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AMONG the first people to visit the exhibition displaying the three development schemes for Clitheroe’s auction mart site on Tuesday were Clitheroe Chamber of Trade members. Already annoyed that their views would be taken
Traders fear time is running out for consultation
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they have not been con- into consideration by the suited as a body about a Council’s consultants last development which is seen year. No meeting has been as one of the most impor- forthcoming and shop- tant in the town’s history keepers are now worried this century, executive that time is running out. members were meeting on The council’s timetable Tuesday night to discuss for development of the site the proposals.
that a meeting which was promised by Ribble Valley Borough Council has not yet come to light and we are left with very few days , ,
week seeking a meeting at the earliest opportunity, but as yet no reply has been received.” The town’s business fra te rnity were told that
Said president Mr Chris 0pment company will be year, the man commis- Wood: “We are concerned seiected this month.
cfnfpG tha t the devel- sioned to spearhead'the 1----------’ -
vate presentation to coun- tor Mr Gerald Allison; cillors by the three short- stated publicly that it was
At last Tuesday’s pri- scheme, consultancy direc- listed compan,ies, pres ,s
for consultations. We and public were exduded, wrote to the authority last but a representative from
Thwaites Brewery was present.
his belief that Clitheroe had fallen behind the rest of the country in retailing terms..
The town’s Chamber of
th a t presentation was' request a meeting, but, rath e r s tran g e ,” com- months later, members mented Mr Wood.
are still waiting.
THE three auction mart site developers are Redring Investments, Maple Grove Developments Ltd and Millard Properties Ltd. Redring Investments, of Midlands to the North for a practice at Preston.
TRACK RECORD OF THE DEVELOPERS
Harrogate, has teamed up West, provided re ta il with St James’ Securities, developments in Manches- of Ilkley, for its proposal, te r , Macclesfield and The two firms have Congleton, and worked worked together many with Fylde Borough Coun times before in the past 10 cil to develop the town years and specialise in centre a t Lytham St renovation schemes within Annes. a business radius of 100 Maple Grove was the miles of Harrogate, fre- firm chosen for the first
q u e n t ly w o rk in g on new development scheme schemes featuring listed in M a n ch e s te r ’s city
buildings.
contract for the railway district council. I t has station at Skipton and the another ‘first’ to its name, companies renovated a too :— it is building the building beside Wool- first reproduction Vic- worth’s branch there. St torian/Georgian block in James’ Securities also has Lancaster town centre for some major office devel- many years, using local opments to its credit, stone and slate, notably the Embankment The third presentation was by Millard Properties Ltd, pf Trafalgar Square, London SW1, a devel opment subsidiary of a company formed in 1929, Millard Estates. A solid private com
Their architects won the Hall, for the new urban
responsible for a wide variety of shop projects, too, notably in Ilkley, Ripon and Harrogate.
at Leeds. The pair have been
opments Ltd, of Preston, is part of a group which has been working with and
Maple Grove Devel
formetF in 1981 as part of opment in Chesterfield, the Eric Wright Group,, investment property in itself formed as a result of Chesterfield, Bradford a management buy-out and even Clitheroe, in two years earlier from the Castle Street. The corn- construction giants Brown pany also owns property in Jackson pic.
in Clitheroe. Maple G ro v e was
been outside London, with a 200,000 sq.ft, devel-
Much of its work has
worked with Hyndburn, sq.ft, redevelopment. L anc as ter and South I ts arch ite c t, Brian Lakeland local authorities, Lowe, knows Clitheroe helped Safeway develop well, as he lived here for a their operations from the few years while working
M ap le G ro v e h a s has proposed a 30-35,000 Fleetwood, for which it
Housing permission for prime town site
A PRIME site located close to Clitheroe town centre has been given outline planning permis sion for housing.
ley Council’s Development Control Sub-committee approved the application at Bowker Bros, Highfield Works, Sun Street. Councillors heard that
Members of Ribble Val
Before a decision was taken, the agent asked
members of the committee to visit the site. i Councillors heard that
two le t te r s had been received from an agent acting on behalf of the adjacent industrial unit, Rectella. Concern had been expressed about the location of a residential development sited so close to an industrial factory.
