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Times Farmer Geoff on warpath
’dogs are worrying sheep on Waddington Fell —■ , and farmer Mr Geoff Dinsdale is on the warpath.
, threatened to shoot any | dog he sees chasing sheep on his 300-acre Cuttock Clough Farm.
After burying the four latest victims, he has
Sheep worrying has
always been a problem for the Dinsdales, who have farmed on the fell fo r n e a r ly h a l f a century. But after losing seven
ROAMING packs of
ing together in packs and I can’t stand any more of it,” he said. “Al though I am an animal lover, they will be shot on sight if I spot them chasing sheep. Mr Dinsdale,' who
lives at the farm with his mother, Olive, ex plained that sheep are particularly vulnerable as the lambing season approaches, because th e i r e x t ra weight makes it difficult for them to escape when cornered. He keeps his own
sheep in recent weeks — each valued at between £20 and £80 — Mr Dins dale (45) is determined to protect his flock of 300.
Start on extensions at school
WORK has started on a first-floor extension to provide a sixth form unit at Clitheroe Girls’ Gram mar School.
in December at a cost of £96,596.
It should be completed
, included in the county council Education - Com mittee’s proposed building programme for 1982-83. This will p ro v id e
the school, costing more than £998,000, has been
classrooms and a common room, built over the office and s ta ff rooms, and enable the governors to increase the school’s capacity from two to three-form entry. Another extension at
plans to make more places available at the school. It will comprise three
The extension is part of
three sheepdogs chained up, but believes that some of the dogs re sponsible for the worry ing are simply being left out all day while their owners are at work.
“These dogs are gang
bread and' butter. I stand to lose more than £200 every year if a dozen sheep are killed arid I can’t afford it,” he said.
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termined to safeguard his flock that he has bought a 12-bore shot gun and cartidges which can kill over long dis tances. ■
Mr Dinsdale is so de “These sheep are my
1 keep their pets on a lead whenever they were in. the countryside.
problem. Farmers have enough trouble running their. farms these days without having to think about the th re a t of dogs,” he said.
“This is a ser^pus
dog owners are animal lovers. But how can an
“People assume that “I have been too soft
r e ta ry Mr Godfrey Lofthouse said sheep worrying was to be de plored and with lambing time approaching he urged all dog owners to
in the past, but from now on there will be no messing ab o u t ,” he warned. Local NFU group sec
; animal lover allow his dog to run amuck among pregnant sheep?” Worrying also has a
disastrous economic effect, explained Mr Lofthouse. A farmer spends all winter rearing his flock and just as the lambs are about to appear, the sheep — and a great deal of money — can be lost in moments.
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Council house rents go up
with a bang
RIBBLE Valley council house tenants face an April rent rise of up to £6 — taking the maximum rent to over the £18 mark.
facilities for the extra 30 pupils a year who will be admitted when the pre sent extension is finished.
ever increases facing the Ribble Valley’s 2,200 council house tenants and the third since this time last year. The rents shock is a result of the new housing
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ing from £2 to the max imum £6 — have been sanctioned by the council’s Housing Committee and
The increases — rang
subsidy scheme intro duced by the Government at the end of last year, when Environment Sec retary Mr Michael Hesel- t in e recommended a minimum increase of £3‘52 The Ribble Valley’s in
Mr Gordon Onslow pointed out, however, that the maximum in crease only applies to about 50 tenants. The £2 increases would apply to about the same number. The new charges are based on a 48-week year
Examples
property — £18.85 (previously £12.85). Three bedrooms —
£15.55 (£9.75). Single bedroom —
£9.85 (£6.35).
and do not include rates, water or sewage charges, which are also certain to go up.
that many tenants would not be affected because of the “extremely beneficial” ren t and rate ' rebate
option but to put up its rents in accordance with these new guidelines.” He stressed, however,
ing Committee meeting, Mr Onslow told the Ad vertiser and Times: “No- one likes to increase rents, but it was a neces sity placed upon the com mittee through the altera tion in the housing sub sidy system. “The authority has no
After Thursday’s Hous
SOME typical exam ples of the new rents are: F o u r bedroomed
creases go just: above this recomiriended 'figure and will mean an average rise of about £4.34 for most tenants. The minimum £2 rise will apply to the small single bedroom property, with the max imum increases going on four-bedroomed homes. Ribble Valley Treasurer
our tenants are in receipt of a rebate — either a rent or rate rebate or supplementary benefit. .
scheme which operated. “At least 50 per cent of
, “So. although rents - are going up, if tenants qual ify for a rebate they may be paying very little extra at all.
Value
the maximum rebate and don’t pay any rates or rent at all,” he said. If any tenants were in finan- i cial difficulty, however,! he said they should takej
“Some tenants receive
advantage of the rebate | scheme.
