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‘A shoppers’ paradise and ap lace to browse around — Skipton is


■the perfect place to spend a fresh spring day’


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NORTH YORKSHIRE Tel: (07561 792491


Stockists of MONDI and


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Extensive range of cake decorations and icing equipment for all occasions


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7 VICTORIA SQUARE, SKIPTON Tel: S k i tp o n (0756) 7 9 9 6 6 8


J Jm e iS lm e ilntujues


3 Albert Street, Skipton (Just below Tourist Info. Centre)


Tel: Skipton 799754


Two floors tastefully stocked with antique stripped pine furniture. Many unusual


original pieces, including large "drop down" wardrobes. (Ideal for tricky staircases).


Also


We have the widest range of dried flowers in the area.


We make arrangements to order either in your own container or one of ours.


Colour co-ordinated to match your ______________ furnishings. ill


FOR THOSE "WHO APPRECIATE THE


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m Furniture by Lcdgard and Wynn shows f


i that not only do you-apprcclatc beauty but . ,*hat you have enjoyed choosing your furiiLshings in the tranquility o f a peaceful store away from thc liubhhb o f die main street In the loveliness o f a charmingly restored corn mill.


Ifjyou haven’t been lo se e our new store r


■ yet please do. • !' - r We know that you’ll have a pleasant visit


not only because o f the elegant displays o f fine furnishings and the courteous service ■ but you’re sure to enjoy the exquisite surroundings.


HIGH CORN MILL, CIIAPEL HILL, SKIPTON


Tel: Skipton (0756) 795521


A paradise for shoppers


town is a. thr iving c ent r e of ac t iv i ty which draws-shoppers and tourists alike from all over the North of England, andlt is only a snort drive or bus .ride from this side of


th e L a n c a s h i r e , border. . Set in the heart of the beautiful Craven


back to 1090, but the present fortification was put up in 1310 by the first Lord Clifford of Skipton. So impregnable was the castle, that it sur­


the head of the High Street, and is one of the best preserved


Roundheads. Today, it stands at


a n d h i s


UNBEATABLE PRICES Rayburn


> COOKERS ( a ls o s p a re s )


Traditional warmth for


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The Severn £585.00 •>


Delivery available throughout the North


VICTORIA SQUARE


High Class Bakers and Confectioners, Coffee Lounge and Tea Shop


T r a d i t i o n a l l y b a k e d b r e a d , r o l l s , p i e s , s a v o u r i e s , t a r t s , c a k e s , e tc .


L i g h t s n a c k s a v a i l a b l e . O P E N SU N T ?A Y S N O W BRIDAL


34 WATER STREET, SKIPTON,


NORTH YORKSHIRE Tel: (0756) 792491


WEDDING & SOCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID HYDE uupp.


IB CHAPEL HILL • SKIPTON • NORTH YORKSHIRE Telephone: (0756)790668


For quality with courtesy, con ta c t . . .


3 VICTORIA SQUARE, SKIPTON Telephone 0756 798238


Gift ideas, paintings, brassware.'lamps, ornaments, etc.


Beautiful furniture in mahogany, yew wood, oak x SPECIALS , Offer Closes Saturday April 21st J


IV 44/45" Embroidered Silk Dupion Blush Pink and Sunset Peach N.S.P. £23.50 Metre


EVENT PRICE £12.00 YARD BIG BIG SAVING AT ONLY £10.00 YARDV


44/45" Self Striped Silk Dupion Tinted Pink and Tinted Peach i,


1500 Yards Assorted Brides/Bridcsmaid 45" Fabrics Ends of Ranges etc. Were £3.95 to £5.95 Metre


ALL TO CLEAR £1.50 YARD Ideal for the “Hire Trade"


48" Heavy Polyester Satin 100 Yards each White, Pale Blue and Pink


EVENT PRICE £2.50 YARD :


.52” Light-weight Embroidered Bridal Satin 5 Designs Was £25.00 Yard .