Taught art
A FORMER art master at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School has died. Mr Hubert Baron, of
Barrowford, was a.popular member of staff, teaching at the school from 1947 until 1955. He grew up in Rishton
the site boundary was partly fronted by residen tial dwellings, but mainly by the large industrial plant of Rectella. The industrial site had various plant and machinery which could lead to noise. The residential amenity of the proposed dwellings could be affected by the noise and at present there were no r e s t r ic t io n s with respect to hours of opera tion a t the industrial premises.
and attended Preston Catholic College, before beginning his teaching career. After leaving Clitheroe,
community and commer cial services had said hq raised no objection to the; proposal, providing ade quate screening was car ried out between new dwellings and industrial buildings.
The council’s director of
he went on to teach in Nelson, retiring in 1968. He had lived in Barrow- ford all his life.
(Clitheroe) urged the com mittee to do everything it could to protect the new development and its resi dents with a buffer zone.
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ENJOYING their tour of Clitheroe Police, Station'were ■these’113 cubs^from Whalley — including three who joined that day — with organiser Mrs Christine
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for local authorities for precinct development in many years — and has Lichfield. built starter business units
pany, Millard properties has built offices in tne City of London and the West End and an award-winning
centre, by the Free Trade
Mr Lowe is now based at Penrith, where he was the architect for the award winning Angel Square development. •
Doctors add weight to the Bramley Meade campaign
the Community Health Council were debating whether to object to clo sure. If they do| the mat ter will be referred to the Secretary of. State for Health for his verdict. If Bramley Meade is
DOCTORS in Clitheroe and Whalley have thrown their weight behind the campaign to keep Bramley Meade Maternity Home open. Yesterday, members of park. If the home closes," they will be deprived of
that choice. The doctors state they
closed, the GPs say they would be unable to attend local women in labour and during deliveries at either Queen’s Park or Accring ton Victoria Hospitals, because of the distances and time involved if there was a problem. “The women therefore
will have only two choices Queen’s Park or a home
delivery.” The 16 GPs claim that
the Ribble Valley mater nity home would have been utilised more in 1989 than 1988, had it not been closed temporarily in December. With regard to transfers
would welcome an increase in the number of commu nity midwives, but dispute the statement in the con sultation document that
the fact that the patient should have a realistic choice about the place of hirth. At present, GPs in the Ribble Valley practise obstetrics at Bramley
Meade because they feel it
in labour, they question the use of the term “emer gencies” in the consulta tion document, stating that in the great majority of cases there is no imme diate risk to either mother or baby. “ GP o b s te t r ic s in
peripheral maternity units has repeatedly been shown to be safe. It is also our experience that, in gen eral, mothers do not find this experience off-putting and usually book at Bram ley Meade for their next pregnancy,” s ta te the doctors. They claim f ig u re s
early discharge is appro- extra travelling for mbth- priate for many mothers, ers in labour and their They feel that, even with families, more community mid- Concluding, the doctors, wives, it would be impos- say 'th e whole ' is su e sible to give better post- revolves around money and it has been proved that post-natal care in GP units is more economical than in a consultant unit: A copy of the letter has
Park, they state, can only be less personalised and would certainly entail
natal care than that pro vided 24 hours a day at Bramley Meade. “There are ho conces- sions in this document to
been sent to Ribble Valley MP Mr David Wadding- to n , th e Community H e a lth Council, the Family Practitioner Com mittee and other involved
groups.
Festival honours for Bath group
THE only local group tak- week, ing part in Ribble Valley’s The producer’s shield Silver Jubilee Drama Fes- went to Doris Dibden, for tival did well on points but “M a s te r C la s s ” and failed to Win any prizes. Audrey Miller'won the
Rochester Theatrical Society “did well conoid-
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Act” on Saturday, while the Marie Cullen Shield
prove that, women from outside the Ribble ■ Valley choose to have their babies or post-natal care at the Whalley maternity home, rather than at Queen’s
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sible Knitwear,, of. Bath, went. to Take One Settle for their production of for “The Last of the Red “Master Class” on Friday Hot Lovers” on the second and the runners-up were night. The Silver Salver Lancaster Footlights Club for one-act plays went to for “84 Charing Cross Spectrum Br is tol for Road” on Tuesday of last “Vigilante.”
The winners were Sen- for the best presentation
is safe and close enough to their practice to enable them to attend women in labour and during the delivery.” The service at Queen’s
just as good as the real thing is Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Jo h n Cliff, who officially opened the Borough’s new cricket pitch last week..
PROVING that an arti ficial surface can be
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The artificial wicket
have booked the pitch for Wednesday evenings
Although these teams
throughout the sum mer, the pitch is avail able for hire through out the season through Ribble Valley Borough Council.
shows Coun. Cliff ready to face the firs t deli very, with eager fielders looking on.
