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C l i th e ro e A d v e r t ise r & T im e s , O c to b e r 30th, 1997 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Bike death: coroner to press for improved warning signs


A CORONER is to press the county council to improve the warning signs at the scene of a Rib- pie Valley Sunday afternoon motor cycle tragedy.


by Tim Procter An experienced rider, Mr Peter James Worswick (34),


^PP^?ached ® hend in the Wigglesworth road just out of Siaidbum as if it was a right-hand one. But the road turns left and Mr Worswick died from multiple injuries as his machine crashed into a fence. Recording a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on Tuesday, the area’s deputy coroner, Mr Michael Single-


he suggested also the placing of chevron markings and a


“Slow” sign in the road. “I will be writing to the County Surveyor myself sug­


gesting that the changes should be put in place immedi­ ately to prevent other accidents,” said Mr Singleton. A rider who was behind Mr Worswick, Mr Giles Old- knew, said he was probably just over the 60 m.p.h. speed limit when he went into the bend as if it was a right-hand one. When he himself reached it, said Mr Oldknew, he found it was a left-hand one and Mr Worswick was lying


on his back in the road.


ton, said he was concerned about the general layout of the road. He had been told that the police had written to the coun­ ty council suggesting a reduction in the speed limit, and


PC John Clarke told the inquest that there had been , , ,, . . .


other accidents on the bend—the only advance warning was a crossroads sign, which was misleading becauseit gave the impression that the road went straight on. He had sent a report suggesting a reduction in the speed limit


to the county council. Mr Worswick, a father of two from Hindley, near Wigan,


was one of several weekend and Bank Holiday motor cycle riders killed in the area this summer.


University places: don’t be put off


“DON’T be deterred” —


that’s the advice to Ribble Valley students after rumours of a drop in the number of applications for university places. This comes after the


their UCAS forms and send them in as early as possible. Their advice is that it is


recent national announc- ment of recommendations


on contributions towards


their fees. However, contribution lev­


els have not been settled and are likely to depend upon individuals’ circum­


stances. As a result, careers advis­


ers in East Lancashire are encouraging students con­ sidering entering higher education to complete


RAY OF HOPE FOR AUCTION BUYERS AND SELLERS


THERE was a ray of light for both buyers and sellers at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Mon­ day, with the prime cattle trade lifting significantly and signs that the market is at last improv­


THOSE WIs which did not hold their annual


meetings in October do so in November. .There is not usually a speaker a t these meetings, in order to have time to conduct the domestic business. This does not mean the meetings are dull, as there is often supper provided and an entertainment of some kind, plus an interesting competition. For more information about WI activities, ring 01200 427165.


NOVEMBER 3RD: Bashall Eaves WI—Birthday party at which M. L. Raven will speak on “Sheep, shepherding and spinning.”


NOVEMBER 4TH: (Rimington WI—Annual meeting.


NOVEMBER 5TH:


Slaidbum WI — Annual meeting followed by a light sup- per.Bolton-by-Bowland WI — Annual meeting, plus audio­ visual presentation by Mike Berry, “N ig h tfa ll’. Little Mitton and District WI—Annual meeting and com­


petition for a parkin.


Barley WI—Decoupage for Christmas by Mrs A. Weath- erill.'


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Chipping WI — Annual meeting and a talk by Fr Hughes entitled “Memories of my time at prison.” NOVEMBER 6TH:


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jvork cushion. NOVEMBER 10TH:


GisbumWI—Annual meeting and competition for paten- . .


. . ■ Clayton-le-Dale WI — Evening of slides with music by Mr


John Orell. gabden WI—Fawlty Towers with Ann Scargill. NOVEMBER 11TH:


tyaddington WI — Annual meeting, Christmas stall and , , „ . .


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line dancing. NOVEMBER 12TH:


. .. . Great Harwood and District WI — Speaker from Chaigley Knowle Green and Dutton WI—Annual meeting and com­


Manor, bring-and-buy stall. Dunsop Bridge WI — Annual meeting, plus supper pre- pared by former committee.


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petition for piece of silverware. Fence WI—Annual meeting plus sales table.


NOVEMBER 13TH: Grindleton WI — Birthday celebrations with dinner at Middle Flass Lodge.


Thornley-with-Wheatley WI — Talk by Mr G. Dobson, ,


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experience in amateur theatre. NOVEMBER 17TH:


NOVEMBER 18TH:


Billington and Langho WI — Winter colour in the garden by Mr Peter Foley, plus bathroom stall.


