Duncan finds
‘murder city’ a bit scary
CLITHEROE Fielding
returnecfh hoome
sampling the atmosphere in a city haunted by 28 unsolved murders.
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Busy two weeks
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Conservatives have had a busy fortnight taking in ten-pin bowling, skiing and a theatre trip. The ten-pin bowlin;
the ski slopes at Rossen- dale, then members en joyed a visit to th e theatre to see the Moliere comedy “The Misan thrope/’ Members of Clitheroe
outing to Leeds endeu with a visit to Harry Ramsden’s chip shop for supper. The next outing was to
F ire Brigade also at tended a club meeting to give a talk on fire safety.
Parked on pavement
FOR causing an unneces sary obstruction by park ing on the pavement in Waterloo Road, Stephen John Robinson (33), of Bawdlands, Clitheroe, was fined £20 and ordered to pay £25 costs by the town’s magistrates.
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night competing in the 26th International Skill Olympics, held in the American city of Atlanta, where the black communi ty has been terrorised by 28 killings in the last two years.
He spent almost a fort
been charged with the latest murder, strict sec urity was very much in evidence throughout Dun can’s stay.
Although a man has
Olympics were warned not to go out at night and always to stay in groups of at least four. “It was a little bit scary,” admitted 19-year-old Duncan, of Peel Park Avenue, who works for Lucas Aeros pace, Burnley.
Competitors in the Skill
tion, Duncan enjoyed a tour of Atlanta airport and visits to a fun fair and a carving of three USA presidents in granite, said to be the biggest of its kind in the world. A trip to a baseball match had to be called off because the players were on strike!
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and Japan excelled at making a drill jig — a clamp-like device to gain 97.8 per cent. Said an a dm i r in g Duncan: "Their workman ship was out of this world.” Away from the competi
test itself, Duncan, repre senting the UK, finished eighth out of 10, but was far from disappointed. Entrants from Korea
In the bench-fitting con
GOING up in the world are Chatburn youngs ters Philip Wallbank (13), Gary Tyne (12), David Smalley (13), Peter Whiteside (12) and Andrew Murphy (8). In attendance are firemen (from left) Paul Stewart, Derek Niland, Bill Young and Bob Davies.
CHATBURN’S SUNSHINE GALA DAY
AFTER a number of disappointing years be cause of bad weather, the rain finally stayed away from the annual Chatburn gala and sports day on Saturday.
host of attractions, which included tombola and white eleph'ant stalls and an antique fair in the school hall. F ire and ambulance men from Clitheroe were
Clitheroe Mart
(168.8p) per kilo, medium to l75.5p (
165.Gp) and heavy to 155.5p (153.6p). Half-bred ewes made to
94.3p (
91.Gp), calf bulls to 107.6p (104.3p) and fat cows to 79p (69.01p). Standard lambs made to 188p
Light heifers made to 96.8p (91. Ip) and medium to 103p (101.4p). Uncertified steers made to
and medium to 99.Sp ~(97.3p?.’ day.
FAT cattle maintained a very good trade and lamb prices stayed steady at Clitheroe Auc tion Mart on Monda
Lnightht steers made to 101.;2p per live kilo, -averag '
96.5p Crowds flocked to a
on hand to demonstrate their vehicles and allow the children to try out the equipment. The youngs ters were also able to enjoy pony rides and take a look at two visiting llamas. Chatburn first team won the
five-a-side football competition and other results were: Flat race: Mixed under-fives — Re becca Goodbier, Gary Cle- mence, Helen Myers: 5-6 years, boys — Stephen Woodward, Gareth Johnson, Martin Tit- terington. 7-8 years) girls — Rachel Lewis, Adele Rhodes, Clare Hargreaves: boys — Ivan Taylor, Andrew Mossop, Jason Primrose. 9-10 years, girls — Sara Johnson, Rachel Hall, Susan Rhodes: boys — Shaun Wilson, Carl Edwards, Phillip Edwards. 11-12 years; girls — Terrie Hargreaves, Nina John son, Lynn Ridgway; boys — Paul Banks, Martyn Pierce, Patrick Bailey. 13-15 years, boys — Carl Price, Garry Taylor, David Ridgway. Ladies' open race — Bridget
£31.40 (£27.10) and homed ewes to £25.80 (£18.70).
