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AN annual medieval charity banquet turned into a right royal occasion for Clithcroe Ladies’ Circle — despite fears about the availability of the traditional meat dishes. At one stage it was feared that spare-ribs and
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chicken would be missing from the menu because of unusual consumer demand on those products. Suppliers were reporting that the demand for chicken and pork had been prompted by concern over mad cow disease.
But Mr Jeffrey Hoyle, the owner of the Chicken Shop in Moor Lane, Clitheroe, turned up trumps
work cut out dishing up spare-ribs and chicken pieces to the 270 guests.
and found abundant supplies of the banquet fare in Manchester. A bevy of attractive serving wenches had their
Saturday evening, raised more than £500 for the Marlin House Chil dren’s Hospice in Leeds — one of only two in the country. C1 i t hc r o e Round
Tablcrs joined in the fun and supplied a royal couple, in the shape of J o h n F is h er , the ir social convener, who took on the role of king, and secretary Richard Bennett, the queen. The five-course meal
The feast, held at Henthorn Farm, Clithcroe, on
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was served a t long tables and the guests were seated on hales of straw. Entertainment was provided by the Chorley Mashers on lute and mandolin and there was also a jester. Stocks for those guilty of misdemeanours were in constant use during the evening. Our picture shows the
THE Ribble Valley Council’s switchboard operators are real live wires when it comes to answering telephone calls.
council switchboards finds that the borough is on the ball for speed of service.
Oswin Hopkins told the Policy and Resources
serving wenches of the Ladies’ Circle in their off-the-shoulder outfits and the “ medieval” Tablcrs.
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Committee that an exten sive six-month survey was conducted on 404 local authorities by an indepen dent telecommunications consultancy.
The Ribble Valley’s switchboard at the council offices in Church Walk was considered to provide the second best service in L an c ash ire , with an avarage response time to calls of 8.3 seconds, after being tested on 40 occa sions .
Switchboards were
te s te d fo r speed of response, quality of response, and effective ness of departmental extensions.
was wet, the trip was a botanist’s dream, with over 00 flowers on show, including melancholy, this tles anil lousewort. Wild life was also in abundance, with herons and kestrels seen by members. A vote of thanks was
board staff were con sidered to be friendly, k n o w l e d g e a b l e and efficient.
given by Mr B. Warren. The next walk, to Yealand Conyers,is on June 23rd and will be led by Mrs G. Warren. Members should meet at the station at 10 a.m.
Pollution
fine of £2,000 A GISBURN man was fined £2,000 for polluting a river with cattle slurry. It was the maximum
fine which can be imposed by magistrates for this type of offence. Christopher Harold
Hindley, of Coppy House, was also ordered to pay costs of £512, after plead ing guilty to the charge's brought by the National Rivers Authority under the 1989 Water Act. Magistrates at Clitheroe
heard how the slurry from Westby Hall Farm, Gis- burn, overflowed from a cattle slurry storage tank in December and flowed into a tributary of the River Ribble over several days.
receive relatively poor marks for the response given by other s ta f f answering extensions. This may nave prevented the Ribble Valley from being the top authority in Lancashire, that honour went to Burnley, Mr Hop kins told the committee.
But the switchboard did
(Clitheroe) said that while welcoming these findings, he had sometimes waited more than three minutes before being answered when ringing the council.
Coun. Eric Bracewell
unaware that a stacking system operated, with calls waiting in line to be a n sw e r e d by th e switchboard.
well and Barrow), said much depended on the time of day when calls were made. A separate t o u r i s t te le p h o n e exchange could help solve the problem.
Ribble Valley’s switch A nationwide check of
appointed and the con struction work should get underway before the end of the month.
has been awarded to Walter Carefoot and Sons, builders and civil engi neers, of Blackpool Road, Longridge, by the Ribble' Valley Sports and Recre ation Association, which has spearheaded the mam moth fund raising required for the scheme.
The 3(J-week contract
association, which will run the complex as a private venture, are now meeting the contractors to deter mine a starting date for the work.
Representatives of the
that a tender has been accepted and we should have the complex up and working by next spring,” said association chairman Mrs Doreen Euinton.
