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ter, while praising: . the exam, s u e - J cesses- ofhia^stu- - dents;.: has-: con.-' a d e m n e d t h e- current education t; climate of fear and ' despair.


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The warm cheery;, smile of a railway .; tick e t , collector made - such: a last-; ing impression on.


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everyone who met , him that-a special collection1 and unveiling cere- \ mony were made., to his memory.


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A >C 111 h e r o e' woman has seen more than: 2,000 couples married in Clitheroe.


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Ribble Valley MP, Nigeli Evans is backing a local widow,' crippled with arthritis, who has fallen foul of an exclusive park-; ing policy.


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Christmas lights get thumbs down


WHILE other towns across Britain switch ■ on their festive lights this Christmas, Glith-


by Sheila Nixon


. to traders’ hopes that the authority would accept responsibility for town-centre lightingdisplays. Last year, Clitheroe Chamber of Trade abandoned their 14-year stint of providing.festive lighting them- .


eroe will remain in darkness again. ;. For Ribble Valley Council on Tuesday dealt a blow


■ ■ selves, because new EC • rules outlawed, their-tradi- tional across-street displays on.the grounds they were. Y*-dangerous.*:,?'


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' :, the example of all neighbouring councils1.— by purchas- . ing and • erecting- attractive festive lighting. display- in -


-. Cfitheroe’8,main-Btreets i in time for Christmas shopping.


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.Clitheroe Mayor Coun.-irStephen;Holt-outlined-the V case for- the town, calling on .Ribble .Valley.' to .follow ■


Coun. Holt’s plea, .after councillors from several vil­ lages objected to Chtheroe being singled out for special


But members voted by 21 to 14 not to support


-ber of Trade, Mrs Jean Jackson, said: -."Traders are. very disappointed by this decision.Unfortunately it means that Clitheroe will be in darkness again;-,


rthe meeting; vice-chairman ofClitheroe'.Cham- , to have it in place by December,9th.


::'.v.vDuring-',the'.'debate in the council chamber, Coun. Holt pleaded for the council toidentify funding from this year’s budget for Clitheroe’s lighting scheme and


help this year.The objectors maintained'that it; would ;be unfair to, favour1 Clitheroe>and,not :Longridge;.,WhalIey, or , CS


has to compete with the likes of Blackburn,..Burnley, Preston ana. Accrington. If the events of last year are


“Particularly in the lead-up to Christmas, Chtheroe . ,


i attractive,inviting and encouraging people from other ■ areas to spend their money in the borough; We cannot ■ expect people to come and spend in the area if there is


. "Like- it or not,- Ribble Valley Council does have, responsibility, for tourism-and economic, development in Clitheroe and the whole.of the valley.The provision •of Christmas street lighting, makes the town centre


repeated this year; Clitheroe doesn’t stand a chance.


nothing to attract them. ., “ When you look at the towns I have already men­ tioned, you will find that the borough , councils in all


■ “I admit there is going to be a cost to this authority, but I would prefer to consider it to be an investment— ■ in the economy of the borough.” ,


' ing their local economies. T consider it is time that this council did the same thing.’’,


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street lighting extended to cover such as Longridge and Whalley in the years ahead.


THE FINEST RANGE OF LIGHTING. LAMPSHADES. AND FURNISHING FABRICS IN THE AREA,


INCLUDING HAND PAINTED BASES BY 'SIIXGATE1 • AND INTERIOR FURNISHING FABRICS BY G.P. AND • J.BAKER., PARKERTEX, J.A B. SANDERSONS,


TABBYCAT AND OTHER LEADING MANUFACTURERS n e w ;


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ISILKGATEl BASES NOW IN STOCK.


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Rare silver chalice s to le n f r o m fa i r


A RARE silver chalice, worth £15,000, has been stolen from a ; stall a tan antiques fair at Ston-, yhurst College.


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1 ;Shawe'ibrought the wilier goblet, ........... “


WELL CHOSEN MATERIALS NEEDN'T MEAN GREAT.EXPENSE; COME AND; SEE JANH CLARE^WILBE PLEASED’ s ^M tam u » jA N B i 'A D y isE jY o u& iM (


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would: be. impossible to sell it-to a - * legitimate dealer.


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-• knowledgeable' enough,to know .that x. ; .its only possibihiy of sale was abroad,' -yj th e y are.concerned■ that- th e piece may be thrown away when it is disco­ vered how valuable it is.


