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MP unhappy with trust status for hospitals
hospitals thinking of becoming self-governing trusts. Following the announce
RIBBLE VALLEY’S Liberal Democrat MP, Mr Michael Carr, has con- lomned those Lancashire
the mention of trust status sets the alarm hells ring
become a self-governing trust, the temptation to ditch non-profilable ser vices will he ever-present
ing. People do not want their health service to he used as an accountancy experiment. “If a decision is taken to
would like to see would be through “a patients’ char ter, setting out rights to hospital treatment within a reasonable time, a choice of GP, access to health records and a comprehen sive no-lault compensation scheme.” He would like to see N i ls t r u s ts re in c o r
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DALES celebrity Hannah Hauxwell liked the people of Clitheroe so much last time she came that she is making a return visit.
town signing copies of her new book “Hannah” on Monday, when she is to visit the Kaydee Bookshop on Moor Lane between noon and 2 p.m.
Miss Hauxwell will be in
the Government should be improving services, pro moting patients’ choice and ensuring local control of hospitals." The local control he
ami patients will be the losers. “ Instead of messing ihout with market forces,
ment that Preston Hospi tals might be considering trust status, he said: 'There is no doubt that
HARD-WORKING pupils at Moorland School, Clitheroe, have raised over £3,000 for the Derian House Hospice appeal, making the single biggest donation ever presented. Although the final cheque received by appeal chairman Mr John
towards the grand total, with children in each year doing their best to help. The juniors held a sponsored spell and the seniors completed a
Clayton was for £2,850, a number of other events pushed the final figure to over £3,000 for the year. The school adopts a different charity each year and the response in the last two terms has been superb. A whole host of events helped
Girls take strain in tugging team
A BOWLAND Regional Young Farmers’ tug-of- war team for girls has recently- been formed.
porated “to enable com prehensive planning by local authorities." Me also
practising for the Lanca shire county finals held on Chipping Showground in May, when they were placed first and went on to represent Lancashire “A” team at the recent North ern area field day held at the County Durham Col lege of Agriculture and Horticulture.
The girls first began
named “Rowland Girlies Tuggin’ Team,” consisted of I’ain Bullock, Jan et Hanson, Julie Gornall, Iris Boyle, Rachel Hester, Rachel Stott, Julie Bra-
The eight-strong team,
gruelling 21-mile sponsored walk. With classes organising a raffle and a job week and with home-made cake and sweets for sale each breaktime and a shoe shining stand, the money just kept rolling in. Our picture shows Mr Clayton receiving the cheque from Mrs J. E. Harrison, with the children watching.
Jailed for causing suffering to dog he killed for pal
A DOG died of multiple injuries on Clitheroe Castle Field at the hands of a man using an air rifle and knife.
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e e w e l l a n d Cl a r e Cheatham, with reserve Adrienne Holmes. The coach is Mr Paul Morris.
The team competed against other counties
omnibus edition containing her previous books. “Sea sons of My Life” and
"Daughter of the Dales.”
"Hannah — the com plete story" is a special
shire “A” team. All the members were pleased with th e r e s u l t and thanked everyone who helped them in their three months of training, espe cially Mr Harold Hanson, of Grindleton.
from the area and was placed third in the semi finals against the York
at Longridge Show on Sunday and at the Royal Lancashire Show at the
The team is competing end of the month.
daughter of Mr and Mrs B. J. Grierson, of Whalley. The bridegroom is the
GRIERSON Personnel officer Miss Christine Grierson mar ried commercial pilot Mr Bryan Allen at St Mary am! All Saints’ Church, Whalley. The bride is the elder
younger son of Mr and MrsJ. Allen, of Fulwood. The bride, given away
attempted to put down the 13-year-old lurcher by first aiming the rifle at its tem ple, but the dog broke free and ran round the field yelping in pain, Clitheroe magistrates were told. A post-mortem showed
Gary Wilkinson (24) had
failed to kill tile animal and it broke its leash and went running round the Castle Field, yelping in pain.
Another attempt also
by her father, wore a cream gown with an embroidered front panel featuring seed pearls, a bow at the back and three- quarter length sleeves buttoned at the wrist. She wore a headdress of fresh flowers with cream roses and carried a crescent- shaped bouquet of cream and pink roses, ivy and gypsophila. Bridesmaids were Miss
that the lurcher had multi ple wounds to the chest, head and neck, including 13 puncture wounds, mas sive bruising and bleeding, a three-inch neck wound and a depressed fracture of the skull. Photographs described as “somewhat distressing” were pro duced in court. Wilkinson, a married
man with two young chil dren, of Whipp Avenue, Clitheroe, was jailed for four months, after plead ing guilty to shooting and stabbing a dog so as to c a u s e u n n e c e s s a r y suffering. Mr Angus Craigen, pro
not want the dog to die in pain and as he tried to catch the animal it turned
Wilkinson said he did
and bit him. “I jumped at it and got my knife out of my pocket. Pushing it over, I stabbed it a few times. I didn’t want to do it, but 1 got it at the hack of the neck and stuck the knife in and twisted it.” In mitigation, Mr David
Driving ban for youth
A CLITHEROE youth was banned from driving for six months under the totting-up procedure when he appeared before the town’s magistrates on a speeding offence. P e te r Je f frey Stone
(111), of Stirling Close, admitted driving a motor van at 57 m.p.h. in a 40 m.p.h. area along Clith eroe Road, Barrow. The court heard that he
Parkinson said that a pro bation officer’s report had shown that Wilkinson was “unusually active — an impulsive person who ignores the implication of his actions.”
