Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified)


A CLITHEROE man has earned the highest possible honour for his company — the Qu e e n ’s Awa rd ' for Te chnologic a l


Achievement. Dr Mohamed Bashair Khan, of Henthorn Road,


,


\ Royal accolade for business manager His was one of 21 successful applications in the


won the award on behalf of royal paint manufacturers Crown Berger Ltd.


for Dr Khan, who last July gained a EUROCHEM 1992 award for the most outstanding innovation in


The accolade is the second in less than 12 months process technology.


Berger’s Darwen site, he made the Queen’s Award application based on his development of a special glue-like binder used in paints.


An international business manager for Crown .. .


Searching for old


lOp coins


NOW is the time to search pockets and handbags to find any old 10 pence pieces, which soon will not be accepted in shops — for they can be used to help elderly people.


30th, Help the Aged is col­ lecting old 10 pence pieces in bright yellow collecting boxes placed in shops, pubs and clubs.


From now until June


also help by encouraging pupils to bring along the old coins, if teachers are


Schools in the area can


willing to arrange for boxes to be provided. Often coins lie forgotten


FELLOWS — LLOYD


ding of Mr Timothy Fel­ lows and Miss Emma Lloyd at St Michael and St John’s Church, Clitheroe. The bridegroom, a haul­


A honeymoon in a Scottish castle followed the wed­


age contractor, is the elder son of Mr Kevin Fellows and Mrs Ellen Fellows, both of Preston.


in pockets and handbags, or hidden away in the back of a kitchen drawer. All the money raised will go to th e Help th e Aged charity.


needed to work for a few hours each week in the shop situated on Moor Lane, where good quality clothes, bric-a-brac, jum­ ble or old car boot items will be very gratefully received.


Volunteers are always


either in the shop or by taking a yellow box to col­ lect coins, can contact Mrs Shirley Kendall (Clitheroe 442273) at the shop and she will also arrange for the collection of boxes filled in double quick time.


Anyone 'who can help',


Farmer’s wife in


the Dales


NEWTON Village Hall was the venue for Clith­ eroe Lady Fanners (NFU Social Section), whose president, Mrs Eileen Hol­ den, welcomed guests from Longridge, Burnley, Colne, Nelson, Preston,


Mrs B.. Hargreaves, who described the day she manned a farmer. She met and married her husband in her early 20s and went to live on a desolate farm in the Yorkshire Dales at the end of a two-and-a-half mile trek from the nearest main road. Shopping was done once


Tarleton and Blackburn. The guest speaker was


Bound over to keep


Treat for nature


lovers at Arnside


THERE was a treat in s to r e fo r C l i th e ro e Naturalists when they travelled to Arnside for a Saturday ramble. Numerous birds were


spotted, including shell- duck, oystercatcher and godwit along the seashore and, in local woodland, great spotted woodpecker, y e l low h am m e r and blackcap. The weather was fine


MORE than 80 people attended Clitheroe Lions’ 10th anniversary dinner dance at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington. And, being Lions, they had to do some fund rais­


ing while they were enjoying themselves. They raised £70 for various charities with a com­


petition to find an apt caption for a photograph of Lions Peter Scholes and David Newton looking at a pile of peat used to make whisky on the Isle of Ely. The writer of the winning caption received £15


and the remainder of the money was divided between Clitheroe Lions and Mr Kevin Smith, of Preston, who ran the London Marathon in aid of leukaemia


research. Lions president Brian Eastwood presented 10-year


More grants for layering hedges


FARMERS in the Ribble Valley are being given another opportunity to apply for hedgerow res­ toration grants. A year after the Coun-


chevrons to 14 Lions, who have been members of the 25-strong group since its inception. Guests were Mr Michael Parkinson, president of Clitheroe Rotary Club, and his wife, Elizabeth; Mr Chris Stockton, chairman of Clitheroe Round Table, and his wife, Julie; and speaker Mr Martin James, a local broadcaster, who attended with his wife, Kate. MC was Mr Keith Wheldon. The Lions are holding an auction at St Michael


and dry, with a fresh westerly breeze, as the 47 members left the prome­ nade to walk to New Barns, Blackstone Point and White Creek, where the party divided. Some members took the high level coastal path and the


t ry s id e Commission launched a scheme to restore overgrown and deteriorating hedgerows, an additional amount of money has been made available. By taking part in the


and St John’s, Clitheroe, tonight. Viewing is at 6 p.m. and bidding starts an hour later. In the next 12 months, Lions throughout the world


are aiming to raise £110 billion to try and eradicate blindness believed to be caused by contaminated water, which affects people in underdeveloped


countries.


less able went along the sands, which endedin a scramble over rocks as the route proved inaccessible


Arnside Knott, with good views'of'MorecarhbeBay;-


due to the tide. The route continued via


and then took the party b a c k t o A r n s i d e Promenade. A. total of 29 spring


flowers were noted and Brenda Jones thanked Janet Eaton for leading


a month and she related how jobs were tackled which are now taken for granted. She had three sons and now lives in “civi­ lisation” at Malham. Mrs Hilda Makinson


gave the vote of thanks and members enjoyed buffet supper.


