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Sighs of relief as acid house party stays clear


THERE were huge sighs of relief from Ribble Valley Council officials at the weekend, following fears that the area’s; second acid house party would be staged within the borough.


The all-night party


went ahead at Tock- holes, despite a high court injunction to stop the event being held within the Black­ burn, Hyndburn or


Rail chiefs’ secret visit to view line


YOUNG musicians from St Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, took part in a major conference on “Faith and the Environment” at Canterbury Cathe­ dral on Saturday. The event, attended by famous names including


conservationist David Bellamy, was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature, which commissioned the musical “Yanomamo,” written and composed by St Augustine’s teacher Peter Rose and Colne teaching col­ league Anne Conlon. More than 80 singers and 20 members of the school


orchestra travelled to Canterbury to perform in the cathedral, which was originally founded by St Augustine. The pupils sang excerpts from the musical, with


solos from Lyndsay Regan, Paula Wilson and Toni Rol- land, and the narrator was Marie Clapham. At the end of the evening the cathedral was transformed by can­ dlelight as the choir and audience joined in another song by Anne Conlon and Peter Rose, “Care for your world.” Pictured above are musical director Peter Rose with


the musicians and singers, including (front left) soloists Paula, Toni and Lyndsay.


Three in collision


THREE vehicles were involved in a collision on the Bashall Eaves to Longridge road near Edisford Bridge on Sunday morning. They were a Ford Sierra, driven by Mr John


Bailey, of Riverside, Low Moor, an Opel Manta saloon driven by Mr Ian David Ridding, of Hamb- leton, near Blackpool, and a Land-Rover driven by Mr Richard Chacewkz, of Stalmine, near Blackpool. Clitheroe Fire Brigade attended the incident. There were no injuries.


ONE of the best- kept secrets in the Ribble Valley was out this week, when British rail management came to town to see for themselves the Blackburn-Helli- field railway line. They met lo ca l


council representa­ tives on Monday and discussed the future of the local line on board a two-coach train, which made a return


journey from Black­


burn to Hellifield, while British Rail management made a presentation of the costs which would have to be covered if a passenger line is to be


reintroduced. It is about 25 years


since the line was axed under Beeching’ s rail purges, but it was kept open as an emergency diversionary route, as much as a supply route for the Castle Cement works. The special visit was


made in two c la s s ic coaches pulled by a Class 47 diesel — an old wooden coach which is the private property of Sir Robert McAlpine and a luxurious


by Clive Barnden


Victory Lounge Car from Carnforth’s Steamtown. Although the British


Rail staff aboard were originally rumoured to include chief executive Sir Robert Reid and other members of the national board, those present were mainly North West opera­ tional managers, said Mike Anderson, provincial man­ ager for North West Ser­ vices. With him was his counterpart for the Settle- Carlisle line, Roger Cobb, plus an area manager and an investment manager. Representing the Ribble Valley were Coun. Mrs


Sheila Maw, chairman of the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Policy and Resources Committee, and the coun­ cil’s new chief executive, Mr Oswin Hopkins. R ep r e s en t in g loca l


councils were the Mayor of Blackburn and his wife, Coun. and Mrs Bill Taylor, plus guests from Lanca­ shire County Council, English Heritage and the Railway Heritage Trust. Mr Anderson said Brit­


ish Rail was “discussing the options open to us for this route and how we might realistically get co­ operation from the coun-


cils concerned.” According to Mr Hop­


kins, Ribble Valley was keen to help what the council sees as “an exciting development — and one which would mean a lot to the people of the Ribble Valley.” The train stopped at


Clitheroe barely long enough for its passengers to stretch their legs. The only reception committee on one of the disused plat­ forms was British Rail’s look-out, Fred Water- house, of Henthorn Road, who has been working on the line for three years, and a photographer and reporter from the “Clith­ e roe A d v e r t is e r and Times.”


Pensioner fights for ‘free’ water


BATTLING Clitheroe pensioner Mrs Ethel Penny believes no-one should have to pay for water.


“It’s free, it falls out


of the sky,” maintains the Clitheroe Old Age Pensions Association secretary. .


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So fervently does she


oppose water privatisation that she has written to the Prime Minister, Mrs Mar­ garet Thatcher, HRH The Queen and the House of Commons.


