AT Clitheroe Auction Mart's Tuesday sale there was a superb trade in Friesian bulls compared to other local markets, the top price being £205 (average £179.2). A better entry of quality


bride’s friend, Mrs [ifer D ew h u r s t , ned and made the


calves saw some good prices and the top was £312 for a Charolais bull from J. L. and M. Stephen­ son, Stonyhurst. Limousin bulls made to £204


Ing dress when Miss ,a Coughlin, daugh- of Mr and Mrs ughlin of Whalley , Langho, married ephen Swain, son of nd Mrs J.Swain of il Rise, Billington at eonard’s Church,


e bride, who was away by her father, a full-length dress of


> bride is a nursing ant at Calderstones ital and the bride- i is a welder fabrica- Clitheroe.


ns, with a sweetheart ine, short sleeves and ted bodice with a oed waistline. Her I skirt extendd to a frilled train and she


: satin, decorated lace, pearls and


esmaid Miss Susan dworth and small smaid Miss Jessica


id a bouquet of white ations, lilies and ds trimmed with sil- llowers, pearls and ns. ief bridesmaid was Janet Wilkinson,


ations, peach and jade ers trimmed with


armed by the Rev Q. ^on, a reception was at the Hillock Farm


ter the ceremony,


laurant, Old Langho. le couple are to live in n g w o r t h R o a d , ngton. notograph: Steven ick.ver, Burnley.


Raised £250 or hospital


2 sum of £250 was ed for Pendlebury dren's Hospital when ibers of Clitheroe Tre- Guild organised a cof- ivening. was held at the home


d bodices, off-the- ilder sleeves and d skirts with a frill at hemline. The junior esmaid wore a full- th white dress with trimmings. They car- bouquets of white


ghlin, the bride’s ger sister. eir dresses were of jade satin, with


Is and ribbons, st man was Mr Phillip hard and groomsman hristian Swain,


(£164.83), heifers to £135 (£92.75), Hereford bulls to £192 (£165.86), heifers to £89.67. Breeding Friesian heifers made to £148, a Charolais bull to £312, a heifer to £118 and a Blonde D'Aquitaine bull to £158. Top price in the newly-calved


section was £835 for a heifer from R. Boothman, Fence Three more heifers from J. L. and M. Birtle made to £790 (£765). There was a good show of 58


qualitycattle on Monday, which sold exceptionally well, with bulls topping at ISO.Sp for a Belgian Blue from T. W. Pick­ ard. Limousins made to 145p from R. and J. Brewer, Here- fords to 136p from T. Whitwell and Sons and Friesians to 12Sp from the same farm. Steers peaked at 135p for Limousin from B. Whalley and


light heifers made to 129p for a f ! — ---! — O


Unnttlt l%Aof kllAfulo Hill II WlfWl 111 V weights making to 92p.


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Limousin from P. Dewhurst. Mediums made to 136p for a Blue from T. W. Pickard. Cast cows sold well to reach 95p for t ic o heavy Friesians and 94.5p for heavy beef breeds, with medium


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in sheep, with 2,038 forward and prices up a good 20p per kilo on the week. It was the mart’s big­ gest lamb sale, when top quality 16-18kg animals could top 200p. This season to date, the overall average is 192.8p, against Mon­ day's national average of 192.58p. Young bulls: Light made to


150.5p (132.03p), medium to 122.6p. Steers: Medium made to


Heifers: Light made to 135p (124.88p), medium to ----- >). Ca ‘


135p (126.5p), heavy to 131p ( ‘12a79p).


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(124p) Cast cows made to 95p (87.66p).


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254.84p (197.24p), medium to 205.56p (191.24p), heavy to 183.33p (176.49p). Half-bred ewes made to 38.5p (28.6p), homed ewes to 28.2p (23.8p).


Lambs: Standard made to


Motorist reported theft


TWO Billington youths, who stole four wheel trims from a car, were spotted by another motorist and reported to the police. Clitheroe magistrates heard that a driver was


travelling along York Street in the town, when


geot car. He realised they were


A very bold trade took place


St James’s Church, Clith­ eroe, was the setting for the wedding of Mr Steven Cudworth, elder son of Mr and Mrs G. Cudworth of Riverside,. Low Moor, to Miss Rachel Thomas, elder daughter of Mrs J. M. Thomas of Raines Road, Giggleswick. . The bride is a care assistant and the bride­ groom a charge hand at a Blackburn carpet firm. The bride, who was


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given away by Mr J.Dea­ con, wore a backless white gown of layered tulle, with a satin bodice covered in seed pearls and off-the- shoulaer sleeves of layered tulle and seed pearls. She carried a bouquet of white lilies,


gypsophila an ia red and red stephanotis,


white rose buds. Chief bridesmaid was


the bride’s cousin, Miss Sarah Drachenberg and bridesmaid was the bride­ groom’s sister, Miss Caro- fine Cudworth. They wore off-the-shoul-


der dresses of cerise satin, trimmed with satin rose­ buds, with headdresses of cerise and white rosebuds trimmed with seed pearls. They carried shower bou­


quets of red and white rose buds and gypsophila. Best man was Mr John


Middleton, and ushers were the bridegroom’s brother, Mr Matthew Cudworth, and the bride’s, brother Mr Dale Thomas. A reception was held at