. 1L , Pendleton WI — Annual meeting and competition for ,


hand-made Christmas card. NOVEMBER 19TH: Whalley and District WI — Annual meetmg.


NOVEMBER 20TH:


Sawley WI — Annual meeting and talk on handbags by Jackie Gilmour.


Simonstone with Read WI — Confessions of a night porter b y R e v . Fraser Smith, open meeting, guests invited.


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Downham WI—Scottish night courtesy of the Caledonian NOVEMBER 27TH:


Hurst Green WI — Annual meetmg and DIY evening by the committee.


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meetmg of Rimington and


i u n u su a l and o r ig in a l arrangements, which were


District Gardening Club Mrs Susan Fairhurst, oi Lawkland, had as her theme of flower arrange­ ments “Christmas is Com­ ing”. She created several


I later raffled. Mr E rn e s t Sedgwick


welcomed everyone to the meeting and spoke of the founding of the club, its gradual growth from small beginnings to a flourishing


society.


which had been baked by M rs A. B u c k le and decorated by her daugh­ ter, Mrs S. Jones, with d e l ig h tfu l g a rd e n in g motifs, was cut by Mrs Mary Bairstow. It was decided to keep


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WADDINGTON


Islands visit There was a good atten­


dance a t Waddington


Women’s F e llow sh ip Network meeting, when chairman Mrs C. Green­ wood introduced guest speaker Mr A. G. Bowles,


of Whalley. He described his holiday


visiting Iona Abbey and the islands of Mull, Barra and the Outer Hebrides. He answered many ques­ tions raised by the ladies and he was asked to return at a later date to finish off the wonderful


trip.Tea and biscuits were served and the pianist for the afternoon was Mrs S.


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meeting next Thursday will be Mrs Edmi Cow- perthwaite. All ladies are


Baines. Guest speaker at the


welcome. RIMINGTON


Fair success Army Once again, the autumn


l m j . fair held at Waddington -yjjja„e Hall. Following a v- , cheon Club met at Newton The Hodder Valley Lun-


Methodist Church was a delicious lunch there was a great success, being well- tajk ^ guest speaker Cap- supported by both villag- uin ^ of the Saivation ers and visitors from fur- . ther afield. As usual, the Ar y- most popular stall was th a t with home-made cakes, jams and preserves, which had all been don­ ated. Stallholders were kept busy selling second­ hand and new goods, bric- a -b ra c , p la n ts , fancy goo d s , b i r th d a y and C h r is tm a s c a rd s and wrapping paper. Afternon te a s were


Mrs K. Casson, Mr W. Cowking.


greatly appreciated, and the grand sum of £360 was raised for church funds.


HURST GREEN


Over-60s Whist winners at the


the club membership sub­ scription at £1 and new members will be very wel­


. ing.


Continental bulls: Medium made to 107.50p (average


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I 104.55p). Native bulls: Medium made to


I 104.50p (91.09p), heavy to 102.50p (93.08p), overall to.


104.50p (91.89p). Continental steers: Light made


to 96.50p, medium to 95.50p (94.52p), heavy to 105.50p (98.47p), overall to 96.83p. Native steers: Medium made to


(89.36p), standard to 107.89p (94.22p)» medium to 107.50p (95.87p), heavy to 94.90p (91.36p), overweight to 84.96p (80p), overall to 107.50p


Lambs: Light made to 93.75p


(94.61p). Ewes made to £46.50 (average


£24.81) and rams to £50.50 (average £42.17). The Old Fair on Friday was


able interest with aged rams to 330gns, Shearling rams to 420gns and ram lambs to 220gns. Texels commanded little interest with a top of 280gns for a Shearling and lambs were hard to place with a top of 200gns.


lambs on the day saw the best trade, with prices ranging from


A small entry of Charolais ram


85.50p (80.89p), heavy to 86.50p (84.78p), overall to 86.50p


(83.61p). Continental heifers: Light made


to 85.50p, medium to 114.50p (94.05p), heavy to 107.50p (96.71p), overall to 114.50p


(94.27p). Native heifers: Light made to


54.50p, medium to 75.50p, over-' allto75.50p(65p).


well supported. Nearly 100 Lonk ewes of all ages averaged in excess of £30, while the shear­ lings topped £50. Mule ewes averaged £45 per head for over 250 head, with gimmer lambs a shade dearer at £49. Swale ewes topped at £66 to average just under £30 a head. Shearlings averaged £52, while all the Swale lambs averaged £24 per


head. There was a good entry of rams,


with Suffolk rams creating the most interest. The top price was 500gns for an aged ram, with Shearlings to 400gns and lambs to 300gns. The Blue Faced Leicesters attracted consider­


