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RIBBLE VALLEY MP Mr David Waddington was presented with a 111-name petition protesting about pro p o sed new d a iry inspection charges when he met local farmers. Mr Waddington was


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planned s ta tu to ry £90 charge for Ministry of Agriculture officials to inspect dairy hypene was unjustified, especially with dairy farming feeling the severe effects of milk


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ing is on February 24th at the Red Pump Inn, Bashall Eaves.


Seats mark church’s milestone


AN influx of tourists from America is expected in the Kibble Valley to coin­ cide with the 150th an­ niversary of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. to commemorate the


occasion the church is to pi'ovide park seats with plaques in Clitheroe, Chatburn and Downham. The plaques will record the fact that significant numbers of people joined the church from these places between 1837 and 1847. Deputy town clerk Mr


Car was not roadworthy


ENTHUSIASM led a Clitheroe man to take out his recently acquired car before it was road­ worthy, the town’s magistrates heard.


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PEOPLE enjoying a lun­ chtime dip at Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale Pool on Tues­ day could be forgiven if they thought they had goti too much chlorine in their eyes. For flying just mil­


Brian Manning told mem­ bers of the Kibble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee that in a letter detailing the request, church officials said that a guide book was being produced. The views of the parish


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THE question of 30 m.p.h. speed limit signs was again discussed by W addington P a r ish Council. Members want the 30


limetres above the pool surface w'as, of all things . . . a bat! The tiny mammal led


Boyer (20), of Mytton View, after he sounded an illegal two-tone horn as he drove along Wellgate.


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said Mr John Wood, pro­ secuting, showed that th e re was no excise licence, no legally accept­ able horn and that the speedometer was broken.


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Boyer, said his client and client’s father had bought the car, intending to carry out repairs before taxing it.


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several pool attendants a meiTy dance and paid a cheeky visit to the male changing area before flut­ tering to freedom via a ventilator shaft. At the pool during the


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tely, had got the better of his client and he took the car for a drive round Clitheroe, without his father’s knowledge.


strange visit was the Ribble Valley Council’s Chief Planning Officer, . Mr Philip Bailey, who joked; “It was probably looking for a nesting place instead of batting about.” Now the local authori­


m.p.h. zone extending to include the primary school and clerk Mr Eric Lucas reported that a reply from the county divisional sur­ veyor was still awaited.


ty’s Deputy Town Clerk, Mr Brian Manning, is to have a word with the pool manager to see if ways can be found to stop a repeat of the episode. “I knew that Ribbles­


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A STEP back in time to the year 1905 was taken by the packed audience at Sabden Baptist School on Saturday night, when members of the church arranged a “memorabilia” evening. Slides of the village, taken 82 years ago, were projected and enlarged on a


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Boyer (43), of Mytton View, was given an abso­ lute discharge for the offence of aiding and abet­ ting his son to use the car without an excise licence. Both were orderd to pay back duty of £8.33.


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Turning back clock


SABDEN youngsters are turning back the clock this year to look at the school­ days of their forefathers.


the history of Sabden County Primary School to m a r k i t s 1 5 0 t h anniversary.


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INCOME from the Edis- ford Camping and Cara­ van site has shown a sig­ nificant increase during 1986. Members of Ribble


MODERN and old time dance music was provided by Slaidburn Silver Band when the par­ ents’ committee of SS Michael and John’s Scouts and Guides held a fund­ raising night. S taged in SS


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Michael and John’s Social Club, the fu n ct ion raised more than £100 for the upkeep of the Scouts’ and Guides’ headquarters in Lowergate. Over £60 came


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RIBBLE Valley Council’s Housing Committee has ex])ressed serious concern that the Department of the Environment does not intend to give any guaran­ tee as to its minimum spending allowance for 1988/9 and beyond. The 1987/8 Housing In­


THE Government’s new rating proposals came in for heavy criticism when the Ribble Valley’s SDP/ Liberal Alliance Prospec­ tive Parliamentary Candi­ date, Mr Michael Carr, addressed a meeting in Clitheroe. Mr Carr said that the


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Deputy Chief Executive Mr Gordon Onslow com­ mented: “The situation is serious — we are unable to go in for long-term planning of any sort. We need security and we want some allocation as quickly as possible.” Letters of protest are


Seeing video


AN invitation from the Ce nt r a l El e c t r i c i t y Generating Board to Wad­ dington Parish Council to see its promotional video on safety in nuclear power stations has been accepted for the next meeting.


to be sent to the Secret­ ary of State and Ribble Valley MP Mr David Waddington.


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Valley Council’s Recrea­ tion and Leisure Commit­ tee heard that the weath- • had been better and


had no doubt boosted takings. Income, including site


fees and telephone, was £25,698 compared with £18,744 in 1985. After ex­ penditure a surplus of £14,423 remained.


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More ideas to motivate local youth


THE second meeting of Clitheroe’s Activities for Youth Committee has generated two fresh ideas to add to the suggestions it is already


working on. Firstly, members feel


parents and grandparents about their schooldays and glean whatever informa­ tion they can for a display in the school.


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planned to celebrate the anniversai'y, including a Victorian day, when pupils will dress in 1800-style clothes, and a trip to mock Victorian classroom at Wigan Pier museum.


Events are also being Headmaster Mr Peter


Shorrock said that little was known of the school’s history and he hoped vil­ lage elders could shed some light on past days.


that the little-used mobile youth van owned by Lan­ cashire County Council could be situated in the town centre one night a week for a trial period.


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s t ig a to r , Coun. Eric Bracewell, commented; “Young people who do not want to be organised could come along for a chat and a coffee with their friends. Information would be available about the town’s activities, but they would be free to do as they chose.”


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