Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)
Pigeon back from spot of royal trouble
TWO pigeons have had lucky escapes — thanks to a Ribble Valley resident in one case and to the royal pigeon lofts at Sandringham in the other. The royal treatment the bird ended up at time, obviously tired by its
came after Sabden the Royal lofts at San- travelling, pigeon fancier Mr dringham suffering
with his three-year-old and cut legs, homing p ig eon to Sandringham released P ra n c e fo r a ern<5<
Channel race. On the
5- the bird two days later » . C»J,6 h.,l riven
same day i t w a s ^ leleased in France, returned on Sunday lunch-
Church worker felt like blowing a fuse oyer bill
TOSSIDE Methodist Chapel Secretary Mrs Pauline Brown felt like blowing a fuse when she received the chapel’s quarterly electricity
when Pauline, who is also a trustee of the Mount Sion Chapel, found the bill was for n ea r ly £200 instead of the usual £10. “The chapel is only used
bill. . . and it was 20 times as much as usual! The electric shock came___
for four services a year and electricity only covers lighting, so I was furious,” said Pauline. She rang Norweb in
Kendal, only to be told there had been a tariff change throughout the area, and several bills had b e e n g r o s s l y over-estimated. Pauline said: “I told
Piece Hall manager to lead tourism
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil has appointed a new tourism and civic services officer to succeed Mr Anthony Openshaw. He is 39-year-old Mr
Norweb i t was dan gerously irresponsible to send out such grossly over-estimated bills. What would have happened if pensioners opened an envelope to find they had to pay 20 times as much as usual?” She added th a t the
been charged about £24, ,but I agree it would have been better to assess the estimate on their bill for last year.”
Manager in Kendal, Mr John Farmer said: “All very small amount users like the chapel were get ting more expensive to bill than the end amount was worth, so we are charging a fixed quarterly amount of £10.25 and charging a lower tariff after that. “The chapel should have
Norweb’s Commercial
Keith Taylor, who will ta k e up his post in September. For the past three years
chapel had used only 164 units in the entire quar ter.
Mr Taylor has been man aging the famous Piece Hall in Halifax, a former cloth market which is now a thriving arts and crafts centre attracting 80,000 visitors annually. Before th a t he was
operations officer for a lei- sure c e n tre , and he entered local government afer a period as production manager for a textile company.
Taylor and his wife are now looking for a house locally. In his spare time he enjoys camping and walking.
will involve expanding tourism, marketing, and promoting the mayoralty. There were more than 65 applications for the post.
His job in Ribble Valley Housing payments
THE Ribble Valley Coun- funtled th h the c ital cil s Hous ng Committee
m.oin.ammo *
made £1,342,296 capital payments during the last financial year. C o u n c i l lo rs were
informed of the amount at their meeting last week when they heard that the
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ment grants for renovation and loft insulation came to £177,641. Councillors were told that discretionary grants were no longer given by
89 had been completed. The report to the corn- renovation and loft insula
1 the council and grants for tion are dependant upon
™ V n h0 r (l the Applications receivedUand
progression of schemes thHFtjminR ofcompietion. Expenditure over 1988-
Late grant for youth club
WHALLEY Youth Club has been awarded a healthy grant from the; parish council despite a late application. The council heard that
should be made in the given time and we should not make an exception,” said Coun. Clara Horsfall. But Coun. Eric Ronnan was in disagreement and said: "I know how much this money is appreciated and I propose that we give them a grant of £50.” Coun. Ronnan’s proposal was approved.
the club had failed to apply for the grant in the speci fied time. “1 feel that the request
89 on new building schemes including those in Clitheroe, Whalley, Chat- burn and Billington started in the previous year and those started during the year was £597,164. There were also pay
ments in total of £329,336 for the improvement of council dwellings in the borough. Under the municipalisa-
programme. Payments by improve
Huddersfield-born Mr Colin Cooke travelled from a breast injury taken five hours, but took Thejourney should have
somewnere because of the heat,” said Mr Cooke, who now fittingly calls the bird “Royal.” Mrs Elsie Lawson, of
several days instead. “It probably put down
Waddow Grove, Wadding- ton, had Mr Cooke’s prob lem in reverse after an exhausted pigeon arrived outside her house in a dis tressed state a month ago. Through her contacts as
secretary of the local ani mal charity, Friends of Fur and Feather, Mrs Lawson managed to trace the owner of the pigeon to Hamilton, Scotland. Unfortunately, the
owner did not want the pigeon back! So she decided to send
the bird to the Three Owls animal sanctuary at Nor- den, near Rochdale. That, she thought, was
Parking campaign is paying dividends
THE special campaign against thoughtless park ing in Clitheroe is paying dividends, police report. The campaign is now in
its second week and motorists are heeding the big poster drive. Drivers have been
that — until one evening when she went to put her empty milk bottles out and found the homesick pigeon had come back. Mrs Lawson handed the
warned about the possibil ity of court appearances and fines. Clitheroe police spokes
pigeon over to Mr Cooke, who is looking after it for a couple of weeks. “I have taken the mat
Keep out of town if you can’t behave, warns chairman
“IF YOU can’t hold your drink, don’t drink,” magistrates warned a man who had been fight
ing outside a Clitheroe pub. That was one of two
pieces of advice that Clith- Ther{! was some foot. j
ter up with the Scottish Homing Union in Edin burgh for them to discuss it with the owner, ” said Mr Cooke. “Although it’s settled in my loft, it’ll have to go back to its proper owner.”
