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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, September 16th, 1HWS n


Licensee fined £140 fair short measure served on day off


TWO pints of Theakston’s Best Bitter fell short of the mark when trading standards officers visited a popular Ribble Valley watering


hole, Clitheroe magistrates heard. The assistant manager


Stone cross protest


wins the day


by the archaelogical


group.It is thought that no work had been done on the ancient base since the early 1900s, when a Mr Simpson, of Winckiey, seeing it in a neglected state, had it set on a large plinth, which now sup­ ports the new structure. The new cross was


of Slaidburn’s Hark To Bounty Inn, Linda Smith, pleaded guilty to two offences of delivering a short measure of beer. Smith, who was licensee of the public house at the


Died from injuries in crash


time, was fined £140 and ordered to pay £100 costs. ■ The court heard that


trading standards officers visited the inn as part of a


A POPULAR cricket club steward died from internal injuries after his Suzuki 125 c.c. scooter collided with a Ford Escort, an


countywide survey and because a complaint had been received previously. Area trading standards


inquest heard. Acting coroner foi


officer Mr John Butler said two pints of Theakston’s Best Bitter were ordered for £2.46. When no offer was made to top up the pints after a minute, the officers introduced them­ selves and measured the


carved by PAG member Tom Duxbury (73), who put it into place with the help of Mr Tom Parker. Mr Duxbury, a former


Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley Mr Owen Sharpies recorded a verdict of misadventure, following the inquest into the death of Mr Ronald Shoreman, held at Clith­ eroe Magistrates’ Court. Mr Shoreman (60), ol Calder Avenue, Billing-


contents. Mr Butler said the first


stone flagger, of Church, near Accrington, bought


the stone from a demoli­ tion yard and carved the


bury said this week he was under the impression that .Ribble Valley Borough


cross in his spare time. A repentant Mr Dux­


cross.


pint contained 17V£ oz. rather than the required 20 oz. — which was the


S f f i v a l e V t lK or 17p May 10th at the junction of


The inquest heard that the accident occurred on


, . . .


le s s th a n h ad b e e n paid C a r l to n P la c e an d f e e l for. The co u r t w a s to ld S tre e t , in Clitheroe.


Council and the county eXDerjence in the licensing council’s su rv ey o r s


department at Whalley involve(j in any trading had no objections to the I skandards offences,


mission, but


mission, b u t th e y did n ’t * " appear to have any ob _jec-|


they


turns. I have now received a letter from the RVBC saying that


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council and the local peo­ ple are objecting to the


the parish cross.“I didn’t realise it was


listed. I installed it with the best intentions. Ii thought I was doing some­ thing to improve the


environment.” Ribble Valley Councils


director of development Mr Philip Bailey said he had spoken to Mr Duxbury on Monday and he had agreed to remove the cross from Mitton Green. A delighted Miss Spur- geon described it as a vie-


removed. Everybody wll be so pleased,” she added;


Protecting horses and ponies


mg Farmers.


and Pony Protection Asso­ ciation, spoke of his werk in caring for abandoiea and neglected animals md illustrated his talk vith photographs of hoises, which have been resored to good health.


Mr Merret, of the Hone , TI


proposed by Keith flinger ana seconded by Helen


A vote of thanks was !


Montgomery. The home of Mrand Mrs


R. Vickery, of Vhalley, was the club’s previous meeting place vhen the annual tractor-backing competition tiok place. Peter Coates, took this


prize, while Peter Holt won the farn valuation competition. , Mr Holt proposed a vote


Cycle stolen


A PADLOCKED Street Life Daives pedal cycle, valued a& £200, was stolen from outside the Sue Ryder shop in Clitheroe, on Tuesday of last week.


of thanks to the hosts and Stuart Clarte seconded.


am amazed and delighted j j eUaieu said, tha t the cross will be|


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“Ididn’t get official per- ^ f o C c e o c c u r r e d ’, out due care and attention a n d i s to appear before the


„ . , 1 gbe explained th a t ^


offIrom a n o th e r


public house was pulling the pints, bat that Smith, who was nit working on


the day in cuestion, had to face th e ch a rg e s as licensee of (he premises.


Smith normally instructed all her bir staff about measures, but, because the barmai had so much experienci in the licensing


Mrs Millalieu said experienced gentleman was DUning| town’s magistrates today.


