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DRINKING in public places is a growing problem in the Ribble Valley which threatens the people who live here and oven frightens away tourists.
Valley Council Public Works and Health Committee, wlio decided on Tuesday night to carry out a study of public drinking problems, with a view to introducing a byelaw prohibiting drinking in designated areas. “I would hope we pursue this with all the rigour
That was the opinion of members of the Ribble
just the sight of people drinking in public. “If there is a group of people drinking, it imposes
we can,” said Conn. Bert Jones (Clithcroc). “Let the Ribble Valley lead the way in saying if you want to drink, you drink in the pub or drink in your home, but not anywhere else.” Coun. Howell Jones (Clithcroc) said the problem was less drunk and disorderly behaviour and more
a threat. There is fear,” lie said. Coun. David Smith (Longridge), who initially
raised the issue, praised the Ribble Valley Licensed Victuallers’ Association for taking bold steps to crack down on drinking problems within pulls, as reported in the “Advertiser and Times,” and said the time had
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John Jackson, a barrister, claims that Mrs Gwen i’yo, standing for the
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rubbish,” he said. “Tile best part of the country for restaurant provision is the West Country, where there is a high proportion of first class chefs. I was horn in the north
e l e c t io n r um p u s ACCUSATIONS of turncoat have been levelled at one of the candidates in today's election for a vacant Ribble Valley Council seat. Griudleton resident Mr
come to cuntrol alcuhul consumption outside. “I applaud the Ribble Valley LVA. It deserves
every credit for having the courage to go ahead with this scheme,” he said. Along with Coun. Anthony Jackson (Ribchester),
do find the sight very offensive, very threatening and increasing every year,” he said.
Town Criers’ Competition, when lie noticed empty cans piled behind shrubbery in the Castle grounds. Coun. Cathy Jarvis (Billington) emphasised the
Coun. Jackson noted his embarrassment at the ,
importance of consulting with people in the parishes about the problem. “Don’t look into it. Look out at it," she said. “When
the report is being compiled, please will you con sult the parish councils about hot spots.” Chief legal officer Mr Paul Timson told council
lors that die byelaw, announced two years ago by then Home Secretary David Waddington, allowed local authorities to restrict public drinking in specific places only after a six-month observation period proving a need for the measure.
J^fews from the Villages RIBCHESTER..
Big m o n e y Hoping for a phenomenal
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say this. 1 regard it as very sad that the people in the North West don’t enjoy a high standard when there is such good produce in the area — remarkable mutton and lamb from the Rihhle Val ley, best cheese from Goosnargh and fish from Fleetwood.” Mr Whitley agreed that
of England and know it very well. It seems to mo that there is a certain gap between Manchester and the Lake District, other t h a n p l a c e s l i k e Heathcote’s. “It doesn’t please me to
a lifelong Liberal sup po r ter and I want to become a councillor and stand for the villagers. 1 have never been a member of the Tory party and have never filled in an applica tion form to he a Tory can didate or to he a member of tlie Tory party. We are expecting an excellent result tomorrow.”
ing, Mrs Pye, the proprie tor of the village shop, claimed it was “a last ditch effort on behalf of the Conservatives.” She added: “I have been
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DOWNIIAM’S Autumn Fair raised nearly £500 for village funds, as well as giving Kibble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans the oppor tunity to thank villagers for their hospitality during his stay in
of Lord and Lady Clitheroe, when he first came to the Rihhle Valley.
the village. Mr Evans, who opened the fair, lived in the village, as the guest
When opening the fair, he commented on the difference 1
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between the peaceful tranquility of Downham and the hectic life lie leads in the lobbies of the House of Parliament.
fair co-ordinator Mrs Eileen Wilson presented Mr Evans, on their behalf, with a buttonhole. Buttonholes were also presented to Lord and Lady Clithcroc. Mr Evans — complete with buttonhole — is pictured with Lord Clitheroc (to bis left), Lady Clilhcroc (behind) and villagers.
