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Sunless chilly June


THE Ribble Valley ex­ perienced a chilly sunless June. The weather disappoint­


tually drier in North East Lancs that last June, when four inches of rain was recorded. Half fell on the 12th and 13th and hot weather followed from the 16th to 20th.


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three-quarter inches of rain fell, the wettest days being the 11th and 22nd. June this year was ac­


month was cool and cloudy, with rain and showers occurring on about half the days. Approximately two and


THE garden of Mr and Mrs David Bren­ nan’s home in Bever­ ley Drive, Clitheroe, provided a perfect set­ ting for the Clitheroe Parish Church garden party on Saturday.


stalls enjoyed brisk trade, raising £330 for church missions and local charities, includ­ ing the Mayor of Kibble Valley’s appeal for the deaf.


opened by the Mayor, Coun. Mrs Joyce Lil- burn, who was accom- p a n ie d by h e r Consort.


included pillow fight­ ing on a log, throwing wet sponges and an aero-runway organ­ ised by the Scouts.


Popular activities P ictu red are Mi-


Bill McCloud, his wife Kathy and some young visitors at the egg and bacon game.


The festivities were A large variety of


Top marks on Army course


A GISBURN youth has gained top marks on an Army artillery course.


(17) has been posted to the 27 Field Regiment, Lippstadt, in Germany.


Christopher Fellowes


Mrs T. Fellowes, of Main Street, Christopher left Bowland County Secon­ dary School last year.


The elder son of Mr and


year’s training at the Junior Leaders’ Regt Royal Artillery at Bram- cote, Nuneaton, where he


Jo a n n e and K aren, brother Lee and grandpa­ rents Mr and Mrs R. W. N u t te r , trav e lled to Nuneaton to attend his passing-out ceremony.


His parents, sisters He has completed a


gained top marks for gun­ nery science.


ingly deteriorated after the first four days had shown great promise, with temperatures of 70 and 72 deg F. The remainder of the


Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) Westminster Viewpoint


thing about the program­ me was, that although it was held in a mining town in Northumberland, the bulk of the audience clear­ ly condemned the violence during the pit strike and Arthur Scargill for en­ couraging it.


job prospects in the North West”. The North of England


THE chief executive of Manchester Airport has welcomed the Govern­ ment’s White Paper on airport policy, describing it as “good news for Man­ chester and good news for


chance that by next year American Airlines will be


price in the form of new r igh ts for UK airlines abroad if they want new rights here. But that does not mean that Manchester is not getting foreign car­ riers. It is. There is a very good


Regional Consortium which has fought so hard for Manchester and other regional airports has had a notable success. Only its demand for free access to regional airports for fore­ ign carriers was rejected and that was never “on”. Foreign governments must pay a reasonable


and neither were the ans­ wers to it. The only interesting


SINCE I last wrote, I have been on the BBC’S “Any Ques­ tions” programme. It was a horrid experi­ ence and in future I’ll go to the dentist in­ stead. I mugged up the answer to every conceivable question but was only asked in­ conceivable ones. The funny one was not


about closing Bramley Meade and the maternity


by David Waddington QC, MP


operating out of Manches­ ter along with Qantas, El A1 and Singapore Air­ lines. But it is British air­ lines that produce the most jobs at a British air­ port and of greater im­ portance to the region is the fact that British Air­ ways have begun services to New York this summer and will be adding Dubai, Bangkok and Hong Kong in November.


MY Whitsun break was interrupted by Tamil troubles. Although our High Commissioner in Colombo had tried to get over the message that those Tamils who came would not be allowed to stay unless they qualified for refugee status, or showed they would suffer severe hardship if re­ turned, 1,300 had arrived here in May alone and we were hard pressed trying to find accommodation for them.


nounced th a t all Sri Lankan citizens would, from the next day, re­ quire visas to travel here and the flow stopped. Now we are s if t in g through the cases of all


those who did arrive and our re fu g e e u n it is


tyranny, chaos or disorder in one part of the world or another and, according to the representative in


passes there seems to be more people fleeing from


stretched to the limit. With every year that


Join forces for youth service


YOUNG people of all de­ nominations combined for an ecumenical youth ser­ vice at Clitheroe Parish Church. The theme of the ser­


vice was “We are one in the spirit” and a collection raised £20 for Christian Aid. Members of youth clubs


Eventually it was an­


I WAS dismayed when I read in the paper a report that the Distinct Health Authority was talking


system. We have yet to see refugees fleeing to the Soviet Union. Russia has a problem so far as its frontier controls are con­ cerned, but it is not a problem of keeping people from getting in, but of preventing them from getting out.


la r ly in a p p ro p r ia te , coming as it did in the course of a diatribe by a Socialist MP of extreme views about the wicked­ ness of the capitalist


day about Britain’s al­ legedly uncaring attitude, but it is a criticism which is quite unjustified. We have taken in people from all parts of the world and have never been criticised by the United Nations for failing to honour our obli­ gations under the UN Re­ fugees’ Convention. The lecture was singu­


London of the UN High Commissioner for Re­ fugees, the West is begin­ ning to suffer from “com­ passion fatigue”. I was lectured the other


unit at Accrington Vic­ toria because the new maternity unit at Queen’s Park Hospital had been taken out of the regional health authority’s building plans. I hope that we in the Ribble Valley do not hesitate to make our views known and that the idea is swiftly scuppered.


