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1. THE house at the centre o f the controversy


Romance blossoms


Speculation mounts over link with Mark Phillips


by Sheila Nixon A RECENT photograph of Jane and Capt. Mark Phillips


A CHIPPING mother spoke this week about her daughter’s romance with Princess Anne’s ex-husband, Capt. Mark Phillips, amid growing speculation that an engagement announcement is imminent.


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linked with Capt. Phillips since last September and pictures of the two together have appeared in the national press on several occasions. The latest reports say that the pair have- been seen out in public together three times during the


past two weeks. Speaking to the “Advertiser and ’rimes” on Mon­


day, Mrs Kathleen Thornton, of Countess Hey Farm, Elmridge Lane, refused to confirm or deny that the engagement rumours were true, but said her daughter had recently given up a job in the French Alps to return to England and was now working with horses. She agreed that her work could he at or near


Capt. Phillips’s Gatcombe Park base. Asked who would he announcing the engagement if


one were to he made, Mrs Thornton replied: “That’s not something I’ve thought about. You’re as wise as I am.” Mrs Thornton said that the couple, who shared a


lifelong love of horses, had been friendly since last September, after meeting at the Blenheim Horse Trials. They had met again at Christmas at the fashionable ski resort of Val d’Isore, high in the South­ ern French Alps, where Miss Thornton had worked as a chalet maid supervisor. Reports in the national and provincial press have


quoted Jane’s age as 2G or 29, hut her mother con­ firms that she is 32. “But she looks more like 17,”


she added. Blonde-haired Jane, whose parents have a horse


breeding business, and Capt. Phillips are reported to have (lanced the night away at the Dressage Laser Ball at Hillside Stud, Chcrtsey, in London, on Saturday. A photograph of the couple in Val d’Iscrc appeared


in tlie national press on January 1st. Then, in April, a national newspaper claimed that Miss Thornton’s for­ mer boyfriend, tycoon David Whitaker, had travelled to tlie ski resort to try and win her back, but without success. At tlie time, tlie “Advertiser and Times” reported


that her mother was surprised by tlie stories and that “tlie whole tiling is news to Jane and to us.” Mrs Thornton said that Jane kept in touch with


tlie family and her home, address was still at Chip­ ping, although her visits home were not now very frequent.


T H IS W E E K Drugs squad


chief warns of trends as — seizures jump — see page 11


Exams meant Jayne Hut­ chinson missed a trip to see her number one ten­ nis star, Andre Agassi, at Wimbledon — hut she fin­ ished up with the player’s shirt


— see page 11 WOHKWISE


P u p i l s » n \v o r k experience are out and about in the community ajjain and ours, Kabila Hussain, turns m a first- class story for us


— see page 3


Their 30-year land is bulldozed


F o rm e r h om e o f a c t io n g r o u p c h a i rm a n p r o v id e s a c c e s s


TRUSTEES of a prime Clitheroe site have managed to overcome the opposi­ tion of a residents’ association formed to prevent its development — by buy­ ing the former home of the action group’s chairman and his garden area opposite.


The house and land


purchase has enabled the developer, leading national housebuilders. Barratt Ltd, to gain necessary access to the site. Mystery surrounds the


question of who actually sold the house to tlie trust­ ees, but the property was, at one time, in tlie owner­ ship of Mr David Hudson, former residents’ associa­ tion chairman. After 30 years of debate


and controversy concern­ ing the possible devel­ opment of the land, work has finally begun on the Knunck Knowles housing scheme, off Wadddington Road — to tlie disgust of angry residents. Ironically, access to tlie


prime site situated behind Eastliam Street and Ribb- lesdale Avenue in Clith­ eroe has been gained through a garden opposite Mr Hudson’s former home, with the corner of the house garden b e ing a l t e r e d to e n a b le approaching site vehicles to manoeuvre as they travel on to the site. The development was


blocked for several years, due to the difficulty of finding an appropriate access to the site. Residents have waged a


fierce campaign against the development, which they believe will ruin a beautiful area of the town. They are also worried about the extra traffic from the 75 houses, which will be using tlie Eastliam Street exit on to Wadding- ton Road. Mr Keith Whiteside, of


Eastliam Street, spoke for many of the residents when lie said: “There is no need for more houses in this area of Clitheroe. What we do need is green fields.”


Residents have also


expressed concern at the density of the housing development and the type of houses to be built.


Mr John Harrison, the


p r in c ip a l o f M o o r la n d School, believes that there would have been less opposition to “nice quality houses, at a low density,


in keeping with tlie area.” He added: “As it is, houses are being built that won’t be in sympathy with their surroundings.”


The area, situated in a


prime residential location, has been scheduled for development since 1!)G2. In 19S2, tlie formulation of the Clitheroe Local Plan again reconfirmed its use for rosidental development in the council’s 10-year


by Catherine


Needham


planned period. Tills year, tlie go-ahead was given to Barrult. Kibble Valiev Council’s director of development


Mr Philip Bailey said that the borough council was “sensitive to the amount of development coming off that road.”


But one resident chal­


lenged the council’s atti­ tude, saying: “Approval of the land in 19G2 lias been used as a cop-out to avoid taking positive action against any development. It’s clear that Clitheroe lias changed over 30 years and that tlie housing situa­ tion in the lOGOs was not the same as it is now.”


