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Poignant plea to end year of heartache


I AM making one last sad effort to trace my engagement ring, which I left in the ladies’ room at a cafe in Gisburn on July 26th last year.


anniversary of this loss after a year of sadness. The ring was first given to me by my husband on August 1st, 1940. For the past 17 years I


Shortly it will be the


have visited my husband, who is incurably ill, in a nursing home in York. I always stop at a charming cafe at Gisburn for a meal and brief rest. The owners have become very sincere friends over the years. They, too, have been very distressed at my loss and the circumstances. I remembered that I had left my ring only five


FINED £60


A LANGHO motorist was fined £60 with £10 costs by Clitheroe magistrates for driving a car without due care and attention. The court heard that


Mark Haworth (25), of Moorland Road, who admitted the offence, caused an accident by pull­ ing out from a stationary position in Whalley Road, Wilpshire, into the path of an oncoming car. Haworth told the court


that he had been trying to move away from the kerb in order to see along the road.


minutes on towards York that day. In the short time it took to return, the ring had disappeared. The care and concern shown to me by so many people was truly remarkable, but typical of the kindly folk of North Lancashire and Yorkshire. I held the door of the


Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


Don’t make our town a mini Blackburn!


WHAT kind of town do the people of Clith­ eroe want, asks R. J .


M. Loebell? Do we r e a l ly want


another Nelson, Colne or


Accrington? Im ag in e C l i th e ro e


devoid of any character and dominated by national superstores. When I came to Clith­


eroe some 18 years ago it was a beautiful little mar­ ket town surrounded by some of the most attrac­


ladies’ room open when I left for a lady and a little girl to enter. I wonder if this lady saw my ring? I f whoever mistakenly


took my ring reads this, please think of the heart­ ache. The ring was valu­ able to me beyond price, poignantly so, because of my husband's condition. Please, whoever has my


ring in their possession, will you return it to me? I have made so many


inquiries and hoped and prayed in the past year. There would be no dis­


closures, no recrimina­ tions, just very great hap­ piness which would erase what might have been just o n e m o m e n t


o f


temptation. My ring was a central


diamond surrounded by a circle of rubies. J . N. CORNER, 100 Eaton Road, West Derby, Liverpool L12 1LX,


t iv e s c e n e ry in th e country.


The trend over recent


years is to move away to, shall we say, a more com­ mercial development — for whose benefit? Cer­ tainly banning local people from sections of the river to accommodate weekend visitors on the caravan site has been a disaster both commercially and for the citizens.


Now we are faced with a development in our lovely


Mystery solved


THE “Mystery of the Bird in Hand,” in reference to which Mr Davidson, of Canterbury, wrote to the “Advertiser, and Times,” was fully elucidated in “Whalley Window” features pub­ lished on August 1st, 1985, and January 9th, 1986, respectively. It was a small “house pub,” long since demo­


lished, which stood in close proximity to the vicarage at Habergham. From the doorway it was possible to get a clear view of the eastern flank of Pendle. Inquiries had been made by a Clitheroe reader


and the site was pinpointed from information supplied by two other readers. This information I have since verified by my


own research and last year visitors from New Zealand, on whose behalf the original inquiries had been made, invited me to accompany them on a visit to the site, a pleasure I reluctantly had to decline due to a prior engagement. I have passed on the information to your


Canterbury correspondent. JIMMY FELL Limefield Avenue, Whalley.


Letters to the Editor


town cen tre , which is visited every weekend by hundreds of visitors, not because of modern super­ stores but because of their absence.


Clitheroe, Skipton and


other similar towns gave people an opportunity to get away from a packaged lifestyle and the check out queue. “Y e s ,” say the advocates of super retail­ ing, “but the people bene­ fit from keener prices” — not on your-life.


With e xp e r ien c e of


th e s e su p e r ch a in s , I remember one executive


telling me that 60% of their sales were impulse buying and that included customers with precise shopping lists. In other words, for every 100 items sold, 60 were not planned by the shopper. How’s that for straining your


budget? The answer — look for


an old-fashioned shop with a big counter and never


buy bargain offers. These stores have noth­


ing for Clitheroe, only driving away the family businesses and reducing our centre to yet another souless, uninspired mess. I think that R. J . M.


Loebell’s idea for a sports centre on the mart site is first class. I would also add that it should include a section allocated for small local traders. Whatever is decided,


please, for the sake of all that is bright and beautiful about our market town, retain the present build­ ings of the Auction Mart. Adapt them by all means, but le t ’s not have the beginnings of another con­ crete jungle for the sake of modem commercialisation.


