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t a k e n . T h e v i d e o , o f c o u r s e , a n d a f ew p e r s o n a l i t em s , n o t m u c h o f v a l u e . “ H u t it w t i s t h e m e s s t h e y l e f t . " s a i d Hi l l . " I t


w a s d i s g u s t i n g , . lo a n w a s in a r e a l s l a t e a n d I d o n ’t t h i n k s i t e w i l l e v e r y e t o v e r i t .


" I t ' s t h e f a e t t h a t


s o m e o n e h a s b e e n in y o t i r h o u s e , .yoioy t h r o u g h y o u r


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t h i n g s . W e c a n c e l l e d t h e h o l i d a y b e c a u s e w e c o u l d n ’t f a c e l e a v i n g t h e h o u s e a n d w e k e p t t h i n k ­ i n g t h e b u r g l a r s w o u l d c om e h a c k a g a i n . "


T h e r a i d e r s m i g h t t r y it


a g a i n , b u t t h e n e x t l im e , t h e y wi l l f in d i t m o r e d i f f i ­ c u l t t o g e t in .


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t h e i r h o m e t h a t e v e n i n g b e l i e v i n g i t w a s s a f e . I t c e r t a i n l y w a s n ' t .


T h e r e w e r e n o lo c k s o n


t h e w i n d o w a n d o n l y a s im p l e l o c k o n t h e d o o r . A s in m o s t c a s e s o f b u r ­


g l a r y , t h e t h i e v e s g o t in t h r o u g h a w i n d o w , f a s ­ t e n e d w i t h a s im p l e c a t c h .


N o w , e v e r y w i n d o w in


t h e h o u s e . hi t s lo c k s , e a s y to f i t , b u t d i f f i c u l t t o fo r c e . N o w , s t r o n g e r l o c k s a r e o n t h e d o o r s . N o w , t h e r e is a n a l a rm s y s t e m . “ I t d i d n ’t c o s t u s a lo t to


f i t t h e m b u t i t w a s w o r t h e v e r y p e n n y , " s a i d Bi l l . “ I o n l y w i s h w e h a d d o n e i t b e f o r e a n d t h e n w e m i g h t h a v e b e e n s a v e d a l l t h e m e s s a n d t h e u p s e t . ”


C Iuy a s , h e ad o f t he a re a ’s C11) said: " I t is hard to believe just how


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some very sorry and sad talcs.


There was an elderly m s


i 30 MOSELEY ROAD, BURNLEY o ‘. - i TEL: (0282) 37585


ease of the little old lady who let two men into her home. One kept her chat­ ting while the other stoic hundreds of pounds she h ud h i d d o n in h e r


th ey were hack a g a in presenting another bill, which he paid, hut it was only a f te r a third visit th a t th e police got to know about it. Then th e re was th e


man who was confronted by two men on his door­ step. Soon, they were on his roof pre tending to replace slates. Half an hour Inter they were tak­ ing SMOOTroni him. The fo l low in g week


been concerned to such an extent this year they have had a team of detec­ tives working on tracking down the criminals who prey on the elderly. The team members tell


callous some criminals are when they want to s teal from our elderly people and it is sad to sav, but East Laneashire is ra th e r notorious for these eon men." The local police have


WE till know that the scum of our society arc always willing to crawl out of their holes in order to cheat, lie and eon so they can steal from the elderly. Dct. Chief Insp. Cary


Callous criminals


bedroom. Much of her savings gone in minutes. The team could go on


and on, relating sad and sorry tales.


about it. Wo a ll have some connec tions with the elderly, they may be r e |a t io n s , f r ie n d s o r neighbours. Remember, by working together we can prevent our elderly becoming victims.


Hut plenty can he done Advice leaflets for the


old folk are freely avail­ able at all police stations and police have issued the following advice to the elderly: If there is a knock at


y o u r door, before you open it, look to sec who is calling. You don’t have


c a lle r , a sk them que s­ tions and questions. If you arc unsure, ask the c a l le r to re tu rn la te r , giving you time to check them out. Genuine call­ ers will not mind. If you are in any doubt


to open the door to speak to callers hut if you do, put your chain on first. If you don’t know the


d o in g in y o u r h ome, th in k c a re fu lly before accepting “offers” from people knocking at your door. Many criminals use this method in order to steal from the elderly. If you want a job doing, get q u o tu tio n s from local c om p an ie s , i t is well worthwhile.


