8 Clitheroe Adveiiiser and Times, Mly 30th, 1981
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Sam knows howto
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CHIPPING Young Far mers’ Club chairman Sam Hardman has come out tops in a tractor handling competition. Representing Lanca
shire YFCs in a competi tion at Stoneleigh, Sam (22), of Black Hall Farm, Chipping, and Steven Coar (22), of Houghton, beat 20 other couples. They had to drive a
a cash prize. Sam, who is an agricul
tural contractor, helps out on his father’s farm in Chipping.
Extra viewing
THE exhibition of entries in the recent Ribble Valley Council photo graphic competition has proved so popular that it has been extended until August 7th. The colour ana black and white photographs' are on dis play m the foyer of the council offices.
Faulty tyre
FOR driving a car with a defective tyre, David ■Walker Robinson, of Vic toria Street, Clitheroe, was fined £40 and ordered to pay £5 costs by the town’s magistrates.
fork-lift tractor and a trailer backwards and for wards through an obstacle course and pick up arti cles on the fork. Each won a trophy and
GISBURN MART
THERE were 146 accredited newly-calved cows and heifers forward in the dairy section at Gisbum Auction Mart.
Prizes for cows went to; F.
Giles and Son (£610), H. Speak (£615). Heifers: J. Snowden (£670), R. Drinkall (£600). Accredited Friesian cows
made to £655 (average £501), heifers to £670 (£493). . In the in-calf section, for
ward were 38 cattle. BW sprin gers made to £535, August cal- vers to £620, Septemher cal-
vers to £535, October calvers to £525. There were 370 calves for
ward in the calf section. Friesian bull calves made to
£104 (£67.50), calves to £71 (£40.05), Hereford X bull calves to £110 (£71.60), calves to £76 (£48.10), Charolais X b ull calves to £155 (£101), heifer calves to £117 (£78.25). Angus bull calves to £82 (£56.25), heifer cMves to £54 (£37.10), Friesian bull calves to £149 (£100.25), beef X bull calves to £160 (£150). At the sale of in-j
sows and store pigs, were 75 animals. Store pigs made to £30.40 (£24.80). In the fatstock section, for
ward were 306 cattle, 2,804 sheep and 31 pigs. Of the certified clean cattle,
light steers made to 107.2p per kilo (93p), medium to 107p (86.6p), light heifers to 95 (83.6p), medium to 93p (80.7p; heavy to 85p (79p). In the uncertified and previ
ously certified cat t le class , young bulls made to 108p (95.2m, light heifers to 81.8p ( 7 2 .9 p ) , medium to 7 8 .8p (74. Ip), heavy to 82p (76.8p), fat cowk to 81.2p (69.6p). Of the sheep, light Iambs
to m.5p ( l l l .r shearlings to 122.5p ( l l l .3 p ) , overweight
averaged 81p fat averaged
ewes to £52 (£19.27). In the pigs class, porkers to
67p,
(5 9 .3 p ) , (£79.50).
overweight fat
67.8p (65.5p), baconers to 66.6p (64.7p),
cutters to
sows to
5 9 .4p £125
to
made to 156.5p (144.8p), stan dard to 150p (139.7p), medium to 135.5p (128p), heavy to 121p (115.9p), overweight lambs to I09.5p (108.8p), light shearlings
They are on posters
.which have earned prizes in the draw-a-monster competition run by the Toe H' Clitheroe Play- scheme and the Adver tiser and Times. . The youngsters were
asked to draw a monster and incorporate in a Mster details of the Clitheroe playscheme to be held from August 17th to 21st at Trinity Youth Centre. RESULTS: Up to six years — Victoria Ruth Shaw, Warwick Drive, Clitheroe. Runners-up — Helen Waddihgton^ Kenil worth Drive, Chtheroe and Katherine Louise Phillips, Abbey Road, Whalley. 7-10 — Richard John
S U B BATTLE
FOR POOL TROPHY
THERE were some'tired feet in Slaidburn at the end of a sponsored walk. held. by' the playgroup on the village green. While most youngsters tackled the target of
10 laps, four-year-old William Robinson, \of Woodhouse Gate, passed the procession several times and everyone lost count of the number he actually covered.
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Phillips, Abbey Road, ■Whalley. Runners-up — Jason Sutcliffe, Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe and Stephen Brian Dugdale, Hillside Drive, West Bradford. Over 11 y e a r s —
Christine Wooaend, Rich mond Terrace, Clitheroe. Runner-up — Miss L. L. Rudgyard, King Street, Clitheroe. The winners will re
ceive £5 vouchers and the runners-up £1 vouchers to be spent at shops in
Clitheroe. The prizes will be pre
sented on the last day of the playscheme, August 21st, at Trinity. The playscheme is open
to all children in the Ribble Valley aged bet ween 7 and 10. Each day, from 9-30 to 3-30, there will be a wide range of a c t iv it ie s , sports and visits. The cost is £2. Application forms are
available from Mr F. H. Morris, 21 King Street, Clitheroe.
