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HUNDREDS of visitors from all over Lancashire witnessed the enthronement of the new Sham Mayor of Worston at the Mayor-making ceremony


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Arnside House, Old Back Lane, Wiswell, who was selected from a short list of six Ribble Valley can­ didates to uphold the old 'village tradition dating


The new ‘Mayor* is Mr Roy Dewhurst (57), of ' , ,


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WHALLEY’S own “Superman,” veteran


runner Albert Ashworth, took pint-sized apprentice Stephen Hartley out for a training run


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jog-a-long in aid of the Roefield Leisure Centre Appeal. Clayton-le-Moors


up the miles in readiness for Wednesday’s


this week. The pair arc clocking


Harrier Albert, of Moorfield, Whalley, is passing on a few tips to four-year-old Stephen, of Shays Drive, Clithcroe. A pupil at Pendle


Worston, shows Mr Dewhurst being congratulated by the outgoing ‘Mayor,’ Mr Neil Bray, managing director of East Lancashire Newspapers. The main attraction of the day was a contest to


Pictured in the gardens of the Calf s Head Hotel, TT . TI , , l !


guess the weight of the bull, which was won by teacher Mrs Christine Snapc, of Beechwood


Avenue, Clithcroe. Her prize is a weekend for two at the Call s


Head where, by sheer coincidence, she and her hus­ band Roy celebrated their engagement. Mr Snape, who is a butcher, expects to be ribbed by his friends for helping his wife to size up the


weight of the massive bull. Said Mrs Snape: “I have never won anything


the hotel for a stay.”


Full report and pictures inside on page 13


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County Primary School, Stephen is taking part in the two-mile fun run with his seven-year-old brother, Andrew, and mother, Mrs Pamela Davis. Albert, now in his 60s and recently retired after


31 years as factory manager at Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Hartley Street Mill at Great Harwood, will be taking part in the four-mile run which is open to over 16s. The two-mile event


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begins at 6-30 p.m. and the four-mile at 7 p.m. The organisers stress both runs are strictly for fun, and participants can walk, jog or run around the course. There are lots of


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Police search for missing teenager


MEMBERS of a Clitheroe family are devas­ tated following the disappearance of their teenage son.


bum (15) left his home in Somerset Avenue on Saturday to visit a local shop and has not been seen since.


Simon Howard Black-


and we don’t know where,” said his father, seven and a half stone, Mr Howard Blackburn, on with short blonde hair Tuesday.


Grammar School pupil, Simon is believed to have packed a bag and taken a small amount of money and his passport with him. “We don’t know why


A Clitheroe Royal semi-shaved at the back.


problems at home or his right wrist, school. He never went out Members of his family a lot and has a couple of pnd police ask anyone who close friends who are as has any idea where he may devastated as we are. We he to contact them.______


“There have been no He has a two-inch scar on


always felt he could talk to us. We have our bits of do’s like any other family, but he was doing well at school and things were looking good.”


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thought he could have made Kis way to Blackpool and might be looking for work in the resort but, said his father: “We just don’t know. He could be anywhere.


The family initially


whatsoever and when he comes back we will sort out any problems and he will have all the love and attention he can get.” Clitheroe police are


“He is in no trouble


“mrmaf-ov” Designer Monsters , , most roared with Mrs Greene has joined non man, sue on ou.y oui monstei


M must the Ribble Valley’s lauSnter anH


out-do Dr Frankenstein when it comes to produc­ tion numbers, her mon­ sters are all “adorable and likeable characters,” each one entirely different.


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surely rate as ia“ehto and thought they the newly-formed y w„ii„„ n„na ,= a


we?P ir eat ” she said


into operation in King Kong of new tthp villacrp thi<? business ideas,


Peter! d S d manager big idegas. The guild is run agency on Clitheroe 22110. Mrs Greene’s husband


n e V i l l a g e Lilts Though Mrs Greene can week.


of Philips Components in Blackburn, and daughters Suzanna (20), Rebecca (18) and Genevieve (10) were all in favour of the idea and the girls have also made a monster apiece.


is at her home, 49 Down- - (44), who painted Chat­ ham Road, and it is here burn’s' pantomime scenery that the two-foot high, for four years and has papier and cloth mache even designed her own monsters take shape.


