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!. iTEENAGERTrevor KnpwleS’-i-knockedi off.-,his .bicycle by .a car in went on dreaming of driving a Rimington., ' car even though a road acci-


bikes. In the past six years he has


v This week the dream was realised , when Trevor1 called to pick up his. 'brand new; specially converted; yel: '


- low Ford Escort, from Rufus Carr’s garage in Bawdlands, Clitheroe. •


-^•ovHM^^n^'P'^Se^TSrraci” ---'-011 a car> and after his 17th birthday -:W]J.S?Sv?\r.-,™“ W ? S * ’


’— For Trevor, who lives with his , parents. Derek and Christine


always wanted.. My parents have driven me around for the last few


I A ll set and raring to go ; . Trevor in the driving seat, of his j J new car with Mr Peter Garnett, sales manager at Rufus,Carr.


Trevor was paralysed from the ■waist- downwards after- being


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RimiSon/said:^^‘A car is whaUVe' in June’ he decided to spend tl/e sette ln h's'-new vehlde‘ ,


-------u— money he received as compensation following his accident.


- years,- but now .1 can be indepen­ dent.”


. . y , v He soon spotted what he wanted


at Rufus Carr, where arrangements were made to send the . Escort to Manchester for conversion.


woman’s life The car’s f-iclutch'control"- is now;-


dent six years ago cost him the - curb his1 enthusiasm for cars and use of his legs.


The'accident," however, failed to pa


restored an old sbike to its former glory :and ,put together a, stock car with the help of a friend.


‘ - Trevor deft, Riversmead -School- last year and-hopes.-to -find a job soon in the area. '


‘ But all the time his heart was set


placed ih - th e . Eear, ,le v e r . ,-T h e " , accelerator- and handbrake , are in - "the steering,column.


' f A 4 ' *} } )t U , “Rufus Carr have-been just great-


with the - whole thing,” said Trevor. “But I owe a lot to my mother and' father, and younger brother -Keith,- - who have all helped -me tremend- ■ ously. over .the last few years.” •


- • Trevor plans to cover many miles


after he has;passed'his test, and is thinking .of “installing a.radio/cas-


“ I can’t wait to get on the road.


Perhaps in years- to come I might even be able to take part in rallies organised by Clitheroe and District Motor Club.- It’ll make a change from watching.”


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Car ‘corpse’ is grave problem for priest


THE Rev. Arthur Higginson has a grave problem he is dying to gel rid of. For a beaten-up red Ford Escort estate car has been dumped outside St John’s Churchyard, Hurst Green.


The car has been there for nearly three weeks, and


has had seats and tyres slashed and windows smashed.


Mr Higginson, the priest-in-charge, is disgusted


with the whole affair and so are many churchgoers. “We have difficulty catering for the deceased because the churchyard is quite full. And we have no


intention of opening a cemetery for cars,” said Mr Higginson. Mr Higginson has no idea why the car was left but


wants it moved auickly. “At least there have been no ..........


burials or wedt That would have


investigated.


dings while the car has been there, been most embarrassing."


a A police spokesman said the matter was being


1,000 told ‘Pay up or else’


MORE than 1,000 R i b b l e Valley householders have been set an August 15th deadline to pay their rates or face court action.


Summonses have- been


posted and unless they pay within 12 days, distress warrants will b e . issued against them at Clitheroe Magistrates Court.


After the court hearing


they will receive a further week’s notice to pay up, otherwise bailiffs will be - empowered to seize goods to the value of the rates outstanding.


The defaulters owe a M in u te w a ltz


DANCING to the Bob Whatmough Band is on the agenda at Billington Parish Council ball at Brockhall Hospital on September 1st.


Tickets for the dance can


be obtained from Mrs Mary Jackson, of 108 Pas- turelands Drive, Billing­ ton. Tel. Whalley 2115. Following the success of


the ball last year it has been decided to make it an annual event.


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total of between £75,000 and £100,000 and the action is part of -Ribble Valley Council’^ “ g e t - tough” policy on cash col­ lection.


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E a r l i e r th is y e a r ratepayers were warned


ratep aye rs had b een allowed “a certain latitude” in the past, because staff


-. had been busy dealing with a backlog of work which had built up since reorgan­ isation.


that if they did not pay the first- of their, two rates instalments 1 by April 30th, the whole amount became due.


Dramatic The point was emphas­


ises in a red-printed label accompanying, demand notices sent out in the spring.


,. > The impact was drama­


tic and by the end of June the Treasurer’s Depart­ ment -had received £1.6m — almost double the figure collected in 1977. H ow e v e r , a la r g e -


number did not pay up until May or June and they form the bulk of defaulters due fo r -a court appear; ance.


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“ I think they were fol­ lowing old-established


Audit bill shock to council


A BILL for £1,370 has been presented to Ribble Valley Council for a special investigation into its books following irregularities in its building maintenance department. The charge has angered his case” for the charge.


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members of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and they have asked the District Auditor to meet them and give an explanation.


The irregularities were


alleged to have taken place two years ago and resulted in the dismissal of a Coun­ cil employee.


The size of the bill dis-'


mayed Committee chair­ man, Coun. Tom Robinson (Clitheroe) who told mem­ bers that it seemed exces­ sive m view of the fact that bulk of the information was p r o v id ed to the Auditors.


. Deputy Treasurer, Mr


Leslie Pickering, said the. District Auditor’s charge was £50 per day and the investigation involved three weeks’ work for two men.


Coun. B i ll Bowker


(Wilpshire) suggested that the Auditor should “state:


M- cyclist killed in collision


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A- CLITHEROE shop proprietor -was “satisfac­ tory”. in Blackburn Royal Infirmary yesterday, after being involved ,in -a - fatal road ■: accident>on Tuesday, night.


