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Student is cleared of hitting friend in face with glass
A STUDENT has been W h a lley n ig h tc lu b .
student at Teeside Poly technic, Justine Nicola Harrison (19), of The Guildhouse, Mitton Road, Whalley, denied unlaw fully wounding Catherine Ashton at Maxine’s night club and was cleared by a jury after a two-day trial at Preston Crown Court. Mr Michael Goldwater,
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Cathy from'her sister. Harrison said she had pushed Cathy into a corri dor and when Cathy had regained her balance, she got hold of her. Harrison told the jury
she did not realise she had a glass in her hand. “Did you intend to hit
prosecuting, told the jury that Harrison, Miss Ash ton and her sister Vicky were in the club on Accrington Road during the evening of August 10th. Just after midnight, an
counsel Mr Kennedy. "No,” replied Harrison.
cleared of injuring her friend with a glass in a She denied having
thrown a glass or slashing out with a piece of glass. Harrison said the next
Cathy in the face with a glass?” asked defence
day she had a tetanus injection and had her hand dressed at the health centre. She said she had also sent Cathy a bouquet of flowers. “I was trying to apolo
gise for the outcome. It was an accident,” said Harrison.
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arg um en t developed between Harrison and Miss Ashton. After an exchange of words, Miss Ashton turned away and, as she did so, felt some thing hit the back of her head. As she turned round, it was alleged that Harrison hit her on the forehead with a broken glass, causing a 3cm cut. Giving evidence, Miss
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Glance bacH to golden years
T H E R E a re n o t m any people alive to d ay who can rem em b e r W h a l le y when th e r e w a s no t a single c a r to b e se en in th e main s t r e e t . the life of
still king of the road and though the streets were dustier in the summer heat, life went on at a slower, more graceful
The horse and cart was
improved villagers. No-one from the old
pace.A couple with a lifetime of happy memories of the village are Robert and Alice Clarke, who cele brate their golden wed ding tomorrow. They have lived in Syd
days would have imagined tourism being promoted as it has been, he said. The couple enjoy get
ting out into the local countryside for a meal, with Airs Clarke driving
ney Avenue since 1947 and from 1948 until 1966 Mr Clarke was clerk to Whal ley Parish Council. Though born at Glossop,
nowadays. They find there is still
so much to see 1o- cally . . . and besides, they are both as much in love as the first time they met more than 50 years ago!
in Derbyshire, he came to Lancashire when very young with his family “to earn 10 bob extra.” He remembers the vil
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lage before the first world war broke out in 1914 anil has a fund of stories about an area he came to like so
Ashton (21), of Accrington Road, Whalley, said that she felt a blow on her head and turned round. The next thing she could remember was having blood all over her. She said she could not remem ber the glass hitting her. but it must have been Harrison, as she was the only person near her. Under cross-examina
much. His first job was as a
clerk of goods on the rail ways, when Whalley had a station. Later he was a book-keeper for Green Brothers, at Billington
Mill.The 1930s he remem bers as being “ very dodgv," with millions out of work. For a time he, too, was on the dole. But things looked up
tion from Mr Nick Ken nedy, defending, Miss Ashton denied that she was drunk that night, claiming that she had not had anything to drink. When Mr Kennedy sug
gested there had just been a small scuffle and no glass was thrown, she denied it. Harrison told the jury
she had known the Ashton sisters for about three or four years and that she had been pen pals with them while she was in
France. On the night of the
alleged attack she had seen Cathy with a friend in a Whalley pub. She wen' to Maxine’s with Vicky and inside the club they saw Cathy and a friend. Later on that night she
Drivers flouting one-way system past school
MO TO R IST S a r e p u t t in g c h i ld re n ’s l iv e s a t r isk b y ig n o r in g th e one -way sy s tem in G re en - a c re S t r e e t , C l ith e ro e , say local police. Now they have stepped street the wrong way
up observations on the area in order to crack down on offenders, warns
was told by Cathy that she was a bad influence on Vicky and that she did not want her to turn out like
her. -“She shouted at me, I
thought it was the drink and that tomorrow she would be f in e,” said Harrison. She said she then saw
Memories of floral displays
MEMORIES of the exqui site floral displays in our towns and cities in the past were revived by Mr Ben Andrews, of Gar- stang, when he addressed members of the Clitheroe
Garden Club.
professional gardener’s expertise in commemora tive floral displays is now no longer much in use, because of expense and labour costs.
