Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 7t.h, 1996 11


GISBURN AUCTION MART


THERE were 35 newly- calved dairy cows and heifers forward at Gisburn Auction Mart’s Thursday market. First quality cows made to


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£950 (average £901.05), second quality to £8-10 (£772.20). First quality heifers made to £975 (£905), second quality to £790 (£7-10).


cows and heifers forward, with cows due April making to £800 (£040), heifers due March to £810 (£770), bulling heifers to £•150 (£435) and heifer stirks to £200.


There were seven in-calf dairy


forward and 10 s tirk s anil stores. The top price for a Frie­ sian bull (£138) was returned by G. U. Bretherton and the ton price for a Belgian blue bull (£122) by S. and C. Thompson. Prices: Calves — Charolais x bulls to £205, heifers to £122


There were 110 rearing calves Rave reviews as panto returns


LIKE the genie in the performance which offered magic to its weekend audience, a sleeping giant in chatbum has been re-awakened. The annual panto, which ran for years in the village, has not graced the school stage for over five years. But


rehearsals to^ the finale, the review of great musical numbers, which was laced with a good slap of panto-


Ribble soldiers’ peace mission


KIBBLE VALLEY sol­ diers are among 580 Lan­ cashire troops who have been sent to keep the peace in the war-torn for­ mer Yugoslavia.


They have gone to Bos­ nia with the 1st battalion


the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment for a six-month tour of duty in a region plagued by minefields.


out and the rest will be joining them during the


Tidworth, Hampshire. Their main task will be


The first Lancashire sol­ diers have already flown


next next week. They recently underwent train­ ing at a military base in


to implement the condi­ tions of the Dayton Peace Agreement under the ban­ ner of the Multinational Implementation Force (IFOR).


stationed in the central Bosnian area, south of Banja Luka, known as the


The troops are to be


Anvil. They are taking over from the Royal Regi­ ment of Fusiliers. Their living quarters


will not be first class, as many will live in derelict buildings left empty and ruined after the fighting. Under the peace agree*


ment, the Lancashire troops will supervise the handing over of the area to the Serbs.


keeping process, the troops will ensure the safe p a s sag e of re fu g e e s


through an area littered with mines.


said: “There are a lot of mines through the area; it is a very dangerous place indeed.” He added that troops


11,500 British troops already in the region.


Meetings reduced


AT the AGM of the Clilheroe and Ribblesdale After­ noon Townswomen’s Guild, the following officers were


elected: Mrs Evelyn Spain (chairman), Mrs Mary


Christy (vice-chairman), Miss Doris Yates (secretary), Mrs Edna Wrench (treasurer). Mrs Irene Birtwistle,


was welcomed as returning officer. Miss Yates read an account or the guild’s activities


over the past year and Mrs J. Wilkes read the


month from three to two. From April 1st, they will be held on the first and third Mondays. Mrs Spain thanked fellow committee members for


constitution. It was decided to reduce the number of meetings a


their support, particularly Miss Yates and Mrs Christy.


Vehicle theft


ANOTHER Land-Rover has been stolen from a


from the Lincoln Way site — they have been going on for a number of years — came last Wednesday night, when a blue Land- Rover TDI, with the registration number J 163 MCP, was stolen between 7 -


Wednesday night market at Clitheroe Auction Mart. The most recent theft


8- 10 p.m. It is valued at £ 10,000.


15 p . m . Driver sought


)E police are ice the driver a id e which own a 15m itone wall on Hon Fell road


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will also be helping to restore the basic utilities for the local community. ^ The troops will join


As part of the peace­ by Max Gardner


on Friday and Saturday, Diane Woodcock's “Magical Musical Teapot” poured excitement, magic and pure entertainment over two captivated capacity audiences. From its inception last summer, through months of


mime, has engaged a lot of people in a lot of hard work. Most of those who took to the stage — either to


dance and sing, or to act — were stepping out for the first time. It was a credit to them that they put on such


Alex Frankland's ad-libbing genie was as colourful id imaginative as his costumes. And the Hungarian inderella sketch, using minimalist techniques,got


laximum laughs.


an entertaining show. Choreographer Jean Croft tapped into a rich vein of


amateur dancing talent, and the quality of the soloists shone out.


ist. When she advertised for interested people to take art, the first 40 of the final 46 performers and back- ;age helpers came to offer their services as tea


Producer Mrs Woodcock brought the best out of her' , , , A . . . Thrmicrh ht>r ripfnrmination. she pushed them all on


Mum’s fury over t ick e t ‘n on sen se ’


IMPOSSIBLE parking at a Blackburn hospital led to a mother almost missing her child’s outpatient appoint­ ment and receiving a £20 fine. She is furious and the


hospital sympathises. Mrs Richenda Ratcliffe, a primary school teacher


from West Bradford, was taking her 10-year-old daughter, Charlotte, for an appointment at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and arrived with half an hour to spare for her visit to the hospital’s ear, nose and throat department. She spent the next 25 minutes hunting in increasing


desperation for somewhere to park her car. With just five minutes to go, she parked in a vacant


space in an area reserved for residents-only parking. She says she was not parking in front of anyone’s house or blocking any access, and she left a large note, pro­ minently displayed, explaining why she had been forced to leave the car and where she could be con­ tacted in the hospital in emergency. When Mrs Ratcliffe and her daughter got back to the


car after the little girl’s visit she found a fixed penalty fine notice for £20 placed on the windscreen, over the


supposed to do? Drivers who bring children or elderly people to hospital for appointments, or even to visit, cannot simply drop them off and leave them to fend for themselves while they try and find somewhere to put the car. What if you are on your own and have an out­ patient appointment? It is already difficult for a lot of people to get time off for things like this. How much more time do they have to take just to make sure they can avoid this kind of penalty?” Mr Mike Hall, the site services manager for Black-


