Clithcroe Advertiser & Times, March 7th, 1991 BY-ELECTION SPECIAL


AS the Ribble Valley by-election campaign entered its final week, all the main parties claimed su c c e s s e s from their intensive


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vatives said they were not worried by the Liberal


the Labour Party with an 8-30 a.m. briefing at the Swan and Royal Hotel, where Shadow Chancellor John Smith added his weight to Josie Farring­ ton’s campaign. Mrs Farrington said: “This weekend another


only as national Press and television crews turned out in force for the Mon­ day Press conferences. First off the mark was


Liberal Democrats were claiming second-place posi­ tion behind the Conserva­ tives, following extensive feedback from their grass roots canvassing. It was standing room


also organised intensive doorstep canvassing, but theirs had been an on-go- ing operation throughout the campaign and had not been concentrated on any one weekend. Both the Labour and


“matched” anything their opponents had produced over the weekend. Labour said they had


said they had the support of 750 party workers from various parts of Britain — from Inverness to Truro — and that their doorstep campaign had reaped results. Meanwhile, the Conser­


ences in Ciitheroe were told on Monday th a t armies of canvassers had invaded the constituency over the weekend. The Liberal Democrats


doorstep canvassing. Packed Press confer­


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for time, on the poll tax, on interest rates, on the health service, on industry — they have run out of gimmicks to paper over the cracks and they are about to be exposed.” John Smith had this to


say about the local situa­ tion: “Unemployment in the North West is rising, by 13% here in the Ribble


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TORY candidate Nigel Evans is such a firm favourite to win the by-' election that a local bookmaker earlier this week reported that there had been no bets on him — because the odds were too short.


A spokesman for William Hill said the odds on Liberal Demo­ crat Michael Carr win­ ning the contest stood at 6-1 and Labour’s Josie Farrington at


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week no offers had been received on any of the other candidates.


50-1. At the start of the


s ta rs of stage and screen are revealing their political colours.


Meanwhile, several


| Ken Barlow, alias Wil- jiiam Roadie, joined I Nigel Evans and for- jmer Ribble Valley MP J Lord Waddington on a j t o u r o f C i i t h e r o e


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side stars John McAr- dle and Sue Johnson, and Bread’s Ron For­ far, plus Hugh Man­ ning (Emmerdale Farm vicar) and actor Tony Booth joined Josie Far­ rington on visits to Ciitheroe Market and Whalley.


crats said they did not need to rely on cele­ brities to help their campaign.


The Liberal Demo­


Labour cutting further into the Tory lead. But it’s votes not polls that count- and in the Ribble Valley and Fulwood our work on the d o o rs tep shows Labour in a clear and strong second place. Only Labour can take this seat from the Conservatives. “The Tories are playing


n a t i o n a l p o l l s h o w e d


Nigel Evans turned the spotlight on the Govern­ ment’s health reforms when he met the Press at the Conservative Club, supported by Health Secretary Mr William Waldcgrave. “The doctors and hospi­


tals in Fulwood and the Ribble Valley are


reforms. I recently made a private visit to the GPs in Whalley, who are prepar­ ing to manage their own budget of over £lm. These doctors were unanimous that they would be able to provide better health care for their patients. “Most interestingly,


gearing health


They will have a far better idea of what progress their


“Our reforms are nothing to do with spending cuts. Spending on the NHS lias risen by nearly 50%, after inflation, under the Tories — an achievement no one in their right mind would ever believe a Labour Government would match, whatever they say.” Speaking at his Press


patients are making and what treatment they have been given.” Mr Waldegrave said:


too scared to open their doors at night. No wonder women have told us that they are too frightened to go out on their own at night.” Visiting the constitu­


conference at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Liberal Democrat Michael Carr called on the Conservative Government to answer the charge that it had done nothing to stem the rising tide of crime in this area. “No wonder people are


ency on Monday for the Liberal Democrats were defence spokesman Men- zies Campbell and anti-poll tax spokesman Malcolm Bruce. M r C a m p b e l l s a i d :


Roland Smith, chairman of BAe, to call upon the com­ pany to attempt to rein­ state, without delay, the order from the Saudi Ara­ bian Government for 48 Tornadoes. This order, onee confirmed, would guarantee the jobs of


“Michael Carr has told me of his deep concern at the news that 3,000 British Aerospace jobs in Preston will be lost. This is a devastating blow for this area. “I have written to Prof.


they see the real break­ through in administration.


