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FUN is certainly what Clilheronians had at Saturday night’s 20th Torchlight Procession . . . and


chips . . . and pizzas . . . and lots and lots of beer!


Town centre pubs ran


out of real ale — townsfolk’s favourite tipple — while fish and chip shops and pizza parlours did a roaring trade, so much so that in the wake of the pro­ cession lay a litter extravaganza.


Clitheroe’s street


cleaners, Biffa, however, were uuick off the mark on Monday


and by mid-morning most of the chip wrappers had been salvaged.


The fun-filled fiesta,


held to mark the -Kith year of the Queen's accession to the throne, was the culmination of months of hard work by those who took part and the Torchlight Committee itself.


The weather was


kind, spirits were high and competition was fierce, Imt the winners of Clitheroe’s 20th Torchlight Procession were finally chosen.


hes* enlrv on fool went The award for the


to llvndbum Comets Majorettes and the best club entry was captured bv Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle. The best pul) entry was considered to


he the Black Horse, Pimlico, and the prize for the best school or youth group was taken by lirooksidc County* Primary School. judging, by the


many flouts as possible received an award.


Town clerk Mrs Dorothy Kane, who was


Mayors and Mayoresses of the Kibble Valley and Clitheroe, Lord and Lady Clitheroe and Chief Insp. and Mrs M. Bourne, of Clitheroe, was difficult, which was why new categories were added to Hie prize list, ensuring that as


a member of the Torchlight Committee, said: “It’s been a tremendous amount of hard work, hut we are pleased that the people of Clitheroe and visitors to the town enjoyed the procession as much as they did.”


She added: "We are


still waiting to hear from lucky programme winner number :i(i. If the holder of that programme could come


to the Town Hall, they can claim their prize.”


marked a milestone for •10 th "birthday girl" Mrs June Johnson, who was invited to take part in the procession as Torchlight Queen. As our picture shows, Mrs


Forty years also


Johnson provided a regal touch, travelling


on Chathurn Timbermalic’s flout, called “Ksmerclda” — a 1935 golf course tractor in real life. Fittingjy, she was accompanied by a series of clowns, as Mrs Johnson is well known for her sense of fun.


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High-power rifle kills family pet


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| g r o u n d . “Puddles" the cat, of


Bright Street, was found


I by a caretaker at Brook- side Primary School on


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i explained bow lie took the I cat’s body to a Clitheroe veterinary surgeon, who verified that it had been | shot by a high-powered


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rifle. Mr Lambert's (laughter.


| couldn’t believe it. if Pud­ dles had been hit by a car,


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A press statement says


that plumber and heating engineer Mr Peter Moore has resigned as president due to “pressure of work,” while home furnishings retailer Mr Barry Stevens — a past president — has relinquished the vice-pres­ idency because he feels the job should be filled by a


“new face.” The resignations come


halfway through their term of office and at a crit­ ical stage in the future development of the town. The Chamber has been


involved in protracted and often bitter opposition to tlie retail elements of the Kibble Valley Council’s auction mart redevelop­ ment plan, which includes


23 new shops on the prime town centre site.


Mr Moore, a partner in


the family business of S. J. Moore and Sons, of York Street, which lias recently taken on the additional role of agent for North W e s t Gas, to ld th e “Advertiser and Times” that lie had nothing fin*-


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CONSULTATIONS are continuing between lorry drivers and management at Castle Cement, in Clith­ eroe, following a meeting held on Tuesday evening to discuss the dispute over plans for new working terms


and conditions. Drivers have already picketed once at works and


official strike a week. They have claimed that the proposed changes,


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depots nationwide, having supported a Transport and General Workers’ Union ballot sanctioning up to one


tlier to add to the official press statement. Meanwhile, Mr Stevens,


proprietor of the Night and Day Homo’ Furnish­ ings shop in Lowergate, told the “Advertiser and Times” that, as a past president, he had not been entirely happy accepting the vice-president’s post in the first place. He had seen his appointment as “going backwards instead


of forwards.” But Mr Moore and Mr


Stevens, who have both been connected with the Chamber for many years and have spearheaded many charity and commu­ nity projects, say they wish to continue on the Chamber’s e x e c u t iv e committee. Last year’s president


Mr Chris Wood, who is expected to step into the breach until a new presi-


dent is appointed, told the “Advertiser and Times” that there had been no row leading to the two resignations. He conf irm ed th a t


