GISBUftN AUCTION MART


PRICES


THEKE were 52 newly-calved dairv cows and heifers forward at (tisburn Auction Mart last Thursday. First quality cows made to


were 028 cattle, including 240 young bulls, 102 steers and heif­ ers. 210 cows and bulls. 1.551 I sheep, including 1.207 hoggs. six


j shearlings and 178 ewes and ranis.


I Steers and heifers: Light | steers made to 140p (I12.2p), I medium to 124.2p (112.1p). heavy to 115.2p (11 Ip), light


(1 1 7 .8 p ) .


to 140.2p (128.4p). medium to 152.2p (120.2p). others to 121p


Young bulls: Light bulls made


Charolais X bulls and steers made to £472 (£410.40). heifers to £125. Limousin X bulls and steers to £158 (£110.40). heifers to £180 (£271), Helgian Blue X bulls and s te e r s to £455 (£187.75). heifers to £100 (£155), other Continental X bulls and steers to £488 (£177.15). Here­ ford X bulls and steel's to £282 (£240). Friesian X bulls and steers to £100 (£242.00). In the fatstock section, there


forward, including 105 sticks, with the overall average being £175.20. Charolais X bulls made to £118 (£257). heifers to £175 (£155.75). Limousin X bulls to £800 (£281.45). heifers to £175 (£144.15). Belgian Blue X bulls to £120 (£281.75). heifers to £202 (£171.20). Simmental X bulls to £102 (£222.20). heifers to £18(5 (£125.(>0), Hereford X bulls to £214 (£175.40). heifers to £120 (£118.28). Friesian X bulls to £225 (£140.05). heifers to £122 (£108.50), Angus bulls to £205 (£158.40). he ife rs to £187 (£112.20). Weaned stirks and stores:


£770 (average £(’>82) and second quality to £0*10 (£(>04). First quality heifers made to £(>55 (£G12) and second quality to £(525 (£012). T h e re were 279 c a lv e s


Clitheroe 2232j (Editorial), 22328 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) L e t t e r s to th e E d i to r


Is ‘pay as you play’ answer in Roefield pitch saga?


I AM a past registra- tion/fixtures secretary with the Ribble Valley Football League and pres­ ent secretary of a local football club participating in this league. I sympathise with the


annoyance and frustration felt by Mr Dewhurst, the secretary of the Memorial League, as reported in last week’s edition of this newspaper, regarding postponement of matches owing to the condition of Roefield pitches being deemed “unfit” to play on. I myself wrote to Ribble


sions, the pitch had not been used for the previous four weeks, the weather had been mild and I echo Mr Dewhurst’s concern regarding the situation should we have had real winter conditions.


On one of those occa­


field; ask Clitheroe Ladies’ hockey and football teams, who were eventually forced to move on to “greener, more pleasant land” in order to get their games played!


Valley Borough Council in October: last year, on behalf of my club, to express our own dissatis­ faction at having had three out of the first five home matches postponed at that time.


Why the yellow lines?


! heifers to 184.8p < 117. Ip), i medium to 128.2p (110.4p), I heavy to 110.2p (I0 8 .2 p ). j Uncertified light steers made to 1 108.8p. medium to 108.Hp ! ( 100. op) , heavy to 108.8p (I00.5p), uncertified light heif­ ers to 100.2p. medium to 117.2p (0 0 .8 p ). h e a v y to 107.2}) (104.4p). Cows and bulls: Grade one to


97.2p (98.8p). grade two to 92.8p (87.9p), grade three to 85.8p (78.5p). mature bulls to llO.Sp (101.2p). Sheep: Light hoggs made to


I READ in last week’s edition of this paper, with disbelief, that double yel­ low lines are to be put on part of West Bradford Road in a new bid to stop accidents!


agrees, but accidents can happen anywhere and there are more dangerous places in Clitheroe town.


I don’t know if anyone


and straw forward. Meadow hay made to £04 a tonne and barley straw to £41.50.