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WHO could lie heart­ less enough to aban­


don tins hcnulilul kitten'/ She is one of nine


k ittens and t h r c c grown cats who were cruelly dumped over a wall and found li.v.lim and Marion Stephen­ son, of Chilsey Green Farm, Stonyhurst. The search is now


on to find this cute lit­ tle thing a lov ing home. © The full, sad story cun lie found on page


Tempers soar over country market plan


TALKS were taking place yesterday in a bid Lo halt another new market in Lite Kibble Valley.


Tempers soared as


shopkeepers and stall­ holders heard that Clith­ eroe Auction Mart was advertised in a leading farmers’ publication as the venue for a new Saturday country market.


Manufacturers, grow­


ers, producers and sellers are wanted, said the advertisement, for Satur­ day’s market, offering over 10 acres of under­


cover ami outdoor stalls and spaces. Clitheroe Chamber of


Trade vice-president Mr Barry Stevens declared: “ This has goL to be stopped,” while irate mar­ ket trailers called on the local authority to shut it down immediately.


The mail behind tlie


advertisement, Mr Gene Hoyle, of Hoyle’s Promo­ tions, .which already runs giant collectors’ markets and ear boot sales on tlie site every Sunday and advertises that “half a mil­ lion customers can’t be wrong,” defended tlie ven­ ture, stating that it would complement Clithcroc’s existing Saturday market, not detract from it.


Asked i f he had con­ sulted tlie local authority


Refuse rule load of old rubbish


ANGRY Ribble Valley traders have den­ ounced new regulations requiring them to pay for the collection of their domestic refuse as a load of old rubbish.


Town centre shopkeep­


ers, among them John Wardleworth, of the Well- gate Newsagency, and P e te r a n d K a t h1c en McDonald, of the High- field Road off-licence, are incensed by what they see as a back door tax. Under tlie new Depart­


ment of tlie Environment regulations, shopkeepers who “live in” are no longer entitled to have two bags of domestic rubbish col­ lected free of charge. As well as this, each


collection, if paid for, must be accompanied by a waste transfer note — a mind-


. boggling piece of bureau­ cracy that lias left shop­ keepers and refuse collec­ tors alike bemused. Furthermore, traders


have claimed that they were not informed by Rib- ble Valley Council that tlie changeover was to take


place. Mr Wardleworth said:


“Tlie first thing I knew about it was when my rub­ bish wasn’t collected. No one informed me of any­ thing. I pay my business rate and four lots of poll tax and I can’t get my rub- bish c o l le c te d . I t ’ s criminal.” Peter and Kathleen


McDonald went one step further. He said: “This is a back door tax and a direct attack on small businesses. Mark my words — in 12 months’ time, they’ll be charging everyone for their refuse collection.” He 'continued: “We can


INCENSED


what they see as a back door Kathleen McDonald


accept having tu pay tlie business rate, hut we pay three poll taxes here and we can’t get our rubbish collected. It’s absolutely


disgusting.” Their views are shared


by Ribble Valley councillor John Cowgill, himself a trader, of Market Place,


tiix . . . Peter and


who lias accused Ribble Valley Council of handling the new law extremely


badly


before advertising the venture, Mr Hoyle stated that tlie Saturday markets were not general markets, but would he restricted bv the operators to stalls sell­


ing rural produce. The general market


traders would not he allowed in, said Mr Hoyle. Tlie concept for tlie mar­ ket was rural. “ If anything, it will add


to what is there already,” he said.


Tlie Chamber of Trade


disagreed. Said Mr Ste­ vens: “ Ribble Valley Council has taken no steps to curb Wednesday eve­ ning markets. One man travels from Wigan and sells meat from the back of his van. The council has allowed that to go on, month after month.” Anxious traders on


Clitheroe’s Tuesday and Saturday town centre market warned that tlie opening of another market on tlie outskirts of town on a Saturday would sound the “death knell” for the town. Traders in Clitheroe are


subject to strict health and hygiene rules and visits from the local authority staff. Market stall proprie­ tors questioned whether anyone ever visited the Salthill site when markets were in operation and said they had heard of an instance whore doughnuts were sold from a stall with manure on the floor only yards away. Besieged by telephone


calls on Tuesday morning, Ribble Valley Council’s chief legal officer Mr Paul Timson said the position seemed to be a clear breach of the council’s r ig h ts as a market authority. “I f a rival market is held


on the same day, within a radius of G.4 miles, the law automatically assumes you will suffer loss,” explained Mr Timson. A meeting was due to


take place yesterday between Mr Timson, Mr Robert Parker, secretary to the auction mart com­ pany, and Mr Hoyle. “ I hope they will see


sense,” said Mr Timson, adding that unless Satur­ day’s market was can­ celled, tlie council would seek an injunction to stop


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Wrecking spree ; in churchyard


VANDALS went pn a wrecking spree in Clith­ eroe Parish Churchyard at the weekend,-: knocking the tops off 50 rose bushes and smashing two century-old headstones.


Roberts and verger Mr ;Lcs Allen arrived at 7-30 a.m. on Sunday, to get ready for tlie three ser­ vices and wedding taking place that day. they were greeted by a trail of rose­ buds and petals, not just along tlie walkway to the


church, hut beside the garden of remembrance, where ashes are interred. As they continued towards the church, their


When the Rev. Anthony eves fell on the headstone’


of former vicar Joseph; Heywood Amlerton and, tiis wife Anne —■ one of’ four Goliath-tike mono-', meats which have stood; for over a century jtist»‘ outside the main door.


Both the Aiidcrloii


headstone, erected in 1873. and one that has been in the cemetery yard since 1853, had been


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