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Which of these will be our MP after tonight? And, in our final election round-up, we ask tho candidates! Why should people vote for you*


Theresa Robson reports


WHICH of these candidates will be the next kibble Valley MP? It’s up to YOU to decide.


of the most bitterly contested and ambiguous General Flections for many years.


although the political parties woidd have you believe differently.


Today the nation goes to the polls in one Kvcrything is up for grabs, nothing is certain,


of party erossfire, will seal the eountry s politieal fate for the next five years, or possibly less in the ease of a bung or minority Parliament, by plaeing their crosses in the box of their choice.


1 lavirl (King Bee) Hccslcy (Raving Bonny (neon Giant): Vide lor King I ‘.it’s “dream machine" and make vein- dream mine true! I present myself as the “true inde­


how independent von ean he — vote Iteesley — a vote lor the people, NOT thi' party!


pendent alternative." Tile Itihhle Val­ iev has magnificent views and its peo­ ple have independent views. Show


illiehael Carr (Liberal Democrat): This election is a straightforward choice between myself and the Con­ servative candidate. The dillerences are clear — only the Liberal Demo­ crats will replace the poll tax with it lair system, invest in education and reform the way we are governed. Of the candidates who can win,


only I was horn and brought up locally.


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Nigel Kvntis (Conservative): I am totally committed to the Kibble Val­ ley. I live in the constituency and over the past 12 months have (ought hard for local issues and to help local


people. I am the only candidate who sup­


It separates privileged Clitheroe from


AN impassioned plea to Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council to “aban- d o n th e 1' o r m e r East/West German mentality and take down the psychologi­ ca l B e r l i n Wal l between Clitheroe and Longridge” came from Longridge councillor


isolated neighbour Longridge by KAYE MOON


ing in the borough. “But how many Clitheroe peo­ ple know what is happen­ ing in Longridge?” he demanded. “We have an


identity crisis in Lon- gridge — we don't know who we are! "I would also like to see the ‘Clitheroc Advertiser


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ports .lolm Major’s programme for butter public services, lower taxes and greater investment in the NHS and education.


and Times' become the ‘Kibble Valley AdvertLer and Times’ so that its superb news coverage could help in the tin of the valley.” The concentration on ® continued on pace 11


COUN. SMITH


David Smi th at a meeting of Ribble Val-


iey Council’s Recre­ at ion and Lei sure


Committee. Coun. Smith, head of


are proving a great hit with readers — with, again, hundreds of you taking up last week’s s a u s a g e s i z /. 1 c r at Cowman’s. We have some terrific


offers lined up for com­ ing weeks — so make sure you don’t miss your weekly copy of the area’s local newspaper. And it might be a good


idea to tell your friends who don’t know what


they arc missing! Cleanest street


competition WK would like your entries for our “Cleanest Street in Clitheroe” com­ petition, pins a nomination for a special prize for an individual or group who have done something posi­ tive to clean up the environment. There are trophies on


the upper school at Lon­ gridge County High School, added: "Since Lon­ gridge was brought into Kibble Valley Borough in local government reorgan­ isation, the gut feeling of residents is that we have never been made welcome and never been made to feel part of the borough at all. l’uuple tell me that if a stone falls out of a wall in Clitheroe it is replaced next day — whereas in Longridge it takes six months!" The "iso la t io n ,” he


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added, was finally con­ firmed to Longridge resi­ dents when Kibble Valley Council tourist office recently brought out a leaflet which did not men­ tion the town and when recent “Lancashire Hill Country” literature men tinned every town in its five boroughs except


took the "C l i th e ro e Advertiser and Times” to find out what was happen­


Longridge! Coun. Smith said lie


offer in both sections as the contest, a joint initia­ tive between Clitheroe Civic Society and our selves, gathers momen turn, with added support coming this week from Clitheroe Town Council and Kibble Valley Boi ough Council. The Town Council is offering £100 towards the


prizes. And Ribble Valley


Council is turning its litter ticket fines into a litter reward scheme during the competition, which is being judged during Environment Week, from May 16th to 24th. Full details of the com­


petition can be found on page 11, with an entry coupon on page 10


— our John Speed’s Map of Lsmciishirc offer on page 12 and, on page 3, a chsincc for a young per­ son to win a free place at next week’s Blackburn Rovers’ Easter Soccer School, orgsinised by the Ribble ‘Valley Council. There are three runner- up prizes of Blackburn Rovers boot hags.


O ALSO inside this week


A LOCAL falconer is offering a "substan­ tial” reward for the return of three rare birds stolen during a night-time swoop on his aviary — and police have warned


dealers throughout the country to b'e on the look-out for the birds.


