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Lifestyle first for tutor and her students


A CLITHEROE tutor and her students have scored an education first. A group of nine Ribble


Valley home helps and eight adults with disabili­ ties from Clitheroe's Trini­ ty Centre have been pre­ sented with Open College certificates, after success­ fully completing a pilot healthy lifestyles course at Accrington and Rossendale College. The course, the first of its


with its classes on nutrition, smoking, alcohol, stress, relaxation and exercise, Mrs Khan became the first tutor to put her training into practice. In toasting their success,


By leading the course


kind in the country, was designed and operated by Mrs Deana Khan, who her­ self qualified as a one of only eight UK "Look After Yourself" tutors two years ago.


Torchlight processions will come of age


TORCHLIGHTS in Clitheroe come of age in Septem­


ber. The 21st torchlight procession will be held to mark


the Millennium and a working group of local residents has been meeting for several months in a bid to ensure that it is the best ever. September 11th is the


date for diaries, with an activity day on the Castle grounds the following day. Organisers expect thou­


sands of people to flock to Clitheroe for the Saturday night spectacle, with the grand finale, a firework dis­ play, having the largest attendance ever. Eight bands will be tak­


the borough council towards the cost. Tenders are being pre­


ed.


pared in respect of street catering arrangements and anyone with good ideas regarding souvenirs to mark the occasion is asked to contact Clitheroe town clerk Mr John Wells. A Torchlight Exhibition


ing part in the procession and entry forms for floats - whether staged on the backs of lorries or tractors and trailers - are now avail­ able from Clitheroe Town Council and the Tourist Information Centre in the Market Place. Any organisation or busi­


is to be staged during a cof­ fee morning at the Ribble Valley Civic Suite on May 22nd and members of the public are being asked to help the working group in its search for memorabilia, pictures and past pro­ grammes which could be loaned for the event.


ness wishing to have its entry included in the 21st Torchlight Souvenir Pro­ gramme is asked to ensure that its entry form is returned by the end of


June. The Castle Keep will be


Floral delight


specially lit and a grant of £2,000 has been made by


for lady farmers MEMBERS of Clitheroe Lady Farmers were given a demonstration in the art of makirig up, spring hanging baskets at their latest meet­ ing at Pendleton Village Hall. Mrs Mary Ellis, from


Store cattle and sheep sale at Clitheroe is well-supported


THE fortnightly sale of store cattle with owes and lambs at Clitheroe Auction Mart was well support-


There was a slightly higher proportion of


stronger cattle and they met with a good demand. Young bulls on greens were mainly around £300


with a top of £365, while smarter heavier bulls on Reds reached £425. A few little Angus bulls on green were available around £230. Strong Charolais heifers of around 20 months old sold well and ranged from £395 up to £425, with other strong heifers to


around £350. Continental bullocks on greens saw a smart little


show type at £370, while stronger Continental bul­ locks on blue reached £495. Friesian bullocks to


£312. Suckler stock saw in calf cows to £405 and cows


and calves to £535. The sheep section saw a mixed trade with in lamb


ewes to £43, in lamb hoggs to £42, Swale stores to £15, Mule stores to £22. The ewe and lamb trade was a little disappointing in places, though Mules with twins were to £24 per life and Suff/Tcx with


twins to £23 per life. At Monday's weekly sale of prime cattle, prime


sheep and calves, numbers of prime cattle were scarce. Many people have emptied sheds to get lambing sheep in. This shortage has maintained a good demand and it is good to see some quality bulls now coming forward and giving returns of 105 to


llOp/kg. The Friesian cattle also look dear in comparison


with the best B and W bulls a t 95p. There was another good sample of heifers forward, and only a few steers presented, best heifers at 118p/kg for a smart Charolais heifer of 515kg, sold by Mr P. Dixon


to Bob Ilcywood. Bulls: prime made to 109 p/kg (average 105p),


commercial 95p/kg (92.50 p). Steers: commercial to 88p/kg (87.50p). Heifers: premium 118p/kg (118p), prime lOOp/kg


(96p), commercial 90p (84.60p) There was a lighter show of prime hoggs, but an


increased number of ewes all met with a better trade, especially the better end of the heavier horned hoggs, with farm assured 4Gkg. Lonks were to £39.50, farm assured 39kg Swales to £37.50 and 40kg Swales to £37. Top price for Swales went to J. and W. Hoyle, Whilewell. The best end of the Suf- folks and Texels also around 95 to 98 p/kg. Top price per head on the day belonged to John