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Involved in local
farming scene
A MAN who was involved in the Ribble Valley farm ing scene for many years died suddenly at his home in Colne on Thursday.
came to live in Clitheroe, where he farmed Siddows Farm for over 40 years before his retirement, when he was succeeded by his sonx John.
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Approval of barn for house
A BARN at the back of the Black Bull Hotel, Rimington, has been granted planning permis sion for conversion to a house. Members of the Ribble
•’ Mr Roberts \vasj"a suc cessful poultry breeder, winning the Lancashire Laying Trials and the Accreditors Breeders Cup fo r .m an y y e a r s in succession..
l iv in g in B u c cleu ch Avenue, Clitheroe, Mr Roberts still , kept a keen interest'in farming and helped his son nearly every day until 1988.
Although. retired and
Valley Council’s Devel opment Control Sub-com mittee granted approval to Granton County Auto matic, after, hearing that no' comment had been received .from the parish! The funeral took place
79, leaves his wife Win ifred, daughter and son.
Mr Roberts, who was
council. There were two yesterday at St Nicholas’s objections from nearby - Chu,.ch) Sabden. residents.
the barn fronts Back Lane ’ and access could be gained , from the lane or from i Rimington Lane, via the hotel car park.
from Back Lane was pref erable, as it would avoid conflict between the hotel users and occupants of the , barn,; once converted.
It was felt that access' • . An ‘arresting’ visit for these Cubs : Councillors heard that . !
BRIDGE CLUB
j opened one no trump and this I was passed out. South led the { three of diamonds and when ! north played the queen, declarer j took stock. If he ducked, north } would naturally return a dia-
The first time that the foliow- | ing hand was played, east
and Mr Hall, from Mr and Mrs Cornfield, Mr Webster and Mrs Holden. t
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COMFORTABLE winners of the Thorne Trophy at Clitheroe Bridge Club were Mr Grindley
to Colne in ’1989 to be' nearer th e ir daughter J e a n , who farms- in Foulridge. They cele brated their, golden wed d in g a n n iv e r s a ry in December, 1988.
He and his wife moved
Roberts was born in Sab- den, working on the family farm until his marriage, when he moved to Copth- urst Farm, Higham.__' In 1941'He arid his wife
Mr George Whitwell
Launching Life Long < Learning
AS part of the Clitheroe Health Week, Life Long Learning is launching a group in the town. Life Long Learning is
par t of the Access and Recruitment Department
at Lancashire Polytechnic and is self-help education for retired or semi-retired people. It is about using one’s own life experience and knowledge and shar- in g i t w i th o t h e r interested people. It is always run on an
iSjWUSfcs “Thwaites’ presence at T ra d e was q u ick to.
Trade was not given the chance to attend the pre sentation, when an exter nal large retail organisa tion like Thwaites was present, clearly causes
When the development brief was unveiled last
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Special occasion at the mill
'reached this week, for Mr David Cop per, a worker a t Holmes Mill,
•A VERY , special'; milestone.; was Clitheroe. ’ v -
F o r v e s t e r d a v . worked at Trutex in preparation manager. Bro^hne f tra t C a s t l'e
:?hV m flllrT to ee" !eS After leaving Ribbles- t n e ^ he started his career at
bom in Clitheroe and lived in Lowergate._His father
Thomber family. Mr
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e r a t i o n s o f t h e dale School at the age of e r a t i . o n s o i
• Holmes Mill. He began as a readier,
then became an apprentice drawer, working his way up to become one of the youngest foremen at the mill when he was 25.
works at the mill. She has been a reacher there for some five years, working in her husband’s depart ment. The couple have a daughter, Hayley.
His wife; Sheila, also
mill, Mr Cooper has seen many changes in produc tion. When lie started, the old Lancashire looms were used and the mill was fully run by. steam. Then came the Northrop automatic looms and now there are D o r n i e r ' w e a v i n g machines.
During his time at the
original ones in the town, has moved on from pro ducing taffeta dress linings to u p -m ark et q u al ity upholstery fabrics.
The mill, the last of the
years with the firm, he was p resen ted with a camera, as he enjoys photography in his spare time. He also enjoys play ing snooker and driving.
from Clitheroe to Clayton- le-Moors, he still keeps his connections with the town.
Although he has moved
High spirits lead to fine
HIGH spirits combined with a drink at a 21st birthday party, resulted in a fine for two Clitheroe youths. The town’s magistrates
heai-d that Robert Jon athan Tingle and Paul Edward Parkinson, were reported by residents for causing a disturbance in York Street in the early hours. They were very drunk and refused to go home.
