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THE warm-hearted Clitheroe Lions are hoping to make it a more secure New Year for the most vulnerable residents in the Ribble Valley — the


the recent Littlemoor Road burglary, reported in our paper last week.


elderly. A major problem has been highlighted by


pensioner's back door — many door locks are sim­ ply not strong enough. Ill-secured windows are also an open invitation, hence the Lions’ “Lock­ up” campaign.


Thieves found it child’s play to break in at a


that it appears to be becoming fashionable to break in and take money from old people. Our aim is to alleviate that by making their houses as secure as possible.


Said president Mr lan Joyce: “We are disturbed


IT is nearly over again! You know what we are i n g about . . . shopping for the festive season.


we scurry in and out of the shops making sure that we have not over­ looked a single item,


Before Christmas


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1987 No. 5,295 Price 22p


Timely plan to make it a secure ’88


locks and so on, which we will fit ourselves. It is vital to protect the older members of our society.” The "Advertiser and Times” is fully behind the


“The plan is to provide door chains, window


Lions scheme. If you are elderly or handicapped and feel you are at risk through flimsy door and window fastenings, write to us at 3 King Street, Clitheroe, marking your envelope “ Lock-up campaign”. Names and addresses will be passed on to the Lions and will be treated in strictest confidence.


Ian Joyce


SAFE ON ROADS — BUT BE


WARNED


DON’T see in the New Year with a drink-driving ban. That’s the message f rom Clitheroe police.


comes to food. After Christmas we are


particularly when it


at it again — replenishing those items missing from the fridge, freezer and pantry. And every year we vow we will not eat as much


again next year. So spare a thought for


threes or fours, but by the boxful.


the Clitheroe housewife whose weekly shopping list is just like the Christ­ mas one.


pounds at a time, and chicken portions not in


Steak is bought ten


husband, Carl, is a candi­ date for next year’s Mr Britain title.


For Mrs Frances Rung’s


season. A 151b. turkey will take


And this is his eating


pride of place on the table on Christmas Day at their


home in Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. Nothing unusual about


muscle man Carl, a fitter at Castle Cement, will demolish the best part of half of it at one meal. Says his wife: “1 have


The difference is that


that, you might say. Yours might be 201b. or more.


Sgt Dave Fletcher commented: “The rela­ tively small number of accidents on our roads leading up to Christ­ mas seems to show that people have been tak­ ing notice of our warn­ ings about alcohol — and driving.”


Valley were fairly quiet over Christmas, with


Roads in the Ribble


people being sensible and either taking taxis or getting lifts from non-drinkers.


ju s t b e c a u s e the Christmas festivities were over, people should not assume that


H o w e v e r , S g t Fletcher warned that


the police were going to ease up on their campaign.


"The message does


never really added up what it costs to feed Carl every week for body build­ ing. I do a weekly shop and he eats half of that, and on top of that he gets his own extra meat, poul­ try and eggs himself. He has a dozen eggs a day and three pints of milk. “I suppose he must eat


THEY were dancing in the streets at Chipping in an attempt to revive the spirit of Christmas past.


second placing in the Mr United Kingdom contest qualified him for a place in the Mr Britain line-up, admits that at times he gets a bit fed up with eggs. Now the mighty muscle


of three will eat six eggs for breakfast, and if he feels he needs that bit of extra protein, then there is nothing better than four eggs whipped up with half-a-pint of milk for a nice, quick drink. Even Car l, w h ose


his way through £45 worth of food a week.” The 29-year-old father


seem to be ge t tin g across and we would hate people to slip back into a careless attitude towards drink-driving just because they think our clampdown is over," he added.


paradise. That’s Dr Douglas


NOT so much “An Ame r i c a n in Paris,” more like an American in his ow n i d e a of


Urban and Regional Studies at Reading University, who is an e x p e r t o n l a n d


An American in Clitheroe.


LINDA HARDMAN REPORTS Hart, of the Faculty of


It proved to be a great success, with entertain­ ment provided by the Clitheroe Morris Men, Longridge Prize Band and a Bolton jazz band.


So far, at least £400 has been raised, with quite a lot of money still to come in.


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Once the money has been collected, it will be used to help send Liverpool toddler Faye Watling to San Francisco for special treatment on veins on her face which are affecting her breathing and eyesight.


man hopes that he can munch his way to the big title in the summer, but he says: “I will be up against 30 or more top contenders from all over the country.”


management. For it was the Ameri­


can Dr Hart who went on television and announced that Clitheroe was just the kind of place where he could happily live.


