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RIBBLESDALE Camera Club members were thoroughly entertained and enlightened by an “inappropriate evening” presented by member Mr John West. It was, however, very


appropriate for a camera club, being the 150th anni­ versary of Fox Talbot’s presentation to the Royal Society of his paper on the patented process from w h ich a l l m o d e rn photography developed. Mr West presented a


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IF Saturday afternoon wrestling on the telly used to be the high­ light of your viewing week, then there’s a treat in store for you at Clitheroe Parish Church Hall a fort­ night on Saturday.


tions, of Blackpool, invites you to take a ringside seat for an explosive evening of bouts between wres­ tlers, including Road Warrior Dave Durran, Chief Johnny White- cloud and the Mighty Atom.


Worldwide Promo­


Promotions‘director Mr Bobby Barron: “I don’t think Clitheroe has seen any wrestling since about 1984. We thought we’d give it a try now because there doesn't seem to be a lot of entertainment in the town.


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good night, we will come back again.” The doors open at 7


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Debts drove husband to steal from meter


MOUNTING debts caused when a husband and wife lost their jobs at the same time drove the man to steal money from his elec­ tricity meter. Eventually Michael


£110. Mr John Bleasdale, pro­


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Anthony Devine went to the police and confessed. Devine (31), of Talbot Close, Clitheroe, appeared before the town’s magis­ trates, where he admitted stealing £88.35 belonging to Norweb and dishonestly using electricity worth £11.50.


secuting, said the meter box was found to have been broken into. Devine had used a 50p piece to extract electricity.


defending, said Devine and his wife had both lost their jobs with Stalwart Dyeing Company, Clith­ eroe, at the same time. They were not receiving


Mr David Parkinson,


state benefit and had got into debt.


the pre-payment meter, taking out the money. He then used a single 50p coin to e x t r a c t m o r e electricity.


Devine broke the lock of


actually in £70 credit with Norweb.


In November they were


wife had since found new jobs.


Both Devine and his


THE funds of the Rib- ble Valley Disabled Action Group received a boost of £117 follow­ ing a coffee morning on Saturday. The event was held


Memorial service


in the Ribblc Valley Mayor’s Parlour and attended by the Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. Albert Atkinson and his wife, Marjorie. Various stalls and a draw contributed to


A MEMORIAL service for solicitor Mr Edmund Self Weeks is to be held at Clitheroe Parish Church a week tomorrow, at noon. Mr Weeks was a partner


with his father and cousin in the firm Baldwin, Weeks and Baldwin in


the proceeds. Pictured centre is


Clitheroe. He died in a nursing


Mrs Atkinson, with the winning draw ticket, with helpers and some of those present, including the Mayor, looking on.


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slides, words and music was followed by slides of a trip to Wolfgang in Aus­ tria, illustrating points Mr West had made to the club the previous year. There was a selection of)


prints including photo'g- rams, or shadow pictures, not only in the usual black and white but also colour, which w ere .widely admired.The evening finished on an Italian theme, with an audio-visual visit to the m e d ie v a l c i ty 0


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AN ambulance was called I when a pedestrian was] involved in a collision with a car in Market Place,] Clitheroe, on Friday] morning, but there were] no injuries sustained.


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Family workforce under orders from US Navy


BUSINESS is booming for one Clitheroe company — with a lit­ t le help from the American


at Upbrooks Industrial Estate, is very much a family concern. Husband and wife Elaine and Kevin Wilkinson are in partnership, their daughter Helen is company secretary and son Chris


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and a drawing and the parts we pro­ duce are for switch gear, though we don’t know if it is for submarines or


what. “The actual piece we produce is quite


small, but when they assemble the whole thing it makes up a very complex piece of machinery. "The company which sub-contracts


works on the shop floor. All four are certainly pulling their


weight to cope with the amount^ of business coming their way — including some from a rather unexpected


this work to us is a multi-million pound concern, with an American parent com­ pany and several factories in England. “They don’t just supply the Ameri­


quarter.Said Elaine: “We are running our machines for as long as possible to get


can Navy, but our own services, the Ministry of Defence and so on, and they do much of the work themselves, but when their machines become over­ loaded, thhy come to companies like


through as much work as we can and one job we are doing is a sub-contract


for the US Navy. “They supply us with the materials


ours.” The family is all too delighted to do


pace.


LOSS OF GRANT AID A ‘BLOW’


THE suspension of a Government scheme of tourism projects is to hit the Ribble Valley.


I the pipeline at Ribches- Iter’s Roman Museum, to provide new visitor facili-


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A £115,500 project in House of Commons, but • . _1!_ .. —


I ties, will now not even be I considered for a grant,


j North West Tourist 1 Board chairman Mr Anth- lony G o ld s to n e has (strongly criticised the I suspension of the scheirte, calling it “a catastrophic


Iblow to our tourism [industry” and “terribly I unfair.”


■ “ Such g ran ts have Ih'elped considerably in (bringing about new tour­ ism developments, both large and small,” he | added. “There is no doubt that without grant support many projects would not


[have happened, leaving tourism the poorer.


| “We have made our case | very clear to the Govern­ ment, only recently to 1 North West MPs in the


apparently to no avail. I now call upon them, to ask the Secretary of State for Employment, Norman Fowler, to lift the suspen­ sion as soon as possible.” He pointed out that the


financial assistance for


creating an estimated 410 jobs.


North West received grants totalling £2,061,404 in 1987/88, generating £18.7m of investment and


seriously set back tourism development in the North West and slow down the splendid progress we have so recently enjoyed. Our plea to the Government is think again — no money is better spent,” concluded


“This move is going to . . . ■ Mr Goldstone. Boost for Oaklands


MEMBERS of the'Clitheroe Support Group of the North Lancashire Leonard Cheshire Home are delighted to hear of a cash boost from the Granada Telethon ’88 fund-raising project to help their work. The North Lancashire Home has received a grant


stang, said that the money was very welcome, because the premises had had a lot of expense recently, due to alterations and refurbishing, and it was also anxious to extend its service in the


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