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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1984 No. 5,095 Price 19p


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A THOUSAND runners w ill be bringing a touch of colour to the R ib b le V a l le y oh Sunday. They will be making


for Edisford for the start of the Ribble Val­ l e y ’s ow n . m in i ­ marathon — a 10-mile road race to raise money for the Mayor’s charity appeal for Chil­ dren in Need. The Mayor, Coun.


Ted Boden, will fire the starting gun at noon. Then i t ’s o f f to M it to n , W h a l le y ,


Barrow and back into Clitheroe to end at the Edisford camp-site via Moor Lane and Parson Lane. Given a fine day,


many spectators are ex­ pected to turn out to watch the ath letes pound the roads. The first runners are


ago and many of the athletes are being spon­ sored for their efforts. . For Clitheroe suppor­


ters, there will be con­ siderable interest in the performance of Little Mo — Maureen Hurst, the Ribblesdale school teacher. One of the 165 run­


e x p e c ted to reach Mitton at 12-15, Whal­ ley at 12-25,' Barrow at 12-30, Primrose at 12-40 and Castle Gate at 12- 45.


The entry was closed at 1,000 three weeks


ners from Clayton-le- Moors Harriers — the largest club entry — Maureen is fancied to repeat last year’s suc­ cess in the women’s race, against 50 rivals. Overall sponsors of


the race are New Ba­ lance Sportswear and there will be a special trophy from Castle Sports for the first of the 79 Ribble Valley entrants to cross the line. Last year it was won by Ian Robinson, of Mellor, in a time of 52.07 mins. One of the favourites


cham, has also entered,


but the 1982 winner. Steve Kelly (Manx AC) may not be able to make it.


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is Bingley runner Jim Ashworth, who won last year in a time of 48.35 mins, ahead of 798 finishers. The 1981 winner, Jeff Norman, of Altrin­


at the Roefield Barn Sports Centre and Rib­ b lesda le Swimming Pool are being provided for the competitors and the organisers have asked local entrants and spectators to leave their cars away from the Edisford area to ease the parking situa­ tion.


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THE r e s id en ts of West View, Clitheroe, have given up their six- month battle for something to be done to improve road safety in the street for their children.


This follows the latest


news that the County Council is not prepared to provide road humps to slow down traffic, nor' to seek from the Secretary of State for-Transport ap­ proval to introduce a 20 m.p.h. speed limit or to put up a “children play­ ing” sign.


.The county surveyor,


Mr Harry Yeadon, came to the decision after in­ vestigations and consulta­ tions, with the Chief Con­ stable, Mr Brian Johnson.


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MEMBERS of the Pendle: Forest and Craven Hunt had a pleasant surprise when they arrived for their meet in Gisbum on Saturday morning. For three model girls


were waiting in “John Peel” costume to serve them with hot punch and pizzas before they set off. The Matthew, Brown


Brewery, which sponsors the hunt’s annual driving


trials, had decided to support; the meet and brought' along the three girls to serve refresh­ ments. It was the first time


that the riders had met at the Ribblesdale Arms Hotel, the “local” of Matthew Brown chair­ man, Mr Patrick Town­ send, who lives in Gisbum and is seen serving a warming stirrup cup to rider Mr Bob Napper, also of Gisbum. More than 100 spec­


tators gathered to watch the 35 riders set off with their pack of hounds. There were also 100 other supporters on. foot and in vehicles. Master was Mr Chris


Hindley, of Gisburne Park, and the riders, hunted over his estate and the surrounding farms. Meanwhile it will not be


cials also turned down calls from people in Whal­ ley Road for a pedestrian cross ing and double yellow lines. R e s id en t s wanted


Arid the same two offi­


sa f e ty "measures to combat the danger of heavy lorries on Whalley Road and felt that park­ ing restrictions would make it easier for vehicles using the side'streets. But the yellow lines


idea did not find favour with the shopkeepers)1 In a report to the


Ribble Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Committee, the surveyor says the following factors were taken into'considera­ tion:


Resigned There has only been


one other accident in West View in the past six years; the average vehicle speed is already below 30 m.p.h. and there is adequ­ ate alternative play space near to the street. Concerning a sugges­


tion for double yellow lines in Eshton Terrace to assist traffic turning into and put of West View, the surveyor states: “A recent survey shows that very little through traffic uses West View at present and any improvement at this junction would be likely to encourage such traffic, to the detriment of condi­ tions on West View.” Mrs Shelagh Czapows-


ki, who organised a peti­ tion following, an accident


involving her six-year-old son, Iain, said she had resigned herself to no­ thing being done. “Maybe they will do


something when someone is killed,” she said. At Whalley Road, there


is mixed feeling over the decision not to introduce double yellow lines at junctions. In his reasons for re­


• - ing out of a side street since 1975.


