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KEARTFELT'sympathy has been extended to the family- of1 Ghtheroe hairdresser; Mrs Irene Standring, who died . tragically;, on her 40th birthday.
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Hogweed back in
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THAT.'' menace .’• among green'giants — the Giant Hogweed —,is back in the limelight with the first glimmer of spring sun shine this week. The huge plant, which causes .pain ful,, watery blisters on the skin1,'- is a major attraction for children . . . ' who find its' large, hollow stems i r r e s i s t ib le as p e a shooters.'';
' Already;; environmental health officers at the Rib- ble Valley Council have circularised or visited schools in the area, giving warnings. . ‘ "The director of commer cial and community ser vices, ' Mr Dave Morris, skid; '“Our main problems start during the summer holidays, but we are hop ing to get our message across .early this year to avoid any children, or adults for that matter, being hurt.” The huge leafy plant
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with its large white flow ers^contains vast'amounts of sap, which are released on.,to the, skin from its bristles if; handled. This s a p : mak'es th e skin extremely, sensitive to bright light and causes anything from a mild rash to, painful blisters, which may require hospital treatment.
Waiting for sponsorship money
HENTHORN Volleyball Club’s sponsored 24-hour marathon at the beginning of-the year raised hun dreds of pounds for Clith- eroe’s Roefield Appeal. Already,£500 lias been
handed in and now organ iser Mr John Fielding, is appealing to all those with sponsorship, money out standing' to collect it- as sbon as possible.’ ,The marathon volleyball
: ‘ '■ - ' .' Through her hairdress- band Raymond in happier ing
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Mrs-Standriner' and '’months later the motherof local residents, all of ’
their third wedding r she had lived in Clitheroe annivereary in April. ■ for a number of years. She .ran Hairways Hair Salon
should have celebrated :.h°R°in ?„aT S L - ,h
after’the-birth of their son", gate, which is run by her cremation at Accrington. Daniel,-Mrs Standring was brother-in-law, Mr Gary Our picture shows Mrs takenill.. i •
'when,'shortly ‘sex Hairdressers in Well- ___ww3 ly ...........
the United Reformed Church, Clitheroe, prior to
HAPPIER days for Irene and husband Raymond School cash will help Alexandra
GOOD quality calves made a firm trade at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Tuesday, with a Bel gian Blue bull from I. Moor- louse and Sons; of Waddington.
Firm trade in good quality calves
making the top price of £282 and a Belgian Blue neifer from J. V. Wright, of Sabden, being sold for £198. Friesian bulls made a top price of £158. Limousin bulfs
made to £162, heifers to £88, Friesian bulls to £158 (average £129.70), Charolais heifers to £109, Hereford heifers to £45. A Belgian Blue bull fetched £282, a heifer £198, a Piedmontese heifer £100 and a Simmental heifer £150. There were sheep and lambs
ovInstead, tragedy struck in Moor Lane, working the 'popular‘ couple 12 .closely with Garays Uni- month
on(j ■. two died peacefully at her whom have been shocked born .in Littl6borous[]i«.
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Christopher (16) and.Dan iel, now 13 months. The funeral was held at
and saddened by her death. She leaves two children,
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Get the rail plan right or scrap it
expressed disappointment at the response to the Secretary of State for Transport’s request to BR to market the line;, asked for an/investigation on options for passenger ser vices on the Blackburn to Hellifield line; and agreed to meet 50% of the cost of carrying out essential work on safety arid pas senger facilities at Clith eroe Station,, at an esti mated cost of £30,000. Ribble Valley Council’s
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 15th-, 1990 -.1
A h ea lth y start to No Smokihg Day
Planning and Transporta tion. Committee had already agreed to meet the remaining 50% of an origi nal estimated cost of £96,000 and set aside £48,000 for this purpose. Coun. Howel Jones (Clith eroe) told the committee at its ineeting last Thurs day that the original cost of £96,000 was tne abso lute minimum needed to be spent to put Clitheroe’s station into a safe and presentable state. “How can they now. cut that down to £30,000?” he disked
launches the community service, it will take care of itself,” said Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire). “The tourist service into Clith eroe must be established with a station which is
“ Once Br itish Rail
DON’T gasp. . . but we’re one day healthier in the Ribble Valley aecause we celebrated National No Smoking Day a day early!
relatively adequate for the town. We have got to get the service running this year. By the year 2,000, there will be a doublirig of traffic on the roads._ A commuter link on that line is absolutely vital.”
