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THE words “ buyer beware” could result in an extraordinary twist in the tale of the Twiston man who has had to reduce his collec­ tion of rare birds from


500 to less than 50. An eleventh-hour telephone


CJdl,— described as “nothing short o f a mira cle" — has resulted in Mr George Bark­ er’s case being taken up by a man whose success in over­ turning similar cases has


made national news. Mr David Watkiss, of the Rare


Breed Animal Conservation Trust, successfully represented a High Wycombe pensioner whose


A week-long extravaganza of top-class


music TH E top-note Ribch- e ste r M u s ic F estiva l fell under the conduc­ tor's baton on Sunday, with a fully-staged ver­ sion of Mozart’s “ Cosi fan Tutte” . The ambitious production


launched a week-long extravaganza of music and art, featuring a host of international musicians and local celebrities. The production starred


Opera North’s Camilla Johansen as Fiordiligi, Mary Louise Aitken as Despina and Jacqueline Miura as Dorabella. The Ribchester Music Fes­


tival, at picturesque St Wilfrid's Church, promises something for everyone, from Dixieland jazz and contemporary American repertoire, to cartooning and poetry. Today, at 1 p.m., there will


be a jazz lunch, in the grounds of St Wilfrid’s, fea­ turing the Eric Ainsworth Quartet. A special Fourth of July


concert tonight will feature the Camerata wind soloists in a programme of works by Scott Joplin, Hammer- stein and Gershwin. There will be a celebrity recital of Bach by candlelight tomor­ row and another chance to see “ Cosi” on Saturday. The Ribchester Festival


was launched three years ago by'music-loving Vicar of St .Wilfrid’s; the Rev? Andrew Hindley, who was recently appointed Canon Sacrist at ..'Blackburn


Cathedral.; Since then, it has gone


from strength to strength, attracting thousands of concertgoers to the Ribble Valley from across the country and establishing the area as a national venue of artistic excellence. Past performers of interna­


tional renown have includ­ ed percussionist Evelyn Glennie and harpist Marisa Robles. The festival ends on Sun­


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Miracle for birdman of Twiston Case taken up by national lawman


by Vivien Meath


crowing cockerels kept the resi­ dents of nearby new housing estates awake. He appeared as a Mackenzie friend — a person other than a solicitor, who acts without fee — for the pensioner in the Court of Appeal. Last week, Mr Watkiss tried to


contact Mr Barker through an old advertisement in the “Farmer’s Guardian” . lie want­ ed some eggs for a new rare breed centre and believed Mr Barker had the necessary birds. Mr Barker was out, but, fortunately on his return used the telephone call-back service and contacted Mr Watkiss. The retired Clitheroe nursery­ man explained that he no longer had the birds, due to an eforce- ment order requiring him to dras­


tically reduce his livestock. Mr Watkiss told the Advertiser


and Times that he was horrified. He explained his involvement in similar cases on the principle that anyone going to live in the coun­ tryside should, before purchase, have a look at what was around them. “ If they do not like it they should not move in,” said the High Wycombe man. “ In Mr Barker’s case, the bor­


ough council is acting on its inter­ pretation of the nuisance Act,” said Mr Watkiss, adding that he believed the council’s interpreta­ tion to be wrong, citing a recent instance where householders had complained about the noise and smell after moving in next door to a pig farm. The case had gone before magistrates, and the pig farmer was found to be in the


right, on the grounds that he was there first. In the instance of the High


Wycombe case, he said the pen­ sioner had lived at the site since 1938. Offices, flats and houses had been built on land all around him and people objected to the cockerels crowing. “ It is the same law: Lord Denning spelt it out on the Esther Rantzcn television show,” he added. Mr Barker’s livestock were said


by the council to be a nuisance to neighbours, but Mr Watkiss maintains that the argument would flounder under the “buyer beware— if you don’t like what’s there” basis. “ It was purely a miracle that I


was ringing round looking for eggs,” said Mr Watkiss. “ I have spoken to the council’s enforce­


Give us bigger police presence


W H A L L E Y resi­ dents are calling for higher profile policing


in the village. A public disturbance three


weeks ago, when 30 ram­ paging youths wreaked havoc in the village centre, the intimidation of older people and the problems of vandalism and speeding vehicles are the main con­ cerns. Ribble Valley’s biggest vil­


lage was given two new community policemen six months ago. PCs Derek Brownless and Tony Walsh hold surgeries every month, but neither lives in Whalley ’ and the feeling is they are not deployed at the right times. Youths who congregate on George Street in the evening, with their cars, cause particular problems for many people. Mrs Brenda Fenton, of the village Spar shop, feels the presence of the youths can be intimitading to older people who walk past them. She said:“ I have called the police before about the number of cars congregated on George Street. The cars cause a great deal of noise and peo­ ple are afraid to walk past them. Whalley definitely needs a high-profile, police­ man.” . *


