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THE Camping and Caravanning Club h a s g iv e n th e thumbs down to a local camping site b e c au s e of th e


C e m t u e l controversy.


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Traders are being u rg e d to f ig h t p la n s fo r new charges for dispos­ ing of rubbish.


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A woman who lost h e r husband of tw o m o n t h s through leukaemia is to help other sufferers.


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There are contro­ versial moves by a councillor to start a Sunday market a t B r o c k h u l l Village.


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H o s ti le feeling over development proposals in Bar- row has led to the resignation of a parish councillor.


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SABDEN villagers will be reaching for the television switch on Wednesday to see their village “star” in a new


memorable time for Sabden butch­ ers John and Sue Cropper, whose shop features in Wednesday’s episode. Mr Cropper had seen a small the village looking a bit


is an amateur detective in “Hetty Wainthropp Investigates”, and Sabden takes the part of a small, peaceful village named Readsby. The filming of the episode was a


tost and wondered if they needed help. He and his wife got their chance to help a few days later when a location manager from the


played by Patricia Routledge, who


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Routledge, who was charming, and the other actors, and what impressed me was seeing the com­ plete crew of 40 to 50 people, from drivers to the producer, all muck­ ing in together." Mr Cropper was asked by the


BBC called at the shop. Many visits, and several months later, the complete crew arrived to take over the shop for the filming, which took a day to complete. Mr Cropper said:“ I met Patricia


production designer to advise on recreating the look of a butcher’s shop of 20 years ago and he was responsible for getting the meat and game which formed the shop’s stock after all its gleaming modern


has just turned 60 and secs the occasion as the signal for a com­ plete change of direction. She sets up a detective agency


stainless steel fittings had been disguised by wood or paint. In the series, Hetty Wainthropp


specialising in cases which the police do not have the resources to follow up.


fourth case, “Widdershins”, when she visits Readsby to investigate the suicide of her husband’s uncle.


across some strange goings-on which involve the whole village,' so producers have picked up echoes of Sabden’s historic links with the Pendle witches. Viewers can see Miss Routledge on the trail on BBC1.


In her investigations she comes


Queen tells of dream to retire to Ribble Valley


Reporting team: Sheila Nixon, Theresa Robson a n d S t ew a r t P im b le y


THE Ribble Valley has been basking in a “royal seal of approval” this week, following the news that the Queen has a fantasy about living in retirement in the area.


“We would love to have you, Ma’am.” The monarch’s fantasy has been made public by royal


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And the clear message from the Ribble Valley is:


biographer Sarah Bradford in her newly-published book, “Elizabeth”, and the likely dream location is the Whitewell valley — part of the Queen’s Duchy of Lan­ caster Estate. She wrote: “Elizabeth has a dream, a fantasy that she knows she can never realise. There is a valley in


tasy, but what an accolade for the scenic value of the area and the character of its people!


which includes 15 tenant farms and about 25 houses and cottages (all owned by the Queen), is the largest of the Duchy of Lancas­ t e r ’s five L an c a sh ire estates. I t extends from the Inn at Whitewell to the Centre of the Kingdom village of Dunsop Bridge and takes in surrounding hill farms and cottages almost as far as Chipping. There are some 40 families living on the estate. The Queen last visited


Whitewell and Dunsop Bridge in 19S9 to mark the


50th anniversary of the purchase of the e s tate from the Towneley family, of Burnley. She is believed to have approached the valley along one of the most spectacular routes into Dunsop Bridge — from the Lancaster side. After arriving at Heysham in the Royal Yacht, Bri­ tannia, she is likely to have travelled by Rolls- Royce down the steep, winding Trough Road into the valley bottom, where th e Hodder meanders through rich, low-lying pastures, with the Bow- land Fells as a magnificent backdrop.


her ten an ts ’ farms and took particular interest in a sheep farming centre for agricultural students.


understand why the Queen would want to live in the Whitewell valley, nobody in the area seems to have heard her express such a


While most people can She visited several of


lord’s tenants said: “We would love to have the Queen and Prince Philip live in our valley, but it would be for the peace and quiet and unspoilt beauty of the area. For that rea­ son, it would have to stay that way.” The 6,000-acre estate,


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Lancashire, near Clitheroe and the beautiful Forest of Howland, where, she once told a friend: ‘Philip and I would l ik e to r e t i r e t o . . I t might only be a fan­


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A 64-YEAR-OLD man died in hospital after being found at his home in Read with gunshot wounds to his


Gunshot wounds man dies


head. George Trevor Kay. of


Whalley Road, was taken to Burnley General Hospi­ tal and later to the inten­ sive care unit of Manches­ te r Royal Infirmary, where he died on Tuesday afternoon. Paramedics and police


were alerted at 10 a.m. on Monday, when a con­ cerned neighbour called in at Mr Kay’s house after noticing the lights had been left on all night. Mr Kay, who lived alone, was found collapsed in an upstairs room, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Neighbour Mr Malcolm


