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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 26th, 1998 25 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Planting a leafy look for future


A STRETCH of riverbank will shortly acquire a new, leafy appearance, thanks to aboriculture students from Myerscough College.


nearly 500 trees along the River Ribble at Sawley in a bid to help the Environ­ ment Agency's Sustainable Rivers Project get under­


• They helped to plant Lancashire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group


way.The project aims to show how fencing out live­


stock from river banks and encouraging the growth of vegetation can help strengthen the bank and slow down the erosion process, which often results in loss of land. The students planted a


representative Margaret O'Kane.


had already been fenced off, with the permission of owners Mr and Mrs Lord, of Sawley Lodge. It is one of three sites to be fenced. The students also visited


The riverbank at Sawley


Commitment to soccer spanned a lifetime


MEMBERS of the family of a Ribble Valley soccer stalwart have filed what they describe as "the final report of his last


game".


and administrator who had a medal from the LFA for his service to the local amateur league, of which he was a former chairman. He wrote countless match reports


Mr Ralph Aspinwall was a player .


vice at Clitheroe United Reformed Church on Friday, and there have been many expressions of sympathy. His sons say: "We have been filled


with a sense of both pride and loss, and it was so heartening to see just how much our father- was respected. He put his heart into his sport and his tireless commitment helped inspire many other people. "There is so much to consider when


printed in this newspaper over decades - just part of his lifelong


commitment to soccer. Mr Aspinwall's death occurred at


Bashall Brook to plant trees there. At the end of the week,


mixture of native species, including oak, ash and wil­ low, under the supervision of tutor Diane Clare and


A MINIMUM wage is not going to help the farming industry recover from its current batter­ ing.


MP Nigel Evans, who has called on the Government to listen to the NFU when it says th a t a minimum wage of between £3 and £4 would be bad for the farm­ ing and horticultural industries, due to their reliance on casual workers. Those workers are paid


So says Ribble Valley


less than full-time agricul­ tural workers because of the short-term nature of their work and the com­ mitment required, says the


MP.


"The farming industry is going through a hard


THE Bowland area and Bodmin Moor, in Corn­ wall, have been chosen as two areas for an experi­ mental scheme in environ­ mental management. The Ministry of Agricul­


Mr Gerald Gilbert, of the Yorkshire Fly Fishers' Club, met the FWAG and Environment Agency rep­ resentatives to discuss the needs of fishermen on the Ribble.


Minimum wage a blow


enough time as it is, with­ out having the extra bur­ den of a minimum wage


dumped on it. "The alternative would


be for the casual workers to be employed on the black market, in which case no one wins, because they would not be covered by health and safety regula­ tions and they would pay


no tax." Mr Evans said tha t


farmers were currently having to contend with many problems. If the Government brought in a minimum wage at any level, the country would see job losses and those at the bottom of the pile, not only in the agricultural sec­ tor, would be the first out.


Rowland experiment


detailed study commis­ sioned by the Agricultural Development Advisory


ture, Fisheries and Food is currently seeking support for a wide-ranging project to test an integrated approach to the environ­ mental and rural economy problems of the uplands. Growing concerns about


Service.However, no new money is involved. Instead, MAFF is looking at utilis­ ing current funding more effectively and making it accessible to the farming community in the uplands of Bowland, as well as


the upland environment and agricultural economy have prompted the scheme. A comprehensive pack­


■ extend and enhance the Countryside Stewardship


at a consultation stage and also involves a proposal to


Bodmin Moor. The scheme is currently


age of measures suggested to achieve it have been put forward following a


scheme. Lancashire County


Hurry with your horse stories


HORSES' owners with stories to tell about their animals are invited to enter a national competition.


and is looking for horses and ponies that have triumphed over adversity, shown exceptional loyalty, or are simply the tops in their owners'eyes. ; To enter, simply send in two colour photographs of your


; Horse Magazine is searching for the Horse of the Year


horse or pony and explain in not more than 200 words why they should be the winner, to Horse Magazme, Horse of the Year, Room 2303, King's Research Tower, Stamford


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Council is to take part in the consultation exercise.


1 and his wife, Margaret, celebrated their golden wedding. He had been ill for only a few months. Mourners from local sport and the


the age of 75, less than a year after he


council joined family members and personal friends for the funeral ser


GISBURN AUCTION MART


PRICES THERE were 42 newly-calved


dairy cows and heifers forward at Gisburn Auction Mart's Thurs­ day sale, with first-quality cows making to £720 (average £713) and first-quality heifers making


to £900 (£804). Second-quality cows made to £640 (£596) and second-quality


heifers to £660 (£568). There were nine maiden


I There were 56 rearing calves forward. Top prices for bulls under four weeks were Continen­


heifers forward with in-calf heifers making to £795 (£635) and bulling heifers to £250.


tal bulls (£222). R. R. Wade; Continental heifers (£65), M. F. White; Friesian bulls (£65), W..