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WELCOMING Mr Anderson (right) to Clitheroe are Mr Hopkins and Coun. Mrs Maw


Speedboat


CLITHEROE police are investigating the theft of a sp e ed b oa t , ou tb oa rd motor and trailer, .valued at £2,500, which was sto­ len from yard premises in York Street. The fibreglass speed­


boat is a blue and white Glastron Fisher with a cathedral hull. The 50 h.p. outboard motor is a white- coloured Selva make. The property was stolen


between 9 p.m. on Satur- d a y and 8 a .m . on Monday.


Theme of light


LIGHT is the theme of the Church Urban Fund week which has been running since Sunday.


It carries on the theme


begun at the fund’s inau­ gural service in Westmin­ ster Abbey 18 months ago.


In churches and homes


o f e v e r y p a r ish in England, a million candles will be lit. Churches all over the Ribble Valley will be holding services on Sunday to m a rk .th e occasion.


ter, the Speaker sug­ gested she should contact her MP.


With her husband, Mr


Bob Penny, she put her case to Ribble Valley MP Mr David Waddington, but several days later was incensed to receive a letter thanking the couple for their visit, but stating Mr Waddington’s view that water privatisation “ is the route to more investment in the industry and higher standards.”


. “He missed the point I


was trying to make,” said Mrs Penny. “Water was ours and was taken away without any recompense. I have written back to him,


I but today we received a letter -from North West


Water inviting us as cus­ tomers to buy Lack what is our own.” In her letter to Mr Wad­


dington, Mrs Penny, of Hayhurst Street, Clith­ eroe, points out that the cost to the consumer is the gathering and retaining of water and piping to vari­ ous houses and works.


Our forefathers, she


says, purchased gathering grounds, sank boreholes, piped water into the towns and villages and built a sewage system, all of which cost money, with our ancestors footing the bill.


“Our water used to be


some of the best in the country until large water boards.took over,” said Mrs Penny, “and now it is rubbish. Why should our water be privatised by the Government when it does not own it?


“ Please give us back


what is ours by right. Instead of spending money for privatisation, it should be spent on the better­ ment of-the water and sewage departments and let us get back to water one can drink.”


Travels round world


JUST off on a round-the- world trip is 21-year-old Nigel J. Rudgyard, youn­ ger son of Mr and Mrs A. Rudgyard, of Meadfoot, Waddington Road, Clith­ eroe . . . who will today be enjoying the sunshine in Egypt. Nigel, who received a


first class B.Sc. honours degree in computer sci­ ence at Bristol University, has set off on his adven­ ture with two other stu­ dents from Bristol. Their travels will take them through India, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and America. Nigel, an old boy of


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, hopes eventually to make his career in com­ puters in the South of England. While in Aust­ ralia, he hopes to'work with computers for a while.


Cheers for magnificent seven!


REGULARS at The Cross Key s , in L ow e rg a te , Clitheroe, had a hair-rais­ ing experience on Sunday evening. . . when a mag­ nificent seven of them had their heads shaved for charity. Three regulars had


offered to lose their locks in a good cause, but as the evening wore on, “Demon Barber” Billy Redhead (32), of-Bold Venture Cot­ tages, Chatburn, found himself with three more volunteers and one not-so- willing customer; Said licensee Mrs Carol


Martin: “Alan Aspinall, of Whalley Road, Clitheroe, said he would have his head shaved for £50. He never thought the money would appear and when it did he was abso lute ly. speechless.” Alan, who was soon


absolutely hairless as well, ’ was in good company, with new volunteers Chris Go ld sm ith , o f Monk Street, Tommy Colbourn, of Whalley Road, and Ivan Duxbury, of Moss Street, all of Clitheroe,The hair­ brained event raised £600 which will be presented to a representative of Pend-


Ribble Valley areas. There were sighs of


relief, too, in Langho where hard-working mem­ bers of Billington and Langho Community Asso­ ciation became unwittingly caught up in the fracas. Officials erected a huge


marquee in an isolated vil­ lage field for Saturday’s fund-raising charity ball, just as council officials were appealing to the pub­ lic to notify them of any marquees erected in rural locations. Said Mr Richard Evans,


chairman of the associa­ tion: “ It’s just our luck. We spend 12 weeks plan­ ning our event and sud­ denly find everyone in the area searching for large marquees.” Fortunately there were


no problems on the night. Organisers liaised, with police to ensure that emer­ gency communications were available should there be any invasion by acid house party goers. Earlier in the week,


attempts to run a water supply to the site were beset by problems which resulted in the Fire Bri­ gade, a local builder and the water authority meet­ ing the day before the event to ensure that water was laid on. Saturday’s ball was a


huge success and launched the association’s appeal to r a i s e £ 1 5 , 0 0 0 b y November for its commu­ nity hall. Two hundred and fifty


guests helped to raise £2,000 on the night. Danc­ ing took place in the mar­ quee, complete with red carpet, to a steel band disco and sixties group and appetites were quelled by a steak barbecue. One of the highlights was a giant draw with


Burglary warning by police


C L ITH E R O E p o l ice issued a warning to people living in isolated proper­ ties this week, following a £7,000 burglary at farm­ house premises at Cow Ark. Thieves forced a rear


door at the premises between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., while the occupants were out, and made off with a wide rangi household property.