A RED o f f- th e -ro ad Yamaha DT175 trials bike


Red trials bike


worth £200 was stolen from Whalley Road, Sab- den, over the weekend.


trade, she had not thought su c h in s t r u c t i o n s necessary “She £lt that he was an


tory for common sense: 11 Derjeicea barman, Mrs If* she had been there


and tha; she did not need to keepa particular eye on him. D wasn t a matter ot king a young mex-


, I perieiced ~ - “ , . . ,


and seen what had hap- pered then she would


defiutely liave said some- thiig- Inevitably the black mark will be against her 1 nine. She has never had aiy compl&infs before,


sie added.


THE village hall at Pend- l W o r t h £ 1 1 ,0 0 0 leton was the venue for an ■


interesting and informa- guson Track-Air unit,! A YELLOW Massey-Fer-


tive account of horse andi ^orth £11,000, was stolen I pony protection at a meet-1 fj-om North Street carl ing of Clitheroe Younf | par]^ Clitheroe, overnight | on Thursday.


The vehicle’s registra­ tion is F457 BUA.


Produce show raises £800 for charity


Dogs for the Blind and Cancer Research, will share the £800 raised when villager Vic Moms auctioned aU the entries. Although several gar­


ONCE again there was a full house at the Buck Inn, Grindleton, for the auctioning of produce after the annual village garden show. Two charities. Guide Gre


deners said it had been a bad year for growing pro­


duce, there was still an abundance of beautiful cut flowers and superb veget­ ables, making the job ol judging as difficult as


Mallets theft , cake in the speciality cake FOUR w o o d en m a i le r s class. ^


• ever. This year, fruit pie was the task set in the men’s baking section and there • were many entries of fruit


w o r th £16 w e re s to le n " _______ Wad-


dington, between Wednes­ day and Saturday last |


week. Farm generator


A GENERATOR valued I at £300 was stolen on Tuesday afternoon from a farm on Rabbit Lane,


Bashall Eaves: Road cones


SIX red and white road cones, valued at £30, were stolen from a works site on Simonstone Lane, Simonstone, overnight on


Tuesday last week. Nursery loss


A FERGUSON video recorder, worth £200, was stolen’ from the Bright S tre e t Day Nursery Clitheroe, on Saturday.


Sr


Mr H. Baron, Mrs I. Gree Leeks: Mr D. Hargreaves, A Hutchinson. Apples and pears: Mr Bernard Horsfield, Mr 15. Tompkinson, Mr Jeff Cowling. Novelty vegetable: Mr u. Tompkinson, D. Whit Mrs H. Read. Basket of veget­ ables: Mr Myerscough, Mr J. |


Tomatoes: Mr John Kenyon, | ,


R*Eggs: Mr Stephen Horsfield, Mr J. Cowling.


Flowers


io u s y e a r Si HMEtead. Novelty pot plant: Mrs J ^ selection Gill Pollard, Mrs O. Leach,


Wightman, Joyce West, Mrs Olga Leach. Pot plants: 1 and 3 Mrs H. Read, Mr H. Brooks. Miniature arrangement: Mrsill Leach, Mrs Petula Cherry, Mrs


Floral arrangements: Mrs Gill


arrangements and craft items, including some beautiful stuffed toys. Flowers donated for the


Baron. Handicrafts


auction by Mr and Mrs E. Moorcroft were again of a very high standard.


Read.


p e c ia l g a e s t a t th e We ^ Webster, Mrs June show was Miss Chr istine


S ***&**“------i.' Webster. Joyce West. Chutney:


Dogs for the Blind Judges Mrs Barbara


Jim Leach. Mrs H.Read.


Leeming, Mrs Linda was- dale, Mr Tommy Wolfen- den and Mr John E^w were thanked, together ^


winners were: John Read (meal for two), Marie


’


Fruit cake: 1 and 2 Mrs n. Read, Miss Margaret Evans.


Bailey, on behalf of Guide wine: Mr Barry Housley, Mr minrl


Mrs Margaret Bunting. h,


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with licensees Mi8S Mar- baking: Christopher Leeming, earet Evans and Joyce Mr David Pollard, Mr Ken


Carney, Miss M. Evans. Gents i . -1.1—« / ^ L w in t n n h o r l .P P Y T l in ? ,


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West and all those_who Ryan, helped on the night. Raffle


In ditch


Housley, Gill Carol Pye, Linda Wasdale, HaZelReatu l fo


^(fnions?*Mr Harry Baron, 2 and 3 Mrs Hazel Read. Pota­ toes: .Mr Jack Read, Mrajlazel Read. Beans and peas: Mrs I.