Coates. Calves: Charolais X bulls


made to £210 (£202.50); Limou­ sin X bulls to £190 (£148.65),. heifers to £25; Belgian Blue X bulls to £222 (£164.85), heifers to £65 (£48.85); Simmental X bulls to £170 (£164); Friesian bulls to £150 (£78); Angus bulls ■to £84 (£78.40), heifers to £40


(£21). Forward in the fatstock sec­


tion were 285 cattle (including 170 young bulls, 115 steers and heifers) and 1,330 sheep (inc. 1,144 hoggs, 186 ewes and rams). Top sale price for bulls was


£668.78, J. S. Stephenson, and top kilo price was 128.5p for 500kg. £642.50, J. C. Nelson. Bulls: Continental X light


bulls made to 114.5p (98.2p), medium to 128.5p (99.8p), heavy to 107.5p (94.4p); other light bulls to 86.5p (81p). medium to 82.5p (77.6p), heavy to 88.5p


(78.4p). Top sale price for steers and . , . .


heifers was £652.50, E. and M. Townley, and top kilo price was 124.5p for 370kg, £460.65. J. H.


Mason. Steers and heifers: Continen-


tal X light steers made to 120.5p, medium 106.5p (86.6p), heavy to 91.5p (88p); other medium steers to 83.5p (67.1p), heavy to 74.5p (69.4p )- Continental X light heifers made to 124.5p (92.8p), medium to 119.5p (88.8p), heavy to 112.5p (88.6p): other medium heifers to 68.5p, heavy to 75.5p


(75p). Sheep: Light hoggs made to . .


92.2p (79p), standard to 107.6p (85.8p), medium to 102.9p (92p), heavy to 104.3p (89.5p), over­ weight to 90.9p (74.8p); homed ewes to £34.50 (£22.45): other ewes to £52.50 (£33.10); rams to £65.50 (£28.70). There were 37.480 tonnes of


straw forward, with wheat straw making to £45 per tonne, barley to £53 per tonne and rye to £40


per tonne. Forward in the Beacon North-


West (Gisbum) Electronic Auc­ tion last week were 2,895 sheep


and 30 cattle. S tandard hoggs made to


237.5p, medium to 233.5p, heavy to 200p; steers made to 172p, young bulls to 180p, heifers to


164 p.


Volunteers needed urgently


A SERVICE which offers vital support for victims of crime is appealing for helpers from Burnley. Volunteers are needed for


the Burnley, Clitheroe and Pendle branch of Victim Support. The branch, which deals


posts. Co-ordinator Graham


Garden centre owner in the TV spotlight as unseasonal mild weather continues


TV VIEWERS from all over the North- West were given an insight into how the unusually mild winter weather has affected their gardens - by a Clitheroe


garden centre proprietor. The early arrival of spring has attracted a lot


of media interest, so when Mr Bill Barker, of Barker's Primrose Nurseries and Garden Cen­


tre, was contacted by the makers of the North- West Tonight programme, he jumped at the chance to give his expertise on the subject. A telephone call from the programme's researchers at 10 a.m. paved the way for film­


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ing in the early afternoon. Staff member Mr Phil Horrocks said: "We were told that they wanted to film here because they had heard Barker's was a nice garden centre and they


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looking for ways to describe him: his 200-goal record for Great Harwood stood for 10 years until the player he nominated as his replacement finally broke it; his regular half centuries at Clitheroe CC; his community spirit, which helped bring about the marvel­ lous improvements to the street where he raised his family." Mr Aspinwall had played for


interest in the game, being chairman of the Craven Heifer team up to his death. He was captain of Clitheroe CC second team for some years. Mr Aspinwall worked his way up


to the post of production controller at Bowker Bros Ltd, and ran its • sports and social club. He was one of the residents closely


involved with obtaining improve­ ments in the Tower Hill area, and had many friends at the town's Cen­ tral WMC, the Craven Heifer and


the Royal Oak. During the war, Mr Aspinwall


served with the Army in the Middle East and Italy, and was later chosen to train recruits. He met his wife dur­


ing his service. She survives him with their two


Clitheroe as well as Great Harwood in his soccer days, and kept up his


sons, grandchildren and great-grand­ children, a brother and a sister.


Banned chef crashed car into house


A CHEF crashed a col­ league's car into a house at Whalley late one night. But Gary William


• Ainsworth, of Stone- house Restaurant, Mitton,


.


was ordered to undertake 100 hours of community service and put on proba­ tion for a year for driving while disqualified. A £215 fine was imposed


Ainsworth (28) was a banned driver who had never held a full licence, magistrates at Blackburn heard.


for having no insurance, with £180 for driving with­ out due care. Costs of £54 and £69 in compensation were also ordered against Ainsworth, who admitted


the offences. Mr William Maude


(prosecuting) said that Ainsworth was driving a colleague's car late at night when he mounted the pave­ ment on a right-hand bend and hit the front of a house. Police found that he was


three months away from the end of a three-year dis­ qualification. I t was the • third time he had been banned in five years. Mr Ian Huggan (defend­


ing) said Ainsworth was divorced and experiencing difficulties in maintaining


contact with his daughter.


Shops tops for tea


TWO Ribble Valley tea


shops have been invited to renew their exclusive Guild of Tea Shops membership


for 1998. Mr Peter Ireland and his


wife, Marie, who own the Toby Jug Tea Shop, in King Street, Whalley, and Mr Peter Jenkinson and his wife, Joyce, of the Caprice Tea Shop, Moor Lane, Clitheroe, have proved once again that the


area is tops for tea. The Tea Council's Guild


of Tea Shops members are


inspected twice a year by professional tea tasters and fulfil the exacting stan­ dards of quality tea-mak­


ing and service. Both the Toby Jug Tea


'Approval. Membership of the Guild is by invitation from the Tea Council only.


Shop and Caprice Tea Shop have matched these high standards and have been awarded a distinctive Guild Mem bers' Seal of


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