. PLUS OTHER EXCITING BARGAIN! .Our. Ladies Look Forward to Seeing Yo


V i 2 Newmarket street; Skipton Tel: 792977 OPEN: Monday to Saturday 9.00 a.m. lo 530 pm ' ■


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. 1000 Yards Assorted 36/45" Fabrics : ^SPECIAL EASTER OFFER 80p YARD 10 YARDS or OVER 60p YARD , 20 YARDS or OVER SOp YARD ■ „ CAN BE ASSORTED


N.B. Downstairs at 'Fabrics Galore'


EVENT PRICE LESS THAN HALF PRICE NOW £10.00 YARD


SKIPTON’S MOUNTAIN BIKE CENTRE


\A/E HAVE:


The expertise The accessories The clothing The components The workshop


And ive also sell


MOUNTAIN BIKES I 2 0 0 0 B


3/5 Water Street Skipton N. Yorks


Tel: 0756 794386


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of Craven, Skipton greets the traveller with its famous castle and q u a in t High S t r e e t shops and markets. Skipton Castle dates


countryside, Skipton has something for both young and old. Dubbed the Captial


called the Gateway to the Dales. But it is more than just a stop­ ping off point before the b eau ty o f the Dales. This historic market


a trip into the country­ side with a visit to a town which combines charm, history and shopping fa c il it ie s galore — Skipton! Skipton is fondly


SPRING is in the air, so now is the time to blow away those win­ ter cobwebs and get out and about. So why not combine


o.


CONTINENTAL Fashions and Accessories


,4 ALBERT STREET, (off Coach St.) SKIPTON. N. YORKS. Tel: Skipton 791697


SKIPTON


Fabulous Summer Stock


N O W IN !


River Bank B y (M a r t in J am e s


ANOTHER course fishing i season has ended and as I look back over the past sea­ son one thing sticks in my / craw and that is the num­ ber of people who say they care about the environ­ ment, the wildlifej the fish and the future of angling


just plain hypocrites. One exam­ ple was an angler who I met on . the banks of the Ribble and as we . chatted in the spring sunshine he said: “I like all tnis mild weather, if this is the greenhouse effect, let’s have more of it, never mina


and the planet earth. In fact, too many of them are


SHOPPING


EASTER HOLIDAY SALE starts Good Friday


M a n y L e s s T h a n H a l f P r ic e


SHOES • BOOTS • SANDALS s izes2 - 9 Also Spring and Summer Collections


O P EN E A S T E R r


6 NEWMARKET STREET, SKIPTON Tel: 0756 792437


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HANDBAGS • GLOVES » LEATHER GOODS t h e


medieval fortresses in England..


and history are also g i v e n o f f by the environs of the castle'.


lined with a splendid array of shops, rang­ ing from well-known stores and traditional corner shops to high class boutiques where quality and friendly service are the order of the day.


The High Street is


vived the ravages of the English Civfl War and the victory of the glorious Oliver Crom- w e l l


shops, tempting con­ fectioners and up-mar­ ket clothes stores pro­


Court shopping com­ plex, while cobbled s id e s t r e e t s and alleyways, branching o ff from the High Street, present a vari­ ety of stores unsu­ spected to the visitor. B e a u t i f u l c r a f t


There is the Craven An aura of tradition


dise ana a place to brows e around — Skipton is the perfect place to spend a fresh spring day.


shopper can leave the hus t le and bus t le behind and have a peaceful seioum in an olde worlae inn, tea room or snack bar. A shoppers’ para­


weary and you need r e f r e s hme n t ,


the


Broughton N u r s e r ie s


Within and around the old walled kitchen garden of Broughton Hall, extending to 3.5 acres this is


ihe perfect contry setting in which to choose your garden requirements.


Extensive Plant Display Beds Garden Shop


Bonsai Trees and Sundries Ponds, Fish and Water Plants


Sheds, Greenhouses and Conservatories Garden Ornaments and Furniture


Come and browse at your leisure


BROUGHTON, SKIPTON Telephone: 792206


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h u n t e r can f in d reward in the colourful market stalls that sell a widerange of goods. Fresh fruit and vegt- able s are on sale alongs ide clothes , flowers, pottery, and home made sweet s and biscuits — quality products at bargain prices. If your feet start to


vide a heady brew" for the window shopper. And the bargain


M U S I C : S H O P :


