Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


‘Blonde Fist’ star tops women’s bill


SECONDS out Clitheroe is to stage its first-ever bout of female wrestling! A challenge match


between 20-stone Klondike Kate, the British and European women's wrestling champion and star of the film “Blonde Fist”, and Yorkshire's Miss Julie Starr will be played out as part of the bill, when the sport returns to the Civic Hall after a two- year absence on Saturday, May 9th. ‘ For wrestling connois­


seurs, the main attraction will be the tussle between Singapore-born Mighty Chang, known to weekly Sky grunt and groan view­


ers as the Oriental Assas­ sin, and good guy the Lightning Kid. For anyone who fancies


their chances in the ring, the Mighty Chang will take on all-comers in a pre­ match charity contest.


woman who can floor him with a single punch to the stomach £500 to donate to the charity of-their choicel To complete the pro­


He will give any man or


gramme, there will be a tag team battle between the TV All Stars of Power Ranger and Ian Wilson against the Riot Squad. Tickets are on sale now


Tragic family says thanks to ambulance crew who


fought to save their son


MEMBERS of the family of a young road accident victim ■ have raised £650 for life-saving


equipment in his memory. Ambulancemen did all they


from the box office, priced at £7 for adults and £5 for children and pensioners. •For wrestling fans, the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times has a family group of four tickets to give away. Simply write down your


name and address on a postcard or stuck-down envelope and post or deliv­ er it to our King Street office by noon on Tuesday. A draw will be made,


with the tickets forwarded to the sender of the first card drawn from all the entries.


Gisburn Auction Mart prices


THERE were 48 newly-calved dairy cows and heifers forward at Gisbum Auction Mart's Thurs­ day sale, with first-qualitySS&* making to £840 (average j and first-quality heifers making to £900 (£765). Second-quality cows made to


heavy to 124.5p (93.5p); other light bulls to 96.5p, medium to 87.5p (79p), heavy to 93.5p


(77.2p). Top sale price for steers and


£590 (£556) and second-quality heifers to £680 (£613). There were 14 in-calf dairy


cows and heifers forward with cows due in May making to £640 and heifers due June to


£660. There were 84 rearing calves


forward. Top prices for calves under four weeks were T. W. Dewhurst, Continental bull (£195); R. H. Parker, Continen­ tal heifer (£90); and T. W. Hold­ en, Friesian bull (£122). Calves: Limousin X bulls


heifers was £613.08, R. Comth- waitc, and top kilo price was 121.5p for 405kg, £492.08, J. M.


Mason. Steers and heifers: Continen­


tal X medium steers made to 93.5p (87.8p), heavy to 97.5p (86.4p); other light steers to 64.5p, medium to 73.5p, heavy to 72.5p (67.7p). Continental X light heifers made to 114.5p (95.8p), medium to 121.5p (87.9p), heavy to 95.5p (86.9p): other light heifers to 71.5p,


made to £200 (£144.80). heifers to £70 (£57.90); Belgian Blue X bulls to £240 (£180.70). heifers to £90 (£78.85); Simmental X bulls to £188 (£160.20); Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls to £95; Other Continental X bulls to £74; Friesian bulls to £122 (£78.80); Angus bulls to £135 (£104.60), heifers to £58 (£38.50). Forward in the fatstock sec­


137.9p (126.6p), standard to 122.6p (115.9p), medium to 113.8p (112.8p); super light hoggs to 72p, light hoggs to 85.9p (73p), standard to 91.9p (79.2p), medium to 91p (80.1p), heavy to 82.2p (75.6p). over­ weight to 82.3p (74.9p): Homed ewes to £28.50 (£19.50), other ewes to £52.50 (£32.10); rams to £57 (£43.10). There were 16.780 tonnes of


heavy to 74.5p (67.1p). Sheep: Light lambs made to


tion were 300 cattle (including 198 young bulls, 102 steers and heifers) and 1,385 sheep (inc. 90 lambs, 966 hoggs, 329 ewes and


rams). Top sale price was £715.88, J.


bulls made to 112.5p (94.7p), medium to 129.5p (98.2p),


THIEVES made off with a Clarion car radio, valued a t £80, from a vehicle


H. Sharp, and top kilo price was 129.5p for 485kg. £628.08, J. M.


Townsend. Bulls: Continental X light


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Twiston farmer’s shock death at 44


THE Ribble Valley's agricultural commu­ nity was shocked this week by the sud­ den death of Mr


Robert Palmer. A member of a fami­


straw forward, with wheat straw making to £36 per tonne and


barley straw to £48 per tonne Forward in the Beacon


North-West (Gisbum) Electron­ ic Auction last week were 1,476


sheep and 44 cattle Spring lambs made to 254.5p;


medium hoggs to 218.5p, heavy to 190p; steers made to 169p, young bulls to 174p, heifers to


164 p. Car radio is stolen


parked in Old Station Court, Clitheroe. Police are investigating.


Driver taken to hospital


AN elderly Ribble Valley man escaped with slight injuries in a Friday afternoon road crash. A Rover driven by Mr James Martlew (80),


of Kemple End, Stonyhurst, struck the rear of a parked Montego in Mitton Road, Whalley. Mr Martlew was alone in the vehicle, and


there was nobody in the other one. Paramedics and police were quickly on the


scene and Mr Martlew was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary for treatment. Both vehicles were extensively damaged. (240498/20/17)


SIMONSTONE


iarden club The AGM of Simon- one Garden Club will be ;ld in the old school might at 7-30 p.m. fol- wed by a talk by the Rev. Ian Reid.


1/ hist Winners at the whist


rive held in Simonstone 1J School on Tuesday ere: Ladies - Mrs Walm- ey, Mrs H. Jackson, Mrs Wrathall (cons). Gents- Irs P. Larkin, Mrs W.