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dresses in pastel colours with jade bows and shoes piped in jade and carried shower bouquets of pink and cream roses. Anna had a cream dress featur ing a floral sash and bow, floral fabric roses on the sleeves and a Bo-Peep style skirt. Her Peter Pan collar was piped in jade and she carried a posy of pink and cream flowers. Best man was Mr Ste
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phen Allen, the elder brother of the bridegroom, and ushers were Mr Ste
lowed by a reception at the Inn at Whitewell, after which the couple left for a honeymoon in the Lake District. They are to live in
formed by th e Rev. Michael Ackroyd and fol
The ceremony was per
Vicki Savage, the bride’s sister Miss Paula Grier son, the bride’s niece Miss Anna Grierson and the bridegroom's sister Miss Heather Allen. The adults wore floral
rather do it than have someone hit it with a lump hammer,” he added. He told the police: “I
Oxford on their return. Photograph: David Sim mons Studio, Clitheroe.
had the dog down on the ground, but just as I fired
the, gun at its temple it must have flinched.”
was not a humane method and pointed out that he had an air rifle and that shooting the dog through the temple would be a much more acceptable technique. “I thought that I would
police, Wilkinson said that he and his friend, Paul Dewhurst, visited Michael H a r r iso n ’s home and learned that Mr Harrison was wanting to have his dog put down, but could not afford to take it to a vet. He was waiting for someone to arrive with a “lump hammer.” Wikinson said that this
oil the field and contacted the police. When they arrived at the scene, Wil kinson, who had returned with two plastic sacks, told them: “I have just killed my mate’s dog for him.” In a statement to the
secuting, said that a resi dent in Esliton Terace heard a dog barking and whimpering and then saw a man carrying a gun com ing from the direction of the Castle Field. He found a dog’s body
wrong way and the matter got out of hand,” added Mr Parkinson. Wilkinson had
ing trouble with its hack legs and when there was talk of having the dog put down he stupidly thought he was helping out by offering to use his air rifle. “ It was clearly the
The dog had been hav
A MAN with an awesome mission — that’s Mr John Clayton, of Chatburn, who as chairman of the Ribble Valley branch of the Derian House Children’s Hospice Appeal has his sights
set on raising £250,000. Supported by an
incredibly hard working committee, Mr Clayton is confident that the target ’ can be achieved.
cartoon character on the left shows, the Ribble Valley has raised £37,500. There is a long way to go, but support for the fund is rapidly gathering, momentum and with a • number of bumper events lined up throughout the next few months, the goal is growing closer.
At the moment, as the
identified at Astlcy Village, near Chorlcy, and building work on Derian House should start towards the end of the year. Once completed, it will take children from all over Lancashire. The impressive
A site has been building will have nine
bedrooms with five fiats, enabling complete families to have a break. Stonyhurst resident
Miss Margaret Vinten is heading the £lm appeal to build and equip the hospice and support groups have been established in Lcyland, Chorley, Wigan, South Fylde and Preston, as
include a “Clown draw” a week on Saturday at Perry’s Garage, Whalley New Road, Blackburn, in which the public will be asked to throw seven consecutive sixes in a bid to win a new Peugeot 205, valued at £7,500. There is also a flag day- in Clitheroe on August 17th and, in October, “Haydn’s Creation from scratch” in Blackburn Cathedral, conducted by Twiston man Mr James Parker.
School certainly doing its bit for Derian House
well as the Ribble Valley. Events in the pipeline
Museum display shows how past is unearthed
AN exhibition at Clitheroe Castle Museum will highlight the hard work behind some of the fascinating historical remains which are being uneartheclin the Ribble Valley.
