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DELIVERY office manager Ian liarnes (front, right) with members of his staff. From the left, Erie Hardcustle, Terry Pearce, Joan Rostron, Kciron Nash and Gerry Jackson


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trates he had taken the certificates to the police station the day after the regulation seven days and th e y had n o t b e en accepted. His driving lic e n c e had b een a t Swansea.


Traffic lights offence


guilty, was seen by police to drive through lights at a junction on the A(i7, Whal- iey. while the lights were on red. Mr Stewart Hunter, in


FOR failing to comply with automatic traffic lights. Peter Hitchen (27), of Mureton Park. Whalley, was fined £40 by Clitheroe magistrates. Hitchen, who pleaded


licence and a good driving) no problems of congestion, record


mitigation, said Hitchen was going home from work it the time. He had a clean


CLITHEROE magistrates fined David Christopher Linacre (18), of the Cra­ ven Heifer, Whalley Road, Clitheroe, a total of £15 when he admitted failing to produce a driving licence, insurance certifi­ cate and test certificate for his motor cycle. Linacre told the magis­


Red letter day for the local postmen


IT was a red letter day for Clitheroe postmen on Monday, when they closed their 60-year-old sorting and delivery office in King Street and moved to new premises in Chester Avenue.


cramped conditions for the 28-strong staff and goodbye to traffic con­ gestion for both post office d r iv e rs and


Mr Ian B arn es said: “When the old sorting office opened in 1927, deli­ very was by motor cycle and sidecar amd small Austin vans, so there were


h But m recent years our drivers were finding it


facilities at the King Street post office will con­ tinue as normal, without tlie hazard of postal vans backing out of the narrow passageway, from the loading bay at the side of the premises, into busy King Street. Delivery office manager


the public is that there are adequate [larking facilities for people calling at the new customer shop in C h e s te r Avenue for parcels. Meanwhile, the counter


other road users. The special message to


It meant the end of


increasingly hazardous to back out into King Street and there were also com­ plaints from other road users about congestion. “Now there is parking


for our vans and for cus- tom e r s a t C h e s te r Avenue.”


which deals with a stag­ gering 140,000 letters and 1,200 parcels a week, is based at a former motor- vehicle depot, which for


The new sorting office,


the past eight years was used by the post office for the garaging of vans. Tne premises were con­


verted for the new use and the customer shop is open from 9 a.m. to 5-30 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 9 a.m. to 12-30 p.m. on Saturdays.


said that a decision on the future use of the old sort­ ing office has not yet been taken.


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Closer look at quarry’s plan for expansion


Council is keeping fully informed and has called for talks with Lancashire County Council repres­ entatives. I t is understood that


parish council decided a fte r hearing from Mr Brown th a t members should discuss the matter with representatives of


the County Council before reaching a firm decision.”


Devoted life to mentally ill


A FORMER Clitheroe man who devoted his life to the care of the mentally ill, Mr George Wrigley, has died.


75, was educated at Clith­ eroe Royal Grammar School and obtained a job as a painter and decorator at Calderstones Hospital after four years’ war ser­ vice in the Royal Navy.


Mr Wrigley, who was This insight into mental


social worker in the men­ tal health service and later a specialist adviser in mental health to Stoke-on- T rent Social Services Department.


h ealth persuaded Mr Wrigley th a t this was where his true vocation lay. He trained to be a nurse for the mentally ill and studied for a certifi­ cate in social work in Manchester. He became a senior


maintained a keen interest in an increasingly complex field. From his home just outside Stoke he was a volunteer helper at a hos­ tel enabling patients to s ta r t a new life in the community.


Even in retirement he


by his wife Margaret. The service and crema-


Mr Wrigley is survived


t io n to o k p la c e a t Newcastle-under-Lyme.


Eric Lucas said that so far the council had received no objections from villagers. The application, however, had been discussed in detail at a parish council meeting on Monday, when company director Mr Bill Brown had answered questions. Said Mr Lucas: “The


tion to extend its workings requires the go-ahead from the County Council and is subject to recom­ mendations from the par­ ish council and Ribble Val­ ley Council Parish council clerk Mr


representatives will be asked to comment on the effects the proposals might have on dust levels and the number of lorries pass­ ing through Waddington to and from the site. The company’s applica­


no official objections to the scheme, which would pro­ vide nine extra jobs for the 30-strong company. Waddington P a rish


ries Ltd, which supplies both sand and stone to the building industry, wants to extend its present eight-acre site by another eight acres and increase its diversification into cut stone. So far there have been


its operation on Waddington Fe Waddington Fell Quar


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PARISH councillors have asked for further talks on plans by a quarry company to expand ........................... "ill.


that demand for cut stone was increasing and the company wanted to take more stone out of the quarry and to erect a stone-dressing shed and install machinery to meet the demand.


THE highest sum ever given in one day in the history of the parish of St Paul’s, Low Moor, was achieved over the harvest festival period.


