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Post Office worker for 42 years


A CLITHEROE man who worked for the Post Offiee for 42 years, Mr Clifford Wreneli, has died, aged


71.


Street, received a letter from the Queen marking his lone service with the


school, he joined the Post Office.


served in the Territorials and was taken prisoner-of- war in Crete. Afterwards he resumed work with the Post Office.


During the war, he


Mary Cowperthwaite at All Saints' Church, Pend­ leton. Sadly, she died in 1!I7(>, the year Mr Wrench retired.


In 11147 he married


All Saints' Church, Pend­ leton, where the funeral service and interment were held.


He was a sidesman at


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MEM BE US of Clitheroe and district Probus Club were enter tained and amused by a ta lk on experiences during a trip to Australia given by fel- 1ow m e m b e r J im Hargreaves.


His itinerary covered Singapore and Penang on the way out. Hong Kong on the return journey and. in Australia itself, Darwin, Townsville, Magnetic Island and the Great Bar­ rier Reef. Sydney and Melbourne.


included seeing a won­ derful sunrise in Darwin, farm tractors complete with televisions near Mel­ bourne and the Sydney Opera House, where he sang a few notes.


Highlights for him Fined £25


A CLITHEROE man left the Waggon and Horses, Pimlico Road, early one evening and proceeded to urinate against the side of a car parked nearby, despite the fact that there are toilets in the pub.


owners of the ear, who reported the incident to the police, the town’s magistrates heard.


He was seen by the


(31). of Alma Place, was fined £25 when he admit­ ted urinating in a public- place.


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and preparation by the Rotary Clubs of Clith­ eroe and Ribblesdale and Ribble Valley Rotaract could have disappeared in a large puff of smoke along with the bonfire on


action of the local fire fighting crew saved the day for the many adults and children who enjoyed a spectacular firework dis­ play costing £600 and con­ tributed £900 to local charities as a result of the collection on the Castle Field. Said Rotarian Roland


was called out for the second time within a week to douse the flames after thoughtless vandals set fire to the stacked wood and rubbish collected from local industrialists. Fortunately the prompt


Friday night. Clitheroe Fire Brigade


Hailwood: “The action wasted the fire brigade’s time and meant that the ground around the bonfire, where people stand to watch, had been saturated before the event.” Another problem the


AS hundreds of people enjoyed Clith- eroe’s communal bonfire in safety on Saturday night, organisers warned that the antics of a few “mindless idiots” could jeopardise its future. Hours of hard work


THIS time it’s for real . . . as Clitheroe Rotary Club president Trevor Roberts (second, left) gets ready to light the bonfire with, from the left, Rtn Stephen Dugdale, Ribblesdale Rotary Club president Peter Walker and Rotarians Ken Lord, Eric Dugdale and John Myers


ping. Mr Hailwood said that residents were using the fire as an excuse for clearing unwanted house­ hold goods and some of the items could have posed a danger to spectators and organisers had they not been removed.


endangering the future of the community bonfire,” he warned. “Both Rotary clubs are p repared to organise it for the foresee­ able future, but we can only do it if we are allowed to do so. It’s a great event and people get a lot of enjoyment out of it.”


“People who abuse it are


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local youngsters seemed blatantly unaware of the d a n g e r s when th e y insisted on playing around the site and igniting the rubbish.


Unfortunately, he said,


action of a minority had not ruined the evening for


Happily, this year, the


the rest of the community and Mr Hailwood reported


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the crowd not to throw spent sparklers on the ground, because of the risk of injuries to Cub Scouts using the area for football, the boy made four or five trips round the ground picking up the sparkler wires.


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iCLITHEROE Evening -Townswomen’s Guild j member Mrs Irene Bir- ! twistle has a date with | Royalty on Monday. She is among 60 mem­


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Drink stolen


BOTTLES of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink, worth £27.60, were stolen from a clubhouse cellar at Shire- burn Caravan Park, Edis- ford Bridge, Clitheroe.


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PREPARING to give the Castle a rocket — a trio of Rotarians, from the left: Richard Dugdale, Peter Field and Derek Wightman


A CLITHEROE man should have been given more than a week’s notice when he was dis­ missed from his job with a firm in the town, an


Firm should have given more notice


industrial tribunal ruled. At the Manchester hear-


ing, Peter Gorrill (22), of Waterloo Road, claimed unfair dismissal against Derrick John Hall, trading as Autoparts Dismantlers, of S alth ill In d u s tr ia l Estate. Tribunal chairman Mr


snags with the engines themselves. He said he had worked to the best of his ability.


Barry Woodward heard th a t Mr Gorrill, who started with the firm in 1983, had been employed to rebuild engines. He had, however, the


decided that the notice element of the dismissal was unfair, the parties reached an agreement that Mr Gorrill would be paid £260.


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made by the Ribble Valley Sports and Recreation Association, which is organising the appeal, to the Ribble Valley Council, the North West Sports Council and the Rural Development Commission. A meeting has also been held with the London architect for the Sports Council to agree final details on the plans. Of the estimated total of


£380,000 needed, if the grant applications are suc­ cessful it is hoped that about £50,000 will be raised locally. Fund-raising will be


getting a boost shortly, with about £1,500 from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and profits from an “up beat" fashion show.


A challenge for Peter


A FORMER pupi l of Ribblesdale School, Clith­ eroe, Peter Charles Wat­ son, has joined the Metro­ politan Police. Peter (26), of Littlemoor


Road, Clitheroe, has just started a 20-week training


course as a recruit at the


enlisted in tne Armed Forces and has joined the Me t r o p o l it a n Pol i ce because he wanted a fur­ ther career with a chal­ lenge and good prospects and opportunities. In his spare time he


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WINNER of the competition organised by Clith­ eroe Arts Theatre Society to guess the number of


peas in Oliver’s bowl is Victoria Christopher, of Bolton Hall, Copster Green. The bowl, which was displayed in Fred Read’s


shop window in Clitheroe Market Place, contained 722 peas. Victoria wins two tickets to see “Oliver,” which opens on Snturdny.


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lease of Roefield eight years ago, critics said we would last two years at the outside. They were wrong. “So are the doubters


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