MEMBERS o f a Clitheroe angling club stood by dispassionate­ ly on Sunday as . fish after fish was pulled


from their private stretch of the Ribble below B ru n g e r le y Bridge by “rivals.” But the Ribblesdale


jecting the idea, the sur­ veyor reported that there had only been one acci­ dent involving a car. tum-


restrictions would have an adverse effect on Whalley Road businesses and resi­ dents. He is, however, pre­


He considered waiting


pared to consider extend­ ing zig-zag lines at the zebra crossing to improve visibility from Turner Street.


Welcomed


consider a crossing jus­ tified at the southern end of Whalley Road, but is to consider the possibility of a refuge. Mrs Valerie Knott, of


The surveyor doe's not


Hall Street, who helped to raise a 240-signature petition for improved road safety , measures in Whal­ ley Road, said she had counted at least six acci­ dents in recent years. One of the traders who


opposed yellow lines, Mr. Vincent Mulhearn, has welcomed: the surveyor's response. He felt the petition had


been “a lot of noise about nothing,” but admitted that it may have helped to reduce the number of wagons using Whalley Road.


Constable also looked into a call for limited waiting at Railway View Avenue, where coaches were re­ ported to be parking all day during the summer. But they felt that if the vehicles were moved, they would simply park in front of other nearby properties.


The surveyor and Chief


Angling Association members did not mind in the least what was going on. For the coarse fishermen from Withnell were doing the local anglers a good turn — by reduc­ ing the river’s popula­ tion of chub. The Ribblesdale ang­


, which .make great in­ roads into the natural


lers regard the chub, with their voracious appetites, as a pest


food supply of trout, sea trout and salmon. So they invited the


"experts" over and at the same time did them a good turn. At the end of the day


the haul was deposited into the visiting club members’ own waters at Withnell . . .' and now they can have the pleasure of catching the chub a l l over again! Picture: Withnell


Little Steven strikes lucky


TINY tot Steven Parker’s nimble fingers have winning ways, as his mum found out while serving customers at her Clitheroe shop. For Steven (3) picked


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angler David Jones tips his catch into a container watched by Ribblesdale members Eric Robinson, Fred Higham and Jack Braithwaite.


Stamp firm reorganises


FIVE employees at the Clitheroe-based stamp d ea le r s M. and N. Haworth have lost their jobs following a reorgan­ isation of the business. They worked in the


wholesale section which each week sent large orders of new issues to dealers all over the world. . From its headquarters


at Lowfield House, Rail­ way View Avenue, the firm, headed by brothers Michael and' N ig e l Haworth, now deals with only the smaller retail col­ lectors.


opened a shop in the Royal Exchange art gal­ lery, Manchester, to deal direct with collectors.


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WONDERING where to go on holiday this year? Then look out for an attractive • 16- page colour supple­ ment packed with in­ formation and ideas for all parts of Great Britain and abroad which comes free with your Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times next week. Make sure of a copy


decided to buy the ticket off Clitheroe FC because it had been disfigured, she found that they’d won


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Battery theft


FOUR heavy duty bat­ teries valued at £240 have been stolen from J. H. Myers’s • lorry depot at Salthill Industrial Estate.


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long before many Ameri­ cans will “ken John Peel” in his Gisbum surround­ ings. The brewery is to use photographs taken on Saturday in a new export drive to launch its “John P e e l” bitter beer in America.


Car damaged


A CAR stolen from Mon tague Street, Clitheroe, on Monday night, was found. on. its roof in the early hours of Tuesday morning. -Police discovered the


Ford Escort on the road to Waddington from Edis­ ford Bridge. Nothing.was taken from the vehicle (A608 JRN),. but it was extensively damaged.


