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ing his car in Whalley Road after visiting a local fish and chip shop and was going to walk home.


CLITHEROE man told police he was leav­


Ramblers head for


Nidderdale NIDDERDALE via Gras­ sington was the venue for the North East Lancashire Ramblers’ Association’s coach ramble, when three coachloads of walkers set out from the Clitheroe, II y n 11 b u r n, Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley and Pen- dle areas. There were four guided


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However, minutes later, Frederick William Steele drove past them and was later followed and stopped nt the Edisford Bridge car park. He was taken to Clith- oe Police Station and his


een d r in k in g , b u t atched him on his way.


being 35. In mitigation, Mr Bill reenwood, said th a t


They realised he had


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Headbutted neighbour after row over tree


A CHRISTMAS tree gave- a Sabden company direc­ tor the needle last March and led to his appearance b e f o r e C l i t h c r o e


D e n n i s H a r t l e y w a s ordered to pay a total of


breath was found to con- fin 103 micrograms of lcohol, the legal limit


walks, the two shortest s ta r t in g at Wath and Pateley Bridge. The Wath walk followed the Nidder­ dale Way to How Stern Gorge and the other short walk followed the River Nidd and the old railway tra ck L o G o u t h w a i t e Reservoir over the moor­ land tracks to Whit Beck House. A 12-milc route included


Steele (40), of Waterloo Road, Clitheroe, acknow­ ledged how stupidly he had behaved, adding that his client had set off walk ing home, then realised he ad left his house keys in


the car and returned to Whalley Road. Steele, who had been


Grassington, Mossdale, Friar Head, Sandy Gate and High and Low Riggs, before returning to the coaches at How Stern Gorge. The most energetic of


tile ramblers took the route from Grassington via


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the Dalesway to Near Dibb and Mossdale Scar then crossing the streams to Straight Steal) Beck and Aygill Pike. From there the walkers went to Arnthwaite and High Rigg to follow the river back to


taken for the next two Sunday coach rambles — on August 11th to Osmotlv erley in the North York­ sh ire Moors National Park, and on September 1st to the Vale of Llangol­ len — by telephoning Ncl son 62123 or Accrington :!!l7(i(i().


the coach park. Bookings are now being


onvicted of a similar offence in 108:), had been undergoing a great deal of tre s s , Mr Greenwood aid, with his marriage reaking up and worry


about one of his children, who had been in hospital 1 times in the last two


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driving with excess alcohol in his breath and was fined JWOl) and disqualified from driving for three years. He was also ordered to pay £20 costs.


as a result. He pleaded guilty to


ACTION is to be taken


Action over caravans on farm


valis to park at Brook House Farm, Whalley, without a licence. Kibble Valley Council’:


against a landowner for dlowing travellers’ eani­


Public Works and Health Committee agreed that the landowner, Mr John Townson, should be prese­ nted for not having


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caravan site licence. Mr David Morris, the


council's director of com munity and commercial


services, said the site had been used by travellers on th e i r annual v is i t to


WHY has it taken so long for the Kibble Council to look at Kocfield Leisure Centre’s business plan, asked one councillor at a Kibble Valley Council meeting. The plan was submitted


Brownies who can pack a punch!


on April 22nd, yet was not discussed by the Policy and Resources Committee until June 10th, said Conn. John Sutcliffe (Clitheroe). Some £35,()()() funds due from the council had, therefore, "been effec­ tively blocked." The committee chair­


Trophy, donated in memory of Brownie Louise King, who died tragically of leukaemia in .January, and the Divisional Rounders Shield. Five Brownie units competed for the district tro­


CL1THKEOE Parish Church Brownies certainly know how to pack a punch with a rounders hat. The girls won the Clitheroe District Rounders


phy and three districts, Clitheroe, Whalley and Read, plus Rowland, for the divisional shield, which was presented by the new divisional commissioner, Mrs Hazel Wharfe. Pictured are the victorious members of the win­


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man, Conn. Bill Fleming, said the business plan applied to the running of th e hall once it was opened, not to the building


of it. "We have a commitment


to this project," he added. Yet the public commit­ ment to the project “has not so far been as good as members from outside would like to have seen.’


Footwear taken


THIEVES forced open the patio doors of a house in Littlemoor Road, Clith­ eroe, and stole bank cards and footwear.


Appleby Hair. He added that there had


been public complaints about litter and the way telephone box in Mitton Road had been used. Council staff had visited


between 7 p.m. on July 9th and 7 p.m. the next


The break-in occurred


the site and confirmed that caravans there were using limited facilities.


day. A NatWest cheque card was taken, as well as an Access card and cheque book, all in the name of Grainger.


The value of footwear stolen was £53.


Teenagers found to have drugs


TWO Clitheroe teenagers were convicted by the town’s magistrates of possessing controlled


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(18), of Union Street, Low Moor, admitted possessing heroin and cannabis, while David Eric McBride (19), of S e e d a 11 A v e n u e , pleaded guilty to pos­ sessing cannabis. Mr Angus Craigen, pro­ secuting, told the court


that police saw a Ford Transit van parked in Clitheroe’s Mitchell Street car park. When they approached it, Duxbury jumped out and ran off, blit was quickly appre­ hended. One of the officers remained with the van and saw McBride smoking a reefer-type cigarette. Duxbury was found to


Lumley said that when Duxbury went to Man­ chester to buy cannabis he was also offered heroin which he bought but did not like, as it made him sick. He had no intention of supplying the drug. “He realises lie cannot


In mitigation, Mr John


go on like this and wants to give up cannabis,” said Mr Lumley. For McBride, Mr David


Talbot said that his client had played only a minor part in the incident. “He was in possession of


only a small quantity of cannabis, which he readily admitted,” said Mr Talbot


have five pieces of brown cannabis resin and a short while later he told the officers to look in his to)) pocket. When they did,


“It was for his own per­ sonal consumption and there was no question of him supplying it.” Duxbury was ordered to


carry out 100 hours' com they found four pieces of munity service and Talbot costs.


folded paper, each contain- was fined £150. Both were ing a brown powder which also ordered to pay £M0 was heroin.