Zy- Coun. Joyce* Holgate


attended a recent Ribble Valley Police and Commu­ nity Forum and spoke about the village problems. She said: “ I told the


Forum that we have a bad problem of vandalism, speeding drivers and the intimidation of older peo­ ple. The people of Whalley are continually on the tele­ phone to me about these problems. I am continually on the telephone to the police at Colne and I seem to be getting nowhere. I have asked for a constable to be put on the streets at night instead of one riding around the village in a car.”


by Max Gardner


The landlord of the Dog Inn, Mr Norman Atty, feels that a police officer on the beat at night-time is just what Whalley needs. Mr Atty, who does not allow his customers to drink on the pavement outside his pub because he feels it can be intimidating to people, said: “ It just needs one con­ stable around on a Friday and Saturday night. He, or she, could just pop into the pubs and say hello and walk along the streets. That would make a differ­ ence. “People here ought to be


able to walk up and down King Street without a feel­ ing of intimidation and that is just not happening at the moment.” Mr Andy Ronnan lives in


the village centre and he agreed. He said: “A lot of people in the village centre are extremely concerned about the activities of young car drivers and, cer­ tainly, a bobby on the beat would improve the situa­


tion.” Chief Inspector Michael


Schofield, of Colne Divi­ sion, defended the policing of Whalley. He said: “When Coun. Holgate brought this issue up at the Police and Com­ munity Forum it was the first time I had heard of a problem. Two officers have been dedicated to Whalley on a full-time basis. The deployment of those offi­ cers is for Clitheroe’s Inspector Martin as he sees fit. Clearly, policemen do not work all the time. We do hear what people are saying and we will contin­ ue to enter into dialogue and deploy our patrols at times when they might be


. more effective.” , Three years ago the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times reported on an alarming rise in the cost of vandalism in the village and, only last year, on a crime wave in Whalley, which had calls coming for a permanent police pres­ ence.


ment officer and said that the council will have to go to magis­ trates’ court if it wants to take the matter further. I am now putting all the facts in a letter to the chief planning officer." This week, Mr Barker said he


was not raising his hopes too high and was still running his stock down. “Mr Watkiss told me not to get


rid of anything else and, if I could, to buy back what I had sold, but I will wait and see',” added Mr Barker. A spokesman for Ribble Valley


Borough Council said that Mr Watkiss was due to contact the authority in writing later this week, having first perused the history of the enforcement notice. Once his letter was received, the council would be in a position to comment.


Mum’s memorial appeal nears £10,i000 mark


TH E campaign b y a grieving Clitheroe mum to buy intensive care equipment for local hospitals is nearing its £10,000 tar­


get. Thanks to the generosity of local folk and a host


of fund-raising activities, Mrs Helen Jackson has purchased a pulse oximeter for the pediatric unit at Queen’s Park Hospital. The state of the art machine measures oxygen and blood gases and is crucial in the monitoring of children with breathing difficulties. Mrs Jackson, of Monk Street, launched the Lewis Jackson Appeal Fund in memory of her son, who died shortly before Christmas after an 80-mile mercy dash to Stoke-onTrent. The tragic toddler suffered a major heart attack and was sent to Stoke after being turned away from hospitals in the North-West. His death sparked a controversy and Mrs Jackson has been featured extensively by the national media. This week, she was interviewed by a team from the


women’s glossy magazine, “Eva” . The plucky mum also hopes to purchase pulse oxime­ ters for Burnley General Hospital and Preston Royal Infirmary. The Lewis Jackson Appeal Fund now stands at £9,000 and Mrs Jackson intends to stop fund-raising when it reaches the £10,000 mark. Recent donations include £277 from a sponsored triathlon by Mr John Haworth, of Great Harwood, and £60 from Low Moor newsagents. The Orange Centre, on Castlegate, Clitheroe, has also


promised to donate £10 to the fund for every purchase of a mobile telephone. Mrs Jackson said she was thrilled by the success of


the appeal and was looking forward to presenting pulse oximeters to Burnley and Preston hospitals.


Fish rescued after


pollution incident


E N V IR O N M E N T workers to ok part in the dramatic rescue of hundreds of fish from a tributary of the River Hodder after a suspect­


ed pollution incident. They were called to a


stretch of the River Loud, between Longridge and Chipping, after oxygen lev­ els in the water fell dramat­ ically. Workers from the Environment Agency installed aerators in an attempt to increase oxygen levels in the water. A spokesman for the


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returned to the river upstream and adult fish kept in holding areas, so that the river can be re­ stocked as soon as it returns to normal.” The spokesman added that


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