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Make war is the plea
ON the eve of battle in the (lay alter the Vicar the Gulf, relatives of of Gisburn and Brad- local servicemen and ford Diocesan Rural w omen g a th e r e d A d v is e r , the Rev. together on Monday to Jonathan Lumby, had form The Gulf Family warned his congregu- Support Group . . . tion to prepaie for
“hell being let loose on
the world.” The eight parents of
young .servicemen from 'Clitheroe and Chatham met at the home of Hob and Mary Mansell, 41 I’eel Hark Avenue, Clitheroe,
where the new group will meet again on Wednesday, at 7-30 p.m. Said Mrs Mansell,
whose son Robert (23) is serving with the Royal Artillery in the Gulf: “You feel very alone at this time and just to have the sup port of others in the same situation is a help. Also we can help each other with information on a variety of subjects.” The group, the idea of
Mrs Moira Halstead, of Victoria Street, Clitheroe,
whose son Rolf (lit), a medical technician, is
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waiting to be flow'll to the Gulf, already represents parents of Army and Navy personnel. . . and is hop ing that parents, wives and relatives of any ser vice people in the Gulf will jo in them. A n y o n e 'interested can telephone Mrs Mansell (Clitheroe 23517) or Mrs Halstead (Clitheroe 22029).
However, Mr Lumby
warned his congregation on Sunday that “our anger at Saddam Hussein is not
(sufficient to allow' us to sear the fragile flesh of
millions.” He declared: “ Poor
ravaged Kuwait, on w'hose behalf the war would be waged, would be turned, tiny state that it is, into a graveyard for all who remain there, leaving nothing but a deserted moonscape." Mr Lumby warned of
disastrous environmental effects if the oilfields were set ablaze and the eco- n o m i c e f fe c ts o n t h e world's poor of a war cost ing £100 billion — i ’00 for every man, woman anil child on the planet.
“Two and a half million men stand poised in the
Tories pick their man
Mr Lumby
But narents of Gulf soldiers nreparp for the worst by KAYE MOON
deserts. We can expect casualties of one million civilians and 300,000 mili ta ry p e rs on n e l ,” he declared. Mr Lumby said that
only closer federation under the United Nations to impose sanctions on would-be aggressors would “ claim universal
respect.” Meanwhile, the Sol
diers’ , Sailors’ and Air men’s Families’ Associa tion this week announced that it is ready to offer help to relatives of service personnel in the Gulf in need of information like postal addresses, in cases of genuine hardship, or just needing a sympathetic ear. The local representa tive is Mr Leslie Hinlbld, Gills Croft, Clitheroe (24513.)
To some, nothing more than sick joke
MEMBERS of the new group arc, from the loll: back — Hub Mansell, Mary K
Sylvia, Lady Clitheroe
1 Church Street, Clitheroe. Tel: 25308
WITH the death of Sylvia, Lady Clith eroe, the area has lost a remarkable person who made her mark, both in the Kibble Valley and further afield. She had a lively
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her husband, the for mer Lord Clitheroe, were highly regarded in the Kibble Valley unci their tenants in Do william viewed them with affection. T h e y e n jo y e d a happy married life, reaching their dla in on d w ed d in g anniversary. Hut, above a l l ,
perhaps their most endearing quality ..•as their ability to make people o f all walks o f l i fe feel comfortable in their company. 9 Full reports on
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..ml Tod Jackson; front - Sarah Rodgers, Mary Mansell, Mo.ra Halstead
SOME people in the Ribble Valley have received copies of a bogus Ministry of Defence letter which purports to be a call-up. Anyone reading the let
ters will soon realise they are a joke and have been sent by a prankster — hut a mother receiving one of these buff “official" enve lopes sent to a son could be very worried indeed until it was opened, said one Ribble Valley resi dent, who wishes to remain anonymous. One letter bearing a
recruitment record mim- h e r f rom * * R E M E Records” was, in fact, sent to a former REME soldier in Clitheroe — which was particularly worrying for iiis wife, who wondered whether the prankster might be using a list of service or ex-service personnel. The letter her husband
received begins “Oil behalf of her Britannic Majesty's Gove r n in e n t y o u a r e hereby notified under the emergency powers act 1939 that you are ordered
to place y ou rs e l f on standby for compulsory military service in the Guif conflict. You will shortly he issued orders to depart for Saudi Arabia.” So far, the letter may
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appear genuine to some recipients, although others might wonder about “her” without a capital h, “Bri tannic’’ ami the lack of capitals for the so-called “act” of 1939 . . .
by CLIVE BARNDEN The second paragraph,
however, soon becomes farcical: “Due to cutbacks in Government expendi ture in recent years, it will be necessary for you to provide yourself with the following equipment as soon as possible: Combat jacket; trousers (prefera bly khaki); tin helmet; bouts (or sturdy trainers); gas mask; a map of the combat zone (the Ordi nance Survey 1:25090 Out door Leisure Map of Iraq will do); a rifle; suntan lotion (high factor); a one way ticket to Riyadh.
