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Good show of bulls
107p/kg, prime quality bulls to lOOp/kg, and the commercial quality bulls to 87p/kg. A small show of steers, mainly of native breeds, saw a top price of 89p/kg. The heifers, however, took the best prices for a few weeks with premium butchers' type heifers to 123p/kg. Premium quality heifers averaged top side of 120p/kg and prime quality heifers up to 104p/kg. Buyers and sellers are asked to note that from Monday, March 2nd, the sale of prime cat tle will start at 11 a.m. prompt, following the switching of the calf sale from Tuesdays to Mondays at noon. Young Bulls: Premium made
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to 107p/kg (average 105.34p), prime to lOOp (94.67p), commer cial to87p(80.20p). Steers: Commercial made to
89p (86.34p). Heifers: Premium made to
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of Chatbum Parish Coun cil, the Ribble Valley Council Draft Corporate Plan 1998-2003 was dis cussed by councillors. Comments and sugges tions from residents would be welcome and copies of the plan will be placed in the post office and Chat- burn Library. Councillors agreed to
Draft plan At the monthly meeting
123p (120.67p), prime to 104p (91.13p), commercial to 85p
65.63p (59.64p), standard to 81.58p (71.07p), medium to 84.34p (74.91p), heavy to 69.57p (60.73p), overweight 60.38p (60.38p), overall to 84.34p (71.17p). Ewes made to £40 (£23.27p); rams made to £25 (£22.80p).
(73.91p). Prime hoggs: Light made to
Bike thieves
THIEVES broke into the garage adjoining a property in Ashton Terrace, Clithcroe, and stole a Giant make black chequered mountain bike. The bike, valued at £150,
TV FEATURE SLOT FOR TIRELESS LOCAL
RAILWAY CAMPAIGNER by Ben Carlish
ONE of Clitheroe's most vociferous rail campaigners is to appear in a new BBC North West Today television fea ture, on Tuesday evening, arguing the case for extending the Ribble Valley rail
line. Mr P e te r Moore, of
the Ribble Valley Rail g ro u p , w ro te to th e programme af te r pre s en te r Gordon Burns invited viewers to write in a b o u t c am p a ig n s with which th ey were
involved. His letter highlighted
was fitted with RST suspen sion forks, LX brake levers, curved handlebars and a rear bald tyre.
the group's recently launched study into the feasibility of developing a Monday-to-Friday service between Lancashire and stations in the Eden Valley to Carlisleln his letter, he pointed out that, by doing so, traffic congestion could be eased and more tourists could be brought into the Ribble Valley. Having read the letter Mr David Mof fat, producer of the "News Line" feature decided he was an ideal candidate for the slot. As a result, the
ON the right track: Mr Moore is interviewed by the TV crew (180298/1/17)
cameras were once again rolling in Clitheroe with Mr Moore the "unwilling" focus of their attention. Delighted onlookers
don Bums' job quite yet. "It's not as easy as you
watched as the popular campaigner stood in front of a camera crew,with the backdrop of Clitheroe Cas tle in Station Road, talking about the beauty of the area being tainted by rush hour traffic levels. Later, in the true manner of a dedi cated reporter, he conduct ed a vox pop on the 9-58 to Blackburn, asking com muters their opinion on the subject. While his performance
think. I would describe myself as an "unwilling" media personality," said Mr Moore, who confessed the letter he originally wrote to the programme was "slightly tongue in
cheek." Mr Moffat said Mr
was immaculate, Mr Moore did not think he would be applying for Gor
Moore was an "obvious choice" for the programme. '"Newsline’ allows people to make their own films first hand so their views are not distorted in any way. In addition, the Ribble Valley is an area we are keen to cover, so I contacted Peter and he came across really well. He certainly is a good talkerl" said Mr Moffat.
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ter Allen was proposed by Mrs J. Wood, who was her self the recipient of birth day greetings. Other mem bers celebrating birthdays included Mrs M. Wor- swick, Mrs Metcalfe and Mrs M. Cook, who was presented with flowers. Among the announce
A vote of thanks to Sis
Meyler, J.P. Monaghan. Dominoes: Mr R. Wil
son, Mrs E. Ridge, Mrs M. Davies, Mrs K. Nowell. At the next meeting, on
Tuesday, at 7-30 p.m. in Hurst Green Village Memorial Hall, senior cit izens will receive a warm welcome.
ments made was the venue for the June outing, which is to be Crostons near Pre ston. Winner of the monthly
seek a parish rights of way volunteer to assist in solv ing problems and to intro duce waymarking. Contact is to be made with the Environmental Agency regarding litter problems in Chatbum Brook. The next parish council
meeting will be held on March 16th.
Fed-up players call foul on motor thug
FED-UP footballers had their Read match cancelled after a mindless motorist went joy-riding on the
pitch.
Club was looking forward to playing against Chat- burn FC last Saturday after the pitch had been freshly rolled on Friday
Read United Football . ,,
afternoon. But the reckless driver
their front rooms so didn't
see anything." - Fortunately the club's
next two matches are away but reserve team manager Mr Shaun Porter said the pitch would not be able to be re-rolled until the end of the season in March. Mr Porter said: "It hap
struck around 8-30 p.m. on Friday and sped around the turf in circles churning
up the grass. Club secretary Mrs
Christine Ashton said: "It's beyond me. The pitch was perfect and ready to play on Saturday. You can see the car tracks where he has gone on and done wheelies. The thing is, with all those houses that back on to the pitch the people live in the front of the houses and at that time they would be in
pened before a fortnight ago when we should have been playing. Some idiot drove round—
they have done a right job. but this time
They have gone in a figure of eight in the penalty area
and done wheel skids." The mystery motorist
has struck twice before in the last couple of months and the club has also had problems with vandalism.' Goal posts are removed
the past.
from the pitch after every match because hooligans have smashed them up in
A SKYLINE challenge from the Nick O’ Pendle to Waddington Fell raised £600 for cancer research.
