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Nature’s changing face smiles on industrial landscape


G LIMPSES of life behind football s ta n d s an d former mill s i te s were enjoyed b y members of Clitheroe N aturalists


“Natural history in an


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been dug out to provide material for the country’s first stretch of motorway, between Preston and Lan­


caster. ■ The speaker said th a t


landscape, with its indus­ trial sprawl In the valleys, steep terraced housing and nearly treeless upper slopes were familiar to many. Kestrels were pictured on


mill chimney ledges and peregrine falcons on a mill chimney in Darwen. Back streets and derelict


sites were quickly taken up by plant life. The rosebay willowherb was often the first plant to appear in the ashes of fires and others were pictured on top of


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hikers’ boots spread seeds of many plants, trapped in the mud. An interesting site on a former ironworks, which had imported lime­ stone and included slag and coke, gave a profusion of flowers including eye- bright and many lesser spotted orchids, which in turn attracted the beauti­ ful Burnet moth. The site had previously


behind Blackburn Rovers ground were remains of river cliff where the River Darwen cuts through the post-glacial sand. There are ponds, left by changes in the river’s course, which teem with frogs, toads and newts. Pictures showed the creatures spawning, with self-sown trees, heather and the solitary bee higher


up. The man-made reservoirs


were home to numerous waterfowl and Mr Jepson concluded by informing members that the leaking water mains and pipes helped to keep the trees along the roads healthy. Stopping leaks will, he commented, have its own


by Mr George Hawthor- nethwaite. The next lec­ ture at Clitheroe Library will be on Thursday at 7-30 p.m., when the speaker will be Michael Gill and his subject “Lead mining in


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Fire-fighters turn out to moor fire


A PARMER who had for­ gotten to inform fire ser­ vices of a controlled moor burning, caused Clitheroe fire-fighters a wasted 52- mile round trip. They were called out by


their colleagues in Ben- tham, after a member of the public reported a blaze on Clapham Moor. A red-faced and apologetic


farmer greeted the Clitheroe team, which spent an hour travelling to and from the moorland


site.


Toddlers team up


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TODDLERS Gareth Hen­ derson and Angela 'WHalley showed the grown-ups a


clean pair of heels, when it came to raising funds for BBC TV’s Children in


Need Campaign. For the super-tots made a


doddle out of Clitheroe Round Table’s Pudsey


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around Castle Field. The half mile sponsored


jaunt attracted many mini charity walkers but i t was Gareth (three), of Warwick. Drive, and Angela (two), of Peel Park Avenue, both Clitheroe, who raised the most money. They were rewarded with


HUNTER-CLARK


A TRADITIONAL Scottish ceilidh followed the wedding service in Edinburgh of Clitheroe bride Miss Anne Clark


to Mr Andy Hunter. Miss Clark, a social therapist, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Clark, of Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe. Given away by her father, she wore a princess line gown


and train of ivory dupion silk. She completed her outfit with a waist-length veil, held m . . .


place by a pearl tiara, and a bouquet of champagne roses. Her attendants were Misses Ailie Robertson and Claire


Gunn, the bridegroom’s niece, who wore ankle-length dupion silk dresses in gold with organza sashes and car


ried posies of mixed flowers and berries. Her flower girl was Miss Jacinta Hunter, the bride


groom’s daughter, who wore an ivory dupion silk dress


and a hairband to match her posy of flowers and berries. The bridegroom, a voluntary organisation co-ordinator,


is the son of Mrs and the late Mr Michael Hunter . ..


The best man was Mr David Robinson and the ushers were Messrs James Gunn and David Edmondson. Following the service at Polworth Parish Church, which


was conducted by the Rev. Stuart McGregor, the recep­ tion was held at Braid’s Hotel, Edinburgh.


The couple, who are honeymooning in the Lake District,


will live in Edinburgh. Photo: Rob Brown


book tokens presented to them by Round Table chairman Mr Peter Bryan,


Winners were on the cards


WINNERS on Monday evening 1 a t Clitheroe Bridge Club were: NS Mr D. J. Mortimer and Mrs B. Tatton, Mr R. Bailey and Ms J. Telfer. EW Mrs I. Park and Mr B. Guha, Mr and Mrs R. Ward. On Thursday evening win­


Policy of


‘zero tolerance’ lands two in court


“ZERO tolerance policing”, in Clitheroe centre led to a court appearance for two


young women. They were arrested after


police found them walking down the street singing, Blackburn magistrates


heard. Defence solicitor Mr


Simon Gretton said police had acted after complaints from the public of late- night noise in the town cen­ tre on Thursdays and Fri­ days. This led them to. adopt a policy of zero toler­


ance. He said the women, Joanne


Haslam, (19) of Talbot Close, and Louvame Rooney, (21) of Henthorn Close, both Clitheroe, had had a few drinks and were both the worse for wear but were doing little more than singing.The women,


employed a t Rectella, were bound over in the sum of £100 to keep the peace for a


do in


year. A charge alleging they were


drunk and disorderly was withdrawn. , •


Paraffin thief


A PARAFFIN thief, who twice siphoned th e fuel


from a storage tank in the garden of a house m Simonstone Lane, Simon- stone, is being sought by Clitheroe police. . A to ta l of 800 li tre s of


paraffin, valued a t £530, have been drained from the


tank on two occasions dur­ ing the last fortnight. Box blaze


A POSTED firework may have caused a blaze inside a letterbox in Highmoor Park, Clitheroe. Both the police and fire


brigade, which took 10 minutes to quell the flames with a dry powder extin­ guisher, are investigating. Children are suspected.


Vandals strike


ners were: NS Mr J. Hig- son and Mr E. Ormand, Mrs V. Baron and Mr R. Turner. EW Mr and Mrs R. Ward, Mrs B. Tatton and Mr J. Renton. The club meets on Mon­


VANDALS caused £200 worth of damage to a prop­ e r ty in Clough Lane, Simonstone, when they smashed a 2ft. by 3ft. dou­ ble-glazed window.


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