Pickard for his 45kg Grits a t £47. The ewes saw heavy Texels to mid-30's with the best half bred ewes to £29.50. Grits to £24.50, Lonks to £22.50 and Swales to £15.50. Prime hoggs: light made to 82.81 p/kg (average


70.71p), standard to-96.92p (84.05p), medium to 97.50p (92.45p), heavy 92.08 (85.89p), overweight


87.04p. Cast ewes to £35.50 (£1G,83). Cast rams to £34.50 (£23.28.) Calves were similar to last week, but there was


more interest in Friesian bulls. Very few beef calves were on offer and none over scheme price.


Outbreaks of red-nose fever! Cannon and


Ball winners LOOKING forward to an evening of laughter with top comedy duo Cannon and Ball is Mrs Margaret King. Mrs King, of Hen-


thorn Road, Clitheroe, is the winner of our competition for tickets to see the popular duo, who are appearing at Clitheroe Civic Hall on Sunday evening. Tickets have been in


Foulridge Lakeside Garden Centre, presented the inter­ esting demonstration, before fielding questions on gardening problems and sharing the benefit of her horticultural expertise with the ladies. The next meeting takes


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to choose a fabulous new outfit, worth £150. You will then be treated to lunch and a tour of the ‘new look’ M & S store, leaving with a hamper of delectable M & S goodies.


Next a visit to Woohvorths to collect your family of


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and Dad! Finally to the Apollo Cinema, Hollywood Park, to watch die latest release in


the Director’s Auditorium, and relax with complimentary drinks.


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announced last month. Concert organiser Gill Farthing is asking


place at Hurst Green Vil­ lage Hall on April 19th, at which entertainment will be provided by the Panache Clog Dancers and Les Hammond on guitar. Mem' bers and friends are wel­ come.


RECENT bouts of red noses were nothing to do with the common cold at Clitheroe sister companies Rectella International and Flexible Reinforcements. Even the chief executive,


Red Nose Day from the Superstar Lottery, sent by Comic Relief's head office, and by charging employees for wearing casual clothes. By lunchtime, £100 had


Mr Ian Pendlebury, was seen sporting a novelty red hooter in a bid to raise funds for Comic Relief. Money was obtained during the charity event on


Printed memorial to a popular landlord


ALTHOUGH the tourist-promoting Ribble Val­ ley Explorer we publish every year is enclosed with this issue, it was, in fact, printed some time


ago. In the meantime the death has occurred very sud­


denly of Mr Michael Blades, whose model museum at the Black Bull Hotel, Rimington, where he was licensee, is featured on page 18. The article is in a way a memorial to him - and it is important to emphasise that the museum is still open and the valuable feature for the Ribble Valley which Mr Blades set out to estab­


lish. The Explorer is published in conjunction with Rib­


ble Valley Borough Council and is printed in time for inclusion in publicity packs it sends out all over the country shortly after Christmas.


Young farmers’ meeting


MEMBERS of Clitheroe Young Farmers' Club met at Pendleton Village Hall for an interesting and educational


talk by Frankland Feeds. Next week's meeting will involve stock judging.


N O R E A S O N A B L E O F F E R R E F U S E D


w i t h a n y s a l e o v e r £ 2 5 0 ■ 3 f t s t a n d a r d s i n g l e F R E E


fund. By early afternoon, the news was all around the North-West as a Red Rose Rock FM DJ announced the running total. The 1999 Red Nose Day


been raised, only to be topped by the very gener­ ous donation from the owner of the two compa­ nies, Mr Leon Eventhall, who offered £2,000 to the


was such a success for the two companies that it has left employees scratching their heads - and noses - for innovative ideas for the next Comic Relief.


all those who have reserved tickets a t Clitheroe TIC to make sure th a t they collect them by tomorrow lunchtime at the latest, or to ring to cancel - 01200 425566 - before noon tomorrow, to enable any unsold tick ets to go back on sale.


