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I p i o n s h i p s , but local skating duo John and Lisa Dunn secured a personal triumph — by t a k in g eighth place.


Torvill and Dean m a v w ell h a v e grabbed the lime­ light at the British Ice Dance Cham-


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There should be action soon on the Clitheroe Auction Mart scheme, as councillors decide to give it financial priority in their budget.


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ing a Clitheroe pensioner. Clitheroe-born Joe Mas- ters (52) was sentenced to


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death in 190-1 for the capi­ tal murder of Mr James Littler (75), of Derby


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Wormwood Sc rubs, wh :aped fr where from by Stewart Pimbley he was serving a sentence


for -arson and theft, «" Thursday — only months before he was due to be officially released. The murder case made


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the time of the crime, pleaded guilty at Lanca- shire Assizes to murder, but denied committing the crime in the course or fur­ therance of theft. The jury found the coal- roundsman guilty of capi­ tal murder after they heard him admit to attack­ ing retired bricklayer Mr Littler in his kitchen, when he was “on edge and hotted up.” He said the incident


selection procedure last year.


£3,000 — and he is determined to raise every penny of it himself! Ben (21), of Lancsidc


Cottage, has been selected for a Raleigh


community and environmental project, after a rigorous


his first steps towards the necessary fund-raising, holding a coffee morning at his mother’s home. The event, supported by familv and friends, raised £301).


On Saturday he took


taking rather more steps towards his


At Easter, he will be by Vivien Meath


target, running all the Lake District peaks over 3,000 ft, a distance of 46 miles.


sponsors and his back-up team will include members of his family, particularly his sister, Nancy, who may yet decide to tackle the


He is looking for


arduous challenge with him.


Ben, who only found out that he had been successful in the selection procedure


Time is short for


towards the end of December. The money


technical illustration student at Birmingham University, that means every minute of his spare time has to be devoted to studies and fund-raising.


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is no stranger to challenges. With an extremely supportive family behind him, he is looking forward to all that the expedition


Ben, who is dyslexic, to Siberia holds. o S b e r ia h o ld s .


Ann Moyle: “He would like to thank everyone


for their support on Saturday, particularly


sponsor Ben on his Lake District challenge


Anyone wishing to


can contact him on Clitheroe 441515.


Said his mother, Mrs


the shopkeepers who gave tombola prizes and donated towards the event.”


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Roefield request


THE financial problems of Roefield Leisure Centre are to be addressed at an extraordinary meeting to be set up by Clitheroe


for extra funding


Town Council. Chairman of the Roe­


field committee Mr Ron Pickup has continually approached both Ribble Valley Borough Council and Clitheroe Town Coun­ cil to provide more funding for the running of the centre, without which, he fears, the facility will have


to close.Clitheroe town council­


lors agreed that a meeting should be a r ran g e d


between themselves and representatives of the Roefield management committee and Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council. Said Coun. Bert Jones:


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e absconds from Wormwood Scrubs 30 years_after murder


“We could act as the cata­ lyst to bring these three bodies together and try a n d s o r t o u t the


problems.” Clitheroe Mayor Coun.


Howel Jones hoped that a meeting could be set up before the end of the month.The management com­ mittee of Roefield Leisure Centre is currently pre­ paring a presentation to the Ribble Valley Borough Council in an attempt to attract more financial support.


Mr Pickup said that the committee hopes to offer


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the report to the next meeting of the Ribble Val­ ley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee.


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THE decision whether or not to allow C a s tle Cement to reactivate and extend Bellman Quarry has been put back yet


after serving 15 years. His parole licence was


revoked in 1984 and he was sent back to prison, after being convicted of arson and theft. Another, escape in 1986 was short­ lived, as police picked him up after just one night


out-


week, Masters was in a pre-release hostel, which allowed him to work out­ side the prison in the day­ time and return at night. The deputy governor of


Until absconding last i .


took place because Mr Littler had laughed at him when he asked for a loan and “came out nasty” about his girlfriend being pregnant. It took the jury almost


Wormwood Scrubs, Mr Gareth Davies, told the “Clitheroe Advertiser and


Times" that Masters had been under the halfway house scheme, which would have meant his release in six months’


three hours to reach the decision which ultimately left Masters waiting in the death cell for six weeks, facing the prospect of exe­ cution at Liverpool Prison. His so l ic i to r then


ning out for Masters and it seemed inevitable that he would be executed. Then a petition bearing thousands of names, from the


Time was rapidly run­ UWv • ** *1 w * Abolition of Capital Pun


time.Mr Davies said Masters would be fully aware that absconding at such a time would affect his chances of being released early. The Home Office’s


appealed to the High Court on the grounds that there was a defect in the judge's original summing up, but this failed.