It might be a bit incon­


venient for local motorists but, heavens above, it is much better than another mini Blackburn. J . BROUGHTON, 32 Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe.


A small price for privacy


AS an annual visitor to the Camping Club site at Edisford Bridge I would like to add my voice to those in support of a boundary fence or hedge between the public footpath and the


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A giant hole has unexpec­ tedly appeared in the layer over Antarctica. The consequences of continued ozone deple­ tion are difficult to pre­ dict, but the United States Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that a mere one per cent increase in UV would cause at least one million extra skin cancers and 20,000 extra deaths in the current US population. (Facts taken from F r iend s of the E a r th s u p p o r t e r s ’ newspaper).


LORRAINE LEE, Standen Lodge, Pendleton.


are only too aware that the footpath along the river bank exists as.a pub­ lic right of way. We find it disturbing


siderable sum for the priv­ ilege of renting a small area of Clitheroe for a few days, it is somewhat dis­ concerting to have total strangers walking across what is in effect our “front g a rd e n ,” p e e r in g in through the windows as they go. In view of the fact that


that members of the public using the footpath are often not prepared to respect the privacy of campers on the site. Having paid a not incon­


Clitheroe benefits finan­ c ia l ly , both from the Camping Club directly and a lso b y th e re v e n u e brought into the town by visitors, surely it would be a small price to pay to ensure that those visitors are given the privacy for which they have paid. T h e R ib b le V a l le y


Council is no doubt aware that e f fo r ts are being made to promote tourism in this area. It seems fool­ ish, therefore, to counter­ act the effort by refusing a simple security measure to camping visitors. ELIZABETH PICKERING, 82 Walter Street, Brierfield.


Insult for residents to foot the bill


AS one of those involved in circulating the petition against the erection of any p a r t i t io n at Edisford recreation area, I fully back remarks made last week by Ron Pickup. ■ The ratepayers of Clith­


eroe have always gen­ erously shared their facili­ t ie s a t Edisford with campers and caravanners — and it is the Camping and Caravan Club, in try­ ing to recreate Fort Knox, whose approach is totally out of line with the needs of the area. In obtaining names for


the petition, of which I have spare copies avail­ able, I have knocked on many doors and found no- one unwilling to sign. Everyone is happy to


allow the position which has existed amicably for the last 14 years — the


sharing of Clitheroe’s faci­ lities by holiday makers —


to continue, such is the g e n e r o s i t y o f th e inhabitants. Why, therefore, is the


Caravan Club deliberately trying to cause ill feeling? Why does the warden attempt to chase local inhabitants from what is, after all, ground owned and paid for by the Clith­ eroe ratepayers? Why should inhabitants


SHARPLES


— DRINKALL A prominent member of


of the Ribble Valley be further insulted by being to ld th e y can no t be trusted and have to foot the bill for partitioning which they do not want? These are relevant ques­ tions needing to be asked. ■ Meanwhile, can I point


out to those who sat in the public gallery at the last meeting of the Recreation and Leisure Committee, and left feeling that the issue had been decided, that this is indeed not the case. Maintain the interest


already shown. The issue has simply been put back to a future Recreation Committee meeting, pro­ bably on September 1st, when it will be debated again, along with the peti­ tion and letter from Clith­ eroe Town Council. That is the time when


any democratic council should hold a public meet­ ing so that it can listen to local inhabitants — whom it has been elected to represent — before reach­ ing any decision detrimen­ tal to all. We were here before


the Caravan Club arrived and will be here long after it has gone. MR S. WHITTLE, 13 Central Avenue, Clitheroe.


the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt for many y ears, Mr John Miles Sharpies married Clith­ eroe teacher Miss Kathryn Anne Dr inkall at S t H e l e n ’ s C h u r c h , Waddington. The bride, a teacher at


St James’s CE School, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Drinkall, o f B a c k r i d g e , Waddington. The bridegroom is the


only son of Mr and Mrs Ja ck Sharpies, of High View, Chatburn. He is the managing director of Bis- pham Hall Brick and Terra Co tta Company Ltd, Chorley. The bride, given away


by her father, wore a medieval-style gown of snowflake wild silk, the c lo s e f i t t in g bodice embroidered with wild roses. The cathedral- length veil of French silk tulle, which was secured by her pearl tiara-style headdress, was a family heirloom, having been worn by the bridegroom’s mother"and sister at their weddings. A shower bou­ quet of roses, lilies and steplianotis completed the outfit. The bridesmaids were


Miss Alison Drinkall, the bride's sister, Miss Vic­ toria Green, the bride­ groom's niece, and Miss Amber Fielding. Miss Drinkall and Miss


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Causes for complaint in ‘slap happy’ village


Y E S , I am complaining again. I t was about 12 months ago that I last complained through your paper about various things I felt should be put right in Whalley.


workmanship in the filling in of some excavations along the pavements of Mitton Road. . . .


