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A CARPET fitter short of money before Christmas stole weights from a Chat- burn firm, Clitheroe magistrates were told.


(21). of Grange Street, Clayton-le-Moors, admit­


Andrew Paul Clayton


ted-stealing the weights, valued at £120, and asked for two similar offences of theft to be considered.


prosecuting, said that a quarry manager at Hor- rocksford Lime Company contacted the police after noticing metal weights were missing. A few days later Clayton was arrested by police.


Miss Patricia Brantley,


defending, said his client saw the weights “jus t lying on the ground” and thought they would not be missed if he sold them for sera]).


Mr David Parkinson,


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Call goes out


THE call has gone out for the whole of the Ribble Valley to join in what is set to become the area’s bigget leisure


to support new leisure centre


thousands of pounds for a new Roefield Leisure Centre to be ready for use at Edis-


project. The aim is to raise


lord by 1990. The campaign opens


next Thursday with a pub­ lic meeting at 8 p.m. in Clitheroe Parish Hall. As many club and indi­


and lend support to the newly-formed steering


viduals as possible are being urged to come along


committee. Its secretary, Mrs Mary


Brass, said: “After the long years of waiting and wondering, we can now finally get moving and realise for many what has been a lifetime’s dream. “We want ideas for


fund-raising and people willing to put them into


practice. “It is a daunting task


Lucy Lawson, who died, aged 81.


Presbytery REQUIEM Mass took place on Monday for Mrs


ford, Clitheroe, was born in Liverpool and moved to this area as a child.


Mrs Lawson, of Castle-


Michael and John’s RC School, and later worked at the former Ring Mill. She also worked at SS Michael and John’s Pres­ bytery and was a supervi­ sor at the school.


She a t t e n d e d S S


leaves a daughter, Mrs Margaret Bennett, of


Mrs Lawson, a widow,


burial took place at St J o s e p h ’s C em e te ry , Clitheroe.


Clitheroe. Following the Mass,


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THERE is good news for readers in Whaliey with the extension of opening hours at the library.


(1 a y a n d W e d n e s d a y mornings.


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and I personally was frightened when I first realised what is involved. But I am confident we can realise our goal, given the continued support of Rib­ ble Valley people.” The £250,000 leisure


centre will provide greatly extended facilities adja­ cent to existing ones in Roefield Barn. Ribble Valley Council


have shown what they can do with appeals in the past and this is heartening because so much is at stake. We have a chance to provide much-needed facilities, which we will be able to pass on to our grandchildren. This is a golden opportunity which we must not let slip by."


Mrs Brass said: “People


and the Sports Council are pledging financial support. In addition, organisers will have to raise thousands of p o u n d s from lo c a l fund-raising. They do not want to put


mitments to hard work are sought by committee members Alan Johnson, Martin Meadows and Pru Birtwistle.


Driving ban for mother who hit wall


Waterloo Road, was banned from driving for 20 months and fined £175 for a breathalyser offence and £50 with £15 costs for driving a car without due care and attention. She pleaded guilty.


prosecuting, said that the defendant’s Datsun Estate hit a wall in Highfield Road. When police asked for an explanation, she said: “I was coming along Waterloo and I forgot all about the road works. I turned right, but was going too fast and I hit the wall.”


Miss Patricia Brantley,


tha t Franks had been driving with 92 micro­ grams of alcohol in 100ml. of breath, compared with the legal maximum of 35 micrograms.


A breath test revealed


representing the defen­ dant, said that it was her first appearance before a court for road traffic offences in 20 years of driving.


Mr John Houldsworth,


pened a f te r the joint owner of the off-licence


The offences had hap­


shop had taken their son to Pakistan.


She was driving to a u


A show of T talents


Castle Cement’s purchasing top of the tree.


HE amazing painting


talents of Broekhall resi­ dent Tony Miller are on


show in Whalley Library this month. Tony, who since the age


of eight has spent his life in institutions, found an escape from his surround­ ings through drawing. Now his pictures have


The East Lancashire S c an n e r Appeal has


received a boost of £1,605, thanks to the efforts of employees at the Clitheroe works.


The money was raised following a bumper draw


come to public attention both because of their artis­


tic merit and the tragic story of his 65 years in institutions. Also on show are paint­


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when dumping of pets begins


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ANIMAL welfare groups in the Ribble Valley are bracing themselves to receive this Christ­ mas’s crop of unwanted pets.


kittens bought as presents emotion.” find themselves unwanted Cat owners are


pets which end up dumped ou motorway lay-bys or in side streets.


for themselves and face a slow death through star­ vation and cold in the f r e e z i n g J a n u a r y weather,” said an RSPCA spokesman.