Is this the real-life TV family?So


IS this the family that inspired the “posh h alf of the TV series The Riff-Katl


:rent .............................- . ..


E'\VeCdis'co ve red them at their farmhouse home in Slaidburn, celebrating a rat^ r dif­ ferent achievement, the launch of former


di:_i___,, xtiz-hnol Wenncr’s memoirs j plomat Mic ael Wenner’ memo -------------------------------


U Discover for yourself the connection between the Wenner family and the T\ Tundish family by turning to page 1- for Vivien Meath’s review of the memoirs.


Star spot tonight on ‘The Fun House’


- ------ ON TV tonight is “The


Fun House’r— and so a r e R i b b l e s d a l e County High School pupils Jennifer Taylor and Gavin Stamp! The two 12-year-olds


prison department was also asked about the inci­ dent, but was unaware that it had taken place. Insp. Steve Shepherd,


spent three days at Scot­ tish TV in November, filming for the popular


slapstick comedy series. Ribblesdale School in


of Blackburn Police, reas­ sured the public, saying: “We don’t think he is dan­ gerous, but it is best that th e p u b 1 i c> d o e s n ’t


U1 i ia iu c s , * * u •" National Campaign for the


ishment, was submitted to Home S e c re ta ry Mr


Henry Brook. Only 72 hours before


approached earlier in the year by the television com pany and 12 students were auditioned by the


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approach him." Masters is described as


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Masters was due to be e x e c u t e d ,


having a dis t in ct iv e appearance, with grey col­ lar-length hair and a grey moustache. He is 5ft 8in and of slim build. Anyone with any infor­


reprieved and sent Dartmoor Prison to serve sentence.


he was to


a life sentence. He was the 51212).


Police warning to be on guard against bogus social workers


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POLICE are warning people to be on their guard, after two bogus social workers tried to get a Clitheroe mother to hand ove r he r


children. The mother became


|a woman, saying they were from the Social Ser-


suspicious when a man and


vices department, asked her to hand over the children.She said she would


check their identity with the department, but they told her the department was shut. Then the^mother said she would ring the police and the couple left.


• The woman is described as white, between 25 and


30 years old, 5ft. 3in. tall, with brown shoulder- length hair. She was wear­ ing large multi-coloured frame glasses and a red trouser suit.


The man was Asian,


between 20 and year old and 6ft. tall, with dark


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short hair and a handlebar moustache. He was wear-


green Vauxhall Astra, fol­ lowed by a white Ford iniUSH')


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transit, following the inci- dent, which took place at


Lancashire area in recent years.


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1-30 p.m. last week. . Chief Inspector Michael


Bourne, of Clitheroe Police, said there had been a number of similar inci­ dents reported in the East


He warned: “Parents should be on their guard, g — ........— gua .


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iiand over their children. They should then contact


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vices Department has expressed concern at the incident and explained that all social workers carry official id e n t i­


Lancashire Social Ser­ „ et a description and don’t


there is any doubt about the identity of a caller, the person should refuse entry and contact the police or the social services office to verify the caller’s identity.


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worker would be offended if entry was refused for


. “No bona fida social


this reason.” _ Anyone who is unsure


fication.A spokesman said: it Office (0200 25146). %


. moonwnwH, uvi un p lw u it , not to m.rton«a»n*


about a caller’s .identity should contact Clitheroe Police (0282 863161) or Clitheroe Social Services


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and Gavin were selected from the 12 and spent


Subsequently, Jennifer


three days in Scotland, t tr av e ll in g f r om


mation about his where­ abouts should contact Blackburn Police (0254


Leeds/Bradford Airport with Mr Kevin Leeman, one of th e sch o o l’s teachers.. The three were accom­ modated at the Hospitality


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inn, with all expenses paid, while filming took place at the Scottish TV


studios. The popular programme


involves four contestants, two in each team, compet­ ing against each other in


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with lots of prizes. To see how they got on,


Clitheroe was one of 24 involved throughout the c o u n t r y .


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watch to n ig h t’s pro­ gramme, at 4-40 p.m., on ITV.Pictured are Jennifer and Gavin with pro­ gramme host Pat Sharp.


again.A County Hall spokes­ man said on Tuesday it was "highly unlikely” that the matter would come before Lancashire County Council’s Development Control Sub-committee on F e b r u a r y S t h , as


scheduled. Castle Cement’s applica­


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