Disappointment as Sabden weir repairs are given the thumbs down


SABDEN'S damaged weir across the brook by the Holme cannot be repaired this year. But North West Water may look at possible repairs or tidying up the area in the next


financial year. Disappointed parish councillors, who have been trying to get the weir rebuilt after it was dam­ aged by storms, have been told th a t it will cost around £1,000 ju s t to have it tidied up. The weir was built as a


acceptable and he was very concerned about the high number of parked vehicles on both sides so close to St Mary's School. Sabden is to enter Lan­


cashire's Best Kept Village competition despite a poor response to a public meet­ ing to discuss the village effort for it. Only seven peo­ ple attended a recent meet­ ing and no positive ideas came out of it. A list of entries is to be drawn up by the parish council. Coun. Goss agreed to


water retainer for local industry, but has not been used for that purpose for many years. More recently it has been used by children' paddling in the brook and the parish council is keen to keep it as a feature. The parish council has no


money for the work and decided to wait until the new financial year and then contact the water company again. At the monthly meeting


cashire County Council The parish council had not been informed that these were to be fitted and did not think them in keeping with the village. The bol­ lards are intended to pro­ tect the bridge by keeping heavy traffic away. Eventu­ ally the bridge may have to be strengthened, but it is not in the current pro­ gramme. Coun. Bernard Parfitt


have his name submitted to go into a draw for parish council representatives to attend a Queen's garden party at Buckingham Palace this summer. Plans for a youth shelter


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of the parish council, con­ cern was also raised about the bridge at Ileyhouses. The chairman, Coun. Frank Goss, said that now the county council had adopted the bridge it should put in proper drains or culvert it, as the heavy rain was washing gravel down Wesley Street. Water should be diverted into the brook as debris was going into the drains. ■ Parked vehicles on Watt


on the Lower Holme took a step forward when agree­ ment was readied with the landowner, Mr J. R. Aspinall. The parisli council leases the play area but Mr Aspinall has agreed that a shelter can be sited there subject to certain condi­ tions. The parish council will now seek planning per­ mission for the shelter. Sabden's new youth


leader, Mr Phil Evans, attended the meeting and called for more adult volun­ teers to help the youth ser­ vice. If more help was forth­ coming from adults the youth club might be able to operate on more than one night. It was also proposed that


Street are still allegedly causing a problem, but it was reported that traffic police had monitored the situation and found no problem. Coun. Bernard Parfitt said this was not


brought up the problems being experienced by resi­ dents at Littlemoor by the new housing development and Coun. Roland Nichol­ son said the heavy wagons visiting the site were proba­ bly the reason for the fabric of Wesley Street deteriorat­ ing badly in recent weeks. The parish is to take the matters up with the bor­ ough and county councils. Drivers who use Garden­


ers Row as a short cut were criticised by Coun. Parfitt. lie also pointed out prob­ lems with the bottle bank, which was often full. A problem with water


a meeting of representa­ tives from all the churches should be held to look at possible buildings for the youth club, which can only meet on one night a week at St Mary's Hall at present. 'There was criticism of


making the footpath in Pendle Street East very slippery was being looked at, Coun. Eileen Lowe reported. Coun. Bernard Parfitt said two people had fallen near St Mary's School, and Coun. Lowe said a site meeting had been held and the problem was being investigated. The next meeting of the


the new bollards installed on the New Bridge by Lan­


parish council will be on April 6th and the annual meeting will be on May 4th. New parish council elections will take place in May.


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Mrs Kahn, pictured centre with some of her students, received the congratula­ tions of Mr Tim Atkinson, deputy principal of Accrington and Rossendale College, and Mrs Lynda Mason, who works as the college's Health Education Authority liaison manager. Course graduates are


Paul Dickinson, Brian Hilton, Marjorie Hodges, Julie Leach, Stephen Legg, Katrina Patchett, Stephen Pilling, Christine Steed, Catherine Turnbull, Emma Winder, Alice Wintle, Colin Clerkin and Janet Jones. Originally from Guyana,


Mrs Kahn is married to Bashair and the couple have two children, Helen, who is studying medicine at Newcastle University, and Ricky, who is a sports sci­ ence student at Brunei. Also an accomplished


Jane Anderson, Colin Bracewell, Elizabeth Clark­ son, Elizabeth Demaline,


cook, Mrs Kahn is current­ ly compiling recipes with the aim of publishing her own cookery book.


WINNERS at Pendle Club's bridge sessions recently were Mrs D. Green and Miss P. Dewhurst, Mrs M. Dugdale and Mrs J. Pilling; Miss R. Holland and Mrs D. Farnsworth, Mr J. Lynch and Mrs A. Lumley,Mrs V. Heald and Mrs D. Farnsworth, Mrs H. Taylor and Mrs E. Holt.


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