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THE children of the Wearden family, of Wha lley, th o u g h t their dad was going bananas when he ar rived home one day with . . . a monkey!
fanatic, Mr John Wearden (42), of Shaw House Farm, swapped a horse for the two-year-old Capuchin monkey, named “Mitch.”
A self-confessed animal
Save school trip is
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.Minister was post poned.' The Under Secretary
DOWNHAM save- our-school campaig ners’ hopes of putting their case to the De partment of Education th is week were dashed when their ap pointment with the
whom they were due to see had to call it off be cause it clashed with a meeting he had with Prime .Minister Mrs Mar garet Thatcher. The delegation of pa
rents and governors was given the news the even ing before they were due to travel to London to air their views, armed with a 40-page dossier. Pupils at Downham
lion for about £50, but you need a licence and so in the end I settled for the monkey,” he said; And now, Mitch, from a
“I originally wanted a
species common to the northern and central areas of South'America, is enjoying the lush life. “He’ll eat anything,”
said Mrs Jean Wearden. “Chips and fish, crisps and,, of course, fruit are some . of his favourite foods.”
building firm, bought Mitch from a zoo supplier, and introduced him to his family of four children and two foster children just before Christmas. _ “When he first , arrived
Mr Wearden, who has a
he was a bit vicious as he wasn’t used, to seeing p e o p le ,” said Mr Weardem “But by Christmas Day,
he had gained enough con fidence to .help himself to a turkey leg, and a few
sips of whisky.” But Mitch’s nasty habit
of nipping people — which he has to this day — were the source of some worry to the family. So a local vet . was called in to file away his fangs.
' One reason for Mitch’s behaviour could be ■ that he is lonely. However, if he behaves himself, he could find himself with a lady friend in the not too distant future!
New boost for *oe
company
A £200,000 plant for the anti-corrosion treatment of agricul tural machinery is to be installed at a Clitheroe engineering
School had spent the af ternoon making good luck cards for the delegation, which was being accom panied by Ribble Valley MP Mr David Waddington and Diocesan Director of Education Canon Brian
Press secretary . of the action group-fighting the school closure, said: “We have to await another ap pointment now.” She added: “We are
been devoted to the pre parations for the meeting, said head teacher Mrs Valerie .Hall. Mrs Eileen Wilson,
Beaumont. Much hard work had
works. The equipment is being
put in ■ at the Kendal Street factory of Econ At kinson, which is also taking on the production of agricultural products acquired in the takeover of a 140-year-old Andover family a g r ic u l tu ra l machinery firm.
Agreement
boost to the Clitheroe workforce of 100, ensur ing continuity of employ ment for some time ahead. Clitheroe managing di
The move comes as a
very disappointed. The people who were going were all geared up.”
to produce what is truly British agricultural equip ment and this gives 'us a formidable position in the
•Group reached a sales- marketing and service ag reement with Craven Tasker (Andover) and this week it was announced that- Econ is taking over the manufacturing rights of all the Tasker agricul tural products. Plans are already-well
market." I t was just over a month ago that the Econ
rector Mr Don Taylor said: “It puts us on a sound footing at Clitheroe. We will be able
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advanced to split produc-. tion between Econ fac to r ie s in Ripon and Clitheroe and staff train ing on Tasker products has been completed.
Capacity .
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This means that the
as a contract for Depart ment of Transport motor way gritting machines enters its final phase, the Clitheroe works is to take on the production of the Tasker Fertispread range, together with the man ufacture of other large manure spreaders. The t r a n s f e r to Clitheroe from Andover of a £200,000.powder coating plant will ensure that the Fertispreader and spray ers in the L and K range will leave the Kendal Street works with the highest-quality anti-corro sion paint treatment that can be provided.
found on snow clearing and. agricultural tractors throughout the world is to disappear in April. To im prove product identity, the firm is to be called Econ Machinery.
