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THEY start this week — our special offers to save you cash. Some " ill lie completely tree, like this week's offer —


;t cup of lea or coffee at Cl i theroe’s popular Apricot Meringue. an elegant oasis in the centre of Clilheroe where you " ill he (Liven a warm welcome. Others will he special offers we have organised joint ly with local businesses and will he exclusive to


“Advertiser and Times” readers. Watch out each week for the “CAT Special Oiler


token. Today’s token can he found on page I and, in future


an offer you will not want to miss. It is all part of our aim to offer you. the reader, the best bargain for local news, pictures and advertising.


weeks, all you have to do is take the tokens along to the par t icipat ing establ ishments, which will turn them into


“Advertiser and Times" — the local newspaper serving the Kibble Valley community — and the best way to do that and save yourself money into the bargain is to place a regular order with your newsagent. Enjoy your free cuppa. And, as they say, watch this space for your “CAT Special Offer" each week.


too deep financially to escape, asks MP


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Castle Castings leaving town


A WE L L -KNOWN c o m p a n y is le a v in g ( 'Iit h om o In 'c a i iso it s 1 1 1 " n cent iv m ill p ivm - i .- l 'S a r e " j u s t Io n e x p e n s iv e " at a t im e " l io n s a le ." a r c h al'd


Charlotte’s logo idea is a real winner


WE asked you to let us have your logos to mark the Kibble Valley’s new-found fame as the centre of (beat Britain — hut we never dreamt so many of yon would do.just that.


There were, in


fact, no less than So entries for our


competition. And llu* judges —


Kibble V a lle y Mayor A M a n K a y a nd “ A d v e r t is e r a n d 'rimes” editor Leigh M o r r is s e y — wore amazed, not only at th e n um b e r s , but also at tbe q uality of logos and accompan­ y in g slogans wh ich they sifted through to f in d tin* o v e ra ll winner. So m u ch so , in


f a c t , t h a t t h ey decided to award two e \ 1 r a p r i /. e s f o r runners-up. The winning entry


(featured here) was sent in by ( ’harlo tIe


.1 u r y . o f 11 a n U House, S awley, who was educated locally and is now complet­


ing a HA degree in g ra p h ic d e s ig n at M a n c h e s te r P o ly ­ technic. She receives a VoH ho o k to k e n donated by the Kay- dee llookshop. K ib ­ ble V a lley ( ’o u n c il’s tourism department and the “ Adver tiser and T im e s .” A prize for techni-


c a I m e r i t w a s aw a rd e d to D a v id C ro s s , o f P im l ic o Koad. C lith e ro c . and


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a special prize is on its way to 10-year- old K ym ls c y Wood- g a te , o f Wo odf ield V iew , C h a th am , for s u e h a s p I e n d i d junior effort. A ll the entries w ill


he on display in the foyer o f the Kibb le V a i l e y C o u n c i l offices and the w in ­ n e r s w i l l r e c e iv e th e ir prizes at a spe­ cial event at Slony- h u rs t C o lle g e next W e d n e sd a y , when the co u n c il’s tourism department is organ­ ising a V IP visit to the area for up to -S L a n c a sh ire mayors and mayoresses.


\ CAUL for the Kib­


ble Valley Council to go it alone," and ditch


developers of Cl ith- ro e ’s auct ion mar t i te to tak e on the


work itself, came on Monday from Kibble


Val ley MI’ Michael


'arr. In an e x clu s ive in te r ­


view with the “ A lb e r t ise r anil T u n e s ." he said: " I have always believed the council should have tack­ led its own scheme . . . th e re would have been enough talent in house to do so. 'I ant nob interested in a


scheme for the benefit of the developer — only for the people of the Kibble Valiev — and this scheme has been on the cards for lo ng , w ith so l i t t le


known about its costs, that su sp ic io n s w i l l abound until the truth is known.” I ll a fo r th r ig h t le t te r


delivered to every council­ lo r and main of f icia l on .Monday, Mr C a r r pleaded for openness with the pub-


by Kaye Moon


lie and warned: "There are some who fe a r so much


money lia s been spent already that the council is in too deep to escape from


tioin.u ah ead w ith the development.” l ie said he had come


across considerable specu­ lation about the viability of the proposed scheme, par­ t ic u la r ly in the liir lit of current economic condi­ tions. and told councillors: "Unless this can be satis­ fa c to r i ly an sw e red and p e o p le a s s u r e d t h e i r money is not being spent unwisely, then the scheme should not go ahead.” Mr ( 'a r r added that a


developer would anyway p ro b a b ly t a c k le t he s ch em e in p h a s e s in today’s economic climate and asked whether such a phased scheme could not be tackled by the council itself. “ What benef its would accrue to the council and.


W a r n in g — b y s p e c ia l d e l iv e ry


EVERY lady hopes to make an “entrance” at least once in her life and Clitheroe’s newly-born Samantha Jane Horsfield is no exception!


