Ciitlierue 22321, (Editorial), 22,123 (Advertising) . Burnley 22331 (Classified) - 12 Clilheroe Advertiser A- Times, F elmary 7th, 1991


F U N A N D A C U P P A R A I S E V I T A L C A S H


F O R C H A R I T I E S THE Ribble Valley Mayoress, Miss Helen Jones, threw open the doors of the Mayor’s parlour and council chamber on Saturday and invited local residents to join her for a charity coffee morning.


DOORS • WINDOWS PATIOS


CONSERVATORIES


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ORGANISERS of the Ribble Valley Romanian Appeal have issued a reminder that there is just over a fortnight left to donate items for the latest “mercy clash” van. The van will leave Clith-


eroe to travel to Bristol, where the charity MEN­ CAD will take its contents on to an orphanage at Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Specially needed are


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magnificent £570 was raised for Mayor Coun. Rowel Jones’ charities— RELATE, research into motor neu­ ron disease and MENCAP. Representatives of all three charities attended with displays of their work. Visitors browsed among the stalls and sideshows,


Soon both rooms were teeming with people, and a t


including a cake stall run by Simonstone WI, bnng- and-buy, tombola, children’s face painting run by teacher Denise Trotter of St James’s School, Chth- eroe, assisted by Eleanor Gordon, and a dice game operated by Mrs Doreen Collinson. Many of the items for sale or prizes were donated by village shopkeepers


throughout the Ribble Valley. Special guests included the Mayor and Mayoress


of Clitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Pat Shepherd, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Longridge, Coun. and Mrs


her face painted by Denise, surrounded by helpers and guests.


good-quality children’s shoes, sandals and Wel­ lingtons, which should be tied together, marked with the size and handed in at The Cobblers, the shoe repair shop in Castle- gate. Clithoroe. Also needed are educa­ tional toys, including pen­


cils. crayons and drawing- paper and occupational


therapy items for a small school which MI'.Nt AI is s e t t i n g up a t t li e orphanage. Already this year, the appeal has raised tlilltl in


Lawrence Pyc. Our picture shows the hostess (seated centre) having


Chicks are top o f the class L o c a l t a x p l a n i s a


b y - e l e c t i o n w i n n e r THE Liberal Democrats say they are confident that their alternative to the poll tax will prove a Ribble Valley by-election winner — just as it did in the Eastbourne by-election last year.______________________ They want to see the


community charge abo fished and replaced by a local income tax scheme. Tile local party’s confi­


the Ribble Valley, and fur­ ther donations can he handed in at the Halifax


Building Society. King Street. C'litheroe (account I)177!Mi7ii-7). Anyone with questions alioiil the appeal can telephone Clitheroe ' ins.


Entries of high


quality


A LARGE numlici- of high quulity entries faced judge Mr Allan Clark in tile I'mirtli ni<intlily open Rilili- lesdale Camera (Mill) competition. Mr Clark, a member of


Springfield Camera (’lull, awarded first places to .1. West in the print section and to K. R. Geddes in the slides category. R e su l ts : P r in ts —


lloriililowors (.1. West!. G rin d ie t o n P e11 ( P . Anforlli). Svnc or Swim t.I.West). Slides — Korean l-’olk


Qp M a k e y o u r


' V a l e n t i n e ' s ' D a y w i t h a p h o n e f r o m . .


iiers are holding a slide and print battle against Great llarw....1 Camera (Mill). Entries for the chili's annual competition will also he taken on the night.


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TODAY and tomorrow. Peter Buckley. Railway View. Clitheroe. will lie open until li-:’.tl p.m. Hart­ ley's, Church Street: Sun­ day. noon to 1 p.m. Mon­ day to Priday until ii-:S0 p.m.