The fair included stalls from all the village’s organisations and ’
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several other restaurants in the Ribble Valley were featured in good food guides, but still felt his comments about the “meat-and-two-veg virus” were justified. He empha sised that his eating-out features focused on restau rants and did not include hotels and that his com ments referred to a wider area than the Ribble Valley. But he said he stood by
On drug
his comments about Lon gridge being one of the less attractive villages. Meanwhile, Mr Taylor is
East View Terraco, Pend leton, is charged with pos sessing and supplying LSD and amphetamine sulphate at the Whalley Arms car park oil Friday afternoon. Seven ounces of amphet
charges A 1D-YEAR-0LD Pendle ton man appeared before Reedley magistrates on Monday in connection with drugs offences. Van Roger Smith, of
hoping that Mr Whitley will soon have to eat his words. “In order to edu cate journalists about the area we are organising a visit to tlie Ribble Valley, when they can familiarise themselves about what’s on offer,” he said. “Then we hope we will get factu ally correct features in the Press.. “Now that we are the
amine powder and 500 paper squares containing LSD, with a total street value of £5,000, were seized. Smith was remanded in
he had never before come across an incident where “someone who says they would like to he con sidered for one party and has been rejected has gone over to another.” On Wednesday morn
Conservative party agent Mr Alan Leake said
turnout m aid of Children in Need are members o f Rib- c h e s te r ’s W o rk in g Melt's Club. Last year, they raised more
th a n i l l . 000 and a w e e k ' tomorrow they intend to raise even more. Their evening’s entertain
ment s ta r ts at S p.m. with eyes down for bingo, followed a* l i t t le la te r by comedian Steve Boyd and a host of other attractions, including a giant draw. The organism’s hope that
vir tu a lly every adult in the village w ill give support to ensure a mammoth amount is handed over.
CHIPPING
O n f i re Preston Fire Station was
the venue for 20 members of Chipping Young Farmers on Monday evening. Firemen showed members
the equipment in one of the fire engines and described ilow i t worked and in what circumstances i t would be used. Wayne Airey and Clare Holden expressed the club’s thanks to the firemen for their
hospitality. Next week's meeting will
take place in the community centre at 7-15 p.m.
tries, with plenty to see and do.
A vote of thanks was given
by Mrs K. Lowe. Miss M. Kay was o rg a n is t and re fre sh ments were served. N e x t week M rs K. L .
Marsh, o f Clitheroe. will he guest speaker.
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P r iz e h a n d s Members o f th e H u rs t
Green Over (ills’ Club enjoyed a good night’s entertainment at th e ir w hist and domino drive in the Memorial Hall. C h a i rm a n M rs M a ry
Brown, who presented the prizes, received one herself,
as runner-up in the ladies’ whist section, won by Mrs Doris Knowles. In the gents’
section, Mrs Agnes Hmvarth and Mr Bill Knowles were the victors. Domino winners were Mrs
Alice Bolton, who also won the raffle prize, Mr Ali Hay- hurst, Mrs Mary Whalley and Mrs Grace Shocsmith. The n e x t me etin g is on
Tuesday, at 7-30 p.m. in the Memorial Hall.
Preparing fare for a scrum
having little interest in sports, will set off to Twickenham with her team of six helpers on Saturday, at 2 a.m. Sampling her culinary
runs her catering firm, Farmhouse Fare, from her family home, Sluittleworth Hall Farm, lias already proved that when it conies to serving up fine food she can produce some tasty morsels. Helen, who admits to
WHILST the England Rugby Union team enter tains tile South African tourists to a game of inter national rugby at Twick enham this Saturday, a Gisburn woman will be serving up a different bill of fare alongside the ground. Helen Kalsliaw, who
P a r is h o l id a y is ju s t th e t ic k e t
.(25), of Lindsay Park, Burnley, had scooped the first prize. A stunned Ian said: “I have never won anything
A ROMANTIC weekend in Paris awaits a Simon- stone woman and her boyfriend after he scooped the first prize in the Sham Mayor of Worston’s Fun Day draw. Julia Carter (23), of Furness Avenue, Simonstone, was delighted to hear that her boyfriend Ian Dawes
skills with morning coffee, luncheon and afternoon tea, the select band of rug ger fans are bound to agree — win or lose — that, when it comes to good food, this Gisburn woman wins hands down.