“The philosophy behind
the new housing subsidy system is to give it to the individual tenant rather than to the authority. As a result, although" rents I are going up, some people j will not have to bear the increase.”
the authority was giving value for money to ten ants by carrying out all its programme of repairs and continuing with the ] improvement scheme in j Whipp Avenue, Clitheroe.
He also pointed out that
these increases we want j to make sure that tenants ; obtain every benefit poss-1 ible. The improvement j plans for the pre-war: council houses will con- • tinue, and the re-wiring, 1 roof repairs, insulation I and decorating schemes in other houses,” he said.
“While having to make j Injured back
A RAWTENSTALL heating engineer suffered slight injuries to his back when he fell from a ladder at Clitheroe’s Bowker Brothers factory on Tues day morning. Edward Smith (47), of
Linden Lea, was taken to Blackburn Royal Infir mary for treatment.
Have you an old
peg rug?
LOCAL people have been j asked to contribute items ! of historical interest for ! Clitheroe’s new museum ! — set to open at Easter. ; A new feature will be a i
late 19th-century setting i complete with cooking ; range and old-fashioned domestic equipment. And 'county museums
should contact Mr Lan- j ghorn (Tel. P re s to n ! 56397) or Mr Alan Hough- i ton at the council offices ! (Tel. Clitheroe 25111), j who will pass bn the infor- I mation.
looking for any old items I connected -with Clitheroe j crafts or trades, particu- ' larly old photographs of I textile mills, especially ! the interiors.
museum closed in Sep tember and work is being : carried out to transfer it j to Castle House, left i vacant when the Ribble ! Valley council offices j moved to Church Walk.
The old C l ith e ro e j Mr Langhorn said that j j
be ready for an Easter 1 opening.
although one or two alter- j ations had been made to i th e 1 contractors’ work ! plan, it looked hopeful j that the museum would |
hoped that part of the | building will house the I firs t major geological! museum for East Lanca- i shire.’
' ! In the long-term/ it is ! > j Mr Langhorn is also I i
keeper of social history Mr Richard Langhom is looking for an old peg rug to finish off the display. i Anyone who can ~ help 1
Sawley woman's husband commands a sub
whose parents Mr and Mrs H. R. Birtwistle, of ■
was born in Harwich, Essex, and attended Haz- lewood. Prep School, Limpsfield, Surrey and Pangbourne College, Berks, before entering the Royal Navy in 1908. i He was promoted to Sub- ; Lieutenant in 1972 and to j Lieutenant a year later. He and his wife Jane, ,
A ROYAL Navy lieuten ant whose wife hails from Sawley has taken his first command, the patrol sub marine HMS Porpoise. Lt Niall Kilgour (30)
Great Dudlands Farm, have lived in the Ribble , Valley for more than 30 . years, were married at i Gisburn Parish Church in | October, 1974.
their two children, Claire ! and Marcus, at Cardross, ! Dunbartonshire. Lt Kil- ; gour’s hobbies include re-
They now live with j
storing antique furniture, painting, walking, rugby, hockey and squash.
clubs’ merger
A DISAGREEMENT o v e r f inanc e is threatening the future of Ribblesdale'Park ,— the amalgamation of three of the Ribble Valley’s best known sports clubs — little more than six months after it was formed.
Cricket and
...Bowling Club, Clitheroe Rugby Club and West Bradford (now Clitheroe) Ladies’ Hockey Club joined to gether last June to form .
Ribblesdale Wanderers
an organisation which would have the final say in
future development and all capital commitment at th e Church Meadow complex.
amalgamation was given permission by the Ribble Valley Council to buy portable buildings at Prin cess Avenue^ which-.were formerly the council’s planning offices.'’with a view to moving'them to Church . Meadow to be used as changing rooms, a ' bar and a lounge. But at a Ribblesdale Park
And late last year, the
committee members asked for a separate lease from the council for the cricket ground pavilion and club house, a .withdrawal to their position before the amalgamation.
extraordinary general meeting of all voting
There will now be an ; '
executive committee meeting last week, the cricket and bowling club members, who control 50% of the votes, with drew their support of all further development at Ribblesdale Park. Their three executive
members of Ribblesdale Park, which Mr Nicholas Hopwood, acting secret ary of Ribblesdale Park and president of Clifheroe Rugby Club, predicts will see the “orderly and friendly dissolution” of the amalgamation. \
Advertiser and Times, Mr Hopwbod said .that the cricket , club members felt. that Ribblesdale Park would be unable to raise money , to repay loans if any development plan was to go ahead, which might
In a statement, to the ) : .T.. _.T„ ' * i . .
threaten their pitch and i clubhouse.
the split had been an | amicable one.