in great numbers, with correct mule ewes with twins making to £30, broken-mouthed mule ewes with twins to £27 and correct mule ewes with singles to £26.60. Monday’s sale again saw a
Barn ‘not redundant’
ing 119.36p. There were 312 sheep forward, with hoggs also meeting buoyant trade, well up to the end oflast week’s prices. Young bulls: Light made to
Suspension of pupil for under-age drinking
A PUPIL- at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School was suspended for a week after being found drinking in a Blackburn/,-public- house; it emerged this week. - , A;/,,
Darley. ordered a full investigation following a complaint by a parent that an under-age pupil from the school had been served alcohol in a Blackburn pub where drugs were also on offer. The 15-year-old pupil
Head teacher Mr Clive .
deal of ingenuity to raise the cash, said form tutor Mrs Enid, Duckworth. It took from September to- Christmas, with the ' children saving their weekly change, paying, to sign an injured class mate’s broken arm, selling baked potatoes; and old books and organising a raffle. ". " Receiving the cheque
HANDING over.£186 raised to help a young girl’s medical treat ments are members of Ribblesdale School’s Class 5, Pendle A. They used a great
had been seen with two others from the grammar school on a Saturday night in'a public house much fre quented by youngsters. When- asked by the
event at Roefield Barn was held over a weekend at'-the end of January. A heavy snowfall threa
is six-year-old Alexan dra Rushton, of Baxen- den, who suffers from a brain disorder. The. money will be used to help her to receive regular treatment from a team of 20-30 helpers.
“Advertiser and Times” whether the incident involved drink or drugs, Mr Darley confirmed that it was, in fact, drink. He had notified police
tened
-.to disrupt proceed ings,’’but 'students' from Cutheroe Royal Grammar School saved .the day, playing on for an extra three nours until girls frbm Accrington could make' their .way to the
Safer motor cycling
Roefield Bam. Remaining sponsorship
Street,
money can De.handed to Mr Fielding at Harrison’s Welding and Engineering Supplies, Kendal S' Clitheroe.
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Last in series
THE last in the Clitheroe series of Northern Cham: ber Orchestra concerts at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, on Sunday, was again well attended. •. - The programme fea.
tourism officer Mr Keith Taylor is now hoping that the borough council will give its approval to a fur ther series of four concerts in jClither’
hired Rossini’s “Sonata in G ^m a jo r ,” Howell’s “Elegy” and Mozart’s ever popular “ Eine: kleine Nachtmusik.”, . Delighted by the NCO’s Ribble Valley reception;
the autumn. h i
oe,1 starting in Sweep board
BQWLAND region of Young Farmers swept the
with Fylde coming seconi and Pennine third. ■
brainstrust competition. Six teams' took' part
In the ‘ federation’s t annual hedging competi-
" ioh, Richard Seed and
• todk first and second place .reap*
-positions.; in,<.the,, junior co
AllfoKay takin
Jiip Holden, of Chipping Yq'ung. Farmers’; Club, I p l i
pectively. with club col leagues Philip Slater, and ■Al^TKa talang the same
CELEBRATING .the end of a successful first year, arc members,, of Clithcroe’s Multiple Sclerosis support group, seen with"guests;., from Hyndbum and Blackburn at a social event at St James’s .. Church Hall.
proved -very, popular-and will' now become; an- annual event.' Guests- outnumbered local people by • 30 to. 15 and -so it was-no surprise that visitors;won both the first prize; a shield, and the - booby prize.
Organisers chose to. have a general knowledge quiz, which - : 1 - J , 1
-bring a member home from hospital during the ambulancemen’s StrikCe" * ’ 1 '' 1 ’ t V* ’"■J' • •' * .! v.' f - r
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next.meeting,-.on April 2nd,"features a talk by;Lancashire-police on'dnig-abuse.- A’formal- AGM will be held in May.
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MS Society decided the Ribble Valley should have its own group. Fund-raising events and donations.have helped
sufferers.in alP sorts of ways — including paying-for. a local wheelchair taxi to
The group was formed when a few members of. the. Blackburn
board in the’ Lancashire Federation’sJntermediate
interviewed all three pupils from my school and they were warned of the 'dangers. “Standards of behaviour
and it emerged that can nabis had been offered to young people in general in the pub. None of the three from his school had bought any drugs, but one of them had been drinking. . Said Mr, Dariey:
LANCASHIRE Constab ulary has joined forces with a Honda motor cycle dealer to promote safer motor cycling, after last year’s increase in the num ber of riders killed. An exhibition bus will
Gemma ready for dazzling disco display
CLITHEROE disco star Gemma Dawson has landed'herself a dancing date at the highly- prestigious Gibraltar Governor’s Show m June.
