‘1 Clitheroe Advertiser tfc Times, Jlive 13th, 1996


Ciiiheroe


Valiev Matters . w e e k l y l o o k a . lo c a l I s s u e s , p e o p l e a n d p l a c e s — — A f e w a l w a y s s p o i l


A B L A C K B U R N B U IL D IN G ,


P L A S T E R IN G & R O O F IN G


EXTENSIONS, PEBBLE-DASHING, RE-SLATES ETC.


' ALL WORK E GUARANTEED


ST1966, NO VAT TEL 01200 25215


LAWNMOWER AND LAWN TRACTOR


REPAIRS AND SERVICES


Also available second-hand garden machinery


Collection and Delivery possible.


Qualified Mechanic ;


S . D O B S O N Tel: 01200 440448


PETE HASLAM Painter & Decorator Est 1979


01200 25595


Telephone: Clitheroe


Painter & Decorator T e l e p h o n e


0 1 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 7 HEYWORTH E.R. Furniture Refurbisher


J o h n Schofield Telephone:


Clitheroe 29217


R. BLACKBURN PLUMBING &


P HEATING SERVICE


ROPERTY REPAIRS 30 Years Experience


01200 26460 C.C. PARKER


CHATBURN TRADING ESTATE, CHATBURN T E L : 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 1 5 1 1


GENERATORS, MIXERS, VIBRATOR PLATES, FOR HIRE OR SALE, EVERYTHING FOR THE CONTRACTOR, ENGINEER OR HANDYMAN.


POWER TOOLS, SCAFFOLDING, LADDERS,


•Television and video, rental. sales. service. New or eX-rental - rent or buy


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SEATING Telephone Clitheroe


4 4 2 1 7 3 after 6 p.m


SERVICE & RUSH


CANING CHAIR


K qihe a Rflwsoft Discount for.advance rental or direct '


de.bit payment 'v . '


7 9 LOWERGATE, CLITHEROE : Telephone: 0 1 2 0 0 ,2 3 4 4 4 ;.


IN T E R IO R A N D E X T E R IO R


P A IN T IN G A N D D E C O R A T IN G


No Job Too Small » All Work Guaranteed • Free Estimates Special Rales OAP •


Telephone: Whalley 01254 822248 Clitheroe 012b0 443524 Mobile 0973 401853


•Member of Federation of Small Businesses B A TH RO OM S


Choose your own suite and have it fitted from as T little as £199, also tiling and showers etc.


imeserved tradesman with over 30 years experience


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T E R R Y C A T T E R M O L E & S O N S


* Trees topped and felled • Fencing supplied and erected • New and second-hand timber and sawmilling


RAYMOND LOWE Where quality counts on Sabden 01282 773173 (evening calls welcome)


Free estimates Telephone


I t & M B R O M L E Y & S O N S


Jo in e r s & Building C o n tra c to r s fo r over 30 yea rs


Quality purpose made joinery manufactured and fixed • Renovations • Loft conversions • Conservatories * Building maintenance


• Domestic and industrial a Extensions etc. F o r estimates ca ll 01706 220382 211866 a n y tim e


N 4 Shirebum Avenue, Clitheroe, Telephone: 2 4 1 6 8


NO DEPOSIT TV RENTALS P o r tab le /R em o te /T e le te x t


f rom £ 7 p e r c a le n d a r month New 2 1 " R em o te T V ..................................£ 1 0 .5 0


New T e le tex t T V ...........................................£ 1 2 .5 0 Discount for annual payment


Minimum rental period 12 months Written quotations on request .


T :V . & V ID E O R E P A IR S . E X -R E N T A L S F O R S A L E . : K.R.S. UPHOLSTERY


re-upholstery of all furniture FREE estimates, pick-up and


Restoration and delivery service.


