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It’s a gem! Glasses are raised as a Clitheroe wine shop receives yet another top acco­ lade as the best of its kind in the country.


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A Ribble Valley student with a head for figures is the toast of her college.


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V o l le y b a l l duo picked to play for England set their sights on a chal­ lenge for the next Olympics,


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Inquest hears of teenager’s tragic accident at saw


mill and the suf­ fering of family, f r i e n d s an d workmates.


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Whalley family tells tales of an adventurous life on the ocean wave far from home.


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Hurst Green leads way as champion


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B ^ s^ -^ p t V i^ ^ ^ ^ om p e t itM n fw ith Hiiret to e en ^ n d in g ^ h ^ s ta r r in g role as champion of the entire county.


moon to find they had won championship. not only the champion And her moment came


Villagers were over the coveted gold medal — the A ........................ ■> -


class, but the award for on Thursday night, when th e b e s t -k e p t w a r she received a telephone memorial. Adding to their call revealing that the vil-


jubilation was the disco- lage had finally scooped the treasured title. Since then, Mrs Brown has been in her element, fielding calls from the press, including BBC reporters who have never heard of Hurst Green. “We’re cock-a-hoop. The Best-Kept Village Compe-


very that one of their local pubs, the Bayley Arms, had been highly com­ mended in the restaurant


or hotel category. For one Hurst Green


resident the victory was particularly sweet. Mrs Mary Brown (81) has been ^.v-v


^ a parish councillor since tition started in 1958. We


I 1948 and a competition have entered every year iudee from 1958 until a since then. This is the 36th few vears ago.


time. Last year we won


Now practically house- the small village title, she bound from arthritis, she said.


,


has spent 35 years hoping “ Having entered and for star status for her ‘ won that, they allowed us


i beloved Hurst Green, to go into the champion- After winning the small ship class and, of course,


I village class last year, her this year we ve won. It dream was nearly com- was a concerted effort by niete. but she was still the whole of the village, convinced that one day the She gave special praise village would take the to the efforts of Mr Jim


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Holden, a former at Stonyhurst College,


n-^Fciener


who has devoted hours to tending the village gar­ dens over the years, par­ ticularly the glorious dis­ play around the war memorial.


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Angry villagers win the day


Protest brings removal of stone cross ”


A STORM of protest surrounding the erec­ tion of a stone cross on a Ribble Valley village g re en has led to a


, change of heart by the group which erected it a fortnight ago — who have agreed this week


| to take it down. T h e d e c is io n to


remove the cross from M it to n G re en w as


taken after a furious row broke out with vil­ la g e r s and p a r ish councillors, angry that they were kept m the dark over the installa­ tion of the live-foot cross by an archaeo­ logical group from out­ side the area. Villagers, annoyed by


the erection of the stone cross, joined parish coun-


by Peter Devine


cillors in criticising its sudden appearance and organised a petition to have it removed. T h e ir fury centred round a DIY job by mem­


b e rs o f the P en d ie Archaeological Group, who had installed a £13


piece of waste stone into the ancient base. The villagers were of


___ wV»nt wo snw as damage


the opinion that the ancient base, which has listed building status, housed a wooden, not stone, cross on what is thought to be a conse­


crated site. “We were not even con­


sulted about it,” said resi­ dent Miss Mary Spurgeon. “ Feelings were running high among villagers about


what we saw as damage to an ancient monument. “They just came along


and stuck in two pieces of waste stone, which look [ like pavement edgings. You can’t go around inter- fe r in g with h is to r ic r em a in s . I t lo o k s !


aP£heirBannoyance at this intrusion on village life by outsiders, as they saw it, was evident when the “Advertiser and Times” met them on Thursday at the site of the cross, prior to this week’s decision to


remove it. “ To say we are not


pleased is putting it mildly. Nobody knew about it except the person who was putting it up. I f they had asked, they would have been told that it was never intended for a stone cross to go in the base,” commented Miss


Spurgeon. In times gone by, Miss


| Spurgeon said that priests I carried wooden crosses with them on their travels and the ancient bases served as temporary hous- ing for these. Joining the voices of


protest was Ribble Valley councillor Harry Back­ house, who said: “ I only found out about this today. To say the least, it looks a bit prominent. I think the parish council should have been informed.”


Chairman of Bashali


Eaves and Great Mitton Parish Council, Mr John H a r tley, said he was incensed that he had not been told about the plan


i continued on page 11 Diesel spill


COUNCIL workmen were called to a busy Clitheroe junction on Tuesday after­ noon to deal with a diesel spillage threatening the safety of vehicles. D r i v e r s r e p o r t e d


several “ near miss acci- dents,” after skidding on


the oil. Police said that the spill­


age affected about a 10 sq. ft. section at the Wadding- ton Road and Railway View Road junction. The matter was reported to the police by passing motorists.


