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JOANNE IS FLYING HIGH FLYING high is Billing-


ton’s Joanne Hilton. For Joanne has won first


prize in a travel eompetilion run by GU Airways — lunch with actor I’ etcr Howitt, for­ mer star o f the television comedy “ Bread,” plus four luxury short breaks. The 21-year-old assistant


manager at the Blackburn branch o f the Thomas Cook


travel agency is now looking forward to sun, sand and sea in Madeira, Gibraltar, Casab­ lanca and Marrakesh.


Joanne collected her tickets


for two during lunch at a Galwick hotel, where she was wined and dined by the actor. The com p e t it ion in v o l ­


ved answering travel ques­ tions and completing the tie­ breaker “Why do you fly GB


Airways?” Joanne’s answer: “GB Air­


ways, the Great British way to f ly ” clinched the first prize, much to the delight o f her fiance, Carl Mashitcr, who will be travelling with her.


The couple are look in g


forward to their wedding in June and are planning to sample their first holiday


break shortly with a trip to Gibraltar.


A former pupil o f Whallcy


County Primary School and St Wilfr id’ s High School, Blackburn, Joanne, who says she has never won anything before, flew to Gatwick with her branch manager, who also has reason to be grateful to her — he was presented with four luxury breaks too!


Lucky escape minibus drama


FIVE Clitheroe teenagers had a lucky escape from death on Sunday after their Ford Transit minibus left the road and overturned near the Lower Hodder Bridge.


The five are all


members of Trinity Youth Club and when y ou n g s te r s there heard about the acci­ dent they flocked to Blackburn Royal Infir- mary with cards, sweets and flowers for


them injured friends. The minibus ploughed


Our photgraphs show the wrecked minibus. . . and, below, visitors at Andrew’s bedside. From the left are his sister, Liza (12), father Barry, Phillip Bur­ gess, Steven Joyce and Shane Dewhurst


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this week after treatment,' legs gave way. Doctors treating him for an injured


through a hedge and threw several of the teen­ agers into a field off Whal- ley Road, near Hurst Green. Four went home earlier


vertebrae are hopeful he will make a good recovery. Fortunately, the wind­


screen had already shat­ tered when Andrew was thrown through it and he


escaped serious head injuries. A keen footballer, the


Rolls-Royce apprentice plays for Chatburn FC and that afternoon had been due to appear for Henth- orn under-18s in a match against Great Harwood. The others taken to


hospital were Jozef Magee (18), of Siddows Avenue, and 16-year-olds Michael Gudgeon, o f Derwent C r e s c e n t A n d r e w Howarth and Philip Dux- bury , both o f Union Street, Low Moor. Jozef, who works at


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A YOUTH aged 16, alleged to have wounded R im in g ton te en a g e r Richard Oliver (19) as the result of an incident at a disco at the White Bull Hotel, Gisburn, on St Valentine’s night, was acquit ted at Preston Crown Court. A jury acquitted him of


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home from Blackpool, where they had been play­ ing ten-pin bowling. The minibus, which belonged to Jozefs father, Noel, was a write-off.


Jozef was at the wheel


when the vehicle left the road, but he cannot recall what happened, said his mother, Irene. She added: “All the lads were split up in the hospi-


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but the fifth remained in hospital and was said to be “ comfortable” after suf­ f e r in g a f r a c tu r e d vertebrae. Andrew Hargreaves


(16), of Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe, was hurled through the windscreen and slid along the ground for 35 yards before ending up in a field. He remained conscious


and tried to stand up and look for his friends, but his


tal and their first thoughts were how the others were.


It was very touching. “We are very relieved


they are all safe. They • continued on page 17


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All aboard for skateboard special?


COMMITTED skateboard enthusiasts in the town are to get the backing of the local council in their fight for seri­ ous recognition.


m After receiving a I’iiSM'iHtu Til lu t D.i; ,- rhuk


petition from a num­ ber of local fanatics, client and technical manager Mr Malcolm Walker produced a detailed study of the sport, making a final conclusion that the phenomenon of 1989 was not a repeat of 1979. Mr Walker presented


the investigation at the Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee. He reported that there were a group of skaters in the town who did not cause trouble and that there was a need for a place for them to skate­ board, but not an outdoor facility, as it would be open to vandalism and would deteriorate more quickly. He stressed that it was


LANCASHIRE’S top policewoman has come to the defence of Clitheroe’s young people.


Supt Wynne Dar­


win, commander of Clitheroe sub-division, said many o f the town’s youths were b e in g u n f a i r l y


stamped as Vandals. “ Clitheroe is not an


unsafe place to be and the people do not need to hide behind locked doors, in fear o f stepping out at night,” she told members of the Ribble Valley Dis­ trict Police Liaison Com­ mittee. “ I believe Clith­ eroe is safer than most places and certainly as safe as anywhere else.” H e r w o r d s cam e


towards the end of the meeting, in the town’ s civic suite, during which criticism was heaped on the area’s youngsters. I s s u e s r a i s e d


included. . . • Riding pedal cycles on


pavements. • Alcohol abuse. • Problems with young


motor cyclists. • And the“maniacal”


Vivien Meath


driving of cars through the town centre. Supt Darwin said she


initially became aware of residents’ concern about town centre problems through the local press, not because of complaints made to the police.


As a result, the police


earned out a town centre survey on four occasions, doing a radar check on a total of 321 vehicles, of which only eight were motor cyclists. “A radar trap was put


on the main street during that time and no-one went through exceeding the speed limit,” she said. “Eight motor cyclists were rep o r ted fo r various offences, none of which was speeding. One motor cycle was seized, one youth was reported for the theft of a beer glass, two youths for litter offences


TOWN IS NOTAN UNSAFE PLACE


Police chief says it is unfair to stamp local


and one motor cyclist reported for travelling along Church Street in the wrong direction. I have not had any complaints at the police station." She believed the town


youths as vandals “ I have not had com­


centre had been a tradi­ tional meeting place for young people for the last 20 years.