Range of fabrics to choose from


T e l e p h o n e K ev in ( 0 1 2 0 0 ) 4 4 8 6 2 6


G.E. COLE B LU E SLfiTE


Electrical, P lumbing & C entral H eating C o n tra c to rs


A MEMBER OF CORGI and NIC EIC


Approved Contractor


Domestic * In dus tr ia l * Commercial & Agricultural Ins tallations


FREE ESTIMATES Tel/Fax:


Mobile 0 9 7 3 4 8 2 2 8 6 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 8 8 1


New and second hand Large quantities


New 20ln8 x 101ns 75p each 241ns x12Ins at E1.20 each Second hand Welsh in various sizes


including grey, ton Burlington and


Westmorland slates Delivery Service


S B Natural stone approx


IV2 ins thick


Reg sizes e.g. 2 ft x 2 ft 3 ft x 2 ft, 4ft x 2ft Large amount, first quality


Delivery service ITTHT


WHERE THE CUSTOMER COMES FIRST


For yo u r building materials Trade & D IY


■\-.\WHALLEY-.ROAD-:\*- ACCRINGTON '


Crane o f f lo a d a v a ila b le GREENGATESYARD


. . Call or ring 01254 872061 o . V l Same day delivery...-'./--5


- GEKRE S BU ILD E R S ' ' M E R C H A N T S PROP: David J. Parker


QUALIFIED HOTPOINT/CREDA SERVICE ENGINEER SALES/SERVICE/UEPA1RS “No Call Out Charge'’


To all types of domestic appliances. Reconditioned appliances available


2 Franklin Street,


Clitheroe BB7 1DQ Tel 01200 443340


JOINER/HMMMAIV) All household work undertaken.


Doors/windows fitted, fencing, gates, patios, etc.


No job too small • All work guaranteed 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.


FREE quotations • All at competitive prices


Telephone: (01254) 7 2 2 9 8 0 T & M G A T E , 1 2 4 P IM L IC O R O A D OTA LC


DRIVERS' PRESCRIPTION DISTANCE GLASSES from ...................... ............ E20 Tints ............... ............................. .. • FREE Prescription sunglasses and Swimming Goggles


. A ll types of lenses and extras., .Large range of frames inc d esigners . .


EM ERGENC Y RE PAIRS - o ften,whileyou wait : T E L : C l i t h e r o e 2 5 5 5 2


QUALITY & V A LU E A T U N B E A T A B LE PRICES S H A U N B L A C K B U R N


B U IL D IN G C O N T R A C TO R ( T im e S e iv e t i )


ALL TYPES OF WORK UNDERTAKEN Barn conversions, extensions, garden walls, patios


Free quotations T e l : 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 7 1 4


P.S. DIXON SSAME DAY


PECTACLE REPAIRS


4 0 P a rk Avenue, C lith eroe T e l :2 9 0 2 4


D. MEADOWS


Painting and Decorating


All types of work undertaken with high class work guaranteed


Over 15 years experience


Tel: 01200 26138


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Walling 2 Vz to 6 ins, split and pitched faced from £ 2 0 per sq yard


NEW


quoins and copings cut to shapes and sizes etc


RECLAIMED


Pitched, punched and random walling, lintels, sills, quoins, copings etc Also flags from 2ins thick, setts,


granite and york, kerbs, channels and hand made bricks


RECLAMATION LIMITED Tel: 01282 603108


NORTH WEST Ribble Valley Council Approved


* Free estimates T R A P P SAWMILL, W H IN S LANE,


NO JOB TOO SMALL From houses to hotels Quotes and surveys


Over 25 Years Service From Radio to Satellite


SIMONSTONE Nr. PADIHAM BB12 7gN


Tel: (01282) 772417 Night: (01282) 772905 (01200) 23732 Mobile: 0973 426449


D U S T E R S ' DOMESTIC CLEANING AGENCY


WOULDN’T YOU PREFER TO BE IN YOUR GARDEN?


- Daily, weekly or monthly cleaning arranged Ironing scivite also available Competitive ra


CALL JANET OR SARAH ON 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 0 2 4 3


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WALLBANK AERIALS Tel: 01254 392609


M o b i l e : 0 8 3 1 6 4 1 3 4 4 0585 168382


T V A N D V ID E O R E N T A L S , S A L E S A N D S E R V IC E


N i b b l e t E e l e s e r b t c e


62 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE, | Telephone 27280


and this is greeted by the birds with a dawn chorus of joyful


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very day a wonderful thing happens. Light comes into a dark world


singing. Instinctively the birds appreciate a


blessing th a t is so often taken for granted by mankind. For many of us i t is only when we receive the blessing of enlightenment th a t we realise the d a rk n e ss from which we have emerged. I t is only when the light comes th a t we realise how dark i t has been. When I was about 12 years old I


missed the last biis of the day to the village. I t was one of those dark nights


when the clouds obscured the light we might have obtained from th e moon. I took in a deep breath and began


my lonely journey home of about four miles and was soon joined by a friendly man. I could not see in the darkness. I t was good to hear his


voice and somehow the way did not seem so long in good company.


