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MEAL times for one.special guest 'at the -W.ellsprings Hotel, Nick o’Pendle, come round every three hours-and attractive 22-year-old chef Lorraine Taylor, soon knows if she’s late with a “feed." For her privileged.diner is a


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foal which was rejected by its mother, and Lorraine has vol­ unteered to take on the role of “mum” until the- spindly- legged filly can fend for herself. It’s a,taxing job being mum


to a foal and Lorraine has to make up feeds of warm milk and water every three hours — day and night. Lorraine, who is a fully-


members of the jet set — but it’s every bit as ’much fun: - Helping out with her feed­


ing schedule is Wellsprings owner'Dave Hopson, who explained how the foal, • born on Easter Monday and named Pendle Hill, came to be rejected. “Her reaT mother, Whin-


field Supreme, or Mandy, as we prefer to call her, was in a field near the hotel with the other eight Cleveland Bay cross th o ro u g h b red s I brought across from my farm at Kirkham. “But someone left the gate


qualified chef, has worked for the past two years in an exclu­ sive hotel in Zurich, Switzer­ land. Her present job is there­ fore a complete change from providing culinary delights for


’ near to dying, had been wrapped in a blanket and taken down to the hotel where


Dave added that the foal,


' slie was put in a garage full of • hay and given a hot feed. Pendle Hill survived.her


’of glucose and a quarter of a pint of cod liver oil each day and is growing fast. But even so, it will be at


open and the horses ran out. As Mandy followed the others she gave birth to the filly and left her behind. When we brought the horses back, Mandy would have nothing to do with h er new-born daughter.”


ordeal and is now growing up to be a real little beauty, as. you can judge from our pic­ ture. She gets through more than a gallon of milk, a pound


least another month-before she can go out and join the rest of the horses. Dave is just thankful that


another foal — a colt named Wellsprings — which was born on Good Friday is quite happy with his mum. Two mouths to feed would have been just a little too hectic!


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WHALLEY’S popular GP Dr George Daven­ port is to leave his prac­ tice in the village and take up an appointment as a medical officer for the Bury and North Manchester area.


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mean that he does not have any direct patient respon­ sibilities but he will not be losing touch with GPs for his job entails liaison work bet­ ween them and the depart­ ment. Dr Davenport sees it as “a


ley for about 19 years, and he shares the practice with two other doctors. The new position will


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change and a new chal­ lenge,” and there is no ques­ tion of moving out of a quiet backwater into a busier job for he has been kept very busy at Whalley. “ I think a GP is busy


wherever he is,” said _Dr Davenport. “I don’t think the new position will involve a greater volume of work — in fact it could be quite the opposite.” Dr Davenport will have to


penalties


REBUFFED by the Home Secretary in its call for higher penalties for acts of vandalism, the Ribble Valley Council is now going right to


put up a £25 reward for infor­ mation leading to a conviction for vandalism, sent a letter to Mr Roy Jenkins expressing- the view that present penal-- ties are inadequate. •Members of the Policy and


retire from the post of Clin­ ical Assistant at the Ear, Nose and Throat department of Burnley General, which he has held for several years. He has also held similar posts at Accrington Victoria Hospital and Blackburn


Royal Infirmary. A member of the Royal


College of Practitioners, he has close links with several organisations in Whalley. He is a keen cricket fan


and a member of the com­ mittee of the village club. His duties involve the selec­ tion of the first team and the management of the undcr-13 and under-15 sides. Dr Davenport is a trustee


of Whalley Methodist Church and a member of the Properties Committee of the Church Council. Dr Davenport hopes to


the top with an appeal to the Prime Minister. The council, which recently


to be sent to local MPs and magistrates’ benches.


Resources Committee were dismayed, however, to be told ' in reply that Mr Jenkins felt the present legislation was; sufficient. “The Home Secretary fully ’


appreciated your concern over the prevalence of offences of vandalism but does not believe that the severity of sentences is the main factor in crime prevention,” the com­ mittee was told.


Reduced Committee chairman Coun.


Bill Fleming (Billington) said, however, that he was “very concerned” that the Home Secretary had, adopted this viewpoint. “From what one hears, the


- Penalties t


. Criminal Damage Act of 1971, adult offenders can be impris­ oned for up to 10 years or fined an unlimited amount on conviction on indictment.


In the Home Office reply it is pointed out that under the


Summary conviction carries a maximum penalty of six months’ prison or a fine of up to £400 or both. In addition, the convicted person can be ordered to pay compensation. The courts can make a vari­


police and magistrates feel very strongly that the present legislation is far from ade­ quate.” Ribble Valley. Mayor-elect


remain in Whallcy but he and his wife, Joy, may have to move nearer his place of work if travelling proves too difficult. Dr and Mrs Davenport


have four children — David, a pupil of Repton School,


Derbyshire; Robert, who attends Queen Elizabeth’s, Blackburn; Susan, who goes to Northcliffe, Great Har­ wood; and Karen, a pupil at Whalley CE School.


ety of orders regarding juvenile offenders under 17. Apart from a fine, they may make an attendance centre order, a supervision order or an order committing the offender into local authority care.


