THURSDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1994 21 CHURCH STREET, CL1THER0E


Solicitors 0200 22264


A A T


A GLANCE Clitheroe is to


have three market (lays — on a trial basis — from next spring.


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NVhalley Golf Club loses a 200-year- old landmark, as weekend lightning hits and destroys a huge elm tree. i page 11


Fears grow that tourists may avoid the Kibble Valley if something is not done to clean up the area’s toilets.


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Thieves and van­ dals are costing religious organisa­ tions more than £5m. a year — and now a drive is u n d e r w a v t o thwart them.


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A top h e alth offi­ c ia l c la im s th a t th e r e is no e v i ­ d e n c e o f h e a l th p ro b lem s c au sed


b v C a s t l e


C em e n t 's u se ot Cemfuel.■ page 19


FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER: Thunder and light­ ning will continue to break the sun­ shine and high temperatures.


TIME: 9-03 p.m.


C A L LU S N ew s :


lighting up The Clitheroe Back safe from


Gambia chaos page 3


Royal Lancs


Show special free this week


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FROM the butcher to the bake r and the candlestick maker,


O u r sh o p s a r e th e to p s — an d i t s o f f i c ia l Town is in national top ten for specialist retailers


, dent retailers. That was the verdict of


Cl i the roe has the very best in indepen-


•The Times Magazine,”


which has placed Clith­ eroe in the top ten towns in the country for spe­


cialist shops. “Times” correspondent


Fiona Beckett sang the


--------____________________________________________________________________________________ __i t «i i t k n coIiia (Iip mialitv o f loc. I t ’s worth all the


praises of so-called good food towns in the article, applauding several Clith­


eroe retailers. Among those men­


tioned were butcher s Harrison and Kerr, sau­ sage shop Cowman s, the Exchange Coffee Com­ pany, Choice Fruit, \\ ell- gate Fisheries and wine


merchant D. Byrne. Stuart Kerr, of Harri­


are excellent independent retailers.


son and Kerr, described in the "Times” article as a “decent butcher’s, commented: “ All the shops mentioned specia­ lise in something that no one else has got. Byrne s, Cowman's, the Exchange Coffee Company, etc, all


Baby Beth is very special delivery at No


IT was enough to con­ bv Theresa Robson


fuse even the most diligent of storks, not knowing where to make its special Clith­


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eroe delivery. It should have been straightforward enough,


as this legendary carrier of fledgeling souls travelled


to Mearley Syke to hand over its precious cargo to proud parents Shaun and Beverley Harrison — ap a r t from one very- important fact. _______


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— complete with nursery — was still three weeks from being finished. That’s where the men


The couple’s new home


from Wimpey came to the rescue, by pulling out all the stops to get baby Bethany Jadc-’s new home ready on time for her much-awaited arrival. The stork, of course,


expected. Beverley who is a


credit control manager with Ultraframe, com­ mented: “We were sche­ duled to move on July 29th, but 1 was due to give


was delighted that its job had been made easy, while mum and dad were just as pleased that their new nome was ready to accept their darling daughter. And it was a tea mugs


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birth on July 24th and we had sold o u r house quickly. I didn’t really want to move house just after having had the baby, so Wimpey stepped in to save the day.” The stork, it seems, was


toast for the proud Wim­ pey men at Mearley Syke, who were as pleased as Punch th a t they had played an important part in the a r r iv a l of the estate’s “star” attraction. The couple’s parental predicament arose when


equally enthusiastic and Bethany Jade was nearly two weeks ahead of sched­ ule herself, being born at Edith Watson Maternity Unit, Burnley, on July


they sold their Barrowford home more quickly than


15th.Proud dad Shaun com­ mented: “I came into the house one day and theie were plumbers, labourers, decorators, electricians — you name it. They were all at it. It was all hands to


the pump


an amazing week. We had a beautiful baby and a brand new home within a


Beverley added: “What few days. It was a great


relief, being able to bring Bethany Jade home from


hospital and straight into Milky Bars could be on Oliver


•THE Milky Bars are on me,” shouts the blond­ haired cowboy, as he throws bars of white choc­ olate to his pint-sized


friends. But will a Clitheroe


youngster get the chance COOKWARE DEPARTMENT


Quality Pans by Meyer, Circulon, Le Creuset, Prestige, Stellar and Inca Gold


to echo these famous words on the nation’s tele­


vision screens’! For Oliver Holgate (7),


of Pimlico Road, the opportunity to grab the glasses and cowboy hat is there for the taking on Sunday, when he auditions for the part of the "Milky


our new house.” Spokesman for Wimpey


Homes Jill Cleaver said: “We like to do what we can to help and the con- struction team was only too pleased to speed things


Cemfuel fact-finding


tour found reassuring


A delegation from the Ribble V alle> has been on a fact- finding tour of u Shel- field factory, where Castle Cement’s con­ troversial Cent fuel is manufactured.