I do not profess to know all the


we chatted away, both glad of each other’s company.


solutions to his own questions, was glad to be able to enlighten me . The word that I had been seeking . in my mud was enlightenment. With


seemed as though he knew all the answers. . t He had known all his own intellec­


to ask him questions about things that had been puzzling me and it


ual darkness and, having found the


new realities and emerge from our previous darkness.


you a re th in k in g th a t you have missed your bus in life’s experience


t o k J°UrnCy ahead seems very Will you permit me to join von


Perhaps when reading these words


the dawn of new light we awake to uur


The darkness was not so baffling as My companion seemed to want me


tUSW,ei!f' but may have knowledge to help you to make the


best of what I can give you. infoii«Vl[le<l^ ?an ke described as darkness!*^ hght ^


n„«^e S6ek to understand, we ask questions so that our former igno-


be dispelled through the ment i s 6 °Ur mind’ Enl'ghten-


SuhrJr^mgbow “‘tie I know of a from pv P^° gntoer information edge.6Xperts ln ‘hat field of knowl-


m0 r e t nf(di?C0Ver th a t ‘here is a lot Ah wplii r *fU^ tban I had expected,


us Md fn £**,b uke th a t t° r most of to be a’hpi f 6 future, I hope a t least


your way in the hope that I may 1 2 ' into light?83 throu®h your darkness


' for anvnn PfU source of information have g ^ : n


G WarinCinE the knowledge f


Preacldng d f r °m ‘ ■“ ' • “ me of Joe Stansficld


A.’ ignorance as Flags, crazy paving, sawn lintels, sills, TOE SfiLES PICL SEET f o r t h e m a j o r i t y


UMMER may be late in com­ ing, b u t annual events cannot wait for i t . -


Appleby Horse F a ir was held last weekend and the travellers have been passing through the Ribble Valley on their way there.


I t looks a charming picture when the vans are the traditional horsedrawn


variety, less so when vast caravans are parked in a crowd of assorted vehicles on verges strewn with piles of rubbish which council workers have to clear up.


The romance of a nomad’s life is a cliche going way back, long before poor Mr Toad’s hopeless and ill-fated affair with a caravan. But times are changing and people’s patience is wearing thin. People say th a t the travellers pay


no rates or taxes, th a t their whole mobile life-style places them outside the law because the law literally has a job to catch them, the whole dilem­ ma of bureaucracy faced with some­ one of no fixed abode.


The simple truth is th a t some trav­


ellers are making life impossible for the others. They are carelessly creat­ ing a situation which will mean that,


A s I s e e i t .


sooner or later, their way of life will become impossible.


. . . This is not a plea for the sensitivi­


ties of people who choose to live in the country and then object because i t does no t conform to the rules oi suburbia; the people who want to live in a rural idyll and do not realise th a t i t involves muck-spreading and cock­ erels and the fact th a t farm animals


are not toilet trained. - If travellers persist in breaking by­


laws, damaging fences, leaving fields like open latrines and verges like rub-, bish dumps, they will eventually be harried off the roads. . Europe has reason to remember a


long h is to ry of m o n s tro u s a c ts against gypsies and, in some coun­ tries , persecution continues. The United Kingdom has a better record and public opinion would not allow , an y p e rsecu t io n like th a t in th e


Make sure your dog is a first-class citizen and not an outlaw!


future. B u t th e re is enough evidence recently to show th a t our society will


b y V i v i e n M e a t h


when it comes to the environment, it is usu­ ally the dog rather than the man who


T


he dog may be man’s best friend — but


becomes outlawed. One person in four owns


a dog an d i t is a sad fact t h a t n o t a l l th o s e do g owners take their respon­ sibility seriously. A n um b e r of R ib b le