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thousands of miles in drumming-up support for the ACA, the pollution fighters, and not for gain but for a bet­ ter world to live in. How many, of today’s Greens can sincerely say with hand on heart: “I devote all, my time and energies in trying to' improve planet earth without thought of mon- etry gain”? And remember we all have to pay something to improve the environment; it does not come free. I know what it is like to see the Amazon Jungle disappear; I have been there. Over the past few weeks the angling


T T ’ inviteyou to come andplat/ the new


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D I G I T A L P I A N O S


of hours in helping young people to fish, for angling is a super sport for


maggots to take place. Could it be about profits? For many years I have devoted lots


have to. stop .the breeding of maggots- through a proposed ban‘on the use of waste meat. One story said thousands of anglers will have to stop fishing if they could not buy maggots. What utter poppycock! What about the other baits — sweetcorn, bread, worms, hemp, rice, caddis, grubs, cheese. The list is endless. Yomdo not need mag­ gots to catch fish, they are way down my list of baits. Ask the people of Chipping if they want the breeding of


press has devoted space to the story coming out of Brussels that we may


bandwaggon. My involvement started at the age of 12 in 1949, when I and two friends fought to save a small pond from being filled in. That small pond contained newts and frogs. We saved their lives and the pond’s future. Since then I have devoted lots of time and energy in many ways cleaning up river banks. I helped to run a sewage works during the water workers’ strike in the ’60s; I helped to organise the popular mass march by dedicated anglers to Downing Street to protest about the amount of water- pollution incidents during the late ’60s and the state of our rivers at that time. In the 70s and 80s I have travelled


the growth in green-based newspapers and magazines as certain people jump on the green band waggon for profit. The question must be asked, how sin­ cere are the writers? When I am asked to write an article on green issues I do so freely, asking that the fee goes to Friends of the E a r th , Anglers’ Co-operative Association (the pollution fighters), Multiple Sclerosis Society or GreenPeace. I have not just jumped on the green


is a safe place for generations of kids not yet bom. Perhaps, like me you have noticed


a selfish attitude and left him with a flea in his ear having told him that it is •. our duty to make sure that planet earth


the next generation.” I remonstrated with him about such


;i ri'


£lm. fine imposed on Shell Oil Com­ pany over their recent oil pollution in the Mersey, in a court case Drought by the newly-formed National Rivers Authority. But I am not happy :— the court was too lenient. It should have been at least £25m. I see from the sporting press that


i paid out extra for the past three years. ; We did not moan becausewe knew it was right not to scatter lead about the countryside, the shooting fraternity have been dragging their feet far too long. Let them show a responsibility to the swan population of this country


■by not using lead; It is a proven Tact that lead shot kills swans.


, Have you noticed how, over the past two years, there has been a tremen­ dous increase in the number of Cormo­ rants that now come and fish on the River Ribble? The damage they do to fish stocks must' be quite savage. I would not mind but I find the Cormo­ rant quite a repulsive bird. Nothing nice to look at.lt makes one wonder how polluted the Irish See is and how little fish life there is for these birds to come so far inland to feed.


environment? What effect is BNFC having on the


Oily rag image deters girls from some jobs


THE problems of persuading girls to choose careers traditionally seen E 3 K T J W t e d at a meeting of local educationists


.struction specialists, c a re e r choices more because of misconceptions' flexible. such as the “oily rag” _ image of certain jobs.


was said, often deterred curriculum would prevent girls from becoming engi- girls from dropping sub- neers, technicians or con- jects which would make


Parental attitudes, it per said that the national


Mrs Dorothy Maskell, district careers officer, said that every effort was made in schools and by the careers service to encour­ age girls to opt for science


Coun. Les N ev e tt, hoys, had a better success their girls to take up tradi- representing the borough fate m encouraging girls tional careers was still a council, asked if enough . 0 he more flexible in effort was being made by ; career choices.


mittee for Education and suigle sex schools, where made for her to take it up. was triggered off b y 'a S1, question from a man.


the careers service and teachers to persuade girls at an early age to consider jobs away from their tra­ ditional career choices.


schools, when appropriate subject choices could be made.


