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Action call on unauthorised taxis operating in Clitheroe


THIRTY or 40 cars offering a tax i service sometimes crowd into C lith e ro e on weekend nights — but some a r e u n a u th o r i s e d an d


unlicensed. The town’s legitimate operators


now want stronger enforcement action, a meeting of the council’s Policy and Finance Committee


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that enforcing the regulations was specialised work, needing a


detailed knowledge of the law. Unsocial hours, often Friday


and Saturday evenings, were also involved and Mr Timson’s sugges­ tion that a suitable official from another authority be employed part time was accepted. It was also agreed not to issue


heard.“Their businesses are being threatened,” said Chief Legal Officer Mr Paul Timson, repeating a point made in his written report


ordered a.taxi for a.Sunday moim- - iK ^ u ?


turnup; he could not find another one either.


hour, seven-day-a-week operation “The taxi people say it; «‘ a


any more hackney carriage licences until demand had been assessed and introduce a local knowledge te s t for licence applicants, Coun. 'Bert Jones said he had


Where people break an agree ment they should be penalised, he commented. “I think it is wrong that people get away wth >t. Mr Timson indicated that was


the type of situation wh,ch council’s-“fit and proper person to


hold a licence” condition .was designed to cover.


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A CHILDHOOD meeting point recalled by many a Clitheroman has | been restored to its former glory.


Waterloo lamp shines proudly again — thanks to a town team effort


today stands proudly, only a short distance away from its original home.


The Waterloo lamp Waterloo around 1890 and is the only one remaining from the days of the pri­ vately-owned Clitheroe Gas Company, formed in


Mr Cyril Ainsworth, Rib- ble Valley Council’s design and conservation officer Mr Richard Kirby and


Thanks to local historian


| North Street car park. _ In years gone by, gen-


members of the town’s Civic Society, the lamp now shines again, away from the danger of traffic damage, overlooking


I erations of Waterloo Methodists sang anniver­ sary hymns around the lamp, accompanied on a piano wheeled from the


nearby chapel. The lamp appeared in


1836.


about l'/id. a week for its use, and the name of the Cockshott iron foundry is


Townspeople had to pay


cast in the lamp’s base, complete with Roman


numerals, which are pro­ bably the date of erection. In July, 1973, it was


moved by crane after an excavator was used to


uproot it from its site in the middle of the road — away from passing traffic — to the garden at the entrance to the car park: The base is made, of


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POETS from the Rib- ble Valley who took two of the top four p l a c e s in a n ew county-wide competi­ tion have had tn e ir works published. Mrs Beverley Jones


Poetry winners see work go into print in county book Js


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(55), of Warwick Drive, Clitheroe, was the adult


winner of Lancashire County Libraries’ inaugu­


ral poetry competition, with her poem F i r s t Steps. In the section for the


youngest children, the se- ven-years-and-under age group, Downham’s Luke Hayton, who is now eight, was a w in n e r w ith Conkers. Both poets have had


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, received their own copies |and the books are now available to the public, for the price of £1.50, at any


their works published in a county council library ser­ vice book, entitled Poetry Competition Winners 1996. They re c e n t ly


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i public library. 1 Mrs Jones, the wife of Liberal Democrat council


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1ST..nt ”hftSS 15“ « », • X t Clitheroe Civic Society mg for a nurnber of


. _J former mayoress of the


members decided tori' restore the historic lamp-


''carpark.The lamp had been rescued by Mr Ainsworth, who was familiar with it, as he was a former propri­ etor of the newsagent’s shop at Waterloo.- Mr Kirby became


two tons the cast-iron time accounts" ’ierk. s‘he is standard itself welEhlnS orjginally from New Zea- neru-ti,0ne t0r-„ic dnciotv 'and and has been writing


post five years ago, after ,, ■ , iqqos it had been left deteriorat-


ing among bushes in the poem, The Dancing, which


t ’ workshops during S ^he entered another,


hnvinir attended


was highly commended by the professional poets who acted as judges, and this will also be published in


involved and civic society chairman. Mrs’ Beryl Cas­ sidy appealed for a picture of the lamp in its heyday, in a bid to help restoration work. The borough council is paving for the lamp-light i


the new book..


leader Howel Jones and a ’ not inspirational, but Chatburn CE Primary based on tonics which she


is given. Her winning entry touched upon the dilemma of some friends’ decision to watch their child taking its first steps at the same time Neil Armstrong’s first steps on


.one saiu n i yuuLiJ ic


Shesaid her poetry is top


gravity, By walking on air. to visit Cloud Nine.” - Luke, w h o 'a t te n d s


'School, won his section with his first-ever attempt at a poem. He said that he


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the moonman floated in the history books, Your parents,star struck, defied


