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Ridiculous prices quoted
Town fed up with property ‘whoppers’
nalism, “The Sunday Times,” is the latest national newspaper to blow up out of all pro-
WHO’S kidding who? Clitheronians are getting heartily fed up of national newspapers telling outrageous “whoppers” about the cost of houses in the town. That pillar'of jour
portion the local prop erty scene with an said. “We have had to tell article headlined “No them that they are simply
ticularly confused people in the process of selling their terraced homes,” he
time,”nfellingSreaders
that W e d houses in Clitheioe aie fetch homes in the town, his ing up to £100,000.
they got that quote from, Agents Entwistle Green but it certainly wasn’t told us that these prices from me,” said the Mayor were forcing many young of Clitheroe, Coun. Pat couples out of Clitheioe Shepherd, who was inter- into cheaper homes in sui- viewed for the story.
“I don’t know where about £40,000.
ing me where these outra geously expensive ter races are. The impression is getting about that
houses in Clitheroe cost a home jn Great Harwood “We looked in the Clith-
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far more than th ey for£14,500. actually do.”
Recently “The Daily eroe area for 18 months, Telegraph” also crossed its ^ut found nothing fingers behind its back could afford, said Julie, when it announced that “These prices are making back-to-back terraces in young couples leave and
more than £60,000. “Those prices are ridicu
“People have been ask- One young Clitheroe
rounding towns like Great Harwood and Rishton.
couple, Miss Julie Dixon, of Kemple View and Mr David Punchard, of Cardi- gan Avenue, have bought
saidteadv firm found they averaged
Church Street, Clitheroe, said the prices had misled many of his customers. “The prices have par
sellers, please, national papers, leave Clitheroe alone and stop telling stories! You know what happened to Pinocchio!
THURSDAY, MAY 18th, 1989 No. 5,366 Price 24p
SERVING THE RIBBLE VALLEY COMMUNITY Gearing up to improve road safety
WHETHER you own a Ferrari or a modest Robin Reliant, your driving skills may not be up to
scratch. So, as your leading community newspaper, we
are gearing up to do something about it! We have lined up a special safe driving compe
burn Area Road Safety Association have joined forces to stage the event on Sunday, June 11th, with the emphasis on safety and manoeuvrability
tition in Clitheroe to find the Ribble Valley’s two top drivers — one from each of two age groups. The “Advertiser and Times” and the Black
motorists from the age of 17 up to 20 and one for
and not speed. There are two categories — one for young
adult drivers over 21. The competition, open to people living in the
Ribble Valley, is made up of two sections. Firstly, the entrants will drive around a set course which winds its way through the Ribble Valley for about 12 miles. The driving seat
The royal seal of
approval
the town were now worth Clitheroe will become a town for old people, or young couples on very
lous,” said the manager of Prudential Property Ser vices in Castlegate, Mr Solicitors in Clitheroe, and David Stubbs. “ The her fiance David, who average price for a ter- W
high wages.” Julie, who is a secretary
for Forbes and Partners
raced house in Clitheroe is at the town’s Thornbers £35-40,000 and some Mill, say their home would Southerners looking for j,e worth twice as much in homes raise their eye- clitheroe. brows at that. They think gut while the prices are we are still the cloth cap t00 high-for many of the and clog brigade in Lanca- town’s young couples, they shire and that terraced are still nowhere near homes should sell for £100,000 for terraced £6-7,000."
Orks as a cloth inspector homes. So, in the wake of
ager, Mr Stephen Hatton, house buyers and much of G. A. Properties in disappointment to house
Another agency man- much confusion caused to
f T h e m o s t d e l ig h t fu l w a y to e n jo y y o u r H om e .
