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J L B I 1 1 " all the fun of the fayre * *“


ALL the fun of the fayre came to town — and what a terrific


day out it was! Cloudy skies and occasional


Fayre. It was a record-breaker, too.


in excess of £30,000 — at least £5,000 up on last year. It was the day the town takes


drizzle failed to dampen Sun­ day’s atmosphere as Clitheroe s


streets came alive in a burst of colour for the third Heritage


town, eating their way through a staggering 5,000 hamburgers, hot dogs and black puddings.


Over 30,000 people packed the And visitors to the fayre spent


on a carnival atmosphere, when charity organisations urge you to give to a good cause and visitors in their thousands dig deep into their pockets with a


smile. In short, a fun day for all , . „ j ^ u:~ a varipf.v Picture special Pages 8 and 9 k m m m


Urgent cash from


soccer chief


CLITHEROE Football Club could sink in a sea of success - unless £20,000 is found soon for floodlights.


facing chairman Mr Cyril Whiteside is that without such ground improvements his successful team could soon have to stop rubbing shoul­ ders with the elite of non-league soccer.


The simple fact Now Mr Whiteside is


searching for a local en­ trepreneur to spearhead the bid to raise the much- needed cash.


that the Shawbridge dream could be over in 12 months.


Dilemma The club, riding on the


HEAVE-HO! Trinity youngsters attempt to lift Malcolm


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THE might of the law took on a new moaning for members of Trinity Youth Centre. Kor these youngsters had quite a 'task lifting PC Malcolm Fletcher — bul not for


long! Malcolm (39), who lives


in Clitheroe with his wife. Joan, is on a sponsored slim to raise money for youth centre funds.


IS stone but already has lost about a stone. He plans to lose liOlb. in five


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and Benjamin ((>), who are keen to offer advice on what he should and should


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Helping him to fight the not eat!


Malcolm, who i; policeman at Whallev, has been an assistant youth leader at Trinity for nine years.


Pat on back for council tenants


COUNCIL house tenants


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Gordon Onslow told the Housing Committee that the Kibble Valley Council had the third or fourth lowest amount of rent ar­ rears out of any local au­ thority in the north west


region.A report from the Health and Housing Of­ ficer, Mr Peter Gladwin, revealed that last month £23,285 was outstanding in council house rents. Praising the tenants,


Coun. Bill Fleming (Bil- lington) said: "The figures are so encouraging be­ cause we have a better- than-average set of coun­


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crest of a wave as the winner of four major trophies in the last three seasons, is in a dilemma.


better standard of football is in the offing — the club has been invited to join a Multipart League Division Two and a NWCKL Pre­ mier Division — but one of the main qualifications for either is that a club must have floodlights.


A chance to play a


Whiteside: “We need an entrepreneur with a


E x p 1 a i n e d M * *


knack for raising money to help us, or a business­ man with financial re­ sources to give the club a chance to further put the town on the map.


Delighted


soccer at Shawbridge within a year, the dream will be over and we'll find ourselves hack playing the Whitworth Valleys and Bncup Boroughs of the


"Unless we have floodlit


soccer world.” Mr Whiteside added


that the club would be delighted with anything


the town could do to help. "In the last month we


have hosted 10 matches which had nothing to do witli the club. If the town can come up with the


Without it, he predicts


money, then the facilities, here can be used a lot more and we would be


Police warning about danger to children


CLITHEROE police are reminding parents about the dangers of chi ldren speaking to


strangers following an incident m the towns Brungerley Park on Friday afternoon.


were playing hide and seek at about 3 p.m. when


Three girls, nil aged 11.


a man approached from the Crossbills Quarry


area. He asked them if it was safe to walk down a grass bank where they were playing and as he approached he grabbed one girl by the arm and another on the thigh. Luckily, the girls unba­


lanced the man and he fell and lost his glasses. The


girls ran away and sought help from' a nearby Clitheroe woman, who knew one of the youngs-


ters. The man is described as


white. 5ft. loin, tall and of medium build, with


dark brown curly hair featuring a fringe taper­ ing to a point at the centre of his forehead. He is in his early thir­


to contact them if they have any information re-


The police want people About to start


garding the identity of the stranger — or were in the


park at the time. Sgt Calev added: "We


will be monitoring the situation because we do not want this incident to recur. We are remind­ ing parents of the dangers of children talking to strangers.


WORK on Clithcroe’s new fire station off Pimlico Road is expected to start any day now. A county council spokesman con­ firmed that workmen are moving in to start the £2-10,000 scheme, which due to be completed


.June. 1DS7.


open to suggestions and requests for the use of Shawbridge," he said.


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TH U R S D A Y , JU N E 5th, ^ 9 8 6 Price 20p


and a big boost for a variety of charities. The chairman of the Heritage


Fayre commit tee, Tony Spencer, summed it all up as he surveyed the packed streets. “I’m absolutely over the moon.


to be another Heritage Fayre next year.


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NATIONAL GOLF CHAMPION


ON TOP of the world teenager Kirsty Speak, crowned the English ' Champion.


mar School pupil Kirsty (M) proudly won the title at Coventry, fending off challenges from 14 other top English players. She completed the 18-


Clitheroe Royal Gram­


— that's Clitheroe who has just been Under 16s Girls Golf


to achieve her ambition by Clitheroe Golf Club pro Peter Geddes. She has already shown


hole par T3 course with_a magnificent round of 78


(five over par) and will now represent England, along with the runner-up from the competition, in a match against the top golfing girls from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, at Tlie Belfrev, on August


Drive, wants to become a professional golfer one day and has been tipped


ISth. Kirsty, of Kenilworth


her talents playing as the youngest member of the Lancashire women’s side.