Lecturer in mining


AT St Paul’s the other day there was a magnifi­ cent service in honour of those members of the Task Force who died in the South Atlantic bet­ ween April and June 1982.


sang lustily the first and second verses of God Save the Queen, calling on the Almighty to see that the Queen upholds our laws and ever gives us cause to sing with heart and voice, I wondered who on earth it was that decided to vandalise our National Anthem and substitute some doggerell about making “the Nations see that all should brothers be and form one familee!”


of this sort are supposed to serve I really cannot imagine. The author should be made to stand in a corner for a very long time wearing a very large dunce’s cap.


What purpose exercises


Sports day at St James’s


SPORTS day at St James’s CE School, Clitheroe, held on the field behind the infant school on Thursday, was well attended by parents.


Dobson, Gemma Linford, Gemma Hindle, John Linley Sara Wilkinson, Mark Bever ley, Emma Seed, Liam Carter


Stephen Bridges, Leisha John son, Nicola Malone, Christ


F la t . 1st race: Robert RESULTS


Driver over the limit


opher Halstead, Kelly Sharp, David Emblev, Louise Raynor, Sheldon Salisbury, Warren Pinch, Lindsey Gamer, Fiona


Johnson. 2nd race: Alec Wallace,


FOR driving with excess alcohol in his breath, Andrew Phillip Stantlen


Gould, Adrian Peck, Tom Bart­ lett, Hannah Fawcett. Soraya


William Younger, established 1749.


at SS Michael and John’s, Trinity Methodist, the U n ited Reformed, Clitheroe Parish and St James’s churches pre­ pared the service. Music was provided by young in­ strumentalists, led by young people from SS Michael and John’s RC Church who play regular­ ly for Mass. After the service a bar­


Emma Wilkinson, Caroline Sieczkowski, Steven Wardless, Rachel Dixon, Martin Green­ wood, Rose Dinsdale, Gavin Dixon, Rachel Holden, Nicholas Veevers, Nicola Musgrove, Stephen Roberts, Tony Hill, Adele McCallVi Karen Bali- ence, David dreenhalgh, Vic­ toria Smith, Stuart Hudson, Jacqueline Nuttall, Pe te r


Brewin, Phillip Stevenson, Nicola Farmer.


becue was held in the Vic­ arage garden.


Garden shots


GARDEN photography was enjoyed by Ribbles- dale Camera Club at the home of member Mr Roland Frankland, in Sawley.


taken in different parts of the garden and results will be compared at an appraisal night.


P h o to g ra p h s were


will hold photographic forum, with a panel of experienced members ans­ wering questions.


Next Tuesday the club began 1749-and we’re still writing i t ty*!'YOUNGERS ALES .AND L.AC.ERa _ possible quality at the lowest possible


travelled well and were appreciated both at home and abroad. By the early 1900’s, 80,000 barrels a year were


going for export alone.


price, ensured increasing demand and steady expansion. Wm. Younger’s Ales


Between the world wars, the Company went from strength to strength and in 1931 a memorable link was forged with the equally successful McEwan name.


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brewery that long ago, in 1749, in Leith. A family talent for brewing outstanding beers, plus a policy of supplying the highest


few brewers can claim to have been around for as long as 236 years. William Younger founded his first small


It takes time to build a tradition — and


the merger with the Newcastle Breweries. It adds up to a product range unequalled anywhere — and it is notable that each Company has retained identity and the local flavour of its own ales and lagers throughout. Today, Wm. Younger’s Scotch


In 1960 came


__ appreciated nowhere more than in the North and West.


*- -


Bitter and Traditional Ales (symbolised by the cheery figure of “Father William”) are an institution that is


McEWANS& YOUNGERS


Brewing the best for the North and West


Part o f The Scottish and Newcastle Breweries Croup.


Simon Thompson, Mandy Thompson, Emma Geldard, Paul Hothersall, Bernadine Laycock, Matthew Snape, Val­ erie Cross.


Fiona Gould, Simon Morton, Rachel Holden, Stephen Roberts, Soraya Johnson, Ben Threlfall, Karen Ballence.


Schofield and Martin Green­ wood. 2nd race: Andrew Slinger


Three-legged. 1st race: Craig


and Martin Greenwood. 3rd race: Robert Dobson and


Alec Wallace, Stephen Green­ wood and John Linley.


Caroline Sieczkowski, Sara Wil­ kinson, Sarah Locket.