“pressure of work” had led to Mr Moore’s decision to resign. His workload had increased since his firm had taken over the gas agency and he had asked


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to step down because he did not want to "spread h im s e l f t o o t h i n l y ” b e tw e en h is v a r iou s commitments. M r M o o r e , w h o s e


father, Mr Sidney Moore, is a past Chamber presi­ dent, received his chain of office in April. Mr Wood


D i s p u t e t a l k s g o o n


said he had received Mr Moore’s resignation with


great regret. “Meanwhile, Mr Ste ­


vens expressed the belief when he was appointed vice-president at the last AGM in March th a t someone who had not been president before should do tile job,” said Mr Wood. “He believes we should


always be looking forward, getting new faces to take the reins and bringing new ideas with them. When Mr Moore decided to resign, Mr Stevens thought it would be an ideal time to step down as well, so that the Chamber could go forward with a brand new team with new ideas.” Mr Wood, a computer


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programmer with his own firm, Tero Services, who is expected to chair Mon day’s extraordinary meet ing at the Old Post House, in King Street, told the “Advertiser and Times” that members would be asked to confirm his torn porary appointment a: acting president until the next AGM in the spring. “But I have no inten


lion of taking over as pres ident again next year,” he declared. “The meeting will appoint.a new vice- president, who will be expected to become the new president at the next AGM in March or April." Mr Wood confirmed that


the Chamber was still opposed to tlie auction mart scheme in its present form.


Interest rates see-saw keeps people guessing


A W A V E o f s h o c k r o l l e d t h r o u g h t h e R ib b l e V a l le y l a s t W e d n e s d a y a s i n t e r e s t r a t e s s o a r e d , f i r s t tw o , t h e n f iv e p e r c e n t a g e p o in t s , p u s h in g , m a n y lo c a l b u s in e s s p e o p le a n d h om e o w n e r s to th e b r in k ol d e s p a i r .


The (lay of interest rate


hikes left hundreds of shopkeepers worrying about the accompanying blow to businesses and home owners wondering how they were going to scrape and save to make higher mortgage repay­


ments. It is rumoured that, as


the news came in, one wo­ man burst into tears at a


local supermarket. Elsewhere in Clitheroe,


people were left speech­ less as radio and television broadcasts updated them on the situation.


Pals brave a nosedive to scoop charity cash


TWO Clitheroc men have been bitten by the bungee jumping bug after plung­ ing from a UiOft. crane in a daring feat to raise money f o r e li a r i t y a t th e


weekend. Mr Janies Slater (28)


and Mr Neil Parfitt (25), who both live in Mayfield


. .v e n u e and work at Ultraframe, are now con­ sidering another jump in a few weeks’ time, in the wake of the breathtaking e x p e r i e n c e , w li i e li involved falling through tiie air at breakneck speed and finally coming to rest dangling from a few rub- bcrband-likc cords. Besides reaching new


heights of exhilaration on their debut plunge in Oswaldtwistle, the pair also raised £300 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and St Nicholas’s Church, Sabden. Ironically, Mr Slater is


by Elizabeth Huffman


sclerosis and St Nicholas's Church their chosen chari­ ties since Mr Parfitt’s mother, Mrs Marion Par­ fitt, of Pendleside Close, Sabden, suffers from MS.


Mrs Parfill, who was


diagnosed as having the disea se 1 2 years ago, watched the bungee jump from the comfort of her own home, thanks to a


The anger and frustra­


tion of one shopkeeper, though, prompted him to speak out shortly after the second in c r ea se was


announced. “ I ’ m a b s o l u t e l y


appalled. It’s going to kill whatever trade is going,” said Mr Peter Favell, of Favcll’s Picture Framers, in King Lane. “It’s suicide. The conse­


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quences are frightening. This weekend is the torch­ light procession. We might as well set fire to the


town.” Later in the day, Clith­


eroe Chamber of Trade members heaved a sigli ol relief as interest rates reverted to 1 0%. Press officer Mr Barry


Stevens said the group was now pushing for even lower rates. “The majority of our


video taken by Mr Slater’s


wife, Jane. “It was scarv-looking,”


she said, still amazed that her son and Mr Slater managed to fling them­ selves off a towering crane with only a bit of elasti­ cated string tethering them to safety.


l’oter Favell i. * PMgj :t.


