C lithe roe 22.12J, (Editorial), 22.12.1 (Advertising). Burnley 22.1111 (Classified) OF THE RIBBLE VALLEY
constituency’s MP with an increased and staggering JO.UOO-plus majority. He ended a long, arduous stint at the Home Office and was rewarded with the prestigious post of Chief Whip.
chester. Leeds and Lan caster marched — chant-
pressed petitions on local folk urging them to sign, and were ignored. They
which is th e w o r s t Government job — North ern Ireland or the Home
infiltrated his adoption meeting. It must be a toss up
r> :
ing as th ey went — through Clitheroe. They
threatened Mr Wadding- ton would find no peace in his own constituency and
nasty start. David Wad- dington was under siege from demonstrators sup porting Sri Lankan Viraj .Mendis, who after living illegally in Britain for .1 0 years sought sanctuary in a Manchester church to avoid deportation. Protestors from Man
The year got off to a
Office on the immigration side.
The first is perhaps the most dan g e ro u s ; the second the most reviled. At times it looked as if David Waddington was the most hated man in Britain. Whatever deci sion he made it upset,
didn’t suit, or offended someone, somewhere. It was a job that knew no re s tra in t of hours and ignored parliamentary recesses. It is one that takes its toll.
from those early days when David Waddington sna tched the Labour stronghold of Nelson and
. . . It all seems a far cry
Colne and transformed it into a Tory seat.
blood red Labourites, those brought up in the S i 1 v e r m a n - B r a d d o c k - Boothroyd school of Social ism, would stop for a kerb- side chat. Even the local Labour P a r ty ag en t
So popular was he that
p a r ty members were openly addressing their new MP as David.
admitted that some of his b e s t pals, his s tau n c h e s t
was that the agent banned this overt conviviality and street corner fraternisa tion, but always had the good grace to admit he would be hard put to field
The story at the time
a candidate with the per sonal popularity which surrounded Waddington.
ton can hardly suppress a smile if she remembers back to the days when she invited one of her own favourite constituents to the swish Tory Ball. The
closely akin to Silverman's and that he would sing the Red Plug at the drop of a hat mattered not. The dapper little UDC chair man enjoyed himself, so did all the Conservatives, and the national newspa pers had a whale of a time out of it.
fact th a t he proudly sported a Van Dyke beard
And even Gill Wadding
still Anthony Wedgwood Bonn, and a political ora tor to be reckoned with, the old Socialism and the honorable ILP wore still with us, if you were a Liberal you owed alle giance to that political giant Joe Grimond, you
You see, Tony Bonn was
platform and still be civil to each other . . . and no one had heard, yet, of the Loony Left.
could be diametrically o p posed on th e political
some 15 or so years ago, and since then the world of politics has become whole lot nastier.
But all that happened mie v an,ey scanner
WHALLEY beauty Yvette Livcsey had quite a year, competing in various contests. She was runner-up in the Miss England contest and won the title of Miss Haydock Park, Miss Leeds and Miss West Yorkshire.
— beauty queen Yvette Livesey, of Whalley, brought a touch of
THE girl with the golden smile
gapore for the contest and a chance of a stake in the £140,000 prize money. She returned without a title, but said she had had a superb time. In June, Yvette, of Clitheroe Road, appeared on television's “Look North” programme
LANG HO farmer and restaurateur Frank Hargreaves put the scales at Clitheroe Auction Mart to a different use — to raise money for the Kibble Valley Scanner Appeal. He shed some of his 20 stones on a sponsored slim. Mr Hargreaves (right), of Mitton Fold Farm and Restaurant, is pictured on the scales with Clitheroe auctioneer Mr Robin Addyman.
YOUNG Jason Mattinson (7) put his best foot forward and undertook a 10-mile trek to raise £67 for the East Lancs Scanner Appeal. Jason, of Eastmoor Drive, Clitheroe, received a scanner youth award for his trouble.
Would you believe it?
WOULD you believe i t . . .
farmer William Robinson, set a new national record at the annual Kirkby Ste phen Swaledale ram sales when he paid an unbeliev able £22,000 for a cham pion animal. But his record didn’t
In November, Slaidbum
last — a few days later someone paid £30,000 at H aw e s fo r a n o th e r shearling.
Mr Korny (left) and Mr Davies
THE so n g s te rs of St Augustine’s RC School, Billington, hit the right notes throughout 1987.
don for royalty, alongside some of the biggest names in entertainment, and tw ic e a p p e a r d on television.
packed King George’s Hall, Blackburn, to Lon don acclaim at the Barbi can, and then a prime slot on television, the pupils hit the big time with their musical “African Jigsaw,” shown on ITV’s “Splash Special” in the summer. Then they were invited to perform on a special har v e s t - t im e "S o n g s of Praise” from Southwell M i n s t e r , n e a r Nottingham.