“ I f you can possibly
afford it, we would also like you to buy a tank. Vickers Defence at Bar- row are currently offering our conscripts a 0 per cent finance deal on all new H- reg Chieftains, while stocks last.
"W e would like to
assure you that, should anything go wrong, you wiil receive a free burial in the cemetery of your choice. Your wife will be entitled to the war widows pension of ill.75 per calen dar month (subject to means testing).
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“ There may be little time for formal military
t ra in in g b e fo re you depart, so you are advised to hire out videos of the following war films and try to pick up a few ideas as you watch: "The Guns qt N a v a ron e , ” “ K e l ly 's Heroes,” “A Bridge Too Far,” “The Longest Day,” “Henry V,” “The Sound of Music!” Alternatively, you can’t get hold of these any old John Wayne rub
bisli will do. “ To prepare vourseli mentally for your mission, try reading the works of Wilfrid Owen or Rupert Brooke. This should give you some idea of what may
be involved.” This letter was signed
by “General Sir G. II Waller” and ends: Bush-Major Joint Hroduc tion, sponsored by Mars the official snack food for World War 3.” B u t a n o t li e r 1 e t1 e r
passed on to the “Clith eroe A d v e r t is e r and Times” purports to come from Tom King. One clue to the prank
ster may he the franking stamp on the envelope. But whoever lie is, lie lias money to spend, for more of these letters are being received by the residents of East Lancashire.
Chamber member quits in mart row
CLITHEROE Chamber of Trade was rocked this week bv the shock resig nation ‘ of long-standing member Bernard Lord,
, following remarks by pres- | ident Chris Wood over the redevelopment of the for mer Clitheroe Auction
Mart site. Mr Lord said it touched
.. ‘raw nerve” when he read Mr Wood’s comments
‘Mr Wood should make by JOHN DOVER in the Chamber news
letter. “ Every Chamber of
T r a d e m em b e r c a n express his or her point of view, but the president should reflect the views of the organisation as a whole,” said Mr Lord, who
runs a shoe shop in Moor Lane. Mr Lord said he was so
angry about how Mr Wood had chosen to reflect his own opinions that he wrote his letter of resigna tion within 24 hours of reading the article.
Mart site plans are lodged
CONCRETE proposals for Clitheroe’s Auction Mart redevelopment have been lodged with Ribble Valley Council’s planning department — but members ol the
public wall still have plenty of time to comment on the plans. Ribble Valley Council’s director of development, Mr Philip Bailey, said that the
formal planning application was now going ahead, but the consultation piocess would continue at least until the end of February.
... An exhibition with models of the site is to be staged next month. Meanwhile,
anyone can view the plans in the council offices. The planning application consists of'a mixed retail, office, residential and health redevelopment, until community
facilities and a new market place. it
._ c l e a r w h e n h e i s expressing his own per sonal views. I am sure these arc not the same as those of all the traders,” added Mr Lord, who has been a member of the traders’ organisation for 30 years and whose father, John, was a founder member.
The surprise decision
was announced at a meet ing of the Chamber’s exec utive, which was told that another long-standing Chamber member, Coun. John Cowgill, had also resigned. Coun. Cowgill is a for
mer president, as well as a prominent Clithe roe
councillor. Both men come from
families with business con nections going back many
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Jasper wows with a bow at Crufts
DOGGONE i t . . . lie just won’t be pensioned off!
Jasper, the 11-year-old A-
Kerry Blue terrier from Tossidc astounded the dog world at Crufts on Thurs day by walking off with the third prize in the Kerrv Veteran Class — despite being three years older than any of the Si Kerries at the show!
'l l was a wonderful sur
prise.” said owner Mrs Pauline Brown, of Chapel House. “ Kerries are not expected to live much longer than nine or 10 years, let alone he taking
M r Lord years in Clitheroe, Coun.