He mentioned that the
• The next meeting on May 13th will be a talk, “A close look at nature — mainly birds,” given by Mr Eric Morton, of Scorton.
■ keth Bank Nursery in June and to Cheshire’s Bridgemere and Stapeley Water Gardens in July. Names should be given to Mrs Sainsbury (Clitheroe
Visits will take the place of the June and July meet ings, with a trip to Hes-
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Cathy hit Vicky twice and she intervened by pushing
ers are local people w»ho use Greenacre Street as a short cut to Whalley Road from the Woone Lane and Eshton Terrace areas. A one-way system has been in operation for some 20 years and only a stranger to the town could claim to be unfamiliar with the signs, he says. “Some motorists are blatantly igoring the ‘No
Insp. Ian Hartley. It is believed the offend
efforts, Insp. Hartley is also appealing to the pub lic to report the offending
recent weeks. As police step up their
vehicles. He said: “Officers are
increasing observations in the area, but obviously we cannot be there all the time, so we would hope the public will come forward with information “ If someone is seen
E n try ’ signs and are adding to the dangers of children on their way to and from St James’s CE School and we are very concerned about this,” he added. The police have been
DARTS players at the Bridge Inn, Shawbridge Street, hit more than just the bull’s-eye last week — by raising £500 for charity! During the course of
the 24-hour marathon, three teams of three played a ro u n d the clock, returning a total score of 756,440. Their marathon darts
Make your own garden
match was in aid of “Disabled Leisure,” a company tha t funds cruise holidays for disa bled children. Landlord at the Bridge, Gary Bates, said: “ It was v e ry t i r i n g , b u t everyone enjoyed it.”
Exhibition _ revived
driving down the street the wrong way, all they need to do is to pass on the registration number to the police and we will take up the matter from there — there will be no need for those reporting incidents to become involved any further.”
alerted to the problem by re s id en ts , w’ho have re p o r te d se e in g an increasing number of motorists going down the
Centre on TV
THE recently-opened Bil- lington and Langho Com munity Centre is expected to be* featured in a pro gramme on Granada Tele vision next week. A Granada Action team
visited the centre to inter view chairman Mr Richard Evans and film children playing badminton. The spotlight will fall on
Porch refused
AFTER hearing objec tions from the local parish council, Ribble Valley Council’s Planning and Development Committee has refused to allow the erection of a porch at Bramley View, Whalley. Permission was refused
AF exhibition which was mounted to honour the visit of the Queen to the Grammar School last October is to be revived. Originally, the exhibi
tion, which features the history of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, was open to the general public- only for a very short time after the Royal visit. Now it is to be reopened at Clitheroe Library. It will run for one week
in calico A LOCAL class for crea tive sewing may have to fold if more students can not be encouraged to sign up for the course. Seven existing students
keen to improve their skill will be very disappointed if the axe has to fall on the calico gardens class at Whalley Adult Centre, says their teacher, Ann Moyle. The six-week course,
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and he spent many years in regular employment as Ribble Valley agent with an assurance company which is a household
name.He and his wife have played a very active part in ‘local life. They met on their way to church and have botii been members of Whalley Methodist
Chapel choir. Mrs Clarke was for
merly deputy head teacher of Gawthorpe Senior School in Padiham and is currently president o" Wiswell WI. Mr Clarke has been an
active member of Clith eroc and Whalley Lions and was scorer for Whal
which began this week, is concerned with embroi dery work using a range of cream designs on calico. College rules say that a minimum of 10 students areTieeded to justify run- niiiK the class, which is open to complete begin ners or others who already have some skills in the
subject. Classes are held every
from Monday in the meet ing room at the library. Opening hours are: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tues day, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednes day and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Talk on herbs
because the committee felt that the porch would detract from the architec tural appearance and visual quality of the ter raced frontage of which it is a part.
THE next meeting of the Calderstones Fellowship takes place on April 30th, at 2 p.m, in the hospital’s Male Hostel, when a talk will be given on herbs and potions.
