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GREEN BRIGADE END UP WITH RED FACES


Trough of Bowland. Clithcroe’s County Coun. Ron Pickup thought


THERE were a few red faces in the Ribble Valley after a rendezvous mix-up during Friday’s water privatisation protest in the


And Ron gets an apology from fellow protesters by SHEILA NIXON


he was making a lone protest when he arrived at the scene and found it deserted — just as he should have been meeting up with other cam­ paigners worried about the future of the Trough. Later in the day, an embarrassed campaign


organiser admitted it was all his fault. “My directional map was not very good,” said


the Ribble Valley Labour Party chairman, Francis Clune, of Longridge. “We were two miles away on the other side of Dunsop Bridge and I now owe Ron an apology. My map sent him to the wrong spot.” While County Coun. Pickup was looking for fel­


26,000-acrc estate could be sold off as part of asset- stripping in the first few years. On the open mar­ ket, it could be worth up to £12m. to the privately- owned company and opponents feel this would


The protesters believe that the authority’s


be a “give-away” price. Meanwhile, the new North West Water Ltd is


now owned by North West Water Group pic, the new holding company whose shares are at present held by the Government. The share flotation is expected in November. A spokesman said that at present there were no plans to sell off land.


low campaigners near the boundary between water board property and the Duke of Westminster’s land, the others were preparing to stage their pro­ test before the television cameras and the region’s Press. County Coun. Pickup, in company with “Adver­


tiser and Times” photographer John Barry, returned to Clithcroe, not knowing the others had turned up and were still arguing their countryside


a defiant mood over the privatisation plans. “I’m now even more determined to continue the


campaign — alone if needs be,” he declared. Soon after hearing about the mix-up from the


fighting to keep the water industry public, see the plans as a serious threat to public access, conser­ vation and wildlife, despite Government legisla­ tion requiring new companies to safeguard these


North West Water Authority officially became North West Water Ltd, the first step towards privatisation. County Coun. Pickup and his fellow protesters,


mix-up.” The protest coincided with the day that the


ahead. The official party included members of JAWS — Joint Action for Water Services, an organisation of trade unions in the industry — and representatives of Greenpeace, local ramblers, con­ servationists and the Labour MP for Preston North, Audrey Wise. Coun. Pickup told the “Advertiser and Times”


interests. Despite Ron’s absence, the official protest went


case. Back in town. County Coun. Pickup was still in


“Advertiser and Times,” Mr Clune telephoned his apology to Ron, who had emphasised all along that he was “not angry, but just disappointed about the


A LONE voice of concern from County Coun. Ron Pickup at the threat to the beautiful Trough of Bowland? As it turned out, others separated by a mix-up were also protesting nearby in a glare of publicity


Industry giants battle for patent


A SMALL Clitheroe tect firm with a big reputa- for tion is bracing itself cattle feed


for a David and Goliath style battle with four industrial giants in a bid to pro-


a valuable patent a revolutionary


panies have joined forces in a bid to smash the patent of Dugdales for


The four national com­


“Sweet’n Dry,” a potential best-selling product which has brought the firm the sweet smell of success. But Dugdales, of Bell­


warned this week: “We may be a smaller firm, but we are not going to give in.”


man Mill, Salthill Indus­ trial Estate, is determined to fight them off and


Director Roger Dugdale


added: “This is our idea and I believe we have a very strong case in our defence.”


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that one of the principal fears, if privatisation went ahead, was that the Trough, an area of out­ standing natural beauty, would become like the neighbouring Duke of Westminster’s estate, which was fenced off, with public access restricted. As far as Water Board land was concerned, there


had been an open access policy agreed 15 years ago and this had worked very well, but if the flotation of shares on the stock market went ahead, then the public could well see an end to the present rights. Commercial concerns could take a very different


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READY for battle to safeguard their patent.. Roger Dugdale


view of the need for public access and conserva­ tion, he added. There was a distinct possibility that it would be very difficult to identify those respon­ sible for maintaining access and conservation once privatisation went ahead.


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WHEN an archaeologist says, quietly but confidently, that a dig is “producing some interesting finds” you can bet


ihis comments are probably the understatement of the year.


a gleam in his eye, “I believe we’re rewrit­ ing a chapter of Roman history in Brit­ ain,” you know there’s something exciting happening.


When he adds, with


his eye is Adrian Olivier, director of the Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, the dig is in the church graveyard at Rib- chester, and the remarks were made during the Press viewing of the site la s t week, when TV cameras from both Gran­ ada and BBC were rec­ ording the finds. The dig is revealing


The man with a gleam in by CLIVE BARNDEN \


for its animal and pet foods, has found a hit pro­ duct with its mixture “Sweet’n Dry,” a supple­ ment which farmers add to grass when they are silo­ ing to aid fermentation. But now the taste of


Dugdales, well known


success has turned sour. Four major companies — British Sugar, Dalgety Agriculture, J . Bibby Agriculture and BOCM Silcock — say that the year-old patent on the mixture of sugar, beet pulp, molasses and ground wheat should never have been allowed in the first


ter to clients, Dugdales says the action of the four giants is “the ultimate in backhanded compliments” and th a t th ey have “obviously realised the extent of the potential demand for the product.” Farmers throughout the


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MEMORIES are flooding in for our competition to mark the outbreak of World War Two.


Memories of life in wartime


We asked you last week to tell us about your wartime memories, happy or sad, humorous or serious, and you have certainly not disap­ pointed us.


We would like many more, though, and if you drop us a line you could finish up enjoying a meal for two at wartime prices at


We hope to print some of your memories next week.


You can dine and wine in style — and all you will have to pay is what it would have cost back in 1939.