Coun. Fred Green (Wilp-- shire), himself a magistrate, agreed that present penalties were insufficient. “We are told that we can


remit offenders to Crown Court for sentence but we find that the higher court often gives reduced penalties or even dismisses the case.” The committee backed its


seem to be more reasonable than those of the Home Sec­ retary,” said Coun. Fleming. Copies of the letter are also


“His views on law and order


centre order may be made for boys over 14 and those over 15 may be committed to Crown Court with a view to a Borstal sentence.


In addition, a detention


; Courts may also make parents responsible for the payment of fines or compensa­ tion and may bind parents over in a sum of money to take proper care of the offender and exercise proper control.


the Ribble Valley Council in the James Committee Report which has looked into the dis­ tribution of, work between crown and magistrates’ courts.


Some comfort is afforded to


the maximum fine for sum­ mary conviction (at present £400) to £1,000.


This calls for the raising of The Home Secretary’s let­


ter told the council that legis­ lation on this recommendation may soon be brought before Parliament.


Literacy teachers now need pupils


MORE reading and writing pupils are now being sought by the Ribble Valley Adult Literacy Scheme.


Following a rush of stu­


chairman’s suggestion that a copy of the original letter be s e n t to the new Prime Minister.


dents in February, which used up, all the existing tutors, a further 20 tutors have been trained and they are now ready to take on further students.


organisers arc relying on friends and relatives to tell people with reading and writing difficulties of the scheme, which provides free one-to-one tuition. Students should make


As before, the scheme’s


Passer-by fights grass fire


at Black Hill


A CLITHEROE man, Mr John Wolfenden, made a desperate but futile attempt to beat out flames and prevent them spreading when he discovered moorland grass ablaze at Blackhill, Sabden. A North West Electricity


Canoe race


THIS year's Ribble white water canoe race for Scouts from all over the North takes place on Sunday, starting at Edisford Bridge at 10 a.m. Three hundred craft are


expected to take the exciting trip to Ribchester, with all the local troops being rep­ resented. The race is spon­ sored by Preston District Scout Council.


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their initial contact with scheme head Mrs Pat Mur­ ray at Whalley Adult Centre (Whalley 2717).


A PROPOSAL by Ribblesdale Camera Club to use the. old telephone exchange in Ribble Lane, Chatburn, as a meeting room has been refused by the Ribble Valley Council's Devel­ opment Sub-Committtee. Members turned the scheme down on the grounds of lack of parking space in the area.


Board, representative, Mr Wolfenden, of Kirkmoor Road was driving home from Padiham when he spotted the fire. He was first on the scene and still battling with the flames when our photo­ grapher arrived..


scene of the blaze but could not prevent an extensive area of grass and trees from being destroyed.


Six fire engines went to the


than three hours to put out the blaze, which started on Fridayafternoori. They- were still damping down in the evening. A. strong wind blowing


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across the moorland fanned the flames towards the trees making fire fighting even more difficult. Had it not been for a fire


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' Mr, Wolfenden said the moorland became so charred its name — Blackhill — seemed, most appropriate. Attention to the dangers of


the flames with a branch, but the wind was such, that flames began to spread behind him and 'he was forced to leave. The alarm was raised by someone in Sabden.


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grass fires'has been drawn by Mr-Charles Speak, assistant divisional officer at Burnley. “At this time of the year it is particularly easy to start grass fires,” he said. “Chil­ dren especially are inclined to start a. small fire in a clump of dead grass and it quickly gets out of control. When the wind is strong the rapid spread of a fire is amazing and it is quite likely that someone can be injured. “Grass fires cause us a lot of


NOTTINGHAM and Sher­ wood Forest may have been the setting for the exploits of Robin Hood and his merry men, but Clitheroe and Bow-,


land Forest once boasted a very similar crew led by one Robin Wood, if Trinity Ladies'are to be believed.


Bowland” told the story of the local hero’s adventures’ to 300 people at Trinity Sun­ day School Hall on Friday and Saturday,: and again to the old folk of .Castleford on


Their show “The Ballad of


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ence in the hall was ^ also treated'to supper after the showjs feast finale. Written by Mr Roland Hailwood, “The Ballad of


Bowland” was produced by Mrs Christine Stornelli, Mrs Rosemary Lancaster, and Mrs Hazel Hailwood. The part of Robin Wood


work and they always happen when children are on holiday. . They, build a' little'den to play in, start a fire and then are unable1 to;control it. This is what we,'think happened at


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dangerous to start fires at all, even fo r ; an adult burning: dead grass on his allotment.; One day -someone would be trapped • by the flames and: badly burned or even killed. I t . just was not worth the risk.


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