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THE Royal seal of approval has been given to a campaign to rid the nation of cot deaths, thanks to the tenacity of a remarkable Clitheroe lady who has become a champion fund-raiser at the age of 86.
was left speechless when a letter bearing th e Ro y a l sea l dropped through the letter-box of her home
Mrs Janet M. Brook ~ IV/I
by VIVIEN MEATH
abeth the Queen Mother enclosed a handsome dona tion to the Breath Fund and spoke warmly of recollections of previous meetings with Mrs Brook, the widow of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Said Mrs Brook: “I may
in Chatburn Avenue. For HRH Queen Eliz
Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey in 1953. In the late 1940s and
early 1950s she was the national president of the
now be a useless member of society at 86, but I decided there was some thing useful I could do from my armchair to help this very worthy cause. “The fund is now going
Girls’ Friendly Society. During her term of office the society celebrated its 7 5 th b ir th d a y and mounted a celebratory pageant at the Royal Albert Hall. The Queen Mother, then
Queen Elizabeth, attended the event in the afternoon and the Princess Royal, then Princess Mary, went to it in the evening. “That is how I originally
to get off the ground and while I have breath in my body I shall go on collect ing for the Breath Fund.” Mrs Brook retired to
by TOBY CHAPMAN
entrant will need a navigator to help with direct ions. Dotted along the route will be official observers checking that the Highway Code is fol lowed and that the driving is of a high and safe
standard. After this, the team will enter the second part
of the tough competition — a general manoeuvres test — to take place in Booth’s car park, Clith eroe. The driver will be expected to complete a number of simple tasks, such as reversing the car into a confined space and completing a three-
will collect penalty points for general mistakes, leaving the person with the lowest number of pen
point turn. All the way through the competition drivers
alty points as the winner. The Blackburn Area Road Safety Association
publicity and press officer, Mr Walter Hounslow, said: “The drivers will not be timed. The theme of the competition is safety. We work in close con junction with the Lancashire County Council Road Safety Section.” All successful entrants will receive a certificate
Times.” It does not matter what type of car you drive as
and there will be awards for the first three in each section, with the trophies for the two win ners being donated by the “Advertiser and
long as it is roadworthy. Insurance and M°T documents, along with a valid driving licence, must be brought on the day of the competition and, as an extra safety precaution, an official representative from a major motoring organisa
tion will inspect each car. Entries will be limited, so anybody wishing to
take part should register quickly on our entry form, to be published next week. Meanwhile, further information can be
HERE'S your chance to honour someone who has contributed to Ribble Valley life and, at the same
Searching for new Mayor of Worston
time, give charities a big boost. The “Advertiser and Times” is looking for the
new Mayor of Worston, and we want readers to help us find a local person worthy of this ancient
office. The old tradition, based on the CalFs Head at
Worston in the days of Queen Victoria, was
revived last October. The present Mayor, Mr Neil Bray, managing
director of East Lancashire Newspapers, pub lishers of the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” is planning a major fund-raising event on June
18th to raise hundreds of pounds for the Roefield Leisure Centre Appeal. Next year’s Mayor will be installed on the day.
And that’s where you come in . . . We want you to nominate someone for the
office, bearing in mind that the office is certainly not onerous — and, perhaps more importantly, it will give the new Mayor a chance to raise a con siderable amount of money for a charity of his or
her choice. Your nominee could be a fund-raiser extraor
dinaire, a person who simply offers a helping hand, a kind individual who is an inspiration to
others. A short-list of “aldermen” will be drawn up and
it is from these that the new Mayor of Worston
urgency, is to send in your nomination, clearly marked “Mayor,” to the Editor, “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” 3 King Street, Clithcroe, by May 31st, giving brief reasons for your suggestion.
will be chosen. . The important thing'now', as a matter'of
live in the Ribble Valley, first in Holden and then in Clitheroe 19 years ago. She moved here from
came to meet her and I never expected after 39 years that she would remember the occasion,” says Mrs Brook. Some years later Mrs
Grasmere in the Lake Dis trict, where she had retired with her husband Richard in 1953. During her eventful life
Brook and her husband entertained the Queen Mother to tea in Suffolk. “She was a person who
put you at your ease com pletely,” she recalls. “I know she is such a
she has met the Queen Mother on several occa sions and took a front seat at the Coronation of HM
lover of children at her great age and she is devoted to her own. I think she is s t i l l the favourite Royal.” Admitting it was “pure
cheek” which made her take the unprecedented step of writing to the Queen Mother, Mrs Brook says: “I thought ‘nothing ventured, nothing won. I can only receive a snub.’ Never in my wildest dreams did I expect a very handsome donation by return of post.”