• But he stressed th a t ! i
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old established club and I j understand fully and sym- i pathise deeply, with the i cricket club committee’s J fundamental fears,” he j. said, “and I am glad to I say th a t ' there is noj animosity between us.
. club were convinced that, | continued on page 6 j
"The Ladies’ Hockey; Club and we at the rugby j
; “Wanderers is a very S
■members of Clitheroe Parish Church were treated to an evening out arranged by the Servants of St Mary’s Group.
ABOUT 200 elderly
with a variety concert in the Parish Hall pre sented by S t Mary’s Scout Parents’ concert
The evening began '
party and produced by Mrs E l iza b e th L a vender. I t drew some hearty
applause from the audi ence and afterwards the artists mixed with the guests while a buffet' supper was served. The evening, which
was organised by Mrs Margaret Norris, was
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It’s daylight robbery
struck during the day when the occupants could be expected to be at work or out shopping In the first break-in, at Micklehurst Barn, Bashall Eaves, on Monday of last
In each case they
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HOUSEHOLDERS in the Clitheroe area arej being warned to be on their guard against j “daylight robbers” who raided three homes last! week and left with valuables worth more than! £3,000.
week, antiques worth j £1,000 were taken.
j
Mitton Hall Cottages home of Mr and Mrs A. j Birtwistle, was ransack-1 ed and jewellery and cash i worth £1,500 taken;
The following day the j j
terview three men seen in ; a yellow Dolomite Sprintj parked outside the house j during the afternoon. It j had a black roof and front! spoiler and was in poor; condition.
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sneaked into Waddaj House, Waddington, while i one of the occupants was; in the attic ana removed i . jewellery valued at £800; from a bedroom dressing j
On Friday a th ie f ; table. .
red Ford or Vauxhall van i parked near the scene to I eliminate them from in- ■ quiries.
investigations into, the robberies should contact Clitheroe police (Clitheroe 23818).
it looked as if a team was i working in the area; “We! think that there could be! a connection between the f f irs t and second rob-j beries,” he said. “They! are a pretty cheeky bunch j and work in daylight! when they think houses! are empty. People with I valuables would be. well! advised to keep them i locked up if they are leav-1 ing their homes for any length of time.” Anyone able to assist
A CID spokesman said; |
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some of the audience are the Mary Wadding ton Dancers.
voted a big success. Pictured here with
TWO of Clitheroe’s leading employers have introduced strin gent n ew ' measures this week to combat the tightening grip of recession. Faced with a drop in
sales, Ribblesdale Cement is reducing overtime to a maximum of two hours a week for 600 workers and Atkinson’s has introduced
three-day working for the bulk of its 200 production and office staff. In the p a s t th re e
the halving of maximum overtime from four hours to two hours came as the result of a fortnightly
More jobless
CLITHEROE jobless figures have started to climb again following a slight drop over• the festive season. Statistics issued by the Employ ment Office on Tuesday show that 483 people were out of work in January, giving the area an unemployment rate of 4.1 per cent. This is similar to November but compares with
3.8 in December and only 1.9 during the same period last year. Reason for the latest increase 'is the return to the unemployment register of work ers employed in the hotel and catering industry during the Christmas period.
months the Kendal Street engineering company has made 23 of its staff redun dant because of difficult trading conditions. At the cement works
review of the economic situation' agreed between management and unions. Managing director Mr
ous measures such as re dundancies or short-time
that the latest overtime reductions had again been introduced in an orderly and satisfactory manner. “We are meeting man
Alan Tetlow said that the latest reductions were an extension of the cutbacks forced on the company by an unprecented drop of 20% in sales during the last six months of 1980. A union spokesman said
working being in tro duced.
up I feel that the ‘crunch’ will come around this time next year.
“If things do not pick
agement on a regular basis to review the situa tion and we appreciate that overtime reductions have to be introduced be cause of the financial cli mate,” he said. “The eventful outcome
of the reductions could be that everyone will soon be working basic hours. At the moment, however, I don’t anticipate more seri
what happens during the summer. However, we trill be co-operating fully with management in the hope of seeing the com pany through the reces sion without too much ad verse affect on the em p lo y e e s ,” the union spokesman added.
“It really depends on
work for the first three days of the week and the remainder the la tte r three. The position will be
reviewed in a month’s time.
working on specialised jobs.
tion of the office staff are affected, the vast majori ty of the production work ers have gone over to three days. The few ex ceptions include men.
Although only a propor
being asked to combine the week-long September holiday with the Easter break to give the work situation a chance to improve.
Collecting signatures
LOCAL anti-nuclear cam paigners will be taking to Clitheroe’s town centre streets on Saturday to collect signatures for a petition calling for nuclear disarmament in Europe. Spokesman Mrs Christ
The workforce is also
three-day week started operating on Monday. Some employees will
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hoped to form a peace group in Clitheroe in the near future.
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