Grainger, who alerted the emergency services, said Mr Kay, a former tailor, had recently come out of hospital. Mr Grainger said he became worried after seeing that his neighbour’s lights had been left on. DS Phi l Vernon, of


Colne police, said the police were still investi­ gating the shooting, but there were no suspicious circumstances and they were not looking for anyone in connection with the incident. Police confirmed that a firearm was recovered


from the house. A post-mortem is to be


son who lives in Burnley. Murder trial


earned out and the coro­ ner has been informed. Mr Kay leaves a teenage


Milner Street, is charged with murdering 22-year- old Shaheeda Bi between June 28th and 30th last


IS this the Queen’s fantasy retirement “home” — the Whitewell valley, which she last visited in 1989?


Elizabeth has a dream, a fantasy that she


knows she can never realise. There is a valley in Lancashire, near Clitheroe and the beautiful Forest of Bowland, where, she once told a friend: i “Philip and I would like to retire to. . . ”


An extract from “The Times" on Saturday ■Des. res. fit for a queen-


THE Queen’s des. res. would undoubt­ edly be something along the line of this imposing Ribble Valley mansion, with its own stables and an all-weather riding area, says Clitheroe estate agent Mr Ian Lloyd. The plusn pad, set within 2.5 acres of


formal gardens, lies off a secluded side- road, a stone’s throw from Clitheroe.


eight bedrooms and various bathrooms and washrooms — including one for the maid, of course. The grounds of th e house host


The detached residence encompasses


stables for 12 horses, tack rooms, loose boxes, a coach house, an all-weather riding surface, a tennis court and a sweeping, tree-lined driveway — all reminiscent of Sandringham, pointed out Mr Lloyd. This dream home is surely Her


could not comment about the matter.


of Lancaster’s surveyor of lands, Mr Ian Parsons, who was closely associated with the Queen's visit in 1989, said the royal biog­ rapher’s revelation about the Queen’s retirement fantasy had taken him by surprise. “I have no evidence that


Meanwhile, the Duchy


the Queen would like to live here,” he went on. “I have no evidence to say


that the Queen and other members of the Royal Family visited the Whi­ tewell area and the Forest of Bowland from time to time and took a g re a t interest in the area.


that it is the Whitewell Estate referred to in the book.” Mr Parsons confirmed


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“The tenants are lovely Palace spokesman said she ‘They are true country


Majesty’s heart’s desire, enjoying a leafy, secluded location, but near enough to Clitheroe to visit the town’s specialist shops. I t is also situated near the A59, for


It's great news for tourism


working fast to ensure as many people as possible hear about the royal seal of approval. This week, borough


THOUSANDS of tourists now look set to descend on the Ribble Valley to see f irs t-hand th e Queen’s dream retirement valley in all its glory. The borough council is


A B U R N L E Y man pleaded not guilty to mur­ dering his wife, whose dis- memb e r e d body was dumped at four sites in the Ribble Valley, when he a p p e a r e d in c o u r t yesterday. Javed Iqbal (26), of


sionally fixed for May 20th and Mr Justice Garland remanded Iqbal in custody.


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the convenience of visiting Royals, and at £395,000 this mini-palace a t the Centre of the Kingdom would be con­ sidered a mere snip!


rep o rted to have been allowed access to royal correspondence, memoirs


folk and v e r y h a r d working.” T he b i o g r a p h e r is


and the Queen’s inner cicle. Meanwhile, rumour has


it tha t members of the Royal Family and some­ times royals from abroad stay at a local hotel, but few people ever know of


the visits. The Royals are said to love the sport in the area, where Prince Charles has ridden with the Pendle F o re st and Craven Hunt and Prince Andrew has been spotted shooting on the high fells. The Queen made her


last official visit to the Ribble Valley in 1990, when she opened the sixth form centre at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School.


Taylor was delighted with the latest royal revelation, he was not surprised that the Queen had named the valley as her "fantasy” re­ tirement home. Mr Taylor said: “We are


always been saying and, when people read about it, th e ir curiosity will be aroused about the Ribble Valley.”


not surprised tha t Her Majesty wants to retire to the Ribble Valley, because we have always known the ar ea is a gem in the English countryside. “It proves what we have


ONE locaj resident mor? than happy to hear that Her Majesty would like to retire to the area is our own monarch, Queen Christine I.


council tourism officer Mr Keith Taylor was working around the clock to ensure the Queen’s comments were included in the coun­ cil’s latest tourism guide, “Where to stay?”, and the council’s Internet pages. However, whi le Mr


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