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THERE was a firm trade for bullocks and heifers at Monday's fatstock sale at Clitheroe Auc­ tion Mart and also very good business for fat cows. Hoggets maintained recent prices. Forward were 82 fat cattle, including 34 fat cows, 37 ewes


kilo (average 79.9p), medium to 86p (8l.3p), heavy to 77.2p (77.Ip), light heifers to 86p (7(5.op), medium to 80.8p (7G.4p). Overall "steers and heif­ ers averaged 78.6p. Uncertified steers made to


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per head (£18.80), horned to £1S (£14.40).


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(57.4p). Light lambs made to I77p


and 304 hoggs. Light steers made to 87p per


THERE was a dramatic climax to Ribblesdale School’s swimming gala on Friday. Pendle House looked to have the championship all sewn ud until the very last minute, when they were suddenly overta­


ken' by Calder.


106 points, were Pendle 103, Kemple 98 and Hodder 93


The following boys and girls were first in their respective races:


There were 120 competitors. Behind Calder, with .


_ , . , _ . , Breast stroke: First year — Steven Nicholas and „ ... , , Moorhouse.


Kirk. Second year — Neil Birtwell and Joanne Wilkinson. Third year — Andrew Nicholas and Rosemary Moorhouse. Senior — Derek Hearle, and


Crawl: First year — Steven Roberts and Debbie ' Gillian Booth. „ , . , Back stroke: First year — David Driver and , _ .


Catherine Draper. Second year —.Andrew Neild- and Ann Baliff. Third year — Alastair Helm and Lisa Chapman. Senior — Simon Clark and Jill Tomlinson.


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OUTLINE planning per­ mission for tne erection of fo u r / p a i r s of semi­ detached houses at Wal- mesley Brow,' Billington, hasi.been granted .by/the Ribble .Valley Council’s D e v e lo pm e n t^ S u b - Committee.


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in a report that'the . site was on the west side.pf-the


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No objections had;been


send-off was staged Chipping Huddleston, by the Chip ping Hill Farming Group.


“This is your life” type aged for


mark Mattls retirement and removal to Clitheroe, fellow group member Mr John Stott (snr), of Laund Farm, highlighted Matt’s many achievements'during 32 years of farming in Chipping.


At a dinner-dance to Matt will continue as


group chairman — a posi­ tion ne has held since its formation 12 years ago.


farmer Mr Matt i.


Matt’s association with v a r io u s c om m i t te e s ,


Mr Stott referred to


and district Welfare Com­ mittee, the parish and Rib­ ble Valley. Councils. He also spoke of Matt’s earlier work with‘the' Young Far­ mers* Club of which he is a past president, ahd as fo rm e r chairman and member of the Agricul­ tural Show committee. Watched by 100 mem­


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bers, wives and friends, Matt and his wife Annie were presented with a set of. desk drawers and a lamp.


cluded with a dance, was organised by Mr Stott, Mr Dick Brewer «and--.Mr Henry Bainbridge — mem­ bers of the group — and Mr Richard Coates, of the P re s to n A gricultural Advisory Service..- i . v Mr Brewer,proposed the


Tne function, which con­ , . . .


, Seen at the presentation are, from-the left: Mr Huddleston, Mrs Brewerf Mr. Brewer,1 Mrs Huddles­ ton, sMr Stott, Mr Bain­ bridge ;. Mrs. Bainbridge and ;Mr. Coates,


health of the Huddleston family and Mr Peter Stott proposed the . toast, to./the Hill Farming -. Group. Mr Coates was toastmaster. Flowers were presented to Mrs Huddleston by Mrs Julie Brewer.


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DEFEND our heritage pleads naturalist


PLANTS and flowers fast disappearing from the countryside locally were featured in some superb


colour slides shown to Clitheroe Naturalists by Mr J. ^Robinson


. / • His 'topic was entitled


. “Defending, our heritage” and heispoke of the impact which modern farming methods, allied to the fil- ling in of ponds, land drain­ age and the disappearance of streams, was having on nature generally. The plucking of wild flowers and the uprooting of them was another destructive


highly interesting and were the result patient effort in


aspect. The slides of fungi were


of much view of


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the short life cycle. Mr Robinson concluded with a plea to everyone to play their part in helping to pre­ serve the natural beauty of


the Ribble Valley. .• Thanking Mr Robinson,


Mr Bernard Sharpies urged members to visit the C l i th e ro e / Town Map exhibition in Castle Street to find out what was being planned for the town. At the meeting on March


6th, Mr G. R. Fletcher, of Sabden, wdl.speak on “The Ribble' and Sabden val­ leys.”