Valley. Business failures in the region have dramat­ ically increased — by 110% last year, according to the la te s t figures released by Trade Indem- ni t y, the b u s in e s s insurance agency.” Conservative candidate


many of the workers at the company.”


become clear that the Con­ servatives are panicking about what to do with the poll tax. They are in con­ fusion as to how they can make this tax acceptable to the people of Britain.”


Mr Bruce said: “It has


management that he would favour a two per cent drop in interest rates, which would safeguard jobs and aid economic recovery across the Ribblc Valley. Mr Taylor (right) is pictured with Castle Cement managing director Mr Bernard Coleman.


the firm had looked favourably on his plan to recycle steam into energy to fuel local homes. He said that he had also made it clear to the


OUT on the by-election campaign trail. . . Liberal candidate Mr Simon Taylor has called for an en­ ergy-saving scheme which could cut chimney emis­ sions from a Ciitheroe cement works. After visiting Castle Cement, he claimed that


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Dairy farmer must pay costs after pollution


Cockleach Farm, Chipping polluted from the waste, Road, Thornley, appear- which had passed by way ing before magistrates at of a culvert to the main Ciitheroe, pleaded guilty highway drain on Lon- to causing liquid manure' gridge Road, Thornley. to discharge into Higgin


WHILE dairy fanner John Brian Airey was at a cattle auction, freak weather conditions caused a liquid manure tank to overflow into a surface water drain. It then carried on under a culvert into a brook, a court was told. Airey (62), of Higher showed the brook to be


Brook.But after hearing that it was not a deliberate attempt to offend, magis­ trates gave him a condi­ tional discharge, on pay­ ment of £500 costs. Miss Julie Lunt, prose­


cuting for the National Rivers Authority, told the court that samples taken


Local pupils help to judge children’s book contest


charge into the drain was 16 times stronger than untreated sewage, but the discharge into the stream was only five times stronger, because it had been diluted by other sur­ face water from the road. She said the authority


across the farmyard by the entrance to Longridge Road. Miss Lunt said dis­


There was a clear trail


considered it bad farm management not to empty the tank before going off to auction. Mr Eric Craven, in miti­


take overflow from the main manure lagoon. There had been heavy rainfall at the time of the incident. Airey emptied the over­


flow on the Thursday, before going to Gisburn auction on the Tuesday, and did not realise it needed emptying again. The overflow occurred when Airey was away from the farm. As a dairy farmer, it


gation, said Airey had been farming for 35 years and was in partnership with his son. He was also a local milkman, a parish councillor and a servant of the local authority. The tank was used to


was not in his b es t interests to pollute the stream where his cattle drank and Mr Craven said Airey had taken steps to make sure that it could not happen again.


' FOUR pupils from *BowIand High School met four from Pendle’s Mansfield High to record their opinions about the contenders


. . a . - ' . . '


.for the 1991 Lancashire Children’s Book of the Year Award.


)asked throughout the k county each year to ; provide the reviewers, .aged 11 to 14, for the ^competition.


Bowland’s turn and thei children of one form — pictured, from the left, Sarah-Jane Brooks, Claire Boyd, Beverley Cocker and Chris PoIIitt — have had to review 60 books vying for the award.


This year it is ,


expressed through the four representatives i who met their opposite numbers from Pendle, will be used to pick the ' winner, who will be announced in April.


Their opinions,


Last year’s winning ! author was Jean Ure.