AN Austin Maestro car which was stolen from Whalley Road, Clitheroe, overnight on Sunday, was later found abandoned in a ditch in the Trough of


Bowland. 'V


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Confectionery and presences Jam: Mrs H. Read * Mr Alf I


„ .


Sponge cake: Miss M. Evans, Mm M. Bunting, Mrs Jennifer Bradshaw. Miscellaneous cakes: Mrs GiU Wightman, Mrs Carol


Mrs Helen Shearan. Craft item: Mrs Chris Read, 2and 3, Mrs H. |


Knitted item: Mrs H. Read, _ . , , , „... . i ® £ i£Qt1M\X$siA wmm % ' v-r


| performing their first play I in three years.


AMATEUR thespians in Clitheroe are on course for


Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is i rehearsing for “Out of Focus,” described as a “modern comedy of North­ ern humour,” being pro- d u c e d by D o ro th y Cushing.


The Clitheroe Parish


Read. Root vegetables: 1, 2 and | 3 Mr Jack Read. Cabbage, sprouts, cauliflowers: Mrs 1. Gregson, 2 and 3 Mrs T. | Myerscough.


2 and 3 Mrs H. .


Clitheroe Parish Hall, from Wednesday to Satur­ day next week, at 7-30 p.m. Tickets, priced £2.50, are available from the Clitheroe Parish Hall Box Off ice and so c ie ty


It will be performed at members. «g I l a i l l l U t g x


AN application to convert a redundant listed barn into a house, at Edisford Hall Farm, New Lane, Edisford, Clitheroe, is among those received by the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning Department (0583 and 0584). Others include: Clitheroe: Change of use


m &31S (^ 1 § I f | l l r ^ had never been


mitigation, said Smith had I more than 10 years of |


Mis Rowan Mellalieu, in | eroe Cncket Club and a s a former steward of Clith­


“ ww«H


eroe Football Club. The driver of the Ford


Escort, Mr Andrew Reyn­ olds (21), of Eastmoor Drive, Clitheroe, has been charged with driving with-


th a t th e second pin t con- A f a th e r o f f iv e , Mr tained 18% oz. — amount- Shoreman was well Known


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ton, died at the scene after attempts to resuscitate him failed.


Villagers celebrate championship victory


out, Mr Holden more so an effort, even in places “Everybody has helped


than anyone. The war m em o r ia l an d g a rd e n s were outstanding this year. He never misses, he goes down every week,”


Mrs Brown said. C h a i rm a n of th e


Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Parish Council, Coun. Allan Kay, and par­ ish council clerk Mrs


Hurst Green.


just a big team effort. Everybody does some­ thing. Everybody has been very interested in tidying up all the gardens and picking up weeds and litter alongside the roads.


that are not obvious.” Mrs Eccles added: ‘ I ts


Agnes Eccles , were ]ages joining Hurst Green equally quick to compli- jn ^ Lancashire limelight ment the residents of were Grindleton, which


Other Ribble Valley vil-


“I am very pleased. It’s a earne(j highly commended credit to the people of s t a tu s jn th e most Hurst Green. They have improved small village or maintained the standard Camlet section,


Coun. Kay commented: sman village class and Was a runner-up in the


and carried on improving things since last year. In addition, the village. Everybody has made such Buck Inn was deemed the


top public house in the


county.Bashall Eaves was also on a winning streak as a runner-up in the hamlets class and the winner of the most improved small vil­ lage or hamlet category. The local post office


even earned top marks as a highly commended entry in the shops’ class.


mended Ribble Valley entries were the Chipping Top Shop, again in the shops’ section, and the Dunsop Bridge Telephone Box in the special feature


Two more highly com­


class. Our photograph shows


Mr Holden and Coun. Kay beside a winning Hurst Green feature.


Modern comedy takes to stage s s s i l l l AV. K---- ,’V. yz mm t B P *


-few* Mr


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Unprovoked attack leads to jail term


sentence Darren David Vincent


Leecy (24), of Standen Road, was sentenced to three months’ jail for occa- sioning actual bodily harm to Scott McTear and a fur­ ther three months for breaching an e a r l ie r s u s p e n d e d p r i s o n


sentence.