“thank offering” towards the church repair fund ra ise d a m ag nificent £1,238. This, together with collections of £400 at the harvest services, made the record-breaking total of£1,638.


The special h arv es t


stands at £1,473 and is still open for contributions.


The repair fund now Cabs smashed


TWO lorries in a com­ pound at Smith’s Trans­ port, Lincoln Way, Clith­ eroe, were vandalised on Thursday night.


the interior of one cab to the tune of £150 and broke th e r e a r window of another, damaging the steering column and caus­ ing a total of £200 damage to it.


The culprits smashed


to make our operation acceptable to local people and have even put restric­ tions on the times lorries travel through Wadding­ ton,” he said. Mr Brown explained


double the present site and erect a stone-dressing shed on the old site. He said he was keen to keep villagers fully informed about the operation and had recently held an on­ site meeting with parish council representatives. “We have always tried


“Advertiser and Times” that the company had been quarrying on Waddington Fell since 1961. There was an old site involving 43 acres, but the present workings were confined to eight acres. The intention was to


Mr Brown told the


Charolais X bulls and stores made to £260 (£252), heifers to £288 (£201.15). Limousin X bulls and steers to £405 (£325.10). heifers to £370 (£276.15), Bel­ gian Blue X bulls and steers to £385, other Continental X bulls and steers to £320 (£30S), heif­ ers to £268, Hereford X bulls to £300 (£267.50), heifers to £222. Black Polly heifers to £220. In the fatstock section there


RECORD SUM


cows made to 96.2p (89.7p). grade two to 87.8p (81.9p). grade three to 79.2p (70.9p) Sheep: Light lambs made to


(163.2p), heavy to 157.op (151.3p). overweight to 132p, shearlings to 143.5p (131.9p). Half-bred ewes made to £40 (£29.10), horned ewes to £25.60 (£16.75) and rams to £38.20 (£10.10).


CLITHEROE YFC held its annual bonfire at Law- sonsteads Farm, Whalley, by permission of Mr and Mrs Alan Coates. A hot pot supper was


YFC bonfire


served and the vote of thanks was proposed by K e i th R o b e r t s and seconded by Jen n ife r Hindle. Next week’s meeting is


a talk by Mr Myerscough on a trip abroad. Members should meet at Pendleton village hall at 7-20 p.ni.


165p (154.2p). s tandard to 185.op (163.7p), medium to !74p


steers made to 132.8p (114.7p), medium to 122.2p (110.4p), heavy to 127.2p (lll.Sp). light heifers to 123.2p (115.op), medium to 129.8p (115.9p), heavy to U8.2p (109.8p). uncer­ tified medium steers to 111.2p (108p), heavy to 114.2p (lOO.bp). uncertified light heifers to 125.8p (108.9p), medium to 105.2p (97.7p), heavy to 106.8p (94.6p). Cows and bulls: Grade one


to 146.8p (136.3p). medium to 148.2p (134.9p), others to 121p (114.2p). Steers and heifers: Light


were 633 cattle, including 273 young bulls. 171 steers ami heif­ ers. 189 cows and bulls, plus 2,701 sheep — 2,236 lambs. 14 shearlings and 451 ewes. Young bulls: Light bulls made


forward, including 105 stirks. First quality Charolais X bulls made to £248 (£207.25), heifers to £158 (£140), Limousin X bulls to £305 (£192.70), heifers to £158 (£131.60), Belgian Blue X bulls to £270 (£216.55), heifers to £195 (£167.20), Simmental X bulls to £322 (£247.70), heifers to £184 (£132.80), Blonde d’Aquitaine X bulls to £208 (£172.50), heifers to £110, Hereford X bulls to £165 (£147.30), heifers to £119 (£90), Friesian X bulls to £154 (£96.45). h e ife rs to £112 (£81.85), Angus X bulls to £110 (£85.80), h e ife rs to £122 (£79.45). Weaned stirks and stores:


£622 (average £582). second quality to £545 (£505), first qual­ ity heifers to £730 (£619), second quality to £520 (£491). T h e re w e re 399 c alv es


THERE were 120 newly-calved dairv cows and heifers forward at tiisburn Auction Mart on Thursday. First quality cows made to


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THE first dogs’ toiletl unveiled by Ribble Vallel


doggy loo in Henthorn Park, Clitheroe, is a specially prepared sand-pit surrounded by a fence and more could follow if the experiment proves to


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be a success. Mr Richard Isherwood,


borough health and hous­ ing officer, said the toilet would strengthen the hand of the council in enforcing planned by-laws for the park, making it an offence for owners to allow their


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A CLITHEROE coun cillor has hit out at a May sub-committee’s deci­ sion to retain small copies of 3S Mayoral p h o t o g r a p h s and turbj return the originals to lias c


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THE new chairman of Securiguard Services (Northern) Ltd is Mr Don­ ald Harrison, who is cur­ rently living in Downham. Mr Harrison (56) and his


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