£5,000 taken from Read post van
POLICE are still hunting for a thief who snatched £5,000 in notes and cash from a post van in the Read area on Monday. It is believed that the
money was taken either in Harewood Avenue or Whalley Road, Read, or at the junction of Foun tains Avenue and Kirk- stall Avenue, Simonstone, while the postman was delivering letters. Police are anxious to in
terview a man seen sit ting on the wall of Read Car Sales Garage at about 7-30 a.m., on the day of the incident. The man is aged about
35, 5ft. 9in. tall, medium build with dark, slightly curly hair. He was wearing a blue
zip bomber jacket, brown trousers and brown shoes.
Heading for day in Fleetwood
hall by the mothers and there were also some stalls.
" The'playgroup is in need of a new supervisor, as Mrs Jean Carr is leaving. Anyone interested in taking her place should ring Slaidburn 622.
The walk raised funds to continue to run the playgroup, ■
Afterwards coffee was served in the village .
. , . Village News Hurst Green
theme at the Hurst Green WI meeting. As there was no speaker, members spent their time reminisc ing about the poems they learnt and the songs they sang when at school
Nostalgic N o s ta lg ia was the
■ A good selection of one
day schools was an nounced, and the theme for International Day this year would be Poland.
Members reported on
the bowling competition at Hambleton and interest was shown in joining the darts competition for the winter months. Mrs Mather gave her
o f t h e ' speakers, " Dr
Strong, Director of the V ic to r ia and Albert Museum, ■ had urged all delegates to go back to their institutes and beg them to make records or life in a village today. He said there would be
no history of present day life . if something wasn t done now. He urged people to photograph their churchyards, draw a plan of ' it, number the headstones, make a note of present day shop prices and photograph items of
meeting to carry this out. Mrs Wright thanked
rowford, conducted the af-' temoon service, his mes sage being that there must be God-fearing people if we are to over come today’s problems. The evening worslm
was by the Rev. L. H. Oldfield. His theme was the “(3od who calls us to His service.” Miss Alice Parkinson was organist for the day. Collecticins amounted to £23, which will be given towards the work of a Scripture Union evangelist.
Whalley
report of the annual meet- Richaro gave a com ing in London, where one" Pi’chensiye account of the
duced as Sheila and Richard gave a corn-
work of the Samaiitans to ■Whalley WL- They were th an k ed by Mrs V. Shearman. . Arrangements for the
transport of entries to Clitheroe show oil August 15th were announced. Mrs P. Barnes took
names of people willing to send entries to the hob bies exhibition taking place in Clitheroe. Tea hostesses were: Mrs M. Maw, Mrs A. Postleth- waite and Miss E. M. Postlethwaite.,
everyday life for the WiliSt county archives. Members are' to hold a
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Mrs Mather fo r her report.
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History lesson
THE ancient and historic regalia and records of Clitheroe Town Council have received the admira tion of more American visitors. Mr Gordon Jeagar, City
Manager of Battle Creek,. Michigan, and his wife Kay, were brought to Clitheroe by former town clerk Mr John Cowdall, now Chief Executive Of ficer of West Lancashire District Council, and his wife, Eileen. They were shown round
the council chamber by Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob Ainsw.ortn and his wife, Doris. After trying on the re
galia and inspecting the records, some dating back to the 1100s, the Jeagars were full of admiration for the handsome pieces. “It’s marvellous,” said Mr Jeagar. “There’s a real sense of history here.” They are on an ex
change visit and are stay ing with the Cowdafls who will be going to the USA in September.
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THIS happy group of holidaymakers merit looking for the sun at
Fleetwood on Tues day. The trip, organ ised by Hodder Motor Services, also offered
the opportunity for a look round Fleet w o o d ’s f a m o u s market.
CHILDREN’S ROYAL EFFORTS ON SHOW
THE artistic talents of Ribble 'Valley children helped to make Clitheroe a right Royal town to celebrate the wedding of the year.
With the streets lined
with red, white and blue bunting and shop windows gaily decorated with post ers of the happy couple, youngsters added to the scene with examples of their own work on display at two building societies and a bank.
ture by the children of St John’s CE School, Hurst Green, has pride of place in the window of the Marsden Building Society.
A Royal wedding pic
shire Bank. The drawings, paintings
and cuttings on Royal themes are included in work by pupils of Wad- dington and West Brad*-, ford CE School, Edisford
Clitheroe;' Brennand’s dowed, Slaidburn: Rib- blesdale County Secon dary, Clitheroe and Thor- neyholme RC, Dunsop Bridge.
were held on Sunday. Mr Valley and finishing at a oia'aDurn George Kendall, of Bar- cafe in Elswick.