CT h e K i b b 1 e Vai l e v


and Social Services Com­ mittee beard that several councillors and officers, as


ouncil’s Environmental


Bar Kid.”After being “strong and tough” with around 750 other children at Manches­ te r ’s Royal Exchange Theatre, Oliver has found himself in the national


finals in London. His mother, Mrs Lesley


Holgate, said they had queued for about three hours to audition and were shocked when he was


well as representatives ot local p re s su re group RATS: Residents Against


T o x i c W a s t e . Castle Cement and Dr Roberta Marshall, consultant in communicable disease con­ trol for East Lancashire Health Authority, visited Safety Kleen, one of three suppliers of Cemfuel to Castle's Ribblesdale plant.


selected for the final. She explained: “I was


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surprised. He has got quite spiky hair and the rest of the boys in the queue really looked like the ‘Milky Bar Kid.’ ’’ Mrs Holgate entered


Ribbl director


M r David Morris, the l-


Valley Council’s of environmental


services, told the meeting that the group was given n guided tour of the Safety Kleen plant.


Oliver in the audition after reading a story in the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” seeking budding television stars with blond hair and blue eyes for the


30 hopeful young guns in the national contest being held at the Duke of York’s


part. Oliver is now just one of


Theatre. Of course, the big ques­


was quick to reply: now!”


tion is whether the famous white chocolate is Oliver's


a Clitheroe "kid” has found himself with a chance to


This is not the first time


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play the bespectacled


favourite bar. Mrs Holgate -•


C°Back in 1988, Andrew Kent, of Whalley Road, auditioned for the role, but


his hopes melted away when he was not selected


for the final. Two other Chtheroe


hopefuls at the time who suffered a similar fate were Richard Highland of Meadow View, and Shel­ don Salisbury, of Faraday


Avenue.Our picture shows Oliver preparing to take on the nation’s young who are all wanting


T g V their teeth into the “Milky


Bar Kid” role.


.icular interest was the comprehensive laboratory-


He commented: "Of par-


facilities, equipped with gas photospectronomy analysis machines. These machines provide accurate


analysis data of incoming solvents and final products


such as Cemfuel. The com­ pany reflected their ade- quate capability to analyse


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TOP TEK CYCLE SAFETY HELMETS


Adults, children and infants sizes


available, various colours From


and supply Centluel within required parameters.


“Most of the party con-


firmed that the' visit had been very informative and


reassuring,” he added. *


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up a little." So, if vou happen to see


a smiling stork circling above Mearley Syke, you now know the reason why!


way of doing things that people appreciate. It s


“It’s the old-fashioned


the time and effort put in by people who know what thev are doing, who have a lifetime’s experience of


their trade.


effort that we put in and shows that people still appreciate the personal touch, which is exactly what Clitheroe has to


offer." The news comes as no


surprise to Kibble A alle) residents, who already


value the quality of local shops and the friendly, personal service on offer from traders — and it will certainly do no harm


to the local economy, as even more tourists now f lo ck to sample the town’s much-publicised uniqueness.


MMlIllltiSt Stuart Kerr


An indecent assault on station


platform


POLICE are seeking a man who indecently


assaulted a 29-vear-old woman on the plat­ form of Clitheroe Rail­ way Station on Satur­


day night.T h e w o m a n w a s grabbed and indecently


assaulted from behind, while she was standing on the platform at around 7- 10 p.m. He then ran away


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from the station. The man is described as


white, approximately 5ft 10in., with dark collar- length hair. He was wear­ ing a knee-length dark overcoat, with dark or charcoal grey trousers. Anvone who may have


seen a man running from the station, or who was in the area at the time of the attack, should contact Clitheroe Police on 0282


CLITHEROE and Chip­


Local slant to mystery novel


ping feature in a new mur­ der-mystery novel by c r ime k i n g J o h n Wainwright.On a homeward journey


up the MG. private investi­ gator Harry Thompson comes to the aid of a dam­


sel in distress. Her prompt disappear-


himself.


S to rv ,” is published, priced at £14.99, by Little, Brown and Company.


The novel, “Murder „ , War medals


BURGLARS stole four first world war medals from a house on Buckshaw Terrace, Simonstone, at around 5 a.m. on Sunday. The medals, valued at


£40, had ribbons attached t o ’ t h em and we r e inscribed with a name and the words, "Shropshire


were a V ienna double­ wall clock, valued


it Infantry.” taken in the theft


at £300, and a grand­ daughter, freestanding clock, valued at £200.


anee raises questions and, when Harry receives threatening phone calls, he decides to take action


Sti31()l or the "Crimestop- pers” hotline on 0800 555111.


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