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Pollution over the burning of Cem-


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Senseless vandals have struck again, this time causing i’2,U00 of damage by hurling paving stones in a Clith­ eroe street.


— —■page lli R e t i re d v i c a r


Denis McWilliam is peda 11ing a vision of the Kib­ ble Valley as a cycling paradise.


A local advertising agency is annoyed that it was not asked to tender for a council job.


—1 page 11


A f ru s t r a t e d motorist who had difficulty finding a t o w n p a r k i n g space has sug­ gested the erec­ tion of signs stat­ ing: “Clitheroe — Motorists Keep Out!"


— page 7


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A GLANCE Soccer special


French boy flown in to boost young soccer team hopes


___ by Max Gardner


chester United soccer star — is being flown back to the Kibble Valley to boost the cup final hopes of a local junior team.


skills made an impact on his junior team-mates when he spent six months in the Kibble Valley recently on an exchange visit.


boy Valentin Labonne, whose fancy footballing


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CLITHEROE’S very own Eric Cantona — a 10 -year-old fellow countryman of the Man­


The red carpet is being Valentin, who returned unrolled and dusted off in to France only last month,


Ooh, aah, our Cantona makes a comeback


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employing the services of a foreign ringer, for Valentin exhibited his skills as a regular for the club throughout the win­ ter. He in fact extended his visit by a few days in order to play in the won­ derful league victory over Blackburn’s West End United, a team which had not been beaten in over 20 matches.Valentin is a popular member of the Under 1 Is team, whose exploits have been regularly reported on our sports pages. He was in bed when Mrs Hibbert rang to tell his parents the good news, but a subse­ quent phone call found the


from the town of Niort, in Western France, came to stay in the Ribble Valley as part of an exchange visit.


Thomas Woods and will be is only one of a handful staying there again on his in the country, reputedly return.


both highly mobile and


language, Valentin stayed 1 o b u r y C h i l d r e n ’s with the family of Wad- Hospital, dington and West Brad- The special wheelchair, ford CE School pupi l dubbed a “kerb crawler,"


th e opportunity to experience life in another country and learn a new


Under the scheme, which gives young people


youngster "over the moon" with joy. Valentin, who comes


"The Mail on Sunday,” having read the "Adver­ tiser and Times" exclusive story on Valentin, con­ tacted Mr Hibbert and agreed to pay Wolves half tick the amount towards the The under 11s are not


et.


tiser and Times,” Mr Hih­ bert, who is also the under I ts manager, said: “ I brought together all the managers in the club and it was a unanimous deci­ sion to pay for Valentin’s ticket so he could play in the final.” National n e ws pa p e r


charismatic youngster hack for the game came from club founder Mr George Hihbert. Speaking to the "Adver­


is being flown back — all expenses paid — on Fri­ day to play in the Clith­ eroe Wolves under Its league Knockout Clip final at Accrington Stanley’s Crown Ground on Sunday. The idea to bring the


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R o v e r s b o s s in a b ig


by Theresa Robson


A C L I T H E R O E y o u n g s te r is f re e ­ wheeling his way to happiness this week, after meeting football ace Kenny Dalglish and receiving a state- o f - th e -a r t e le c tr ic wheelchair.


Turner Street, met the Blackburn Rovers boss at the club’s Ewood Park home on Friday.


wi t h t h e i’ 2 , 5 0 0 wheelchair.


totally unaware that lie was going to meet Mr Dalglish and he presented


He was taken to Ewood, .V


presented with the wheel­ chair, which was donated by the Manchester branch of national fund-raising group “Friends’ of Muscu­ lar Dystrophy.”


Once there, he chatted with Mr Dalglish and was


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SHAUN tries out his new wheelchair, helped by Kenny Dalglish Muscular dystrophy is a


Now he can get about on his own. He is much more independent.”


its well as in. We used to push Shaun everywhere.


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hereditary disease which Amicable split for Whalley traders


Glitheroe. J ■


the chamber’s Whalley branch, members unani-. mously moved to become i n d e p e n d e n t f rom


A SPLIT in Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade has been described as “amica­ b le ” by W h a lley branch members at a meeting last week. During the meeting of


Candy, said:, “It was felt that the two towns had separate identities, with different problems facing local traders.” Apar t f rom re p re ­


by the chamber, new chairman Mrs Joyce Hol­ gate explained that Whal­ ley traders could best be served by having their own association. Mrs Holgate, of Abbey


In a press release issued


senting its members on business issues, the new association will arrange social events, including the Chr i s tma s Pickwick Night.


thank the Clitheroe Cham­ ber of Trade for its help over the years and again stressed that the decision


Mi’s Holgate went on to


was amicable. She added: “It is simply for the pur­ pose of representing


Whalley members more effectively.” Responding to news of


the split, Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade president Mr Peter Favell said it had been antici­ pated. He said: "We feel the Whalley branch is coming of age. It is some­ thing we saw a few years ago. Mr Fa.vell explained that the chamber felt no


animosity at the split and wished the Whalley group luck in the future.


Ribble Valley chambers could be a future venture for the area, he added.


.which has as its secretary Mr Michael Armstrong, of


The Whalley chamber,


R. M. Armstrong and Co, will be meeting m the next few months.


Muscular dystrophy suf­ ferer Shaun Martin (10), of


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Jazz Rand, which will hail the arrival of hundreds of walkers from every corner of the vallev.


Parrott, is being held to show the Local Government Commission that local folk do not want the area carved up under the forthcoming local government shake-up.


The bumper event will include live jazz, from the Pendle


as well as lea and coffee later in the afternoon. Other attractions will include face painting, a bouncy


hundreds of balloons will he released simultaneously anti major prizes offered to both the sender and returner of the one (ravelling the furthest.


castle, a tombola, a disco and special guest speakers. A CARVE balloon competition will lie held, where


at the Clitheroe Castle gates as the walkers arrive, after which they will be led to the bandstand by Clithcroe Town Crier Mr Roland Hailwood. The walkers will be provided with orange juice on arrival,


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Speakers will include broadcaster and angler Mr Martin James and Kibble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans, who will


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In recognition of the Riff Raff drama fails to win


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It failed to win the coveted title hut. as the new series entered its second week, it will undoubtedly


I HE popular TV series made and created in the Kibble Valley, "The Riff Raff Element,” was nomin­ ated for a BA FTA award on Sunday night. Millions of TV viewers saw the programme nomin­


This is not the first time


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