A police spokesman


warned that the-burglars could strike again locally at any time. Inquiries have been e x ten d ed throughout East Lanca­ shire. Anyone who has seen any unusual car movements or anything suspicious in the Cow Ark area should contact Clith­ eroe police on 23818. >


Stolen items included a


seven-foot grandfather c lo ck , a re c tan gu la r mahogany dining table, a Ferguson colour televi­ s i o n , a J V C v i d e o recorder, an ornamental oil lamp, a Phillips stereo radio cassette recorder and a Yamaha keyboard.


Charity shop reopening


•A COFFEE morning in Clitheroe fo r Oxfam, which was organised by Mrs Marjorie Haselden, raised £150.


The Clitheroe charity


shop in Market Place will be reopened by the MP for Ribble Valley, Mr David Waddington, on Septem­ ber 30th, after being closed for redecoration and internal alterations.


Clitheroe. Oxfani .secre­


lebury Children’s Hospital in the near future. • -But, the three “ good


e g g s ” o f th e n ig h t belonged to the original three volunteers — newly­ wed David Moon (27), of


Salthill ■ Road; Mark - Ser-; geant, a married father-of- -:


■ two, of Mitton View; and ■ Miss Lucy Byrne (19), of Park A v en u e , all o f Clitheroe. Sporting her new "hair-


style,” Lucy, who leaves the town to study for a degree in fine arts at West Surrey College of Art in a couple of days, said: “I like it. Now I can wear my new oriental hat, which I


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bought in London." Pictured hoping it will


be a warm autumn are new "baldies" ' (from the left)- Mark; .Lucy and David, with “Barber”. Billy Redhead.


tary Mrs J. R. Royle said Clitheroe people had been very generous with their custom since the premises opened in Market Place 12 years ago. Last year’s tak- ngs exceeded £36;000


alone. and now; ■ following the improvements, .it is- hoped to beat this figure.


prizes including a sunbed, flights in a light aircraft, champagne, telephone, snooker cue and restau­ rant meals. 1 Funds now stand at


£10,000, but altogether £25,000 is needed before applications can be made for grants. Time is limited and, according to secre­ tary Mrs Helen Birtwistle: “ It’s now or never. Costs are going up all the time and if we miss out on the next round of grant appli­ cations, we may never be able to raise enough money.” T h e a p p e a l w a s


launched with a £500 boost from Mr Colin Mustoe, of Senator International, and a house-to-house collection in Billington and Langho starts on Sunday. Said vice-chairman Mrs


Eileen Jungbluth: “The last one raised £1,400 and we are very optimistic. A lot of time has been given up by a lot of people.” A special parish meeting


is to be held on Wednes­ day and members of the community association hope that interest in their project will be sufficient to ensure a really good turnout.


Boys capture major awards for excellence


THREE Ribblesdale County High School stu­ dents have won major.awards for excellence in science and technology.


James Sillitoe, of Whal­


ley, Christopher Lewis, of Langho, and Stephen Whittaker, of Sanilesbury, are to receive gold “Crest” awards at a ceremony in Bristol tomorrow. “ Crest,” standing for


creativity in science and technology, is a national awards scheme for stu­ dents between the ages of 11 and 18, which has been running since 1986. Like the Duke of Edin­


burgh awards, “ Crest” gives young people the chance to win bronze, sil­ ver and gold awards for personal achievement. All three 16-year-old


boys spent over 100 hours each on their respective projects. James and Christopher


made , lounge cocktail bars in pinewood and mahog­ any, each with a variety of fitments and finishes, and Stephen made a leather- top wr i t in g de sk in polished Brazilian mahog­ any. Each individual piece of furniture was designed and drawn out before con­ struction began. Of the 5,000 students


from all over the country who took part in the award scheme during the last academic year, only 164 have gained gold awards. The awards are to be


presented by Mr Richard Gregory, chairman of the trustees and scientific director of The Explor­ atory, Temple Meads, Bristol.


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