Chapel’s monthly services
the club enjoyed an even- ine mvstery trip through Whitewell, the Hodder
CIRCULAR walk in the downham area was well supported by Clitheroe Naturalists on Saturday. Setting out from the vil lage, the party followed field paths, which took them past Clay House, Hollins, Hecklin and Ravensholme.
Meadow-sweet, tufted
vetch and monkey flower grew by the stream and m the hedgerow were wild rose and honey suckle.
The ravages of Dutch
A walk round Downham Tea was served at Hill
Green. Birds seen included
heron and mallard. Pendle was in sombre mood be neath the leaden skies, but some spectacular views were still enjoyed.
Chairman of the society
Mr G. Friend thanked the leader Mr J. Armstrong for a pleasant afternoon.
CUBS’ TRIBUTE TO LEADER Pupils aged nine to 11
painstakingly made the cut out models and put together a Royal wedding parade scene.
As a thank you for the
display, , the society is to present the school with a first-aid kit and a book.
the three and four-year- olds of Bright Street Nursery, Clitneroe, have been receiving the admi ration of callers at the Burnley Buildihg;Society._
The artistic talents of
.1 The society presented ■
^ prizes to children respons ible for the paintings. Also bn display is a his
tory of Royal weddings compiled by children, of Grindleton ■ CE Primary
■School. The pupils also have
some of tneir work exhi bited in the Royal Wed; dfhg display at the York
WHEN Mr Brian Williams, of-Lowerfield', Langho, enjoys a drink from an inscribed glass tankard, he will'remember happy days with the St Leonard’s Cub Scouts, Langho. , For the youngsters presented him with a tank
ard as a thank you for being their leader for the past six years.
; Magnet and Southerns, Blackburn, is leaving the b^iatlsS 6f tifesslire 6f wofki
Mr Williams (42); who is branch manager for .'
was the handing ovei' of a canoe to th e -children of ' Brockhall Hospital.
Last year, which was the centenary of St
Combined with the presentation to Mr ■Williams ,
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Leonardos; the Cub Scouts raised £100 by wash ing cars, book sales and various other ventures. _ As this year is the International Year of ,
Disabled People, it was decided to give th e ; money to Brockhall Hospital and the- hospital decidbd to.put it td a cahoei :
Billington search Campaign Group
raised £239.47''at its annual spring collection.
For cancer fund Billington Cancer Re
g
elm disease could still be seen:
Foot Cottage, the walk then continuing ^ Twis- ton Bottoms, Twiston Mill, Springs and the
Abbey
Se.nior Citizens whist and] domino drive were: Whist, ladles — Mrs E. Lancaster, Miss M. Hudson. Gents — Mrs H. Metcalfe, Mrs M. Whitaker. Dominoes: Miss Wolstenholme, Mr Snape, Mrs Hindle, Mrs Savage. Some 45 members of
Winners at the Whalley
Samaritans Two speakers intro
Chatburn
Trophy time A t C h a tb u rn CE
School’s annual presenta tion of cups and awards, James Tingle received the Smith’s sports medal and the runner-up shield for excellence.
Other trophy winners
were: Julie Harrison (Hodgson Baxter Cup for art and craft), Jill Porter (Friday Club Cup), Karen L am b e r t (H o r s f ie ld Trophy for effort), and Caroline Clark (Boden Cup for excellence).
Bertie Parkinson has died in hospital — two weeks before his 82nd birthday. Born at Bolton-by-Bow- land, he worked as a gar dener for the Broadhurst family for nearly 60 years, first in the village and then at Bournemouth and York. He saw action in the first world war serv ing in the Army.
Gardener Chatburn man Mr
After retiring seven
years ago, Mr Parkinson moved to Shaw Gardens, Chatburn.
Accririgtoh Crematorium on Monday was taken by his next door neighbour, the Rev. Ward Jones.
vived by a sister living at Manchester and a nuniber of other relatives in Bolton-by-BowIand and Clitheroe.
Slaidburn
sary services were held on Sunday, when the
Special services Slaidburn Methodist Sunday School anniyer-
reacher was Mr John horrock of Blackburn. Guest organist was Mr
Raymond Winckley, of Clitheroe.
ing was Miss Katherine Leach, of Clitheroe, who sang two choruses and the solo, “I cannot understand the love of Jesus.”
up by Sunday School chil-- dren — in the afternoon by Reuben and Esther Parsons apd, in the even ing, by Lmoa and Rachel Raw.
Collections were taken Read
night whist drive at the Constitutional Club were: Ladies — Mrs A. Taylor, Mrs D. Slinger (cons). Gents — Mr F. A. Taylor, Mrs A. Wilshaw (cons). Special prizewin ner was Mrs E. Ashe. MC was Mrs E. Hutchinson.