He is one of the authors of “Northern Lights,” a


quickly illustrated that when it comes to quality of


report aimed at industrial- life, Clitheroe can show ists and investors, which some of the southern boom sets out to dispel some of towns a clean pair of the south’s strongly-held heels, prejudices against the The report states why north, and to ascertain Clitheroe is listed as one of whether the north-south the top 10 towns in the divide actually exists.


te lev is ion ’s “Granada ties. It says it is a very Reports” programme and desirable place in which to


Dr Hart appeared on and a whole host of ameni- north for prosperity, work


DRY’ CHRISTMAS FOR SABDEN


IT turned out to be a “dry” Christ­ mas for one Ribble


“Christmas time is a chil­ dren’s time and Faye seemed to be a worth­ while cause,” said one of the organisers of the event, Ann Bretherton.


The whole village joined together and all the shops stayed open until 9 p.m., as much to pro­ vide lighting for Uie revellers as to sell their wares.


Valley village. Imagine the scene,


you turn on the tap to get the water to boil the Christmas veget­ ables and out comes —


nothing. The residents of Sabden


Town crier Terry Till led a procession through the village to collect Santa Claus and bring him down to his grotto.


of hot potatoes and mince pies were eaten


Plans are already under way for a repeat perfor­ mance next Christmas . . . with the promise that next year’s “party in the streets” will be even more successful.


by the hungry villagers, who sang along to carols played on the organ at the Cobbled Corner Cafe.


were without their mains water supply from Christ­ mas Eve until Boxing Day. Ironically, this was the second Christmas run­ ning that the villagers have been faced with this problem. It must certainly have


Everybody helped to gen­ erate a real Christmas atmosphere. Hundreds


invest and a good place to move to.


sioned by property agents D e r r ic k , Wade and Waters, with an eye to encouraging new industry and investment into the area.


its Preston office, said: “It is an extremely good place in which to live and work. The idea is to interest southern firms wishing to expand to consider their expansion up here.


are the small firms where there is a call for, say, assembly workers in the computer industry.


for its careful, detailed work. Our women are the best in the country. It might be a legacy from the textile trade, but when it comes to exacting assem­ bly work we have a work fo r c e o f a c a l ib r e unequalled elsewhere.”


“This area is renowned Mr Furlong has already


been in the firing line of people saying that the “Northern Lights” report presages the arrival of droves of yuppies, who would force up house prices and fill the town with wine bars.


•Authority said that the trouble had been caused by a burst to one of the main feeder pipes, but everything was now back to normal. Sabden has had several


seemed like a return to Christmas past, with a constant procession to the emergency tanks and stand-pipes set up at vari­ ous points in the village. A spokesman for the N o r th W e s t W a te r


problems recently with its water supply, but despite the inconvenience to the


what was intended,” he replied. “The main idea was to show businesses in the south what the north has to offer, not just in terms of development sites, but in terms of the skills of an excellent exist­ ing workforce.”


"That is certainly not


THE pub with no water . . . Pendlc Witch landlord Eddie Atkinson (centre) toasts the fact that the taps are flowing again in Sabden.


village, parish councillor Mrs Eileen Lowe remains philosophical about it all. "I suppose we are lucky


said.


to have a water supply at all. You tend to take things for granted until you haven’t got them,” she


It was on Christmas


Pendle Witch Hotel, Eddie nights of the year, that the and Nancie Atkinson, water went off. The couple were faced with a moun- managed to cope, but it is tain of dirty glasses to certanly not an experience wash once the mains sup- they want to go through ply was re-connected.


The licensees of the Eve, one of the busiest again. A REAL SHINER


THIS is the little angel who stole the hearts of our r e a d e r s w h en sh e


appeared in our paper dressed for her role in a nativity play. Wide-eyed Hannah


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KAINE RAWSON


w e ek ’s angel with a shiner.


FLASHBACK to lust


to themselves. For nearly every family album has a


Mums all over will smile


Thompson was the perfect part in her white robes and gleaming halo. But four-year-old Hannah, of Homeacre Avenue, Sab­ den, was a bit different from the other little girls in the line-up. She was the angel with


the black eye! And it was a real shiner.


picture like tha t . . . their offspring beaming proudly into the camera looking as if they have just gone 10 rounds with a prize fighter, or been dragged t h r o u g h a h e d g e backwards. It was a close encounter


children were running down the drive racing each other to the car. Hannah


of the boisterous kind with her younger brother, Simon (3), which ended with Hannah getting that shiner. Mum Mrs Eliza­ beth Thompson said: "The


before. The previous time was when Hannah was just about to open a door as Simon came hurricaning through in his usual fashion. Hannah and Paul, who is five, are the quiet JUST to show he can be the perfect gentleman when ones, and Simon makes up the occasion demands young Simon agreed to plunt a for them.”


stopped and turned round, and Simon charged into her. The bruise was a right sight. It was massive and came up like an egg. “ I t has h ap p en ed


whacking big kiss on his sister’s check.


Ribble Valley, Mr Michael Jackson, says he welcomes the report, explaining: “We certainly do not want swamping with large scale investment, but in fact the report does not advocate that.


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