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r . r 'V - . Young fireman sets record straight for proud service


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WRITING the 150-year history of Clitheroe Fire Brigade has been a labour of love for David Frankland, who, at 19, is one of the youngest retained firemen in


Lancashire. David, of Peel Street,


brigade is celebrating its great anniversary day on April 15th with a spectacu­ lar open day on Booth’s Car


satisfaction. The proud Clitheroe


Park. David is compiling a


could not wait to join the brigade and his first year of service has been one of immense job


history as part of those cele-' brations. Delving into the past, all kinds of fascinating facts emerge about the early years of the service, which we highlight in a picture special on page 13.


changed enormously over the years, but one fact remains clear — the need for a fire


The type of call-outs has


station in Clitheroe today remains as great as ever it . was in the past.


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David works during the day at Harrison’s Welding and


As a retained fireman,


means helping people in your community in a practical


For him, being a fireman


way. He explained: “Walking


job is all about.” Looking ahead, he is


around the town, you see people whose homes or property caught fire and whom you have been able to help. That to me is what the


determined his years of service will be in the highest tradition of the proud brigade for which he turns out.


Fire-fighting down the years . . . pictorial salute on a very special anniversary — page 13 It was a quiet Saturday afternoon in


Lancashire lad speaks his mind


the identity and calibre of our new Home Secretary of five months, David Wadding­ ton . . . then a weekend of riots and violence in London and Manchester gave the Ribble Valley MP a television stature equal to the


terrible task facing him. Hard to believe — but at 4-30 p.m. on Saturday,


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WILL it be remembered as the week­ end a Lancashire lad made good and showed his true grit? If anyone in the country was in doubt about


by KAYE MOON


one exchange told leader Neil Kinnock to “grow up and react like a responsible citizen.” Mr Waddington faced the humiliation of being


of Commons that fatalities could not be ruled out in the Strangeways Prison riot in Manchester and dominating the evening’s televised news bulletins in fierce exchanges with the Opposition, who had accused him of “mindless mudslinging” and were furious at suggestions that the violence had been escalated by the refusal of 30 Labour MPs to pay their poll tax. .


ANGLING tuition on u happier weekend for Mr Waddington from local expert Norman Harrison


* But the Labour Party was’to see the emergence of a steely and determined Home Secretary, who in


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Mr Waddington writes exclusively for us about the horror which shocked the nation — page 3


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Broken Bank, Colne, was earlier this week said to be “stable” in the bums unit at the Royal Preston Hospital. Mark was one of three


one accidents. Mark Saunders (24) of


very hot steam pipes.” Luckily, the workforce


men from Kirk Scaffolds Ltd of Padiham, who were erecting scaffolding on the 60ft. high roof of a cata­ lyst-manufacturing plant at Clitheroe’s ICI factory to repair recent storm damage . . . when he fell through. Then began an amazing


Martin Hill, said: “ I understand the roof is of asbestos-type sheeting, but the scaffolder fell through a fragile PVC- type sheet. His 60ft. fall was broken half way down when he hit a soft-lagged pipe carrying exhaust gases. “Then, instead of hitting


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RESIDENTS in the Rib­ ble Valley are due to receive their first poll tax bills this week. Thirty-nine thousand


demands were being sent out by borough council staff, who were having to work in committee rooms because of extensions underway at the main council offices. Chief financial officer


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CHOCS away! A Clitheroe youngster who is aiming to become a fighter pilot was in jubilant mood this week as he called in at Clith­ eroe’s Iceland Store to col­ lect a.bumper chocolate start to a year’s free sup-: ply of ice-cream.


Stuart Searl, the nine-


in the building heard the bang, looked up and saw a hole in the roof and rea­ lised what had happened. Then it was a race against time as they put a very prompt rescue plan into operation. It only took minutes for


Frank Simpson of Bawd- lands, Clltheroe, and David Peel of Riverside, Low Moor, a first-aid officer who gave immedi­ ate medical attention. Work on the factory roof


the men to get access lad­ ders on the 10ft. high, 10ft. wide, 60ft. long machine, and get Mark off on to a stretcher. “However,” Mr Hill


sa id , “ d u r in g th o se minutes he was lying across very hot steam pipes. He had a miraculous escape in that not a bone in his body was broken, b u t he was sev e re ly burned by the hot piping.” The first men to get on


the machine to the injured man were process workers


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stopped this week, as the factory inspectorate began an investigation into what had happened. Kirk company secretary


Mr Waddington was fishing Churn Clough Reser­ voir above Sabden with fisherman extrac iinaire Norman Harrison. The next day he was touring London’s aftermath of the poll tax riot, viewing van­ dalised shops and burnt-out cars — a scene he described as “sheer wickedness, orchestrated by men with wicked minds.” By Monday, he was warning MPs in the House


