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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Ciltheroe Advertiser & Times, September 24th, 1998


A little extra comfort for patients


PATIENTS at


Clitheroe Hospital have been provided with an extra bit of warmth for the coming winter months thanks to Soroptimists Interna­


tional. On a recent visit to the


hospital, members of the local branch presented


staff with blankets, which had been kindly hand-made or donated. Pictured from the left,


with one of the blankets, are Edith Lord, Margaret Garnett, Barbara Shaw, Edith Horsfall, Michelle Fa rr in g ton, Gladys Parkinson and Dorothy Fowler. (020998/19/4)


Former uinutiuc Queen dies peacefully at 95


________ trin to London to dine at companions for mo


FORMER Clitheroe Cotton Queen and life­ long member of Trinity Methodist Church, Miss Ada Abell, has


died aged 95. Miss Abell, who had


lived with her sister, Alice, in their home in Grafton Street, Clitheroe, until a month ago, died in her sleep at Lowfield House. The Abell family moved


trip to London to dine at the House of Commons. They were escorted on


the trip by the town’s then MP, Captain William Brass, and Miss Abell cher­ ished the memories of her three-day stay throughout her life by keeping pictures and news cuttings and even the menu from the meal. She took her official photo­ graph out of storage to dis­ play again on her 90th


to Grafton Street from Buxton when Miss Abell was seven years old, as her father, Samuel, a joiner by trade, had got a job helping to build Clitheroe Library. She had two brothers, William, who died aged 18 in the First World War; and Wilfred, who died five years


work at what was Pendle Mill, where, in 1930, she was chosen as Cotton


Queen. At the time, there were


ago; and another sister, Annie, kno wn as Cissy. Miss Abell, pictured,


started her first job at the old Jubilee Mill when she was 13, before going to


16 textile mills in Clitheroe, each with its own queen. Miss Abell, along with her counterparts, paraded around the castle grounds in a pageant, in which she and her attendants dressed in a British Empire theme. The queens also enjoyed a


birthday. Each queen was given a


green leather handbag and Miss Abell treasured hers. She had only recently given it to her god-daughter as a


keepsake. From Pendle Mill, she


went on to work at Sat- terthwaite’s, now South- worth’s, in upholstery for 18 years, before going on to work as a screen printer until her retirement in 1966 at the age of 63. The sisters were constant


Village footpath controversy: decision due this week


"EXTREMELY zealous" approaches were made to possi- ble witnesses in a West Bradford


x


footpath route controversy, allege the owners of most of the


land involved. They themselves found approach­


es to them "considerably upsetting in their manner and persistence and


in their misinterpetation of their remarks."


council, one nearby landowner and eight ramblers all support public designation_ for the continuation of a footpath near Whit­ takers Lane, West Bradford for 150 metres north- east to link up with another


County council officials, the borough . . . . . .


^Yesterday’s meeting of the county's Public Rights of Way Sub-committee was asked to approve the designation. The report from officials recommending this pointed out that such a decision was rea­ sonable despite conflicting eveidence, and it could be challenged through the public inquiry system by anyone who did not


a8The applicants argued that the route's omission from area maps was a long­ standing error of the West Riding County


THIEVES stole £200 in cash and made off with it in a crisp box when they broke into the Wadding- ton Arms in Waddington


---------- . had always continued to observe it as a right o( way and some had said it was. The "evidence of use" forms in the case


Council, but that previous land owners znc O I w a y a u u s u u i . --------------- .


went back as far as 75 years and several people stated they had used the route reg-


------- ------- the < they did so principally because °f ^ The owners suggested that the earlier . . . . . . .


companions for most of their lives. Miss Abell was very active and looked younger than her years and, after her retirement, she and her sister enjoyed holidays abroad and day trips with their brother, Wilfred. After his death, they would often take bus trips into Clitheroe, where they would sit near the


market. Miss Abell attended


Trinity Methodist Church for most of her life, but had found it difficult to get to the church in recent years, yet she was kept up to date by church members who regularly provided her with tape recordings of the ser­


vice.


Trinity Methodist Church, followed by cremation at Accrington. Her ashes were to be scattered next to her parents’ graves in Clitheroe Cemetery yesterday.


