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Planning in the


pipeline application to con-


t a Dutton barn and (buildings into two iday lets has been


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imitted to Ribble Val- Borough Council.


Other plans include: Clillicroc: Outline applica- n for two detached houses land adjacent to 69 Pimlico


)1) refers to the barn i buildings adjoining Higher Fall Farm, Old itheroe Road. Com­ ints on the plan must made to the council tomorrow.


’he proposal (No.


lad (0677). Erection of con- rvatory to rear elevation d utility porch at Green- oft, Waddington Road GSt). Construction of Victo- m conservatory at rear of 10 arwick Drive (0691). Hillinglon: New facility to


•ovide recreational facilities id staff dining/multi-pur- ise rooms and associated ser-


ice areas with 16 car spaces L Kemple View, Longsight


.oad (0696). Itriickhall: Erection of etached house with integral ,vo-car garage on plot 10, site djacent nursery (0686). Chathurn: Certificate of


lepot, Sawley Road (0669). ■roposal to retain temporary icdestrian access on to Ribble ,ane at 32 Victoria Court 0681). Erection of front ounge extension at 50 Rib- olcsdalo View (0693). chipping: Change of use


iwfulness for proposed use as forge at Harrisons Tyre


from a home for the elderly to a dwelling at Beech House, ilesketh Lane (0680). Gishurn: Extension over


garage to form granny flat at 3 Smithy Cottages (0685). Harrop Fold: Attached


garage and new masonry openings at Barn Court


(0698). Newton: Change of use of


land to form residential cur­ tilage at Burn House Farm,


ick Lane (0699). Head: Erection of two-


orcy extension at 9


rcenacres (0690). Hibchesler: Demolition of


listing livestock haulage irage (conservation area con- ■nt) on land adjacent to 8a reenside (0670). Alterations d entrance drive at tonelands Farm, Preston


load (0674). Sabdcn: Erection of conser-


atory to rear of 7 Timbrills


ivenue (0673). Simonstone: Illuminated


louble-sided, free-standing idvertisement display unit at Ram's Service Station, Whal- ley Road (0688). Erection of dormer extension and single­ storey extension at 3 Beauley


Avenue (0701). Thornley with Wheatley:


Extension to dwelling at Dale House, Four Acre Lane (0676).


gabion wall, siting of oil tank, new gate and fence and part retention of existing wall at Sunnybrook Barn, Fell Road


WmliUngtnn: Erection ot , . ,


(0695). West Bradford: Demolition


of existing porch and erection of new porch to main house, construction of domestic first- floor accommodation within shell of adjacent detached garage at Dovesyke Farm, Eaves Hall Lane (0703 and 0704 for listed building con­


sent). Whatley: Change of use


from residential to business use on first floor of 41 King


Street (0692). Bridge winners


WINNERS of the bridge session at the Pendle Club on Monday afternoon were Mrs Bar­ bara Hargreaves, Mrs Sylvia Walsh, Miss Joan Scott and Mr Joe Lynch. New members are wel­ come each Monday at 1-


30 p.m. Solo whist winners at


the club were: Mr S. Holden, Mr D. Grant


1 and Mr J. Oddie. New players are wel­


come every Monday at 7-30 p.m.


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ans: 01254 662424. ,- Volunteer Helpline, Volunteer-


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school groups to give short ns to children and adults on f Save the Children and the e children they work with, ays are arranged as required. ! and confidence to speak to . pleasant manner is required, yportunity to work as a team


RS: To visit schools, colleges


Chance for schools to win fantastic prizes


OUR fantastic computer token promotion is about to start with the first tokens appearing in next week's


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papers. We are offering every primary


school in Burnley, Pendle and the Ribble Valley the chance to snap up a superb computer package in our Computers For Schools giveaway. Sponsor P3 Computers, based in


Healey Wood Road, Burnley, is offering one computer package for each of the three main East Lan­


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processor, a 17in. monitor, a hard disc drive, a DVD ROM drive,


The package boasts an Intel


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ter and then, as soon as tokens start appearing in the paper, it's scissors


To enter, each school must ref?3' , . at the ready.