Bomb blast blamed for drop in travellers


TH E bomb b la s t in M anches ter in June, 1996, is thought to have trimmed the number of passengers travelling th e re on th e local ra i l


line. Journeys from Ribble Val­


ley railway stations to Blackburn, Bolton and Manchester dropped 6%,


says a county council


report. But numbers have gone


up again since the period including the drop, mem­ bers of the East Lan­ cashire Public Transport. Liasion Committee have been told in the report. In the year to March, 1995,


| the present period, 143,00 journeys are expected. However, the trend for trav­ el to all other destinations was upwards. As previously reported, 220,500 journeys


there were 95,000 journeys towards Manchester, rising to 150,550 the year after. Then came the bomb, and in the year to last March there were 136,500 journeys. For


were made on the line in the year to March.


200gns to 360gns.


safer to put in applications now with the option of withdrawing a t a later date, rather than making a late application when the funding situation becomes clearer. Miss Ray Howard, East


Pendle Club


WINNERS of solo whist a t the Pendle Club were: Mrs Underwood, Mrs A. Foster, Mr E. Hold­


en. New members are welcome to a t te n d each Monday a t 7-30


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Lancashire Careers Ser­ vices chief executive, said: "The outcome may be that some people cannot afford to take a degree, but at the moment that is not clear. “If students do not get


their applications in now, they run a greater risk of not getting the place they want. Taking the wrong degree can be a very costly mistake, not just financial­ ly but in terms of wasted


time.” ■ Would-be undergraduates and their parents can obtain help by contacting their local careers office at 5 Swan Courtyard, Castle Street, Clitheroe, or by phoning 01200 444799. Students can also see a careers adviser through Student Services in col­ leges and sixth forms.


Rail station PA keeps residents awake


LANGHO residents have complained to Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans about the noise levels from the pub­ lic address system at Langho station.


Mr Evans has written to North-West Trams on behalf .


of the concerned local residents who are being woken up early in the morning by loud announcements.


He said: “I have written to North-West Trains request­


ing that they only use the speaker system for delays Mid cancellations. I have a great deal of sympathy for the local residents who are having their peace and quiet dis­ turbed twice an hour. “I believe that the facilities for train users are excellent


at Langho station and so there really is no'need to go ni for this belt and braces approach. I do hope that North- West Trains will look again at this issue in the light of these complaints amd hopefully do the decent thing.


Angry residents give thumbs down to traffic measures


j / ANGRY Billington residents


again voiced their objections to. proposed road calming measures at a full Ribble Valley Borough


Council meeting. Pointed questions were again


directed at councillors during the public participation session, raising issues which have been aired sever­


al times before. The traffic calming measures are part


of planning conditions imposed on Holden Homes, which has successfully


appplied to build behind Railway Ter­


race in the village. Mrs Kath Robinson demanded to know


why a report which had cost £600 to com­ mission on the viability of the measures had not been mentioned a t a Planning Committee meeting she had attended. She warned that if proposed narrowing of the road underneath the railway bridge


went ahead, someone would end up being killed.


Mrs Ann Atkinson, from the post office, ...


expressed concern th a t the proposals wouid result in considerably reduced park­


ing for residents and customers of her shop alike, and that her business could suffer as


aresult. Coun. Frank Dyson, chairman,of the


Planning and Development Committeee, responded to the villagers’ concerns.


. He said that two other reports had been looked at by a district council working group which had been set up to look at traffic problems on the Whalley New Road which runs through the village.


missioned by the group itself, decided “to sit on the fence”, while the county coun­ cil’s had recommended that the traffic calming measures should go ahead. A county committee was due to discuss


One of the reports, which had been com­ the issue yesterday. Car abandoned Q


A CAR which had been stolen from a Simonstone s t re e t was later found undamaged round the comer.


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M. Jackson. Dominoes winners were:


Mrs J. Moon, Mrs E. Jac­ ques, Mr H. Ainsworth,


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Mr R. Wilson. Raffle winners were: Mr


Moon, Mrs A. Walker. Everyone was pleased


to h e a r t h a t Ag n e s Howa r th is making a favourable recovery after her operation. The next meeting will


be held as usu a l on November 4th at 7-30 p.m.


NEWTON


Annual ball Newton Village Halil


Commi ttee once again organised the annual farm­ ers’ ball on Friday eve-


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provided by the Musettes and prizewinners were: Mr


W. Towler, Mrs K. Tay-| lor, Mrs M. Beattie and: Mrs M. Pye.


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