T h an k s to quick-


th in k in g ambulance men, Samantha's sud­ den the home of h e r g r a n d ­ m o th e r , Mrs Mary Bridge —- ended hap­ pily, but her dramatic debut may spark off another round in the Kibble Valley mater ­


appearance — at ' 'a i r f ie ld Dr ive


nity debate. L’ 11 1 heroc* am b ulance


men Owen Co n k so n . of Chipping, and Brian Wor­ den, of Grea t Harwood, rightly decided Samantha wo u ld not m a ke it to B u rn le y 's E d ith Watson m a te rn i t y u n it b e fo re t) e i n g b o r n , b u t li e r m o th f . Mrs Ja n e Ho rs ­ field, 7 0 1 (1 : " I would have


by . . . Theresa Robson


made it to Bramle.v Meade if 1 bad bung on.” F o r 3 0 -y e a r-o ld Mrs


Horsfield it was literally a bumpy ride, after ber hus­ band, S te p h e n , took a short cut down a cobbled s t re e t . Th e couple were dropping o f f th e ir five- y e a r - o id so n a t M r s Bridge's home. Mrs Horsfield said: “ By


the time we reached my mother's house 1 realised th e c o n t r a c t io n s had become v e ry s t ro n g . I managed to get inside the


house — ju st — while my 9 continued on page S


more imp o rtan tly, to its charge payers from pro­ ceeding with the scheme — • w h e th e r ph a sed or not?” lie declared. Mr ( ’a r r said worr ied


c o u s t i t u e n t s h a d approached him about the c o u n c i l c o s t s a l r e a d y accrued in fees and legal expenses, with amounts suggested to him well into six figures. 11 e a lso q u e s t io ned


p ro g re s s made by the council on n ego t ia t io ns about covenanted land for­ merly owned by the Slan- den Kstate, which covers about half the King Street end of the site. The Kstate sold the land to the former U lith e ro e Town Council ba ck in the 1 S7(>s fo r Jil.oS-l, with a proviso that should it ever revert from being used as a cattle mar­ ket, it could be sold back to them at the same price. Kami ag en ts fo r the Kstate. Ingham and Yorko


of ClitluToc ■‘A d v e r t ise r “ We haven't


later told lhe and ’rimes” : heard an y ­


thing from the council for a long time and no one from there has been to see us for a long time. It s an amazing thing.” .Meanwhile, councillors


were th is week mulling o v e r .Mr C a r r ’s le t te r , which pointed out that his constituents felt they were not given enough time to make observations about the development. He said they wanted a community building and that th e ir three main worries were: G Th e need to re ta in


and improve the market somel k in g t he re v is e d scheme seemed to hav addressed. © A d em and fo r an


in crease in c a r pa rking spaces — not reflected in the new scheme. O A w o r ry that retail


f lo o r sp a c e w o u ld be in c re a sed , to the d e t r i­ ment of e x is t in g re ta i l businesses in the town “ a fe a r that many s t i l l have.” said Mr ( ’a rr .


Our search is on


for Clitheroe’s tidiest street


T i l l- ' , soni'ch is mi lo r ( 'lith om o 's t id ie s t s t re e t — I I l f ty p e o f pla ce w h e re good old- fa sh io n ed


lo cal pl'ide s t i l l re ig n s . ( ’litlmrni* Civic Society members who are organis­


th e ir homes SI >IUeW hol'e else. I f the idea catches on in a big way, then Clitheroe


ing the contest hope it will encourage people to polish their o\\ ii doorsteps and eliminate lit te r outside i‘Veil wile


has blown over from


will emerge as a spick and span town, with one par­ ticular street as the ehampion. It is not such a difficult task e ith e r , says C iv ic


Society chairman Mr John Chew, who is spearhead­ ing tile -Tidiest Street ill Clilheroe” contest as part of National Knvirotimenl Week from May 11th to 2 It It. "Some people believe that if they didn’t throw down


the lit te r in the first place, then it has nothing to do with them.” he said. "Put we are hoping the contest


will encourage everyone to pick up litter in trout o! their homes, even if they are not ivsponUble tor the mess. I f everyone kept their own little patch immacu­ late. then that would g" a long way In solving thi- Id­


le r problem." .lodging of l lie romprl-


ing streets will lie organ­ ised by the Civic Society during Environment Week and the "Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times' will pro­ v id e a t ro p h y fo r the champions. Flir t her inti ir.nal ii m will


be a v a i la b le when t he society has worked out tile d e ta iis for e n t ry to the competition. Meanwhile, preliminary empiiries can be made by telephoning M r C h e w I C 1 i t li e r o e T IISC ).


Theft of Astra C A R thieves stole a while


A s t ra G T E from Manor F i e ld s . W h a l le y . on


Tuesday. T h e c a r , w h ich wa s


taken between It) p.m. and 7-dO a .m ., has the regis­ tration E2-I:t YN A and is valued at i'ti.otll).


New look


T H E White Horse public house in Y o r k S t r e e t . Clitheruc. is being comple­ tely refurbished. The work was given the


go-ahead by the Kibb le Valley Council's Planning and Development Com­ mittee.


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