Jones, agreed that Mr Waddington was still finding the time to manage his constituency affairs, despite his workload. “I know he's 3 busy man, but he went to a great


spat upon over the weekend . . . but in Clitheroe this week most constituents were full of praise for their MP and admired his firm stand as seen on television. Even a Labour man, Ribble Valley councillor Bert


joined Mr Waddington’s condemnation of the violence. “We truly abhor that,” he declared. “Where I part


deal of trouble to organise a meeting between local protestors against the closure of Ribchester Hospital and Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke. It’s just a shame we had no success. . . but we will be giving David every opportunity to try again for us with Bramley Meade Maternity Home,” he said. . Coun. Jones added that all Ribble Valley MPs


ways with him over the tragedy is his making politi­ cal gain by putting,the liability on the Labour Party


faced furore from Lancashire County Council’s Police Committee, which is picking up the bill for his per­ sonal police protection on visits to his constituency. The committee wants the bill — exempt information to the public, but rumoured to run into many thou­ sands — to be met by the Government.. Mr Waddington,'who said his diary was too full


for the unruly element.” A couple of days previously, Mr Waddington had


to arrange a meeting, dismissed the added question of the Tory Party conference policing by saying that the Government provided cash in the police budget for the event. Surprisingly, he also found time during his hec­


job of a minister is not full of surprises! There will be no more fishing trips to Churn


tic procedures to pen us one of his “Westminster Viewpoints.” In it, he says that nobody can say the


Clough in the foreseeable future either, because apart from dealing with riots and prison violence, Mr Wad­ dington will be chairing the World Drugs Summit in his Easter recess. It’s more than just a change in lifestyle which our MP is undergoing. . . it’s a com­ plete metamorphosis.


Waddington said: “Things move at a hectic pace in the Home Office. New problems are always arising. “The other day I had to make two statements, one


on the disturbances in central London and one on the trouble at Strangeways Prison. I gather that two Parliamentary statements in one day is a record. “The Home Office is not the stuffy department


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quake had its epi­ centre just outside Wrexham, but its effects were felt all


The shock earth­


iad ‘gone fishing’ Bui weekend of violence shattered


area


THE earth moved in several parts of the Ribble Valley on Monday — but the area escaped relatively unscathed after Britain was left trembling.


Whalley, was one of the worst hit locally, with its elderly buildings shaking, causing staff and residents to flee to the streets. Most of the outlying vil­


over the country. Calderstones Hospital,


lages in the Ribble Valley were slightly affected, although no buildings appear to have suffered structural damage. The tremor measured


5.2 on the Richter Scale, which experts described as relatively small in world terms, but unusual for Britain. That compares to 6.9 for the Armenian earthquake of 1988, which killed 25,000.


Valley Council’s director of community and com­ mercial services, said that he had received no calls for information and that everything seemed to have passed peacefully. It was the same story at Clith­ eroe Police Station, which had no calls either.


Mr Dave Morris, Ribble


be momentarily put off their stride by the quake, which took place at 2-46 p.m., although most did not know what had caused it until they heard about it on the evening news.


Many people seemed to


TOWN CENTRE FIGHT ERUPTS


TWO police officers required hospital treatment, and seven youths were arrested following a fight in Clitheroe town centre.


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o c cu r r ed sh o r t ly before midnight on Thursday evening, ou tside an Indian takeaway on Whalley Road. Police were called after a vehicle had been damaged and they were confronted by a large number of youths. Det. Insp. Ron Grif­


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fiths, who described the incident as one of “violent disorder,” said that one person was arrested for the offence of criminal damage and then a num­ ber of others started caus­ ing problems. A further 20 appeared and the police officers called for assis­ tance from surrounding stations. The youths became hos­


often portrayed in books and films. I t is a forward- looking and reforming department. I count myself lucky to be here and I have a fine team of ministers working with me.”


and director, Mrs Coleen Kirk, said this week that Mark had received about 40% burns. “He escaped physical


injuries from the fall, but there the luck stopped. He is very poorly from his burns, and so heavily sedated that he cannot tell us what happened.” Mark, a single man with


a girlfriend, lives with his' parents and two sisters. He had worked 'for Kirk for about three years.


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Valley and Hyndburn area, 220 teachers in 33 schools — members of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers — took strike action. Some members of the union travelled to London


CHILDREN were sent home from school yester­ day, following industrial action by teachers. Throughout the Ribble


to attend a rally in Hyde Park.


branch Mr Pat Morley said the action had been called due to increases in the teachers’ workload, the many changes which have taken place in recent years and tne withdrawal of negotiating rights three years ago, which have still not been restored.


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t i le and sev en were arrested when more police ar r iv ed . They are all believed to b e ’local and have been granted police bail for three weeks.


Extra day off for pupils


were affected in the Rib­ ble Valley, including Bow- land High School, where headmaster Mr G. Cross- ley asked p a re n ts to co-operate by keeping their children at home. At Ribblesdale High


A number of schools


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School, in Clitheroe, pupils in certain classes were sent home during the morning and afternoon, with all ages affected.


OUTLOOK for Easter


THE OUTLOOK for Eas­ ter is bright, colourful and full, of views, news and features. • SABDEN farmer’s


wife Margaret Wright looks at green issues from the rural Dnint of view.


Parker family, of Brow- sholme Hall.


• AT HOME with the


beautiful villages — a new book compiled by the WI. • THE perils of organ­


• LANCASHIRE’S


ising a country show, as seen through the eyes of Eric Halsall..


year-old-son of Mr and Mrs David Searl, of Milton Avenue, Clitheroe, also won his mum a £100 shop­ ping voucher for use at the store in our recent1 joint word-search competition. , “S tu ar t has entered ‘many competitions, but


“When he was told he’d won, all he could say was . . . ‘a year’s ■ supply 6f ice-creamr” ■ ' • ■ Now sw ee t- to o th ed


has never .won any thing‘.vours at Iceland, to see if before,” said Mrs, Searl. they can improve on his


Stuart, who is the envy, of all his pals at Moorland School, Clitheroe, aims to try all. the different fla-


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