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was a matter of great co n­ cern to him that girls’ skills were not being directed into a wider sphere. Many girls were very innovative and had a lot to offer. ,


Coun. Nevett said < it /:• Chairman Mr Tony Coo-


began too late and should start at the time of third- year options in secondaiy


He felt advice probably Top in film ra tin g s


ema ratings is showing at Chtheroe’s Civic Hall Cin- cxna from tomorrow.


t...Honey’ ’ 1 shrunk the


Concerned by lack of representation


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SOME members of Ribble Valiev Council’a p,.i.v ' Works and Health Committee


from the Lancashire branch of the'Assodatfon^.f trict Councils, as well as four from b h I S w round? , and single representatives from a number ofjSnSSl 5


conservation groups. ’ -But, said Coun: Charles Warkman (MellorV it w nservationigroups. ’ ’ , • •- .


mportant” that' Ribble yalley should have ^


Kf1 K«nerai 5 council S .! ads follows the adven­


tures of four children who are ;rcduced in height to the, 8ize of ants after play-


A WALT DISNEY film which has topped the dn-


the latest invention by the


f?.*5 e r ° f two of th e children.


.Put out with th e ’rub­ bish, the microscopic four­ some set out on a remark-


n ttf ad.venture as they attempt to avoid being stepped on, by their par­ ents, eaten by the family


f e w ' s °’,r b* tl“


. Thefilmis showing at 7- ^0 P.m: until .Thursday,


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the county’s new Environmental Forum officer’ steering group does not . have enoutii r e n i ^ « ^ » • t*ves from district councils like the RibNe VaB^ * * 5 # ' The 24 members of the new group include four


■ S u r f a c e p o s e r ; I VU'i- gSe.as3ft


RaiS1 ft Coin,nittee,7 He council had to ’


Works'and S?d**e flight the rest’of ' somewhere T I


*n?- * 1^*. 8,1 electro-mag­ netic shrinking machine —


duced more scientists and engineers.


Girls taught by a woman science teacher also'pro­


selves in competition with “ Om Parents who wanted


oned with, she said.' ^ Members agreed that


strong force to be reek-


the problem was not going to be solved overnight and that it would have to be viewed in the long term. *


meeting of the Ribble Val- t,on Authority) said that ence for such a subject ley District Liaison Com- research had proved that every encouragement was


not ;see them- .H u t pressures at home The discussion came at a ' . a (Lancashire Educa- ■Bbiuty showed a prefer- T County Coun. Mrs Gill subjects and when a girl of outunu


ism' s i t i '


the shooting man will have to pay about four times as much for the" new cartridges that will not contain. lead shot, so what’s new? We anglers have


ing coarse fish', so what about giving up a couple' of days and visiting your local fishery to clear away all the rub­ bish that has accumulated? You could also repair that rickety stile or a gap in a fence. Without the goodwill of farm­ ers, and landowners we woulod have no fishing. Do not thinks that it is “not my job.” Go out and do something. Set an example for others and you will feel so much better for having done something positive — and take some of the people in your club who say they are green. There has been rejoicing over the


job done,” “It costs money." The truth is these people don’t care, though they profess to care. It’s like the number of anglers who say they care about their fisn but put them into a keepnet which helps to descale the fish and cause undue distress. Then we have /others that, now the close season hds been dropped on some stillwaters//will go out and stick hooks into spayvh-swollen fish in the hope of winning £ome money in a match — without doiibt the worst thing to happen in ,the ’sport of angling was when money.reared its ugly head. It is now the: close season for catch­


petrol? If you haven’t you should do it now. We owe it to young babies because lead in petrol harms babies. Do not use the excuses given to me. the other evening at a club meeting. Some of these excuses were:“I can’t be both­ ered,” “I don’t have time to get the


kids. They can do it on their own, in twos and threes or large groups. It' teaches kids to respect the countryside and they learn, to use their hands in making pieces of tackle. Give an an­ gling-mad child “Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing” or Dick Walker’s “Stillwater Angling” and you will have an avid reader. Angling is a sport that knows no social barriers. Dustman and doctor, general and factory worker, boy and girl, men and women are all equal at the waterside as they rub shoulder and share a coffee. So let’s have some help from councils in providing a Stillwater for the children to fish. Councils pro­ vide tennis courts, football pitches, swimming pools and golf courses, so let’s have a fair deal for the kids that want to fish, especially the kids of' Clitheroe and the surrounding areas. Have you switched to unleaded


Vlitheroe 228U (Editorial), 22828 (Advertising). B u rnle y 22881 (Classified)


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