Riding at first horse trials
THREE Ribble Valley riders were among 101) competitors at the first horse trials organised by the Lancashire College of A g r i c u l t u r e a n d Horticulture. Miss Susan Houlker, of Stamford Place, Clitheroe, Mrs Rachel Frankland, of Back Lane, Grindleton, and Miss C. Coop, of The Royds, Chatburn, had an enjoyable day at the Win- marleigh event, but were unplaced. Such was the success of
man Sgt Stuart. Bruce said: "We have upset some drivers, but on the whole the exercise has been very successful in educating the people about the extent of the problem. I would like to thank the many shop keepers who displayed posters and the ‘Chtheroe Advertiser and Times’ for its involvement in what is a very important commu nity project.” F o r m o n th s now,
Street, Barnoldswick, who Batlev swore at one t hp face. One of the six
n I L v ' S W? from some youths, while ^ i' i .0^ o'1 others swore at the police.
0,jf'Vi“?,„Can,c bobo^c .yoof- later fined for obstructing 1 HI*1
r .. .. u l people arrested, who was “
Both pieces of advice was (ll4 k. j ha(1 been to ‘ B‘e™ my brother’s wedding and
Batley tol(, £he cou’ ,t:
thoughtless parking prac tices have been the talk of the town, and with sum mer holidays underway the risk of a tragedy involving a child increased considerably. Twelve fixed penalty
tickets were issued on the first day of the campaign and an average of three to four tickets every day since. Police have been noting bad habits and will continue their campaign through the holidays. “Some people wondered
the trials that the event': could become a regular feature on the North-West riding calendar.
expressed in Whalley. regarding the exteriors of Grammar School student the Swan Hotel and the rAndrew Robert Jackson
Exterior work CONCERN has been
Mitton Parish Council meeting it was noted that the police had cleared the area outside the station and that the Swan was due to be shut for a month while building work was. earned out.
police station. At Whalley and Little
! Sgt Bruce added. Degree
why we concentrated on parking rather than seri ous crime. Both are impor tant aspects of policing and. we can maintain this campaign without it affecting our other work,"
FORMER Clitheroe Royal
(21) has gained a
B.Sc. Honours degree in mathe matics at Manchester University. Andrew, only son of Mr
out in several groups of tw'os and threes seemed to be caused by some youths getting their own back on their attackers. Some seemed to be inciting others to violence and beer g la s s e s were being thrown.
House plan for meadow
and Mrs A. Jackson, of Clitheroe, will shortly begin training with a com pany of chartered account ants, in the Pendle area.
Brave struggle ends for tiny twin Tony
tion scheme the total of payments made were £238,155, which included £110,357 for the repur chase of former council houses and private houses. Over the year, as part of
the scheme, £94,175 was paid for the Joiners’ Arms for use as accommodation for the homeless.
WIDESPREAD sympathy went out to the family of tiny heart patient Tony Garner, who died on Friday aged eight
months. Tony had put up a
brave struggle for life after he ana his twin, Andrew, were born prematurely, suffering
from heart defects. On Monday night, par
ents David and Linda Gar ner, of Littlemoor Road,
C o l i n M a k e g Ifireplacea
Clitheroe, had the extra trauma of seeing Andrew rushed into Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, when irregularities in his heart beat and temperature were causing concern.