Commitment is urged


THE North West Sports Council is to be urged to commit itself to giving a £50,000 grant to the Roe- field Leisure Centre appeal in Clitheroe. Members of the Ribble


pled g ed a g ra n t of £250,000, subject to the spoils council grant being given and the Ribble Val­ ley Sports and Recreation Association raising the sum of £70,000 by December. A letter is to be sent to


the Spoils Council asking for a firm commitment.


tee were told that the sports council had made a provisional allocation of £50,000. The committee has itself


Valley Council’s. Recre­ ation and Leisure Commit­


(154.2p), heavy to 147.ftp (129.2p). overweight to 125.5p (112.5p), shearlings to 122p (117.2p). Uncertified hoggs made to £41.20 (£22.20), half- bred ewes made to £89.80 (£20.25). horned ewes to £20 (£17.20). rams to £45 (£24.75). There was 12.94 tones of hay


101.5p (152.Op), standard to 180p (107.4p). medium to 179p


wrote a letter to this paper regarding the fact that the monitoring of parking on West Bradford Road was to be introduced and with positive results, whereas there were many more dangerous roads than this, namely the peti­ tions regarding Whalle.v Road and West View — and what happened there? Nothing!


On January 24th, 1985, I


vious letter that the moni­ toring had come about as the result of one accident and one complaint from someone with so-called authority. Was there a petition with objectors?


I pointed out in my pre­


safetv factors, there are nardly any pedestrians, only working people, those who use the car park pro­ vided, no children, elderly or infirm people crossing, no shopkeepers with a livelihood to think about.


With regard to the


user of this road up to Sep­ tember 1987, I know that 95% of vehicles were parked on the works side of the road, the majority of these being cars and vehicles leaving the works and only turning left.


Having been a frequent


lorries can see over cars. It would appear to me that someone doesn’t seem to think so, thereby authoris­ ing the laying of double yellow lines!


Surely the drivers of


question: who or what determines the outcome? Is it (1) The cost of paint? (2) The cost of lives and property? (3) Objectors? or (4) Whoever makes the original complaint? To me there is only one out of four that does not count.


This leads me to another


th a t “ fixed p en a lty tickets” have been put on the windscreens of cars parked on double yellow lines or a taxi rank in the town centre.


I have noticed recently


a summons or two for obstruction (when there is a large car park nearby) would have been a more reasonable and common- sense way of sorting out this “accident black spot,” than, no doubt, causing wrath to the hundreds who organised and peti­ tioned for some form of safety on Whalley Road and West View and any other petitioners in town?


Surely this procedure or


Regulation 1951 (Reg 88) — no person in charge of a


ters I have quoted the “Construction and Use


In my two previous let­


motor vehicle or trailer shall cause or permit same to stand on a road so as to c a u s e u n n e c e s s a ry obstruction thereof!”


t and controversial of its life.


was responsible for regu­ lar maintenance and went back this week for a nos­ talgic last look.


As chief engineer, he


structure was showing signs of wear and the top 15ft was replaced in 1977. But overall the chimney has proved remarkably resilient, a reassuring symbol of the power ana permanence of the cement industry to generations of local people.


The concrete outer


but wasn't informed one way or another. It would appear to me th a t it applies to cars parked on West Bradford Road and the easiest way out is to paint yellow lines, but there is nothing done to stop any size of vehicle parking as near to the junctions with Whalley Road. I t th e re fo r e depends on where you park your vehicle and who complains.


I stood to be corrected,


low lines cannot be placed everywhere and someone has to win or 'lose. But to mind and hundreds of _ ere, what comparison is


I know that double yel­


there between (1) Whalley Road and (2) West Brad­ ford Road?


my otn


J. B. BECK, 17 Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe.


appear to be well-known to officials of football leagues outside the Ribble Valley area, who are beginning to deny the entry of local teams using these pitches into their leagues, because of the problem the imposed res­ tricted use creates; i.e. the local teams using these pitches being unable to fulfil their fixtures.


Roefield football pitches


differences in the quality of playing pitches at Roe­


There do happen to be


baths side are well estab­ lished, of reasonable size and with a decent playing surface. Compare them to those on the car park side, which must be of the abso­ lute minimum size, have long grass, are uneven and littered with holes and molehills.


Those situated on the


£115 per season, in advance, for one of these “football pitches” to have its use restricted in this way and one wonders, if the system were “pay as you play,” would the


Each football team pays


T h in k c a r e fu l ly b e fo r e v is i to r s f lo o d o u r v i l la g e


WILL the Whalley shopkeepers, Chamber of Trade and other persons concerned with our village life please consider the following points before signing a


petition. Many of us, if we stop and think carefully, are


proud of our Whalley village and while we are will­ ing to share this with visitors who wish to come, village life should not be visitor-orientated to the


detriment of the residents. We have a strong hard-working parish council (all


unpaid with no axes to grind) and I hope that the present scheme at Vale House Gardens (without a public lavatory) will receive full support and any amendment will be resisted. This development, along with the earlier garden


pitches be deemed “unfit” with such regularity?


direct to the present regis- tration/fixtures secretary for the Ribble Valley Football League, who says he is happy with the situa­ tion.