Gemma has a lre ad y scooped an amazing 60 tro phies. A Gibraltar judge who saw her in action wa& i so impressed that Gemma and her mum were invited for an all-expenses-paid week-long trip to the colony. ’ Gemma and her fellow
Still only 12 years old,
dancers in a group called “Pinnacle” will dance to music from “Grease” and other hits at the show, which is the highpoint of Gibraltar’s carnival week. They will don top hats
host a series of displays on driving techniques on March 31st and April 1st at Honda-dealer Bill Head’s premises in North Road, Preston,1 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. In addition, there are
at Clitheroe Royal Gram mar School are exemplary and a suspension such as this is very rare indeed. “The pupil in question
and tails for one scene and sequins and' glitter for another, in what Gemma and her friends hope will be a | sh ow - s te a l in g performance. Their routine will be
Welfare fund wound up
A WELFARE fund for ex-service personnel is to be wound up and the balance transferred, to another trust.
agreed that the remaining money in the Ex-Service Personnel Welfare Fund, approximately £600, be transferred to the Royal Br itish Legion local branch trust, which had similar objectives.
Clitheroe Town Council
free bike safety checks, star rider instructors in attendance to discuss your learner training and a collection of classic Hondas of yesteryear.
was suspended just before half-term. He was very upset, but took his punish ment well and as far as I am concerned the matter is now over.”
Three homes
THE egg packing station at 21 Parson , Lane, Clith eroe, is to be' converted into three houses. Planning permission has
conditions..
been given by the Ribble Valley Council’s Devel opment Sub-committee, s u b je c t to s e v e r a l
Baptised
CLITHEROE Jehovah’s Witnesses were among 880 who met at. their Assem bly Hall in Manchester on
Saturday. Miss Michaela Gillease,
of Clitheroe, was among some 15 new Witnesses baptised during the meeting. Speakers emphasised
filmed for television and watching the lavish spec tacle wul be an array of VIPs from Gibraltar’s high society, but Gemma is too busy to be nervous. “We will be practising
said he had been con cerned about the fund for some time. Formed 45 years ago, it had outlived its usefulness and it was better to ensure that the balance be put to good use.
Coun. Eric Bracewell
hard with a brand new routine which we hope will dazzle the audience. It is a great offer and we are all looking forward very much to .going;” said Gemma, whose parents, Doreen and Mike, live in Kenil worth Drive. She is a pupil at Clitheroe Royal Gram mar School, where head teacher Mr Clive Darley has given her permission to miss' lessons for the show.
the. need for spiritual and moral strength and the value of individual prayer and personal Bible study.
stars in her eyes, but is keeping her feet firmly on the ground when'it comes to choosing a career. When she leaves school, she wants to go on to study law or chartered accountancy.
Gemma dances with . ,,
fund has been distributed to nine successful appli cants during the past year.
A total of £80 froiii the ( Double blow
Ordergrove Ltd’s prem ises in Kendal Street. The first was on Saturday night, the second 24 hours later. Two Amstrad com-
phones, worth a . total of £300, were taken..
g uter. keyboards and two
COMPANY premises on Clitheroe’s ' Salthill indus trial
..estate 'were broken into over the weekend not once, but twice. The break-ins were at
f ood c a ttle t rad e , with 61 orward and young bulls averag
273.7p (220.7p), medium to 238.9p (218.2p), heavy to 214.2p (205.bp). The overall average was 217.71p. Ewes made to £34.50 (£24.82). Calving cattle found a good
128p (ll6.7p), medium to 146p (124.17p). Steers made to 112.5p (102.25p), light heifers to 113p (102p), medium to 124p (110.7p), cows to 85.6p (84.14p). S tandard hoggs'made to
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Development Sub committee decided to vote against the advice of its officers and refuse an application to convert a redundant barn into a dwelling at Eastham House Farm, Church Lane, Great Mitton. Although the officers
Valley Council offices on Tuesday morning were surprised to be confronted by tourist information’ officers wearing “No Smoking” sashes, posters, local
health.visitor Liz Dean manning a carbon- monoxide measuring machine, and a no-smoking video. “But No Smoking Day’s
Visitors to the Ribble
tomorrow,” said one sur prised onlooker. Environmental health
chief Dave Morris, the director of commercial arid community services, explained that the Ribble Valley had “jumped the pm” m order to catch the arg e r crowds on the town’s market day. “We might be having
Pottery show
response at Friday’s sale, when there were seven in-calf cattle and 141 stores forward, includ ing 51 young bulls. Store cattle are in demand,
but with margins tight, finishers are looking at buying-in prices more closely while the end p: duct price is not rising. Continental bulls made to
had recommended appro val of the application, several councillors felt that the barn was situated in a dangerous place, as it; was very close to the road. Coun. Allan- Kay
SLAIDBURN pottery expert Mrs Josie Co wiring is showing a selection of her wares at an' exhibition currently in Whalley Library during normal hours until March 31st. Also on view are paint
£507 (£396), heifers to £427 (£330), steers to £415 (£381), native steers to £465 (£415), Hereford heifers to £305 (£287), calving cows to £630 (£582), calving heifers to £510 (£505).