Times” spotlighted the plight of the Garner family, when they faced enormous transport prob lems in
visiting.Tony at the Royal Liverpool Chil dren’s Hospital.-
The “Advertiser and
home for two weeks fol lowing his last treatment when ne lost his battle for life. David said; "Tony had
The baby had only been
turned down OUTLINE consent for a
house on land adjacent to The Hillock Farm Restau rant, Langho, has been refused. Ribble Valley Council’s
Development Control Sub committee heard the par ish council had objected to the application by J.W. and N.M. Ashcroft on the grounds that the area should not be developed beyond its current levels. Councillors heard the
arrested during a distur bance which at one time attracted about a hundred young people. Local police called to the scene needed reinforcements and had difficulty controlling the crowd. Fighting which broke
cuting, said the charges arose from a disturbance outside the Dog and Par tridge in Clitheroe town centre. Batley was one of six
also fined £15 after admit- K g y'________ ting an offence of failing to surrender into custody and was ordered to pay £15 costs. Mrs Susan Riley, prose
the peace foi 12 months in faj|e(i t„ tell police he was the sum to £400. He was „oin„ awav F
Batley was fined £200 should have surrendered t0 .S“ P int0 custody, but had
Making a name in concrete
A FORMER Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil has turned down two good jobs with interna tional engineering com panies to continue univer sity studies. Nicholas Gorst (22), of
jobs by two international companies he turned them down so he can spend the next three years studying for a doctorate. Nicholas is the only
Beverley Close, Clitheroe, has just been awarded a 1st class honours degree in civil and scientific engineering (with manage- m e n t ) a t C a r d i f f University. When he was offered
, Dtmt holiday at the time he
because we don t want p0ijce arresting Batley. people like you here.
lO T l l " 1®8 Chf 'r' ball-like chanting of ba kT KaVmfao ‘ ‘‘Clitheroe, Clitheroe!” .
K e,I .KU{. tjf -°
U.SlnK y““th and punched him in bohavioui.
mThe other advice was: the face. One of the six towu the police, tried to prevent
"Th;Ml ^a, 1' Sal, I bad too much to drink. It This court will not won't happen again."
S , e,,.f“Ch <llSK1'aceful Batley said he was on ep „ ? “ *
GISBURN AUCTION MART
PRICES
THERE were 220 newly calved dairy cows and heifers forward al Gisburn Auction Mart un Thursday. First quality cows made tu
£91(1 (average £702). second quality to £li!)0 (£042). First quality heifers made to
£910 (£777). second to £070 (£045). In the section for in calf dairy
cows and heifers there were 01 animals forward with bulling heifers making tu to £5411 (£442). T h e re w e re 405 c a lv e s
£290 (£270). X heifers to £195 (£150.50), Limousin X bulls to £275 (£190.H0), X heifers to £1H0 (£102.10), Belgian Blue X bulls to £117 (£000.50), X heifers to £200 (£190). Simmentul X bulls made to
forward including 70 sticks. Churuluis X bulls made to
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 27th, 1989 7
Villages scoop the awards in county ventures contest
STRONG community spirit in Ribchester helped the local playing fields charity scoop £700 in a prestigious contest for Lancashire villages.
Fields Trust, facing stiff hut renovation at Staining will be put to good use. competition from 70 other (3rd), and the winners, a It s a big amount for a
groups, won second prize replacement of the village small committee and will in the biennial Village hah at Bonvick and Priest go a long way
Ventures Competition, H u t to n , which was The committee plans to run by the Community awarded £1,000. Council of Lancashire
playing fields impressed plaque at a special presen c e judges.
omii,-minegr Rihohpstpr’s bc e e
Ribble Valley groups won Crown Berger, the compe- awards
Meanwhile, five other the Darwen offices of tition sponsor.