My final remarks I


the teams in the second division will play only eight league games and a possible two cup games at some, but as a result of the council’s “unfit” policy, teams will be struggling to complete these fixtures in what is a 35/36 week


May I remind him that


W. R. BRIGGS, Secretary, Waterloo Rangers FC, 39 Kirkmoor Road, Clithcroc.


Result is a ‘no’ to community


centre AS reported in your issue last week, the turn-out to vote in the election to fill two vacant seats on Bil- lington Parish Council was very low. The vacancies occurred because of two resignations.


layout, will transform the appearance of the area and make a very worthwhile village centre. It is an opportunity to say a “big thank you” to your hard working local councillors, who really have your interests at heart, by saying “no” to a public lava­ tory in this scheme. The present public lavatories, in my opinion and


was low, it does mean, however, that we now have two members of the council who have been democratically elected. The rest of the councillors, including myself, do not have one vote between us, simply because at the elec­ tion for a new council in 1987 there were only seven nominations for nine seats. The seven took office unopposed.


Although the turn-out


many others, are exactly in the right location, out of view and unobtrusive. They do, of course,require updating so far as one can in these days of vandalism etc. and, provided they are well signposted, will adequately serve the village. In such a short village street visitors will have no


reason to require these facilities “in the centre of the village” or complain that they are “too far from


the shopping centre." With regard to more car parking facilities being


provided — one answer to the problem would be to limit the present car parking time to, say, two hours in three in any one day, which would discourage shopkeepers, workers etc., from parking for hours at a time every day and thereby denying visitors and residents the correct use of this car park.


HAROLD S. HACKING,


Springfield Close, Wiswell Lane, Whallcy.


WHALLEY has a lovely new doctors’ surgery with the chemist next door,but whose crazy idea was it to put the only exit to King Street from the car park at the wrong end for both of them?


Crazy place for surgery exit


realise that most people using the car park would be either seeing the doctor or going to the chemist? What about the injured or infirm, most of whom have to walk the length of the car park and all of whom WHEN I read in your must walk all the way paper of those who advo-


Did the planners not


MRS A. M. PROCTER, Moor End Head Farm, Whalley.


Nowt queerer their head these days?


down King Street? Doesn’t anyone use


Why can’t the wall be taken down for a few feet in the corner next to the surgery to save people’s legs and to stop teenagers vaulting over the wall


cate super loos for dogs and of others who say: “Aye, but not for us,” I can’t help but smile at the good old Lancashire say­ ing “There’s nowt ser queer as folk.”


PETER GELDART, 1 Queen Street, Whalley.


MAY I take this opportunity to express my sin­ cere gratitude to the many relatives who shared with me, either by letter, telephone or personal interview, their experience of hospital bereavement. Since asking through your letters’ page in June


Sincere thanks


last year for relatives to share with me such an experience, over 100 bereaved relatives spontan­ eously either wrote or spoke to me about their experiences. I have been deeply moved by all that they shared


with me and it has been a very humbling experience. The views of the relatives have been invaluable in enabling this Health Authority to consider ways to more effectively meet the real needs of the dying patient and their bereaved relatives.


BERYL FISH. Senior Nurse, Research and Quality Assurance, Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health


Authority.


HOW can our planners even consider giving the go- ahead to an industrial complex running right up to the Clitheroe-Whalley bypass by the Barrow lakes? Are we going to have an Edenfield bypass look-


E nvironmental disaster?


alike by the side of the main entrance to our valley? Will the developers, out of concern for our environ­


ment, cut out the unnecessary industrial development and turn it over to high quality housing? Based on recent values, if all the site were housing land, it would then gross them another few million pounds profit, on top of the millions by which the site has increased in value as a result of the newly issued


after buying their dinner at the chip shop?


new members co-opted the only two members of the public who happened to be present to bring the coun­ cil to full strength. One of the co-optees had been a member of the previous council.


At the first meeting, the


allowed to walk on to a council unopposed. The electorate should see to it that members are always democratically elected.