Prices move in right
direction
THERE were -12 wittk* ami (MS sheep forward at Monday’s sale
at Clitheroe Auction Mart. Trade was good again for
B a r b e c u e Newton held its annual v il
lage bonfire on November 5th, with fireworks purchased
by the village hall committee, which is stdl accepting dona tions towards the cost. M r . I . Barber, Mr M. Beattie and M r B. Dixon organised the firework display. Slaidburn Young Farmers’
collection w ill take place in
C o l le c t io n The usual waste paper
( irindleton today. Contribu tions o f newspapers, maga zines and cardboard can be left in the space provided at the ton o f Back Lane, near the chapel wall.
S t a r s in s k y T h e re was an e x c e lle n t
tu r n - o u t fo r C r in d le to n Recreation Ground Charity
bonfire and'firework display. Loud bangs, stars in the sky and a blazing fire were the background lo a delicious sup per o f hot-pot, black pud dings. red cabbage and pick- led onions, together with cof fee and orange juice, served by members of the committee and helpers.
custody and will appear before Clitheroe magis trates on Tuesday. He was represented in court by Mr Graeme Tyndall.
official centre of the United Kingdom and have our own tourism associa tion, we are confident we can persuade such people; as Mr Whitley to have a' more positive attitude to the Ribble Valley.”
A PAIR of tan leather lace-up work hoots, valued at £30, plus £10 cash, were stolon from a farm at Bol- ton-by-Rowland af ter thieves forced a rear door a n d s e a r c h e d t h e premises.
Boots stolen
C lu b m e m b e rs se r v e d refreshments, including hot dogs and beefburgers, cooked on a barbecue.
Attack on vehicles
A WHITE Ford Orion was scratched with a sharp instrument for the second time in several weeks when vandals launched the latest in a series of attacks in Newton Street, Clith- e ro c , o v e rn ig h t on Sunday. Clitheroe’s Insp. Ian
hulls, steers, heifers and eows and. while then: was no sub stantial increase in demand for lambs, prices went in the right direction, moving up a point or two. Young bulls: Light made to
111,5()p (average 102.(l2p). medium averaged IMp, overall made to 1 l ip (lOo.Olp). Steers: Medium made to
11*1.5<)p ( ! l l . 7 : ip ) , heavy averaged
IlO.fiOp. overall made to
lM.nOpdll.-lSp). Heifers: Light made to !M5.50p
(l)(».25p). medium to 11S|> (
HO.JOp), o v e ra ll to ll.Sp (105.12p). First quality eows made to S7p (
S2.SSp). Light lambs made to (5!>.35p
((
ill.SOp), standard to 70. lop (OS.OSp), medium to 7U.52p (70.00p), heavy to
72.Slip ((5S.37p), overall to 70.52p (
GS.IMp). Ewes overall made to 2(>p
(
lil.SSp). There was a sound trade for
both ewes and lambs at Friday’s sale, but trade was "definitely off the boil at the old fair.” said a mart spokesman. Mule ewes made to i ‘*IS, mule
D i s n e y la n d Ebenezer B a p tist Social
Hour, Billington, on Tuesday evening, welcomed once again Mr and Mrs .!. Blackburn, of Billington, who gave a slide show on Florida and Disney
land. Members enjoyed a new insight into Disneyland, not
ju s t the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck side, as Mrs Blackburn described the vari ous pavilions showing cultures and crafts of different coun-
d e sp ic a b le of fen ce , because there is absolutely nothing to be gained,” he said, “it’s very expensive for tlie owner to repair.” He asked anyone with
A blue Vauxhall Cavalier was found burnt out on a cattle grid at Anna! Cross, near Downham, 2<l hours after being stolen from Burnley.
Burnt out
THIEVES stole a radio cassette player, valued at £250, from a green Rover in Ribblesdule Avenue, Chatham, between 5-30 p.m. on Sunday and (i-30 p.m. on Monday.