A verse reads: “While


Former winding master with long textiles service


today, with a low energy ONE of th e veterans, Afterwards, Mr Web- environmentally friendly 0f the textile trade in ster returned to Clitheroe


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photo-cell light installed Ci i t h e ro e h a s d ie d Pictured are represents-


tives of the civic society, aged 8b> j SR


officially switched (CAT 7843)


Flats plan gets green light


young people are to be built in Clitheroe, council­ lors were told. The North B r itish Housing Association is to build the flats in Station Road at a cost of £177,000. The Ribble Valley


SIX flats for vulnerable


i several decades and called I in there most weeks up to very recent times. Two directors and the


Mills, Clithe roe , for , , ,


Mr Ainsworth and Mr ' j i r Jim Webster was the winding room reflect- Kirby, in front of the Ending master for James ing his knowledge of the


Waterloo lamp as it was Thornber Ltd, Holme trade. oiiritnhn^ fill 1IT!I1 . PlilliAHnn fn


loffice a dm in is t ra to r | attended his funeral to | mark the firm’s apprecia­ tion of his long service and continued interest in its


I work. A Clitheroe resident


Council’s Housing Com­ mittee also heard that a


supported housing man­ agement grant of £11,400 to assist with running costs had been allocated.


| joined the RAMC at the beginning of the war, and served overseas in places such as Africa and Italy, tending the wounded and in later times looking after prisoners of war.


since he was a young man, Mr Webster started out in textiles at Dewhurst’s. He


among colleagues, and was always keen to see the latest developments in the firm’s operations on his re g u la r v is i ts since


He had many friends


retirement. ; Mr'Webs'ter.had a long­


standing interest in music and liked listening to reco rd s . Until quite recently he was often seen shopping in the town. The funeral service at


Thornber s te s t Known March 24th, a pair of incident. : employees, his key role in


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the town centre. At midday on Monday,


ladies’ black Penny Black trousers and a black and white check Apriori waist­ coat, both valued at £75, were stolen from the Clothes Shop, in York Street.


Two women are being sought by the police. One


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poem reads: “Conkers, .pictured with their copies' Conkers on the ground, of the book. (CAT 7754) ;


A verse from Luke’s Mrs Jones and Luke are: ■’


hoped that it will run onj - an annual basis.


Police plea for help with theft


'CLITHEROE police are appealing to mem­ bers of the public to


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is described as Asian, agedt; about 20 and standing 5ft.,., 2in. tall. She is said;to bej. of slim build with, long wavy black, hair. She was wearing jeans, a denim jacket and a,red checked shirt at the time of 'the


to be around 40,' stands 5ft. 4in. tall, is plump and has short mousey-blonde hair. She was wearing a grey jacket and skirt. Anyone with any infor­


The other woman is said


mation can contact them on 01200 443344.


the moon were being tele­ vised live.


■learnt how to write poetry, from a professional poet, P au l Cookson, who ended the school


year and conducted a num- introduced to revive, ber of workshops with the interest in poetry, i t is, children.


last 5,000 entries and' was;


Conkers, conkers all around, Conkers conkers, in the s treet, Conkersj conkers at your feet.” .•••• ‘ A spokesman, from the'


county library service said: the competition, which also had age groups for 8- to-ll-year-olds and 12-to-; 16-year-olds had nearly;


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Calverley’s Chapel of Rest, Clitheroe, was, a humanist one, conducted by Mr Lynn Millard. Cre­ m a t io n followed a t Accrington. • Mr Webster leaves a son and two daughters.


European Cup win


A LOCAL boy has put his idols, Manchester United, to shame after bringing home the European Cup to Britain! Adam Cotterill (12), of


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Waddington Road, Clith­ eroe, took part in the soc­ cer event, held in Bel­ gium, along with teams from five~other countries,


as a member of the Miche- lin under-12s.


Burnley, were the only British squad to enter the competition, which took


The team, based in .


place over two days. The trip was financed


from events, including sportsman’s dinners and sponsored walks, and a


total of £6,000 was raised. Adam was accompanied


on the trip by his parents and nine-year-old brother,


Brett, and. according, to his mother, Mrs Rita Cot­ terill, there was no time to do any sightseeing. She said: “All we did


was concentrate on the football!”The team beat Czecho­ slovakia in the first leg,


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all the team.” Adam, originally from


Valley Gardens, Hapton, has been a keen footballer for a number of years and he enjoys following his favourite team, Manches-1 ter United. As a warm-up to the


European tournament, the Michelin team beat local r iv a ls th e C l ith e ro e | Wolves 9-0.


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