Plans for town centre could


town councillors to sup- ^ S c m t a S “ wliy°


They have petitioned shift Clitheroe s ne - proposed community With wicn ^ a


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feasibility study into the locations


cultural centre - the suitability about to get replacement for the Grand Cinema - away from the market car


park. The car park has been


earmarked as the pre­ ferred site for the build­ ing, which it is proposed will contain a two-screen cinema and theatre, gallery and meeting room space. Architects have suggested the build­ ing could stand on stilts so that a car park could be created underneath it.


market. Explained traders


spokesman Mr Stuart Gradwell: "We want to make it clear tha t our nhi objection is not to the


cultural centre itself. We. to get them back T h ^ welcome the develop- not scaremongenng, but ment, However, the based on our experience


n ie created unde^ath it!


inevitable closure of the car park while construe-


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of the prexuous redevel- opment when trade was


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under way, traders fear that, if given a positive report, subsequent build­ ing work could kill the


each area will win a Kodak DC3Z0U digital camera.


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parents and friends are being urged to collect the tokens and hand them


Pupils, teachers, parents, grand­ ^


into participating schools. To make it fair, the scheme will be


run on a pro-rata basis with the number of tokens being divided by the number of pupils at the school. This way every school, no matter how large or small, stands the same


chance of winning. Our sponsor, P3 Computers,


which has gone from strength to strength since it was set up in 199o by Paul Cumpstey and Philip


Whitehead, supplies computer sys- terns and peripherals from its premises in the heart of the Weavers'


Triangle. The firm has always had strong


links with the community, especially Burnley Football Club, which it


sponsored for two years. • Anyone wanting further infor­


mation on how to enter the competi­ tion, or would like to donate tokens to a participating school, should ring Sharon Crymble on 01282


426161.


Church is to learn of its rich heritage


MEMBERS of Whalley Parish Church are


to have their assets revealed this Sunday. At the 10 a.m. ser- sented at Whalley Parish


vice, a Team of 22 vol- Church last_Sundayto


unteer recorders from the National Associa­ tion of the Decorative and Fine Arts Society (NADFAS) Church Group is to hand over an exhaustive invento­ ry of church posses­


1sions. The inventory lists everything from pews and choir stalls to can­ delabra and altar linens. It took the Samlesbury- based group two years of weekly church visits to complete its task. Said the church's vicar,


‘break its heart’ Market traders’ petition demands different site for culture centre


A MOVE to better Clitheroe town centre could break its heart, according to market traders.


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tie,, tabes p t e is -holly


unacceptable. "People are creatures


of habit. The car park is the market's single biggest asset, used by many of our customers. If i t is taken out of action for a period of time, there is a real dan­ ger that customers will stay away and, once they have gone, it is very hard


MR STUART GRADWELL (right) and a group of fellow market tra ders, who are worried about the community centre plan


seriously affected, taking park via Market Street many years to recover in was already too congest- an era when trading cir- ed to make the site


cumstances were far viable, while any bull healthier than they are ing work there could cre- rodav-"


Mr Gradwell, who led hazards, with dirt and


ate health and safety t


a traders' delegation to Clitheroe Town Hall on Monday night for a meeting of the town council's Planning, Finance and General Purposes Committee, added th a t he and his fellow stallholders felt the approach to the car


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dust contaminating fresh foodstuffs on sale


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at the market. Added Mr Gradwell,


who operates a meat and cheese stand: "Clitheroe is always advertised as an ancient market town. Indeed, we understand that part of the funding


for this project comes from the Government s market towns regenera­ tion fund. I t would be ironic if the result of the injection of such funds were to be the perma­ nent loss of the market for which the town is


justly famous." A spokesman for


Clitheroe Town Council said councillors sympa­ thised with the market traders and would take their views into account at the appropriate time.


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Horrendousdamage tojShop owners Castle grounds toilet ‘» * ™ d


^ ' .AftS- VV; by John Turner DAMAGE to a mod­


ern toilet block in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle this week was described by a coun­ cil officer as "horren­


dous". Surveying manager


Mr Paul McNeall was planning to keep the eight-year-old toilet block (pictured) sealed for a while to "give the vandals a chance to cool off and focus on some­ thing more positive". Early estimates put


the damage to the block on Monday night at around £2,000. But it could be even higher. In the raid, which hap­ pened between the time the toilet gates were locked at 6-30 p.m. on Monday and 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, every fitting in the gents' toi­ iiiitaucu


lets was smashed by


THE owners of a shop in Clitheroe have described how they are struggling to find any assistance for losses caused by foot and mouth disease restrictions. Chris Barrow and equipment retailers.


Cheryl Morris opened Onward and Outward at the end of March as foot and mouth disease spread rapidly across the Lake District and access restrictions were enforced throughout the northern uplands and rural areas. The closure of the


using heavy boulders. Even electrical fittings


and wall tiles were


smashed. In the adjoining


ladies' toilets, wall tiles were smashed and elec­ trical fittings rendered useless, in the latest and probably the most seri­


ous of a series of inci­ dents in the Castle


Even to gain access to the toilets was a massive


exercise. The gang managed to


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force their way through heavy-duty steel gates and solid wood doors to get inside. They smash­ ed the padlocks from each gate and then vent­ ed their anger by causing serious damage to one of the gates.


something."