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v-Mr Peter Edward-Baker (42), .ow n e ro f - Morton’s Jewellers,'-Moor Lhne^waS; driving-toiWaddington,' -with his fiancee, Janet -Eatough, when -his.Lancia saloon was in collision with


;a-motor-cycle-in Clitheroe R o ad-;v-;n e a r-.*“>W a d d o w; Grove/ Waddington. ■:.The motor-cyclist,- Mr,


-Peter James Slater.:(19);:of; iJVillow&L'ane,-'Accrington^ was killed. & Mr,: Baker received, headf and?-back-injuries,^but-hisi, fiancee was unhurt., Ribble /-Valley .coroner


Mr George/Graham has been informed,


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It was agreed that he


should be called to a full meeting of the committee and should be asked to sub­ mit a final report on the investigations.


'Coun. Robinson .said


that a lengthy interim report had already been received.


practice and did not realise they would have to pay by April 30th,” said the coun- .’s Deputy Treasurer -Mr Leslie Pickeiring.


-1 , “Being a fairly wide­


spread area, the news does not travel as fast as it would - in a compact dis­ trict.-- --.■■■ ■ “It is my belief that 75


per cent of defaulters will pay the full amount before the court day and we will n ot have to proceed- against them. “It- is not- a case of the


council following the law to the letter, but simply that we are now able to tighten up on our cash collection.” • -Mr Pickering-said that


Deadline ,


In the past, defaulters were not taken to court


1 until November, when the deadline for the second ra te s instalment had passed. The increased revenue


during the early part of the year has improved-the council’s cash flow position and no short-term loans


, have -had to be taken out for services.


. r Rateh still outstanding


to ta l £1.5m, butv'this includes arrears from 1977 and money from instal-


. ments - which -are not yet due.


GRR-OUNDED!


CLITHEROE woman Mrs Jean Manley should have been soaking up the sunshine in Kingston Jamaica, this week. Instead, she is still wait­


ing to take off, after being frounded for the last eight


ays due to a lightning strike by Jamaican pilots.


,. .Mrs Manley was due to leave her home in Fort Street on July 26th and travel to Kingston via


Manchester and London. Now her flight will not leave until Sunday . . .11 days late. “ It’s been a big disap-


for a long time: “I even took a Saturday


fiointment,- because I’ve


job to raise extra money,” sa id Mrs Man ley, a laboratory assistant- at


ooked forward, to the trip


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. -


Mrs Manley’s trip is to


visit some of her family’s old friends, who live in Kingston. But the delay now


means that her. tropical holiday will not finish until, September 10th, which is


seven days after the start of the new school term. . Trouble in the air, how­


ever, is nothing new to Mrs Manley. Six years ago there was a bomb scare on- the plane she was travel­ ling on to Greece and the plane, later -developed an undercarriage fault as -well! -


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THE sweet taste of ■ success. . . Margaret; Mercer’s Swiss roll went down well with the judges; at the County Young . . Farmers’ inter-regional field day at Myerscough. She is pictured receiving


the leading cookery award from donor Mrs R. Thompson. Margaret, a Chipping


YFC member, who works - for a Clitheroe accountant, led the Bowland girls’ team -to overall victory in their events. Bowland Region shared


the Farmers Guardian trophy with Ribble Valley. They won the trophy outright last year. : • Full story page 1. : .


Clitheroe nurse, and an t ib/d a


-unknown young helper i saved the life of a woman showered with glass in a road accident; in the town on Satur- 1 day morning.


- stem the blood flow from a burst artery. ‘ • •


- Mrs, Pinder and her helper held the tourniquet


: in place until an ambulance - came to take1 Mrs Shaw to Blackburn-Royal Infir- - mary where; after an oper-


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• • Mrs Nuala Shaw (30), of Holme,-, Farm*/ Chaigley; was -standing-near Gwen’s fashion - shop -in -Wellgate , when - a car mounted the pavement and crashed into’ -


- a. display window, shower- - ing her with glass. . - -- .-,


But: as she lay on the


pavement, bleeding pro­ fusely from numerous cuts, help was near at i hand. • ■


MRS SHAW Dentist’s wife Mrs Irene


Pinder, a , qualified SRN rushed from- her home


opposite, and with the help of an unidentified young man at the crash scene managed to place a tourni­ quet on Mrs Shaw’s arm to


.- ation''on the damaged arm, she was said to be “satis­ factory.” This week Mrs Shaw’s


husband, David,: acting manager of the CWS With- gill Estate'which includes Holme Farm, publicly thanked Mrs Pinder and all who helped at the crash scene. -


......... He said: “Apparently in


addition to Mrs Pinder there were two young men who reacted - very quickly after the accident and were particularly helpful to my wife — I don’t know who they are, but I’d like to thank them very much.” The c a r : driver, Mr


Robert Allan, of Gullane, East Lothian, in Scotland, was unhurt. , - There was- also a lucky,


escape for Mrs Shaw’s chil­ dren, N ic o la . (10) and Jonathan (8), who were with her at the time of the accident, and Mrs Heather Young, of Stamford Place, Clitheroe, a shop assistant in Gwen’s. Three plate glass win­


dows and a number of hats and d r e s s e s , valued, together at between £500 and £1,000, were damaged.


Beauty treatment


THE scenery around New­ ton and Sawley should be even more beautiful than usual this summer. For a total of 1,700


metres of electricity cable were hidden underground by Norweb workmen ear­ lier this year. In Newton, 710 -metres were taken down and buried, and 990 metres received ■ similar treatment, in Sawley. The1 cost of the whole


operation — part of Nor- web’s annual programme — was just under £12,000.


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