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, i 6 Clithe roe Adve rt ise r & Times, August 14th, 1997 HOG M A N IA GRIPS BU R N L E Y !


Dog group helps


charity


THE Hearing Dogs, for the Deaf charity has been targeted by the Clitheroe and Pen- dle District Dog Agil­ ity Club for a £560 donation.


The money is to be pre­ sented to an area repre­


sentative of the charity at a special club night cere mony tomorrow.


June, led by membership secretary Christine Elder.


including four-legged friends, successfully com­ pleted the walk, and a thoroughly enjoyable day was rounded off with a delicious afternoon tea at Whalley Abbey.


Every p a r tic ip an t,


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you own a dog and are looking for a new hobby, why not try the Dog Agil­ ity Club?. Please ring our secretary, Jean Brown (01254 822851), for further


A spokesman added: “If details.”


club members and friends, plus the club’s Canine Best Friends’ group, who all took part m a sponsored 10-mile walk at the end of


The cash was raised by Elite cars pay visit to the Valley


ANYTHING up to £lm. worth of elite c a rs drove im p re s ­ sively through miles of the Ribble Valley on S a t u r d a y


80-vehicle, coast-to- coast run organised by a Sabden b usiness­


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man.Mr Andrew Proctor was clerk of the course for the Lancashire Automobile Club Ltd’s 1997 Classic tour, taking m 107 miles of


the- best scenery between B l a c k p o o l an d


Scarborough. A member of the club s


committee, Mr Proctor organised the run for the first time this year and is already making plans for 1998, when he will also be in charge.


the rules and regulations are met, Mr Proctor has had to liaise with councils, police forces and hotels, and with club colleagues dealing with entries. “The tour was again a


Apart from ensuring all


great success and the weather was. glorious — we are very pleased that our ‘Coast to Coast has established a leading place in the motoring calendar,” says Mr Proctor.


Mr Proctor travels abroad as managing director of James Proctor Ltd, a long- established Burnley com­


A marketing graduate,


pany which specialises in combustion equipment for industrial boilers and simi­ lar applications. Its hop­ pers and feeders used to


help raise steam for Lan­ cashire’s textile industry


but the family has ensured it has diversified to chang­ ing times, with new mar-- kets being opened up at home and abroad. In his spare time, Mr Proctor is a classic vehicle enthusi­ ast, and a keen navigator


on classic vehicle events. He himself owns a' 1992 Volkswagen Corrado,


which he used to help him supervise S atu rd ay ’s


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St Paul’s' Church, Low. Moor, was the setting for the wedding of Miss Lisa- Marie Eccleston and Mr


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gown with a pearl bodice, and carried a bouquet of terracotta and ivory-co- lo u r e d r o s e s an d gypsophila. The bride’s attendants


were Mrs Kate Duffy, Misses Michele and Hay-


ley Eccleston and Miss Elizabeth Swayne, wear­ ing terracotta-coloured, off-the-shoulder dresses, and carrying bouquets of white spray carnations and ivory and terracotta-co­ loured roses. B e s t man was Mr


Help is on hand for ; results worries


CELEBRATIONS or commiserations, today is the day of reckoning for the borough’s A-le- vel students. With results now out


to be followed next Thursday by those of GCSE candidates, East Lancashire Careers Services is launching its Student Helpline, which offers both moral and practical support for those who may not have achieved th e . grades needed for their selected higher educa­ tion courses. Helpline advisors can


supply details of alter­ native courses, infor­ mation on r e - s i ts , working abroad or tak­ ing time out; F o r th o s e who


Michael Neilson, and the groomsmen were Mr Pete llulme, Mr Philip Swayne and Mr Allan Bum. After the ceremony,


achieved their grades or did b e t te r than expected, th e re is advice on applications, grants and loans. Students can ring the


conducted by the Rev Rodney Nicholson, l reception was held at the Moorcock Inn, Wadding- ton. The couple are to live in Clitheroe. Photo: Raymond Green­ wood, Clitheroe.


Trains delayed


TRAINS between Clith­ eroe and Blackburn were halted for more than an hour on Saturday after bomb scare in Blackburn town centre. Parts of the centre were sealed off during the inci


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the North in cars worth anything between £3,000 and £40,000, including a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley, a Frazer Nash, a Mercedes; and numerous MG, Tri­ umph TR, Austin Healey, and Morris Minor models. Most other quality mar­ ques' were .-represented and there was even a Moskvich. They set off from Blackpool at one minute intervals. The tour entered the


Ribble Valley from Beacon Fell and the cars went


through Chaigley, Wad- dington, West Bradford and Grindleton to a coffee


stop at the Coach and Horses, Bolton-by-Bow-


land. Then the drivers set t out for Hellifield, and con­


front and the Spa complex, finishing through the Yorkshire Dales.


inued to Scarborough


man with a family, can now relax a little and is looking forward to'a test­ ing navigation task in a competition next month. He is pictured here with one of Saturday’s cars, a Jaguar. XK 150 DHC entered by Mr Russel Richardson, of Lancaster. (CAT 11559)


Mr Proctor, a married


Clitheroe helpline on 01200 444799. They are also welcome at the careers office off Pim­ lico Road. The office houses prospectuses from every higher edu­ cation establishment in th e c o u n t ry and through its 'computer can provide on-line access to all higher education vacancies.


Lease expires


THE 30-year lease ena­ bling Gisburn P arish Council to rent the village' playing fields expired at the end of last month. Now negotiations are


dent. The railway and bus stations, the market hall and surrounding shops were evacuated at 2-30 p.m. as bomb squad officers searched Morri son’s supermarket. Surrounding roads wer


under way in the hope that it can be renewed, though possibly on different terms to the Gd. (2‘/ip) annual rent agreed in 1967. Thoughts that part of


re-opened and staff were allowed back to work at 3 45 p.m., but some public transport delays continued into the early evening.


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the four-acre site could be used for housing were dis­


pelled by the inspector considering appeals into the Ribble Valley’s devel­ opment plan. He ruled that the public open space designation should remain.


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