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Two more years Down Under for cattle expert


- with cattle farmers and offi­ cials of the various breeding organisations, and putting them in the picture about methods used in England.


Mr Shields to go to Australia for a two year stint. Now, to the delight of the couple, the Board wants him, to spend another two years,Down Under. While in Australia, Mr Shields has been working


Labour party’s concern


THE Ribble Valley Labour Party has written to the Gov­ ernment voicing concern at the delay in introducing a warding system in the Ribble Valley.


In a letter to Mr-John Sil-


kin, Minister of Planning and Local Government, the party comments that a lot of confu­ sion has been caused over the years by local electoral arrangements and says it is concerned that the new sys­ tem may now not come into operation until 1980. It asks that the Ribble Valley’s case should be regarded as a spe­ cial one and permission given to introduce the new wards this year.


recently by the Boundary Commission for the Ribble Valley was for four wards in Clitheroe and two in Lon- gridge. But since then the Government has said that the scheme is unlikely to come into effect until after this year’s elections. The Ribble Valley Council


The system proposed


has protested strongly to the Home Secretary over the delay.


_L NEIL GRAINGER.


The big splash


MORE than 100mm (four inches) of rain fell in the Clitheroe area’between New- Year’s Eve and Tuesday, according to readings taken at the Stonyhurst College weather station. The heaviest amount was


a.m. were: New Year’s Eve 1.2mm; New Year’s Day 34.7mm; Friday' 25.9mm; Saturday 2.4mm; Sunday 19.6mm; Monday 10mm; Tuesday 10mm.


recorded on Thursday and F riday when more than 60mm (two inches) fell,. Daily readings taken at 9


AFTER spending a few, weeks in Oswaldtwistle with their family, it’s back to Australia soon for Mr Arthur Shields, former head of the Milk Ma rke ting Board’s Whalley cattle-breeding centre,, and his. wife Doreen. In 1973 the Board asked


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■ Mr Shields has also been looking at ways in which Australians carry-out prog- .eriy testing of beef and dairy cattle.--: • -


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bourne, where they 'have made their home for the past two years, Mr and Mrs Shields will be spending some time in France and -Germany.


land, they have been staying with their son-John and his wife, in Harlech Drive, Oswaldtwistle.


During their time in Eng­


visiting various parts of the • country as well as spending' some time at the MMB head-- • quarters, -London.1 ■ 1


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meant, th a t he and Mrs Shields have been unable to: see as many of their friends: in the Whalley area as they would have liked:


very pleased to be returning to Melbourne for another two years.


’ Mr and Mrs Shields are


posed to be a holiday, Mr - Shields has been kept busy


But although it was sup­


impressed by Australia — the beautiful climate and the country’s clean,- modern appearance — and during


They have been greatly - Unfortunately this- has1


the past two years they have :


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ron lives. . Mr Bawron, who is a


to Australia they are hoping to pay a return visit to New Zealand ?where Mrs Shield’s brother Mr Thomas Baw-


every corner of the continent r— hiving travelled some 80,000 miles in his own car. When'the couple go back


Mr .Shields has ; visited


teacher at- a technical col­ lege, is married with four children and until recently the families had not met for 14 years.


LUCKY DAY FOR NEIL


SECONDS after 13-year-old Neil Grainger walked out of the lean-to kitchen at his home in Stamford Place, Clitheroe, a large chimney pot crashed through its roof. And yesterday Neil, still shaky at the thought of what might have happened, told our reporter: “I’m lucky to.be alive.”


School, was alone in the house during Friday night’s gale when the chimney pot from the house next door shattered the kitchen’s see-through plastic roof. He had just walked from


bang,” said Neil. “It sounded like a bomb going off. Then the chimney pot came through the roof and I - was really frightened. When the noise stopped ! went into’:the kitchen and saw bits of stone, woodland other things- lying around.-’ , '


“I began to pick up the stuff ; \


— there were huge pieces of stone and I am sure I would have been killed if one had hit me.” It was a heartbreaking sight


the kitchen to the adjoining lounge to watch television when the accident happened. “There was a tremendous


Neil, a pupil at Ribblesdale .


back of the house three years ago by Neil’s father, Mr Ted Grainger, was equipped with new appliances and decorated with cedar wood panelling.


The kitchen, .built on to the


through the back yard, they were faced by the hole in the roof and scattered debris.


As the couple walked


where Neil was standing amid the rubble — unharmed thank goodness,” said Mrs Jean Grainger.


