Kashmir crisis before nuclear war breaks out between India and Pakistan. Both Labour back benchers have large Kashmiri communities in their constituencies
HOUSHOLDERS in Pendle were today urged to lock themselves in after a heartless thief barged into the living room of a 95-year-old pensioner and made off with her handbag and £300. Police issued the warning after the woman, who has not been named, was
AN elderly man, found dead in his bath, died of natural causes an inquest heard. Dawson Sedgwick, 78, of Burns Avenue, Accrington, was discovered by his daughter Lynda Pirraglia on Sunday, March 10, when she went to visit him. She found him in the bath
INFORMATION passed to police by residents about suspected drug dealers in Accrington has led to the arrests of 14 people in the past two weeks. And police are anxious for anyone else with drug and other crime-related information to contact them. Warrants
POLICE want help in catching a 13-year-old 'crimewave' but we cannot identity him, even though his mother wants us to. The boy, who fled from the custody of a Youth Offending Team in Blake Street, Accrington, on Thursday was today still at large, two
COUNCILLORS have given the green light to a national campaign, aimed at making doorstep recycling facilities a legal requirement. Environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth and the Local Authority Advisory Committee have drafted a bill aimed at
RESIDENTS in the Ribble Valley have 28 days to comment on proposed criteria for evaluating tyre-burning at Castle Cement in Clitheroe. The company was given the green light to use scrap tyres as an alternative fuel to its controversial chemical waste
FOR most of us the Jubilee will be an occasion to celebrate, but for Harriet Roberts it marks the start of a 50-day marathon which will see her travel the length and breadth of the country -- and she can't wait. JOHN ANSON spoke to her. AS a former head
JIMMY ANDERSON followed in Kyle Hogg's footsteps to make a big impression on his Lancashire debut. The Burnley youngster bounced back from an expensive first spell to fire out two Surrey wickets, and surprised several more batsmen with his big asset -
A MOTHER noticed bruising on her eight-year-old son's buttocks when she gave him a bath after a visit to his father. Blackburn magistrates heard that the boy had been punished for lying and defence solicitor Ian Holland said there was a fine line between
THREE men who swallowed £28,500 of cocaine in an attempt to smuggle drugs through customs have been jailed for a total of more than 14 years. They were arrested at Manchester Airport on Christmas Eve after arriving from Montego Bay, Jamaica. Each of the
A LANCASHIRE Evening Telegraph reader has helped make history by leaving the first donation for the Magic Eye Appeal on-line. It is the first time a reader in Britain has been able to donate to charity via a newspaper website owned by Newsquest, the company
JUBILEE events include: SATURDAY, JUNE 1 BLACKBURN AND DARWEN Barlow Institute, Edgworth, all day: Fun weekend. Darwen town centre, all day: Darwen Music Live Norwood Avenue, Blackburn, 12pm-11pm: Street party Mill Hill Community Centre, Blackburn: Jubilee
SOOTHING music and chill-out zones are to be introduced in nightspots to curb violence after town centre attacks rose 61 per cent in three years. Clubs and pubs are to take part in the trial scheme, which will also see them serving soft drinks and water
EAST LANCASHIRE was today gearing up for its biggest party in decades as people prepared to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee -- and cheer England in the World Cup. Street parties and dozens of other events have been planned for the next four days
LOCAL MPs have appealed to Lancashire County Council to drop plans to shut 35 care homes when they consider the result of a public consultation exercise later this month . Gordon Prentice, Greg Pope and Nigel Evans are pressing county leaders to drop
TRAFFIC wardens in East Lancashire could become community police officers as early as next year following a shake-up in the management of parking offences. Under the new scheme, expected to start in November, 2003, parking offences will be "decriminalised
THE Queen's day begins at 7.30am when her maid brings morning tea in two silver pots, complete with a linen napkin bearing her initials. As part of our celebration of the Golden Jubilee, we spoke to three East Lancashire people who have met the Queen
Lynx will be looking to bounce back from last Friday night's heartbreaking one point defeat at Sheffield after holding a 17 point lead in the second half only to lose out in the final minute to a converted try from substitute Ian Brown. Lynx will go to
are in the Cup... MATT HORN'S sideways look at the World Cup BELGIUM are definitely in the World Cup and I should know. Somehow I picked out the Red Devils in both sweeps that I organised but although I know it, it appears that most Belgians don't. The
LANCASHIRE-TRAINED Pilot Alert is ready to race for glory in the Greyhound Derby at Wimbledon tonight. The dog has only been at the kennels of Jim Gibson and Pat Rosney in Clayton-Le -Woods since March but he has forced his way into the field for the
