Clitheroe Advertiser Times
EDITORIAL
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1987 No. 5,251 Price 20p
Stand by for pancake race!
NOW’S your big chance to do something to boost the Ribble Valley Support Group’s push to provide £75,000 for a JS'/nn. body scanner for East Lancs. The date for your diary
is Shrove Tuesday — th a t’s next week — in Castle Street, Clitheroe, at 12-10 p.m. For the second year
to share in the laughs and frolics of this crazy race. Last year the Ladies
Circle raised more than £1,300 which went to the Wendy Haworth Asthma
Trust. This time its members
running Clitheroe Ladies Circle is organising a pan cake race for the town’s fun loving residents. Castle Street will come
to a standstill for half-an- hour, police will stop all traffic and the pavements will heave with people taking a lunchtime break
are hoping to raise even more towards the £75,000 Ribble Valley target for the scanner. There will be races for
ship are available from the Mortimer, Gorse and Ross office in Castle Street. On the day, members of the Ladies Circle will be on the streets with collection buckets, urging spectators to do their bit by digging deep. Prizes for the winner of
men, women, butchers — with sausages instead of pancakes — and nurses, for staff from the Health Centre and Clitheroe Hospital. All you need to enter is
could borrow, she can be contacted at Clitheroe 24595.
If anyone has one they Mrs Cleeve is keeping
her fingers crossed that this year’s total will beat last year’s effort.
the fancy dress section include a dinner for two, donated by the Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn, a bottle of whisky and shop ping vouchers. Circle secretary Mrs
a frying pan and fancy dress. Forms for sponsor
ple as possible to enter and support the race, so the message is simple — come on down!” Picture: “Ready for the
“We want as many peo
Brett Cleeve is also look ing for three megaphones with which to provide a running commentary on the races.
‘Don’t care’ traders given
FC Floodlight Appeal launch
CLITHEROE Football Club has set the ball rol ling on its Floodlight Appeal.
for the urgently-needed lights at Shawbridge was officially launched last night.
The bid to raise £20,000
reigning North West Counties Football League champions, who have made a dramatic rise in recent years, are likely to slip back into non-league anonymity. The strength of feeling
Without the lights, the
viduals gave the club their backing by present ing cheques at a cheese and wine evening in the par lour of Clitheroe Mayor, Coun. James McHie, whose initiative led to the setting up of the appeal. Donations included
Local firms and indi
£1,000 from one individual sym p a th e tic to the Clitheroe plight.
among supporters about the problem was emphas ised at a public meeting when there was standing room only as 60 people packed into the White Lion Hotel. Club officials, along
Butter snapped up
with Coun. McGhie, stres sed the importance of floodlights and after a wide ranging discussion a 10-strong committee was formed to co-ordinate fund-raising.
butter has been given to .hundreds of people from Clitheroe and dis trict, and there is the chance that free food might be extended to include bread,T(
chee.se,. m i lk a n d iy o g h u r tr^ e " .. The exercise has. gone well, with patient and orderly queues, al though one or two have had to be turned away after trying to claim butter to which they were not entitled.
NEW 1 9 8 7 CAVALIER New1987 Cavalier. Test drive tlie
PHENOMENAL. That’s the response, from Clitheroe claim ants ‘ to the free Common ; Market butter that is being distributed at the Sal vation Army HQ. in King Lane. So far, three tons of
a challenge
THE general apathy of many Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade members has come under fire from president Mr Roland Hailwood. Mr Hailwood, who
has been in the hot seat for 12 months, says he often asks himself why he both ers when colleagues do not seem to care.
full page article in the Chamber’s monthly news letter, distributed to 200 members, including the “Advertiser and Times,” Mr^Hailwood- claims the membership does not appear to care when the chamber holds its shop ping festival, it does any th in g about l i t te r or whether the town should have a community credit card. Now Mr Hailwood
Venting his feelings in a
by Alan Barnes
wants his members to become more involved.
lise is that the Chamber is looked upon by the local authorities and the police as an important organisa tion to be consulted and considered when making decisions that affect the town and the surrounding area,” he said. “We should use this recognition.”
