2 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 7th, 1996
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Labour’s choice aims to meet the
people LABOUR’S p ro s pective parliamentary candidate for the Kib ble V a lley — Mr Marcus Johnstone — has launched an ambi tious drive to meet as many people in the con stituency as possible. He hopes to make
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contact with the area’s community and volun tary groups between now and the next Gen
eral Election. He commented: “I
don’t want to take up anyone’s time with long rambling speeches, but would rather listen to what the people of the Kibble Valley really think. By doing this, I can find out what the real issues are.” Mr Johnstone was
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selected as Labour’s man for the area from a shortlist of five. A for mer journalist, he has been a member of B u rn ley Borough Council for 10 years and is a football enthu siast. His partner, Miss Julie Humphrey, is political assistant to Kibble Valley MEP Mi- Mark Hendrick. Mr Jo h n s to n e is
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on 01282 459021 or 0421 ,340893. Messages can also be left with Miss Humphrey on 01253 292491.
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to spend an evening with them to help raise funds. Ribble Valley’s Contact
Club, which has been in existence for four years, is holding its annual general knowledge quiz at Trinity Church Hall, in Clitheroe, on March 28th.
general public a little closer to the group — which meets weekly to hear a variety of speakers or for special outings — and raise some much- needed funds for the com ing year.
The aim is to bring the
take members on a holiday to Wales.
order of the night, but any indiviuals intending to turn up will be placed in a team.
Teams of four is the
attending should contact Mrs Pat Bailey on 01200 24407.
This year it is hoped to
available to meet any group or organisation in the evenings or on Wednesdays and Fri days after 3 p.m. He can be contacted
Soccer club kicks off cash plea
in Wembley bid
CLITHEROE FC is set to foot a bill of just under £1,000 in the bid to reach Wembley.
Kush is adamant that the team will not have to travel on the day of the first leg of the FA Vase semi-final against Man- otsfield, which is due to ie played a week on
Chairman Mr Steve
vidual businesses will sponsor £50 per player, in a squad of 20, to offset expenses. For this sup port, the business name will appear alongside the sponsored player in a spe
Saturday. The 3Vt-hour journey to
cial commemorative pro gramme produced for the
the Bristol area is not thought to be long enough by the FA for it to give the Blues a grant towards overnight accommodation. But Cutheroe officials are not prepared to allow their p lay e rs to endure a strength-sapping journey on the day of the club’s most important game in its history. The club is booking the
se c o n d le g o f th e semi-final. This match, which the
club hopes will attract a record attendance of over 1,600 people to Shaw- bridge, is to take place on March 23rd. Anyone interested in
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team into o v e rn ig h t accommodation and Mr Rush told the Advertiser and Times: “I am making a plea to businesses in tne Ribble Valley to lend a hand in the our push to reach the twin towers.” He is hoping that indi
Three-car crash —
Anyone interested in man hurt ;
A MAN from Hellifield was injured in a three-car crash at Newsholme on
was taken to Airedale Hospital and released later in the day. The hospital declined to release details
Friday. Mr Matthew Edwards
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8-30 a.m. on the A682, on the Settle side of New sholme, 400m from the junction with Paythorne Road. Mr Edwards was driv
of his injuries. The accident occurred at
helping the club in its effort can contact Mr Rush, on 01200 442456, Mr Colin Wilson, on 01200 24370, or Mr Terry Nel son, on 01200 22251. Details for travel to the
can be found on the sports pages.
patio door with a screw driver and stole Sony video equipment, valuedat £1,150. They also stole a cameo brooch with three- inch bar pin, valued at £225, and £40 in cash. A Clitheroe Police
POLICE want to hear from anyone who saw a red Toyota pick-up van in Abbeyfields, Whalley, on Sunday evening, following a burglary at a house in the road. Burglars forced the
away leg, and details of tickets for the home leg,
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CHILDREN at Gisburn County Primary School were complimented on producing results much h i g h e r t h a n th e national average when they raised over £700 for the NSPCC. The younger pupils
Enthusists fly off on trip
were sponsored to find as many sources of pol lution as they could on a picture they were given, and the older children were sponsored to identify as many places as they could on a map of the world. The entire 116 members of the school took part to raise £715.60. Our picture shows a
of a lifetime
A GROUP of bird enthusiasts has been invited on a once-in-a-lifetime conservation trip to the
former Communist bloc. ■
justifiably proud school with, at the back of the class,Mrs Kathy Webb of the NSPCC, on the left, receiving the che que from headteacher Mrs Jackie Hargreaves.