Green, Mr G. Law (cons). Special prizes were won by Mrs M. Town and Mrs B. Dawson and MC was Mrs P. Larkin. The next drive will be in


Church, an All-Age Wor­ WHALLEY


Abbey winners Winners of the Abbey


the old school on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.


Auction There will be an "Auc­


tion of Promises" in Simon­


stone School Hall on May 8th at 7-30 p.m. Admission is by catalogue only and these can be purchased for 50p from the school, on the evening of the auction at the door or by telephoning 01282775462.


senior citizens' drive, in Whalley, were: Ladies - Mrs M. Butler, joint 2nd Mrs E. Chamley and Mrs D. Farnsworth, Mrs A. Rigby (cons). Gents — Mrs E. Whitehead, Mr W. Wright, Mr B. Pickup. Dominoes; Mrs II.


ship was held on Sunday. The minister, the Rev. Chris Cheeseman, led a large congregation in exploring the theme of "Spectators and Support­ ers”, based around a sports theme, and many members of the congregation took along their scarves and colours of various teams.


GRINDLETON


Hardy, Mrs R. Nutter, Mrs S. Carlyon (cons).


All ages At Whalley Methodist


Gift day To celebrate the 136th


? rH F F IN E S T S E L E C T IO N 'O F C A N E - F U R N I T U R E IN L A N C A S H IR E


anniversary of Grindleton Methodist Church, on Sun­ day, a gift day was also held. Informaion had been circulated round the village about the event and the final figure raised was


£732. This money will be used


for the refurbishment of the church hall, which is used by the local communi­ ty for various events. Church leaders expressed thanks to villagers for their support.


B1LLINGTON


Social hour At the meeting of


Ebenezer Baptist Church Social Hour, Billington, the Rev. John Eccleston, of Leamington Road, Black­ burn, gave a thought-pro­ voking talk entitled "Why do bad things happen to good people?!' Using Bible references he left his listen­ ers with food for thought and a challenge. Mrs Anne Holmes thanked him on behalf of everyone. At next week's meeting


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TOO MUCH TO MENTION Call in and See


ly which has farmed in Twiston for many decades, Mr Palmer died at his home at the weekend. He was 44,


and was not married. An inquest into his


death was opened on Tuesday, but adjourned so th a t pathology tests can be completed. Mr Palmer was a qui­


etly-spoken personality well respected as a dili­ gent farmer devoted to


his land and to the wel­ fare of the industry. He was a well- known figure


. at local auction marts, but travelled further afield as well. When the inquest


opened on Tuesday, Coroner Mr Andre Rebello said that Home Office pathologist Dr John Lawlor had been unable to ascertain the


cause of death and would need to have specialised tests undertaken. How­ ever, it was hoped the inquest could be complet­


IN a bid to boost visitors to Clitheroe over Easter, a town centre toy store ran a free contest for


children. There were 171


entries in John Cowgill and Son’s Lego compe­ tition, attracting young entrants from Clitheroe to Sutton


Coldfield. Clitheroe Advertiser and


Times News Editor Mrs Vivien Meath was invited


to draw the winners, resulting in nine-year-old Martin Hurn, of Dutton, winning the main prize, a Lego System "The Valley


ed in 'Ju iy .^ ^ ;i^ ' c"w&^ Donations to the


SuperScan Appeal have been asked for by the family in lieu of flowers.


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of the Kings." The son of Mr and Mrs Tony Hurn, Martin is a


pupil at St Leonard’s CE School, Langho. In second place was


Daniel Mullins, also nine, of Waddington Road, Clitheroe, a pupil at St James' CE Primary School and, coincidentally, member of the Lego Club, who received Harry Carne's bi-plane kit, as did eight-year-old Rebecca Rigby,' of Sydney Avenue, Whalley and Stuart Dear- neley, of Oswaldtwistle. Pictured with three of


the prizewinners is Mr David Cowgill and kneel ing at the front, from the left, Rebecca, Martin and Daniel.(270498/33/9a)


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could to try to save 18-year-old Gareth Dickins, of York Street, Clitheroe, after his car crashed in


Accrington. "We were so impressed by their


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efforts that we wanted to thank them in a direct and useful way,” said Gareth's mother, Mrs Dawn Field­


cert and social evening at Clitheroe WMC on Friday and this week she expressed heartfelt thanks to all who helped.


So Mrs Fielding organised a con­


extra equipment for the Lancashire 1 Ambulance Service, through its sta­ tion at Altham, the base of the crew which attended the accident. A group from Preston, Trouble a't


The money will go towards buying /


Mill, gave their services for the con­ cert after Mrs Fielding had appealed for musicians on Radio Lancashire. "A lot of people donated prizes for


the raffle, and the club was packed for the night - we were very grateful for the interest shown," said Mrs Fielden. Her other son, Duncan, and friend


Adrian Rigby as well as her sister, Mrs Cherry Penny, helped with the arrangements. And among the dona­ tions was one in the name of Gareth's baby step-sister, Hannah Louise, to whom he was devoted. Gareth was a part-time student at


Accrington and Rossendale College, which will soon announce its own memorial to him.


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For a pleasant day out in beautiful surroundings, visit us this Bank Holiday weekend.


House break-in


THIEVES who broke into a house in Clitheroe stole a video recorder and jew­ ellery valued at £500. The incident happened


a t a property in Monk Street. Entry was gained via a small window in the rear door.


Wheels stolen


A SET of four alloy wheels, valued at £800, were stolen from a Vauxhall Astra parked at Clitheroe Golf Club, Whalley Road. Police are investigating.


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