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LANGHO nurse Jenny Grimes, who works among the elderly and with the family planning service, is Ribble Valley’s new Mayor.


last year’s Deputy Mayor, donned the mayoral robes and chain of office for her new role as chief citizen at the traditional mayor-


Coun. Grimes, who was Q/afCzij (Outdoor ARRIVED JUST New ranges of


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making ceremony in the Ribble Valley council


chamber.


ician at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and Cub Scout leader at Langho, will be her Consort.I t was very much a family occasion for the Belfast-born staff nurse, whose widowed mother, Mrs Eileen Black, had travelled from Northern Ireland specially for the


Her husband, Dr David Grimes, a consultant phys­


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celebrations. Two of the couple s


grown-up children, Caro­ line, who lives in Barrow, and Daniel, a university student in Leeds, were also with their mother on her big day. Jonathan, the second eldest, who lives in London, was visiting Aus­ tria on a business trip and was unable to attend. Dr Grimes’s mother, Mrs Bar­ bara Grimes, completed the family group. Coun. Grimes was pro­


posed and seconded as Mayor by her Liberal Democrat colleagues, Coun. Kate Hopper and Coun. Denis McWuliam. Jennifer Ann Grimes


has represented Billington and Langho since the Lib­ eral-Democrats snatched a clutch of seats in Ribble Valley Council’s biggest- ever shake-up in 1991. Coun. G r im e s , of


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Lowerfield, Langho, was born in B e lfa s t and brought up in the fishing village of Kilkeel in C o u n ty Down. She attended grammar school in Belfast and trained as an SRN at Manchester Royal Infirmary between 1964-67. She met her husband


while he was a medical student at Manchester


Mayor’s charity work will help young and old


University. She continues to work


THE young and the


part time as a staff nurse at the elderly rehabilita­ t io n d e p a r tm e n t a t Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, and in the family planning centre in Clitheroe. A former Girl Guide


old are to be targeted for charity fund-rais­ ing by the new Ribble Valley Mayor during


her year of office. Castleford Day Centre


leader at Langho, she lists gardening, Scottish coun­ try dancing, hill walking ski-ing and natural history among her interests. ’


for the elderly, in Clith­


eroe, and Lancashire Youth Orchestra , have b e en named as th e


mayoral charities. At the mayor-making,


that during her work as a nurse she was involved in the care of the elderly and was keen to see their qual­ ity of life enhanced and made more meaningful, especially through social


activities. She explained: “I t is


with this in mind that I have chosen for my first


Coun. Jenny Grimes said


charity the Castleford Day Centre. This serves the elderly, of the Ribble Val­ ley 365 days of the year and can do a great deal to improve their quality of


life.” Turning to her second


charity, sne said that she was most appreciative of


the importance of music to life in general and, in par­ ticular, to the lives of


young people. “I nave decided to sup­


port the Lancashire Youth Orchestra as I feel this is a way to build upon the future of music for our young people and for the Ribble Valley,” she added.


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Perfect Picture Framing Cherished Ceramics Delightful Dolls Houses Uplifting Upholstery Crucial Cushions Stunning Stencils Fantastic Flowers Luxury Lighting


Oh, and a rather nice Coffee Shop!


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■Love affair with area- started when view captured her heart


A LOVE of the Ribble Valley began on a chance visit to Clitheroe 25 years ago for the new Mayor, Coun. Jenny Grimes.


She was raised in County


Down in the shade of the beautiful Mountains of Mourne, but the view from Clitheroe Castle was to capture her heart.


through the area in 1972 with her husband, David, on their way home to Manchester from the Lake


Coun. Grimes was passing . District. • ‘


speech to colleagues and guests _ attending the mayoral dinner at the


She recalled that fateful day in a


Mytton Fold Farm Hotel and Res­ taurant, Langho.


“Our return journey was through the Ribble Valley and we stopped in


the evening in Clitheroe and visited the castle,” she said.


evening, we looked across Chther.oe . and the Ribble Valley and thought how wonderful it would betto live in a place such as this.


“On this lovely summer’s ; : •• 1., “Little did we know that only five


years later, in 1977, this would become a reality, when David was


appointed consultant physician in Blackburn and we moved to this wonderful area.