Changes on the Downham estate


SUBSTANTIAL changes are being made on the


Downham estate following Lord Clithcroc’s decision to cease active farming.


and Yorke confirmed this week that the Downham Hall Farm is to be incor­ porated back into the estate and arrangements made for the land with it to be let or kept on


Land agents Ingham


licence. The two employees at


Downham Hall Farm were told of the decision this week. Their redun­ dancy will take effect later in the year. Cambridge farm man­


A coast-to-coast bid for charity


A MAN drawn to Clitheroe by the imposing slopes of Pendle aims to set a new Scottish coast-to-coast record for charity. Veteran fell runner Ian w o r k e r . Ian (4 1) is


ties and has a sallow com­ plexion. He was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a long-sleeved blue sweat­ shirt, dark blue denim jeans and training shoes. Police spokesman Sgt


Leighton, of Lancaster Drive. Clitheroe. sets out next Friday in a bid to cover 250 miles and over 50,000 ft. of climbing in


six days. The route takes him


Stuart Caley said: "We are concerned because the girls were adamant that when this man grabbed them it wasn't as if he


was just playing. “The incident has clear­


ly distressed the girls, but they acted very wisely in freeing themselves from his clutches and seeking tlie assistance of a known adult."


from Shiel Bridge, near Fort William, to Montrose and includes between 30 and 40 peaks over 3,000ft. high, including eight


which top 4,000 ft. Ian’s wife. Shirley,


helps at the Clitheroe Oxfam Shop and sponsor­ ship forms are available there and at other Oxfam


shops in Lancashire. A local authority social


making the mammoth run with a fellow moun­ taineering enthusiast, Robin Price, of De- wsburv. Both are mem­ bers of Clavton-le-Moors Harriers and already hold tile record for the Scottish coast-to-coast run incor­ porating 18 peaks over


3,1100 ft. Originally from North­


ern Ireland, lan and his family chose to live ill Clitheroe. he says, “so that I could run up Pendle every day." He never quite achieved that par­ ticular goal, hut is unite happy to reach the local


SPY DRAMA ENDS HAPPILY


LIFE is now return­ ing to normal for Lee and Tracev Parfitt, the Sabden brother and s is te r at the centre of a real-life spy drama.


day that you switch on the television to find your father on the news, having been mistakenly arrested by Zimbabwe police as a South African spy!


After all, it isn't every


rents, Alun and Edna Parfitt, of Alston Close, w e r e o n h o l i d a y i n Harare, the Zimbabwe capital, when Mr Parfitt was arrested and de­


Lee and Tracey’s pa­


tained. The move came during


investigations into South African raids on Zim­ babwe against installa­ tions claimed to be run by the African National Con­ gress. He


two days and then phoned his three children — he has another son, Mark (25) who lives in Burnley — to explain tiie mix-up and tell them that every­ thing was now fine. Mr Parfitt (45). has


Sabden's Marbill poly­


urethane factory. Now the British Gov­


been in Zimbabwe for 14 months, working at the Hwange power station for the British Electricity In­ ternational Company. The first that Lee knew


ernment is trying to find out whv Mr Parfitt was held and has sent the Vice-Consul to Zimbabwe, Mr John Atkinson, to Bulawayo to investigate. After taking a course at


of the incident was one night after returning from


the pub. “I'd just got home when


n mate phoned and told me to turn on the telly. 1 did and there was the news of my dad," he said. When the news of their


father's release reached them, Lee ami 'Iracey celebrated with a few


drinks. “They phoned up to say


everything was OK and that‘ they'll see us when they come back home for a holiday in September,”


released after said Lee, who works at


agricultural college, Mr P a r f i t t began as a labourer at Padiham Power Station in 1963. He then worked his way through the system to become a foreman operator at the plant. Later he volunteered to


summit twice a week. Much of his training for


this month’s marathon at­ tempt has been in the Lake District and the two are now hoping for fine weather to enable them to achieve their target and, possibly, gain a mention in “The Guinness Book of Records.”


Rustlers’ £7,000 haul


CLITHEROE C1D is


making inquiries at local auction marts and farms after the theft of 100 sheep from a Slaidburn


fanner. Their absence was


ALUN PAKFITT Tuck in


work abroad and, from 1975 to 1978, lived with his family in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Later lie moved to Nigeria before going to Zim­


babwe. Last year he and his


wife celebrated their silver wedding anniver­


sary. Mr Parfitt is a keen gardener and has had many successes at Sabden Flower Show.


HUNGRY thieves tucked


in to food from the kitch­ en cupboards while burbl­ ing The Cottage, OakhiU, \V h a 11 e v , o v e r the


weekend. Some time between


S a tu rd a y night and Monday morning they smashed a window to gain


entry and escaped with £100* cash and a quantity of foodstuffs. Clitheroe


C1D is investigating.


noticed when the other sheep at Lamb Hill Farm were gathered in from the


fells and counted. The Swaledale/Dales-


bred cross in-lamb ewes are thought to have been taken some time since De­ cember and are worth a


total of £7,000. They are all marked


with blue dye over the loin and have a half-moon cut-out under the ear.


They also have a blue or vellow tag in the left ear


and those with a blue tag have the le t te r s AS burned into the right


horn.


agement consultants Bid- wells have been involved with Downham Hall Farm


for the past three years. A spoke sman for


Ingham and Yorke said that it was with great re­ lu c ta n c e th a t Lord Clitheroe had decided to give up farming. There was no possibility of the land being sold and the estate would remain as it


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