To mark Mr Cooper’s 30
GISBURN AUCTION MART
PRICES
' in-calf dairy cows and heifers forward a t Gisburn Auction
THERE were 53 newly-calved dairy cows and heifers and six
£1,000 (average £832.0G), second to-£660 (£625); first quality heif ers to £930 (£777.33); cows due June/July to £900 (£848.75); cows s p r in g in g to £885
included. 120 stirks. Trices: Cha rola is X bulls to £256 (£213.50); Limousin X bulls to £268 (£187.35), heifers to £170 (£110.70);Belgian Blue X bulls to £252 (£238.50), heifers to £195 (£190); Simmental X bulls to £250 (£210.40), heifers to £142 (£121.35); Blonde d’Aquitaine X bulls to £198, heifers to £138 (£119.35); Hereford X bulls to £185 (£134.25), heifers to £131 (£79.15); Friesian X bulls to £169 (£118.70); Angus X bulls to , £82 (£73.50).
.The'242 c alves forward
Cha rolais X' bulls to £435 (£403.60), h e ife rs to £352 (£339.90); Limousin X bulls to £430 (£320.50), heifers to £142 (£336.05); Belgian Blue X bulls/steers to £408'(£329); a Continental X heifer £245; a Friesian X heifer £260; a cow £470.
Weaned stirks and stores:
were 646 cattle forward (289 young bulls, 159 steers and heif ers and 198 cows and bulls) and 797 sheep (379 lambs, 214 lioggs and 204 ewes and rams).
In the fatstock section there
made t o ’139.2p (117.9p), medium to 136.2p (115.3p), heavy to 124.8p (111.4p); light steers to 150p (119.4p), medium to 119.2p (111.Ip), heavy to 123.2p (115.Ip); light heifers to 132.2p (110.4p), medium to 13G.8p (110.5p), heavy to 114.8p (102.Ip); grade one cows to 9G.8p (92.3p), grade two to 89.2p (85. Ip), grade three to 87.2p (79.9p), grade four to 89.8p (74.4p); mature bulls to 97.2p (89.5p).
Prices: Light young bulls
forward, with HB hoggs with single lambs making to £71, HB shies with single lambs to £18 ana BM ewes with twin lambs to £44.
There were 57 store sheep
sale of spring lambs, the cham pion was W. and F. Peel, with T. Duckworth and Son as reserve champion.
At the second prize show and
four lambs were: W. and F. Peel (£44.80and £43.20); and H. S. and F. I. Metcalfe (£45.20). Winners of the best pen of five lambs were T. Duckworth and Son (£45.20), H. S. and F. I. Metcalfe (£42.50), R. and E. Hartley (£43.50).
Winners of the best pen of
Mart." ; First quality cows made to
(£792.50); bulling heifers to £485 (£472.50).
Prices: Standard lambs made to 271.5p (244.Op), medium to 244.5p (232.6p), heavy to 223p (220.8p); standard hoggs to 194p (179.5p), medium to 177.5p, heavy to 175p (152.2p); over weighit hoggs to 149p (141.3p); ificu hoggs
uncertified
(£28.75); half-ored ewes to £40.20 (£29.35); homed ewes to £29.80 (£22.50); rams to £*14.20 (£38.60).
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They shouted ana swore at police officers. . Tingle (18), a builder, of
Salthill Road, and Parkin son (19), a plasterer, of Park Avenue, admitted threatening and .abusive behaviour. They were each fined £75 and Parkin son, who had a previous conviction, was bound over in the sum of £200 to keep the peace for two years. Mr John Houldsworth,
should have been a plea- sent evening out with i friend, turned out to be a disaster. He said the defendant’s
for the youths, said that as often happened,! what
informal basis, often in members’ own homes and is inexpensive. Subjects a r e c h o s e n by th e members. Life Long Learning is
had been to a 21st party at a night club and had come back to Clitheroe in the early hours. Things went from bad to
Police appeal
also committed to looking at the health needs of the eld e r ly . S u p p o rt and encouragement is pro vided by Lancashire Poly technic where necessary. The launch is-to be held
the public can come along and Find out more about Life Long Learning and what it involves.
