Clitheroe.2232b (Editorial), 2232S (Advertising). Burnley 1,22881 (Classified)


PLANS for four garages to be built to reduce parking problems in Bashall Eaves were rejected after borough councillors read a report saying it could not be proved that they


Garages plan turned down


were needed. Planning committee


A FORMER Shaw- b r i d g e fo otball favourite with a streak of the devil inside him has had his practical joke re-paid, with door


Knobs on! When Mr Paul McGuire,


a staunch Manchester United fan, next pays a visit to the loo, his pre­ mier seat will be facing a


flossy blue and white-


alvea Blackburn Rovers door, but he will be seeing


red! Three of his “friends”


waited a year and three months to repay the prac­ tical joke he played on them , when th e Red Devils of Manchester United pipped Blackburn Rovers for the Premier League Championship in


1994. On the night of United’s


Pimpernel, and trimmed


success he stole out from his home, like the Scarlet


up the houses — in red and white — of three prominent Clitheroe tra­ desmen and Rovers fans — Mr Roger Hargreaves, Mr Ken Ward and Mr Roger Sagar. As the three friends


faced the new day a little down in the mouth, they opened th e ir doors to receive a kick between their teeth. First of all, they picked


which they were asked to toast United’s success. But, if th a t were not enough for them to stom­ ach, th ey were th en greeted by the red and white trimmings on their vehicles and houses.


up from their doorsteps a b o t t le of Manches ter United “champagne” — cheap red plonk — with


Visit by an ex-bishop


A FORMER bishop of C o lc h e s te r was th e preacher at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, on Sunday morning. Bishop Michael Vickers


lives in retirement with his wife, Janet, and is still in demand as a preacher. In his younger days, the Bishop travelled extensi-.


vely and was, for a time, a chaplain at Lee Abbey, a Christian conference and


holiday centre, located in North Devon. He then went to Hull for 14 years, spending much of this time as an Archdeacon.


VJ Day service


A SERVICE to commem­ orate the anniversary of VJ Day is to be held at W h a l le y M e th o d is t Church. Members of Whalley


and Little Mitton Parish Council will be among those attending the ser­ vice, which is to take place on August 20th.


three who had perpetrated this devilish deed, yet


I t was obvious to the


they decided to bide their time until they could pro- p e r ly p ay b a c k Mr


Hitting the high note


Church, Low Moor; St James’s Church; St Leon­ ard’s Church, Downham; Trinity Methodist Church; Whaliey Methodist Church and Moorland School, Clitheroe, took part in the recording. They formed part of a


SINGERS from several local church and school choirs hit the high note when they took part in a special recording of BBC Radio 2’s long-running “Sunday Half Hour”. Singers from St Paul’s


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350-strong massed choir of singers from throughout


Mr Neil Shepherd, direc­ tor of music at Moorland School, who is a regular contributor to music on Radio 2. The-recording also fea­


East Lancashire. They were directed by


tured a debut solo by 13- year-old Charlotte Siater, a pupil from Moorland School. T h e p r o g r am m e ,


PEEL — CUMMINGS


recorded at St John’s Church, Great Harwood, will be broadcast on Sep­ tember 9th, at 8-30 p.m.


Council sets off on the right track


IN an attempt to improve the service it offers, to the Ribble Valley public, the borough coun­ cil has employed an international trainin organisation to give workshops.


its employees specia


c om p re h e n s iv e p ro ­ gramme of continuous development for com­ panies and corporations,


Career Track offers a


ancLRjbble, Valley has decided to take up its pro­ fessional guidance. In an atmosphere of dis­


ticular, it’s not good for our customers.” He co n t in u e d : “ In


quiet, when the local government review high­ lighted a duplicatipn of services and questioned the amount of red tape within local authorities, Ribble Valley decided to address the problems. Career Track sent one


jus t the same. The cost to the council is £33 per head and this will come out of its training budget. Mr Hopkins believes


of its top men, Mr John Delve, to conduct a pro­ gramme called “In Search of Excellence”. Its aim is to raise the awareness of


the individual, particularly the importance of the indi­ vidual’s input to the suc­ cess of the organisation. The scheme, which fin­


ished last month, ran on a voluntary basis and 110, out of the 297 employees, decided to take part. Initially, the training


Search of Excellence is specifically designed to be driven by the people who are in the front line of ser­ vice delivery, and not by the management.” Of course, nothing in life is free, and the scheme is


A honeymoon in Thailand followed the wedding of Miss Vicky Cummings to Mr Gideon Peel at St Mary the Virgin Church, Whitkirk, Leeds. The bride, a personal assistant, is the eldest daugh­


ter of Mr and Mrs B. Cummings, of Templenew- sam, Leeds.


berlast Ltd, Leeds, is the only son of Mr and Mrs J. Peel, of Southfield Drive, West Bradford. Given away by her father, the bride wore a full-


The bridegroom, a general manager with Rub-


length gown of white shantung silk with a deli­ cately beaded bodice and off-the-shoulder cowl detail and featuring a train. A tiara held her tulle veil in place and she earned a teardrop bouquet of white lilies, roses, freesias and gypsophila. In attendance were Misses Pamela and Leanne


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McGuire. The victorious day in


May, when Rovers won the title, was too obvious a time for the three patient Blues. But, on Friday, a year and three months later, the vendetta was carried out.