THE VIP is welcomed by hotel manager Mr Itaistrick


PM’s flying visit to boost morale


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burn, Mr Major told party members from all over the North West that there was no question of Britain joining a single European cu r ren c y under his


premiership. This is thought to have


been the first time that the PM has made such an admission and might be seen in some quarters as a way of fending off earlier


criticism of his leadership by ant i -Ma a s t r i cht


opponents. Staff at Gisbum’s Stirk


House Hotel only realised who their Tory VIP visitor was a few hours before he arrived fjpr his lunchtime


meeting. Manager Mr David


Raistrick said he knew it was to be an important member of the Tory Party a few weeks earlier, but


did not know who. Many local Conserva­


tives were unaware of Mr Major’s presence in the Ribble Valley last Thurs­ day, on what was one of a number of visits to rally key supporters prior to th e p a r t y ’ s annual


conference. Permission was given


by farmer Mr Phillip Ormerod and his wife, Trish, for Mr Major’s heli­ copter to land in their field, adjoining the hotel. The PM chaired the pri­


vate meeting attended by 100 Tory top brass from Lancashire and Cumbria. The Ribble Valley Con­


stituency Association chairman, Mr Keith New-


Sunday shoppers asked to sign


CLITHEROE shoppers are being asked to support a national campaign to save their right to shop on


Sundays. Sunday has been offi-


daily designated National Sunday Shopping Day and several local shops #


and


supermarkets will be join­ ing the massive campaign, aimed at giving shoppers the opportunity to have


their voices heard. A t Tesco’s Clitheroe


store, staff are hoping to


collect 3,000 signatures during the protest day from people who want to shop on Sundays. They will be asked to give their sign atu re s to a new pressure group — Con­ sumers for Sunday Shop­ ping, which is highlighting the threat to 80,000 jobs nationwide i f MPs vote against Sunday opening later this year.


Tesco’s Clitheroe per­ sonnel manager Jayne


Abbott said: “ National Sunday Shopping Day has been organised to show MPs just how popular Sunday shopping has become. The vast majority of the public do not want the clock turned back when MPs are given the opportunity to vote on the ic«;np ” As w e l l as T e s c o ,


Booth’s, Woolworth’s and many smaller shops have joined the Sunday trading |


lobby. On the hoof for Operation Goat


A JUMPING goat that had Clitheroe Police hoof­


ing it all over town at the weekend ended his four- legged reign when he scaled a seven-foot wall and landed in a Bawdlands


ginnel. Operation Goat began


on Saturday morning, when Clitheroe Police started receiving an inor­ dinate number of calls about a goat on the loose


in the town centre. Over the course of the


day, it seems the goat was seen “ here, there and e v e ryw h e re .” A t one point, he was even spotted on the taxi rank, perhaps waiting for a lift home. A w i ld goat chase


ensued and the police eventually cornered the


athletic animal behind the Moor Lane Sale Rooms, where he proceeded to make good his escape and leap over a five-barred


gate. Night fell and the goat


was thought to have made camp in the grounds of


Clitheroe Castle. The hunt resumed at


daybreak, when the goat surfaced on Edisford Road, where his lack of due care and attention nearly caused an accident. Still not prepared to sur­ render, he ran for cover in the car park of the Rufus


Carr garage. But a seven-foot wall


proved too tempting and


the goat jumped, landing in the garden of Whalley Si reel resilient Mr Stumey


Jamieson. A somewhat surprised Mr Jamieson I


then assisted with efforts to barricade the unruly | animal in his ginnel.


Community-spirited


neighbours provided back- up support, plying their v is ito r with slices ol bread, water and lettuce leaves for the remainder of the day, until an RSPCA officer arrived to collect


him. He was then taken to


more fitting accommoda­ tion at Meadowend Board­ ing Kennels in Guide. No goats have been reported missing and anyone with information about the owner is asked to contact the kennels (0254 670-181).


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a question on Maastricht and a single European cur­ rency, reaffirmed his com­ mitment to Europe, but said that as long as he was Prime Minister there would be no single Euro- p ean c u r r e n c y fo r


Britain.” Mr Newmark said that


he was itching to ask Mr Major questions on a num­ ber of other issues, includ­ ing VAT on fuel bills, cuts in social benefits to the less well-off, law and order and Mr Major’s style of


leadership. “ I think Mr Major is a


very sincere man who was badly treated by the anti- Maastricht rebel MPs and this has exacerbated his present difficulties,” said Mr Newmark. “He came over at the.


meeting as very definite and very sincere. I perso­ nally believe he should not try to please everybody all th“ time and be a little moi t decisive,” he added. One of the issues that


the PM was the question of law and order and its


effects on society. “ Local people are con­


cerned about the rising crime rate in the Ribble Valley and in the country as a whole and we want to see action to reduce it, explained Mr Newmark. Mr Major, in reply,


stressed that the Govern­ ment was fully committed


to tackling the problem by imposing tougher penal­ ties on minor offenders, who had tended to be let off, often offending again in a short space of time. The Prime Minister


gave an assurance to those Tories worried about the imposition of VAT on fuel bills that the less well-off would be able to claim


financial relief. Mr Newmark said that


the local party would also like to see any future interest rate reductions staggered, so as_ not to trigger off inflation and called on the Chancellor to concentrate on raising extra revenue in the Bud­ get by increasing income


tax.


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