N ew Platform Gallery is unveiled tomorrow


CLITHEROE fur­ niture designer Mr Matthew Goring is among the artists, whose work goes on display tomorrow to mark the reopening of the town's Plat­


form Gallery. The railway-side arts


and crafts centre has been closed since March; undergoing a £100,000 facelift funded by the


North-West Arts Lot


tery Board. Although the gallery's


official opening by Rib­ ble Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Gwen Pye is not until October 18th, man­ ager Catherine Shoe- smith has already installed three simulta­ neous exhibitions, all of which will run to Octo­ ber 27th.


Manchester Metropoli­ tan University with a BA (Hons) degree in 3- D design. He is showing examples of his modem, minimalist furniture, which is crafted from metal and the construc­ tion fabric Dibond. His work forms an exhibition set called "New Cre-


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atives". French artist Gisele


to Mr Goring, who grad- temporary artist in resi- uated this summer from dence during the closure,


Space has been given " Jacquemetr who was h a c f lnnr - s l Investigating officer


PC John Burke said the toilets were "completely


wrecked". He appealed for infor­


mation, saying: "They must have been there for some time because of the amount of damage. We are hoping someone might have heard or seen


countryside was a dou­ ble blow for shops like theirs, Cheryl said. "People immediately


the countryside as foot- paths, climbing areas


ro Chris said: "Some peo­


ple are bound to have lost more than others I and those in our line of business are among them. Where some busi- nesses still had local sup- | port, we did not, because even locals could not get out and enjoy their


sports."


stopped travelling to moving Street,


o i and off-road cycling and


I running routes were pronounced out-of - bounds, so no-one was buying equipment and


clothing. "Also, established out­


door sportspeople did ■ ----J to replace


wealing ©----- - damaged or lost, as it


In what they describe as a bold attempt to pro-1 mote business now that parts of the Ribble Val- ley are open, they are to


the


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premises of designer chil- dren's wear shop Sara s,


so that they will be able to display their clothing | and equipment ranges effectively in a more spa­ cious setting. He said: "We are not


equipment: it i a s not applying for help to wearing out, getting cover lost trade, but we are keeping hard at it to


was not being used." However, a dedication


has her floor-standing paper sculptures on dis­ play, while artists from throughout the country are featured in an exhibi­ tion of drawing called "The Big Draw". The gallery's retail


section, selling arts and crafts gifts produced locally and further afield, will also be open. The Platform Gallery


- can be visited between 10 a.m. and 4-30 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays.


to their task and a clever choice of quality equip­ ment ranges means they have managed to keep going, after opening at what they said was the start of the worst possi­ ble scenario for outdoor


ensure we succeed." Cheryl said: "Visitor


numbers are still down and there is still a reluc­ tance by many to travel to the countryside as FMD has not gone away yet. However we can't bank on assistance, we've got to keep working."


Fears of foot and mouth return


I AS farmers fear the return of foot and l mouth disease, a local man says that govern-


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Mrs Shirley Pilkington. The gifts were to mark


her retirement from her post as parish secretary after 16 years' service. Mrs Pilkington, who


lives in the village with husband John, launched the parish office under the Rev. Michael Ack- royd, who was appointed vicar in 1981. He retired in June 1997, but was in church to wish Mrs Pilk­ ington well. Her daugh­ ter, Fiona, is a London- based nurse and son Paul is an aeronautical engi­


the Rev. Chris Sterry: "The volunteers were all highly skilled and, although I have yet to see the inventory, I understand it is a metic­ ulous record of the church and its furnish-


ings."Items listed are dated - the choir stalls were built in the 15th Centu­ ry, while woodwork in the chancel dates back to the 1230s - and, if given to the church as a gift,


UL11C1 mouviiw- ----- are also recorded. Added


Mr Sterry: "At Sunday service, we will be thank­ ing God for the rich her­ itage we have received


from the past." O FLOWERS and a


framed picture were pre-


neer in Bristol. Said Mr Sterry: "In


my four years here, I have enormously appre­ ciated Shirley's wisdom, sense of humour, unfail­ ing support and encour­


agement. "Shirley has been


worth her weight in gold. I know that her pastoral ministry in the parish office, as well as her cheerful efficiency in answering any query under the sun, has been


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Mrs Pilkington's repl- ,


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