I Cowgill through printing and a newsagent’s shop. Speaking about the for
mer auction mart site in the newsletter, Mr Wood wrote: “My personal view is parallel with that of the Ribble Valley Council — a tasteful development with well-ehosen retail outlets will attract the public and generate trade to the b e n e f i t o f e x is t in g shopkeepers.” Mr Wood added that the
recent opinion poll vote > continued oil page 10
prizes.” Jasper, kennel name
Sion Silva Ruff‘n’ Tumble, is a fairly exceptional dog anyway, in that lie can lie left in' the ear with the
family's meat shopping and completely trusted not to tuck into it (our picture was taken when we recently told the story of how Jasper won't even touch a sausage until given the okay).
He also holds two
national records —__ reserve challenge certifi cate at six months old and the record birth of IS of his pups by three bitches within six days.
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He owns Welsh corner shop
A YOUNG Welsh businessman who owns a corner shop on a Swansea council estate is the Conservative contendei lot the forthcoming Ribble Valley by-election.______________ _
Mr Nigel Evans, a
tall slim 33-year-okl with a degree in poli tics, was unanimously adopted as prospective candidate at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Conservative Associa tion’s 300 members on
Monday night. The announcement came
at a press conference in Clitheroe on Tuesday morning, when association chairman Mr John Parry described Mr Evans as ‘the best man for the job." Air Parry, who revealed
that there had been 40 local applicants in the selection contest, added: "We are looking at a man with an excellent political future and not just in this
valley.” The choice was eagerly
awaited by local and utionul journalists, keen > assess the prospective
candidate’s chances in a by-election which is seen as tile first test of Tory policies since John Major’s appointment as Prime Minister. Mr Evans, who was
grilled on his suitability for a seat previously hold by local mail Lord Wad- dington with a massive 19,500 m a jor ity , has already received the con gratulations of his prede cessor, who was said to be “ extremely happy” with his adoption. Mr Evans has already
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T o r i e s
. . . Mr N ig e l Kvans
SHEILA NIXON REPORTS
served as deputy leader of West Glamorgan County Council Conservatives.
He told the waiting journalists that he owned a corner shop on the Townhill estate, where families were predomina tely working class. His grandfather had estab lished the shop — a conve nience store including a newsagent’s business — some oO years ago.
Mr Harry quipped that
Mr Kvans could be said to following in Margaret Thatcher’s footsteps.
Mr Kvans, a HA hon
ours graduate of the Uni versity of Wales, gave his non-political interests as
had experience of fighting cancer relief and respite Parliamentary bv-elec- care lor children with ter- tions — but without sue- minal diseases. He has cess. In 1DS7 he fought the travelled extensively in Swansea West seat and Kurope, North America, made the local headlines Central America and the by signing up his Liberal Caribbean. He is a mem- Democrat opponent as a ber ot the National 1 rust Conservative member and his hobbies include
soon afterwards He was Parliamentary
candidate for the Ponty pridd b y -e le c t ion in February *1089, .when one of the lowest percentage sw in g s a g a in s t the Government was regis tered in any by-election
since 1979. He has been a county
councillor for Sketty North since 1985 and has
tennis, golf and ski-ing. Mr Parry explained that
Lord Waddington, MP for Clitheroe and then the Ribble Valley since 1979. had been unable to attend the Monday night adoption meeting because the House of Lords was sitting again, hut “Gilly Wadding- ton was th e r e and
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Hooligans will not win is
message
“WK are not going to let the hooligan element win __ that was the defiant message from Clitheroe councillors following the
toppling of the towns Christmas tree lor tin* second vear in succession. “ I don’t think in any
wav that we should say we are not having a trey next
year,” Coun. John Cowgill told the meeting of the
town council. K afl ier, the Mayor.
Coun. I'at Shepherd, revealed the full extent o!
the damage: "It i* with great sadness that 1 have
to report that the tree with its lights was again ripped down." He said that all lf»0 light
bulbs had been broken, the surrounding fence des troyed and. the lighting
pvlons torn apart. ‘ ••A crowd of between
2UI) and 1(H> was around the tree and 1 am reliably informed that they were not readily identifiable as Clitheroe people.” he
added. Coun. Cowgill sug
gested removing tin* tree on New Year’s Kve. as it had served its purpose and would slop a recurrence of the scenes on December : : i s t .
“ I think we have got to
main* our minds up when we receive polio* reports.” said Coun. Kric Hracewell. “ This was one of many incidents that evening which ultimately culmin
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