Race is on
BUILDERS are under stai-ter’s orders in the race
to win the contract for the construction of new chang
ing facilities at the Queen Elizabeth II Playing
spokesman said there were two men in the van when it was seen being driven in the area. Anyone with informa
tion should contact Clith eroe Police on 01282 863161.
Fields, Whalley. After being given the
g re en l ig h t for th e £160,000 community scheme, the playing fields’ trust is now putting the work out to tender. The scheme will include
changing facilities and a car park at the fields, off Mitton Road.
Group, which has mem bers in the Ribble Valley, has been invited to visit a “protected landcape” in the former Czechoslova kia. The trip came about after the group devised a successful strategy to reintroduce the peregrine falcon to the divided state. The project was fea
sion series. The trip will include a
The North West Raptor Mr Terry Pickford, said - -
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most birdwatchers would give their right arms to undertake such a trip. He commented: “We
intend to visit some very wild and in te re s t in g
places, guided by experts from the Czech Conserva
tured by Julian Petiffer in his “Nature Watch” televi
visit to the wild ancient forests of Jseseniky and the Beskydy mountains, where access to the public has been rigorously denied for the past 50 years because of its proximity to the border with the West.
a bird of prey breeding and r e h a b i l i t a t i o n centre,which houses, among other species, saker falcons and eagles. The group’s chairman,
Roland’s year — in cabaret! The group will also visit
tion Union. There will be the possibility of seeing 180 breeding species of birds, 130 non-breeding species and rare animals. “Access to the areas we
will visit, because of their strategic location, was denied to the Czech public and, as such, they have become wildlife havens. The bear, wolf, lynx and white-tailed eagle are just some of the species to have taken advantage of this unusual situation.”
nature and wildlife enthu siasts. Those wishing to know more can contact him on 01253 692491.
two places might be avail able on the trip for local
Mr Pickford said one or
Welcome to join
A SECRET destination will be revealed to mem bers of the French Circle of Ribblesdale at their meeting next Monday. Margaret Rey is due to
describe her exotic jour ney into the unknown, at the Whalley Abbey Con ference Centre, starting at 8 p.m. “ A n y o n e w i th an
interest in the French way of life, the language and people, is welcome to join th e c i r c l e , ’’ sa id a spokesman. The April meeting will
ing towards Gisburn when his car was involved in an accident with a stationary box van and a 38-tonne articulated lorry, which was travelling in the oppo site direction. Mr John Oldfield, of
see the return of Mme Pe tit-Pas, of the French Cul tural Delegation, based in Manchester. Further information is
available by telephoning Diana E y er on 01254 705470 or Francoise Carr on 01254 872257.
Painley Farm, New sholme, was in the box van and Mr Nigel Seaward, of Barrowford, was driving the lorry. They were not
injured. The road was blocked
for over 15 minutes. Youth club
THIEVES stole £5 in
coins from Trinity Youth Club and Community Centre, Weslyan Row, Clitheroe, between 5 p.m. on Sunday and 7-30 a.m. on Monday.
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IN keeping with tradition, the president of Clitheroe Rotary Club was the subject of a comedy cabaret at
the group’s annual ladies’ night. A cast of members highlighted Mr Roland Hail
wood's year as president and his many other interests, including his role as town crier, his retail business and his work for Romania. The cabaret was organised by past-president Mr Brian White. The event, held at the Foxfields Hotel, Langho,
also gave members the opportunity of saying thank you to their wives for their support and help during the Rotary year, with vice-president Mr Philip Bai ley proposing the toast to the ladies and Mr Hazel Hailwood responding.
members and guests, including his wife (front left), and secretary’s wife Mrs Pat Morris and vice-presi dent’s wife Mrs Anne Bailey (front first and second
Our picture shows Mr Hailwood (seated) with right).
Planning row on the agenda
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CONTROVERSY over buildings erected before planning consent has been granted reared its head again in the borough council chamber.
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on the Government to make the practice illegal.
meeting of the full council that an increasing number of planning application were being submitted after work had started or already been carried out.
Councillors heard at a
believe we can alter the situation. We can ask the Association of Councils to persuade the Government that to put up a building before planning permis-
Coun. Jones said: “ I \
Sole Labour councillor sion is a criminal alienee. Coun. Bert Jones (Clith- He suggested that fines or
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eroe) called on fellow imprisonment would be councillors to put pressure suitable penalties for -
anyone failing to comply
with the law. Not all councillors ageed. Among them was
Coun. Peter Evans (Wilp- shire) who described the p la n n in g i s s u e as controversial. He said: “There are
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worse crimes which we can read about in our newspapers. If you are to going to put in jail all those who put up garden sheds without planning permission, then it will not become law.”
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