Stephen . lands a roach


A MEMBER of Ribbles dale School Fishing Club, Stephen Sweeney, was the overall winner of the club’s match against Hyndburn and Blackburn Angling Association on Saturday.


a trophy and a voucher to spenn on tackle.


An 8'Aoz. roaoh won him • A minibus breakdown


delaved the club’s arrival at the Leeds-Liverpool canal, at Mill Hill, Black­ burn, by an hour.


' /The . experienced Hynd- biirn and Blackburn ang-. lers won the team trophy' with lib. 5oz. Ribblesdale’s catch weighed in at 9Woz.


Clitheroe, was thanked for organising the event. The return is to be fished at Cherry Tree on March 8th.


team to weigh in were Tre­ vor Lord and Paul Nutter, both with small gudgeon. Mr Cliff Wells, of


Other members of the


NALGO members have come to the aid of the Rib­ ble Valley Mayor’s charity fund. In conjunction with the Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, and the council’s chief officers, there is to be r buffet-dance at The Sand piper, Whalley, on Friday. March 21st. Proceeds will be for the fund. The suggestion from


Nalgo’s Ribble Valley branch for a joint effort was welcomed by the Mayor. In addition to rais ing money it will also, to some extent, take the place of the Mayor’s ball and the Nalgo New Year’: Eve ball, both of which could not be held at the end of last year. Said the Mayor: “We are


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Half-term i holiday in


the Alps


WHILE most scholars at St Augustine’s School, Billington, are enjoying a half-term holiday?this week, 22 pupils are still working hard at their lessons — at a school in France.


» For 22-lucky .third and


fourth year pupils are sam- iling the French way of


. ife on a tw o -w e e k exchange visit to Bozel, in the French Alps. The boys and girls are


staying in French homes. They will join their friends in lessons at the local school for the first week, and will spend the second week skiTing at a nearby rcsortt


A day "trip to Switzer­ . :


land is also planned. A ccom p an y in g th e


pupils is Mrs Margaret Rey, head.of French at St Augustine’s, her husband James, and French teacher Mrs Jean Franey. The exchange is a new


Widow took own life


AN elderly Waddington woman found dead at her home with a plastic bag o v e r h e r head was depressed after suffering from .flu, ,an inquest at Blackburn was told. Recording’ a verdict of


venture for the school, but Mrs Rey has already had a good look round the whole area, met the people con­ cerned and visited the school.


Dancers’ town debut


CLITHEROE Country Fair Morris dancers — the women’s equivalent of Morris' men — will step out for their public debut on Saturday.


looking forward to a jolly and lively evening.” Tickets (£4) are obtain­


able from the Mayor’s sec­ retary, at the Castle; the In fo rm a tio n O f f ic e , Church Street; P. J. Whit­ ta k e r ’s, King S t re e t , Whalley; and from the council’s mobile office. On March 1st there will be another effort in aid of


the fund — a coffee morn­ ing in the Mayor’s parlour.


MAYOR’S FUND


THE Ribble Valley Mayor's Charity Fund now totals almost


f. Wildlife quiz £54.30: Clitheroe and dist. NFU’ Ladies’ Social Section £50; Fr Murray (Church of English Martyrs) £20; Black­ burn Police welfare Fund, Hurst Green WI and Probus Club, £15: “Helen's”, Whalley, £13.50; Coun. J. Carr £10;


£844. Latest donations include:


Nine women will be join­ . :


ing about 15 men for. a colourful tour of Clitheroe town centre. They will start from the


Castle gates (10-30 a.m.) and proceed to the New Inn (11-00), the market (11-30), Market Place (12- 15) and the Swan and Royal courtyard (12-45). The dancers then hope


to retrace their steps to the C a s t le , b u t th is depends on the weather and other commitments. A collection during the


tour will go towards offset­ ting the costs of a “day of dance” being organised by the Clitheroe troop on May 24th. The Clitheroe dancers


are'hoping to tour Black­ burn, Nelson and Accring­ ton shortly to boost their funds for the big day even further.


' Thornley-with-Wheatley Wl £9; Coun. F. Talbot £7; Mr and Mrs H. Sim and anonymous £5;


Recital


•Clithoroe Soroptimists and anonymous £3 each; Mr and Mrs T. P. Rushton, Mrs Birtwell and Mrs Speakman £2; Malcolm Par­ kinson £1.