PLANNING IN THE PIPELINE


the walk. The next outing will be


PERMISSION for a dozen two-bedroomed retire­ ment'flats and 25 two and three-bedroomed houses at Ribblesdale Mill, Pres­ ton Road, Ribchester, is requested among the latest applications lodged with the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning and Development Committee


to Stainforth on Saturday, departing from the station at 10 a.m., with leader D. Lloyd.


A SILVER Ford Orion Ghia, valued at £8,000, has been stolen from Read. The registration number is H878 KDP.


Ghia stolen


0236);ISillington: Change of use of shop to two flats at 5 Abbey View, Whalley Old Road (0235). Change of use of barn


attached to existing house to form two dwellings at Hodge Field Farm, Blackburn Old Road (0244). Clitheroe: Internally-illumin­


ated projecting sign at NatWest Bank, York Street (0237). Display of non-illuminated


(0243). Others include: Read: Display of an exter­


nally-illuminated advertising board at Mamma Mia, Whins


side to provide a bedroom and bathroom over existing garage and kitchen extension at 7 Woodhead Road (0241). Chipping: Replacement of


Lane (0230). A two-storey extension to the


shop area to private physiother­ apy treatment rooms at 1 Esh-


hoarding at Pendle Road for Wimpey Homes Ltd (0245). Change of use from part of


ton Terrace (0249). Barrow: Conversion of barn


signage and new lighting (listed building application) at The Tal- bot. Talbot Street (0234 and


into dwelling at Spread Eagle Farm, Clitheroe Road (0239). West Bradford: Erection of building for the preparation and storage of wholesale meat at Hancocks Farm, Eaves Hall Lane (0240). Langho: Erection of front


(0242).


into adjoining barn at Brick House Farm, Longsight Road (0255). Whalley: Steel portal frame


the peace


A CLITHEROE man was bound over to keep the peace for 12 months in the sum of £50, after pushing his wife down the stairs. Mohammed Rehman


(30), of Holden Street, pleaded guilty to conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. Clitheroe magistrates


technology teacher at Ribblesdale High School Clitheroe, is the middle daughter of Mr Paul Lloyd and Mrs Valerie Lloyd, both of Penwortham: Given away by her


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of 352.Dr Khan was actually in-Mexico on business when winners of the award scheme, established in 1965,


. Originally from Guyana, South America, Dr Khan and his wife, a sister at Calderstones Hospital, have


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lived in Clitheroe since 1974. They have two children, Helen (15) and Ricky (13),


Caption contest at Lions’ dinner d ance


who are both pupils at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School.


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Siobhan Haley and Miss Helen Reeves, the bride’:


heard that Rehman woke his sleeping wife in the early hours of the morning and began shouting at her to “get out of the house and on the streets.” Miss Patricia Bramley,


scheme, farmers and land- owners will be financially rewarded, while at the same time benefiting the general public through enhanced appearance of the local countryside,” said commission officer Mr James Markwick. Under the programme, landowners are paid £1.75 per metre for gapping up, £2 per metre for hedge laying, £1.50 per metre for hedge coppicing and a sup­ plement of 50p per metre for hedges over one metre wide. Further information is


prosecuting, said he then g rabbed h er t ig h t ly around the throat and pushed her down the Stairs, causing minor back and neck injuries. Mr David Parkinson, in


emerald green gown of watermarked taffeta with a long straight skirt and fitted jacket featuring a sweetheart neckline. She had a headdress of roses and trailing ivy. Miss Reeves wore an emerald green taffeta dress with puffed sleeves, lace cuffs and collar and a cream sash. Both carried bou quets of cream and pale yellow roses and ivy, tied with cream silk ribbons. Best man was Mr Aidan


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Cassidy and ushers were Mr Dominic Fellows and Mr Richard Page. Organist was Mrs Helen


Crompton. The ceremony was performed by Fr Joseph Wareing. A reception followed at


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Blue van sought


TWO Stihl saws, valued at £400, were stolen from a plant site in Bashall Town between 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Monday.


S ’ in wall at 132 Whalley New Extension of existing dwelling


building with underground efflu­ ent tanks at Moreton Hall Farm, Accrington Road (0246). Change of use from maternity


driving away in a blue Ford Transit pick-up van, which had the registration number A426 HLK.


Two men were seen


tion about the theft should ring Clitheroe Police on 23818.


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to a ward at Queen’s Park Hospital twice,” Mr Par­ kinson said. “It’s a vicious circle. His wife puts pressure on him and he suddenly reacts. Perhaps if there was sufficient funding about, there would be an answer to his problem.”


Overloaded


A CHATBURN transport company was fined by magistrates for overload­ ing one of its lorries. Magistrates in Clitheroe


heard that when police stopped the vehicle, on the A59, it was heading for Oswaldtwistle laden with soil.


& B. Transport, of Pendle Trading Estate, was sub­ sequently found to be car­ rying 13.2% more than the permitted legal weight. The company was fined £100, with £25 costs.


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EXCITEMENT is high on the weekend’s agenda with the annual Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt point-to-point taking place on Saturday. Entries are good and thousands of people are expected, as the event coincides with the May


Day holiday weekend. The three-mile course at Westby Hall Farm


provides a panoramic setting, with highspots including the members’ race for the Hunt Cup and the Men’s and Ladies’ Open events, attracting horses throughout the North. The main sponsors are Walker Farrimond and the races start at 2 p.m.


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