Her funeral was held at , , , ,


Council host to schools’ art work


THE main reception area at


the Ribble Valley Borough Council offices is again to display art work from local primary schools. The exhibition provides a


U The current owners of Heys Farm bought the property in 1993, and claimed , nas oe


warm welcome and focal point for visitors. Each school will have work dis­ played for about a month and has been given a suggested


sion. They said they were assured, prior to | _ i ms momn, purchase, that no public rights of way existed on their land.


“ du- the^ '


use of Heys Farm as a guest house, and before that as a conference centre for the recereation and education of mill workers, had resulted in fairly free use of what was, in fact, private ground. The then-owners never granted or accepted the route as a


right of way.


evidence of the applicants is ambiguous and the son of the previous owners has told the county council that his father wel­ comed people to the property, but not because there was a public footpath. Officials suggested that, although there


The present owners maintain tnat tne . .. ,100 (nr at lwist 20 VeaTS. years.


"Where the Wild Things Are’ and on show are a variety of drawings and paintings by pupils from Brookside Or


This monen, tne uieuic *.


School. Ribble Valley Mayor


Coun. David Smith has cho­ sen work by Ian Scott and Mark Lemont as his particu­ lar favourites and, along with several school friends, the boys met the Mayor to receive their certificates at


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Clitheroe Speakers' Club hosted their annual demonstration meeting in the library


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in appointing a single person to be. the co-ordinator; whose job it should be to cross items off the list as they ape bought. You may not be able to avoid getting duplicates, and you may also have trouble getting the present to the couple yourself if it,is a big gift.


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A CLARION radio cas-| sette player valued at £2001 was stolen from a car parked near the Ribble I Valley Borough Council offices in Church Walk, Clitheroe, between 8 a.m. and 3-30 p.m. on Septem­


ber 16th. 443344.


was no historic documentary evidence, the evidence of use forms were credible enough to justify a decision to designate the route m public due to use for at least


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and E. Cowpcrthwaitc. Bulls: Continental X light


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80.5p (64.3p). Top sale price for steers ana


heifers was £514.65, W.R. Thwaite, and top kilo price was 118p for 390kg, £ 460.20, J.E.


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tal X light steers made to 81.5p (55.5p), medium to 93.6p (71.3p), heavy to 80.5p (72.86p); other light steers to 60p, medium


to 67.5p (60.6p), heavy to 73.6p (602p). Continental light heifers made to 118p (93.4p), medium to 113.6p (74.1p), heavy to 96.6p (73.Ip); other medium heifers to 55.5p (42.6p), heavy to 64.5p


^61|heep: light lambs made to 62.5p (67.34P), standard to 91.1p (65.6p), medium to 81.9p (71.4p), heavy to 80.4p (71.2p); homed ewes to £17.50 (£8.90); other ewes to £26.60 (£lo.85), rams to £27.50 (£25.15). There were 16.88 tonnes ol


straw forward in the produce sec­ tion with wheat straw in small bales to £43 per tonne; barley straw (big bales) to £44 per


tonne. Forward in the Beacon . _ ■


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sheep and 54 cattle. Standard lambs made to


180p, medium to 177p, heavy to 154p: steers to 168p; young bulls


to 164p; heifers to 154p. There were 3,000 sheep for­


ward (inc. 770 mulo gimmer lambs, 502 mule shearlings and 33 rams) forward at the annual show and sale of breeding sheep


and rams. Lambs: mule gimmer lambs


made to £65 (£33.50); store lambs to £20.60 (£19.40). Shearlings: mule shearlings made to £80 (£47.30); Texel


shearlings to £51 (£47.70); Swaledale shearlings to £40 (£36.50); Masham shearlings to


£30. . Ewes: mule ewes 1-2 crop ■ , '


made to £63 (£52), 2-3 crop to £43 (£33), 3-6 crop to £30 (£23). Broken-mouthed mule ewes to £22 (£20); Swaledale owes to £42 (£22.20); broken- mouthed Swaledale ewes to £27 (£10.20): Gritstone owes to £12.80 (£11.20).


Rams: Suffolk shearling rams ,


made to £300 (£232); Texel shearling rams to £100 (£52)' Swalcdale rams to £200.


Trailer theft from Gisbum A MAN with a Merseyside never turned up,


accent could be the clue to a trailer theft at Gi3buni. :. ■


which was valued at £650, wanted to sell it and had recently advertised it in the motoring press. The mystery man telephoned the owner to arrange a time to look a t it, but


The owner of the trailer, w Anyone with informa-1 _


tion is urged to contact Clitheroe police on 01200


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