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• 4 • Clitheroe Advertiser and ,Times, September 6th, 1979


Teenage Keith joins the


peting in junior class races, Keith stepped up into the senior bracket on his 17th birthday.


wished for a tougher bap­ tism, but was looking for­ ward to this week’s Isle of Man races which are the highlight of his season. He is due back tomorrow.


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races, but I never let this depress me and just kept plugging away until the results came,” he said.


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land County Secondary School, Keith is an appren­ tice mechanic with Dixons’ Motor Cycles, Accrington. Since April his employers have been sponsoring him and given him a new bike — a Bultaco 250. The backing paid off.


Keith has notched four outright wins since then, including the North Lancs Championship in which he finished ahead of about 100 rivals. Keith also makes use of


his work skills at home, spending many hours “tin­ kering” with his bike to


CURRENTLY mixing it with the big boys on the Isle of Man motor-cycle trials circuit is Rimington teenager Keith Knowles. After four years of com- ensure it is tip-top condi-


tion. He is able to practice


thanks to local farmer Mr Harry Metcalfe, of Manor


House Farm, who lets him “scramble” in one of the nearby fields.


“But preparing for races


is not simply a matter of cruising around on a bike,” said Keith.


and I spend many evenings k e e p i n g in trim by weightlifting and swim­ ming sessions.”


“Stamina is all important Keith realises it may


take some time to adapt to life in the senior flight, but eventually he hopes to obtain a more powerful bike to thrust himself along the track to the top.


RAF’s the life for James


ENJOYING life in the RAF is James Brayshaw, the 17-year-old son of Mr and Mrs B. Waddington, of


K e n i lw o r t h Dr i v e , Clitheroe. He passed-out recently


after a police training course at RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire, and is now serving at RAF Wad­ dington, Lines., as an act­ ing corporal.


James decided while he


was still at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School that the RAF was the life for him. S ix mo n t h s in th e Clitheroe Careers office


gave him a chance to study other opportunities, but his mind was made up.


Six weeks’ training at


Swinderby in the depths of winter was followed by a driving course at St Athan. The police course followed.


IAN TEAMS UP FOR MANX


RALLY STONYHURST ral ly driver Ian Grindrod is to team up for two rallies with one of Britain’s top motoring aces.


Ian (29), of Stock-


sbridge, will be acting as co-driver to Tony Pond, works driver for Talbot cars and number three in last year’s RAC rally.


They will be competing


in the Manx rally next weekend and the Round the World rally cham ship at San Remo, Ital October:


Earlier this year Ian was


shortlisted for a full-time jo b with the f o rme r Chrysler UK team, but was pipped at the post by a driver from Portsmouth. This latest offer is just for the two rallies, and Ian will have to see .if any further developments take place.


KEITH gears up his bike, ready for action. In Youth


achieving his ambition become an actor.


Theatre CLITHEROE boy Clark is one stei


ep Simon


nearer to


For Simon (15), of Gar­


nett Road, .has been chosen to take part in Manchester Youth Theatre.


He is among a 200-


strong company which opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre this week.


Simon, a pupi l o f


Ribblesdale School, is playing the Duke of York in a production of “Henry V.” He has had to learn about 1,000 words for the


part, but this has posed few problems.


He is no stranger to


memorising scripts, having acted in several school pro- ductions, including the lead in “Billy Liar.” He hopes to become an actor when he leaves school.


When the play finishes


next week he will be stay­ ing on in Manchester to learn more about stage management.


Simon, also a keen swim­ mer, is a member of the


Dophins swimming club at Ribblesdale Pool. Another local boy, 16-


year-old Andrew Srawley, of Timbrills Avenue, Sab- den, has also been acting with the company.


Running out of athletes


WHERE are the young runners of the Hodder Val­ ley? Only one local athlete, Mik e B am f o r d , o f Broadhead Farm, Slaid- burn, has entered the fell races being organised by Clayton-le-Moors Harriers during the Hodder Valley Show at Slaidburn on Saturday. Mike is a member of the


Harriers and founder of the event which was first held last year. He has donated a prize


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local man who had been on a .visit to his son in' the south of the country and the son had a friend who was the proud owner of a quite magnificent garden. The lawns were of velvet smoothness, the dahlias, the petunias, asters and roses bloomed in luxurious profusion.


Whalley Window


The focal point of this


glorious display was a gnome — no ordinary or common or garden gnome — but the very king of gnomes, resplendent in red jacket, white trousers and a splendid green hat with a bobble the size of a tennis ball.