Roman wooden wall ever found in Britain was disco vered at Ribchester. It measured 20 feet in length and delighted archaeol
Recently, the biggest
ogists. Mediaeval pottery was
organisations closely con cerned in unearthing the past is currently being fea
parishes. Now the work of two
tured at the museum until August 25th. These are the Royal Photographic Society Archaeology and
Hoping for a record
bers took part last year, over £700 was raised and, with 125 members to call on, the final total this time
obtain sponsorship forms from the organiser, Mr Les Coltam (Clitheroe 41220). Mrs Marjorie Woods (41830) or the chairman, Mr Bill Wilson (•11078). The 10-mile walk, being
could be much higher. Anyone interested can
HOPES are high that the annual poppy walk by the Chatburn and District branch of the Royal Brit ish Legion will he a record breaker. Although only 14 mem
found in Clitheroe Castle g ro u n d s and equally interesting finds are likely to be m a d e in t he
Heritage Group and Lan- c a s t e r it n i v e r s i t y Archaeology Unit. Features to he liigln
lighted include resistivity readings and photogram- inetry maps of Whalley Abbey. This statc-of-thc-, art technology helps build an accurate and highly detailed picture of how the famous abbey has altered over the years. County Museum Service
peripatetic curator Maggie Simms said there were some excellent photo graphs on display. “The interesting thing
about the Kibble Valley is that much remains to lie discovered. My one fear is of developers unaware of what they might disturb.” she added.
Late for work
motor cycle at 5S m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. area along Simonstone Lane, Simon- stone. In a letter to the court
CHRISTIAN AID’S Dili Record sum
at 9-30
a.in. and will take p a r t ic ip a n ts th ro u g h D o w n li a in . T w i s t o n . Rimington, Bridge End and Saw ley, back to Chatburn.
held on July 28th, begins at Chatburn playing fields
bit* Valley Committal’ raised a record .ET.Uuli. 17 over its fund-raising year — something like
n.aitn more than tin? jnvvtnii year. Most of t)u* money in fact
about
came from tlu* housc-to liouso collodion in Chris tian Aid Week.
A SPEEDING offence resulted in a £90 fine with £20 costs for Craig Anth ony Frank Taylor (18), of Taylor Street, Clitheroe. lie admitted driving a
he said he had been speed ing because lie llmughl lie was late for work.
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Seaside trips by bus
RIBBLE BUSES are run ning a special summer sea side service to Blackpool every Sunday until the end of August.
been deeply upset by the matter and had been pre scribed trunquilisers by his GP.
Mrs Susan Reed said: “Non-custodial methods in
your case don’t seem to work.”
serving a term of proba tion for an excess alcohol offence and to have previ ous convictions for theft, false representation and criminal damage. Presiding magistrate
Wilkinson was said to he
£5 from Clitheroe or £3.50 from Blackburn, with con cessions for senior citizens and children. A family ticket (for two adults and two children) costs £0.75.
A summer school ‘first’ in judo
. ties available to young people in the Clitheroe and Ribble Valley area, the judo club at Trin ity Youth and Community Centre is chalking up a “first!”
AS part of this summer’s wide range of aelivi-
its first annual judo sum mer school b e tw e en August 27th and 29th. There will be an oppor tunity for up to 30 seven
The club is putting on
Cash grants in memory of a former mayor .
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from Tuesday 9th July until Saturday 13th July C L O S E D W E D N E S D A Y S
FOUR students from the Ribble Valley have each received cheques for £70 from the Bob Ainsworth Memorial Scholarship Fund.
made by Mrs Doris Ains worth and members of her family were present, along with trustees of the fund, families and teachers of
The presentations were
the students and Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and Mrs P a t Shepherd.
This is the eighth year
.family from public sub scription. Students are
local students have bene fited from the fund, which was established in memory of the late Independant councillor and former Mayor of Clitheroe by his
recommended by their schools and the cheques are presented towards the fu r th e ra n c e of th e i r education. Recipients this year
'eroe Royal Grammar School.
behalf of the trustees and Mr Ainsworth’s family, thanked Coun. John Cow- gill for his generosity in once again donating his c o u n c i l a t t e n d a n c e allowance of £100 to the fund.
Mr Brian Dent, (on j
were: Melanie Dewhurst, of St Augustine’s RC High School; Andrew Duffy, of Ribblesilale High School;
expressed to Mr Wilf Hea- phey for donations raised from his talks on “Old Clitheroe.”
T h a n k s w e re a lso
Sharon Montgomerie and Linda Smalley, of Clith-
to lli-year-olds to get to grips with this Olympic
judo suits yet; tracksuits, or casual wear will be suit able at first, although judo suits will be available. Qualified coach and 1st
ju d o c a n h e lp in self-defence. Anyone interested can ask for further details and
Dan black belt Pino Pozzi will be leading the activi ties, which will be suitable for both boys and girls. A varied programme will cover techniques, rules, regulations and discipline, competitive events, health and fitness, visits and how
registration forms by writ ing to or phoning the Youth and Community Cen tre, Parson Lane, Clitheroe (278SG).
suit the needs of new or experienced players; new comers will not need to worry about the cost of
spor t in the C en tre ’s sports hall. The summer school will
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