Dobson. Shot putt — Brian Johnson. High Jump — Geoff Young. Junior high jump — David '
Ridgway.
Stewart, Tracey Eccles, Lynn Ridgway. Welly throwing — Tony
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wear and tear to the roads seem somewhat- unfair as each and every one of us, by payment of road-fund licence and petrol duty, contributes to the cost of road building. As most rally competitors use* their cars very little other than in competition their contribution per mile driven is far greater than most road users. Whilst inadvertently they may occasionally run on the grass verge, this is obvi ously unintentional as a car certainly does not steer or handle when so driven. With respect I would suggest that the weekend picnicker is more inclined to damage the verge than rally com petitors.
HAVING read the very reasoned comments from M. Wilson’ regarding ral lying, perhaps I may be permitted to comment on certain points. The remarks regarding
Local feelings known
, week, purported to inform your readers about sever al aspects of motor rally ing. The letter was mis leading in that it con tained a number of inac curacies and showed a misunderstanding of the Rally Liaison Officer’s duties.
THE le t te r from M. Wilson, published last
would care to contact me, I would be happy to pro vide him with some cor rect information and see if I can help with his prob lem. In thfe meantime, I can assure him that the authorisation bodies have a better knowledge of local feeling than his letter would indicate.
If your correspondent
F. R. HONEYWELL, RAC Rally Liaison Of ficer for Lancashire, “Wallaford,” Salthill Road, Clitheroe.
• LETTERS for publica tion are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at the Editor's discretion.
would really like to make is that rallying is a con trolled sport. We accept we need the indulgence of the country-dweller, but a careful use of road ration ing'and correct public re lations procedure should result in th e ir being passed only on a few nights of the year, with a minimum of disturbance.
However, the point I
out, a rally competitor is well aware of his respon sibility to the community and always puts right or compensates for any damage caused. Also, or ganisers, while not ac cepting liability, will usu ally arrange to put right any wrong done by spec tators.
As farmers will bear
driving, will at times upset someone, some where. But on the credit side it has proved an ex cellent training for better driving by the younger
Rallying, as does any
Clitlieroe Advertiser and Times, June 25th, 1981 3 aware of responsibilities
are doing our best to keep them away from our sport, and nope to re-es tablish the good relations we have enjoyed for so many years with the rural community.
J. T. ROBERTS, 4 Brook Villas, West Bradford
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n u c le a r - f re e zone in Europe, many agreed, but Ribble Valley Council refused. Now a fresh appeal is
American weapons ana pinching and scraping on education etc., not to defend Britain, which is indefensible against nuc lear missiles, but to defend America. 3. ODDIE, 13 Westfield Drive, West Bradford.
Flower Club
ing supper is being ar ranged for June 26th. Particulars are available fj-om Mrs M. Heaton.
orange lilies, chrysan^ themums and carnations were also featured. He was thanked by Mrs P. Calverley.1 An evening trip includ
of driftwood decorated with blue monkshood and Canterbury bells. The second was in striking yellow, using lilies and carnations. A cool ar rangement in all white on a piece of Italian porcelain followed. Fruit on basketry with
CLITHEROE Flower Club welcomed Gareth, of Accrington, to their meet ing on Friday. His first arrangement was a land scape, using- a large piece
military planners now be lieve that the destruction could be confined to Europe and that the US woula not be touched. So we are housing
understand that nuclear weapons in Europe would invite its destruction in any war between the super powers. Furthermore, American
to be made and it is to be hoped th a t this time Ribble Valley will put the welfare of our people before the dangerous schemings of others. Councillors should
WHEN, in February, Manchester City Council ' to other local au- to'help develop a
comments about th e Whalley village pubs, when he thoughtlessly in sulted hundreds of people, from all “walks” of life, with a few ill-informed, ill-chosen, and tverv un timely words which did neither credit to his posi tion as a councillor nor his profession as a teacher. As he appears to be,
reported in last week’s Advertiser, not even glancing, let alone looking before leaping, and at the same time’, doing about as much for diplomacy as lemmings do for self-pre servation. I refer, of course, to his
There he was again, as
lent as today, when even our own Queen cannot be given total security, and knowing that we have one of the ousiest villages in the country, it is my opin ion that Whalley’s crimi nal activity is very, very low. The number of people
unaware of that fact then he is not a man of com mercial knowledge. Finally, I would like to
the point that Coun. Lan caster enjoys “giving it out” but definitely “cannot take it.”
