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THURSDAY, JUNE 25th, 1992 No. 5,528 Price 32p


A LOCAL lady who, as our picture shows, enjoys a little hit of downing about, has set an example for others to follow — by entering the Clitheroe Torchlight


Woone Lane, Clitheroe, visiled the "Advertiser and Times" office this


Queen competition. Mrs .lime Johnson, of


week, armed with her liirlh certificate, to regis­ ter for the contest, which


SHEILA NIXON REPORTS


■10-year-olds. The winner of the


has been organised especially for


contest will he given pride of place at the front of the torchlight procession on September l!)th as part of an event being organised to celebrate the -Kith annivesarv of the Queen's accession. Members of the


torchlight committee are hoping there will be


to show I’m game for a giggle,” said Mrs Johnson, who dressed up as a clown for the town’s heritage fair a few years ago and has also taken part in previous


many entries for the competition and a sense of fun is a definite reciuirement for the title. "I’ve brought a picture


torchlight processions. “I’ve also brought proof of my age,” she added.


works as a dispenser/receplionist at


Mrs Johnson, who


the Sabdcn GI“ practice and also helps her husband, Michael, in his Woone Lane fish and chip shop, will he III on August 18th. The contest is open to


any local lady who was born at any time during 1952 and entries are being collected at our office in King Street.


started the ball rolling, so now is the time for others to enter.


M rs Johnson has


Lilt ries can come from contenders themselves,


or from a close relative who wants to nominate someone (birth certif­ icates need not be produced).


rave bobby is of village


He was threatened eight times with a knife


A POL I UK officer who wtts threatened eight times by a man armed with a knife received a bravery


mer ly s ta tio n e d at Iiar- noldswick and now based at Lisburn, was one of two officers who at tend ed a report


ing suspiciously on a cara­ van site at Worston last August.


award on Tuesday. PC' Colin C o r le tt, for­


a man bad broken into a caravan and was seen to ride ulT on a pedal cycle towards Dmviibam.


enquiries revealed that


near a shop in the village with a pedal cycle, a hol­ dall and a number of par­


The officers saw a man


cels. When the officers spoke to him, he admitted breaking into the caravan and stealing a pair of training shoes. His parcels were examined and revealed numerous bottles of spirits. At this point, the mail


under arrest for theft. The man alighted from


the cycle and pushed it at the officer. He then pro­ duced a kitchen knife, thrusting it at PC Corlett in a threatening manner.


mounted his cycle and attempted to ride away. PC Corlett blocked his path and told him he was


attempted to approach the man from the side, which resulted in the knife being thrust at him. The officers


A n o t, li e r o f f i e e r


noted tha t the mail’s demeanour had changed f r o m c o ill p l ia n t to extremely aggressive, giv­ ing rise to concern that he was under the influence of drink or drugs.


officers gave chase. A short distance further on, tho officers were again threatened with the knife and a bottle was thrown at PC C o r le t t , who instructed his colleague to radio for assistance from the police vehicle, which was then driven to a van­ tage point from which the officer was able to direct p a tro ls by way o f a commentary.


The man ran off and the


chase alone. The offender ran through fields and woodland, stopping to threaten him on three fur­ ther occasions. A further officer joined


PC Corlett continued to l-VAi; <>


PC Corlett near a railway line, at which point both


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officers were threatened with a knife and a four- foot long piece of wood. Attempts to persuade the man to surrender were unsuccessful and the chase continued over the railway at Sawley. Twice more, both officers were threa­ tened with a knife. Police then converged


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Rachel to make history: at the parish church


A T OUCH ol feminine grace looks set to float unong the pews ol Cl it h er o e Parish Church — with the advent of the church’s


Simper (2-1) takes her place as deacon at St Mary's a week oil Satur­ day, after her ordination it Blackburn Cathedral. Her arrival in Clitheroe


first woman cleric. Teeside woman Rachel


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this week, to accommoda­ tion on Kirkmoor ltoad, heralds a new era for St Mary’s, in the year when the Church of England decides mice and for all whether to allow women to become priests. If the vote goes against


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Diamond jubilee sausage


r U T H K U O K ’S mu s t famous sausage maker has produced a special com­ memo r a t i v e s a u sa g e to c e l e b r a t e t h e d i amo n d jubilee of the junior school lie attended!


the proposal, her duties will continue to he limited to the performance of weddings, baptisms, funerals and morning services. Tile Synod’s vote, which


man’s butchers, Castle St reel, at t ended Pi*mile Junior School *jr> years ago and has made the sau­


sage in honour of the school’s both birthday.


takes place in November, is one thing that Miss Sim­ per, who graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree from London’s King’s College, will cer­ tainly be keeping her eye on.


tainly like tlie vote to go in favour of women as priests, but I don’t see it as a feminist issue. I feel that God is calling women, irrespective of how the vote goes.” As a woman deacon, she


on the man from all direct ions and he lay down in an apparent gesture of sub­ mission. He was arrested and the knife was reco­ vered. The spirits ruco vered were found to be from a burglary at Downhani public house. A Lancashire Constabu­


She said: “I would cer­


Cowluini, is “a very deli­ cate balance between what adults like and what chil­ dren like!” The exact recipe is a secret, but Mr Cowburn did say that it contains a little fruit and a hint of other popular flavours.