. we could accept it. But who would do a tiling like


| the people of Bright Street to know that someone in the area hits a rifle and has


tins?” She added: "I just want


| thought nothing of using it on a family pet.”


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I female, was described as brown and white in colour and Clilheroe police would like to bear from anyone


1 Friday morning. She had' been shot in the head.


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Nora Briggs, of Corpora­ tion Street, a representa­ tive of Friends of Fur and Feather, lias advised pet owners to keep their ani­ mals in at night. She said: "This is the


first time anything like this has happened in Clith­ e ro e . I’m a b so lu te ly shocked. It’s awful. All 1 can suggest is that people try and keep their pets in at night, if possible, as this is when incidents such as this occur.”


S ch o o ls j id d in g fo r th e


| with information about the incident. Although Puddles is


| believed to have been shot in the early evening, Miss


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I County Primary School lias gone on sale. The booklet has been produced with the help of


AN illustrated booklet, to celebrate this year’s dia­ mond jubilee of Pendle


top sp o t FOKGET U n iv e r s i ty Challenge and Blockbust­ ers, one Kibble Valley school will lie "Top of Lire Valley” next month in a local quiz which promises a really entertaining night out.


Education w e ek , t li e Advertiser and Times" is


To mark Newspapers in


hosting a challenging and educational quiz which will tax the local knowledge of pupils from four Kibble Valley secondary schools. Representatives from St


Augustine's RC, Rowland County High, Clitheroe Royal Grammar and Ribb- lesdule schools will be pit­


| a former headmaster Mr , Kobert J ones, and is packed with a collection of photographs, history and nostalgia, to grace any for


I mer pupil’s bookshelf. The 58-page booklet is


j the culmination of many months of painstaking research by Mr Jopes.


I Copies can be obtained from J. Cowgill and Sons n ew s a g en t s , Kaydee Bookshop, the Touris


ting their wits against each other ill our quiz, to


be held in the lecture theatre of the grammar s c h o o l ’s Y o r k S t r e e t


on local knowledge, pic­ tures, sounds and items from two weeks’ issues of the “ A d v e r t is e r and Times." which team mem­ be r s will already be perusing. The date is October !>th


premises. There will be categories


, Information Centre, oi direct from the school, at a cost of JM.


and. whatever the out­ come, it promises to be an evening to remember.


members are independent small businessmen. At 1 0%, interest rates are a worry to them,” Mr Slo­ vens said. “The chamber is now


looking for the Govern­ ment to reduce interest rates to increase confi­ dence and allow people to spend."


Barry Stevens Wedding vows with fairytale ending


A MOCK wedding party dressed in drag and a beautifully decorated float turned Oie streets ol West Bradford into a carnival o f fun at the


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weekend. The Boat drove round the village accompanied by


a horse and trap carrying the bride, her father, the vicar and photographer. During their humorous procession, members of the bridal party collected presents, which were later auctioned, raising more than i’ll)!) for the upgrading of the children’s.play


area.


practically an acrophobia, whose knees wobble and shake even at the mere thought of climbing a lad­ der.


hand, is a former Army Para, who thrills at the chance to indulge his love of high places. Their mutual jump only


Mr Parfitt, on the othei


occurred as a result of a heated moment watching the increasingly popular sport on TV, when Mr Slater suggested they have a go if ever the opportunity arose. To his horror, it did.


Ultimately, he only agreed to the jump when he learned the (live was for


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charity.' “I still needed a reason,


said Mr Slater. “ 1 was having second thoughts on the day all the way up. Even now, I don’t believe w h a t


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screaming.” ,’jThe pair made multiple


Mr Bill Honeywell made the sale particularly • , ,


entertaining with his ready wit and repartee. The event was organised by the West Bradford


Flaying Fields Committee, under the chairman­ ship of Mr David Sharp.


1 tight procession in Clitheroe with its float, included bride Philip Ireland, bridegroom Debbie Court, mother o f the bride — with shotgun —- David Sharp, photographer Alex Buximum and


The wedding party, which later joined the lorch- , vicar Norman Cox. Bridesmaids were David Bristol, Andrew Mars- . . . . out the various stages of a wedding day. N e w s a f e t y h u m p s


SAFETY measures are finally being introduced at Paintenvood, Billington, after years of campaigning by Kibble Valley borough councillors and parish councillors for a solution to the area’s speeding and traffic problems.


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