Langho and, having young children, we soon became heavily involved in


“We settled in the. villageiof ;


the village school of St Leonard’s in Langho. Caroline was in the Brown­


“Our three children all went to _


ies and Guides and Jonathan and Daniel were in the Cubs and'Scouts. Through this, I became a Guide leader for a period of about 10 years. David started as the Cub' Scout leader in 1981 and he is still


Akela.” Army’s first ‘soldier’ in 17 years ,'J


community activities centring " ■ ■ around the school and the church.


THE first Christian sol­ dier to join the ranks of the Salvation Army in Clitheroe for 17 years has signed on at a ceremony at the Army’s Lowergate headquarters. Mrs Cynthia Stevenson,


GISBURN MART AUCTION PRICES


THERE were 40 newly-calved dairy cows and heifers forward at the Gisburn Auction Mart last


Thursday. First quality cows made to


of Whipp Avenue, has worked with the Salvation Army for seven years, being the regular pianist for services in Clitheroe. Now she will wear the


£970 (average £M00) and second quality to £740 (£070.50). First quality heifers made to £1,200 (£912.80), second quality to £720 (£047). There were three in-calf dairy


Army’s famous uniform as she plays, or takes part in s t r e e t collections or accompanies Clitheroe’s Captain Noel Toner on a soup run or works’, at the Army’s newly-refurbished


headquarters. Our photograph shows


Mrs Stevenson receiving the Army’s Articles of War from Col. Douglas Davis, of the Salvation Army’s London headquar­ ters, watched by Capt. Noel Toner. (CAT 9087)


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to 122.5p (lUOp), medium to 127.5p (103.8p), heavy to 125.op (97.5p); other light to 113.5p (81.Op), medium to 104.5p (84. Ip), heavy to 10ti.5p (8G.5p). Steers: Continental light


(including 20 stores). Sheep: Standard lambs mi


steers made to 100.5p (91.4p) medium to 105.5p (92p), heavy to 10G.5p (95.9p); other medium to £75.5p.


cows and heifers forward, witn heifers due .June/July making to £895 (£795). Forward were 100 rearing


calves and the prices were as follows: Calves: Charolais X bulls


heifers made to 107.5p (9G.9p), medium to 112.5p (97p), heavy to 10G.5p (91.(ip); other medium to 80.5p (70. Ip), heavy to 91.Gp (78.4p).


Heifers: Continental light 1 made to £228 (£189.00), heifers


to £94; limousin X bulls to £205 (£175.80), heifers to £190 (£72).5U; Belgian Blue X bulls to £274 (£200.70), heifers to £170 (£95.00); Simmental X bulls to £218(£197.50), heifers to £84; Blonde d’Aquitaine X bulls to £148; Hereford X bulls to £105, heifers to £50 (45); Friesian bulls to £110 (£92), h e ife rs to £G8(£53); Angus X bulls to £130 (£117.00), he ife rs to £35 (£04.50). Bulls: Continental light ma<fl6


150p (142.5p), standard to 170p (15G.4p), medium to 154.5n


Sheep: Light lambs made to


^ ^An A ^ \ I . ........... 1 _ ..w» . . . . . . .. I (142.4p), heavy to 129p (128.Gp);


light hoggs miule ti . . . . . . . v.... . u .W |<


to 115.Gp (113.5p), overweight to 95.Gp (90.5p); horned ewes to £08.50 (£33.74), other to £(>G (£50.05); rams to £72.50 (£G4.5U). In the Beacon North West


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standard to 125.9p . . .u . medium to 125p (114.Gp), heavy


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young bulls to 180p; heifers 172p.


.store cattle and sheep, th< were 5*1 cattle and 44 ewes v lambs forward. Cattle: Limousin bulls m;


At the fortnightly sale


to £405 (£025.50). bullocks £508 (£092), heifers to £• (£309); Simmental bulls to & heifers to £020 (£215.70);Bloi d’Aquitaine bullocks to £4 heifers to £400 (£287.50); Chi lais heifers to £020 (£207.J Belgian blue bullocks to £5 heifers to £178; Friesian l locks to £440; Hereford hcil to £200 (£175.70). Sheep: Horned ewes with


(Gisburn) electronic auction, there were 1,149 sheep (includ­ ing 423 spring lambs), 94 cattle'


to 307p, medium to 000.i hoggs to 252p. Cattle: Steers made to 18


young bulls to £050; heifers £220.


Stores: Steel's made to £4


gle lamb made to £-10, with t lambs to £75 (£09.70); m hoggs with single lamb to £. with twins to £92: mule e with single lamb to £G2 (£01. with twin lambs to £112 (£1Qi


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