No-one should be


by-election’is a definite “no” to the proposed com­ munity centre. The two who declared themselves “Community Centre” can­ didates polled 83 and 44 votes. The candidates who, in their leaflets, described themselves as Conservative and Inde pendent respectively, made no mention of the centre and polled 116 and 106 votes. All members of the


To me, the result of the H b iM A I J iM s IM T ia


Call to protect


jobs


in Clitheroe, they work as domestics and handymen. Tonight's meeting, at


council. In homes for the elderly, such as Castleford


the Station Hotel, will be asked to support the union in its fight against the pri­ vatisation of water, elec­ tricity and hospitals. Mr Wilkinson, who lives


THE ruby anniversary of Gisburn Women’s Institute was celebrated in style at the Hark to Bounty Inn, Slaidburn. P a s t and present


members gathered on Thursday evening for the In s t itu te ’s 40th anniversary dinner. . Founder member Mrs


Dorothy Emmott had the honour of cutting the cake, made for the occasion by Mrs Judith Driver. Federation represen­


at Edisford Bridge near Clitheroe, said that priva­ tisation of water could lead to greater pollution of the River Ribble. Hikers were already


THE threat of closure still hangs over Clitheroe’s skill


Closure cloud is still over skill share scheme


tative Mrs Joan Fenlon, of Wiswell, gave a short talk and everyone pres­ ent was given commem­ orative ruby anniver­ sary symbols. A general knowledge


concerned about devel­ opment threats and public access rights to areas such as Stocks Reservoir and the Trough of Bowland. The water authorities imposed strict safeguards in the public interest which were now under threat. “I can see the fishermen


quiz, organised by two o f th e memb e r s , r o u n d e d o f f the evening. Pictured are past and


present members, with guests and Mrs Dorothy Emmott cutting the cake.


Dies after rescue


and farmers having a lot to say about what is being proposed,” he added. On hospitals, it was


feared that the rich would be better served at the expense of those who could not afford the cost of treatment. “We seek to protect the


A SEARCH by police and mountain rescue teams ended at the weekend when a 71-year-old man was found close to York Village, near Langho. Mr Harry Taylor, a for­


rights of every patient first and to secure the con­ ditions and jobs of our members second,” he added.


Increase in sales


A TOTAL of 858 "right to


buy” notices have been served on the Ribble Val­ ley Council. There are 418 in Clith­


eroe, 114 in Longridge and 326 in the parishes. Of these, 539 have been accepted and 53 are in the hands of solicitors. Director of community


council should take note of the result and remember this when they are decid­ ing how to spend rate­ payers’ money.


leged to have started my 34th consecutive year as a parish councillor. During my time, succeeding coun­ cils have improved lighting and seating throughout the parish, bought and equipped two playgrounds and maintained them and, above all, set up .our much praised street cleaning service. All this has been done


I am grateful and privi­


within a very meagre bud get, never above tuppence in the old coinage or 2.5p in the new money.


cil has the legal right to raise the proposed loan of £60,000 to finance the community centre in part of the cost, it cannot be morally right to do so in view of the result of the recent election. Such loan will immediately dou­ ble our present precept of £10,000.


While the present coun­


shelved until the next full election, when the elector­ ate will decide for them­ selves. It should not be decided by such an unre­ presentative council as we now have.


The matter should be


COUN. JACK CARR, 37 Billington Gardens, Billington.


LIBRARY CORNER


RECENT additions to the shelves at Clitheroe Library include: “Moonshadows? — Jay 'Alter* ton. The story of Ella Rushton as she struggles to choose between her husband and a young RAF pilot, whom she meets while working as a volun­ teer in the local Forces' canteen. "God’s Highlander" — E. V.


Structure Plan. Not that profit is wrong, but to develop an area so


AN auction ring might not seem the best place for eating out, but mem­ bers of Ribblesdale Rotaract Club enjoyed a three-course dinner there


to raise £200 for Comic Relief. The zany location was suggested by


members in answer to a national chal­ lenge by Orpington Rotaract in Kent to clubs all over the country to come up with the most unusual setting in which to have a meal as a novel way of raising money for


charity. So it was a case of no sooner said than done


prominently on such good land will be an environ­ mental disaster and, coming from a system which' prevents local farmers converting barns on the pre­ text that it is environmentally unacceptable, seems


strange, to say the least. If the motivation behind the plan was to improve


DISILLUSIONED. ’


the lot of the local population, then some justification could be argued in favour of the scheme.


