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pictu.re.
A IM CTO RIAL look at the project th a t has Beginning clockwise Blackpool P le a su re the construction of the swept up Clitheroc join- front above, our photo- Beach, including llu1 sta- world s ta les! rollercoas- ers Roger and P ete r graphs show ... . ter reveals the scale of Hargreaves.
• A panoramic view of Hargreaves and their I e a m a r e
tion building where the
j o i n e r y working.
Jook at the UK’s top tour ist a t tra c t io n , where attendances are set to rise to 7.8 million in 11)1)1 with the opening of the tallest, fastest rollercoas ter in the world.
the skull they recently helped make for another p le a s u r e b e a c h attraction. • And, finally, another
structure towers above the group of local joiners who are shown here with Blackpool P le a su re Beach senior projects m a n a g e r Mr David Mercer and chief engi neer and deputy general manager Mr Keith Bur g e s s , who liv e s in Clitheroc. • The H arg re av e s brothers clown around in
"The Pepsi Max Big One,” which will have a first drop from 2:if>ft. at tut angle of lift degrees, gives prospective passen gers a taste of the terrify ing ride ahead. • The mammoth steel
• A bird’s eye view of
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E a s ie r for anglers
FISHERMEN in the Kib ble Valley will now find it easier to cast off, due to a new licence distribution scheme. The National Kivers
Authority has announced that, from March Mth, rod fishing licences will he on sale at all 17,01)0 post o f f ic e s th ro u g h o u t England and Wales. This will increase by eightfold the number of outlets where anglers tire able to buy licences. Under the new agree
ment, post offices will he handling the distribution and sales of the full pack age of the authority’s licences for coarse fish, non-migratory trout, salmon and sea trout.
H AI .TO N GILL was the destination for the Clith- eroe Ramblers' Group on Sunday.
Cool ram ble
in the Horton-in-Ribbles- dale area, is on February 27th, leaving the Waterloo Car Park at 9-30 a.m.
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A RENAULT Turbo sto- ien from the car park of the Brown Cow, Chat- burn, was later found in Bacup, where the vehicle had run out of petrol.
along the ridge to Sugar Loaf and Horsehead, where a short break was taken before the return. The group’s next walk,
New Heselden was fol lowed by a stiff climb into the cold east wind of Old Cote Moor, where lunch was taken in the shelter of the boundary wall. Good time was made
The riverside path to
THKKK was a steady trade in all animals during Thursday's sale at Ghsburn Auction Mart. F orward were 72 newly
Gisburn Auction Mart prices 1,dud sia-ip, .ueiuoijig i,-tdo
calved dairy cows and heifers.. Cows: First quality made to
£1,320 (average £1,187.70), second to £1,050 (£022.50). Heifers: F ir s t qua lity to £1,-110 (£1,215), second to £1,050
(£097.25). T h e re w e re 127 c a lv e s
£330. Calves: Charolais X bulls to
forward. Top price: D. Moorhouse,
£300 (£275), heifers to £182 (£148), Limousin X bulls to £300 (£234.45), heifers to £210 (£107),
X2G8 (£233), Hereford X bulls to £144 (£138), Friesian X bulls to £190 (£153.70), heifers to £228 (£202.50), Angus X bulls to £170 (£124.G5), heifers to £140 (£105). Forward In the fatstock sec-
Belgian Blue X bulls to £285 (£201.15), heifers to £240 (£209), Simmcntal X bulls to £330 (£235), heifers to £210 (£172.50). Blonde d’Aquitainc X bulls to
hoggs, 22 shearlings and 348 ewes and rams. Bulls: Continental light to
(125.bp), medium to ‘ 155.8p (
123.Gp), heavy to 122.2p (118.3p). Chief prices: Top selling — It.
(13G.7n), other light to 150.8p
lG9.2p (143.5p), medium to lG8.8p (133.7p), heavy to 158.8p (130.2p), other light to 119p (112.7p), medium to 119.2p
Cowperthwaite, £
87G.GG. Top kilo — J. E. Burrow, 470kg at 17G.2p, £828.14. Steers: Continental light to
109.8p (133.5p), medium to lG7.8p (129.7p), heavy to 174.8p (130.3p), medium to 130.8p (113.8p), heavy to 127.2p (10G.2p).
tion were 588 cattle, including 9 young bulls, 242 steers ami heifers, 1G7 cows and bulls, and
E. M. Baldwin, 515kg at 174.8p, £900.22. Cows: Grade 1 to 134.8p (118.2p), Grade 2 to 107.8p
Chief prices: Top selling — S. Fairclough, £923.52. Top kilo •
(
118.Gp), heavy to 124.8p (117.7»). Heifers: Continental light to -
IGO.Sp (144.8p), medium to 17G.2p (141.6p), heavy to 153.8p
(9 3 .Gp), Giutiu J to d'J.dp (81.8p), Fe ed in g to 98 .8p (87.8p).
overweight to 87.Ip, shearlings to 85.3p (
78.lt)), half bred ewes to £40.80 (£29.35), horned to £38.20 (£24.55), rams to £44.80 (£35.30).
(100.Ip), standard to 117.9p (105.7])), heavy to lOOp (94.Ip),
tion were 39.7G tonnes of straw, with barley straw making to £G0 per tonne and wheat straw to £54.
Forward in the produce sec
average of 237.5p, standard to 242p (238.92p), medium to 244.6p (
239.Gp), heavy to an average of 234p, ewes to 109.5p. Bulls: C o n tin en tal to an average of 230]), Friesian to a
212p average. Fig (baconers) made to 84]).
West Electronic Auction were 1,433 sheep, including GO ewes, 18 young bulls and 35 pigs. Sheep: Light hoggs to an
Forward at the Beacon North
(117.8p). Sheep: Super light hoggs to *4p (87.7p), light to 11*.
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