Worth £250
Hartley said that six vehi cles had been scratched in the Newton Street area, recently. “This is a particularly
shearlings to £52. mule gimmer lambs to £20. mule wether lambs to £2(5. Horned ewes cor rect made to £0*1. horned ewes b/m to £20.50, Swale gimmer lambs to £20, Look gimmer lambs to £*15, horned wether lambs to £22. Suffolk store lambs made to £21. Euro store lambs to £2(5. Suffolk rams to lOOgns, Texel nuns to
l.SOgns, horned nuns to (JOgns.
information about the inci dents to contact the police (Clithoroe 238IS).
Jewellery theft A SMALL quantity of cos tume jewellery, valued at £5, was stolen from a house in Waddington Road, Clitheroe, between 5 p.m. on Thursday and 7 p.m. on Friday.
Taken at night
A REMOVABLE Pioneer radio-cassette player, valued at £350, was stolen from a Ford Fiesta in West Bradford overnight on Monday.
THIEVES prised the cash box off a telephone kiosk in office premises at Bank- field Quarry, Clitheroe, stealing £20.
Theft of £20
Mayor of Worston Mrs Pat Hall is Mr lan Dawes with girlfriend Julia Carter and (left to right) Mr John Barry, presiding Sham Mayor, Mr Peter Forsdike, of Travelscene, and Mr Nigel Pratt, of Clitheroe Travel.
buted among various local ch a r itie s and organisations. Pictured receiving his prize from retired Sham
Ladies go down Rampant win Clithuroc 2nd XI II,
Groat Harwood 3rd XI 3
TH E game started o ff with Clitheroe Ladies Hockey Club 2nd XI in possession, but the team were soon chasing the Great Harwood 3rd XI side, who impressed w ith th e ir quick passing game. 'By the time Clitheroe had
managed to get control of the hall, they stood 1-0 down. However, the side battled away and a series of long balls from the back were played to the forwards, who ju s t could not get the better of the Great Harwood defence. The other two Great Har
wood goals were scored by the centre forward, picking up through balls and surprising the Chtheroe defence. C lith e ro e : Eva, Cooper,
Whittaker, Todd, Williams, Caton, Taylor, Hartley, Bush, F e Ic e y ,
Hollingworth. Leaders toppled
Waddington 5, Karby 2
WADDINGTON totally out played top-of-the-table Earby in th is C ra v e n P rem ie r League match. Despite going behind after
10 minutes, Waddington hit back w ith a s tunning goal from Czapowski. Parkinson then scored on either side of half-time to put Waddington in control. Parkinson completed his
hat-trick with a chipped goal and McGurk added tne side’s fifth to complete the rout. Lang was W a d din g to n ’s
man-of-the-match, but credit went to all the players in a fine display. Waduington: Wright, Cox,
Geddes, Green, M cGu rk , Warning, Lang, Drachenberg, Czapowski, Gate, Parkinson.
Successful
HEADSTONE FC enjoyed a busy and successful weekend of soccer action. Facing Burnley Boys’ Club,
the under 12s were in ram pant form and won 11-0. Goal- scorers were Spike Jones (*l), Roger Haythorntlnvaite (3), Bevan S c a rb o ro u g h (2 ) , M ich a e l G a rn e r and la n Davies. The under 13s had a physi
cal encounter against water- foot and ran out 3-1 winners w ith a h a t- tr ic k from Tom B a r t le t t . The u n d e r Ms played a match against the much fancied Bank Hall and showed great skill in winning •1-2. On target for the Ribble V a lle y side was Jonathan Dugdale. Playing a friendly fixture
against Brierfield Celtic, the under 11s easily won 5-1.
J a c k s o n ,
Clitheroe Wolves 7, Park Lane 1
The under 12s were in full charge of this mutch through out, but i t was only in tne second half that they found th e ir scoring touchand h it Park Lane for six! The home side went into
half-time w it li a slender 1-0 lead thanks to Phil Robinson’s opener. However the second half was a different story. Matthew Garner extended
the Wolves’ lead ju s t after the break anil David Barker made i t three moments later. Park Lane responded with a well- taken goal, but i t was only b r ie f respite from the goal- hungry Wolves. The fourth goal came from
the substitute Jamie Studdart after a fine run. Phil Robinson hammered home the fifth, and his second, w ith a c r is p
volley. The ro ut was completed
with goals from James Driver and David Barker. The re sou n d in g v ic to ry
owes much credit to the solid Clitheroe defence, well mar shalled throughout by Roger Hurst.