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S a tu rd a y , Ju ly 27th: Henthorn Road (Clith­ eroe), Chatham, Down- ham. Gisburn, Ncwton-in- Bowland, Slaidburn, West Bradford. Monday, July 29lh, to


there had been a long-run­ ning dispute between Hartley (41), of Lower Barn F a rm , Whalley Road, and his adjoining


The court heard that


of Wiswell Moor f a rm , Sabden. It had concerned the


disposal of H a r t le y ’s Christmas tree. Mr Riley claimed that Hartley had thrown the tree on to his land and he put it back on Hartley’s. This, he said,- was repeated on many occasions.


ied this and said he had! disposed of the tree on his own la n d b u t th a t someone, who he later found out to be Mr Riley,; kept moving it. H a r t le y decided to


Saturday, August 3rd Bolt o n -b y -B ow la nd Grimlleton, Waddiugton. Pensions and allowances


are available at these offices a week in advance Main counters will remain open as usual.


tackle Mr Riley about this and waited for him early one morning as his neigh­ bour took a short cut across Hartley’s land on his way to work. After an argument, Hartley head­ butted Mr Riley, breaking his nose. Hartley said that the


clash of heads had been accidental, but the magis­ t r a te s found the case proved. He was fined £150, ordered to pay £100 prosecution costs and £550 compensation to Mr Riley.


MP attacks Home Office arrogance


over voting errors


RIBBLE VALLEY’S new MP is furious that the Home Office Minister will not consider any changes in the law to prevent voters’ names being left off electoral registers by clerical errors — which is what happened to hundreds of voters in Ribchester and Rimington at this year’s


also furious that the Minis­ ter , Angela Rumbold, seems to lay the blame for tile residents’ lack of votes on the voters themselves. He d o s c r i h e d t h e


by-election. Mr Michael Carr MP is


to be added to the elec­ toral register at any time, if they had been left off by a clerical error on the part of the local authority. Angela Rumbold then


Government’s lack of con­ cern as “complacent” and “arrogant” — and pro­ mised to continue the fight for new laws to make sure electors will not suffer from clerical errors in future.


if south had hid either two hearts or two spades. If south denied a four-card major hy bid­ ding two diamonds, north could convert to two spades, showing a live-card spade suit and a poor


hand. South would pass. As it was. two hearts was an


Mr Garner and Mr.Capstick. Mr .). Pollard and Mr Guha; KW Mrs Tatton and Mrs Uingham,


tricks. Thursday's winners wore: NS


Mr hank and Mr Wilding. D.


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Chance to see inside college


THE public will be able to


have a look round historic Stonyhurst College at Hurst Green, thanks to a


between 1 and 5 p.m. from July 30th until August 31st, including late sum­ mer Bank Holiday, from Tuesdays to Sundays


unique ser ies of open days. The college will be open


inclusive. The beautiful grounds


and gardens will be open from July Gth until August 31st at the same times. The open days are the


excellent contract, producing lb


Search for cleanest loo


ENTRIES are now lining accepted for tile Initial I. o o o f t li e Y e a r competition. "n tlie four years it lias


ing for loos which are clean and hygienic, with a good washroom and pleas­ ant decor and style. With eight different categories and a grand trophy on offer, the competition is well worth entering. Anyone with an out­


been running, entries from Lancashire nave been low and tile organisers are urging local people to put forward local loos, espe­ cially in the Kibble Valley. The judges will he look­


first of their kind and have been planned in conjunc- t i o n w i th E n g l i s h Heritage.


mix-up at the by-election, Mr Carr wrote to the Home Office asking for new legislation. What he wanted to see, he said, was a change in tile law which would allow names


Following the computer


replied: “I do sympathise witii the disappointment


which the electors must have felt when they were, in effect, disenfranchised because of an error in data processing during the preparation of the draft register. “We realise that errors


the leg is la tio n under review and we will bear your suggestion in mind.” Mr Carr said: “This reply clearly shows that


“However, we do keep


the Government does not give two hoots about peo­ ple who are eligible to vote being disenfranchised. They were not the ones who were to blame for the error, yet that is what the Minister seems to suggest. “It is wholly inadequate


and omissions may some­ times only come to light once an election is in pros­ pect, when it may be too iate for those affected to register to vote. But I am sure you will understand that there has to be a deadline for additions to the reg is ter before an election, so that party can­ vassers and staff at polling stations can receive a definitive version. “An incident such as this


serves to underline the importance of electors checking the draft register to ensure that their names appear. The draft is kept published from November 28th to December 16th each year for this specific purpose and we strongly


urge people to make use of it.


standing Kibble Valley facility in mind can get an e n try form from the town’s Tourist Informa­ tion Centre. The closing date is August 31st and t li e w i li n e r w ill b e announced in December.


that the Electoral Regis­ tration Officer for Clith­ eroe received and allowed a number of claims for inclusion from people who had checked the draf t register and found that th e i r names did not appear. "Given that this well-es­


“Indeed, I understand


and displays complacency and arrogance on the Home Office's part. “I have contacted the


fight for a change in the law so that such a mistake cannot happen again.”


Ribble Valley chief legal officer and will continue .to


tablished procedure exists for handling precisely the sort of problem you have raised, I am not convinced that a change to the legis­ lation along the lines which you su g g e s t is necessary.


ANSWER APPEAL FOR AFRICA H I


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