Thompson. A story set in 18th century Scotland, where the Rev. Wyatt Jamieson leaves the slums of Glasgow to take up a ministry in the small village of Eskaig."Making and using terrari* urns and planters” — Allen Daley. Practical guide to mak­ ing your own miniature indoor gardens. "How to take and develop


on Sunday, when a table was' set for four members at the Ribblesdale Agricultural Centre, Salthill. In no time at all, the'volunteers were tucking


in, despite the presence of sheep in the ring to remind them where they were. Curious onlookers attending a nearby car boot sale offered words of encouragement. Diners were Peter Watson, Stephen Lord, Max­


co lo u r p h o to g ra p h s ” — Michael Freeman. Complete exposition of the principles of colour photography from taking the pictures to processing am printing them.


minutes, but the intrepid diners kept it up for a full 40 minutes. Their verdict: “Good food and good company!” Rotaract president Mr David Parkinson said: “I


do not know whether Iamb was on the menu, but our members certainly enjoyed themselves.


They did Ribble Valley proud.” 1.


— »*c.‘ * d.'sd vt-i d.t • * * ? ( + * * , ■ * * + * , idt- 4-V 6 »/ t'< \U*.dY


has led to promised Wlthin 48 hours of donations of £1,000, in clu d in g a £250 pledge from a 79-year- o ld C l i t h e r o e


share scheme. Individual support children a week


pensioner. An estimated £12,000 is


needed to keep the scheme going for a transitional


period of six months and despite hundreds of letters sent to local firms, finance has not been forthcoming. On Monday, members of


the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Policy and Resources


recent public meeting called in a bid to save the project, £1,000 had been pledged by individuals. On Monday night, coun­


Committee passed a request for funding to Accrington and Rawten- County Hall. Their deci- stall closed early this year, sion followed a debate Mr Evans said the pur- after watching a video of pose of the project was to skill share activities made reduce the level of unem- by the 1988 video skill ployment, which stood at a clasS-


higher level in 1984/5 than


mer farm worker, was found by a couple taking their dog for a walk. A resident of the War­


ren Holt Home for the Elderly, Wilpshire, he had survived 23 hours in sub­ zero temperatures, but sadly died in hospital on Monday.


No injuries


TWO cars were damaged in a five-vehicle road traf­ fic accident on the A59 near the Coronation Hotel, Horton-in-Craven, at the weekend. There were no injuries.


Trinity Youth Centre, will _ In Clitheroe, the organ- have been running for isers diversified activities three years at the end of in ways not intended by this month, when the Man- the MSC. power Services Commis- Mr Evans gave as an sion ceases to fund it.


The scheme, based at now.


cillors read a letter from District Education Officer Mr Peter Evans, who expressed the view that skill share tutor/organiser Mrs Cathy Byrne was seeking to obtain, upon the closure of the Clith­ eroe skill sharing project, a number of roles for which it was not designed. Similar projects in


concern over the integra­ tion of the mentally handi­ capped, Mr Evans claims it was never intended that the project should inter­ vene in work with men­ tally handicapped people and machinery already existed to provide classes for them. Coun. Leslie Nevett


Evans. Regarding Mrs Byrne’s


(Grindleton) said there had been a degree of success in many of the scheme’s acti­ vities which now merited some attention in certain areas. Interest at the pub­ lic meeting had been very high, with 150 people turning out to express their support for the con­ tinuation of the scheme. Chief Executive and


Clitheroe Advertiser & Time", March 9th, 1989 9- WI’s ruby anniversary is celebrated in style K 'J s k 'JKTa tries ^ 7 : . ) » l 7 r


Buyers in good heart


at mart THERE was a good trade at Clitheroe Auction Ma rt’s Tuesday sale despite a disappointing entry of calves. A good Belgian Blue from J. B. Airey and Son made £260 and a Blue heifer from the same farm made £168. A Charolais heifer made £160.


£188, Friesian bulls to £159 (average £151.60), Limousin bulls to £152 (£136), heifers to £172 (£153.33), Hereford bulls to £152.


Charolais bulls made to


half-bred ewes with single lambs made to £31.50 (£28.70), half-bred ewes with twins to £33 (£29.50) and hoggs to £31.


In the sheep section,


were 76 cattle and 391 sheep forward. It was another very' good day at the mart, with beef trade sharp and hoggs continu­ ing to improve.


