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part-time fire officer an d a ful l- time postman.
the division are expected to a t te n d , in c lu d in g several divisional officers and Chief Fire Officer Roy Watson. They will be lin ing the path to St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, where the funeral service is to begin at 11 a.m. Clitheroe firemen are providing the pall-bearers.
Over 50 firemen from
Low Moor, died when his Post Office delivery van was involved in a head-on collision with a timber lorry on the A662 Gisburn to Long Preston road at Nappa la s t Thursday afternoon.
Mr Dale, of Riverside, Mr Dale
close ‘to each other in Clitheroe. His parents, Frank and Violet Dale, live at Riverside, and his
its load, at the junction to Bank Newton, and the road was closed for several hours while the load was moved and North York shire firemen cut the body free from the remains of the Post Office van, an Austin Maestro.
The lorry shed part of
his usual rounds in Clith eroe in the morning and was working overtime on rural deliveries a fortnight before he was due to go on holiday to Cyprus with his wife, Justine.
Mr Dale had been doing
Post Office for six years and was a quiet, unassum ing man who was well- liked and will be missed by all the staff, said Mr Ian Barnes, the manager of Clitheroe delivery office.
He had worked for the
part-time fire officer for four years and such was his popularity that firemen from as far afield as Flee twood are attending the funeral.
Mr Dale had been a Mr Dale’s family live
WORRIED Ribble Valley shoppers, frightened by the'mounting hysteria about “Mad Cow Disease” were this week reassured by a Sawley abattoir man aging director that “Ribble V a l l e y b e e J i s clean . . . you need not worry about beef from local butchers.”
A CALL fo r sw i f t action from Coun. Bert Jones
is not from cows; it is from young bullocks and heifers which have never been found to have the disease at all. The disease is only ( from aged cows.” Mr Ellis, explained that
Ribble Valley meat went through stringent tests. ’At the auctions there is
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a Ministry of Agriculture veterinary officer and if he had the slightest worry about any cow, it would go straight to the knacker’s yard. Then, when cattle arrive at our abattoir, a Clitheroe vet checks them again — and if he had the slightest doubt, the animal would be destroyed.” To add further safe
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farmers, auctioneers and rural suppliers were wait ing for the scientists to deliver their facts.
He added that worried
leys’ Abattoir, said: “Beef.,, to the public, because .we eaten in the'Ribble Valley don’t know the facts yet
Mr. Jack .Ellis,,.,pf ;)Vhal-„, into..and_give, information,
: “This is something we can’t just get our teeth
ourselves,” he' declared. Mr Addyman said that he felt there was still
much public confidence in local meat.
incidence of the disease in Lancashire, it is nothing compared with the south of the country,” he added.
..Meanwhile,! the,.local,
Although there is some
branch assistant secretary for the National Farmers’
Union, Mr Stephen Faw- . thought there had been . Turner is. waiting for cett, said that information too much scaremongering' scientists to deliver the had to'come quickly from at a national level.
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-ment- funding-to,“bring- a- ra'pid demise of the dis ease,” but said that he
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A J O U R N E Y of shame into Clitheroe on Saturday has been averted by determined members of: Ribble
Race against time to get station shipshape
Valley Rail. ' Every night this week,-
guards, every animal’s spleen, spinal cord, head and tonsils are taken to Lancaster to be incin erated under Ministry supervision. On Tuesday, Lancashire
th e y h a v e w o rk e d desperately against the clock to tidy Clitheroe Railway Station in time, for Saturday morning’s' first regular passenger train in 28 years to whistle in, heralding the start of a new rail era in the town. “The place‘was just a
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education officials held a special meeting with Min istry . of Agriculture offi cials in Preston to discuss the use of beef in school meals and later decided not to ban it, although they are to seek a written a s s u ra n c e from th e Government that the meat is safe to eat. The Ministry of Agricul
complete tip,” said Ribble Valley Rail chairman Mr Peter Moore. “We could foresee people getting off the train and wondering what sort of a dump they had arrived at. After all, these people are visitors, and we want them to come to Clitheroe again.” Mr Moore added that it
ture revealed this week that 53 cases of the disease had been reported in Lam cashire, with 37 cattle proving infected. Immediately, a Ribble
for the big day
on to a breakfast reception* stone to extend the plat- during the last year the a t .th e town’s Old Post form facing the town
House Hotel. What they won’t see will
be one platform over grown with grass and weeds, and the ocean of litter, which Ribble Valley Rail members have tack led with grass strimmers and rubbish bags every night this week. “We will even burn the1
Valley councillor called for "swift action by the
Government and compen sation for our fanners and industries who will be affected by the crisis." Coun. Bert Jones (Clith
was “just diabolical what g e ts dumped in th e grounds on S a tu rd ay ' evenings in the way of tin cans, crisp and chip papers and the like. We are ex p e c t in g te le v is io n cameras to record the ev en t - what so r t of impression would they give?”