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the Stirk House Hotel, Gisbum, before the couple left for a honeymoon in the


south of England. They " ' Clitheroe.


he saw two men acting suspiciously near a Peu­


lr and Mrs D. Harri- in Claremont Drive, a beautiful evening


bled coffee to be ■ed in the garden. Var- stalls and games were bv the Guides and


n your guard


:t the police (Clitheroe ■118).


Ordination


IE Rev. Paul Hartley of theroe Parish Church, s ordained to the priest- od in Blackburn Cathe- al, last Sunday.


The ceremony was con- icted by the Bishop of ackbum, the Rt Rev. A. Chesters.


Pendle Club


'INNERS at the bridge ssion of the Pendle Club,


ors field.


litheroe, were Mrs L. ynch and partner. Mrs Gudgeon and Mr G.


fhe incidents have ;en place in Wiswell, bden and Rimington. yone who sees anything picious is asked to con-


LICE at Clitheroe are rning Ribble Valley idents, particularly in al areas, to be on their rd following a spate of glaries and attempted 'glaries.


stealing the wheel trims and noted the number of the car the thieves were using.Giles William Kitchini (19), of Fells View, am Dean John Bonney (19), of Pasturelands Drive, were each fined £100, with £20 costs, after admitting stealing the wheel trims, worth £60, belonging to Susan Haythomthwaite


Driver fined £200 and banned


A POLICE officer spotted a car being driven through Whalley without its head lights on in the early hours


of-'the morning. When he stopped the


car, the policeman realised that the driver’s breath smelled of intoxicants. Jonathon Paul Gleave


are to live in L............. Photograph: John Barry Photography, Blackburn.


Fuel spills into local brook


A WHALLEY animal feeds producer could face legal action over a spillage o f fuel oil into a local brook.The incident happened last week during a deli­ very of diesel fuel oil to F-.Ashcroft and Son Ltd. One hundred litres were spilt and ran into the brook which crosses Spreadeagle Farm. Farmer Robert Ian Lit­


tle had to fence off the brook to stop his cattle drinking the polluted


(19), of Standen Road, Clitheroe, was found to have 62 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml. of breath, the legal limit being 35. He was fined £200 and


I Whalley Parish Council clerk Mrs Joyce Hindle was called down to scene and both she and the farmer contacted North West Water. Meanwhile, Mr John Ashcroft also co n tac ted the w ate r authority on behalf of the


water and had to clean up about a dozen ducks and geese, who were drenched in the oil.


disqualified from driving for 12 months after admit­ ting the offence.


Married for 53 years


THE funeral service took place on Monday at St I Helen’s Church, Wadding- to n , of Mrs Gladys Spencer, of Brook House I Farm, Waddington. She


was 73.


in Durham and and shej and her husband, Harold, I had been married for 531 years. They had farmed at Waddington for 33 years. Mrs Spencer was a |


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member of Waddington Women’s Institute and the Mothers’ Union. She leaves a'husband, ttfol m a r r ie d sons and a| daughter.


Moves for


yellow lines MOVES are afoot for dou­ ble yellow lines_ to be


' The Ribble Valley Council’s Public Works


placed along one side of a cul-de-sac outside Bowker Bros works near Moor Lane, in Clitheroe. ■


and Health Committee agreed to back the firm’s request after it- reported that all-day parking by| cars was ma tkii:ng access


for service!


vehicles. Police support the move


and the request will now go to the county sur ­ veyor’s department.


firm. Water authority staff


gave Mr Ashcroft some


absorbent pads to mop up the oil ana he said these


worked very well. “Only about 300yd. of


the brook, or drain, were affected and none of the oil reached the Calder,” he


added.


Bike boy raises £150


THE rain drenched young Clitheroe cycliit Andrew Kent on Satur­ day when he made his sponsored 40-mile , ride around the Ribble Val­ ley — but it could not dampen his spirits. ■


Andrew (10),of Whal­


ley Road, completed his gruelling circuit around 18 churches in the area, and raised.£150 for the premature baby unit at ■ Queen’s Park Hospital; Bla ckburn, and St James’s Church, Clith­ eroe, which his family attends.


Dur in g the ride,


.Andrew stopped to take notes from church no­ tice-boards to prove he had compl eted the


circuit. No seat belt


increasingly difficult and FOR failing to wear a seat dangerous


belt while driving along Chatbum Road, Clitheroe, r John Braithwaite (32), of Pieeery Cottages,. With;, gill, was fined £20 by the town’s magistrates.


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