Send them, clearly marked “War Memories,” to the “Clitheroe Advertiser and T im e s ,” King Street, Clitheroe.


Worthy winner in our photo contest


Brown’s Bistro, the excellent Clitheroe ■ eat­ ing establishment.


country are getting very interested in “Sweet’n Dry” — invented by Roger and technical man­ ager Alan Sayle — which has the added bonus of soaking up any juices which run off the newly- cut grass. “The idea was to save


WE were delighted with the response to our photographic contest! With 44 colour slides and 33 prints to study,


the judges were undoubtedly faced with a hard task in choosingthc excellent shot above as win­ ner in the prints section. It is a marvellous study entitled “The White


House in evening mist” by geology lecturer Alan Taylor, of Clitheroe, and the entry certainly set the standard for the contest, organised jointly by ourselves and Ribblesdalc Camera Club. The other winning entries can be found inside


these juices as they con­ tain valuable sugars for the animals, but in these conservation-conscious times it also stops effluent from running into drains and rivers and causing pol­ lution,” added Roger. “We are just getting


going with sa les of ‘Sweet’n Dry,’ but the potential countrywide is enormous.” Roger is annoyed that


tion cannot do justice to the colour prints and slides, which is why we arc mounting a display of the prizewinners at our office in King Street, Clitheroe, to enable readers to sec them in their full splendour.


Serving the Ribble Valley community


what is believed to be a Roman military factory, or fabrica, which may have made the weapons, equip­ ment and tools for the 500- strong elite cavalry troops that occupied the adjacent fort during the reign of the emperor, Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD). A few more bones and


stones? No — it is much more


remarkably gopd condi­ tion, thanks to the damp­ ness of the water-retaining' clay soil. Uncovered, so far, are


exciting than that. Mr Oli­ vier and his volunteers are uncovering extensive remains of wooden build­ ings and wooden founda­ tions, which are in a


ONE of the diggers on the site is a Whalley teenager who thought it would be good fun to spend three weeks of his summer holidays working there. Robert Shorrock (17), of Clitheroe Road, is pic­


ter will be looked at today and that we will get a final decision. It seems very wrong that we are granted a patent on an idea which nobody else had thought of and then have to spend more to defend i t ,” he said. Meanwhile, a spokes­


Dugdales, which invested a lot of money in obtaining the patent, is now having to outlay further to defend its product in the Patent Office. “We are hoping the mat­


tured holding the skull of a Roman cavalry horse, one of the artefacts recently found at Ribchester. Also on the picture is the wooden corner founda­ tion of the fabrica which has so excited archaeologists. The dig is of particular interest to Robert as he


studied archaeology for GCSE at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and could make archaeology his career.


man for the four firms said: “We are not attack­ ing Dugdales. . . we just feel the Patent Office was in the wrong, in granting a patent which infringes on our rights to formulate diets for farm animals. ‘If any business can do


Craft market now comes to life


"Advertiser and Times” which highlighted complaints from stallholders about the lack of publicity signs in the town. “There’s no doubt it created a boost in numbers,”


STALLHOLDERS at Clitheroe’s new craft market were delighted when three times as many customers than usual showed up last week. And they attribute the increase to a report in the


signs around the town publicising the market, with possibly a banner across the main street. “I think the publicity side needs a complete reth­


ink,” said Barry, who believes the market has great potential in the district. One worry among some stallholders is that some


that, it is going to put all sorts of constraints on cus­ tomers.”


stall and if that sort of things takes over, it will put off the genuine craftspeople who run the stalls now,” he said.


non-craft stalls are beginning to creep in as well. “On Thursday, for example, there was also a flower


said stallholder Barry Durham, of Kirklands, Chip­ ping, who sells garden gnomes. However, Barry still thinks there should be more


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the skilfully-jointed corner foundation timbers of the fabrica, some remains of the sh utter ing which would have covered the building, and the timber base needed to enable the fort’s ramparts to sit on the clay ground. There is a bonus, too —


the remain's of structural wooden posts, not just the holes which archaeologists generally expect to see after timber has' rotted. Other finds are coming


• continued on page 14


'r ib b l e v a l l e y Council is on course to gain an extension to its offices at a cost of


is trying to extend its ser- v ic es to th e pu b lic accordingly.” At a meeting of the


thick and fast: the usual shards of pottery, plus, of course, those bones and


interview, chief executive Mr Oswin Hopkins told us this week: “This is a sign that the Ribble Valley is booming — and the council


nearly £V& m. And, in an exclusive


Finance and General Pur­ poses Sub-committee on Monday evening, mem­ bers voted in favour of the new wing, which it is hoped wifi be completed


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lors and officials alike.” He said: “We need space


within 13 months at a cost of £475,000. The plan will now go before a meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee on Monday evening, before being put to full council on Septem­ ber 26th.


ing in the present offices which leads to situations where:


lic often have to tell officers their confidential


Eroblems in open corridors ecause there are not It will ease overcrowd­ • Members of the pub­


enough interview rooms. • Planners sometimes


have to share the same drawing boards. • A committee room in


the town hall has to be sacrificed for the district auditor’s annual visit to give him enough room.


started in his post last month, says he is keen that “the general public getting


Mr Hopkins, who only sees things are


moving and improvements options, including' tern- being made to make, life p0rary Portakabins and easier for them, council- usjng rooms at the Castle


“Some of our overcrowd­ ing is due to having to take on extra staff for housing benefits and the new community charge. We considered other


for a further 15 to 20 staff and the new wing would provide that. I t would extend into the car park by 25ft. on three floors, but if we open space under the part of the building on stilts, we should only lose parking for one or two cars.” Mr Hopkins added:


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