M ag is tra te - decided to id s e n t e n c e


. , , .


after his trial on 17th, in order that


on


back his claim that he had been provoked into attack­


ing Mr McTear. The court heard that the


assault took place outside a Chinese restaurant near the Dog and Partridge public house in Wellgate. F i v e w i t n e s s e s


Firm but variable cattle trade


THERE was a firm but variable


trade in cattle during Monday’s sale at Clitheroe Auction Mart, when sheep numbers were


1,002 sheei


147p (average 128.48p), meilir to 139.50p (124.29p), overall


Young bulls: Light made to


147p (12G.15p). Light steers made to 123.bUp


(114.50p), medium to U5p (123.38p), heavy to 134p, (126.82p), overall to 135p|


appeared for the prosecu­ tion, but none of them could remember the inci­ dent to which Leecy had referred.Before the assault took place, Leecy said that he


‘’ u S P h e i fc r . made to 138p (133.81p), medium to 137p (120.28p), heavy to 114.50p (114.50p), overall to lJop


(121.61p). 107p (91.23p).


First quality cows made to , .


, ,


Prime lambs: Light made to ~~ — ' standard to


had tried to walk down an (7g j5 p ) , heavy to 78.70p alleyway between the pub (74.35.)), overall (79.32P).


^


and restaurant, where he| (7 .3 p had been pushed


shoved by McTear and a friend.


and Stephen Barker said that ^Uin^ade^with sma.er D e fen c e so l ic i to r Mr . McTear and walked from


lambs, there was a mixed but ’ with smaller


outside the pub to the Chi­ nese restaurant, where Mr


headbutted him twice and mer lambs: R. Hargreaves, Bar- *


McTear was standing. He ’class {_ Best pen Mule gim-


128 Masham lambs. Mule made to £74.50 (£51.40), Masham to £51.50 (£40.55). Judge was Mr G. Wainwright, of Bamford.


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punched him twice. During the assault, pub


ley (champion); W. bimpson, Roughlee; H. Palmer & bons,


landlord Mr Peter Hodg-| ’ C t o ’2 — Best pen Masham kinson and doorman Carll gimmer lambs: 1 and 2 it-


Twiston. re c e iv ed h o sp i ta l t r e a t - At Wednesday’s annual sale of


ment for a cut to his left eye and se v e re bruising] and swelling on his face. Magistrates, finding the


c a s e p ro v e d , m ad e nol o r d e r f o r c o s t s o r | compensation.


Appeal for witnesses


POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an accident on the Clitheroe inner bypass on Tuesday eve­


ning, at 7-05 p.m. The driver of a Ford


Sierra involved in the acci­ dent with a Metro, driven by Fiona Whittaker, of Hayhurst Farm Terrace, Clitheroe, failed to stop. There were no injuries.


is A20. Compressor


AN Ingersoll-Rand com­ pressor, worth £7,000 and belonging to Rogers Plant Hire, was stolen over the weekend from a works site on the A59 at the Bar- 'row turn-off.


Planning in the pipeline (0590).


Tosside Road, Tosside (05G8). Chathurn: Change of use to


accomm include bed and breakfast


from retail to office extension at 30 Castle Street (0581). Construction of building for


Ribble Lane (0572). Gr ind lc ton : Use of two


odation at Shaw Barn,


bedrooms for bed and breakfast at Grindlcton Post Office, West


market storage, office for mar­ ket superintendent and canteen


at the Old Auction Mart, Station


Road (0569). Extension and alteration to


Pcndle Park, Pendle Road (0587) .


Attached garage at plot 57, , J


. Tremendous’ night at Trinity IHHWlriyiwwiaiiu o . # £ ■ tiilM ‘>45*


| turn Day


form two bedrooms and bath­


room at 5 Upbrooks (0576). Change of use to car body


repairs at Thom Street Garage (0586)


Ilolton-by*Howland and Gis-


View (0577). Newton: Relocation of sub­


post office to utility room adjoining Salisbury Bungalow, Main Street (0574).


(0578). ^ f iarge porch at Chapel House,


burn Forest: Barn conversion to He| ke{h Lane (0589). house and erection of stable and Two-storey extension at San- garage at Skirden Hall Barn, dvbank Cottage, Folly Lane


Aighton, Bailey and Lhaig- ley: Conversion of existing


, .


workshop and smithy to house and erection of new workshop (resubmission) at The Smithy, Smithy Row, Hurst Green


renovations at Whitehall Cot­ tage, Guild Hall, Avenue Road,


Two-storey side extension and .


Sahden: Conversion or shop tcrjn„ fiat to provide a separate to house with single-storey b_ jroom and construction of extension at rear, 32 Whalley


Hurst Green (0579). Alteration of existing self-ca-


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barn to two dwellings at Whittle Hall Farm, Old Nab Road, Langho (0588).