• The name Atkinson Howzat for a place to pray
A GROWING Christian showed us two rooms it group in Clitheroe has an had for hire and we took unusual meeting place — them. It was a quick solu- b u t
philosophical about it all. Clitheroe Community
farmer Mr Brian Clark (39), of Bucks Farm;. West Bradford, explained: “We have been meeting in each other’s houses but needed somewhere
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Church meets ^n Sundays for prayer ana discussion . . . at the town’s Cricket Club!
the minimum of fuss. “If the Lord want's us
to meet there, we are quite happy to go along.” The group, an offshoot
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misses
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SECRETARY Miss Anrie Jackson, of Chat-, burn, will be missing one vital supporter when she enters the NE Lancashire Miss . Royal British Legion competition a week tomorrow . . her boyfriend, Martin. Anne, who is represent
ing the Chatbum and dis trict branch, will be at the Grants Arms Hotel, Ramsbottom, to take part in her first contest. But her boyfriend
Martin Eamshaw (28), a steward for Air Europe, will be away on a flight to. Tenerife. “It’s just one of those
'Established use' wins day for
haulage firm
A CLITHEROE haul age firm, .hit by fire four months ago, has been given permission by Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Committee to re place i t s 'd amag e d garage. This was despite objec
coming to the r e scue . . . and Anne’s pa rents, Edwin and Joyce Jackson, will be in the audience to lend moral support.
things . . . although Mar tin’s. really hoping I do well in the competition,” said 28-year-old Anne. However, the family is
secretary for her brother in her father’s haulage business, was approached by the branch last year to be its representative in. the competition. “But I was too busy
Anne, who works as a ,
tions from 87 residents living near the Thorn Street premises, who de manded that the firm, George Hamer and Sons, should move to an indust rial estate. The residents com
MR ROBINSON MRS ILLINGWORTH MR HARRISON
plained of smells, noise and the potential danger from inflammable mate rials and the Sub-Commit tee attached conditions to its approval of the build ing of a replacement garage.
hours of operation and ac tivities undertaken from the site and limit parking for the site.
..Coun. .John -Cowgill ’
These will re s tr ic t ,
(Clitheroe) said: “I am very concerned for nearby residents. Parking is a bugbear for them and there should be no park ing of lorries on the roadway." Planning and Technical
B.A.s crown years of evening study
A CLITHEROE tool- maker, a Rimington general manager and a Langho housewife are among this y e a r ’s graduates of the Open University.
Officer - Mr Philip Bailey said: “The site has an es tablished use as a haulage depot and this cannot be taken away in law. We can only concern ourse lves with the suitability of the building.” Twenty residents heard
study have been re warded for Mr Derek/ Robinson, of Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe, Mr Joe Harrison, of Mosria •Cottage, Newby, Rimington, and Mrs Anne Illingworth, of Moorland Road, Langho, who have all
Hours of evening
gained BA degrees. For Mr Robinson
(34), the qualification, comes a f te r seven years of study in en gineering services. A toolmaker at Neotech- nic, Clitheroe, he is a former pupil of Rib- blesdale School.
“ Now he plans to con tinue his studies for another four years to obtain an honours degree.
who is general man ager of a computer
Mr Harrison (46),
of'Briercliffe Christian Fellowship, wanted to hold its own meetings on a non-denominational basis in the Ribble Valley. Mr Clark added: “We
have a good cross-section of ages and believe that we have halted the de cline in religion.”
cil’s Policy and Resources Committee decided after a private , meeting that there were no funds avail able to offer Mr Hamer special financial assistance to move his business else where, although no re quest had been received from the .firm for such .help.
the decision from the public gallery and after wards one of them, Mrs Cecilia Catlow, of Curzon Street, said they would be having a. residents’ meet ing to see if their fight could be carried further. On Monday, the coun
‘Victim’sought for closest crop of all
A CLITHEROE unisex hair salon is scouring the streets to find a brave volunteer — male or female — to go bald for the sake of charity.
and-a-half hour "cut in” in aid of the NSPCC, organ ised by Miss Gillian Young, owner of the Cut and Curl Salon in Bawd-
It’s all part of an eight-
lands. The reward for the •
daring volunteer? “We promise free hair styling for. six months when their h a ir grows a g a in ,” laughed Gillian. She hopes' a volunteer will attract many sponsors. The “cut in” begins at 2
p.m. on March 25th with a champagne reception and runs from 3 p.m., when .the public will be admitted, until 10-30 p.m; A famous personality is
marathon session will be invited to donate their “bill” to the charity. At the same time, girls from Gillian’s model promotion agency will be touring local hotels collecting do nations.