eroe) said: “Health must come before profit and I know our local farmers agree with me. But this disease has been around for years and there must be many questions as to why the Government has not acted before now.’’ ■
expected to join rail enth usiasts :at the station to watch passengers alight at eight o”clock before going
Many local people are
midnight oil on Friday night i f n ec es sary to ensure all is spick and span for the great day,” declared Mr Moore._ ; ; On Monday,, a British Rail wagon arrived to tip
centre. And Ribble Valley Rail member Bob Green wood h a s made two wooden “Clitheroe” signs, painted red and white, although the group may take them down after- w a r d s in c a s e o f vandalism.
only get better. Ribble Valley Council’s director of development and client services, Mr Philip Bailey, said:, “Everyone is doing their best. We are nego tiating with British Rail to improve the platforms and
Meanwhile, things can
Ribble Valley Rail to start improvement work. Dur ing the last financial year we have found money with the County Council to pro vide furniture and lighting for the area which will be installed.” Mr Bailey added that
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planning permission had been granted for a cafe restaurant in the station b u ild in g s , which are owned by Thwaites Brew ery, and plans were afoot to develop part of the sta tion forecourt owned by the council for a possible bus/rail link.
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■ As beef prices began to drop in local auction marts at Gisburn and. Clitheroe, a u c t io n e e r s Rich a rd Turner and Robin Addy- man put the drop down to Mad Cow Disease (bovine spongiform encephalo pathy) plus the usual sea sonal decline in demand for beef.
if cattle needed to be slaughtered,-there must be swift payment to farm ers whose livelihoods could otherwise be “decimated.”
■ Coun. Jones added that
related disease of scrapie, in sheep has been present for decades and so by now has got into the human foqd chain. If there were to be any reaction in humans, it .would-have shown itself by now.” -.A - j
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Tom - at 80 - steps out to help the local cadets
AT the age of 80, Clitheroe war .veteran and: Royal British Legion life member Tom
Ingham has big plans afoot. , On Sunday, he will don his favourite walking boots
and tackle the 20km sponsored walk organised by Clitheroe Army Cadet Force.
“I never plan my route,” he told us.-“I get to the end of the road and toss a coin to decide which way . ■toturn.” _ .
Highfield Road, Clitheroe, walks-every , day,: often ; teens of miles.
Not that it will leave him out of breath, for Tom, of r
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;is-.hoping that his example will persuade others to v tackle one of the cadets’ routes,-which are detailed on page 13.
- He also plays golf regularly “for a rest,” being-a , .• -member of the Stonyhurst Park Golf Club. When we r ; asked -Tom his handicap, he replied: -‘The ball!" ■ ’- ‘ .-'.■ ;
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■Artillery as a gunner in India and Burma,.did his.:-' : first sponsored walk three years ago for the Poppy Day Appeal, a distance of 20 miles. • v
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yet that the disease can pass into the human chain, but already there has been a slight drop in beef con sumption in the country,” he said. Mr Fawcett added that he would like to see a ■quick release of Govern-•
scientists. ‘ “We have no proof as
CLITHEROE firemen are to form a guard of honour at tomorrow’s funeral of colleague John Dale, whose death in a road accident shocked a wide circle of family and friends. Mr Dale (38) was a
involved in the collision was Mr Craig Smith (25), of West Gill Road, Spring- field,' Gretna, near Car lisle, who was unhurt!