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dence lias been boosted by the appointment of Mr Paul Jacobs, agent for their triumphant East­ bourne candidate Mr David Bellotti, as its cam­ paign organiser. And the national party’s


:B y -E le c t ib n N o te b o o k V


to join local stalwarts in pressing home the party’s anti-poll tax message. Mr Bruce described the


articulate anti poll-tax spokesman, Mr Malcolm Bruce, who is also leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, lias already visited the constituency to meet prospective candi­ date Mr Michael Carr and intends to be back on the hustings for the campaign proper. At a press conference in


Sheila Nixon reports


Government’s poll tax policy as a shambles. Michael Heseltine’s efforts at offering transitional relief to some sectors of the community was simply “tinkering about” with a basically unfair tax and offered the “worst of both”


worlds, he said. It neither satisfied those it was intended to help nor those in real hardship who were


left out. The Liberal Democrats’


alternative to the poll tax — local income tax col­ lected by the Inland Revenue — would be fairer, easier and cheaper to operate, he added.


WHY did the chicken . . . go to school! Dozens of Slaidburn youngsters could give you the answer — to teach them about "New life and


new beginnings." That is the title of a project being undertaken


Dancer (K. R. Geddes). Temple Guardian (K. It. Geddes). A a s se r ( 11.


incubator. Said headmistress Mrs Barbara Mdne-kedhead: , „ ,, ,


by all tile pupils at the village school and, on the first day of this term, they put 12 Silkie eggs from Waterhouses’ Farm, Henthorn, Clitheroe, into an


“The eggs weren’t supposed to hatch until last Tues­ day, but we were amazed when we came in on the Monday morning to find two little chickens walking


about!” Nine chickens eventually hatched and will m time


be taken home by teacher Miss Margaret Birtwell to her small-bolding at Crimplon Farm, Cow Ark. Mar­ garet is going to keep the children up to date on their progress and is hoping one day they will lay enough eggs for them all to try a taste.


Clitheroe on Thursday, Mr Bruce spelled out the party’s stand against the poll tax, while Mr Carr emphaised the fact that the “feed back” from the electorate was that it was going to be the main issue of the by-election. The party , said Mr


War fever hides the growing dole queue


TMK longer the Gulf War continues, the longer the . dole queues wifi become, says Liberal prospective


candidate Simon Taylor. He told party supporters meeting ill Chtheroe that


Carr, was distributing its own questionnaire locally and the indications were that anti poll-tax feeling was running high. Experienced campaign


workers from the south and Scotland are expected


war fever was blinding people to the fact that the British economy was in dire straits. He said that before long unemployment would pass


tile two million mark and. if leading economists were correct, it could reach two-and-a-half million before


on the unemployment register, the Treasury would


the year is out. He claimed that for every 100.000 extra people


need to find .i!2(if)in. "The cost of the war is already causing an intoler­


able drain on reserves and if the Government js to keep the hooks balanced it may well consider either raising taxes or cutting the value of benefits. Given Tory priorities, I can well imagine that the least well off will he the first to suffer," lie said. Mr Taylor also had liarsfi words to say about


pro-war mould as the Government, they are giv­ ing the Tories one of the easiest rides any party presiding over a recession and slump lias ever had. I dare Labour and the Democrats to further display their hypocrisy when the economic choices have to be '.


Labour and tile Liberal Democrats. “In their desire to show themselves in the same


met at Budget time." Mr Taylor, an outspoken critic of the decision


war.


not to let sanctions against Iraq take their full course, said that human misery, economic shambles and environmental disaster were tile true cost of tile


PAY JULY C E N T R A L H E A T I N G A T A P R I C E T H A T W O N ' T S E T A L A R M B E L L S R I N G I N G B u y a n y n ew a l l -e le c t r ic Sm a r t H e a t S y s tem now, a n d


y o u ’v e n o th in g to p a y unt il July. J u s t th in k . F or m o n th s , you c a n e n jo y th e u l t im a te


c e n t ra l h e a t in g s y s tem w ith ail th e s e u n iq u e b e n e f i ts


A B S O L U T E L Y FR EE: • P R E D IC T A B L E LOW R U N N IN G C O S T S YO U C A N B U D G E T FO R


• Q U IC K A N D E A S Y IN S T A L LA T IO N • P R O G R A M M A B L E C O N T R O L O V E R M A JO R E L E C T R IC A L A P P L IA N C E S


