Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Ju ly Uth, HW 15 l i th e ro e J J J J 4 (E d i t o r i a l ), J J .U -1 ( A i t v e r t i s i i u / i ^ J i N j ^ d l J ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^


Chris is in a regal


position


BROUGHTON racing driver Chris Ward has moved into third place in the National Formula Ford 1000 Championship.


In his “ Centre of the


Kingdom” Mondiale, Chris improved his position after finishing a close second at the recent “Best ol Brit­ ish” meeting, held at Don-


nington Park. Tile race was stopped


after three laps, following an accident, and when res­ tarted was restricted to just four laps.


With verv little between


the first 'four drivers, everything depended on


the last lap. The chequered flag was


taken bv Gardner, with Chris just half a length behind and Kinsella in


third place. With the championship


at the halfway stage, Ward is now in third place (43 points), behind Kin­ sella (52) and Greensall


( S O ) .


Caravans raided at park


THfEVES raided three caravans, stealing prop­ erty valued at around


n.aOO, at the Twin Ghvll Caravan Park, Paythorne, between Monday and 1' ri- day of last week.


A F ide lity portable colour television and video


r e c o r d e r . a S h a r p microwave oven and a stereo radio cassette


player were among the property stolen from the first caravan. The total value was £7(10. A portable colour televi­


sion, a video recorder and a Sony cassette player,


valued' at £150, were sto­ len from the second caravan. The thieves also raided


a third caravan, stealing a microwave oven, a colour television and table lamp,


valued at £201. Clitheroe Police believe


the thefts are connected and anyone with informa­ tion should contact them on 0282 .S03101.


Don’t miss leaflet


RIBBLE VALLEY resi­


dents who have not received a copy of the Local Government Com­ mission’s green coloured consultation leaflet are asked to contact borough council officer Bill Alkcr. Mr Alker commented: " I f you have not received a


copy of the leaflet asking your opinions on the future of local government in Lancashire, please let me know, so that mgent action can he taken to get one for you as soon as possible.” _____________


BUDDING Kenneth


Branaghs and Emma Thompsons were put through their paces when an Oldham theatre


company visited the youngsters of Edtsford N u r s e r y S c h o o l ,


Clitheroe. The Green L ig h t


Theatre Company helped the pupils, during the workshop, to bring to life characters and the story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” the book by Eric Carle which they have been reading dur­


ing the term. Throughout the year,


s ince t he nurse ry opened, the pupils and their teacher, Miss Amanda Jones, have


been looking at mint beasts, such as caterpil- la r s , s p id e r s and butterflies.


The theatre company’s


workshop allowed the youngsters to mime unci


using the story of


the’ caterpillar, in group 1 with


performances and company members.


leaving the school this week, so the workshop


Several pupils are seho


Girls pull together for best success yet


ANOTHER royal occa sion for the Bowland Girlies tug-of-war team resulted in its finest achievement yet — as runner-up in the Young F a rm e r s ’ n a t ion a l


finals. Us third successive


ap p ea ran c e at the


Royal Show, at Stonc- leigh, in Warwickshire, has left the ladies deter­ mined to go back and


win it next year. We finished fourth


the first time wc went, third last year and s e cond thi s t ime around. We hope to move up another place next year and win it,’’said team member Nicola Alston.


To qualify for the


prestigious event, the local ladies had to over­ come the best teams m the county and then the North of England. But the Girlies, who have


experienced one or two changes in personnel from last year’s squad, won through both sec­ tions with the minimum of fuss, before repre­ senting Lancashire in the final heave-ho.


The first competition


was held at Garstang, where the team over­ came the challenges of Parbold, Vale of Lunc and Samlesbury. It thus qualified for the nnrlh-


cm area final at Kirk- ley Hall College, near Newcastle.


Competing against


teams from the Isle of Man, Durham, Cum­ bria, Yorkshire, Hum­ berside and Northum- b e r l a n d


a n d


Lancashire, the Bow- l and Girl ie s won through the tourna­ ment without losing an end.


Of the 10 teams in the


final showdown, its members performed brilliantly, winning the league of five teams to


q u a l i f y f o r semi-finnN.


t he Success there made


way for the last pull, but the opposing Essex ladies bravely heaved


home to victory. The Bowland Girlies


were sponsored by farm equipment company Agrigate, of Althum.


ACTORS BRING BOOK TO LIFE FOR PUPILS


Landlord’s horse romps home first


THE wise punter is sure to be backin W fl/illl; y ItUIUiOl ft o


Whallev landlord’s horse in its next race ^ i


»*• »*>•-’ - - — Mr Harry Barlow, of the


Swan Hotel, was delighted to watch his champion horse, named after his public house, pass the fin­ ishing post first at Ches­ ter's Roodee race course


oil Friday.