Russell-Harty. Cus tomers a t the
’will not be present at the “cut in” is Lewis Collins, star of television’s “The Professionals” and a per sonal friend of Gillian’s.
One famous face that
to be invited to have hair treatment,' the. top of the list at the moment being
' makes. ai point of seeing Gillian a' couple 'of times each year.
, ing star while at a model ling promotion in Preston. Lewis, who starred in the film “Who Dares Wins,”
She met the good-look-
studied mathematics and has been working for five years for his degree. He and his wife, Lyn, have a daughter, Abigail (4).
many .
' ing that her previous! training as a teacher helped her with the work. She and her hus band David have three children, Christopher (11), Helen (7) and Stephanie (4).
Mrs Illingworth (32) studied education and ,art for four years, find-
£5,000 raid on school
equipment
THIEVES escaped with £5,000 worth of electronic and electrical equipment after a weekend raid at Bowland Secondary School, Grindleton. They also took nine
silver cups used for school competitions and kept on display near the main en trance. , The major theft was
then, as I was in the vil lage amateur dramatic roduction, so we are oping it will be a case of
C lith e ro e Grammar School, trained as a junior school teacher and taught at Feniscowles for four years before joining the family firm. She will take with her
Man killed in bypass accident
second time lucky," she said. Anne, an old girl of
A PEDESTRIAN was killed on Tuesday night following a double acci dent on the Whalley- Clitheroe bypass, near to the Pendleton turn-off.
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to the competition the hopes of the branch’s 150 members. “We’re full of confi
dence for Anne . . . we’re sure she’ll do very well,” said chairman Mr Bill Wilson. At the contest a week
(48), of Low Antley Street, Accrington, was walking-near to the junc tion when he was involved in an accident with an Opel saloon driven by Mr David Simister (44), of East Marton.
Mr Stuart Kershaw
tomorrow, girls in even ing dress have .to - answer several questions from a judging panel. The winner then goes-on to the NW area final in March. Na
tional finals are at Llan dudno in May. !
an accident with a vehicle being driven in the oppo
He was then involved in
site direction by Mr Edwin "Baxter 1 (51), of Downham Road, Chat- bum.
on arrival at Blackburn Royal Infirmary.
Mr Kershaw was dead
FEBRUARY 14th
from the computer room where three BBC models plus, VDUs and a similar number of portable televi sion sets were taken. A number of sewing
machines were stolen from the needlework room, two typewriters from the office and a cash register from the canteen. A Clith e ro e ' CID
spokesman said that vehicle would have been used to remove the stolen property. He advised any member of the public who saw anything suspicious near, the premises to call or phone Clitheroe Police Station (Clitheroe 23818).
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; given a monumental task. He has to turn a pile of rubbish into a .village’s pride and joy . . . with the - help of a photograph. It is a couple of years
since'a wagon reversed into the 97-year-old monument in the centre
■. wants it restoring —. al though . it has taken' a
'a pile of scattered stones. . . . and giving Mr Rock" a jigsaw puzzle of stone. "The village is proud of its monument and
of Tosside, reducing it to h
STONEMASON' . : Thomas >Rock, of Ma rke t Place, ,; Clitheroe, has been ■
i surance matters,” said Mr .Rock (60), who has. been' a, stonemason' for
long time to sort out in-
i 45 years. Luckily, Tosside
•photographer Duncan Bicknell. came' to : the rescue ‘with a photo-, graph of the-nine foot high monument with its two foot weather vane.
" for the photograph to reassured me that I was putting "everything to gether properly,” .said Mr Rock.
'when >a wagon de molished it, ana I had a couple of sketches of it, but I was very grateful
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“I 'helped to rebuild the monument- in 1962
' jubilee of Queen Vic toria, the edifice was at one time a drinking fountain;' although it has
• Erected in : 1887 to Commemorate the golden
. long since ceased being used for that purpose. ■ .
v: In its ill-fated history, ' it was also damaged in a road accident in 1953. \ .
' brought several pieces of the Yorkshire stone to my yard. I shall be re pairing some and replac ing others." -
Said Mr Rock: “I have
> hope the motorists will I let it stand in peace!”
"of the month. “And then," said Mr Rock, “I
He hopes to re-erect the structure by the end
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