THERE was an excellent attendance a t . the ■


united


- Items were played by a music group from. Edis-


education service at St Paul’s Church,.Low Moor, on Sunday morning.'


' ford County Primary School, conducted by Miss S. ’ Race,- and a - reading was given by headmaster ' Mr D. W. Thomas. ' > • ’


; ' : Prayers ; were ' led by


licensed reader Mr Ken Guy- and the speaker was Methodist Mr D. Butter- worth.- The* service was


^conducted by ; the wicar; the Rev! Stevenson.


; Sung Eucharist .was celebrated in the evening, when the - preacher was licensed reader Mrs Kate Wallwdrk.:- .Prayers were


Brian, ' led by. Mr Guy and celeb­ rant was Mr Stevenson.


Pupils play at service T f i


just reached out for a lot­ tery ticket while I was serving. I told him to stop but he had already started rubbing at the numbers,” she said. This is the first time


the Parkers have ever won anything in a lottery and now Steven will be getting something he has always wanted — a model aeroplane.


Hospitals to shar,e £90,000


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cleaner/ collapsed - and died in"a storm- in November. She had always given the impres­ sion that she had not much money, so the be­ quests came - as a great surprise to her neigh­ bours. ■


of Chatburn Road, left £90,545 net (£91,021 gross) to be divided equal­ ly between Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Park Lee Hospital and Wrigh- tington Hospital, Wigan. : ■ Miss Smith, a part-time


A CLITHEROE woman has bequeathed £90,000 to three hospitals. Miss Alice Smith (77),


coincidence at first, but I checked it with the prom­ oters in Preston, who laughed and sent off the cheque,” said Mrs Ann Parker, Who has run A. and N. G. Parker’s groc­ ers and off-licence in Bawdlands, with her hus­ band, Norman, for three years. “Steven was sitting on my lap at the cash till and


100! “I couldn’t believe the


up a lottery ticket for sale on the counter and started rubbing away the numbers. And when his mother


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Clitheroe soldier (18) dies in car crash


(18) was in the front pas­ senger seat of a car with five other members of the 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, when it overturned in Market Drayton as they were returning to their barracks at Tem Hill, a few miles away. No other vehicle was involved. Paul was killed instant­


after treatment but the driver was detained with head injuries,. News of the tragedy


ly and his companions, who were injured, were taken to hospital in Shrewsbury. Four were released


was broken to Paul’s family at their home in Stamford Place on Monday morning. A former pupil of


Pendle Junior and Rib­ blesdale Schools, Paul joined the Queen’s Lancs junior leaders and was stationed for a time at York and in Cyprus. He joined the 1st Batta­


A CLITHEROE teenager who dreamed of an Army career was killed in a car crash in Shropshire on Sunday night. L/Cpl Paul Whittaker


Low Moor


community festival


THE Edisford and Low Moor areas of Clitheroe are to hold a 10-day com­ munity festival in the summer. .


effort by St Paul’s Church and Edisford School PTA - — is being planned be­ cause, in the past, both bodies have held separate fund-raising events within a short time of each other.


The festival — a joint Some organisers have


been involved in both, so it was decided that a joint effort, from June 22nd to July 1st, would be more beneficial.


lion some months ago and had recently been prom­ oted. “For years before leav­


ing school he thought of nothing else but the Army and when he joined up he enjoyed the life immense­ ly,” said a relative. Paul was last home on leave at Christmas.


Valley Drama Festival next year,;in a- bid to attract participation' from local groups. At this year’s festival,


ONE-ACT plays could be staged at the Ribble


which runs from April 30th to May 5th, at Clitheroe Civic Hall, there is no local represen­


• dance and fete at the school.


ned are services and con­ certs in the church, and a


Among activities plan­


to plan the festival, which will also feature an exhibi­ tion of work and hobbies carried on within the com­ munity.


A committee has started Bid to draw local groups


tation. It is envisaged that a


one-act play competition could be run for two nights". The winners would receive a trophy handed over by Accring­ ton Drama Group, which has disbanded and is find­ ing new homes for its assets.


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