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New rules allow the


burning of Cemfuel again


STRICT new rules to ensure the quality of Cemfuel burned by Castle Cement include a requirement for some


independent testing. The company and the con­ trolling Government body, the Environment Agency, this week agreed on the new rules, allowing Cemfu­ el to be burned again. I t was suspended on


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August 1st after concern that the testing procedure was not rigorous enough. Official figures had shown some substances exceeding the limits in earlier sam­


ples. Now there will be extra


testing by the company, as well as some by an outside expert, and there will be spot checks to ensure com­ pliance. The company can now only burn fuel from batches which have been tested, and passed. Liquid from several deliv­


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ery vehicles will be placed in one big tank, mixed for


an hour, and then sampled. The Environment


Agency’s North West pol­ lution prevention and con­


trol manager, Mr Jeremy Frost, said: “I am satisfied


ENTENTE cordiale turned a l i tt le sour*'as Clitheroe’s chanty cycling quintet arrived in Paris. The students fell victim to


French thieves just hours after completing their 500- mile two towers trek in aid of the Derian House chil­ dren’s hospice. Four of the boys — James Gill, Matthew Fishlock, Daniel Parkinson and Jonathan Carter — had their cycles stolen from the youth hostel on the out­ skirts of Paris where they were recuperating after having achieved their Blackpool Tower to Eiffel Tower marathon. All five boys had chained


Chamber of trade call to trim number of charity shops in Clitheroe


by Tim Procter


their bikes together, leaving them behind for just one hour while they went for a meal. When they returned, only Michael Wood’s rac­ ing bike remained. The others, all mountain bikes worth between £300 to £400 each, had gone. French police are currently


investigSting'the thefts,


which meant the students1 two-day sight-seeing tour of Paris was interrupted with forays to the police station to complete paper­ work. All the boys had travel insurance. Glad to be home, they


THE “too many chari­ ty shops” controversy is fast spreading from industrial towns into rural ones such as


Clitheroe. As we report on our front page this week, there will


soon be nine or ten heavily- subsidised businesses packed into a relatively few shopping streets here. But Skipton already has double


that number and in West- on-Super-Mare there are


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arrived back in Clitheroe on Tuesday evening. Their efforts should raise over £1,000 for the hospice.


Wheels taken


THE owner of a Land Rover Discovery parked in a Clitheroe street awoke to find th a t all four alloy wheels on the vehicle, val­ ued a t £1,000, had been stolen during the night. The vehicle was put up on


bricks to facilitate the theft, which happened in Waddington Road,


between 1 and 8 a.m. on Thursday.


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cheap’ shopping coach trips to Weston and how retail­ ers there cope with this unfair competition on such a scale, I just don’t know,” says travel agent Mr Nigel P ra t t , president of Clitheroe Chamber of Trade. “The resort must have lost very many gen­ uine retailers. A charity moving in cuts out the chance of a proper business taking that space. It is hap­ pening too often and we have got to stop it. Here in Clitheroe we must face the fact that it could get worse because several major char­ ities are still unrepresented. But they could be looking round — who knows?” Mr Pratt and his predeces­


sor, Mrs Judith Hitchen, are keen to get the local council to search hard for


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Nigel Pratt, chamber of trade president


powers to trim the propor­ tion of charity shops. “But we have to accept


th a t , almost certainly, there are none and that is why we want Government action,” says Mr P ra t t . “Very many business peo­ ple here and everywhere work wholeheartedly for charities and even have col­ lecting boxes in their premises. No one is against charity, but we are against having the rug pulled from under our feet.” The skilled, highly-paid


retail trade experts hired by the charities to maximise the profit potential of peo­ ple’s high streets are increasingly looking to places such as Clitheroe for


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new outlets. Rationalisa­ tion in various shopping sectors is throwing up


empty premises all over and before long a well-capi­


talised charity moves in. “They are allowed to sell


up to 50 per cent of new goods. The business rate


reductions and other finan­ cial benefits they get mean that on those they have a built in advantage against the ordinary retailer,” points out Mr P ra t t . “Those benefits were designed and introduced to


• give the charity market a chance to sell secondhand goods and still make a prof­ it . But perhaps they are


now being abused.” Mr Pratt says that some


--------- control must be intro­


duced. For instance, plan­ ning laws separate offices from shops, and the Gov­ ernment could make sure they do the same for chari­ ty shops. Councillors could then operate a reasonable limit, with applicants’ rights safeguarded by the planning appeal procedure. “There may be b e tte r


ways than that of tackling the problem—we would be pleased to hear ideas,” says


Mr Pratt. • Clitheroe Mayor Coun.


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John McGowan is among borough councillors expressing concern and is making what inquiries he can. But he wants everyone to realise there is nothing the council can do a t the moment. Coun. McGowan recently p u t this point strongly a t a meeting and his comments caused some concern to the chamber of trade. “I understand offi­ cials were unhappy at what I said and I am sorry for any upset I caused them,” says the Mayor.


Sponsorship rolls in for the SuperScan Superwalk


THE power of the Press — in this instance the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times — was praised by staff at Altham’s Travel who are preparing for


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this month’s 14-mile leg of the SuperScan


Superwalk. Within hours of our story


requesting sponsorship, branch manager Mr Derek Stuttard reported an amazing response, with one customer gener­ ously donating a cheque for £150 and earlier this week another promising £100 if the staff team completed the route along


the new M65 extension. Many of those calling into the King Street shop have put donations into the special SuperScan Superwalk collec­ tion tube and, with just one week to go, staff are now thor­ oughly looking forward to their motorway trek. Sunday, August 31st, is the day for which over 4,000


prospective walkers are preparing, and none more so than Clitheroe’s Town Crier, Mr Roland Hailwood, who was


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th a t these new arrange­ ments will ensure that the Cemfuel actually humed in Clitheroe conforms to the requirements of-the formal authorisation. “The agency will continue


to monitor the situation closely to ensure best prac­ tice in what is a developing


area.” ', Castle Cement has wel­


comed the agreement and emphasises that the neces­ sary arrangements to fully comply with' it have been


made.


Plenty of fun on the farm


LIFE on the farm was enough to attract a crowd of more than 600 visitors to the third annual Friend­ ly Farmer Fun Day at Lit- tletown Farm, Thomley. Organised by the regional


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l ed by farm owners Eileen and Matt Forshaw, the aim of the fun day was to edu­ cate the public on fanning


branch of the National Farmers’ Union and host-


and rural life. There were demonstra­


tions of sheep shearing, working sheep dogs and tra c to r riding. For the peckish, there was also yoghurt and cheese tast­


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animals and radio Rock FM’s Thunder Truck added to the attractions.


A collection of rare breed ‘ , ,


tho w rv first nerson to register for the walk and whose


the very first person to register for the walk and whose s p o S u p form at his shop, F. AyAllen and Sons is tes­ timony to that, bearing the number one. MrHaibvood will be wearing his town crier robes for the w ^w h ic h h e i is doing partly in memory of respected local rraident Mr


Roy Dewhurst, who died in January and, said Mr Hail­ wood, would have been undertaking the walk had he still been alive. Staff at Clitheroe company Ultraframe plan to carry a


roof along the route and many more. Ribble Valley individuals and families have registered to take p a r t in either the three mile, 8.5 mile or 14 mile stretches of the motorway extension walk. The local appeal chairman,


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Mrs Mary Barnes, last week called for more walkers from


the borough and indications now are that 119 people have


. signed up. The Ribble Valley SuperScan appeal is well on


target for achieving its fund commitment of £150,000 by Christmas. Local residents have already donated


£120,000 to the appeal through numerous fund-raising


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