note she had left. Mrs Ratcliffe said: <


(What are people in my situation by Tony Cliff


the hospital site and they are examining a variety of schemes, including a park-and-ride scheme for the staff, who would use a special staff-only bus service from Queen’s Park Hospital. Mr Hall said: “I am afraid the problem is an old one. The infirmary simply was not built for the age of the


motor car.” After receiving her fine, Mrs Ratcliffe contacted


police in Blackburn to ask for advice on possible pok­ ing sites, but found the police could offer no solutions except to suggest that she should park in a Blackburn centre car park and take a bus to the hospital. Mrs Ratcliffe believes that some relaxation of part of


the residents-only parldng is desirable but sympathises with people living round the hospital. She said: “Obviously, the people who live there simply have to have somewhere to put their cars. I am prepared to pay to park, but not at £20 a time.” A spokesman for Blackburn Borough Council said:


(£108), Limousin x bulls to £285 (£208.30), heifers to £105 (£132.40), Belgian blue x bulls to


£322 (£258.00), heifers to £155 (£112.70), Simmentnl x bulls to £200 (£238.35), heifers to £142 (£117.45), B. D’Aquitaine x bulls to £180, heifers to £00, Here­ ford x heifers to £90 (£71), Frie­ sian bulls to £138 (£100.55), Angus x bulls to £82 (£08.50), heifers to £80 (£54.45). Stirks and stores — Charolais x heifers to £300, Friesian bulls


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and steers to £390. There were 471 fatstock and


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978 sheep forward, including 211 young bulls, 120 steers and heif­ ers, 134 cows and bulls, 810 hoggs, five shearlings, 157 ewes anu rams.


(£1,119.38) was returned by J. Greenwood and the top kilo price (555kg a t lG7.5p £929.03) by K. A. Fawcett. Bulls: Continental light to


The top price for a bull


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150.5p (143.Op), medium to 107.5p (13G.lp), heavy to 144.5p (130.Ip), other light to 142.5p (123p), medium to 130.5p (120.5p), heavy to 127.5p


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(£835.28) was returned by T. L. Fell and the top kilo price (510kg at 150.5p = £7G7.55] J. V. Fox. Steers and heifers: Continen­ lig h t


(121.2p). The top steer and heifer price


(127.5p), medium to 129.5p (12G.lp), heavy to 129.5p (122p), o th e r medium to (110.3p),


tal s te e r s ers to 13


to 149.5 ip (125.Op), heavy to 150.5p (120p), other


*39.5p (125.4 '


114.5p (104.3p),medium to 119.5p (104.Op), other heavy to 108.5p (97.9p).


(125. p), medium Op) othi


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to


115.5p (108.3p), Two to 99.5p (84.9p), Three-to 84.5p (72.2p), Cast bulls to lll.Sp (lOl.Sp). Sheep: Light hoggs to 132.3p


Cows and bulls: Grade One to


(120.4p), standard to 143.4p (120.Op), medium to 142.4p (120.8p), heavy to 128.3p (120.8p), overweight to 107.3p (102.4p), shearlings to 59.8p, horned ewes to £39 (£29.50), other ewes to £49 (£37.50), rams to £50.50 (£40.55). There were 40.20 tonnes of


“We are aware of the situation. There is a proposal at the committee stage to change the Ivy Street car park, which. is free at the moment, to pay and display. “This would mean that 100 spaces which at the


straw forward, with wheat and barley straw both making to £40


moment are taken up by people parking all day will become available to visitors at the cost of 50p for four hours. I t is hoped this will relieve some of the


pressure. “We will bekeeping the situation under review. The council’s proposal, however, will cause problems


bum Royal Infirmary, said: “I understand Mrs Rat- cliffe’s frustration. The hospital management was con­ cerned when the council introduced the residents-only parking scheme, not because we did not appreciate and sympathise with the difficulties residents faced but because we knew the problems it would cause for peo­ ple using the hospital. “We wrote to the borough council suggesting that


standing empty all day could be used by visitors! The


council turned this down. “Now the council is planning to extend the residents-


for those members of the hospital staff who drive to work and currently use the free car park.


^)CA t ° n\V e (1 n e s d a y ’s B e a c o n North West electronic auction, there were 2,203 sheep and 124 ca ttle, including 44 stores forward. Prices: Sheep — Light hoggs


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‘Secrets’ on display Whalley theft


THE work of Lancashire-based photographer Paul Kenny is to due to go on exhibition at the Platform


the parking restrictions might run from four in the afternoon until nine the next morning so that spaces


only restrictions still further, which means people visiting the hospital by car will have to park further and further afield.” Meanwhile, hospital authorities are looking to see if they can put more parking spaces for the public on to


Gallery in Qlitheroe, under the title “Secrets of Dark Contemplation . The exhibition, which runs from next Thursday to


April 20th, comprises images of a remote and beautiful area of North West Scotland. The selenium-toned prints have a dark, rich beauty and stillness.


his pictures have been exhibited at Folly Pictures, Lancaster, and the Brook Gallery, Goosnargh.


Mr Kenny is building up a considerable following and


bulls to £445, steers to £055, heifers to £482. Sheepdogs Registered to £525.


BURGLARS broke into a house in Abbeyfields, Whalley, and stole items with a total value of £260. A Hoovermatic spin dryer, a Black and Decker elec­ tric screwdriver and a socket set were stolen in the incident, which took place between 5 p.m. on Tuesday and 9 a.m. on Wednesday last week.


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