; From his elevated posi­


tion on the top of a grassy mound he stood in solitary Bplendour, monarch of all


THE story I tell you today has nothing whatever to do with Whalley, but it is so very different and unusual that I would be s e l f i s h in the extreme to keep it to myself.. It was told to me by a


MR PARKER MR COWLING MR BRENNEN Fred Gnome ‘emigrates’


he surveyed, the pride of the houseowner and his wife, the affectionate friend of the family chil­ dren.


any indication of his inten­ tions or expression of farewell, he disappeared. The houseowner was


Then, one night without


and the children were despondent and near to tears wheneve r they looked out on the brown patch of earth at the top of the green embankment where their elfin friend had once so proudly reigned.


. The days, grew into weeks and the weeks grew into months and, doubt­ lessly, the police did their best, but tne gnome was gone forever, it seemed, and the family became res­ igned to their loss. They would never see


‘the little man in the red coat, white trousers and green hat-again. A sad story, -you will


agree, but wait a moment, I haven’t finished yet.


One morning, many '


weeks after this villainous gnomenapping, purloining or disappearance, the post­ man called at the house with the lovely garden and dr opped a . - p o s t c a r d :


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furious. He ranted, he raved, he used a variety of adjectives rarely heard in polite society to describe the miscreant who had, he was certain, kidnapped his gnome. He notified the police


through the letter box. It was an attractive view of a Canadian beauty spot and, on the reverse side, was a shor t blit intriguing message. The card read, “Dear


friends, having a lovely time. Canada' is a splendid


country. Yours affec. Fred Gnome.” Now what do you make of that? T h e f a m i l y w a s


to the best of my know­ ledge, this has been the last message received, but others may be on their way, and the Johnsons, (we will call them the Johnsons), don’t know what to think. Wi l l they hear from.


astonished and told all thei r friends of this s t range o c cu r r e n c e . Another fortnight passed, then a second card arrived; this time from Australia. The message ran, “ Still travelling, miss you all. Fred Gnome.” At the time of writing,


Fred again, will other mes­ sages come to them from faraway places, from exo­ tic climes, tropic jungles or arctic wastes? Nothing will,


■ surprise them now. Perhaps Fred, travel-


stained and: weary, ' or possibly richly sunburn,


- and silent night. He went in the night and


why shouldn’t he. come back in tKe same manner?


1 If I ever hear, I’ll let you : know. 1 ■ ■


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THREE new appoint­ ments have been made by Atkinson’s of Cluheroe, manufacturers of spread­ ers, rollers, and gritters for agriculture, construc­ tion and public authorities. Appointed to the board


at Atkinson’s as sales director is Mr Roger Parker, who is currently sales and marke tin g manager. Mr Parker (39) joined the company m 1976. He


will have total responsibil­ ity for the sales and servic­ ing of the company's spreaders, rollers and grit­ ters. He lives with his wife


and young son in Langho. New technical manager


is Mr Jeffrey Cowling, of Grindleton. He will be responsible for design, development, inspection and quality control. He is married with two young children.


to Mr Ray Brennen, who has been made general manager of Sherpa Stac­ kers, a division of Atkin- sons.


Mr Brennen, who joined


Sherpa' in 1978, will man­ age the design, procure­ ment and service functions in addition to his current marketing responsibilities. He lives in Southport with his wife and daughter.


The third appointment is


on the day at the Village Hall, Slaidburn, or may be made in advance to Alas- tair Patten, 21 Shireburn Avenue, Clitheroe.


include the “ king and queen of the mountains,” Harry Walker (Blackburn) this year’s Three Peaks winner, and Jean Loc- hhead (Airedale and Spen Valley), who was the first lady to finish. The races start from the showground at 3 p.m. Entries will be accepted


for the first Hodder Valley local in the senior race which is over six miles. There are 84 entries for this race, but only four for the junior race (under 16) over a three-mile distance. The 84 senior entries


Tony are no strangers. When Ian was chosen to co-drive British Leyland TR7’s in the 1977 and 1978 RAC rallies, he met Tony, who was the company’s top driver.


Fortunately, Ian and After the 500-mile Manx


rally, which takes place on twisting tarmac roads, the pair will be going straight to Italy to prepare for the 3,000-mile event.


beam Lotus, will be among 150 vehicles taking part in the Isle of Man event.


Their car, a Talbot Sun­


ing for about 10 years, is a member of Cl ithe ro e Motor Club, and co-drives in local events with Mr Trevor Roberts, sales- manager at Primrose Gar­ age, Clitheroe. He also turns out for national ral­ lies with Cyril Bolton, of Langho.


Ian, who has been rally­


He works as a motor mechanic in Preston.


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A KERRY Blue Terrier bitch owned by Mrs Pauline Brown, of Chapel House, Tosside, won a first prize in the Birmin­ gham Championship Show.


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