A group of walkers 1P§1
"Improve Photography". The competition will be for an unusual photo frame and the hostesses will be M. Armer, E. Berry and J. Dewhurst. "Visitors are always welcome,” said a spokesperson.
from the Imperial Can cer Research Fund's Clitheroe Vision Team took p a r t in the spon sored trek, stopping off in town en route to raise a further £180 in a street collection. Our p ic tu re shows,
from the left, team mem bers Becky Murrell, Catherine Wright, Jane Arnaud, Ju lie F ran k - land, Neil Coles, Nick Hepworth and Craig Hawthorne, who were some of those tak in g part. (140298/11/7)
draw was Mrs Wood, who also took first place in the Valentine verse competi
tion. The runner-up was Mrs B. Clarkson. The Southport council
meeting is to be attended by Mrs Pinder and Mrs F. Nelson, while at the next Dunsop Bridge monthly meeting, guest speaker will be Dr S. Kellington. He will lead a talk on
ruary meeting, members of Knowle Green and Dutton WI observed a minute's silence in remembrance of Mrs Janet Sharpies who had died the previous week. Mrs Norah Ashworth
Minute's silence At the start of their Feb
Bridge WI were quizzed on food facts and fiction at their monthly meeting, when Clitheroe nursing sis ter Marie Allen gave a vil lage hall talk on healthy eating.
Mrs M. Porter and partner Mrs K. Metcalfe, while Mrs B. Pinder and Mrs S. Mason were second.
the Yorkshire Dales in spring. Taking its theme from this, March's compe tition is "A Yorkshire Sou venir". Hostesses for the meet
ing will be Mrs Worswick, Mrs W. Fox and Mrs Mason.
HURST GREEN Winners of the quiz were
Social night All members of Hurst
Green Over-60s' Club deserve credit for creating a convivial atmosphere at the meetings. At the social night the
following prizewinners were- Raffle: Mrs M. Whalley, Mrs Beryl Waddington, Mr E. Now ell.
Whist: Ladies - Mrs C.
Holden, Mrs B. Wadding ton. Gents - Mrs J.
Mothers' Union will meet in Read School on Tuesday evening at 7-30 p.m. when Mrs Susan English, a rep resentative from Lion Books, will give a talk about the five objects of the MU.
Mothers' Union Members of Read
read the county letter before welcoming member Miss Doreen Latter, who gave a slide show of her seven-week holiday tour ing both islands of New Zealand in a mobile home, after stopping off in Los Angeles for two days, en route for Auckland. On the way home, she spent a few days in Sydney. Her slides included views of wonder ful flowers, trees, lakes, mountains and the bush. Mrs Latter was thanked
Reformed Church is hold ing a spring fair. The event will take place on Febru ary 28th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there will be vari ous stalls and competitions as well as a tombola and raffle. Lunch will be avail able from 11-30 a.m.
Spring fair Once again Read United
Whist drive Winners of the whist
by Mrs Sheila
Brown.The competition was for a carved wooden figure, tying in with Mrs Latter's hobby of wood carving carving. The winner was Mrs E. Berry, with Mrs B. Hubner in second place. Members were told of an
drive held in Read Consti tutional Club, on Monday were: Ladies - Mrs M. Dearing, Mrs S. Law. Gents - Mr G. A. Holden, Mr L. Grime. Special prize was won by Mr G. Law and MC was Mr Holden.
team lost 4-2 away to Trawden Celtic in the sec ond round of the Presi dent's Cup. Sam Marshall scored both the Read goals and man-of-the-match was Pat Wood.
Football Read United FC's first
an outing to Blackpool Airport in May. The social time was
spent playing card bingo and proved very enjoyable. Mr Peter Cordell is
scheduled to speak at the March 11th meeting on
lost 4-2, playing Colne away in the second round of the Reserve Team Cup. Read goalscorers were Dave Joll and Nick Jeffer son and the man-of-the- match was Neil Munro.
The second team also 82 -
Bridge club
AT Clitheroe Bridge Club, winner of the Leslie Wilkinson Trophy for the Monday indi vidual master point leader was Mr Robin Atkinson. Mrs K. Higson was second and Mrs J. Cowling third. Winners of the Howell
movement on the same evening were Mr and Mrs B. Green with equal second Mrs E. Todd and Mrs M. Paterson and Mr and Mis R. Blakey. Winners on Thursday were:
NS - Mrs J. Martindale and Mr B. Guha with Mrs B. Tat- ton and Mr J. Renton second. EW - Mrs H. Fielding and Mrs J. Stubbens with Mrs A. Peddar and Mr G. Capstick second.
W.M.J. Castle seeks more time
MORE time to get its new £5m. emission scrubber up and running is being sought by Castle Cement. I t is appealing against the Environment Agency's requirement that the new equipment is working correctly
by June 1st. Castle Cement says this does not give long enough for
possible teething troubles to be dealt with. It strongly emphasises the newness and complexity of the technology involved, though it has ho quarrel with the actual emis sion standards imposed for the scrubber by the agency. The appeal follows weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with the agency about the data
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