1 “ It is fantastic, it is my first win and Swan at Whalley has only been in three races,” Mr Barlow


said. Swan at Whalley not


only won the prestigious first place in the Alderford Maiden Stakes, it also scooped Mr Barlow £4,000


in prize money. Raced by Mr Gary


Carter, a jockey from Newmarket, the horse easily beat the rest of the field in the race and crossed the line with odds


of 0-1. Mr Barlow bought the


two-vear-old Swan at Whalley last September but the horse was forced


it romped home first in just its thiid outing on the turf.


rr__j. .. 4<in( h-L’ tlmvl i ting a


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to withdraw fiuni racing, following an injury. However, the future


now looks bright for Mr Barlow and his horse, which he hopes to enter in the Totes Supersprint at Redcarr, with a £100,000


prize. Mr Barlow believes he is . , .


fortunate to have a _ win­ ning horse so early in its career: “ I have just been very lucky to have won after three races.” Asked what goes into


making a prizewinning horse, he said: “ It is hard work on the part of the trainer, but luck on my


part.” Mr Barlow’ s future


plans in the racing game include sharing his lucky streak with Whalley locals. For in September he wants to form a syndi­ cate of local people and buy a horse to match the success o f Swan at


Whalley. Healthy prize | ENTRIES flooded in to


T, „ „ , . . , The free draw, featured in lhe’ month,


i the “Clitheroe Adveitis>ei attracte(i a bumper post- \ am’ T>mes for a c to c c to


relax with a friend at fa


Thorneyholme Hall Health p ni ‘,v _ I Spa for a day.


of cnU.ies an(i the win- j Cm.ter 0f


:, after


Trying to trace


long-lost friends


AN Austrian woman is trying to trace a Clitheroe couple she first met when a student 30 years ago. In a letter to the “Clith-


eroe A d v e r t is e r and Times,” Mrs Mathilde P i lc h , nee S ie g e l , explained that she regu­ larly visited Joyce and Derek Whittaker at their home in Kemple View. Mrs Pilch first met the


couple when she worked in their Accrington public house, the Derby Hotel, in 1967, before they moved to Clitheroe. She then stayed with them in Clith­ eroe during her university holidays and worked at the town’s Victoria Hotel. The last correspondence


I with the couple was in a letter saying they would


I be moving into a new house in another part of Clitheroe. It also said that Mrs Whittaker’s son from her first marriage, Mr Stephen Heslop, was get­


ting married. It is believed Mrs Whit­


taker will now- be about 56 and her husband a few years older.


! Mrs Pilch has unsuc- j cessfully tried to trace the : couple and is now appeal- i ing for information as to j t h e i r w h e re a b ou ts . Anyone with information


' can contact her at Flock- 1 ing 92, 8200 Gleisdorf,


t Austria. C B E E P A R K I N G E V m t r w H c n r


and a party, being held today, were excellent opportunities for them to


say goodbye. Our picture shows


them with members of the theatre company.


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She lives in the centre of the town and it seems


unlikelv that it was built there. Although there is no h o S o f i t hatching, both egg and nest have been


left in situ for display by the prou T0Ny c 0 OPER days normally '


Bashall Eaves. He hobbled along from Goosebutts Farm to see


them everv day, almost right up to the end, ami, “ nothnmedlately in sight, I would sometimes hear him


shout: “Fred, where are you, you old b— r. Of course, they soon came trotting over, because


he always had something for them. One has to admit that the field has got a bit run


down. A new tenant has now taken over. After graz­ ing and then manuring, he has left it to he fallow and recover for a while, so that the grass is now growing


quite well. This longer and rather tussocky structure suits


some ground nesting birds and I have been aware


that a pair of curlews has taken up residence. In fact one could not really miss them, because of the male s loud bubbling call, which sometimes goes on for an hour or more round about dusk. I suspect that t ey now have young, from the agitated nature of his behaviour whenever the carrion crows are nearby.


apaWwhe^the^are side'by'riJe^she hiTs ^rnarkedly


long bill. They winter on the coast and, when ' ^ S M S S worms deeper under the mud she is able to stay and continue building up her reserves for egg-laying in the breeding season to come, It is the shorter Dincu i «


Imecfoufenergy reserves, in search of somewhere warmer.


the shorter billed male who ns literally * T h e * c o n c e rn ^ ^ who ^ °w^ b e in 'S k t to look at an injured bird until she


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