PIANIST Alexander Kelly will be giving a concert in the Academy Room at Stonyhiirst College on Sunday night, at 8-15 p.m.


Farmers’ tribute to Matt


Wanted to be at peace. He was told bv a neigh-


suicide, East Lancashire C o ro n e r Mr George Graham said that Mrs Elizabeth Overend (62), of Queens way, had taken her own life because she


b o u r , Mrs D o re en Edmondson, that Mrs Overend, a widow, rarely mixed with anyone and had become something of a recluse. She had been par­ ticularly depressed after recently suffering from flu.


Mrs Edmondson, who


visited Mrs Overend regu­ larly, called on Saturday afternoon and raised the alarm after being unable to enter the house. The police were called and broke in to find Mrs Overend dead in her bedroom. The funeral will take place this after­ noon at St Helen's Church, Waddington. Mrs Overend had lived


in the village for about 25 years. She leaves a son, a Captain in the Army, and a daughter, who lives in St Albans.


Regional champs


from five other regions to find the top young far­ mers’' club in' the county. When members met tor


CLITHEROE Young Far­ mers have made it six-in-a- row by winning the “Club of the Region” title for the sixth year in succession, The club will now go on to compete against clubs


lt^st week’s . meeting,water was the main topic of'con­ versation. For the guest speaker


Resistan growing to pensit paymeni


‘changei SUB-POSTMASTI, throughout the Ri j Valley are prepal for the worst, if


Government pas proposals to cha the methods of pa1 pensions and bene: As part of Governr spending cuts it is pos


tha t payments wil made at longer intei instead of weekly and people may have to ti to main offices to pic their allowances. Many village post)


ters are worried about fall in custom that c result.


Chipping postmasteil Richard Grenfell fe lt; of smaller post offl could go to the wall [ that his was a “margil one.


are put forward, it tsl ficult to comment, b* don’t think the public f ise how serious thi could be,” he said. T At Dunsop Bridge,


“Until definite propel


licence, however, ar. think we would hav< open up that side of business to compensatt any loss in trade,” shet Bolton-bv-Bowl;


Sonia Baron, who runs village shop and j office, thought it might be worth her carrying “We do have a c


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postmaster Mr John J ray felt the moves coul “a disaster.” He sail would mean fewer pe calling at his shop am would have to take app riate steps.


business for a few morS so I can still see thine an outsider,” said Mr Ii ray. “To survive, we w have to become n tourist-minded, rat than simply a vil shop.”


“I have only been irfl


•moves has been put in Rimington post office, the parish council am have written to Ski Division MP Mr John son expressing conce Mrs Joyce Gorrif


A petition against ■


was Mr Leeming and his talk on “Water and rivers” included the purification and supply of water. He also sp'oke about fish farm­ ing and showed slides to illustrate his talk. He was thanked by Matthew Asp- den and Helen Cowper-


passed their proficiency tests in patchwork are Carol Dent, Julie Parkin­ son, Adele Nuttall, Linda J o n e s "and A n g e la Walmsley.


thwaite. Five members who have


Fined £60


FOR driving a car without due care and attention, Antonio Lafranceschina (62), of Beech wood Avenue, Clitheroe, was fined £60 by the town’s magistrates. In a letter to the court,


he admitted hitting a parked car in Clitheroe Road, Whalley.


“Many customers alarmed. For old foil young m o th e r s , : changes could be dra:


who is in charge here,


travelling to Clitherot bus and pensioners «•• rather come here that


“There are difficultii


all that way.” At Waddington i


office, Mr Raymond K said: “We don’t re know what will hap until it comes to crunch, but things coulj catastrophic. “We are not going


benefit one iota from proposals and are in process of writing to


closes, it is one too m: in my opinion:”


“if only one post of


Stephenson felt his j office would be able cope with the changes 1 ter than others in sms villages.


At Sabden, Mr T


social point of view^ ideas are shocking,”


“But, even so, froi


said. “I feel sorry for the


age pensioners. A lo them are geared up to ing on a week to v budget and might h trouble working out changes.”


Repairs


THE Ribble Valley cil’s Recreation and sure Committee is a ing to the Diocese of B burn for permtssio repair the retaining w Clitheroe Parish Chi 1 closed churchyard.


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