“Everyone is delighted
TILLEY — WHALLEY
A honeymoon in the Canary Islands followed the wedding of Calder- stones Hospital nurses Mr Steven Peter Tilley and Miss Fiona Lesley Whal- ley at Clitheroe Register Office. The bridegroom is the
eldest son of Mrs Beryl Tilley, of 12 Siddows Avenue, Clitheroe, and the bride is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Whalley, of 13 North- cliffe, Great Harwood. Given away by her
the contract and although the exact figure has not been disclosed, the project is known to be in excess of £385,000. The fund-raisers themselves have so far notched up £05,000 and the Ribble Valley Council is phasing in a £250,000 grant to the association as the work proceeds.
Six firms tendered for
also agreed to phase £50,000 in a similar way and the Rural Devel opment Commission has donated £20,000.
The Sports Council has
association is hoping that Ribble Valley people will still continue to rally- round in support of the) fund raising and match last year’s £05,000 during the next 12 months.
Mrs Euinton says the
father, the bride wore a ballerina-length gown of ivory embossed satin and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses with ivory freesia. The witnesses were
Miss Kathryn Anne Whal ley, the bride’s sister, and Mr David Hincldiffe. A reception was held at
The public was often Clitheroe.
the Duke of York, Grind- leton, after which the cou ple left for their honey moon. They are to live in Grindleton. Photograph: Pye’s of
a full-size sports hall for a host of net sports, a climb ing wall for mountaineer ing enthusiasts, a bowling mat, facilities for gymnas tics, netball and five-a-side soccer and a small general room, which could be used as a creche or for social occasions.
The complex will include
at Roefield will be linked into the complex and could be used for social lettings, with accommodation for 200 visitors. The buildings will also incorporate full access for the disabled.
The existing sports barn Litter complaints unfair Coun. Myra Clegg (Wis
COMPLAINTS about litter on the hard-surface play areas in Clitheroe Castle Grounds are an old ball game. So says the man who runs the adjoining Summer
House Cafe and looks after the sports area as part of his contract with the borough council. Mr John Andrew, who took over the cafe on April
was being done to improve the service, including fur ther staff training, while plans were in hand to improve working condi tio n s for th e office telephonists.
Mr Hopkins said more
2nd, was hopping mad about comments made at a recent meeting of the council's Recreation and Leisure Committee. Clitheroe Netball
League.secretaryJline Johnson, in
a letter, read to the committee by Coun. James McGhie, said conditions were often “filthy.” But Mr Andrew says the complaints do not relate to
the present conditions, as the letter was written in February. “I always clear away litter when it appears and
Novel ‘Cow Pat Capers’ should bring good turnout at charity event
WHERE there's muck, there’s money. . . at least if vou follow five Friesian cows around a field in West Bradford on Sunday! For hundreds of eyes will be focused on where Daisy deposits her first pat.
Fields Committee, which has organised a “Cow Pat Caper" at 2 p.m. to raise money towards a new vil lage hall. Members have sectioned the playing field into grid references and sold hundreds of tickets to hopefuls, who
will.be keeping their fingers crossed that the cows choose their particular piece of the field for some instant fertiliser. Prizes range from £200 down to £25. ' -
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wooden cow to publicise the event and, on Monday, it was erected next to a new thermometer to show the village’s progress towards its new hall. More than £23,000 has already been raised towards a final target
ing a bouncing castle. Committee member Tony Knowles made a large
of £30,000 to replace the village’s old prefabricated building.
- added: “We hope we get a really good turnout on the day.”
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are hoping the event will really boost funds.” And perhaps she did have tongue in cheek when she
Committee secretary Mrs June Jeffries said: “We There will also be several side attractions, includ
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IT is now all systems go for the long-awaited Roefield Leisure Centre complex in Clitheroe.
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HOPING to cook up a tasty dish and win a holi day for two is West Brad ford pub landlady Mrs Marion Hough. T Mrs Hough, of the
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Council house sales
MORE than 1,000 Ribble Valley council tenants have applied to buy their houses. At a meeting of the Rib
ble Valley Borough Coun cil’s Housing Committee it was reported that 1,075 “notices to buy” had been served, 102 of which were resubmissions. At the time of the meet
ing 721 of the applications had been accepted.
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