Winning hands ■Winners at the Monday
Paper trail The waste paper collec
tion for August, organised by the Scout and Guide Parent Committee, will be held on Saturday between 8-30 a.m. and 10-30 a.m. at St John’s School.
The soloist in the even Mr Parkinson is sur The funeral. service at
THE Ribble Valley Pool League is in abeyance be cause "of, the hohdays but that does not mean that interest is lacking. On the contrary, attention is fo cused on the first-ever singles knockout for regis tered league players. Competitors will play for the
n ew Michael, H um p h r e y s ’Trophy, ' which has been do nated for annual competition and ^ cu la t io n is rife among the 15 pubs involved as to who will have the honour of being the first winner.
' There are 125 entries and the
first round draw has already b een made. The competition will be on a knockout basis, beginning on Tuesday, August l l t i i , and all pubs will have a singles night. Each match will be the best of three frames; any players who absent them selves — time limit 9 p.m. — will forfeit the game. .With only three byes in the
f ir s t round, 61 matches are scheduled for the opening night and competition is bound to be fierce. There have been many argu
ments over the years as to to who is the best player in the league but this is the first time that a competition on this scale has been attempted. Thanks are due to Mr John
Pa r t in g ton, o f th e W h ite Ho r se , for undertaking the venture.
Tough match for Sabden
TWO of the three local clubs in th e Ribble Valley Cricket League will resume activities on Saturday after the holiday • break. SabJen, who are bottom of the table, entertain Marsden the league leaders, and Gisbum travel to Brierfield. In the league generally the
stage is set for a fine finish, the championship appearing to be a three-horse race. Vital games are Marsden v Burnley GSOB on August 15th and the derby between B um l^ GSOB and Burnley Boys’ Club on August 29th.
Marsden................. 10 6 3 1 21 BlyBC.................. 12 5 6.121 BlyGSOB............. 11 5 5 120 B’field....................II 3,6 215 S Francis............... 10 3 ■) 313 Chatbum............... 12 1 8 311 Gisbum..........'........ 10-2
LEAGUE TABLE P W D L P
QnsPark.....;;;...:.. 11 1 5 5 8 Sabden...... ............11 1 i ,6 7
CASH FOR DISABLED FUND
CLITHEROE Youim - Conser vatives have sent S245 to the Year of the Disabled National. Fund. The cash was raised in one
day; 22 members played spon sored badminton for 16 hours at Moorland School and raised £105, 12 of them played for an hour and 10 played for two hours. A stall on the market the same day raised £140.
TEAMS
C l i th e r o e (v . Blackburn Northern, a, Sat.): J. Py^ J.
..•Boden, K. Fawcett, R. Ben nett, T. Bleazard, S. Westh-
' ead, B. Keating, A. Rigby, R. Booth, P. A. Hail, Cockcroft.. Clitheroe 2nd (v Oswaldtwis-
tle Imm. 2nd, h, Sat.): P. (3. Bishop, Alan Henderson, M. B la ck b u rn , C. S im s , C. Musson, S. Rush, R. Banks, N. Thornton, G: S u tc lif fe , R. Sharp, Andrew Henderson. Res; M. Scott. Clitheroe 3rd (v Salesbury,
h, Sun.): W. Briggs, G. Ben nett, M. Booth, S. Blackburn, A. King, M. Scott, K. Driver, E. Tomam, G. Robinson, D. Whittaker, S. Wales.
C l i t h e r o e U n d e r -18 (v
Cherry Tree, h, Mon, and v Blackburn N., a. Wed.): C. Musson, R. .T h o rn to n , T . Bleazard, M. Scott, D. Whit ta k e r , S . B la c k b u rn , D . Barnes, A. King, A. Black- bum, R. Hardcastle, C. Swar- brick. Res: N. McNab.
Successful . 74. ■ ■
WINNER of the -D. G. Joss Memorial Shield for-the ladies’ section at Clitheroe Golf Club was Mrs J. Jones with 91-17- :
The LGU medal was -ivon by
Mrs R. Famworth 97-22-75. The seniors’ nine-hole com
petition was' won by Miss M. Cavanagh with 41 net after a card play-off with Miss C. M. Hindle.,
INVITATION
WADDINGTON* FC are seek ing to increase their pool of players and they have issued an open invitation to all in- . terested local footballers to pop
along to Twitter Lane for a chat. The club will shortly be an
nouncing the name of their new secretaiy.
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.This weekend Waddington will play a pre-season .friendly
againsLa County Police side at Hutton.
New pro for Clitheroe rounder with good experience. ‘
the 1982 season. They have, agreed terms with Andrew Townsley, an all-’ '
® new professional for - .r.’
and been professional with Birstall in. the (fcntral York shire League.
He has served_on the Yorkshire County ground staff, .
He had an average of 45 with the bat last season. Andrew nmved to East Lancashire earlier in the y ea ron
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