: recover the'missing goblet..'If the piece was not taken by Bomeone


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.. Oliver; Cromwell and, one of the great - 1 4-battles'ot that war.:' ;iV4;5b lACsf if-: »


a nplace slocally- associated-wit $> • $ . ' War . diaappearin ' something' thatV.


The police are anxious for; any information whichinught help them to


“ crib at the Castle entrance and a Christmas tree out­ side the library and would also be financing,the flood­


He pointed out - Chtheroe Town Council would be providing its usual displays — a Christmas tree and


; feet to object to funding for. Clitheroe, branding Coun. Holt’s plea as “ill-conceived at this stage’’.,He said it


lighting of the parish church. • Coun; Dave -Smith (Longridge) was first on his


seemed as though Clitheroe was saymg that “we are the biggest town in the Ribble Valley, therefore we need it.7’ He accepted the fact that Clitheroe was the


centre of the borough and was a beautiful and vibrant town. But Coun. Holt’s plea was very . ill-timed as money was very scarce.


Coun. Myra Clegg (Wiswell and Pendleton), who '•is chairman of the Recreation.and Leisure Commit-


; out of a total budget of only £50,000. If the committee > funded the lighting, scheme then it could not provide 1 grants for its other commitments.


:tee which would-have to foot the bill, said a lighting display for Chtheroe would cost in the region of £30,000


■ that next year there would be further restrictions to the budget.


Council leader Coun.- Chris Holtom (Wilpshire) also said the the council had no.spare capacityiand warned


• Coun. Holt said he wouldlike to see the provision of ..V-


of those areas actually provide festive .lighting. They have acknowledged the importance it plays m enhanc-


C. He died following an incident after a Law Society . .-. ____ family. Since April; Mr and Mrs Taylor and their solicitor .. ; Y ^S-SiV^ We still don’


AN almost unprecedented meeting with the Crown Prosecution Service has resulted in a. no-change situation for local parents Mr Gordon Taylor and his wife, Pat.


■ The couple travelled to London on Monday with their solicitor, Mr John Houldsworth, hoping to discover the. truth behind the death of their son, Mark.


of Mark, (29); then four months later, the . charge was dropped without any detailed explanation to the


hristmas party in London, last December. A man was initially charged with the murder


; by Vivien Meath ■


have been trying to find out how much evidence the CPS had and why the charge was dropped. At the time, lack of evidence was the reason given.


family had been given yet another version of events leading up to the death of their son. “That is the third version we have now heard,” she claimed.


At home on Tuesday, Mrs Taylor said that the


MP Mr Nigel Evans and the Lord Chancellor’s Office in their quest for the truth, resulting,in Monday’s appointment in London.


The couple and their solicitor had approached Mrs Taylor, of Mytton View, Clithcroe, said that why our son died’ t know


she hoped their experiences would pave the way for an improvement in the treatment of families of vic­


tims in future.- g The couple are already working with the help


with the CPS as “a minor victory for victims” adding that it was one of the few occasions in which the CPS had listened to and imparted infor­ mation to those left behind. .


will be meeting other victims this week. ■ Mr Houldsworth described Monday’s appointment


; his practice would continue to fight for the fair : treatment of victims of crime.


He stressed that he still felt that the Taylors had been badly treated throughout and added that he and


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THIS happy school picture is of Jasmine Valo- vin and her proud cider brother, Jake. Jasmine is suffering from a complaint which led to her having a stroke before she was five. To help with the treatment she needs, gener­


the Ribble Valley. It has the qualify and range of shops to attract visitors travelling by car, bus and train from a large catchment area.


, He said: "Clitheroe is the principal shopping town m


ous regulars at a local pub have raised £850. For more about their efforts and about Jasmine and her family, turn to page 16.


Langhoman iii court on


drug charges


A LANGHO man has appeared before magis­ trates, accused of supplying drugs to a 16- year-old, who was found dead in bed a t the


weekend.


a t the family home in Lowerfield; .Langho, on Sunday.


Gareth Noon was found dead by his father „ - „ „ , _


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appeared before Blackburn magistrates on Tuesday when he was granted b a il.,


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with intent to supply; supplying heroin to Gareth Noon; possession of Temazepam with intent to supply;: and .supplying -Temazepam,


He is charged with possession of heroin,


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