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THURSDAY, MARCH 14th, 1991 No. 5,461 Price 28p


IT ’S O V ER ! As journalists, our •


local knowledge has been ransacked and our office


invaded. As residents, your eyes and


ears have been subjected to a constant barrage o f political


propaganda. And the disruption has not


only affected human life, our eountryside has been desecrated by posters and


poles — even the sheep have had their verdant space invaded by electoral placards. The Ribble Valley has been


filmed at work and at play and, i f all the world’s a stage, there are plenty o f budding actors blossoming under the walls o f Clitheroe Castle. As the national news teams


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Vivien Meath glances back at a remarkable by-election local authority one penny.


packed up and moved on, they le ft in their wake an unexpected boost for Kibble Valley’s tourism industry.


Hotel rooms have been at a


premium and the area is now set to reap the bonus o f the widest television coverage ever — and i t hasn’ t cost our


Journalists, politicians,


campaigners — they have all vowed to return. Said Liberal Democrat supremo MI’ Mr I ’addy Ashdown on Friday: “ I ’m coming back here with my wife on holiday.”


Life can now return to D r am a o f th e c o u n t — p a g e 13


normal. Or can it? For with speculation rife about the timing of a General Election, the party machines could already be preparing for superdrive once more. Whatever happens later


this year, or even early next, one thing is for certain: never again w ill the Kibble Valley be turned into the political stage upon which the curtain Finally fell in the early hours o f Friday morning.


i T h e fu l l r e su l t s — a ls o p a g e 13


Lord Waddington blames himself for defeat [ q u o t e s


A D E S P E R A T E L Y u p s e t L o rd W ad d in g ­


o f THE WEEK


FOR the last word — a few of F r id a y ’s com­ ments on the outcome:


“ Clitheroe, I think, w ill k i l l o f f the poll tax.” Mr Graham Elson, chairman of the Liberal Democrats.


“ In due course he w ill be a very good MP for the Kibble Valley.” Mr Chris Patten MP, chairman of the Conservative Party, referring to candidate Mr Nigel Evans.


“ I f the Tories don’t win the Kibble Valley in a General Election, there w ill be less than 20 Tory MPs in P a r l iam e n t . ” Labour MP M r Jack Cunningham.


“ This is the second worst Conservative fa ll in a Conservative seat since 1979.” BBC-1 By-election Special.


•This is not the end. I t is only the beginning.” Mr


David Brass, Clitheroe businessman and Indepen­ dent Conservative, after losing his deposit but fin­


ishing fourth.


"We have lent Mr Carr the seat for a lit t le while, bill i t won’t be long before we take i t back from him.” Lady Waddington of Read.


to n th is w eek told th e “ A d v e r t i s e r a n d


T im e s ” t h a t h e w a s “a sh am e d and d e v a s ­ t a t e d ’ ’ f o l l o w i n g T h u r s d a y ’s sh o ck by- e le c tio n r e s u lt , w h en th e L ib e ra l D em o c rats en d ed dec ad e s ol’ T o ry r u l e in t h e R ib b l e


& I am a sh am e d th a t , by g o in g to th e


L o rd s , I c r e a ted th e o p p o r tu n ity


fo r p e o p le to g iv e a g r e a t P r im e


Valley. Stopping constantly to


fight back tears of emo­ tion, lie said: “ I am devas­ tated by what happened last Thursday and I am ashamed that, by going to the Lords, I created the opportunity for people to give a great Prime Minis­ ter a kick in the teeth.” T he L e a d e r o f th e


House of Lords added that he had spoken to John Major soon after the result and added: “ He realised that the electors were tell­ ing him in no uncertain te rm s th a t something must be done about the poll tax — and i t will be." Including his wife Gilly,


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who has always been a great support during his en tire p o lit ica l career, Lord Waddington said: “We are determined that what we have fought for throughout the whole of our married life is not des­ troyed by a temporary aberration and that the Ribble Valley w ill soon again return to its true loyalties." He added that he had .


heard some comments that the swing was a protest at the way Mrs Thatcher had been removed from office and that he had been “dis­ appointed at some anti- Welsh fe eling towards N ig e l E v a n s in h is campaign."


However, Lord Wad­


d in g to n s a id th a t i t seemed a novelty of the era that, instead of the apathy of by-elections of the past, voters now used them to make a referen­ dum on a policy point — this time the poll tax.


Despite rumours in the


area, Lord Waddington said that he would not be standing again for the Rib­ ble Valley in the future. “There is no way 1 could


do that, because you can­ not renounce a life peer­ age,” he declared. Does he wish he could? “ N o , ” re p lie d Lo rd


Waddington. “ I feel that what’s done is done and you move on from there.” There was a boost for


defeated Tory candidate N ig e l Evans when he received a telephone call from the Prime Minister at his Downham cottage on Saturday.


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Lord Waddingtou of Read (right), Leader of the House of Lords


by... KAYE MOON “John Major told me we


had fought a wonderful campaign and his endorse­ ment meant a lot to me. When I said I would be submitting my name to fight again for the Ribble Valley, he urged me to do so,” he declared.


Mr Evans thanked the m a n y p e o p l e w h o


approached him on Friday and Saturday to offer their sympathies as he walked round Clitheroe and said he would be writing many thank you letters.


He w ill be leaving his


temporary home in Down- ham on March 23rd and is hoping to find a 12-month let in the Ribble Valley. Meanwhile, i t was back


to family life on Sunday, when lie re tu rn e d to


Swansea to take a large bunch of mixed flowers to his mother, Betty. “ She told me she was


disappointed for me,” he said. “ However, she is k e e p in g h e r f in g e rs crossed for next time!”