Luncheon for all
at school
and adults tucked in to various meats, salads and jacket potatoes in the hall of St Augustine’s RC High School. Organised by the Bil
RESIDENTS of all ages from Billington and Langho returned to school on Sunday — for their lunch. More than 200 children
lington and Langho Com munity Association, the event raised approxi mately ££50, including £123 from a draw. D u r in g lu n ch , 'Mr
(Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley) visited the bam on the night of the meet ing and had seen sheep and Iambs in it. Therefore, he claimed, it was not redundant-and the applies-1 tion was refused.
Lenten text
GUEST speaker at tl Women’s Guild of Clith eroe United Reformed Church was Mrs Greta Moir, of Grindleton. Appropriately for. the beginning, of Lent, she took her text from the 14th chapter of John’s Gospel. Miss E. Campbell pre
sided and tea hostesses were Mrs M. Preedy and Mrs .M. Robinson. The p ia n is t was Mrs A. Kenyon. The next meeting will
be on March 21st( when other guilds are invited.
Bumper sum
Richard Evans outlined proposals for the new com munity centre and ans- w e r e d n u m e r o u s questions. Arrangements are now
being made for the annual hoe-down in May and a bumper draw in June, the prize being tickets for the West End show “Aspects of Love” and a night at the Ritz Hotel.
THE bumper total of £9,468 has been raised by the four Clitheroe Cancer Re se a rch Campaign Groups. In addition, Chatburn
CRC has raised £3,041, Ribchester £932, Langho £410, Billington £543, Pendleton £217,. Whalley £1,235 and Rimington £325: In all, the total raised by Ribble Valley branches is £16,171.
Mystery is solved!
SHAKEN b u t n o t fied by a sharp-eyed stirred. . . that’s the staff, viewer of “ Granada of Clitheroe’s Imperial, Reports”'on Friday.
iritish. Telecom tele
Cancer Research Fund Cath Deacon, press j charity shop, who have; officer of the Castle Street a
ust discovered the use-of shop> said: “The object a mystery., object handed in several weeks ago. T
It is actually^ a cocktail shaker, which-was identi-
could well have been a tea- strainer.; Our; area man ager,
ed a d hough h an d ed - it
Smithies at: Granada and we are pleased, that the mystery. Jias..vfinally;-been solved.”
Joanna Lavelle, in to Bob
never knew what was going-to come in next. “We get some real sur-.
: Cath - added, th a t . staff
prises, but we’re also hop ing the ‘usual ‘supplies of crockery, bric-a-brac, toys and jewellery will continue to arrive,” she said
j,- James’s feat As PUPIL/at: St Mary’s
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R IB B L E VALLEY Young Farmers were unsuccessful in the Lanca shire County Federation of YFCs County Competi tions Day on Sunday, with near neighbours Bowland appearing in the awards. The event was held at
No success for Valley YFC
our own day before the rest of the country, but it was done with good inten
Myerscough College. Results. County dis
Street, Clitheroe, smokes 12 cigarettes a day. . . but was not going to try giving .up before Wednesday. “I might try and stop on
the official day with the rest' of the country,” he . said. “I will try and. cut down for the sake of the passive smokers in the office.”
“10” on the carbon monox ide machine which runs from 1-18, said he never smokes at home, where he has two young children', Serena (3) and Thea (1). , “However, I am part>
Tony, who measured -■
time steward at Clitheroe Cricket Club and find I smoke, a lot there, and at work," he said. The day, organised by
plays: South West, Fylde, Bowlarid. Junior Brain strust: Pennine, Fylde, Bowland. Crop manage ment: South West, Fylde, Wyre and Lune. Fence erecting: Wyre
the health promotion unit of the Blackburn, Hyn'd- burn and Ribble -Valley Health Authority, .was the first ever featured in the Ribble Valley offices;' where literature, was still available yesterday.
and Lune. Tractor driving (boys): Gt Eccleston and Whitechapel (joint), Lon- gridge (3rd); (girls): Sam- le sb u ry , L an c a s te r , Turton.
ings by Mrs Verona Cole, of Skipton, who works in watercolours, pastels and oils, and served as chair woman of the Craven Art Club for six years.
South West, Fylde, Pen nine, Bowland. After,din ner speaking: Pennine. Quiz final: Vale of Lune YFC (junior), Longridge YFC (senior).
Efficiency with safety:
create no-smoking areas in the council offices after all the local interest in thq display,” said Mr Morris, a; reformed smoker wno indulges in the occasional “social” cigar.
“I would hope .we can
here please, sir!” Smoker, Tony Smith tries the car-; bon-monoxide measuring machine, watched by Dave Morris and Liz Dean.; • ’
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