Bob Poole’s aviary at Pages Farm, Woodliouse Lane, and made off with a breeding pair of Harris


Thieves broke into Mr by Sheila Nixon


hawks and a snowy owl, worth a total of £3,31)11. “I’m absolutely devas- said Mr Poole, pic­


tated.


tured above some time ago with one of the missing hawks. "Tile thieves obviously have some


knowledge of birds of prey and were ionising tor the


return the birds. “The worrying tiling is


that the thieves might not be able to find a buyer for them and then they might end up destroying


best ones to take. I’m pre­ pared to offer a large reward to anyone who will


them." Both types belong to


smashed open the gate to pens containing 41) birds and carefully selected the breeding pair, which only an expert would have known were the most valuable in the collection. Their choice of the owl


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THE search for a stolen Bonsai tree


has borne fruit — thanks to spade work by the “Clitheroe Advertiser and [Times.” For Bonsai expert


Mr Andrew Collinson


didn’t let the grass grow under his feet when he first disco­ vered the theft of his favourite tree from a prize collection outside


his home.The Chatburn farmer placed his faith in the power of the Press and called in the “Advertiser and Times” in the hope we could help track down the disappearing miniature. And, amazingly, the case turned out to be cut


treated English beech, worth £60, after a surprise telephone call from a local woman who had read om" story about the missing tree. Her telephone call came


within minutes of her local paper dropping through h e r le t te r -b o x la s t Thursday. “ She told me th a t


ANDREW w ith his re tu rn e d B o n sa i tre e


and dried! Mr Collinson (27), of


Bellman Farm, is now celebrating the return of his favourite Bonsai-


someone had left a Bonsai on her doorstep and she had taken it into her house to look after it,” said Mr Collinson. “She didn’t know who had put it there, but she realised that it could be mine and wasted no time in letting me know about it. “I never imagined that I would get it back so


q ui c k ly — i t ’ s unbelievable!" Mr Collinson says that


t h e w o m a n w a n t s to remain anonymous, as she was very upset that she had acquired the stolen Bonsai in sucli an unusual manner. “It’s fortunate that she


and would have died had it stayed indoors,” he added. It takes many years for


an expert like Mr Collin­ son, using an ancient Japanese method, to coax a tree into* the gnarled shape which characterises Bonsais. Now he is taking no


rang me straight away, because this type of Bon­ sai only flourishes outside


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to sell to a dealer. Clitheroe police have


as it does not by law require registration and identification rings and would therefore lie easier


been called in and forensic experts are investigating


footprints found at the scene. The burglary hap­ pened between 11 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday. The pens are illumin­


ated during darkness and Mr Poole said it would


have been easy for the thieves to catch the hawks. "They are quite tame and free to fly about in th e a v i a r y , ” he


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Poole is that the snowy owl is twice the size of the hawks and, if placed in a pen with the breeding pair, could end up by kill ing them. Insp. Les Hearn said


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that police have issued a description of the birds to dealers in various parts of the country. The female hawk has a leg ring with the number 6313W and the male’s leg ring number is 6314W. The snowy owl has a


chances and has moved his collection to a safe com pound at the farm.


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Miss Nicola Holmes: I feel the Natural Law Party has a good pro­ gramme to offer and certainly one that will improve the quality of lite of all people in the Kibble Valley. Local people should come together to solve problems in a creative and posi­ tive way.Transcendental meditation is by tar the most effective tool for political change.


Ron Pickup (Labour): The Labour Party is going to win the General KiecUon, because it is the only party with tile policies to kick-start the economy and put the nation back to work. I am a local man and behind the


change!


Kibble Valley electorate all the way. I invite Kibble Valley voters to meet the challenge — and make the


backwater which surged into the piditieal limelight in last year's by-eleetion'.’ As each of the


But what of the Kibble Valley — the rural


live candidates pictured above knows only too well, nothing can be taken for granted here.


ers of the '‘Advertiser and Times." wake up tomorrow morning, the decision will have been


made. And whatever the Kibble Valley result, the


Only one tiling is certain: when you, the read­


"Advertiser am! Times" wishes the winning candidate a prosperous and happy term of office.


Electoral confusion


VOTFRS in Kdisford, Clitheroe, are deci­ dedly confused, it seems, by changes to their polling venue — several of them have con­ tacted the “Advertiser and Times” to say


they (io not. know where it is! In fact, tile locations of several key polling sta­


tions have been changed - in ditherne, Barrow, Bolton-bv-Bowland, Billington and Mellor. At Kdisford, the llenthorn Koad Community Centre, on Hazel Grove and Lilac Grove, will lie


The electors, many of them bewildered by weeks


used instead of Kdisford School. The Community Centre, which lias proved some­


left.


used instead of a mobile station, while at Bolton-hy- Howland. a mobile station on the village hall car park will lie used instead of tile village hall itself. At Billington. the llodgetield Communal Room,


in Billington Gardens, will lie used instead of the Kbenezer Chapel, while voting at Mellor will take place in the village hall instead ol the school.


© A look a t what lias become a unique


C li th e ro c elect ion in s t i tu t io n — page I. © How “ g re en " sire th e five candida tes?


— page 13. At Harrow, tile village s primary school will lie . , , ,


thing of a mystery to llonthorn Koad residents, can lie reached by turning rigid, off llentliorn Koad, into Garnett Koad, then turning left into Fairfield Drive. Hazel Grove and Lilac Grove are on the


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