' asked Mr Hargreaves to fix his outside toilet door.


•dastardly deed he had committed, Mr McGuire


Obviously forgetting the


accomplices,. Mr H ar­ g re av e s , a renowned joiner, fixed the door and ordered a finish its owner is not likely to forget.


Gathering together his


Stephen Cox, painted the door in blue and white halves and a gang of Blues supporters were at the great unveiling when Mr McGuire returned home from work on Friday.


Another Rovers fan, Mr


the closet and told the “Advertiser and Times" exactly what he thought of his friends. “I t’s nice to see that R. and P. Har­ greaves have come up t r um p s a g a in , ” he commented. Cutting the toilet roll,


Mr McGuire came out of


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practical jokers, from the le f t : Mr S a g a r , Mr McGuire, Mr Roger Har­ greaves andMr Ward, with intrigued onlookers


A birthday service


for Rotary


A SERVICE to commem­ orate the 90th birthday of a the Rotary Club was held


t T r in i ty Methodist


Church, Clitheroe. Led by the Rev. Michael


Fielding, the service, enti­ tled “Friendship and Ser­ vice", was also the induc­ tion of the new president of Clitheroe Rotary Club, Mr Roland Hailwood. Mr Hailwood spoke


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worldwide. There are 24,000 clubs and more than £48m. is spent on awards and grants, includ­ ing disaster relief, in one year. The Clitheroe club has


been serving the town for 62 years, supporting the town mayor in his distri­ bution of parcels at Christ­ mas, helping the elderly with transport and raisinf funds for national and loca charities. Artefacts from the first


50 years were displayed, including banners of clubs


visited by members. Mr Hailwood explained


the Rotary Club motto, “Service before self, and how it had been put to good effect when Clitheroe members recently visited th e ir twinned club India. He also described the


Cummings, the bride’s sisters. They wore cinna­ mon-coloured shantung silk dresses in a princess line with tulip sleeves and wore headdresses to match bouquets of tiger lilies, roses and gypsophila. Best man was Mr Nicholas Thomas and groomsman


members read that a resi­ dent living near the pro-' posed garages at Vicarage House. Rabbit Lane, sup­ ported the plans, saying cars always parked on the road and it then became blocked when used by farm vehicles. However, the report


pumLcd ou t th a t th e g arages , if approved, would be located in an a re a of o u ts ta n d in g natural beauty and outside th e council’s local plan


development area. The report added that


the need for additional parking at the site was not big enough to justify going against the planning regu­


lations for the area. Coun. Harry Backhouse


(Waddington) argued that the garages would lead to improvements in safety on the road. In refusing the applica­


tion, councillors agreed to inform the applicant of the re a s o n s b e h in d th e decision.


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Rotary Club emblem, wheel with six spokes, 24 cogs and a keyway, and how it identifies wearer as Rotarians. The service continued


was Mr Anthony Ollerenshaw. Ushers were Messrs Gareth Morris,Graeme Heanan, Simon Cherry,David Briggs, Andrew Townson, Steven Owen and Master Paul Cummings, brother of the bride. After the ceremony, performed by the Rev. Robert


Cooper, a reception was held at the Posthouse Hotel, Bramhope, Leeds. Organist was Dr Andrew Padmore. The couple are to live in Leeds. Photo: Andrea Barrett Photography, Leeds.


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Request for land to extend gardens


REQUESTS • from five residents who wish to buy council land- in order to extend their gardens are to be considered by Whalley and Little Mitton Par­


this is justified. He said: “It’s certainly been value for money and I’m sure the results will show that i t ' s a n e x c e l l e n t


investment."


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forms part of tl e Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields. The playing field’s management committee is currently waiting to find out


whether its plans for a single-storey building to provide new changing facili­ ties and a new car park, along with other improvements, have been approved.


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involved a number of one- day seminars, where the em in e n t A m e r ic a n expounded his philosophy. The employees then


took away ni& general con­ cepts and came up with their own particular ideas


for offering a better ser­ vice. This was followed by


workshops to implement


th e new p la n s an d concepts. Ribble Valley’s Chief


Executive,. Mr Ossie Hop­ kins, a fervent advocate.of continuous learning, is the man behind this piece of internal education. He said: “We can never


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