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as darters hit world record


WE’VE done it! A team of eight men from the Black Horse Hotel, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, are the new world- record holders for the 12-hour darts marathon.


They began their attempt at 11 . ;


a.m. on Saturday, aiming to overthrow the 430,489 score. Twelve hours later, there was a massive cheer when a computer verified that their score was 450,438. There were 29 maximums, nine scored by A. Gudgeon and six by M. Meakin. Some 20,883 darts were thrown,


Hargreaves, M. Meakin, N. Grainger, and C. Jones; team B — A. Gudgeon, R. Pinch, R. Wilson, and A. Salter. Said landlord Male Fitzakerly:


averaging 29 a minute — and each player walked about five miles! The teams were: team A — J.


“It was a question of champagne all round.The lads did wonderfully well and their score will be printed in ‘Darts World’ magazine. “The world record is being broken


every few weeks, but it’s nice to think Clitheroe holds it at the moment.” The fund-raising event is in aid of


not been counted, but a tombola on the day raised more than £200, bringing the total to £800. There was also a raffle and chil­


the Lcs Evans Holiday Fund, which sends handicapped and terminally ill children on the holiday of a lifetime. As yet, sponsorship money has


resting on its laurels. Preparations are already under way for a “pop quiz” at '8-15 p.m. tomorrow in aid of the Roefield Leisure Centre.


dren’s games. However, the Black Horse is not


Clitheroe sinking i beneath a sea of ugly rubbish


WHAT on earth is the attractive mar­ ket town of Clitheroe coming to?


local businessmen are asking, as they won­ der if th e re is any solution to the prob­ lem of litter and van- d a li sm a t t h e i r


That is what several


head last weekend for Mr Gianfelice Pozzi, the owner of the Greenacre Garage Honda dealership, on Greenacre S tre et ,


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Ian going for gold again


COMMONWEALTH gold medal number four — that’s the aim of Slaidburn’s clay pigeon shooter Ian Peel, who won both the Olympic trench titles in the Scottish 1986 games and has now been picked by his country to defend them.


from last summer’s Seoul Olympics disappointed with his 25th place, but with his sights firmly set on the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. “I am delighted that I


Ian (31) returned home


and is hoping- for a repeat performance in New Zea­ land. The opposition is going to be tough, but Ian seems quietly confident. One problem he faces is


have qualified,” said Ian. “Since the Olympics I have had a fairly quiet year and have only shot abroad once.” He gained his place in


England’s Commonwealth Games team' with an impressive display in all four shoots since May. They culminated with


that the Games are being held in January — the B r i t ish clay pigeon shooter’s close season.


the favourites, but Aust­ ralia will be very strong, as its team will be used to the climate. Canada and Scotland will also provide some strong opposition,” added Ian.


the Home Internationals last weekend, when Ian was a clear leader. Going into the final compulsory round, he dropped just one shot on his nearest rival to finish three shots ahead in first place. In second place was Kevin Gill, of Birming-


will also be shooting in the individual event. Ian won gold for


have the opportunity to get in some warm weather training as he builds .up to the Games, but one thing he is hoping to avoid is a repeat of the 1986 boycott.


He is hoping he will


ham, who will now partner frica, but I am keeping my Ian in the Shotgun Olym- fingers'crossed that there pic Trench Pairs. Each is no backlash,” said Ian. “It would not affect my event too much, but it would spoil the Games, as the black nations are so strong on the track.”


with the rebel cricket and rugby tours of South A-


“There is a problem


England in both events at the Meadowbank Games


“England must be one of


■ “ I ’ve spent a lot of agers sitting on the garage money making this garage boundary wall — rubbish look really nice and now picked up daily by parts look what happens to it,” manager Stuart Godbold said Mr Pozzi. “I’ve tried and other staff. Most of the rubbish


senger door of another car ever-present problem of by kicking it.


• badly dented the pas- weekends, there is the litter dropped by teen-


nights, but particularly at J S S t e v : .....


comes from food bought at the chippy and pizzeria round the corner. But their owners are just as much at their wit’s end as Mr Pozzi. Mr Donald Hook, who


CRAFTSMAN Barry Durham on parade with his gnomes before they leave for a theatrical career in Lancaster


runs the carpet shop, said, the real problem is that local litter louts buy their food at the chippy or pizze­ ria and then walk home, discarding refuse as they go.


annoyed by the shouting, swearing and tooting of car horns, which happens outside his shop at night, particularly on Saturdays. “These aren’t lock-ups," he explained. “There are peo­ ple living above every shop.” As a Special Constable,


He is p a r t icu la r ly No place like ‘gnome’


A BIG theatrical part has just been clinched by some little people — thanks to the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.


made by Barry Dur­ ham are heading for stardom, following a story we carried some weeks ago.