No certificate
j mond, as this was his partner’s < suit and dummy was weak in it. ; After his ace of diamonds was l forced out. he would not be able j to establish clubs, due to insuffi* [ cient entries. Thus declarer decided to win the first round of • diamonds with the ace and
: return a diamond in the hope that the defence' would lead a heart or a club, giving declarer a finesse in those suits. When the hand had been
AFTER admitting using a motor car without an excise licence and test cer tificate, Whalley man Mr Ian David White was fined a total of £130. White (31), of Kingsmill
a t th e P en d le Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe, next Friday at 2 p.m. Interested members of
A HOUSE in Woodlands Drive, Whalley, was bro ken into earlier this week and Clitheroe Police are- appealing for witnesses who saw anything suspi cious on Monday, evening or in the early hours of Tuesday morning to con
ta c t them (C l i th e ro e 23818).
Objecting to hall
extension
PLANS to extend Chip ping Village Hall to pro vide secure bar facilities provoked objections from nearby residents. They stated that the
development was unneces- s a ry , as th e r e were a l re a d y th r e e public houses in the village; the existing bar facilities at the village hall were ade quate; the development would lead to the loss of a mature hawthorn hedge and would be visually detrimental to the ameni ties of nearby residents. Members of the council’s
worse and matters got out of hand, he added.
Development Control Sub committee heard that a l e t t e r had also been received from the land owners objecting on the grounds of its environmen tal impact. Councillors approved
the application submitted by the Village Hall Com mittee, after hearing that it was-unlikely the exten sion, as proposed, would have a detrimental effect on nearby properties or tIj e a r e a ’ s v i s u a l amenities.
Offering music for
a summer evening FOR'a number of years, Clitheroe Parish Church Organ Society has regularly produced
Avenue, Whalley, was also rirdered to pay £91.66 back duty. In mitigation, he said he
played, he was very pleased to have made five tricks. However, dll the other declarers playing in the one no trump by east mad^ seven or eight tricks! • E dealer, EW vul.
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had overlooked the expiry date for the MoT. The change of ownership for the vehicle had not been carried out by the previ ous owner.
Saturday; at 8 p.m., Clitheroe Parish Church and. will be the, 224th con c e r t promoted
mance will
take pilaace on in
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society. Taking part will be Sally Coates (soprano), Sarah White (violin) and Charles Myers (organ). Miss Coates
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--.winnora l were:1 NS MrWobstor and Mrs i Patterson', Mrs’Kosmalski .and [ Mrs Park; EW Mr
and.Mrs G. I B. Pollard, Mr Hincks and Mr . i McKeand. ,„
,Capstick,:Mr'Lank and Mrs Boothman; EW -Mr.'Lovell and
TiW R.K.A.
Winners on Thursday night were: NS Mr Garner and Mr
Walking week biased at abbey
WHALLEY Abbey is to be the base for a walking week for treks into the Ribble Valley countryside from May. 27th to June 1st. • Four guided day walks and an evening stroll will be involved. The first will cover Whalley Nab and Dean
- On the-evening stroll the walkers will visit Spring Wood Nature Reserve..
Clough, the second, the Downham area, the third Wiswell Moor and Clerk Hill and the fourth will take in the Ribble;Way;from Gisburn to Sawley.
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j v;VThe ; leader an all cases will be Mr Bill Shaw, who vsays’helpful advice and instruction will be willingly
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/Each of the walks will be about six miles and the ramblers will be given ample time to admire the
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, given -to’walkers'wishing:.to plan their own more , ambitious outings during tne week. - - Anyone requiring further information sliould cori-' ,tact
Whalley.Abbey (0254 822268)..'
a concert under the title “Music for a Summer Evening.”
' _ This time she will be singing music by Bach and Mozart, as well as ‘Pie J e su ” _from the Faure “Requiem” and "Be Not Extreme” from Elgar’s “The Light of Life.” ■ _ Miss White, a busy vio linist, who also attended CRGS and subsequently the Royal Academy of
.Music in London, where she now lives, will be play ing the beautiful concerto like work “ The Lark
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in Clitheroe and the North West, will be playing vari ous orjgan solos and accom panying 'both visiting artists. All three will join , for a performance of Karg- Elert’s "Symphonic Cho- wue ;for -, Organ, Voice and Violin,”, a most beautiful but little heard work: ■
Ascending,” by Vaughan Williams, - and- also taldng part in a seldom heard, delightful piece of music, Rheinberger’s “Variations for Violin and Organ.” Mr Myers, well known
known in Clitheroe, where she was a pupil at the Royal Grammar School and a member of the Par ish Church choir, and has been back on numerous occasions to perform.
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