• N O A N N U A L M A IN T E N A N C E • S M A R T H E A T E R S W IT H IN D E P E N D E N T M IC R O P R O C E S S O R C O N T R O L


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• H E L P S R E D U C E C O N D E N S A T IO N • C L E A N . S IL E N T . E F F IC IE N T A N D SA FE To B U Y N O W - PAY JULY, a n d d is c o v e r w h y Sm a r t H e a t


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IT'S HARD TO ARGUE WITH PROGRESS


SMART HEAT


I N O R W z B m association with National Power


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Tablers not beaten by weather


INTRKPID members uf Clillicroe Bound Table braved icy roads and an aceidenl hold-up to get to their annual charter


dinner. Despite the weather


and a long traffic jam, caused when a lorry jackknifed on the A5!) near Gislnirn, only five Tablets failed lo make it to the dinner at St irk House, Gislnn n. A total of SO members


attended and heard speeches by chairman


Mr Bill Honeywell, Mr Roger Farley, Air .1 oil it Roberts and Mr David Brown. At a special ceremony


Liudi corrects us on a point or two


THK Corrective Party contender Miss Whiplash claims that our recent report about her appearance in . the by-election arena lias “trivialised” her campaign. The former London Brothel madam, whose real


name is Lindi St Clair, lias written to the “Advertiser and Times" asking us to print her “right of reply.” She says: “Polities are about policy, not personal­


ity. Most important of ah, politics should be about an honest and trustworthy candidate/politician.” She refers to previous well-known politicians who


had “questionable” private lives and were involved in sex scandals. “Snell exposes cannot be laid at my door, for I have had the courage to be candid about my ‘past’ sexual service connections and my honesty


is credible, which should be noted." She adds: “AIDS is spreading, rape is on the


increase, streets are unsafe, our NHS is bleeding to death from a thousand cuts, our children’s education is a joke, our wildlife and countryside is being des­ troyed, food subsidies need correcting and Mr and* Mrs Average suffer poor housing, poor legal aid, poor consumer rights and poor transport services. The Corrective Party aims to correct the system.” Now Miss Whiplash, who founded the party two years ago, is urging Ribble Valley votes to “be effec­


during the evening Mr Stephen Dent, the son of past chairman and founder member Mr Brian Dent, was offi­ cially inducted into the


chairman Mr Bill Hon­ eywell greeting speaker Mr Roger Parley, with members looking on.


Table. Our picture shows


How to groom a show cat


HOW to groom a cat was clear! y d e m o a s t r a t e d when Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club met to heal a talk about breeding, pre paring and showing the animals. The speaker, Mrs Syca­ more, took along her own


cat to demonstrate the grooming technique and


been won. Keith Roberts and


a ls o d i s p la y e d all impressive array ol medals and rosettes which had


Craig Bister expressed thanks. Next week there wifi be a talk on poultry at Pendleton Village Hall, at 7-i!0 p.m.


tive — vote Corrective." And the Corrective Party has even got its own


number.


PM asked for the by-election date


LABOUR'S prospective candidate, Josie Farrington, today called on Prime Minister John Major to end the speculation concernig the date of the by-election. County Conn. Mrs Farrington lias written to the


Prime Minister pointing out that is usual to move the writ for a vacant seat within three months of the vacancy arising. Mrs Farrington said: “Mr Major announced that


the Ribble Valley was to lose its Member of Parlia­ ment at the end of November. Since then we’ve had a record increase in unemployment, the second biggest annual trade deficit, hospitals have cancelled opera­ tions to meet Conservative penny pinching and still' mortgage interest rates remain high. No wonder the Government is avoiding giving the electors the. chance to exercise their vote. “We lost our MP to suit the convenience of the


throe-minute political broadcast, which electors can hear over the telephone by dialling a special 0898


Conservative Party — now more than ever the Rib­ ble Valley needs a voice in the House of Commons. ■ Kir Major must end the uncertainty and allow the voters of the Ribbble Valley to choose a new representative. “And I am confident that the Ribble Valley will


vote for a Labour MP to undo the damage of Con­ servative misrule.”


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