“ I know they have been


accused of causing a tre­ mendous amount of litter and we have gone to the extent of checking litter bins. During the night, my officers have had to chase animals away from the bins. It is not always the youths who are at fault.” Supt Darwin suggested


larger litter bins in the town centre as a partial solution.


plaints from any old per­ son that he or she is being attacked or abused. I have officers and their wives who live in Clitheroe. They do not want it to become a war zone; they live in the town. “ I will keep on with my


endeavours to keep the town centre and the rest of Clitheroe safe for local people. I believe it is safer than most places and as safe as anywhere else. The crime rate is low and down on other places.” In reply to a query,


Supt Darwin stressed she was not suggesting that people should not lock their doors at night, but that people should not be afraid of venturing out.


LOCAL POSTMAN CONQUERS AFRICA’S HIGHEST PEAK


A CLITHEROE postman was one of only seven experienced climbers to reach the top of Africa’s highest peak out of a 26-strong expedition.


Altitude sickness took


its toll as the party strug­ gled up Mount Kiliman­


jaro, the 19,340ft. former volcano famous for its b iza r re w i ld l i fe and vegetation. Some team members


were coughing up blood the higher they went and one by one had to drop out b e ca u s e of s e v e r e headaches. But for Clitheroe post­


man Robert Stafford the climb was the culmination of a lifetime’s ambition and he was determined to press on come what may. • Bob (36), o f Kemple


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View, recalled: “ I just did not think of giving up. It was a fantastic climb despite all the hardships. I have been climbing for 20 years, but this is the one I always wanted to do, and it certainly lived up to its reputation.” ' The 12-day expedition


had been spec ial ly arranged to coincide with


the first ascent in October 1889.


v Things did not start


encouragingly for the expedition when it arrived in Dar es Salaam, the Tan­ zanian capital. The party’s ice picks were confiscated by worried officials who feared the implements might be used as offensive weapons.


But things took a deci­


dedly friendlier turn when the country’s minister of land resources and tourism turned up with a large


party to give the climbers an official send-off com­ plete with singers and dancers. There were 60 porters


and eight guides, including a man reputedly to be 118 years old who said he accompanied the original expedition. The Af r i can t r ibes


regard Kilimanjaro as being magic and it cer­ tainly has unique features because of its nearness to the equator. Bob explained: “As you


go up you come across vegetation found at differ­ ent latitudes on the earth’s surface. It is absolutely amazing."


Starting at the lowest


slope is luxuriant jungle cover which gradually


Eves way to a savannah


summit is ice and snow worthy of the Arctic.


'. ’ There is even a touch of the Ribble Valley, with


Bob recalling that one part of the slope was like the top of Pendle Hill, but with heather-type vegeta­ tion six feet tall!


One part was just a


desert of ash, a reminder of the mountain’s violent past, and trekking through acres of it was like walking on the moon, he said.


After three full days of


ascent, the surviving climbers reached a rocky scree at 15,000ft. Here they paused to plan their final assault on the sum­ mit.


% ""■IN ■ ' ndscape. Finally on the The terrain was so diffi­


cult they agreed to set off at 1 a.m. when the fro­ zen ground would, make passage easier.'This was the hardest part of all, but after a nine-hour struggle, zig-zagging across it they stood triumphant on the ’summit and gazed down at


Now Bob is back home


with a host of photographs and slides to show his family and friends. One clay he hopes to go off again, but next time to tackle Mont Blanc in the French Alps,


Roland flies the flag


CLITHEROE’S Town Crier was fly­ ing the flag for the Ribble Valley in Yorkshire last weekend.- Roland Hailwood took part in a


town criers’ competition at Borough Bridge and thought he had won — until the.winner was announced. “There arc times when you know


you’ve done well, and this was one,” he said. “But it was a good competi­ tion, with 13 taking part, and the winner-was:the current national champion,.Alan Booth, who is Scar­


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borough’s Town Crier.” The contest was part o f the celebra­


tions marking the. bicentenary o f the Edinburgh to London mail coach run and raised money for. the Riding for the Disabled charity;' Roland was one o f five town criers


accompanying Baroness Masham when she unveiled an embossed stone to mark the bicentenary. He also took part in a medieval banquet, w h i c h f o rm e d part o f t he celebrations.


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important to understand sk a teb oa rd in g was a sport.


It was recommended


that the council either bor­ row or hire a mini-bus and run tr ip s to Goshen Centre, Bury, for a period o f time, to gauge the amount of interest in the town. The covered centre at Bury is used by many skaters throughout the area and includes half-pipe ramps and all the latest facilties. Coun. Charles Wark-


man (Mellor) appreciated the positive report, but said that he was not sure about spending ra te ­ payers’ money on a minor­ ity sport. Ribble Valley Mayor


Coun. John Cliff (Lon- gridge) said that although the council might have to subsidise the trips, anyone interested in going to Bury must be willing to pay. The council is to look at


the proposal and an officer is to arrange a number of visits to the Bury centre for interested councillors.


Go-ahead


for museum repairs


THE full cost of repairs to floors at Clitheroe Castle Museum will be met by


the Ribble Valley Council after all. When the original esti­


mate o f £14,000 was exceeded by £5,000 the subject was debated by the council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee, which did not have dele­ gated powers to exceed budget constraints. On Monday the subject


was raised at the council’s Policy and Resources Committee, which has to be informed of all potential over-spending, and the increase was approved without comment.


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