Miss Whiplash falls in love with the; Ribble Valley


LINDI, complete with her 0898 num­ bers, is moving in!


D e sp ite T h u r s d a y ’s r e s u l t s , sh e h a s now


found a w in n er. Lindi St Clair — or Miss


Whiplash, as she is known to her fans — has fallen in love w i th th e R ib b le Valley. “ I adore the area,” said


the larger than life Cor­ rective Party, candidate, who polled just 72 votes. This week, as others


packed their bags and left, Lindi went house-hunting, her quest being to find four or five small terraced houses at between £30,000 and £50,000 and a head­ quarters in the £250,000 bracket. How will she finance it?


“ I ’ll sell one of my London flats,” declared Lindi, who has been staying at the Swan and Royal Hotel in


the town centre during her campaign. “ I play ‘Monopoly’ in r e a l l i f e . I t ’ s ju s t


swapsics. “ I love the area, i t ’s


young, enthusiastic, the people are nice, civilised,


jus t wonderful. My tele­ phone lines can be set up anywhere. I t ’s perfectly legal.” The Ribble Valley by-


election, L in d i’s s ix th , was, she says, memorable for “ love and romance." As she explained: “The


people are real, fantastic. They are plastic people in London. I feel as though I have escaped to another world.” This week, Lindi set off


to view properties. She already has two to look at in the £250,000 bracket in


L IN D I teaching voters a th in g o r two during h e r b y - e l c c t i o n campaign


rural settings and says she would live in the larger house, because “ 1 need somewhere peaceful and secluded where I can write my scripts and my book.” I n t h e b o o k , w h i e h


should be out next spring, she intends to devote a chapter to the Ribble Valley.


And now we even have our own Raving Loony


A CONVERT to madness — that’s Andy Wilkinson, who. plans to stand as an Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate in May’s local elections.


Andy intends “spreading the word of the Lord after helping Screaming Lord Sutch in his by-elec­


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tion campaign. His band, Immediate Blues, even played at the


leader’s victory party which, of course, took place the evening before election day at campaign headquar­


ters — Clitheroe’s New Inn. But despite the light-hearted appearance, Andy


intends to mount a serious campaign. He lives in Waddington Road, which is situated in Clitheroe’s ' Grammar School ward, but may choose to stand in


another part of the town. Lord Sutch founded the original Youth Party in


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the 1950s and i t is to the younger generation that 26-year-old Andy will be looking for his support. “ I am basically standing to try and get a youth


voice on the council,” said Andy, who works for Gee Co, in Clitheroe. “There is no-one representing young people on i t at the moment and i t would be nice to


have a say in what is going on.” Andy w ill be hoping to emulate the success of


Alan Hope, chairman of the Loonies. The Ashbur­ ton landlord is the' party’s only officially-elected coun­ cillor and serves on his local town council. “ I think I have a decent chance of getting in —


especially i f I can gain the youth vote,” he said. Lord, Sutch, or David to his friends, has pledged


his support to Andy’s campaign and intends return­ ing to Clitheroe to help him with it.


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A Gulf soldier helps mum smile through


to change into civilian clothes as S a p p e r S te ­ phen Brooks (20) made th e m e rc y t r ip from K u w a i t C i ty to h is home.


A CLITHEROE soldier came home on compassionate leave from the Gulf on Thursday still wearing his desert com­ bat uniform — and with Kuwaiti sand on his boots! T h e r e w a s no tim e


by . . Sheila Nixon


“ Advertiser and Times!” For Stephen had asked


He was d ism a n t lin g


bombs in the Kuwaiti min­ efields when he learned that his grandfather had died. Stephen was rushed by Land-Rover to an air­ field to join a flight for Riyadh in Saudi Arabi. He then flew to RAF Brize Norton, so that he could get home in time for the funeral. But every cloud bus a


silver lining and in Ste­ phen’s case his sad mission gave him the welcome chance of being reunited with his mother (right) on the best day o f a ll —■ Mother’s Day. H e e ve n b e a t t li e


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A SCHOOLBOY from Bashall Eaves has been chosen to give an account of life on a remote farm, which can be heard in the programme “ Curriculum Resources” on Radio 5 on Tuesday, a t !) a. m. John Green (9), who


attends Thorneyholme School, in Dunsop Bridge, is one of three children in the programme, the other two coming from a city and a village. The children talk about


their lives and listeners will be invited to compare them and say which child they would most like to


visit. John, who is picked up


by a school taxi at 7-55 a.m. and is last home on tile taxi run in the after­ noon, talks about owning his own sheep and selling the lambs. He gives a full description of life on the farm, his friends and out­ ings to town.


us to convey wishes to mum Mrs Evelyn Gorst, because he thought he


would still be in the Gulf on Mother’s Day. And when we arrived to


deliver a special plant and card at her home on his behalf, she greeted us w ith th e news o f his homecoming. "What better Mother's


Day could any mother have than to get her son hack home from the war looking so f i t and well?” she said.


There was even more


good news to come during Stephen’s brief leave — he


was told by the Army that his unit was returning to Hamelin in Germany and to report there tomorrow, instead of flying back to the G u lf as o r ig in a l ly planned.


Stephen, whose grand­


father, Mr Harry Brooks, of Darwen, had collapsed and died while playing golf, attended the funeral at Pleasington Crema­ torium on Friday.


He jo in e d the Royal


Engineers a fte r leaving Clitheroe Royal Grammar School at IS with eight 0- levels and two A-levels and left for the Gulf just before Christmas.


Stephen was with the


supporting Forces emp­ loyed on breaching mine­ f ie ld s as th e B r i t is h a rm o u re d d iv is io n s entered Iraq when the ground war was launched. They were sent to engage Saddam Hussein’s Repub­ lican Guard, but met little resistance.


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