Valley res idents are cur­ re n t ly doing ev ery th in g th e y c an to ensure th a t th e c a r in g do g ow n e rs h av e h e lp , a d v ic e a n d ex p er ien ce a v a i lab le , if they need i t and are con­ s ta n t ly s tr iv in g to ed u ­ c a te o th e rs th a t a well- trained and obedient dog is a far b e t te r companion. Th e Kennel Club h as


instigated a “Good Citizen Dog Scheme” and on Sun­ day, dog owners through­ out the Ribble Valley and beyond will be able to take their pets, large and small,


young and old, to Gisburne Park Hospital. The la t te r will s t i l l be


catering for humans— but on Su n d ay th e h o sp i ta l grounds are the venue for a Country Fair and Exemp­ t io n Dog Show an d th e organisers have been given permission to include the good citizen test as part of the proceedings. The dogs — a n d th e ir


owners — will be asked to carry out the following: • C a r r y some form of


“p o o p s c o o p ” w i th a l l dogs wearing a collar and identification tag. • P u t on c o l la r a n d


lead. •W a lk on lead without


distraction. •W a lk on lead through


door/gate. •W a lk on lead passing


people and dogs. • B eh av e in a c o n ­


t ro l le d m a n n e r w h ile owner holds conversation for one minute. •L ie down and s tay on


command, on lead. •Gro om .


Bo neck and crop for groups th a t are not only a real nuisance bu t a minor­ ity. T h a t has always been a reason why gypsies have been vulnerable they do not conform to most people s life styles. When some of them add to th a t a variety of nuisance and enrm- nality they are risking th e ir whole


status. Unless travellers behave better on ,


their way back from Appleby th an


th e y did when going th e r e , , ! am afraid a tid e of public opinion will build up and, as has so often h ap ­ pened over the last couple of decades, doing something about i t will seem like a cheap as well as popular policy for our politicians. The reg u la tio n s which councils


wearily enforce and travellers cyni­ cally flout will be strengthened until a life on th e open road, even for a fo r tn ig h t in ear ly summer, is ju s t another tradition which has disap- peared.


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- •P r e s e n t for examina­


t io n , on le ad , including m o u th , te e th , th r o a t , eyes, ears and feet.


•R e l e a s e f rom le a d ,


play with or w ithout toy, or in some o ther way dis­ ta n c e th em s e lv e s from th e i r d o g , re c a l l a n d a t ta ch lead.


judge Sylvia Mclnulty will be car rying ou t th e test . C er tific a te s will be p re­ sen ted to th o se owners whose dogs pass all sec­ tions.


A number of local regis­


te red c lu b s are jo in in g forces to promote Sunday’s dog show, and whether you believe in dogs taking part in events such as th is or not, i t is a fact th a t obedi­ ence classes help both dog and owner and, as social animals, dogs enjoy their day o u t ju s t as much as


Authorised Kennel Club


their human friends. M rs S ylvia Hindle, of


R im in g to n owns th re e dogs, two Belgian Shep­ herds and a collie cross, is a member of the North West Working T r ia ls So c ie ty a n d th e R eedyford Dog Club.


She is ju s t .o n e of th e


organisers and says: “Big dogs need space for exer­ cise. I f you tak e on a big dog, you have to be aware of what they need. Some people see a nice cuddly


dog and decide to have one, without regard to its future size.”


Likewise, M rs H indle


warns th a t working dogs, such as the collie, may look te rr if ic al ly a t t ra c t iv e as p u p p ie s, b u t have a low boredom threshold and a tendency to resort to chew­ ing everything in sight.


M rs H in d le is a lso a great believer in the "Pre-


vent-a-bite” scheme. ■ A n o n -p ro f i t mak in g


organisation, th e scheme i aims to educate and p ro - : mote responsible pet own­ ership among children in p a rt icu la r an d involves a gro u p of people v is i t in g schools and clubs to teach children about animals.


■The K en n el C lu b h a s


published a book which, in a perfect world, would be a; compulsory issue to any-


• one acquiring a dog. E n t i t le d “T h e Canine


. Code,” i t is available from T h e K en n el Club, 1-5 C la rg e s S t r e e t , Lo n d o n W1Y8AB. V


F u r th e r d e ta i ls a b o u t S u n d a y ’s e v e n t c an be


obtained from Mrs Hindle, tel. 01200 445579.


_ Our picture shows Mrs Hindle w i th h e r Belgian Shepherds.


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