“We ran into the kitchen


■ kitchen roof; Mrs Grainger said: “The cooker, table, and walls were badly chipped in places, but I’m still not sure how much it will cost to put right the damage.”


Standing under the tem­ porary plastic covering on the


were insured and have been given the go-ahead to have the work done. “But it’s going to take time, and meanwhile we have only a plastic sheet keep­ ing out the weather.”


Fortunately .the couple


- --Mr Grainger, who is emp­ loyed by the Ministry of Pen­ sions, -in Glitheroe, .helped firemen put. up a temporary roof and then started the big job of clearing up.


which greeted Neil’s parents when they returned home at 10 p.m. from a night out in Waddington.


the damage came from the roof of No: 14, home of pen­ sioner Mrs Margaret Webs­ ter. She was in the house at the time, but completely una­ ware until later of what had happened.


The chimney pot which did


. ■ Mrs Grainger says that next time sfie’ is" going to Have a stronger roof built'. “ It seemed all right as ■


because you just don’t think of > it' was;


.would dertainly have been dead.”


...andRibble Valley escapes lightly on night of great gale


AS;a storm-lashed Bri­ tain this week cleared up and counted the cost of Friday’s gales, the Ribble Valley can consider itself lucky to have escaped the worst of the, nationwide devastation.


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Throughout the country, the worst , storm for many years claimed 26 lives and caused £100m damage. But although the Ribble


V a l le y was v i r tu a l ly untouched compared with other areas, damage was widespread and telephone and electricity supplies were severely disrupted. Electricity supplies to about


more than 2,000 faults had been reported. “We have taken men off


.lines are restored.” Mr Greaves said they had


installation work to deal with repairs. The volume of faults is so great that it may be weekend before all telephone


an extra problem at Dunsop Bridge, where one of the tele­ graph poles had fallen into the


flooded River Dunsop and floated away.-


new pole there before services can be resumed,” he said.


ing roads and fields were among the main problems caused by the gales, which


Continued on Page 11 “We will have to erect a Scores of fallen trees litter­


the damage to the : kitchen, especially since it was so new. But the main thing is that Neil was unhurt. Another few sec­ onds in the kitchen and he


anything like this happen­ ing,” she said. “Obviously I am.sick about'


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What’s on bulletin short of entries


provide information about: forthcoming events of all- kinds throughout the authori­ ty’s area. But so far local clubs and organisations seem to be fighting shy of the free public­ ity. Only a handful of organ­ isations have so far asked for an entry in the first issue, which goes to press a week today. Urgently needed to fill the


.who are perhaps seeking new members,, would also be welcome. . •


pages 'of the guide pre details of all local events taking place in- F e b ru a ry and •March.'" Details of clubs and associa­ tions, with regular meetings,


■ -The free guide will be dis­ tributed. widely - throughout the’Ribble Valley, through the libraries, Clitheroe’s tour­ is t information office in Church Street and the Lon- gridge council office. Anyone wishing to take


advantage of the free service is asked to contact the tourist office (Clitheroe 25566) as soon as possible, with details of their announcement.


Bypass phones turned down


THE Ribble Valley Council’s campaign for telephones on the Clitheroe-Whalley bypass has met with another rebuff. The council asked for tele­


and Health Committee on hearing this, decided, how­ ever, to continue to press for te le p h o n e s , on s a fe ty grounds.


phones to be provided con­ nected only to emergency ser­ vices, but now the Depart­ ment of the Environment has replied that this type of phone is for motorways only. The council’s Public Works


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Disappearing shell foils


bomb squad


Squad came to examine the shell last week club members tried to locate it in the spot where it was first discovered. But after an extensive search the 18-inch shell was nowhere to be found, and the expected blow-up fizzled out. - However, club secretary


covered by silt brought down by the recent heavy rains,” he said. “But that has happened many times in the past and we


ALL SET TO WATCH THE BIRDS


2,500 local Norweb consumers were affected by the freak weather, which brought down many overhead cables. Consumer service engineer


at Blackburn, Mr Colin Shaw, said there were about 40 sepa­ rate incidents in the Ribble Valley. . “Dunsop Bridge was with­


THE unexploded wartime shell found in the Ribble near Clitheroe by members of the local Sub-Aqua Club seems to have disappeared again. When the Army Bomb hope to be able to relocate the


shell when the weather improves.” The shell was found almost


a month ago in the Ribble near Waddow Hall when members were on a weekend dive. It is thought to be a relic


Mr Dennis Harrison, is hope­ ful that the shell can be found again. “ I t has probably been


about their find. But when the two men from the Liverpool Bomb Disposal Unit eventu­ ally came to Clitheroe, it had been raining for three days and the river was higher than when the shell was originally sighted. Undeterred, however, club


member Dick Grayson, of Stonyhurst, dorined his wet suit and plunged into the water. His aim was to locate the shell and-then try to attach a rope so it could be dragged to the bank and dealt with by the experts. Club members looked on


out electricity for more than 20.-hours and supplies to Grindleton were cut off for 18 hours.- Most of-the villages around C l ith e ro e were affected in some way, but thanks' to teams of workmen- labouring round the clock, all supplies were restored by Sunday morning,”, he said.