From school stage to a
was written by teacher Peter Rose called “Care
A song for the occasion ROYAL DATE They performed in Lon
ranks. In July 15-year-old Anthony Bentley won a £7,500 minibus for the school in a national paint ing competition organised b y t h e F o o t b a l l Association.
the school looks as if it has a budding cartoonist in its
As well as good voices,
up by winning a specially introduced prize for our competition asking you to design a logo for the Roe-
He quickly followed that
field Leisure Centre. Anthony, of Moorland Road, Langho, submitted a quirky cartoon cat, showing his great sense of humour and artistic skill, which will surely make a marvellous poster. Talking about the Roe-
field Leisure Centre — that’s been a cliff-hanger all year, and finally the sports association was given the go-ahead for a lease on the land it had been after for five years. Now the fund-raising can start.
GOOD YEAR FOR THE DUCKS
extensive flooding and storms which marooned .neighbouring towns and villages west and south of it.
the North West Sound Archives-housed in. the Castle Museum.- In August basement flooding.
There was nearly one major caststrophe —
WE had a lucky year on the weather front. Somehow, the Clitheroe area escaped the
our snowploughs.- Otherwise it was a good year for ducks.
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suited one Clitheroe firm — Econ-Atkinson — where workers were on 12-hour shifts getting
fortunately just stopped short of the unique recordings, some of which are of international importance, stored there for safety’s sake. In January the cold snap and icy weather
scooped £97,000 in a 14- match accumulator foot ball bet for a stake of just 55p. Starkie Arms man ager Phil Korny and Tom Davies, of Castle View, could not believe their
Two Clitheroe men
President Kaunda of Zam bia. After that they found they had been chosen to take part in a prestigious Royal Gala concert at Lon don’s Festival Hall in the presence of Prince Michael of Kent. Others on the bill included John Williams, Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern.
For Your World,” and they appeared alongside Prince Philip, wildlife expert David Bellamy, and
parking outside her front door, than park legally
dozens of parking tickets, the defendant said she had had bricks thrown at her car, a knife drawn across it, and its badges stolen.
folk started asking could they get mar ried in Clitheroe and it was discovered th a t no-one had t r a n s f e r r e d over b ir th s , marriages an d d e a th s , fo r which they still had to go to Burnley.
THE v il lag e rs of S im o n s to n e were finally divorced from Burnley and o f f i cially became part of the Ribble Valley, w h ich was good n ew s f o r th em because it meant a cut in rates. All was fine until
elsewhere and have her P orsche damaged by vandals. Admitting she had had
businesswoman told the town’s magistrates it was cheaper to pay perpetual parking fines and risk
collects firemen’s helmets from all over the world. He has 150 of them. One of the accompanying letters he wanted to reply to was in Cantonese. And in July a Clitheroe
worn by Clitheroe’s Town Sergeant when he visited s c h o o ls a n n o u n c in g mayoral holidays, saw the first light of day for near 40 years. It was found in the town hall and a clean ing ticket with the robe was dated 1948. Fireman Colin Cunliffe
shearing champ Kelly Atkinson just 48 seconds to give farmer Les Brewer a new look, and in doing so raised £150 for a multiple sclerosis charity. A long black robe once
believe. . . It took England sheep
luck which was finally sealed by a draw in Scot land’s Skol Cup Final. And it was a close shave — the equaliser was scored only five minutes from the end. And would you also
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A PHOTO sent off secretly by a friend to “Just 17” magazine led to Whalley’s Madonna lookalike Amy Norcliffe (13) being invited to London for a make-up, hair and photo session.
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The changing landscape
cast iron telephone boxes — known as the K6 — and replaced them with hi-tech kiosks. Nobody was too keen. Wiswell and Wad dington were allowed to
the Kirkmoor gasometer would be coming down, changing the Clitheroe skyline, the auction mart will re-open at Salthill and a question mark remains over the future of its origi nal town centre site. B r i t i s h T e le c om whipped away our old red
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Miss Haydock Park, and became the cover girl for the racecourse calendar. She added on the titles of Miss
glamour to our pages throughout 1 9 8 7 . She started the year with the title of
defending the right of beauty contes tants to wear swimsuits. Another young beauty from Whal
ling a pleasure on the Minilink bus service. In July we featured, 19-year- old Michaela Hammond, of Bolton-by- Bowland, who was driving for Ribblc Buses at weekend and during college holidays, doing the job her mother, Jean, used to do. Michaela holds her PSV licence, but does not intend to make her career on the buses. She hopes to open her own beauty salon.
ley, 13-year-old Amy Norcliffc, became a “Madonna” for a day. The Ciitheroc Royal Grammar School pupil was invited by a teenage magazine down in London for a day because of her remarkable resemblance to the pop star. Amy had a full make-up, hairstyl ing and photo session for an article on look-alikes in the magazine. And a stunning blonde made travel
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