“What they do not rea
added, not a single criti cism had been made of the membership, but this had been “a complete waste of t im e ,” as no positive
For some months, he
Souvenir en route to foreign parts
.Sampling the delights of Ihe 1!)B7 range <>l
Cavaliers could he lime-eonsuming. Vauxliall haven't left one of the 211 models untouched. They've re-designed and colour-coded the
front, enhanced the rear and refurbished much of the in te r io r and improved the specification. Also, there's a new lUOOi engine for the GLi,
Gl.Si. Convertible and SHi. while the Cl) luts a new 2 litre engine giving you (Mil) mph in under 10 seconds and a top speed of
110 mph. 'lest drive one soon.
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lutely terrific” by deputy Ribble Valley town clerk Mr Brian Manning to “a marvellous jo b ” from chairman of the 800 Com m ittee Mr Ian Lloyd summed up the are a’s reaction to our free 16- page colour supplement.
Copies are already en
route to many parts of the world and the enthusiasm for the souvenir was equalled only by tha t shown for the limited edi tion 800 prints of Clitheroe Castle.
is currently on display at Ethos Gallery and has already created wide spread interest.
The original oil painting
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the town’s most famous landmark on canvas; Mr Frank Barnes, said that the prints, framed and unframed, were selling “very well”. This week’s first order, placed early on Monday morning, was for a framed p r int to be despatched to Australia!
The man who captured
Mr Manning, the man who initiated the year’s cele brations, expressed many Ribble Valley residents’ views when he said: “It puts together in a very attractive and informative way a supplement that I am sure people will keep
First the supplement. New factory
RIBBLE VALLEY plan ners have given a Clith eroe firm the go-ahead to build a new factory in town. Members of the Ribble
Valley Council’s Devel opment Control Sub-com mittee granted the appli cation for a new building for the production of con crete products, for G-Co Precast, on land off Taylor Street.
A CLITHEROE woman whose foremost love is working with children, Mrs Sheila Hothersall (60), has retired after 11 years as lollipop lady at St James’s School — to become an escort to hand icapped youngsters who have to travel to a special school.
sented with plants from the teachers and children and a vase from the kitchen staff.
. Mrs Hothersall, of Millthorne House, was pre
think they will miss me too. I’ve enjoyed watch ing many little ones growing up.” Mrs Hothersall’s own four daughters and four
She commented: “I shall miss them all and I
sons attended St James’s and now, 16 grandchil dren and one-great-grandson later, she is Finally waving the school goodbye. Her new job will be as “guardian angel” to
youngsters travelling to school at Oswaldtwistle from their Eshton Terrace home.
OUR Clitheroe 800 Souvenir has received a rapturous welcome. Comments from “abso
for many y e a rs as a reminder of a fantastic year.” Mr Lloyd congratulated
staff at the “Advertiser and T im e s” for the memento, copies of which are still available from our office in King Street. Orders for the limited
alone is £15, or mounted and framed £39 (£35 with the special £4 saver cou pon in our so u v e n ir supplement). During March, sales of
edition print may also be placed at our office or at Ethos Gallery. The print
the framed print will give the East Lancashire Scan ner Appeal a boost, for a generous g e s tu re Mr Barnes has offered to donate £4 to ELSA for each one sold.
results had been achieved. It was left to about a
dozen hard working mem bers to do everything, from attending meetings and putting up decorations to organising advertising and helping to solve indi vidual problems.
payment or thanks, but purely support in what they do. I t ’s time that more members became more deeply involved and took more pride in the Chamber.” A questionnaire in the
“They are not asking for
Pretty Sarah’s winning way takes the title
J a n u a ry n ew s le t te r regarding the annual din ner and shopping festival brought only six replies. “How can we make any objective assessment on that sort of response"'' asks Mr Hailwood. He is also anxious to
A YOUNG Paythorne woman is the new “Miss Yorkshire Young Farmer.”