received the prize and a iation evening last week at
,
Housing was highly com- )va®.an achievement in mended and received itself, said a delighted Mr £130
Farnworth. “The prize is Bolton-by-Bowland Pre- extremely generous and
school Mother and Toddler Group, Bolton-by-Bowland Village Hall Committee, and Sabden Age Concern Leisure Club were com mended for their ventures and were each awarded £ 100. Hurst Green Bowling
Club won a m e r i t certificate. But most praise belongs
to Ribchester where over several years the villagers paid for a general upgrad ing of the playing fields as well as the provision of top-quality children’s play equipment. And, through the tennis
£200 (£220.2(1). X heifers to £102 (£150.00), Blonde d’Aquitalne heifer calf to £192, Hereford X bulls tu £102 (£149.40), X heifers to £125 (£70.20), Friesian X bulls to £250 (£191.50), X heifers to £100 (£120.00). Angus X bulls to £190 (£140.20), X heifers to £104 (£05.50). Weaned stii-ks and stores:
Charolais X heifers to £445 (£109.00), Limousin X bulls and steers to £502 (£400), other Con tinental X bulls und steers £470 (£101.00), Friesian X heifers £170 (£101.50). In the fatstock section there
club, they have resurfaced the original tennis court while providing another court and building a second pavilion. All the organisation of
the fund-raising was han dled by the tru s t’s 12- strong committee, which includes an 80-year-old at one end of the age scale
were OOO cuttle forward includ ing 027 young bulls, 92 steers und heifers, 219 cows und bulls. Young bulls: light made to 141.0p (120.9|>). medium to 150|>
(125.9|>), heavy to 125.2p (12l)p). S te e rs und heifers: light
cows made to 102.Op (9(1.Op), grude two to 95.2p (09.Up), grade three to OO.'ip (00.4p). grazing cows to 92.2p (
OO.lip), mature bulls to llO.Op (
104.lip). In the sheep section there
s te e r s to 144.Op (121.Op), medium to 155p (122.Bp).light heifers tu 144.2p (124.Op), medium to 100.2p (112.Op), heavy to 121.2p (102.Op). Cows und bulls: grade one
schoolchildren played their part, by choosing the sub ject of the playing fields as a project and recording their ideas. As a result the play area
and a pregnant mum at the other. But even the local
area that it is visited by people living some dis tance away, said a mem ber of the committee. Next on the trust’s list
includes an ambitious stockade with walkways as well as a separate area for young children, and all play facilities have been designed with disabled children in mind. So popular is the play
were 1000 sheep forward includ ing 1091 lambs, 109ewes anil rams. Light iumbs made to 190.5p
(19(l.5p), standard tu 212.5p (100.Op), medium to 109p (170.7p), heavy to 105.5p (ldl.Op). half-bred ewes to £40 (£29.95), horned ewes tu £10.20 (£22.55). rams to £40 (£14.25).
member of the family to be interested in engineering as a career. His sister, Sarah, works for the Clith eroe branch of the York shire Bank and his father is an accountant with Pendlebury, Gorst and Hoare, of King Street, Clitheroe. Nicholas, whose doctor
Crash driver had to be cut
ate will be in polymer con cretes, is at present doing research on masonry stone arches at the university in Cardiff. His name appeared in
site was used as a meadow with a hedge fronting Northcote Road. In the Southern Fringe
the,"New Civil Engineer" magazine when one of his designs for a concrete coracle was used for an inter-university contest
Local Plan it was desig nated as an area of special landscape and the proposal was contrary to the Lan cashire Structure Plan. Itcould also set a prece dent for similar (level opment along Northcote Road and within an area of special landscape, mem bers decided.
Perfect walk
for naturalists MEMBERS of Clitheroe Naturalists’ Society left Whalley in p e r fe c t weather for their annual wakes week walk. They visited the old
been a bit restless, and Linda was up part of the night with him. When he settled, she put him down to sleep ana soon after wards a monitor alarm went off and Tony was blue.”
home, but Tony had already died. “We are all numb with
A doctor rushed to their
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Village hall scheme for telephone exchange?
WHALLEY’S proposed village hall could be located at British Tele com’s old telephone exchange. The possibility that the
free from lorry THE lorry driver who had to be cut free from his vehicle during a crash on the A59 at Gisburn last December was fined £50 by Clitheroe magistrates for using a lorry with defective brakes. Phillip Ian Rumsay (19)
after recovering from his injuries in hospital Rum- say had been sacked by his employer, Reg Jeffries and Sons Ltd, of West- gate, Otley, and now works for his parents. The company pleaded
new playgroup at Dolphin- holme (fourth), a Scout-
Community Council of Lancashire shortlisted 36, each of which was visited by two judges, and then drew up a list of 10 from which four finalists were selected. The other three were a
of planned improvements is the replacement of its football pavilion. From 70 projects, the
Local firms head for
Royal Lancs THE Royal Lancashire Show starts tomorrow, offering a feast of enter tainment for farmers and country folk.
Chorley, the three-day event features something for everyone from agricul tural exhibits and live stock to the pipes and drums of the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars and the ACU Junior Motor Cycle Display Team.
Based at Astley Park,
rural crafts, horticulture, falconry, flower arrang ing, WI displays and the Rural Development Com mission's Lancashire Lar der and Lancashire at Work.