At Monday’s sale, there


buyers were in good heart, especially for the best quality animals. Bulls went to 14 lp for a Belgian Blue from K. Gornall. Charolais made to 139p from F. Barton, Limousins to 138p from F. and K. Seed and Friesians to 120p.


In the beef section,


the graded section at 129p for a medium weight. A Limousin steer from J. H. and M. A. Morphet made to 129p, light steers to 127.5p for another Limou­ sin from H. S. Kaye with heavies making to 117p. The best heifers also sold well to peak at 126p for a medium weight Charo­ lais from T. and P. Robin­ son. Lights made to 123.5p for a Limousin from G. Moorhouse with heavies to I15p. Cows topped at 106p for a heavy Limousin, 88p for heavy Friesians and 96p for mediums.


Steers sold well to top


voluntary tutors passing daytime courses in Clith- on vocational and non- eroe especially for women, vocational/skills to people the elderly and single aged -18 'and over. It also parents, caters for the mentally and “The correct machinery physically handicapped, for providing education of who are integrated into this nature is not through


The project entails reference to a shortage of example Mrs Byrne’s


alongside it has become immensely successful and currently caters for 150


the various courses. A creche which has run


the MSC skill sharing pro­ gramme, but through Accrington and Rossen- dale College’s Department of Adult Studies,” says Mr


and commercial services Mr Dave Morris told the Housing Committee that there had been a signifi­ cant increase in council house sales. Mr Moms agreed with


Just fancy that


Coun. James McGhie that the Government’s new Housing Act had played a part in the increase.


dinner in the auction ring!


Director of Corporate Ser­ vices Mr Michael Jackson said the authority had never given any funding to the project. “There is now an element of education, social services and health. To my mind, funding should come entirely from Lancashire County Coun­ cil, with perhaps some ele­ ment from the Health Authority.” Coun. John Cliff (Lon­


temporary funding to keep the project running whilst approaches are made to the County Council’s Edu­ cation Committee and the European Social Fund for permanent funding.


Formerweaver


A REQUIEM Mass was celebrated at SS Michael and John’s Church, Clith­ eroe, on Monday, of Mrs Ann Price. Mrs Price, who lived


with her daughter, Joyce, in Shawbridge Street, Clitheroe, was 87. Born in Blackburn, she


lived for 20 years in Chat- burn, where she was a weaver in the mill. She and her husband, Noah, who died 16 years ago, moved to Clitheroe after retirement. In her spare time Mrs


Price enjoyed knitting. In addition to her


daughter in Clitheroe, she leaves a daughter, Peggy, in America. Following Requiem


Mass, interment took p la c e in C l i th e ro e Cemetery._______


Blood donors


THERE is to be a blood donor session in Clitheroe Parish Hall on March 18th, from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.


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g r id g e ) warned the authority it could be set­ ting a precedent if it granted financial help. Similar schemes existed in Longridge and if aid was given to Clitheroe there would be an application from them. Mrs Byrne is seeking


prices were very much on the upward path with a 23p rise in the week at the mart. The overall average of 173.32p compares with a n a t io n a l av e rag e of 171.65p.


In the hogg market


127.5p (119.5p), medium to 129p (115.7p), light heifers to 123.5p (115p), medium to 126p (109.7p), overall average 114.4p.


Light steers made to (£23.43).


141p (130.2p), ungraded s te e rs and heifers to lll.Sp (104.7p), cast cows to 106p (85.5p), standard hoggs to 205p (180.28p), medium to 187.5p (165.8p), heavy to 164.2p (149.7p). Overall average was 173.32p. Ewes made to £36


Young bulls made to


Mechanic fined and banned


A WHALLEY firm’s fore­ man motor mechanic was fined £300 and banned from driving for 18 months by Clitheroe magistrates fo r a d r in k -d r iv in g offence.


(24), whose home is in Heys Close, Blackburn, was said to be “highly regarded!’ by his Whalley employers and would keep his job despite the case. Wareing, who was also


Michael Gary Wareing


ordered to pay £15 costs, admitted driving a car with excess alcohol in his breath.


Billington at 4-20 p.m. Tests showed 71 micro­ grams of alcohol in 100ml of breath, compared with the legal limit of 35 micrograms.


Hartley told the court that the offence happened in


Prosecutor Mr David


the defendant nad called at senting Wareing, said that


the offence happened after


Mr Nigel Holden, repre- ing mp


the Judge Walmesley Hotel, Billington, when he had finished work. It was his first offence in seven years of driving.


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