One was the shoddy I also wanted to complain


about the horrible sight of the tiles placed on the roof


of a house in Manor View. R egarding all these


complaints, the clerk of Whalley Parish Council


telephoned me and more or less thought th at I should contact the various p eople co n c e rn ed . I thought it was the concern


old tarmacadam at the e n tra n c e to Wha lley Cricket Club. Surely some of it could be used to fill in the many pot-holes around the area, especially the rather big and deep one


filled with dirty brown water and recently I saw a


young lady and child who had been saturated at this spot by a passing car.


Another was that pile of those thi A t .n rm f lp flflflm fit. t.np ,


,, . ., - of the councillors to see to because,


when all is said and done, that is why they were voted into office — to see that Whalley is kept neat and tidy.


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just off the pavement at the Cricket Club entrance. This pot-hole is usually


What I thought rather


ridiculous at the time about the tiles was what would have happened if, while getting them ready, they had fallen off the roof into some cement?


Another complaint I


NO P R O B L EM W ITH S IT E


OLD Cattle Mart area, Clitheroe . . . How can there be any possible argument or debate as to what to do with this site.


I suggest: • An extended market. • A decent toilet block, including baby-care


facilities. • A good-sized “piazza,” with plenty of seats and


greenery, etc.


wish to raise regards a vil­ lage community centre for Whalley. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the meeting called at the out­ set. I was told that the people who had attended were asked to give cash to start a bank account.


When I had proposed


that an ideal spot for such a centre would be the old Vale House site, what happened?


M o n ey was sp e n t


instead to provide seats and plants and dogs are still leaving their calling cards. I have seen them, while their owners just st a n d l o o k i n g unconcerned.


I f any councillor has a


l it t le time to spare, I would willingly take him or her by the hand along Mitton Road (from the arch es to the by-pass bridge), thus avoiding vast amounts of dog droppings l i t t e r e d a lo n g th e pavements.


On the subject of dogs,


at the entrance to Calder- stones i t was deemed necessary to place a notice — “Crown Property, No Dogs Allowed” — on a post well out of reach of vandals. However, this sign has no effect, as some o f the people who are advocating keeping dogs off the property are among the culprits.


I am hoping th a t a


LETTERS for publication are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at the Editor’s discretion.


reminder of my previous complaints, plus this new issue, will see something done. I have been living in Whalley for over 30 years and find the place is b e com in g to o “ s lap happy.”


T.G." REYNOLDS, Mitton Road, Whalley.


Green wore dresses of pale peach pure silk dupion with full skirts forming short trains, featuring hand embroidery. They carried bouquets of cream and peach ro se s and orchids and wore half-cir­ clets of matching flowers in their hair. Miss Fielding wore a


Victorian-style dress of ivory pure silk dupion with antique lace and a peach coloured sash. She canied a b a s k e t of summer flowers. The pageboy was Chris­


topher Leeming. B e s t man was Mr


Andrew Brook and ushers were Mr Michael Green, the bridegroom's nephew, Mr John Drinkall and Mr Richard Drinkall, the bride’s brothers, and Mr Thomas Bowring. The ceremony was per­


formed by Canon C. F. Goodchild. The bride’s cousin, Alistair Kay, sang a solo, and Mr Donald Hartley was the organist. A reception was held at


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Blackburn. Race cash


A CHEQUE for £1,000 raised by Whalley Lions in the River Calder boat race will be presented to offi­ cials of the East Lanca­ shire Scanner Appeal a


week today. The ceremony, at Whal­


ley Abbey, will be fol­ lowed by a video of the Lions' medieval fayre.


Heavy haul


BRAWNY thieves made a night-time visit to Field Head Farm, Slaidbum — and left with a five-year- old Charolais bull in tow! The animal, worth about


£1,000, was last seen graz­ ing in a field adjacent to the Newton to Long Pres­ ton road.


STOLE £40


THIEVES made a small hole in the glass of a kit­ chen window at the rear of a house at Mitton Road, Whalley, then simply lifted the window latch and climbed in. They escaped with £40 cash.


EXTENSION


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