Different schools are ^


Brilliant playing by flautist


THE last concert of Ciitheroe Concert Society’s 1990/91 season, in the New Ails Theatre of Ciitheroe Royal Grammar School, was given by


the direction of Jonathan Hellyer Jones, but unfor- t u n a t e l y Mr Ne i l McLaren, the flautist, was unable to be present and his place was very ably taken by Miss Utaeo Ikeda. The first item on the


the Cambridge Baroque Camerata. The music was under


programme was Purcell’s Suite “Abdelazer,” per­ formed by six members of the group, the movements having originally been written for a production of the tragedy “Abdelazer,” alternatively called “The Moor’s Revenge.” The typical French


overture with its fugal p a s s a g e s ma d e an impressive start and was followed by a rondeau, probably heard by some


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•THE Army rounded up some “prisoners of-war” at a Ciitheroe school last week. . . and then set them the task of escaping! First there was an “electric fence” to scale and then a “ravine” to bridge. Hut pupils at Ribblesdale High School proved they were equal to the


task as soldiers from the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment put them through their paces in a exercise aimed at promoting team work, initiative and what the Army calls “thinking on your feet.”


to meet potential recruits, but at the same time allows the soldiers to “put something back into the community.” Explained Capt. Wharton: “We are qualified adventure training instructors


assessed on their plan of action, enthusiasm, team work, leadership and com­ pletion of the task. The school’s head of careers, Mr Kevin Read, and PE teacher Mrs Maureen Lancy said the exercise had been a tremendous success.


hall and school grounds. An obstacle course, using Army equipment, served as the escape route for imaginary prisoners of war and the youngsters were


The training team, led by Capt. Nick Wharton, based at Fulwood Bar­ racks, visited the school as part of an on-going scheme which enables the Army


and visiting schools gives us the chance to pass on some of our experience.” Three groups of 70 boys and girls took part in various sessions in the sports


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two ai r s , a minuet , another air, a gigue with some important work for one of the solo players, a hornpipe — not of the Jack Tar variety, hut of the tri­ ple movement style pro­ bably best known to peo­ ple who are familiar to the hornpipe movement of Handel’s “Water Music.” The next, item was


for the first time in its original form, being known to most people as the theme used by Benjamin Britten for his brilliant variations, “A Young Per- son’s Guide to the Orchestra." This was followed by


ments to it: following the overture comes what most scores call a rondeau, but which is, in effect, a gavotte, followed by a sarabande, a pair of bour- rees, a polonaise, a minuet and, finally, a badinerie, where the flute is, per­ haps, most evident. The


Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, scored for flute, strings and con- tinuo; this work also opened with a French- style overture. To some extent the work might be thought of as an early flute concerto, as the instru­ ment is much in evidence. There are eight move­


two of Bach’s Branden­ burg Concertos: first, No. 6 in B flat major, in which Bach dispensed with the upper strings. The music has a kind of grey colour­ ing and particularly beau­ tiful was the performance of the second movement, an adagio followed by a rumbustious performance of the final allegro.


flautist’s playing was bril­ liant and was well sup­ ported by the other play­ ers, who all received tremendous applause. After the interval came


beautifully performed and the final allegro had just the right zest to bring the concert to a triumphant conclusion.


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brought with them a modern replica of a two manual harpsichord. This work demands much more from all the performers, not least from the harpsi­ chordist, who is faced with what is virtually a cadenza of 65 crowded bars before the final tutti. The slow movement was


with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; the solo instruments in this work are the harpsichord, flute and violin. The Cambridge group


The programme ended


Restoring engines


Fleetwood man Mr George Wilkinson, who is well, known in the vintage movement and has res­ tored many stationary engines over the years. Members were informed


STATIONARY engines were the subject at the Ribble Valley Vintage Club, meeting at Sawley Old School. The talk was given by


that Grindleton man Mr Robin Bendall and Mr David Sunderland, of Stonyhurst, will both be entering their Alvis cars in the Alvis Age Concern Round Britain Rally. The event is taking place between May 19th and 27th and is being sup­ ported locally by the R o t a r y C l u b of Ribblesdale. The inter club quiz is


will feature a talk on mak­ ing walking sticks. This will be followed by the club trip to the Black Country Museum in May and the treasure hunt in June.


being held on Saturday at Preston Patrick Village Hall, starting at 7-30 p.m. In April, the meeting


Eye diseases


CLITHEROE Health Centre is now operating an opthalmology service. The last meeting of the


Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Community Health Council heard that staffing had been finalised and that diseases of the eyes could now be treated at the centre, following the appointment of a clini­ cal assistant.


School jumps into action when Army pays a visit


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