FAULTS


great difficulty getting round the area, with trees down in many parts. But we received a lot of help from the public who informed us where lines were damaged and saved the repair men valuable .time.” • • • In the Ribble Valley, more


“Our men experienced


excitedly in pouring rain as Dick — doubtless warmer than they were'— searched every inch of the suspect part of the river bed. But hopes sank with the


diver’s air supply and the only message he passed to the watchers on the bank was: “You can!t see further than your hand down there.” After 40 minutes the air ran


from the second world war and could date back to the t ime when th e Royal Engineers occupied the now demolished-Low Moor Mill as a training HQ and used the river for bridge building and other exercises. The club alerted the-Army


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A SHORTAGE of material is ! threatening the first edition of a Ribble Valley Council “What’s On” bulletin, due to ' be published later this month. The aim of the guide is to


TWO r a th e r f r ie n d ly ­ looking Loch Ness monsters were among a motley collec­ tion of colourfully costumed youngsters who attended a New Year fancy dress party a t Rimington Memorial Institute. During the afternoon


pirates, Wombles, penguins, and even Britannia paraded in front of the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Val­ ley, Coun and Mrs Tom Robinson, who judged the costumes and awarded the prizes. The party, an annual


o r g a n i s e d by Mr H. Moorhouse, Mr A. Stott and Mr B. Robinson, and Mr R. Anderson set up his stereo equipment to provide music for dancing. The mothers made jellies,


event, was organised by the management committee of the Institute. There were party games,


Original (5-9 yrs) — Anna Knight (Guinness book of records); Jean Thistlcth- waite (Britannia); Joanne Inglcby (heritage year). (10- 15) Timothy Anderson (cod war); Samantha Anderson (Loch Ness monster).


Fancy dress winners were:


Garry Seed (oil sheik); Helen Duckworth (toy town sol­ dier). (5-9) Margaret Taylor (pirate); Matthew Vascy (witch); Joanne Seed (Cin­ d e r s ) . (10-15) Roger Thistlethwaite (electric light brigade); Bridget Walmslcy (Puss in Boots); Brian Moorhouse (tramp).


Humorous — Janet Peel (Ncssic).


liam Robinson (Ugly sis­ ters); Janet and ’ Ian Park (Bill and Ben); Annabelle Drinkall (penguin).


Couples — John and Wil­


cakes, and other food for the tea, and the prizes for the fancy dress were bought out of money raised by Riming- ■ ■ton WI. members-.who went carol singing before Christ­ mas. Mr P. Brennan, secret­ ary of the management com­ mittee, thanked everybody concerned.


ine, Richard and Andrew Oliver (Goldilocks and the three bears). ■ • Best home-made costume


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— Mrs C. Thistlethwaite (electric light brigade); Mrs J. Knight (Guinness book of records); Mrs J. Taylor (pirate).


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SUITABLY clad, and with binoculars at the ready, 14 , keen members of the Whalley branch of the Young - Ornithologists’ Club braved mud and drizzle to search •- for bird life in the Spring.Wood and Calderstones area- on Monday.


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The morning was spent in Spring Wood,-where 26 •:


!( - morning list. .Of particular-'interest was a sparrow . hawk and’a flock of winter visitors such as redwings 1 > and -fieldfares.


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, i Leader of the outing was Clitheroe Royal Grammar ’ School biology master Mr Tony Cooper, who described the expedition as very successful, considering the time -of year and conditions. . ■


- . and the next outing will be on January 17th, toLytham and Martin Mere.


.... The YOC .has a monthly meeting- tomorrow night ’


, "We’ll come back again on a better day,” •said the senior officer — unable for security reasons to give either his name or rank. When the river is lower the


-sub-aqua club will make another dive for the shell and — if they find, it — mark it


- unmistakably. . . PICTURE: Dick Grayson


looks, disconsolate as he pre: pares for a final plunge in search of the shell.


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