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An Edwardian cof­ fee grinder hidden in the Castle Muse­ um led staff to dis­ cover six items had been stolen.


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I t was the end of an era when the chair­ man of CRGS gov­ ernors retired, but there was a special honour to mark his service.


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The garderiers of Bolton-by-Bowland defied the weather to excel a t their annual show.


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The Ribble Valley’s licensed trade has welcomed the effec­ tive dropping'of Government moves to reduce the drink driving limit.


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OFSTED inspec­ tors at a Ribchester primary school praise its many strengths.


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FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER: Misty mornings


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- • by Ben Carlish FARMERS from the


.Ribble Valley suffering under the cosh of eco­ nomic hardship are to take to th e s tre e ts of Blackpool - a t a rally coinciding w i th th e


DOZENS of


enthusiastic ladies proved th a t belly dancing is no belly


flop in Clitheroe. It is quickly but modest­


ly turning into a national craze, and introductory lessons in the ancient art at Lee Carter's Health Studio over the weekend attracted a lot of interest. Taking the classes was


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Belly dancing? Now it’s all the rage in


Dancing For Health and Relaxation”, was pub­ lished in 1982 and still sells well today. She has made numerous television and radio appearances to give talks and demonstrations. Helping Mrs Hobin was


the Ribble Valley's Mrs Verna Rose, who was recently featured in the Clitheroe Advertiser and


Times. Despite the impressive


belly dancing guru Tina Hobin, whose book, "Belly


turnout, Mrs Hobin, origi­ nally from Chorley, said she expected.an even big­


ger response when she returns to Clitheroe to hold another class during the first weekendof November. "People from all walks of


life attended the class and Lee Carter's and myself have had numerous inquiries about the class. It is the oldest dance form in the world, but it has suf­ fered a lot from a slightly ’tacky' image projected by the media," she said. "I have promoted it all


over the country as an excellent form of exercise


for everyone. I t can help pregnant women, and assist those seeking natur­


al childbirth. "There was a fantastic


response from those at the class. Everyone said they really enjoyed i t ,” she


added. More information on the


classes can be obtained by ringing Lee Carter's Health Studio on 01200 424475. Our picture shows Saturday afternoon's class, with Mrs Hobin, left, and Mrs Rose, centre.


Cash-starved farmers plan survival


s ta r t of th e Labour Party conference. Along with thousands


of colleagues from all over Britain, they will bid to bludgeon the Govern­ ment into taking action to halt the current crisis in the industry.1 Hundreds of farmers


sheep farmer Mr John Townson, of Brook House


Farm. He told the Clitheroe.


from the region are expect­ ed to attend the national NFU rally at Blackpool Football Club. Following the mass meeting, which will be addressed by NFU officials, farmers will march along the prome­ nade and past the Winter Gardens conference venue. With the slogan "Keep


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Advertiser and Times he could not remember;R time in his 30 years of farming' when the industry had hit such a crisis point. He said th a t with most lambs fetching 50% less than last year, and with no apparent let-up in the recession in the offing, many farmers were facing rack and ruin.


Britain Farming," NFU officials hope the activities will draw the Govern­ ment's attention to their plight. The farmers are feeling the pinch a t the sharp end of a world-wide recession, the strong pound, cheap imports and the effects of the BSE cri-


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| presence to the weight of the protest. He is beef and


A Whalley man and his family will be adding their


family, who between them tend 150 lambing ewes and 100 cattle, are also having to tighten their belts with the prospect of a 60% reduction in income from last year. "I have been a farmer all


Mr Townson and his


my life and all my previous family were farmers, but this could be the end of the line. I dread for a lot of the smaller family farmers," he added. He attributed the crisis


to the recession, the strong pound and unfair produc­ tion standards favouring foreign importers. Cheap meat being sold in British supermarkets imported


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from countries suefi as Africa and the former Eastern Block countries, in his opinion, falls well short of the grade, while British produce is subject to rigor­ ous regulations adding to production costs. . "We want a level playing


field and on Sunday it is essential that every farmer in the region gets off their backside to show that we mean business. I t is about time the Government started fighting for farmers at home, otherwise a lot of us will go out of business, which will be disastrous for the countryside and coun try life as a whole." Mr Colin Metcalfe,


assistant group secretary for the Ribble Valley NFU, added: "Feelings are very strong within the farming community and we are expecting a big turnout on


Sunday.” The NFU rally takes


place at Blackpool Foot­ ball Club at 2 p.m., fol­ lowed by the march, which is set to move off at 3 p.m.