Dewhurst, Gemma Dixon, Helen Khan, Rachel McCally. 2nd race: Gemma Linford,


Skipping. 1st race: Kerry


Veevers, Darren Hazlewood, Nicola Musgrove, Lindsey Gamer, Stephen Bishop, Tony Hill, Emma Bravshaw, Adele McCally. 2nd race: Warren Pinch,


Obstacle. 1st race: Nicholas


Lemas. Kerri Haslam, Kellv Sharp. 2nd race: Matthew Beer,


Mark Cooper, Paul Whitehead, Victoria Smith, Jacqueline Nut- tall, Philip Howarth, Oliver


Egg and spoon. 1st race:


(19), formerly of the Hill- crest Filling Station,


a police officer for driving a van erratically in Whal- ley Road, Clitheroe, Stan- den was given a breath test which showed 77 mic­ rograms of alcohol in 100 ml of breath, 42 microg­ rams above the legal limit.


After being stopped by V


he could not recall how much he had had to drink.


In court, Standen said


earlier in the month, Standen was fined £25. He said he had not ap­ peared in court because he had not been notified through the post.


For not answering bail


Manchester convention


JEHOVAH’S Witnesses in the Ribble Valley trill be flocking to Maine Road, home of Manches­ ter City from today until Sunday . . . but not to watch the blues in action. They will be attending


a district convention at the ground, one of 10 venues for meetings during the summer.


Scout barbecue nets £400


Mitton, was fined £160 and banned for a year, at Clitheroe.


When, at the close, we


A FORMER E man who we 1 mining in Soul has been appoint turer in mining gy at Nottinghan sity. Bryan Denby (


youngest son of Mrs Colin De Ravensholme Fa: nham, and a fon of Clitheroe Roy mar School. He spent so:


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working with dated Gold Fie Johannesburg turned to Englar his PhD in mi gineering at Nc last year. He is a Fellov


tingham Uni vet will take a clos' in work associa the Nottingham; industry. His wife, Sue


has a new job a in the maternit, ment at Notting hospital.


Excell show lamb


FORWARD at Clii tion Mart on Mond; cattle and 1.240 shut In the cattle sec


sorts were in short in demand. Cows ei price. Top price was


from C. Sutcliffe with several others Friesian price was \V. P. Brewer and S Bullocks topped n


from J. Stott and voung cows to 75.v Barton.


Heavy cows rea


show of 1,200 qualit the sheep section, consistent with the prices for most la slightly less than th week, with 15-17 making similar price; Overall average \\


aged 95.S9p. Natioi was 96.6p. There was anothe


Overall graded


Townson Brother going to 109p from *


(average 97.7Sp). i lOOp (93.53p). light 97.4p (90.43p). medi to 109p (99p). Overa 95.S9p. Ungraded cattle


the National aver. 154.Ip. Light steers mad


172.5p (157.53p). i 155.op (145.49p), hea (136.lip). Ewes ma (£23.04).At Friday’s sale of store cattle there w calf cows and heifer and S4 steers, heifer bulls. There was a goot


lOOp (95.70p). co\ (70.22p). voune bull; (110.S4p). Standard lambs


calving cattle for th year and a sharp t: "prices at similar recent sales. Store cattle of all t


again in demand, change in prices.


(average £481), July ing cows to £590 (£48 4tn calving cows to £• Hereford bullocks to ers to £362, Charola to £410, heifers to £ sian bull stirks to locks to £290.


In-calf neifers mat


Faile breal


A YOUNG W. before Clithe charge of a vc breath had no which he was f The case agaii


John Willis (19). View, was dismi a further charge to provide a spe breath was prove was fined £60.


THE parents’ support group of the 1st Pendle Scouts hit the jackpot with their family barbecue at Roefield Playing Fields on Saturday. They raised £400 for


trade at their hand-made marionette stall. The couple had made


troop funds, attracting the crowds to a host of stalls and sideshows. Parents Phillip and Liz


string-operated model birds in support of the fund-raising. Included in the prog­


Beverley and Colin and Gillian Slinger took on the task of cooking an abun­ dant supply of mouth-wa­ tering hamburgers, hot- dogs, onions and chicken. District Commissioner


ramme were pony rides and a display by police dog handlers. The profits will be used


to maintain the troop’s 29- seater bus and to purch­ ase much-needed equip­ ment. Pictured in action at the


Mr Peter Carpenter and his wife, Brenda, a member of the support group, also did a roaring


Bag stolen


CLITHEROE police appealing to the public for help following an incident at Dunsop Bridge in which a handbag was stolen from a parked car.


barbecue are Phillip Be­ verley and Colin Slinger (right) watched by their wives, Gillian (left) and Liz, and some of the Cubs.


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should contact Clitheroe police (23818).


handbag — a brown leath­ er satchel type with a strap — was later thrown from a car between the Whitewell Hotel and E d is fo rd B r id g e . If anyone finds a bag fitting the d escr iption they


It is believed that the are


that his atteni been drawn to t dant’s car parkei Street, Clitheroe the ignition li glowing and t; peared to be ; leaning over to senger side. He opened th>


Sgt Stuart C


door, spoke to l dant and r.oticec breath smelt of a Willis failed tc


suitable sample but it was lati lished that he ha rograms of alcol ml of breath, limit being 35. The defendant


court that he out for a dri friends. He had < sleep in his car, he had followed i previous occasioi The ignition 1


not been on at and his keys h<y the passenger sic


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