Tile sausage, said Mr


been given a massive thumbs-up by children at


starting on Monday.


will not lie allowed to cele­ brate the Eucharist or give blessings hut, despite that, she says she herself was “called” to the church when aged Ki and views her religious life as a true vocation. Part of that vocation,


by Theresa


Robson


lary spokesman said: “PC Corlett acted in the best traditions of the constabu­ lary. “He displayed great


she hopes, will be working to attract young people hack to the church. She said: “A lot of young peo­ ple are searching for some­ thing. The church needs to realise that it has what young people need. “ I want to let young


tenacity in the pursuit of the offender, in spite of being threatened on eight occasions by a man he assessed as capable and


determined enough to carry out his threats. He


continued to run the man to exhaustion, which resulted in his arrest.”


people know that they are welcome in church, that they are wanted.” She reiterated: “You


don’t see many young peo­ ple in church and I think


that is very sad. I’d like to help change that.” Her stay in Clitheroe


will initially he for a three- year period and she says


she is also looking forward to working alongside the Rev. Anthony Roberts and “fitting in with the team." She has also, like many


newcomers to the Kibble Valley, been quick to fall in love with the area. She said: “Everyone lias been so friendly since I arrived. This is my first visit In the North West and I think the Ribhle Valley is beau­ tiful, absolutely lovely." Ill her spare time she


hopes to put the Ribble Valley scenery to good use — pursuing her favourite pastime of landscape


painting!


Chaos again on Whalley’s


roads TKAl'T'IC chaos reached Whalley again at the weekend, with a Sunday Market, as well as a gymkhana, being held.


called to Milton Load to dear a traffic build-up in the* afternoon, which pre­ vented one resident being aide to get an invalid rela­ tive to his house.


Clitheroe 1‘oliee were


an-hour to clear. ©A Whalley reader


The build-up took half-


writes about the markets p o s i n g a d a n g e r l o life . . . see “Letters*’ on page i).


As vandals strike again, this time at Sabden .


Mayor up the battle


GERMS of the vandalism epidemic that has swept Clitheroe in recent weeks spread to


Sabclen on Monday night, where the latest incidence of violence could have left a business and nearby houses swallowed up in flames.


STILL under wraps — villager Mr William


Allibert furniture is beautifully designed and styled to bring


lasting luxury and comfort to your home and garden.


Worswick, of Ivy Cottage, Dunsop Bridge, takes a peep at the new Telecom box by Peter Devine


HERE it is — an exclusive preview of the country’s 100,000th telephone box, about to be installed in Dunsop Bridge to mark the Ribble Valley being the official centre of the


British Telecom’s insistence that nothing should be revealed until next Monday’s official unveiling by British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who should have no difficulty finding his way to ordnance survey grid reference number GG075007, as displayed on a one-metre post outside the new telephone booth. For those of you who are not explorers, the new


United Kingdom. We managed to get this sneak preview, despite


box can be found opposite the village car park. Local workmen were busy this week putting the


finishing touches to the structure, which will have a stainless steel meridian inserted into its floor. Situated outside are four one-metre elm posts indi­ cating the points on the compass and a fifth post that is inscribed with the grid reference.


Luckily, an oak door and L y concrete floor thwarted an —J


blaze might easily have spread to an adjacent house and the terraced row which faces onto Whalley Road just a few feet away. But the incident has made the message even


the back door and the let­ ter-box of a side door. A


attempt by vandals to set Elizabeth fire to the Sabden Treacle


Mines by pushing torched H u f f m a n leaflets through cracks in


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clearer that vandalism is an acute problem, not just in Clitheroe but across the Ribble Valley, and indeed worthy of the effort now being made to find a com­ munity-wide solution.


The landscaping, which is being carried out by Mr O continued on page 14


Times” has received a sur­ prising response to its call for action last week, in the form of telephone calls and letters from readers sup­ porting the stories that have appeared in the paper about the situation and the decision by Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. John Travis to act. Within two hours of


The “Advertiser and


retrieving the paper from his own mailbox on Thurs-


• continued on page 14


OThe police crackdown is cutting juve­ nile crime — details page 9


O Readers speak out on the vandalism problem — also on page 9


LATEST victim of the vandals . . . treacle mine managing director Mr Bill Dewhurst


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