I Meningitis case: 'do not panic’ HEALTH officials have urged parents not


Parents have been told to send their I to panic after a Clitheroe schoolboy con-


i traded meningitis. The health authority has contacted the


| ers, parents and other pupils who have been in close contact with him that, in most cases, the disease occurs only in iso- I lated incidents.


headteacher at Ribblesdale High School, where the boy is a pupil, to reassure teach-


children to school as normal, but if they are worried and require more information on the symptoms of the disease, such as severe headaches, fevers, rashes that do not whiten under finger-tip pressure, stiff necks, light hurting the eyes and feelings of nausea, they should contact their GP


immediately. It is understood the boy is recovering.


A WHALLEY man has died while travelling in i Spain, just 11 miles short of his holiday desti-


I nation. War veteran Mr Gerald Coxon (83), of Moor-


| ferry to Santander and was driving towards his time-share apartment in Mijas Costa to meet a


field, drove to Portsmouth to catch the 36-hour


I When he failed to arrive, Spanish authorities I were alerted and Mr Coxon’s body was discov­ ered at a favourite spot in a park on the out- | skirts of the holiday resort of Fuengirola.


friend already there waiting for him. Mr Coxon had been a regular visitor to the . . . . .


Costa del Sol for over 20 years and he and his late wife, Eileen, who died in 1993, bought the


holiday retreat some time ago. Well-known in local Masonic circles, Mr


Coxon, who served with the Royal Artillery dur­ ing the Second World War, had lived in Whalley since 1961, when he moved to the village from


his native Prestwich. He was a chief sales representative for the


industrial paper company Wiggins Teape. His daughter, Mrs Linda Jones, said: "My


Angry father hits out at too few school places


A N /a n g ry fa th e r . -secondary schools has-been demanding action from extended in recent times, th e Ombudsman over Both schools are very popu- the Ribble Valley’s "too lar, both have heads recog-


by Tim Procter _ Accommodation at both .....


father. .7" Rjbblesdale and.Boyriand


few high school places’" dilemma.


i Headteachers and, pjjs with shorter school •


local education are all unhappy too. Efforts are being made to expand class­ es but there always seem to be more youngsters than


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of 15 who has no possible, chance of a place at a local high school following his arrival in the area from a spell with relatives in York­


The dispute is over a boy


shire. "We can't believe it - the


choices we are offered are Colne, Accrington or Rish- ton," says the father. "I don't think any of the


' ■ built for smaller numbers of ndeed, everyone else in v * .


lives than now. > Most year groups in each


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school have more pupils than the number allocated, i


largely because successful appeals mean another child


has to be shoe-horned in, often in the first year, some­ times further up the school. , One example is the Rib­


schools named are as good as the ones in the Ribble


Valley." The family has been


through the appeal proce­ dure without success, so is now complaining to the Ombudsman, Mrs Patricia


Thomas. I t is suggesting that the


criteria for entry have not been properly applied. "But the whole thing is totally ridiculous. Houses are being built all over the Ribble Valley, and some villages will soon be much bigger, with people coming in and bringing high school age children with them. Where are they to go?", asks the


blesdale year with 228 pupils against the planned 193. It means that staff are facing extra work to give each boy or girl the neces­ sary attention, and very careful watch has to be kept on health and safety issues. The situation at Bowland is similar in proportionate terms, though numbers at this unusually small high


school are less. A spokesman for Lan­


cashire County Council said th a t it could only direct pupils to the nearest school with a place, but the short­ age in the Ribble Valley was being addressed on an ongo­ ing basis.


been provided recently and a further 131 should be available for next Septem­ ber. Further bids for cash for yet more would soon be considered by the Educa­ tion Committee.


Some 115 new places had ■ War veteran dies on Spanish holiday trip |


father loved Spain and, although his death has been a shock, we understand he had stopped to visit a favourite spot that he and my mother


often frequented." Probus Club. Mr Coxon was a member of Whalley Horti­ ■ 7, „


cultural Society, Whalley Tennis and Cricket Club, Whalley Methodist Church and Chtheroe


Whalley Methodist Church on Friday. He is survived by Accrington-based Linda, son-in-law Alan and four grandchildren.


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The heads, however, feel that these figures will bare-


Six arrests after police swoop


■ i- The.arrests were made,


SIX people were arrested when police swooped on three houses in Clitheroe on Friday night.


h'co'n'nection'withsuspi- cions of possession of con­


trolled substances. One person will be


appearing in court later. Another was released without futher action, and the other four will have to return to the police station after further inquiries are made.


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