Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley - CLITHEROE’S cross-border rail link to the Dales, currently


Full steam ahead for plans for rail link Dales extension


a summer Sunday only service, is on track for extension. The results of a feasibility-


study, undertaken in the first quarter of this year, show passenger demand for additional Saturday trains, and their reinstatement could be just the ticket to even further expansion. Highlighted as a viable business proposition, which would pay its own way, the Saturday service could be reintroduced for next sum­ mer. I t would mean a seasonal


weekend-long link for the two castle towns of Clitheroe and Skipton, via the Hellifield Station junc­


tion, which could lead to further research into the possibility of reopening daily services which were axed over 35 years ago. Said Mr David Butter- worth, secretary of the rail users’ group, Ribble Valley Rail: “If we accept the study’s figures, we are still some way off a weekday service. This is because its feasibility as a paying proposition cannot be proved. “However, things change


Fined £4,000 for using farm for business


Ex-soap star Simon films in area for


Granada TV


FORMER soap star Simon O’Brien, who played Brookside’s Damon Grant, took to the leafy lanes around Chipping for his latest television venture. The Liverpool actor


spent the month of August on his bike for a Granada Tonight series on cycling in the North- West. In the first episode, shown


last Thursday, he and Granada Tonight news reporter Trevor Ward focused on the Ribble Val­


lunch-stop in Chipping, before continuing their trek, which highlighted the area as a cyclists’ paradise, with beautiful scenery and almost traffic-free lanes and roads.


Youngsters are warned about bonfire dangers


PRIMARY schoolchildren from the Ribble'Valley are to be put on “red alert” by the county fire brigade. With the bonfire season


fast approaching, fire staff are to tour local primary schools to warn youngsters of the dangers of playing


with fire. They have enlisted the


help of cartoon character Dennis the Dragon, who has his own fire-crackers’ dub, Dennis’s Safety Gang, which the children will be


invited to join. They will also receive “Red Alert” books, which feature advice on stopping fires, the consequences and dangers of fire and infor­ mation on the fire brigade.


ley. The TV duo made their


moned personally before magistrates at Reedley. In addition to the fine,


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still seasonal, is a move in the right direction towards a permanent link.” Ribble Valley Rail, along­


and the real possibility of the reinstatement of a Sat­ urday service, although


side Lancashire County Council, Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council, Cumbria Council and Craven Dis­ trict Council, among oth­ ers, contributed funds to sponsor the study. I t will join the other spon­ sors at a meeting later this autumn to discuss the study’s findings in depth and to brainstorm opera­ tional and marketing plans for a possible Saturday extension. DalesRail operates the


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A LOCAL businessman has been fined £4,000 for not complying with a Ribble Valley Borough Council enforcement order. Alfred Bracewell, of the Simonstone firm Acewell


Bracewell was ordered to pay £75 costs. He had admitted the offence. The hearing was the latest


current Sunday service, which runs between April and October. It provides a morning train from Black­ pool to Carlisle and a sec­ ond service from Preston to Carlisle, with return ser vices in the afternoon. This summer, the trains’ two-car units were upped to four as demand for northward travel increased. Ribble Valley Rail is sup­


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porting all plans for the rail extension. Its eight-year campaign to reinstate Clitheroe’s Manchester passenger rail link came to fruition in 1994 and there are now 17 daily trains for Ribble Valley travellers to the city.


round in a long-running saga regarding Woodfield Farm, Whins Lane, Read. Local residents have been keen for strong council action. An enforcement notice was


Teenager Janies rides to success LUCKY Billington teenager James Harling has a brand new mountain bicycle,


courtesy of a competition run by Warburton’s bakery and Tesco. A Harling family ticket entry clinched the prize, and the machine is now being ridden by James, a pupil at Ribblesdale High School, Clitheroe. The winning ticket now goes for-


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manager Mr Gary Lofthouse handed over the bicycle to James and his mother, Mrs Maurita Harling. (CAT 12900)


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issued ordering Acewell Units to stop using land at the farm for its business, but the deadline of August 6th was not met. So the council issued a summons alleging breach of the notice. Bracewell explained to the


magistrates that he had experienced difficulties finalising the move of equipment to a site in the Burnley area. He said that various formalities had to be dealt with, but expected to complete the transfer shortly.The magistrates fixed the level of fine after hearing details of the amounts of money the defendant


draws from the business, • A Ribble Valley Bor­


ough Council spokesman says that court action is likely to follow in cases where enforcement notices are not complied with.


Pianist opens new season


MAKING his cross- Pennine debut, classical pianist Neil Crossland will open Clitheroe Con­ cert Society’s winter events programme. He will perform in the


lecture theatre at Clitheroe Royal Gram' mar School next Wednesday at 7-30 p.m Currently making his


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mark in London, the Wakefield-born pianist is, according to review­ ers, “a star in ascent”. His Clitheroe recital will include pieces from Bach, Haydn and Liszt.


Piano encore from Chernobyl visitor at special Clitheroe


church service A BUDDING young pianist and organist from fhe nuclear accident region around Chernobyl


has made a re p e a t g u e s t a p p e a ran c e m Chtheroe.


Barchan made such a favourable impression last year when she gave an impromptu concert at the United Reformed Church in Moor Lane that she was


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visitors. Health check-ups and hairstyling appoint­ ments are all part of the service, but the carefree atmosphere of trips, to such places as Blackpool Zoo, the Lake District, Ribblesdale Pool and the miniature railway at Edis- ford, also helps to boost their well-being, say the organisers. A farewell party was held at s t Michael and St John’s RC Social Centre in clitheroe last night before the youngsters leave for


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