Chipping: Removal of exist- ing porch and rebuilding of new


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Road (0580). Billington: Conversion of


St The Coach House, The Old Vicarage, Shire Lane, Hurst


floor window to bedroom


GrWhaBey and Little Mitton: Removal of condition 2 at 30 King Street, Whalley (0591).


, Jumper taken


IA PURPLE, green and ] grey jumper was taken from a car parked in a


I garage at Brookes Lane, Whalley, between _4 p.m.


I on Thursday and 7-50 a.m. on Friday.


Suffolk section.


ferent matter, but the Texels took the lead in prices and


The Euro section proved a dll- .


^ Forward were 318 Suffolk and 114 Euro rams. Judge was R.


Suffolk and Euro rams, there was an excellent show of ram lambs and shearling rams in the


Leecy had brooded on the ejmm^ earlier incident With Mrl Forward were2,131 Mule and " ’ '


(£27.25).


During Friday s annual sale or Mule and Masham gimmer


Ewes overall made to i&z , , ,


to 88.33p ,


Sport starts here


THE golfing season may be swinging to a close at Clitheroe Golf Club, but club members produced a bumper crop of com­


Golf season swings to a close


tion winner, Division One, was J. H. Hanson (80-12-G8), with D. Walds second (81-12-69) and J. Pawson third (81-10-71). Division Two winner was S.


petition results. The Single Stroke Competi­


Dent (89-19-70) and Division Three winner was S. Read (89-


21-68). The best gross was returned by A. J . Walmsley


(73).The winners of the club's Open Mixed Foursome were P. Dwyer and C. Isherwood


(77-10.5-66.5).


K. Rostron (67-0.5-67.5) and third were B. Cheetham and J.


Second were S. Andrew and , , ,


Rhodes (79-9.5-69.5). The best gross was returned


i (80). alter a card play-off with | D. Greenup and R. Pickup. I Clitheroe Golf Club also hosted its Senior Club Cham-


by M. Soutter and J. Soutter ing director . . . with 90.


emerged champion witn oi. Second was H. Hemmingway


-


Rosebowl was won by J. Rhodes (87-13-74), with J . Deeming second (100-24-76).


The Senior Championship _ .


Sunningdale Am-Am Qualifier was won by D. Hillary and G. Stoddart (75-7-68), with A. See- die and D. Cooper second (78-9- 69) and G. Wood and K. Howarth third (77-8-G9). The Midweek Medal winner


The club's Fourball Betterball .


CLITHEROE Wolves under 12s started their season with mixed results — a 3-1 defeat and a 1-1 draw in their opening matches. Playing a strong Michehn side in their first game, the Wolves finished the stronger of the two


Mixed fortunes


^However, good performances by Darren Bateman and Martin


Peel, and a goal by Ph6>P Robinson could not prevent a 3- 1 <


was D. Walker (83-20^ ) , with R. Swarbrick second (77-11-66) and A. Wright third (82-13-69).


were the opponents in their second match.


Toi>of-the-table Ighten Leigh ,


local side played some exciting and entertaining football and


In a hard-fought game,_ the


took the lead through a Tony Middleton goalmid-way through


the


Green, of Stanley Estates. Best Suffolk senior ram: l and


2 P. Kaye. Brindle (champion); agar & Son, Bolton-by-Bow


Beattie Bros, Rimington. S Best Suffolk shearling ram: r .


land; 2 and 3 T. H. Pickard Bolton-by-Bowland. Best Suffolk lamb ram. U.


2 and 3 A. Barnes, Great Har- W


Best MV A Texel ram lamb: 1, , , ,


Part of the car registration of the metallic blue Sierra


breakaway goal before the Wolves missed a great chance to win the match from the penalty


jghten Leigh equalised with a


SPThe Clitheroe side played well and turned in a good teain per­ formance with Martin Peel, D a r re n B a tem a n , P e te r Fletcher and Ben Parsons all


Calvert, West Marion (reserve champion): P. Kaye, Brindle; I.


B^ f g e GwaLeyH. Robinson, of Slaidbum.


1 and 2 G. Riley, Bolton-Ie- S a n d s ; J . T . k e v i l l e , Whitechapel.


<IfostCMv]k Suffolk ram Iamb:


R Peel, Gisbum (resrve cham­ pion); 2 and 3 J . Holden


Best MVA shearling upwards.


Edgeworth. Best Euro shearling ram: W.


B Walker, Bolton-by-Bowland; 2 and 3 D. J . H a r r iso n , Slaidbum.