Sarah Gorst (19), of from nine other districts
Loftrans Farm, won the title in Harrogate Royal Hall, beating contestants
hear the views of members on the subject of car park ing in Clitheroe and the id e a of in t ro d u c in g charges, mooted by the Ribble Valley Council — to which the Chamber executive has already expressed opposition. Throwing down the
Interest in door
gauntlet to members, Mr Hailwood said: “ If you think I ’m wrong, then come to the annual meet ing later this month and tell me —let’s have more than the normal 20 or 30 there — and any new members prepared to stand for election to the executive committee would be very welcome.”
THE ar ticle in the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” featuring the ancient door discovered at the Swan and Royal Hotel created a lot of interest in town. The door has been do
in Yoi'kshire. She now goes on to the
noi’thern area finals in Durham on Sunday com peting against winners from five other northern counties. If she wins there, she
will go on to the Miss National Young Farmer finals at Blackpool in May. Sarah, who has been
nated to C lith e ro e Castle Museum by Mr E dw ard T ru em an , owner of the hotel, and has now been taken away for cleaning by ex perts. When this is com pleted it will be brought back to Clitheroe and exhibited to the general public.
JUST ARRIVED THE NEW
member of Gisburn Young Farmers’ Club for the past seven years, is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Gorst. A former pupil of Gis-
b u rn P r im a ry and Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar Schools, she works at the head office of the Skipton Building Society and in her capacity as relief cashier visits other offices in the area. In her spare time Sarah
enjoys keeping fit and reading.
Sheila lays down her lollipop J Sculpture
wins new trophy
A SCULPTURE entitled “There was an old woman who lived in a shoe” has won its creator, Paula Ward, of Whalley Road H u r s t Gre en ,
“Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” trophy in the open craft exhibition and com p e t i t io n a t Whalley Library. Visitors to the display
the
voted for their favourites and the sculpture was the winner. Second was “ Sally
' Bonnie Kramrisch, of Tudor Close, Langho with her Oriential bird and Joseph Chew, of Prin cess Street, Whalley, with polished cow horns. The Ribble Valley
Scarecrow,” a knitted toy by Kath Woods, of West View, Waddington. There was a tie for th ird place between
Mayor, Coun. John Walm sley, will be presenting the trophy and certificates tomorrow. Exhibitors are asked to
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off’ are this motley crew of pancake race revellers. Behind the disguises are, from the left, Christine McKenna, Bill Honeywell, Colette Howarth and Peter McKenna (front).
FIVE species of live owl — tawny, little, short eared, barn and eagle — illustrated a lecture for a fascinated audience at Whalley Library on Monday.
room only as naturalist Tony VVarburton, known far and wide as the “owl man”, described his tech niques of rearing baby barn owls and returning them to the wild — a grand total of 188 to
There was standing
date. The evening was so
popular that district librarian Miss Barbara Snell said a repeat visit by Mr Warburton and his assistant Vicky was to be arranged.
Picture: Mr Warburton
shows the tremendous wing span of the eagle owl.
Saving sight
A BRING and buy sale in aid of the Blue Peter Sight Saver Appeal raised over £170 at Clitheroe United Reformed Church on Saturday. Staff and pupils of Pendle County Primary School were thanked for their help.
Mum aims for ‘Queen of Clubs’ crown
HOPING to be crowned “Queen of Clubs” in April — th a t ’s C l ith e ro e mother-of-two Mrs Gwy- neth Fielding.
Housewife Gwyneth
(26), of Peel Street, who works behind the bar at Wellgate Social Club, is the representative of all social clubs in the Burnley and Pendle area.
pool’s Winter Gardens, on April 4th, she will be up against a bevy of beauties from all over the country.
In the final, at Black Eagle owl
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