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Ri bbl e Val l ey f a t h e r s f o r m RACK pressure group to f ight injustices of Child Support Agency,


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Marathon walker 1 v a n p r o v e s unbeatable in rais- ing fu n d s for charity.


— — page 9 Why Clithet’oe is just the job when it comes to finding work. — — —.page 3 Tent nightmare for Guides in knife attack.


IT’S the club everyone is talking about — and it starts right here in your “ C l ith e ro c Ad vertiser and


Times” this week. It is our Quids in Cluh. a new idea (rom the news­ paper which wins national newspaper promotion


‘'Ymb'jmlging by the number of people who hji'V alretulv "signed up” for their personalised Quids in


Club cards, it looks as if another winner is on the way — with the main beneficiaries again being von,


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beauty and nail treatments, a half-price car wash, 10% off our photographic sales, 57c off reader holi­


you are a dull member . . . well, you certainly could be quids in. The main purpose of the Quids in Club, however,


jackpot prize. This launch bonanza will last for 12 weeks.


dreds of pounds— five lots of £10 every week exclu­ sively to “Advertiser and Times” readers and, once a month, joining with sister papers the “Burnley Express” and Leader-Times Newspapers, for a £100


But that is not all: in a simple competition to launch tile Quids in Club we are giving away hun­


Watch out next week for the competition and, if


Clitheroe area — are becoming interested in the scheme and we are hoping to publish eventually


More and more traders — many of them in the


a discount directory, which will he an open sesame to some wonderful offers throughout Burnley, I’en- dle and the Kibble Valley.


in the application form and send if off to us quickly. After that, you can start saving — or winning — £££s straight away.


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Blackburn's chief executive invites members of the Campaign Against Ribble Valley’s Extinction to dis­ cuss boundary change issues,


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Fightback as crime wave threatens to engulf shops


TRADERS in the Ribble Valley are being forced to turn their shops into fortresses in a bid to combat the area’s increasing crime.


future.Ken Varey’s specialist outdoor shop, in New Market Street, Clitheroe, has suffered at the hands of criminals who have attempted several times over the last year to break into his shop. Another window smash­


caused by attempted break-ins in the area is forcing shopkeepers to r e c o n s i d e r t h e i r


The cost and trouble


Story by Stewart Pimbley Pictures by John Barry


mayed at the latest break- in attempts that he has considered bricking up his windows to prevent them being smashed. He explained his disgust


ing attack at the Sabdcn Treacle Mines, around the same time, only served to increase the area’s vandal­ ism figures. Hardly had the dust set­


Mr Vare.v is so dis­


allow his son, Matthew, to take charge for part of the week. However, due to the


at the continuing attacks on his shop: “1 ant really sick and tired of it — we have had it just so often.” Mr Varey estimated


present situation, Mr Varey feels the best solu­ tion would be to shut down the shop altogether. He said: “I would love to sell the stock and close down.” Another Ribble Valley


tled when Whalley Cricket Club made a report of con­ siderable damage at its club house on Tuesday morning. At the weekend. Mr


trying to break in.


that he has spent £10,000 on securing his premises with the latest technology in security alarms, steel bars and shutters. The break-in attempts


business which has felt the brunt of the crime wave is


the Sabden Treacle Mines. Since September, the


Varey’s shop was hit twice, on Friday and Saturday, when windows were smashed hv thieves


have also taken their toll on Mr Varey’s health, which is suffering due to the in-ceased stress of having to look after his business 21 hum's a day. Mr Varey, whose fam­


ily-run shop has been open for 10 years, was hoping to enjoy more spare time and


treacle mine factory has had its windows smashed in 12 separate attacks by vandals. 0 w n e r M r Bi l l


Dewhurst says these attacks have not only been costly in financial terms, but also in the time it has taken his staff to clean up the damage. He described the persis- • continued on page 11


WHALLEY CRICKET CLUH groundsman Mr Jim Rudd (left) and club chairman Mr Malcolm Douglas looking at the destruction behind the club house bar


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A CALDERSTONES’ minibus spun oul of control in snow-co­ vered Burnley yester­ day, killing a passen­ g e r and ser ious ly


injuring another. The accident occurred at


10 a.m. on Greenhead Lane, near Barden I.ane, after the vehicle hit a tree. The dead passenger was


THE crash scene and the devastated vehicle .


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Griffiths case at court


THE trial of the Kibble Valley investment consul­ tant charged with the theft of more than £1 mil­ lion from clients opened at .iverpool Crown Court


this week. Roger Griffiths (45), for­


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merly of Stocks House, Bolton-by-Rowland, has pleaded not guilty to steal­ ing from 32 investors.


to have been committed between January 19S8 and the end of September 1991, while he was operat­ ing the financial consul­ tancy Roger A. Griffiths and Co. (Investment, Management and Finan­ cial Planning) in Bolton-by Bowland.


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believed to have been a Calderstones resident, cn route to an outpatient appointment at Burnley General Hospital. Firemen fought for 50


minutes to free the driver of the minibus, who was trapped in the wreckage, before he was taken to Burnley General.


commented afterwards that the condition of one of the people involved in the a c c id en t was “ very serious."


A hospital spokesman Pictures by Julian Brown


a Calderstones Hospital employee, were also taken to Burnley General suf­ fering minor injuries.


Two others, one of them


chief executive, Mr James Abbott, said he was “sad­ dened” by news of the accident. He commented: “This


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day that Griffiths, of New Road, Earby, had been entrusted with £1 million to invest, but that every penny had disappeared within three-and-a-half years. The prosecution alleged that the defendant used the money for his own personal needs and that his clients received nothing.


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MAN DIES AFTER ROW ESCORT


A CLITHEROE man col­ lapsed and died from a heart attack, following a row with his wife on Friday.


of Mr John Smithson (GO), in Henthorn Road, after reports of a domestic


Police went to the house


dispute. His body was found at


the house and his wife, Gilda (37), w en t with


police to assist them with enquiries. She was allowed home from Colne police station later the same night.


eroe A d v e r tise r and heart attack.


Times," Det. Insp. Ted Norris said a post-mortem had been canned out by a Home Office pathologist on Friday night.


Speaking to the “Clith- ■J'


mortem had revealed the cause of death to be a


The results of the post­


allayed any rumours con­ cerning the death, saying: "No suspicious circum­ stances surround the death and police enquiries h a v e n o w b e e n


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