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A GLANCE A Clitheroe solici tor describes the reason behind the decision to close the town’s court “as daft a justifica tion as I can think of.”
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The Ribble Valley Mayor makes an appeal to thieves in Burnley who stole the Mayoral car p en n an t to return it.
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Housing Minister Sir George Young was in the area to open tw o new housing schemes
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Road users who visit the Sunday market at Brook- house Farm, Mit- ton Road, Whal- ley, have come under attack from villagers, who say they should have more respect for the surrounding areas.
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w e r e h u n t i n g an a r s o n i s t wh o i s t h o u g h t to h a v e caused last Thursday’s massive £lm blaze at p a r t of C l i th e ro e ’s S t a l w a r t Dy e i n g Company.
I leaving by a rear door. As the firm continued
a person or persons who, according to the police Crimestoppers action line, entered the premises by breaking a window in the boiler room and then s ta r te d fire s in th re e separate areas, before
They are trying to trace
the massive mopping-up operation, the head of Colne CID sub-division, Det. Insp. Ted Norris, to o k c h a rg e of th e enquiry. He confirmed that Clith
eroe CID was investigat ing the arson case and that
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' Meanwhile, the firm is promising to rise again out- of the ashes.
forensic scientists had been sifting through the debris to search for vital clues.
This week the company was still counting the cost
of the fire — said by police to be in excess of £lm — following damage to the winch dyeing area, which contained rolls of carpet and yam.
managing director of Stal wart Dyeing, Mr Keith Mercer, refused to make any comment on the police investigation, but said th a t , despite the total destruction to the 15,000 sq. ft., warehouse,, the company was back in production.
Earlier this week, the
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THE people of a Ribble Valley village have been on the cutting edge of a movement gain- ing momentum nationwide by p ro te s tin g ^ against Government th re a ts to ru ra l post
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, Residents of Sabden reacted with lightning speed to news from the House of Commons that changes in the way pen sions are paid were in the pipeline — with the pros pect of nearly halving the amount of business con ducted in their post office. Within two days, more
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than 100 had signed a peti tion organised by Ribble Valley councillor Eileen
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national newspapers, some with entire pages devoted to the issue, no such out cry of injustice has rippled across the country since the introduction of the community charge. The c a ta ly s t was a
echoed in the hearts of people throughout the
Ribble Valley, which has an astonishing 26 sub-post offices, including one in
G overnment move to encourage people to have benefits paid directly into th e han k or b u ilding society, rather than collect them at the post office.
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PICTURED is Sabden sub-postmaster of eight years Oldham, with villagers who are giving their stamp of the post office
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• contain much operational machinery and was used .mainly as a storage area for c a rp e t and y a rn . Already we have 60% of our other machinery back in o p e r a t i o n , ” he commented. The news that produc
“Fortunately the area destroyed by fire didn’t
who, together with his two colleagues, raised the alarm before tackling the
blaze. T h e ir a c t io n s were
tion had restarted must have brought relief to all 90 of th e com p an y ’s workforce. “We have had plenty of
praised by Stalwart pro duction director Mr Sandy Mackenzie, who said that, without th e i r prompt action in raising the alarm at 11-10 p.m., the damage could have been more extensive.
support from the staff already and I hope we can rely on them to get us back into full production. There is certainly no dan ger to their jobs and there won’t be any redundan cies,” added Mr Mercer. The outbreak of fire was
discovered by one of the three night staff on duty
discovered, they operated the fire alarm system and then tried to put the fire out. Without their prompt action it could have been much worse,” he added. As the flames took hold,
“As soon as the fire was
blaze, th e flames and smoke which rose from the warehouse lit up the Clith eroe skyline. Fire crews at the scene fought to save other buildings on the site from catching alight and doused the flames with w a te r pumped from a hydrant and from nearby Primrose Lodge. I t took them four hours
b u r n , r a c e d to th e Primrose Road site. At the height of the
sented England at youth an d u n d e r - 21 le v e l , learned that she had been picked for the six-strong team during the prizegiv- ing ceremony of the recent E n g l i s h L a d i e s ’ Championship. She reached the semi
Kirsty, who has repre
final of the tough contest, held in Cornwall, but eventually lost on the 19th
hole. She said: “The England
president read out the team sheet — and I was included! I didn’t think I stood a chance' of being selected. Naturally, I am
very pleased.” kirsty is now practising
to bring the blaze under control and relief crews on Friday morning continued with damping-down opera tions on the smouldering mass of carpet and yam. The rem a in s of th e
hard for the forthcoming international and looks set to play in the British
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Ladies’ Amateur Cham pionship. to be held at the Royal Lytham and St Amies Golf Club between
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eroe Golf Club colleague Kim Rostron (20), of Ac crington, has also secured some success of her own. For as well as being
selected as fourth reserve for the England team, Kim won th e L a n c a s h i r e Ladies’ Championship, held recently at Preston Golf Club.
warehouse were demo lished over the weekend. A fire brigade spokes
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