Exhibitions include
to 7p.m., the first day fea tures ridden hunters, heavy-horse turnouts, sheep classes, dairy cattle, hunter breeding, flower arranging and trade horticulture. Ribble Valley companies will be among 57 exhibit ing in the Rural Devel opment Commission’s “ Rural Lancashire at Work” and “Lancashire Larder" displays.
Open daily from 9a.m.
Grindleton, suppliers of o- ven-ready game, frozen pheasants and pate, will be there along with Hean- ingbrook Trout Farm of Newton-in-Bowland.
by thatchers, saddlers, f a r r i e r s , d ry -s to n e wallers, rustic garden fur niture makers and conser vatory makers will be a new feature at the show.
Outdoor demonstrations Pinewood Estates, of
The trust’s fund-raising ajittee chairman, Brian signs for the playing and imaginative efforts ^.911 >s , and secretary fields. towards improving and Michael equipp
Rochester's trust com- providing good-quality use much of its prize on
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Tosside Action for “To get to the last four
Cattle met firm trade at Clitheroe
TRADE was good at Clithcruc Auction Mart on Tuesday when there were 85 calves forward.
£220 (average £161.86), heifers to £172 (£121.80). Charolais bulls made to £255 (£238.33), heifers to £140 (£126). Hereford bulls to £158 (£155), heifers to £95 (£86). Limousin bulls to £215 (£150.60), heifers to £142 (£122). Simmental bull to £248, Belgian Blue h eife r £198, Blonde d’Aquitaine bull £125. In the newly calved sec
Friesian bulls made to
tion there were 15 heifers forward. Mr D. Pilking- ton, Rimington, made £760 with a quality heifer, overall average being £638.30. At Monday’s sale of
prime cattle and sheep th e re were 74 cattle forward and 2,212 sheep. Cattle found a firm
trade with bulls selling to 144p for a Limousin ex. J. and M. Townsend. Steers went to 126p for a medium weight from R. Metcalfe and heifers enjoying per haps the best of the trade reaching 135p for a light Limousin from G. Moor- house and 129.5p for a medium Charolais from J. W. Parkinson. Young bulls: light made
to 140p (average 116p), medium to 144p (130.64p). Steers: light made to
196.8p (174.2p), medium to 177.7p (166p), heavy to 161.9p (155.4p). Ewes made to £26.50 (average £17.47). At Friday’s opening sale
(78.6p). Lambs: standard to
of store lambs there were 784 animals forward. Trade was brisk and
although prices were down on average £1.60 per head at £32.16 it represented a very fair price in relation to the finishing sheep price. Suffolk lambs ex horned
ewes made to £34.50, ex mule to £34.70, Texel lambs to £34.50.
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building might be suitable for the scheme was dis cussed at Whalley and Lit tle Mitton Parish Council meeting. The feeling of the meet
corn mill in the village, and then the trail followed the River Calder to Cock Bridge, Read Hall, Read Old Road, and finally to Portfield before returning to Whalley. About 40 different flow
ing was that action of some kind must be taken, but all aspects of the idea must be looked into before a final decision was taken. “We should act as early
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135p (123p), medium to 129.5p (121.57p). Cows made to 88p
107.5p (104.5p), medium to 126p (122p). Heifers: light made to
burn and Ribble Valley Health Authority recently agreed to grant £95,000 to the Bradford and North ern Housing Association. The association will pro
as possible because we are not losing anything," said Coun. Clara Horsfall. Members decided to
ers were noted by the observant walkers. Mrs C. Pickles thanked Mr Bill Shaw for leading the walk. The next outing is to Bol ton Abbey on August 5th.
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lost a daughter six years ago from a heart com p la in t, They have a Healthy four-year-old son, David, and Linda has two sons, John (13) and Ian (8), from a previous marriage. Tony’s funeral took
place yesterday, when there was a service at St James’s Church, Clith eroe, prior to interment at Clitheroe Cemetery.
THE award-winning film "Dangerous Liaisons*’ (15) comes to Clitheroe tomor row and continues nightly for a week, startihg at 7.30p.m. The film,^which won
three Oscars, stars Glen Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. Meanwhile, youngsters
on holiday are catered for with “Battle beyond the S t a r s ,” on show on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at 2.15p.m.
apply to the Ribble Valley Council for a change of use of the building.
Woodland site wins top award
in a competition organised by the Koval Agricultural Society of England. • The Judged* Special Award Certificate was in respect of 18 hectares of broadleaved woodland at Fair Oak Farm, under the management of the Agio- cultural Development und Advisory Service. It proved to be Lanca
FARM woodland at Chip- has won a top award
shire’s only triumph in the competition.
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