— keep them out. If you want any work


Reports by Ian Pilkington


report from the county surveyor’s depart meat which slated that since the bollards had been erected, there had been no further complaints from residents, though the department t would continue to monitor


he situation. One bollard They were discussing a


E n v i r o n m e n t i n s p e c t o r , M r G. W. C l a r k , w h o c o n ­


s i d e r e d tin* a p p e a l , f o u n d t h a t t h e p r o p o s a l w a s a c c e p t a b l e o n h i g h w a y g r o u n d s , b u t c o n f i r m e d t h e b o r o u g h c o u n c i l ’s o b j e c t i o n s o n v i s u a l i s s u e s .


Line on (leas


K I R C H E S T E R \ S a w a r d w i n n i n g M u s e u m o f ( ’h i ld - h o o d f e a t u r e d o n t e l e v i s i o n e a r l i e r t h i s w e e k a s M r s . E v e l y n T o m l i n , f l e a h a r - n e s s e r e x t r a o r d i n a r y , a p p e a r e d b n “ W h a t ’s m y l in e ? " 'f lu* to o l s o f M r s T o m ­


l in ’s t r a d e , n am e l y o n e f le a c i r c u s , a r e o n p e rm a n e n t d i s p l a y a t tin* m u s e u m , a n d art* b e l i e v e d to b e t h e o n l y c o m p l e t e e x a m p l e in e x i s t e n c e .


d i s s e n t i n g v o i c e . C o n n . M r s M y r a C l e g g (Wi sw e l ! a n d P e n d l e t o n ) s a i d t h a t t h e p a r i s h c o u n c i l h a d e x p r e s s e d s t r o n g f e e l i n g s a g a i n s t t h e s c h e m e a n d silt* f e l l t h a t s h e w o u l d h a v e t o s u p p o r t t h e p a r i s h c o u n c i l o n t h e m a t t e r . T h e p a r i s h ’s a l t e r n a t i v e


p l a n w a s t o p u l l t u e b u i l d ­ i n g d o w n a n d t u r n it in t o a


p l a y a r e a f o r c h i l d r e n . M e m b e r s h a d s t r e s s e d t h a t a s i t s o r i g i n a l use* h a d l)ej*n l b r t h e g o o d o f t h e c o m m u n i t y , t h e silt* s h o u l d c o n t i n u e f o r t h a t p u r p o s e . A r e p o r t b e f o r e t h e


c o m m i t t e e a l s o s t a t e d t h a t t h e p a r i s h c o u n c i l w a s n o t in f a v o u r o f a h o u s e b e i n g s i t e d in c l o s e p r o x im i t y to 1 ) i c k i n s o n K a r in . T h e y p o i n t e d o u t t h a t


f o r o v e r 2 1 y e a r s t h e a c c e s s r o a d t o t h e s c h o o l b u i l d i n g h a d b o o n u s e d b y m i l k t a n k e r s a m i f a rm v e h i c l e s t o g a i n a c c e s s to t h e f a rm a n d i t w a s fe l l t h a t t h i s c o u l d b e o f h i n ­ d r a n c e t o o c c u p a n t s o f a h o u s e . T h e p a r i s h c o u n c i l a l s o


p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e r e w o u l d b e t lx* a d d i t i o n a l p r o b l e m s o f f a rm n o i s e a n d s m e l l s f r o m m a n u r e f o r o c c u p a n t s .


Waste of power


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c i l ln r s w e n * “ e n l i g h t e n e d " a b o u t a w a s t e o f e l e c t r i c i t y o n o u r s t r e e t s b y r o a d l a m p s w h i c h s t a y o n d a y a n d n i g h t . ( * o u n . J o h n C o w g i l l


( ( ’l it h o r o o ) . s p e a k i n g t o h i s f e l low m e m b e r s o f t h e c o u n c i l ' s P u b l i c W o r k s a n d H e a l t h C o m m i t t e e , s a i d


t h a t a w a l k r o u n d h i s w a r d t l i e p r e v i o u s n i g h t h a d r e v e a l e d 1 l s t r e e t l a m p s w h i c h w e r e c o n t i n u o u s l y lit a n d In* k n e w o f a n o t h e r s ix in t h e t o w n . "W e a r e s u p p o s e d t o b e


c o n s e r v i n g e n e r g y a n d w e a r e b u r n i n g e l e c t r i c i t y a s i f i t i s g o i n g m i l o f f a s h i o n , " h e d e c l a r e d .