November medal
W I N N E R o f t h e LGU
November Medal competition, held at Clitheroe Golf Club, was Mrs Gael Smith with a score of 91-22-51).
Poor results
BOTH o f Read EC’s sides en d u re d d e fe a t at
t h e
weekend. The f i r s t team lo s t 5-0
against Mill Hill St Peter’s in the league, while the second team went down 0-3 against General Havelock.
THI EVES s tru ck in Queen Mary Terrace, Whalley, overnight on Monday, stealing cassette tapes and a radio-cassette player, valued together at £80, and two speakers and a gear cover knob, valued together at £125, from two Ford Fiestas.
Thieves strike
VANDALS scratched a blue Rover saloon in Woone Lane, Clilhcroe. between 8 p.m. on Satur day and 7-30 a.m. on Sun day, causing damage esti mated at £100.
Vandalised
in my life. When I heard the news I nearly fell through the floor. It’s the best 50p I have ever spent in my life.” The couple will jet off to Paris, where they will stay in a hotel situated close to many of tile romantic landmarks and sights of the French capital. They will also travel to the Euro-Disney theme park. The prize for the draw was donated jointly by Clitheroe Travel, tour operators Travclscene, Adver tising Solutions, GB Paper Phis and the "Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.” All the money raised from the draw is distri
Memories o f Guild’s past year
A CLITHEROE restau rant was tlie venue for the 20th annual dinner of Clithcroe Evening Towns women’s Guild. Held at Memories Res
taurant, it was attended by -13 members, who were welcomed by the chairman Mrs B. Robinson. The after dinner speech was given by Canon Wynne. Tile federation event is
to be held on November 28th at tlie Wesley Hall, Blackburn. A financial statement
was given by Mrs M. Ire land and a report by Mrs C. Parker, who attended the annual meeting at Clitheroe Hospital. Mrs Robinson intro
e n t i t le d : “ All about antiques." He described many items, including nee dlework pictures, pottery and silverware. The vote of thanks was given by Mrs.). Plumridge. The next meeting will
be tile Christmas party on December 3rd, at the Spiritualist Hall, Green- acre Street, Clitheroe. A stall will be run by the arts and crafts group.
Charged with
arson
FIVE men aged between 17 and 27, from Simon- stone and Read, were again remanded on bail by Clitheroe magistrates charged with an arson attack on Read Cricket Club. The case was adjourned
he noted the affects on tourism of public drinking. “Rather than walk through it, you walk around it. I
duced Mr T. Brindle, of Chatlmrn, who gave a talk
appeared before the'j magistrates on September j
until November 2-ltli for ] committal to Preston* Crown Court. The men, who last']
James Brown (18), of; Simonstone Lane, Simon-; stone; Patrick Richard! Mark Anderton (27). of; East View, Read; Darren Lee Calverley (17), of; Kirkstall Avenue, Simon-j stone; Charles Scott] McKno (22), of Simonstone 1 Lane, Simonslone; and] Matthew William Woods* (23), of Whallev Road, ] Read.
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Pedestrian is injured
A TEENAGER, walking; along Whalley Road,; Clitheroe, suffered minor;' in ju r ie s a f te r being! involved in an accident] with a Renault 5.
James Townlcy, of Bank- Cottages, Whalley. Police, are investigating the cause of tlie accident.
MP’s vote of thanks at village fair
zon Street, who is a pupil! a t Ribblesdale High' School, was taken to: Clitheroe Health Centre for treatment following' the accident , which; occurred at 1-10 p.m. on' Tuesday. Driving the car was Mg'
Philip Reid (M), of Cur-} i
2!)th, were accused of a throwing two p e tro l] bombs at the club, in i Whallcy Road, in the early j hours of August 23rd. 1 They were Andrew]
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