Justine, in August, 1987. T h e lo r r y d r i v e r
vice will be followed by interment at Clitheroe Cemetery.
Tomorrow’s funeral ser
of flowers, should go to the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund, c/o Clitheroe Fire Station.
Any donations, in place As hysteria mounts over ‘Mad Cow Disease,’ the message goes out. m e a t
AFTER five years of hard study, seven Clitheroe students left school in true style, not by bus or taxi, but in a grand Daimler limousine. All fifth-year pupils
at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, the girls decided that they wanted to make it a day to remember when they left school and enlisted the services of a chauffeur-driven limousine. Sarah Fenton (16),
two brothers, Anthony (40) and Keith (36), live at R ivers ide and Union Street respectively.
John married his wife, and Times
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A commercial break as Debbie publicises
village TV WADDINGTON housewife Mrs Deb-: bie Winckley (21) is getting used to being a television personality . . . after all, her face has been seen all over Britain and America. .
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senters in the recent Wa d d i n g t o n TV experiment, Debbie, of Waddow View, has been interviewed on nearly all the major
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news programmes. She and one of the other
p re s e n te r s , Jo n a th an Brown, of Regent Street, were interviewed live on Granada Reports on Tues day evening. Debbie, who works p a r t- t im e .,fo r . Houldsworth Solicitors of C l i th e ro e , h a s also appeared on BBC-l’s Gloria'Live, Open. Air Live, ITN News and on ABC TV news across America, as well as on recent trailers advertising the Channel 4 documen tary about the village experiment. “I think the only news
programme I hav en ’t appeared on is BBC’s Look North West,” she said. The taste of television
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has given Debbie a great interest in the 'medium, which she says she would love to work in full time.' Husband David and
of King Street, Whalley; Catherine Needham (15), of Somerset Avenue, Clitheroc; Catherine Wright (15), of Eaves Hall Lane, West Bradford; Becky Hathcrell (16), of Church Close, Waddington; Catherine Smith (16), of St Mary’s Close, Mellor; Antonia ' Scaffali (16), of Alma - Place, Clitheroe; and Liz Barlow (15), of' West View, Clitheroe, all piled into the car, driven by Mr Ian Holgate, and were taken to Antonia’s house for a party. Although it .
certainly was a thrilling send-off, with teachers and pupils watching, the students have not left for good and will all be returning to complete their examinations before epjoying a long summer holiday. The students arc
hoping to return to school after the summer to enrol into the sixth form.
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A SPATE of thefts from cars left at local beauty spots has prompted the police to ask the public to be vigilant about leaving valuables in
their.vehicles. Stocks Reservoir, Slaid- burn, and thc Nick o’.Pen-
ing people to lock their cars securely and make sure nothing is on display which may tempt would-be thieves. ■ ' i
die have been'recent tar gets for thieves. Clitheroe Police are urg
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d a u g h te r L a u ra (22 months) have watched all her performances on the screen, with Laura laugh ing and running round when she sees her mother.
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TRAFFIC was held up on the Whalley Road, Clith eroe, on Tuesday momini when a tall tree was fellei at Barker’s Primrose Nur series arid GaFden'Ceritre.' A spokesman for the
niirsenes'said the tree was felled to make way for improvements but was rotten anyway, t
£ Valley MP Mr David Waddington, his famijy and p ro p e r ty — is causing concern in the corridors of County Hall. Members of Lanca
■THE cost of providing security for the Home Secretary — Ribble
shire County Council’s Police Committee are pressing for the costs to be me t by th e Government and not the county’s community charge payers. Early this month,
JLo the Police Commit tee later in the year.
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