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Bridge said: “Every year it is heartbreaking. If only people would stop and think a little bit more before giving pets as Christmas presents and


Every year, puppies and n o t be sw a y e d by urged


traffic hazards, cats unable to find shelter in the cold c a n e a s i l y c a t c h pneumonia. Rabbits, too, are espe­


to have been going for more exotic pets such as snakes, but whatever comes our way we will do our best to help,” said Mrs Bridge.


cially at risk. In their natural state they can bur­ row under the ground, but till too often hutches in the back garden offer too scant cover from frosts. “This year people seem


by Mrs Bridge not to put out their animals last thing a t n ig h t in f re e z in g weather. As well as the risk of


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A record for the church


McCally. There were 120 prizes including three holidays.


THERE was a record con­ gregation at Trinity Meth­ odist Church, Clitheroe, on Christmas morning for the family service. Children took their new


presents and a lesson was read by Carolyn Jones, of Holland, the daughter-in- law of the former Mayor, Coun. Howel Jones. Following the service,


some members of the con­ gregation sang carols at Clitheroe Hospital. Over the Christmas


period there have been donations to Christian Aid, the Ethiopia Appeal, National Children’s Home and Methodist Homes for the Aged as a result of generous collections.


New plans for sixth form site


PLANS for a new lecture th e a tre and four new classrooms at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School in York Street were due to be discussed by Lanca­ shire County Council’s Development Control Sub­ committee yesterday.


the proposed construction of a lecture theatre to extend and alter an exist­ ing isolated school building and to link both with the main school building.


The application is for


designed to blend with the two existing ones.


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Equipment stolen


THIEVES who broke into a bu ilding at Pcndle


County Primary School, Clitheroe, by removing a


pane of glass from a rear


BBC Model B computer, a Cumana disc drive and an RGB VDU monitor. The to w n ’s p o l i c e a r e investigating.


door, stole equipment worth £750. The haul consisted of a


a figure on the exact amount but will detail cur­ rent plans at the meeting. Imagination and com­


Former Whaliey businessman dies at 74


A FORMER Whalley businessman, Mr Neil Murtagh, has died at his home in Hertfordshire, aged 74. Mr Murtagh lived at


A windy


and wet start


to 1988


THERE was a wet and windy start to the New Year in the Ribble Valley. Farmers and North-


West Water Authority officials kept an anxious watch on the River Ribble as it rose and in the Hod- der Valley sheep were rounded up and moved to higher ground. In the event there was


no need for alarm, as river levels subsided before bursting the banks. Saturday’s top. of the


table clash between Clith­ eroe FC and Colne Dyna­ mos FC ws cancelled due to the torrential rain and waterlogged pitch at Shawbridge. Clitheroe expected its


biggest gate of the season, but two days of heavy rain led to a decision by the referee to call off the game. At th e C h a tb u rn


A CHATBURN youth landed in trouble again only 11 days after being charged with offences while out on his moped, Clitheroe magistrates


were told. P e te r Andrew Harb


‘lucky not to be banned’


(17), of Pendle Avenue, was ordered to pay a total of £261.66 after admitting nine offences involving the same moped. He was told by the


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weather station Coun. Ted Boden recorded 1.6 inches of rainfall on the first day of the year, followed by over half an inch on Saturday. The e a r ly J a n u a ry weather comes in complete


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director in the family firm Newtown Steel Works in Burnley. He maintained a close


THE owner of a Clitheroe off-licence had a road accident while feeling upset and depressed about her son’s absence in Pakistan, Clitheroe magistrates were told.


Linda Franks (36), of restaurant for a Chinese meal “to cheer herself up”


w h en th e a c c id e n t happened.


contrast to that 12 months ago, when the coldest temperatures for many years were recorded in many part of England and the Ribble Valley’s elderly people were given advice on how to keep warm


in te re s t in the devel­ opment of Whaliey, and was one time constituency chairman of Clitheroe Conservative Association M Murtagh leaves a wife


celebrated at St Peter’s Church, Stonyhurst, on Tuesday, prior to inter­ ment at Stonyhurst.


and two daughters. A requiem mass will be


House fire


TH E R E was smoke damage to decor and an electric fire was three- quarters destroyed in a blaze at a house at St Paul’s Street, Low Moor, on Sunday afternoon. The tow n ’s f i re b r ig a d e attended, but its services were not required.


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