ANDREW RONNAN 2 Sydney Avenue, Whalley
with him in the past on another matter a couple of years ago which resulted in myself being reported to the police for harass ment of a councillor. To me, it only proved
Lancaster. He has time and time again insulted the hard-working mem bers of our community with utter disregard of the decency of either earning an honest living, as is deservedly enioyed by the village landlords, or by jibing the communi ty sporting, organisations while surrounding himself with p a r ish council privilege. I have remonstrated
add my own personnal condemnation of Coun.
credit to the people who run them ana the bre weries who own them. They are clean, well-man aged and cater for all gen erations and tastes. They provide, with a lot of hard work, livings for the people who work in them and also a tremendous amount of “ invisible” earnings to people who trade with them — from the banks and catering suppliers to the window cleaners. If Coun. Lancaster is
totally safe and Whalley will always be an access ible village. For Coun. Lancaster to try to alter the very basis of our com munity atmosphere by laying the blame on any incident — which are few and far between — on the fact that Whalley has four public houses in close pro ximity, is a puerile, imma ture and thoughless state ment. The four pubs are a
who visit the village cause very little trouble — a fact that police statistics would prove. To say that the streets of Whalley are totally safe would be the statement of a fool. Nowhere, nowadays, is
Whalley is an accessible village, and an attractive proposition to man people from the surrouni ing urban areas to enjoy a social evening out. So much so, nowadays, that according to the excellent regular policemen, who are on patrol every even ing without fail, particu larly between 10 p.m. and midnight, Whalley has become, socially, the busiest village in Lanca shire on a regular day-to- day basis. Thus, in a world as vio
make them quite apparent to him. Everyone is aware that
7 id-
ise over the behaviour of the: irresponsible minority of spectators who are not true rally enthusiasts but unfortunately the idiot fringe who seem to be currently the scourge of the age we live in. We at the grass roots
skill is far above that of their compatriots
as.they learn from the more expert club members. Finally, may I sympath
competitors who lose all desire to drive irrespons ibly in their normal day to day motoring, being able to prove their ability by results, achieved. Their care, control and
Make this festival a must
that we were able to accept! It was the most delightful occasion; almost 30 classes and over 100 contestants aged from four years: We saw graceful and
ON Sunday my wife and I w e r e i n v i t e d to Clitheroe’s first ever Fes tival of Ballet and Dance. How very glad we are
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music, excellently repro duced and the 'charisma, appeal and charm that emanates from every little girl of tender years (and often for a good many years later). • A marvellous entertain ment and I wish to con gratulate the organisers on their enterprise and in i t i a t iv e v e ry , very warmly. Theirs was a fine artis
the perfect venue and events of this calibre en hance the reputation of the whole borough.
tic achievement and this festival must, repeat must, become an annual Ribble Valley event. The Civic Hall provides
JIMMY FELL, Limefield Avenue, Whalley.
A former weaver
Mich ae l and Jo h n ’s Church on Tuesday was followed by interment at St Joseph’s cemetery.
Crossed lines
FOR failing to comply with double white lines while driving on Sawley Brow, David Bruce (34), of Alston Close, Sabden, was fined £50 with £5 costs at Clitheroe Magis trates’ Court.
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