‘Spectacular’ results


at CRGS


S P E C T A C U L A R - t h a t w a s t h e w o r d u s e d t o d e s e n b e th i s y e a r ' s G C S K r e s u l t s f r om C l i t h c r o e Ro y a l G r a m m a r S c h o o l b y h e a d m a s t e r M r C l i v e D a r l e y . “ W e a r e d e l i g h t e d


w i t h t h i s y e a r ' s G C S K r e s u l t s , w h i c h c a n o n l y b e d e s c r i b e d a s s p e c t a c u l a r . ” h e t o l d t h e “ A d v e r t i s e r a n d ' r im e s . " " O f t h e HOI i n d i v i d ­


u a l s u b j e c t e n t r i e s . f».V.; r e s u l t e d in t h e a t t a i n m e n t o f a n “ A" g r a d e . " T h i s is a r e m a r k ­


a b l e a c h i e v e m e n t in i t s e l f , f r o m w h i c h b o t h p u p i l s a n d t e a c h ­ e r s e m e r g e w i t h c r e d i t . T in * r e s u l t s a l s o r e l a t e t o t h e f i r s t m i x e d i n t a k e i n t o tin* a m a l g a m a t e d s c h o o l


in lANf> a n d p r o v i d e a m p l e r e a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e c o - e d u e a - t im i ; i l s . v s t c m h a s w o r k e d w e l l . " ® A full li st o f t h e


C R G S r e s u l t s , a l o n g w i t h t h o s e f r o m S t A u g u s t i n e ’s R C H ig h S c h o o l , c a n b e f o u n d o n t h e a d j o i n i n g p a g e .


Champagne celebrations


S T A F F a t S k i p t o n Rt i i ld i n g S o c i e t y ’s C l i t h e r o c o f f i c e r e t u r n e d t o w o r k a f t e r t h e b a n k h o l i d a y to a c h a m p a g n e c c l c h r a t


ion. In l e s s t h a n t h r e e v e a r s .


t h e s o c i e t y h a s d o u b l e d i t s a s s e t s a n d n o t c h e d u p 1'2 b i l l io n in a s s e t s . A n d it w a s b u b b l y a l l


r o u n d t h i s w e e k a s t h e S k i p t o n ’s c h i e f e x e c u t i v e M r ' f e r r y A d a m s a d d e d : " lANf l w a s o u r b e s t y e a r e v e r , b u t


s e t t o b e c o m e e q u a l l y m e m o r a b l e . " a n d d e c r e e d s t a f f s h o u l d t o a s t t h e n ew s in s t vie .


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K E 7 U R N IN G h om e to f i n d th e h o u s e r a n s a c k e d is b e c om in g in c r e a s in g / / / c om m o n p la c e , bu t it can be a v o id e d ij gem ta k e s im p le s e c u r i ty p r e c a u t io n s w hich of ten d e te r w o u ld -b e th ie v e s


THE Police Crime Prevention Team lias issued a list of mea­ sures which could prevent your home being attacked.


front doors and always use them. • Never let in a stranger without


• Fit good chains to both back and


proof of identity and if your are suspi­ cious of them, refuse them admission and notify the police.


don’t fully understand. • Make sure th at door locks and


• Do not sign any papers that you


window fasteners are in proper work­ ing order and lock all doors and secure all windows when going out.


be secured when you retire for the night.


• Doors and windows should always


H o w y o u c a n h e l p y o u r s e l f • Replace or repair defective locks


or window fasteners. •Don’t leave the key under a mat or


hidden anywhere. • Never keep large sums of money


in the house, put it in the bank, post office or building society.


• If you live alone, enlist the aid of a


neighbour or relative and get them to call on you frequently and let them know when you are going away, even overnight.


or forcing rear windows, even worse, they get in through insecure wiqdows, always close and fasten your windows.


• Better still, fit a window lock,


there are locks for all types of windows and they are not too expensive.


• Many burglars'get in by breaking


Crimewatch 9 0 don’t miss it!


:


MANY of the security systems avail­ able for vehicles will be on display at the CRIMEWATCH ’90 exhibition at Burnley Mechanics on Saturday.


and supported by this newspaper, the exhibition will be the largest crime


Staged hv Lancashire Constabulary,


prevention event ever staged in the area.


well as hints and advice on how to crack crime.


There will be lots to see and do, as T h e S e c u r i t y S p e c ia U s t s


Wc offer a complete range of locks for every purpose.


5-levcr 'Insurance' mortice locks from £10.50 inc. VAT


Windows locks from as little as 70p inc. VAT


Padlocks from a few pence to the most sophisticated Chubb and Ingersoll.


See o u r se le c tio n o f W a ll a n d Flo o r Safes


AkOS! lC*fd: PK'°dPPr ,ocks' inv'S'bIc marker pens, cupboard locks, bolts, etc etc


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