Best Euro lamb ram: 1, 2 and 3 W. B. Walker, Bolton-by-


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Bowland (champion). Suffolk seniors made to 305


gns. (95.95 gns.), shearlings to


475 gns. (198.33 gns.), lambs to 258 gns. (141.47 gns.). Euro shearlings made to 165


gns. (112.86 gns.), lambs to 200 |ns. (87.79 gns.).


SILVERWARE, paint­ ings and Pilkington pot- tery were part of a £15,oot) haul stolen by thieves who broke into a Wiswell farm­ house, between 9 a.m. and 10-45 p.m. on Tuesday.


Silver in haul . outstanding.


Spirited finale GARGRAVE won the toss and


Gargrave 114 for 9, Chatbum 125 for 9


nut the visitors in to bat. Top scorer for Chatbum was


R. Booth (45), with A. Rudd also making double figures (28). Producing a spirited tail-end


performance were G. Clarkson


and C. Hopcraft.B. Jones and C. Hopcrait demolished the Gargrave bat- tini* order, taking four wickets eack to finish the game on a winning note.


Rudd 28, C. Tyas 0. N. Thorny 6, R. Booth 45, M. Pearce 5, S. Mercer 2, G. Clarkson 12, C. HopcruR 10, P. Thomas 1, B.


Chatburn: P. Rowson 7, A. _ .


Jones 0.Gargravc: 114 for 9. Bowling: A. Peacock 17-5-44-


Stonyhurst golf


SWINGING into victory at Stonyhurst Park Golf Club s September medal competition was Mr_Geoff_I*allister with a score of 11-14-03. Second place was taken by Mr


John Hollinson (87-21-66) ami third was Mr Larry McLntee


(85-18-67).


The best gross was returned by Mr Steve Wilcox (78).


.


SNOOKER players are asked to attend the annual general meet-, ing of the Clitheroe and District Snooker League tonight. The meeting will take place at


Snooker AGM


8 p.m. at the Conservative Club and all clubs must be repre­ sented, with new clubs applying for membership more than


t'elcome. Top prize


i ton with score of 89-16-73. Runner-up was Mrs Sheila


WINNING the ton prize in the Clitlieroe Golf Club Ladies' Sec- on competition on Presidents iav was Mrs Jeanne Huddles-


Riley (89-15-74) after a card play-off with Mrs Jean Ann S.Kxik and Mrs Kris Baldwin.


Pub fun nets £100


I has raised £100 for the Imperial Cancer Research


AN event evening at the Starkie Arms in Clitheroe


I Fund. Among the attractions


Iim


IfiAfill mii


'Trinity Youth and Com- munity Centre “Abso­ lutely Tremendous on its


HOARDS of people voted


30th birthday. The centre was turned


into a hive of activity dur­ ing four days of non-stop celebrations,. which cer­ tainly lived up to their


name. And with an excellent ,,


turn out every day, activ­ ity leader Mr Geoff Jack- son said: “I am delighted, it was a real boost to us. The displays on show


included exhibitions about outdoor pursuits, artwork


and H.I.V. Around £600 raised by


the events will go towards V


new buildings a t the calor Mr Ron pickup and centre.


was attended by Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Tony Jackson, a former member of the management com­ mittee Mr Roland Hail­ wood and Mr Tom Wilkin­ son, maker of the plaque which was presented to the club at the opening of festivities. Former coun-


The opening evening


County Council chairman Mr Harry Caunce also


attended. More than 200 people


turned up during the spe­ cial open evenings and a quiz night brought the total attending tne cele­ brations to around 500.


Geoff Jackson said: “There was a r e a l ly good


Youth club leader Mr


r ___npnnle were I locals on the night and £50 standing shoulder to shorn


esponse, P P I der." He added that the ^


events had been an eye opener for many people who did not realise the amount of work going on at the centre. Anyone wanting to join


in the fun at the centre should contact Mr Geoff Jackson (tel: 27886).


conjunction with Sticky Fingers and Thwaites beers and Starkie Arms landlord Mr John Stenson hopes to raise even more money when future char­ ity events are held at the


. i__ ...itlv CftAlnr pub.


I with cushions. A great time was had by raised. A further £o0


were mock jousting and. boxing with oversized gloves. Pub regulars also had fun trying to knock each other off a pole by swinging at each other


,


2. A. Amos 11-7-11-2, M. Foulds fr‘2-10-0, A. Firth 11-0-54-4.


collected in donations, ht was held in


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