arian, Mrs Brook sent her letter addressed to a lady- in-waiting. “I said I am only small fry and it is very presumptious of me to write to Her Majesty because I have met her.” The reply, on Clarence
An unassuming octogen
later and read: “Dear Mrs Brook, I am
commanded by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to thank you for your letter of 5th May. “Queen Elizabeth was
House embossed note- paper, arrived five days
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COMPLAINTS about river pollution in the Ribble Valley reached an all-time high this week, as residents and sports fanatics decided
"enough is enough.” Residents of Up Brooks,
Clitheroe, called out an environmental health officer from Ribble Valley Council when a mother found “smelly, horrible scum and brown sludge” at the nearby confluence of Mearley Brook and Wor- ston Brook, where her son and other children play. Earlier, water board
WORLD-CLASS canoeists Dean Thompson (in the canoe) and John Royle, who say the Calder is now “offensive”
special meeting between
North West Water’s direc- by KAYE MOON Meanwhile, local can tor of operations, Dr
1st.
Michael Dyer, and Pendle Health Committee, at bers of Great Britain Council Environmental Colne Town Hall, on June canoe squads — have
1 oeists — including tnera-
joined the uproar about pollution on the_ River Calder, near Whalley. However, their com
plaints brought a rebuff from the water board’s
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Football club fears wind-up
CLITHEROE Football Club is in danger of being wound up as it faces mounting debts.
so pleased to have news of you after such 3 long time
now coming out of the cup boards ana we are being faced with large bills we knew nothing about, with no money to pay them,” said club chairman Charles Murphy.
“All the skeletons are
we are preparing to put up the floodlights, the elec tricity company is threa tening to cut off our supply." Now that the season has
“It seems ironic that as
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Stock car champ in TV quiz
RIMINGTON’S John Lund, who is Stock Car World Champion, will be keeping a straight face t omo r r ow when he appears on ITV’s quiz game “Tell the Truth” at 3 p.m. John (35), who has been
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Wood Farm in the village, takes part in more than 80 races a year. As well as the world championship, he is constantly travelling the length and breadth-of the United Kingdom to race in national meetings.
More jobs
THERE is more good news dn the Ribbie Valley employment front with the opening next week of another new store in Clitheroe. Iceland Frozen Foods
is to employ 20 workers at its new Castle Street store, which opens next Thursday. The shop occu pies the former premises of Clitheroe Co-op.
ended, the club has hardly any income. It appears to have managed to stay afloat by using the cash generated from its home games, but the many cred itors are now becoming restless. The club is also having
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problems negotiating the lease of its Shawbridge ground with Standen Hall Estates. It is a prime town centre site which no doubt developers will be eyeing greedily in the current Ribble Valley property boom. “We need an injection of
money qui ckly ,” Mr Murphy said, “otherwise I dread to think what will happen to the club.”
Courageous schoolgirl’s fitting tribute to her mother
THE courage of a 17-year- money raised will “"help to ol -- —d Clitheroe sc 'hoolgir ’ rirl is
officials were called out by Sabden residents to a minor spillage of diesel oil in Sabden Brook, but could not trace where it had come from. Residents of the Salthill
I appear. Pollution caused when
touching hearts all over from having to suffer the the Ribble Valley. “ same loss.”
prevent
o.ther families P . .
area of Clitheroe said that a kingfisher which visits Mearley Brook annually has this year failed to
I will be the subject of a ' f -
caustic soda accidentally spilled into Sabden Brook
jump in aid of the Cancer Research Campaign. Plucky Joanne, who is in
a sponsored parachute
the lower sixth form at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, says she hopes the
cer three
weeks.before she died.
sfea
forms are being filled in and sc far £350 has been promised. However, the Tyne family is hoping the
Already sponsorship „ ..
end result will be nearer £500 and Joanne’s father, Mr Terry Tyne, and her brother Gary (20) are helping by taking sponsor ship forms to their places of work at Castle Cement
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training at Flookburgh, near Grange-over-Sands, before undertaking her jump a week on Saturday. “Pm looking forward to
Joanne will do a day’s it,” she said.
joker in every pack and -one of Joanne’s sponsors has promised her £5 if she makes the jump unharmed and £10 if she breaks something! (We suggested she take an egg!)
Of course, there is a Anyone wishing to spon
sor Joanne — and who could resist supporting such a brave effort — can obtain a form by ringing Mr M. Webster (Clitheroe 26526).
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