Mrs Greene’s workshop ( /.Artistic Mrs Greene


unusual presents and can Although she obtained a be designed however a physics degree, she has customer wants — even now crossed over to the wearing a favourite.ioop- arts and has just corn- ball team’s colours,” said pleted a year’s course at Mrs Greene, who is also hoping to supply retail outlets in the area. She first hit on her


“My monsters are newideas.


novel idea when teaching handicrafts to elderly resi­ dents at Manor House


garden, is always learning


Pot luck as lads meet Chief Scout


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Blackburn College of Art. She also did an open art class at Ribblesdale School, Clitheroe, under the adult education scheme, and in October starts a BA in fine art and


Job loss rumours denied


RUMOURS of impending any case there were, only redundancies at Clith- 620 on the total payroll, eroe’s Castle Cement were “We are well ahead of rife in the town this week our annual financial tar- after a local radio broad- get, having had a very cast that 2,000 jobs were busy year. Our workers’ to go — and then later jobs are absolutely safe retracted its story.


instant denial from per- ent supplying major con- sonnel officer Mr Alan struction sites and ready- Seedall, who said that in mix firms.


The rumours brought an The company is at pres-


end there are no planned redundancies," he said.


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FARMERS CELEBRATING GREEN TOP VICTORY


RIBBLE Valley fann­ ers were this week celebrating the sur­ prise reprieve of green


“over the moon" with the decision.


Clitheroe. His customers were


ton milk. The Ministry of Agricul­


helping in the search for Simon, who is described as being 5ft 6ins tall, of slim build, weighing around


ture has changed course in its plans to. scrap the green top and, instead, farmers have been told they must label their bot­ tles with a clear health warning. “It’s been a victory for commonsense,” said milk


supplies 80 gallons of prised by the strength of green top milk daily to 700 feeling I came across, and homes in Clitheroe, would have had to install a £20,000 pasteurisation plant if the ban had come in.


The family firm, which “I was pleasantly sur-


we are all delighted with the outcome,” he said.


retailer Mr Robin Sped- -Carter Fold Farm, who / Assistant Group Secre- ding of Henthorn Farm, organised a 130-name peti- / tary Mr Stephen Fawcett


Waddington farmer Mr Gordon Whitwell, of


Also celebrating was


Valley retailers contacted the local branch of the National Farmers’ Union before the reprieve, which came last week.


Many worried Ribble


tion among his green top customers to try and get


the Government to change its mind.


----------------------------------- Chief Sc8ut Garth Morri­ son stopped to chat to them and sign their pots


POT luck — two young- from enjoying their big- sters who were not going gest ever Scout Camp to let a broken leg and thought they were the broken arm stop them luckiest lads alive when


said: “Local farmers are delighted with the good news, and so are their cus­ tomers, who have always said they should have free­ dom of choice to drink what they want.”


thought publicity and a strong lobby of MPs had made the Government change its mind.


Mr Fawcett said he


being considered because of alleged evidence that it poses a food-poisoning hazard.


The green top ban was


McBride (left), a member of the 1st Pendle Troop, broke his leg when he fell off his bicycle 10 days ago. Stephen McLean, a


Six-year-old Philip


member of St Paul's Troop (also 6), of Balmoral Avenue, Clitheroe, broke his arm ill a rough-and- tumble accident three weeks ago.


Avenue, Clitheroe, suf­ fered from the heat on Sunday — but in true Bea­ ver fashion refused to go home and joined in many of the activities. A report and picture of


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the Chief Scout’s visit cun be found on page 3.


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' Valley Guild as a means of nf information about the th getting help with market-


Ribble and 9th. Anyone warning information abou


exhibition can contact the


before, but I had the advantages of being a farmer’s daughter and teaching home economics, as well as advice from Roy. “We are very much looking forward to going to


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enable Mr Dewhurst to organise a major fund-rais­ ing event for charity and he is actively considering


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A WARNING came f r om t h e wa t e r authority on Tuesday as temperatures in Clitheroe soared to the h o t te s t of the year.


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ping in Ribble Valley taps as demand in places rises by 50% and the message from the water men is: “Don’t waste it!” As Clitheroe sizzled at


Water pressure is drop­


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84 deg. F, water officials said: "Some people are going mad with hose pipes and garden sprinklers. There is no shortage of water, but action like this in these conditions is cause for concern. We appeal to gardeners in rural areas in particular to go steady. A garden hose can use 200 gallons an hour, much more than a family will use in a day.” In the Ribble Valley the


thermometer has been soaring around 80 degrees regularly for more than a week. River levels in the Ribble and Hodder are plummeting and Stocks Reservoir is getting low. Fish stocks are so far unaffected, but water bai­ liffs are keeping a close check. Police warn of the dan­


gers of swimming in very cold water, but at Edis­ ford Bridge, near Clith­ eroe, and at Langden Brook, in the Trough of Bowland, many people have been cooling off in the water. Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale Pool reports an increasingly busy time. Motoring organisations


'of calls and was out on Monday dealing with a grass fire at Low Moor. Chatburn weatherman


Coun. Ted Boaen reports that the climate is follow-


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