For garden gnomes


So now, if you’ll excuse the pun, there's no place like gnome at


he is often asked by local residents to make com­ plaints to the police, but points out that residents would be better complain­ ing directly at the time something happens The l i t te r problem


Playhouse, Lancaster, ■ for 35 characters from Barry’s workshop. On loan to the theatre,


the> Duke’s


debut last night in Willie Rushton’s comedy, “One for the Road,” and willin


they made their t


might be lessened if the council cleared rubbish bins daily, instead of twice-weekly, he said. Some of the worst offend­ ers were schoolchildren and much of their rubbish


went into the brook. Bob and L eo n o ra


Frankland have to clear the rubbish from outside their newsagency next to the garage every morning at 5 a.m., before they get down to sorting out the day’s newsround. They, too, have to suffer late- n ig h t sh o u t in g and swearing. The biggest problem for


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Chipping, a journalist with the “Chorley Guardian,” makes the gnomes during his spare time and his business generally comes from customers at craft


another three weeks!S Barry, of Kirklands,


markets. We pictured Barry at a


recent Clitheroe market and within a few hours of publication he was taking the biggest order of his gnome-making career.


the police ls actually catch­ ing vandals or litter louts red-handed, said Insp


b er 'o f the cast a t 'th e Duke’s saw the picture and informed the pro­ ducer, who was in need of a la rg e q u a n t i ty of gnomes. His order was such a large one.— the biggest I’ve ever had —


He explained: “A mem­ by SHEILA NIXON


that it has all but cleared the spokesman explained. me out!” A spokesman for the


Playhouse says that the gnomes are taking up posi­ tions on stage for a play about the frustrations of suburban life in which they become the target of one frustrated human character who goes around decapitating them!


“The producer had origina„y thought of col_


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seholders, but this would have been a tedious task,”


from hou-


“Then, when we saw the newspaper picture, we decided we could save our­ selves a lot of trouble by contacting the gnome- maker.”


twist to Barry’s story was that his bumper order fol­ lowed a report in the “Advertiser and Times” outlining stallholders’ dis­ may that the crowds were staying away from Clith­ eroe craft markets because of poor publicity. '


One little satisfying


Tesco quartet on the charity trail


FOUR Tesco employees from Clitheroe are about to embark on an enterprising trip in aid of charity..


Fiona Mason (20), Michelle King (20), Will Beddows (20) and Melanie Bryant (19) are t.o make up a four-strong team in th e Ch e ck o u t Plus Challenge.


teams, they will start from Welwyn Garden City on September 8th’ and must


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As parish priest flies over his Sabden patch


HEAVENS aboye. . . the parishioners of St Mary’s Church in Sabden could hardly.believe their eyes’ when they looked skywards and saw their parish priest floating overhead in a microlight! Fr Leon'Morris is offering a trip in a micro-


light as first prize in the church’s annual summer draw and he thought he would test out the experience first.


“It was-fantastic, though I was scared to death


the church and all the houses clearly.” In fact, Fr Morris and pilot Tony. Hidle saw'


at first,” said Fr Morris. “We floated over Pendle Hill and Sabden, seeing


everything so clearly that they frightened the wits out of one parishioner.


“She was watering, the garden with a hosepipe ;


and thought we were water board officials spy-; ing on the area, so she ran inside at high speed,” said Fr Morris.


The trip came about when Tony, a builder from


Huncoat, was working on an extension at the church and mentioned he was an-enthusiastic pilot. It has caused so much interest already that half of the 1,000 books containing 10 tickets for lOp each have been sold, even though the draw, which also offers prizes of goblets, a photograph album, Wine and biscuits, does not take place until October.


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at the school, making several small rooms into a ' i / J z large classroom to cope with a bumper intake of 25 new children.


Now Fr Morris, who has been at Sabden for 11 years, is left with the problem of what to offer


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: as first prize in next year’s draw. After all* what could possibly compete with a flying trip over your


. own village. “I think I’ll have to offer a ride on a donkey and bring everyone down to earth,” he said.-


-- The money raised will help to pay for alterations ,. T_


team, which is desperate for sponsorship from any local businesses and indi­ viduals, will have to collect as many itemised till receipts as possible from scanning stores on the Continent.. , ■ The team collecting the most receipts will even­ tually win the challenge. WitlTtwo points per receipt and an extra TO points per team member donning fancy dress, the competition is bound to be tough. For winning the event,


Along the way, the t'


.will go to the Save the Children Fund. The four campaigners


each team -member will receive a bottle of cham­ pagne and they will all be flown back to England in a Nixdorf private jet. All sponsorship money collected from tne event


are currently hunting for sponsorship to cover all .aspects of the trip. Any­ body interested in helping the worthy cause can con­ tact Will Beddows (Clith­ eroe 22622).


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threw rubbish all over walked over the bonnets of every car on the forecourt,


gans bring their cars and race around, making a lot of noise. And th e re ’s always the rubbish — it costs me money to clear that up, too. We don’t know what to do about it and no-one else seems interested.” One weekend, vandals


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RARE FINDS AT ROMAN SITE GO ON SHOW


JOURNALISTS from all over the country are being invited to have a look at some of the finds being made at the Roman settlement at Ribchester.


tions have been going on at the site since 1980, but the present phase is unearthing some important finds and a Press viewing is being held next week. Among the finds are


Large-scale excava­


control. Striking remains of fur­


naces and workshop build­ ings mean this excavation is a very important one in terms of understanding how the Romans 'equipped and maintained their troops in the North of England, said Mr Olivier.


some fine pieces of jewel­ lery, but these are much as one would expect from what was a prosperous civil community during three centuries of Roman occupation, says Adrian Olivier, project director for the Cumbria and Lan­ cashire Archaelogical Unit of Lancaster University.


interested in is the annexe to the Ribchester fort and its metalworking com; pound, one of the few found outside a fort — the Romans usually kept their metalworking services inside, directly under their


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of strategic importance during the Roman occupa­ tion and housed some 500 high-status cavalry troops. It also had a very large settlement outside the walls of its fort, which in itself is leading to some interesting insights into civil life at the time.


Ribchester was a town


th e dig th a t it has attracted a grant of nearly £32,500 from English Her­ itage, an independent body funded by the Government, which is organising next week’s Press visit.


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