Diamonds are forever — despite the snags
the villagers’ hard-fought b a t t le to build th e £140,000 centre in a pro gramme devoted to com munity projects in the North West. Possible dates for the screening have been given as Tues d ay, Wednesday or Thursday.
Monday, from 1-30 to 3-30 p.m., and threads, fabrics and designs are available from the teacher. Anyone interested in joining the class may turn up at the centre on Monday or phone Ann (Clitheroe 445338) or the Whalley centre. Another class being run
ley Cricket Club for number of years. He still
keeps up his interest in cricket and enjoys reading about it in the "Clitheroe Advertiser anil Times.” During the last war he
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sei veil in the RAF anil he‘.,.ed to organise the annual Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion for a number of years. The couple have two
d a u g h te r s , Mrs J u d i th Curran, of L.vtham, and Mrs Hilary Whittaker, of Pleasington, and four
grandchildren. Mr Clarke was intro
by Ann, entitled “Dyeing to embroider,” s ta r ts tonight at Whalley for 10 weeks, from 7-15 to 9-15 p.m.
Roundabout on trial soon
WHALLEY is still to have its experimental mini-roundabout in the centre of the village.
for the construction of the roundabout, at the junc tion of King Street and Accrington Road.
Tenders have gone out
in place on a trial basis, said district surveyor Mr Dennis Wright.
‘The roundabout will be
remain in place, but will obviously be switched off for the experiment which, if successful, will lead to the permanent siting of the roundabout.
The traffic lights will
to increase traffic flow, the roundabout was expected
Erected as an attempt
THE first summer migrants arrived during March. A few sand martins were flying over the Ribble at Lit
to have been in place by March 31st, to tie in with the end of the financial
tle Mitton in the middle of the mon.h and I came across a single wheatear on Pendle and a single tree nipit near Stocks Reservoir towards the end of the month. Normally I would have expected the odd eat-lv swallow and chiff-chaff by the beginning of April but cold weather around the Mediterranean and over the Pyrenees has held them up this year. A rush of migrants can be expected as soon as the
iluced to parish council work through his father in-law, who was a council lor. Clerkship has proved absorbing, despite the time and effort required but, curiously, he has never thought about put ting up for the council himself.
lage it used to be, but he welcomes developments which have undoubtedly
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year. “I expect it to be in
place in the early part of this financial year and we will be monitoring the scheme closely,” said Mr Wright.
weather warms up, with swallows and wallow war blers prominent among the earlier arrivals. Others,
suchas swifts and spotted flycatchers, will not arrive until May. It is not so much the low temperatures
' their eggs so that when the young hatch, several days later there are lots of caterpillars about. How do the adult birds time their laying so that hatching
which prevent the birds from returning, as the lack °fSomeb'of1ourCresident birds, such as blue tits, lay
: cofneides with the emergence of suitable food. Environmental signals, such as temperature and day
lelMan’ynplantse of the woodland floor flower at this time of year. This, too, is co-ordinated by environ mental factors, mainly day length, and is designed to ensure that flowering has finished before tne leaf
, canopy has closed over, preventing 'Wht rtiB Plants below. A walk along the Ribble Way
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“MARRIAGES don’t ran smoothly for 60 years, say a Clitheroe couple who have just celebrated their dia
cess of their marriage is due to the fact that ‘ we just don’t give in easily.”
home in St Mary’s Street with their sons Peter and Gordon and their wives — and then all six went out to lunch on Sunday.
The couple celebrated the event quietly at their ., .
Essex-born wife-to-be at a dance. The couple moved to Clitheroe 55 years ago so that Mr Smith could ran
Mr Smith comes from Yorkshire and met his , .
the Alexandra Billiard Hall. When that closed in 1941, he worked as a dumper
service.Mrs Smith has had a variety of jobs over the years, AhI.» of
baker’s shoo.
driver on the ICI site, later working for ICI, becoming process foreman and retiring just short of 30 years
Relate’s work
mond wedding anniversary. Mr Alvin Smith and his wife Gertrude say the suc
THE work of Relate — the marriage guidance
c o u n c i l — w ill be explained at a public meet ing in the Ribble Valley Council Chamber on Tuesday.
Various towns served by Blackburn and District
Relate take it in turn to host the annual meeting and this time, when Clith eroe plays host, the move ment’s national director of services, Mrs Irene Short, will be the speaker.
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