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THIRTY men, women and children walked for over three hours to help raise funds for a church
boiler. Sabden stalwart Mr
Colin Cooke organised the walk out of the village - he is very familiar with the area and has taken hun dreds of visitors, as well as many local people, on vari
ous routes. The party ascended from
the village into the hills
above - and among those taking part was a Canadian visitor fascinated by the
scenery. Now the fund-raisers are
busy collecting in the money towards the boiler fund at the church of St Nicholas in the village. Various efforts have been
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a good few miles every day, at the age of 75. He pointed out places of
interest to the church sup porters, including the Rib-
ble Valley's oldest farm,
dating back to 1574. Altogether the party was
out on various roads, paths and byways for well over three hours and even local
people learned something of
interest. Our picture shows some
members of the group with Mr Cooke.(T130800/6)
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Public is asked to help in fight against
pollution of rivers MEMBERS of the public are being urged to be the "eyes and ears" of the Environment Agency in its fight against river pollution, following a seri
agency continued its inves tigation this week, after pol lution wiped out more than 2,500 fish along a several kilometre-stretch of Kirk
have been the pollutant which killed the fish, includ ing 150 brown trout. A member of the public
Beck. Farm slurry is believed to
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ous incident at Bolton-by-Bowland. The appeal came as the ry first got into the stream
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on Thursday. If anyone had seen it then and reported it to us straight away we would have had a much bet ter chance of saving many
of the fish. "We can't be everywhere
all the time, so we rely on the public to be our eyes and ears," he added.
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full extent of damage to the beck, as well as investigat ing how the slurry got into the water. Earlier this week, an agency spokesman said it was too early to say whether there would be a prosecution. Meanwhile, agency envi
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Camera club's season comes to an end with summer barbecue
IT was the "last of the summer wine" in a dif ferent sense, when Rib- blesdale Camera Club held its final meeting of the summer pro
Union's black and white
gramme. Some 40 people attend
ed a barbecue in the gar den of member Mr Frank Barnes. They enjoyed a glass of wine on a still,
warm, sunny evening. "Conversation went on
until well after nightfall and the evening was a brilliant success," said a spokesman. The club's winter pro
forward to in the new pro gramme and the club appeals to people who like slide shows as much as those who are keen photog raphers themselves," said
print folio. "There is much to look
the spokesman. "New members are
gramme starts on Septem ber 5th, with a bar snack at 7-30 p.m. at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington, followed by a viewing of the Lan cashire and Cheshire
always welcome. The easi est way is just to turn up any Tuesday evening at the club's Ribble Lane Chat- burn club room. With the exciting development in digital cameras and com puter printing, now is the time to join and see the best in digital and conventional photography. "If you would like to talk
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DID you know that last year, more than 12,000 local people studied at Burnley
prised to find th a t they were not all under-20, in fact, most students at Burnley College are
College? You may also be sur
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History group shown family heirlooms
HEIRLOOMS took centre stage at the August meeting of the Ribble Valley Family History Group. Organisers, who had
among other things. Some interesting information came out of the short talks and they were appreciated
hoped that members would take along an heirloom and tell the group about it and any part that it had played in the research of their fam ily history, were not disap pointed. A dozen members took
by the group. It is hoped that a similar
evening may be held again with more people partici
pating. O The group's next meet
along items, including Bibles, prayer books, note books, diaries, teapots, a small chair, glass slippers and a Pudsey shilling,
ing will take place on Sep tember 12th at Clitheroe Cricket Club at 7-30 p.m. The speaker will be Dr C. Thornber and the topic will be "Disease and Medicine 1760-1830.”
Change of use for the old Co-op building
CHANGE of use of the former Co-op building in Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, gave an opportunity to ratio nalise and control the site, councillors were
told.There were five letters of objection before Ribble Val ley Borough Council Plan ning Committee to Mr G. D. Birtwistle's plan to use the building for the storage, distribution and retail sale of car components.
ed approval. Their report said that, while clearance and residential re-use may be preferred by local resi dents, due regard must be paid to the long-established commercial use of the site. The previous cooked meat use caused significant envi ronmental problems. Park ing and access questions and times of opening could be dealt with by the condi tions suggested, said the report, and these were approved by the committee.
But officials recommend
All county’s libraries going on-line with the Internet
ALL 84 Lancashire libraries are to go online with cut ting-edge Internet facilities, following the announce ment of a £2.3m. Govern ment allocation for the
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nals in each of its libraries, giving free access to the Internet for everyone in Lancashire. The county has also
secured more than £300,000 to help train all staff in IT skills so that they can help library users make the most of the facili
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