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, A.) R EV EN G E , .a t ta c k ', in, dant, punched him in’theface, caus-..^/- Mr Courtney said Mr Regan sus- a Clitheroe s t re e t left thevic-R ing a small cut. Thedefendant shout-/' tained a broken lower tibia“and fibia


A soon r alley


Ihorities, has no recent experi- pompulsory purchase, but a d significant step forward was c a meeting of the Housing pee on September 19th. This I the council's Housing Strate-


Iclude the use of compulsory (power (CPO) orders to acquire; Ivate empty properties where late". Significantly, this propo-. I s supported unanimously by Ire representing all sides of the ■debate. Itention now is to select a single I for compulsory purchase to act I t study". Others will follow "if Tate". The council will then have p proceed "forthwith" with the


in of the purchased properties, luncil's ability to use CPOs will , lowerful message to owners of Id and long-term empty prop- II an incentive for them to bring Iperties back into use them- f it does not, a remedy is now t to remove these blights from


Itiful valleyl |y, if there is an unfinished or 1 empty property or site near


w not send details to RVBC ■Department to add to the sur- Its?


(KING


SACK lyears ago


I for hose-piping.


(able that it would seldom, if ] purpose and hose-piping was ation if .not used occasionally, ild not be a good plan to sub-


|r of vagrants who habitually le to a dose of “hose”.


(


pe plan would, it was suggest- ses considerably, especially for (lians might possibly see in it troublesome, question of o which so many schemes had-


Lural District Council decided Burr Holme, WhiteweU,‘;atfa;l iproyement. was deemed very eople living in tlie Wiitewell sen flooded the’.highwaly aften


man from Chipping commit- g his throat with a pen knife. :or about 12 months.


rears ago of Blackburn addressed


is and recommended more He said that a sense of the


I


-, of the incongruous in Berlin, Washington and the ability to things in Whitehall, was one


1


ve the world’s problems;, nost dinner tables locally fol- nent by the Clitheroe Butch- there was a shortage of beef, uld be restored before Christ-


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•? by Court Rep o r te rs rT-iiV


vin a pub when a man,'not the‘defemf -other man had raped someone.-^


towards him” because he allegedly > a d e their way home, she rang the Simpson was;not someone who usual had a conviction fordndecent' police for protection, fearing there y behaved violently. He wMpartacu assault, Preston’Crown Court ; would be more trouble. ,


heard" . , v . “This sort of revenge activity in ' passing eyeiyndwand then.- the public streets is something that Simpson, was seen to walk assault.


Reganand his”daughter were1


^'briskly and whencaught claimed the*


, - A‘police car kept an eye on them, < because, it was said, he had received a « ^riine-monthf sentence for indecent ,


punching him to the face.and.kickmg,v. did not land, said Mr Hague. : ; 1 ' ,on him or gouge his eyes.(


larly angry towards theotherman


cannot be justified,” said Judge Brian towards them in the Peel Street area “Angry words were said and Mr Duckworth, sending Gary Simpson , and knock Mr Regan to the floor, ,Regan took a swing at him, which (29) tdpnsoh for three years.'


' ' , ' with his fingers.1 -


;,i


. Simpson,' of Monk Street, Accring- him on the legs,” said counsel. It was Later, Simpson was not looking for ton, admitted causing grievous bodi-' claimed that dunng the attack, the. ■ Mr.Regan. He admitted punching ly harm with intent to Mr Gerard defendant gouged at Mr Regan’s eyes and kicking him, but did.not stamp Regan (50).


Music will make birthday swing!


AUXILIARY nurse .Tina Pye and staff nurse Gina Ward thanking Mrs Dixon and members of Friends and the trolley shop volunteers for the new equipment. (211102/5)


,


HARD, work by two fund- rais­ ing groups has provided more: equipment for the hospital in Clitheroe. , Members of -Friends, of


Clitheroe Community Hospital, have bought a special bath instal­ lation, which will allow patients, with virtually any sort of mobility problem to bathe in comfort and


safety., ■ It will be used in-conjunction


with a bath lift, which they had already supplied to the hospital. The bath, which cost £10,000,


went to Hodder Ward and is the third unit provided to the hospi­ tal, Ribble and Pendle Wards hav­ ing been similarly equipped in recent years.


. The WRVS “trolley shop” staff


have also been active and between them raised about £900. They purchased dysphagia cups, special toilet seats, a shower chair, an apron dispenser and other neces­ sary items. The contributions are the latest


in a long list of highly valued additions to the facilities.


Ttended that the workhouse 1 for an outbreak of fire and


MUSIC has dominated the life of Sabden great-grandmother Mrs Millie Moorhouse., -


: For six decades she has played -Baptist Chapel and she recalls sit- the organ every Sunday in the vil- ;t|ng at the piano at home and play- lage Baptist Chapel and when she ' jng the tunes she had heard there, celebrates her 90th birthday Playing the piano lifts her spirits, tomorrow, :her beloved piano'will as well as those of the people around not be too far away.


of seven or eight, but never had a formal lessson until she was 14. Her father, the late Mr Jacob Birtwell, was choirmaster at the


: her, and she makes' sure that she Friends at the church held a party takes time to play it every day. ':.


following Sunday's service, then, as . She has.fond memories of the. old : a-surprise, .took ,her to.Clitheroe / .‘pipe,organ at the Baptist Chapel in Parish Church to'play; the.pip.e.;. Clitheroe Road an’d.on itsclosure in: 984^sKe T^calls' Her’


"j &ul


•;Itlie'ilielpTdf jthat,chufch^9rgamstV#Blakeya M f Michael Paim and was the reali--field.'


sation of, a long-held dream for Mrs • -Every Sunday, she continues to Moorhouse.,


churches, keep fit classes, dancing groups, concerts and shows. Mrs Moorhouse spent her working


life as a part-time weaver, starting at the old Cobden Mill after leaving Sabden Council School aged 14. She left the mill to bring up her daughter, Freda, and used to help her husband, the late Mr Clifford Moorhouse, with his poultry breeding business. During her 90,years in Sabden,


Mrs Moorhouse has seen many changes and despite having spent her lifeinthe'yillage.hasliyed m-lldif-


z; organ Was moved to its new home at'|;; .


; Born and bred in Sabden, the for services and over the years_ her 'youngest of six children, Mrs Moor- . prowess has led to playing the piano house played the piano from the age for weddings, services at other


' ' • play the smaller Hammond organ


' ^ i t p w o grandchildren, Louise^ 'imd Paularid ajp^at-granddaughter, Amy Natasha,-"she is looking forward to celebrating with family at the


weekend. Pictured is Mrs Moorhouse play­


ing the organ at Clitheroe Parish Church, (s)


Farming action group plans local recruitment drive


FARM, a niew group for working farm­ ers and campaigners, is seeking Ribble Valley members in a recruitment drive. The organisation is holding a public


ind the ornamental lakes'at :en over and skaters presented ne as they glided over the ice. ,


rears ago iout early-bird lorry drivers


: from the owner of a Clitheroe :ed for registration numbers to could ensure that none came


ked his drivers to cut down on l his depot.


-


pen-pals of a young'Clitheroe. the southern hemisphere's old-


.t Plenty, Tasmania, had been Ramsbottom, of Clitheroe, in


iment was in keeping salmon


and hatching them on the long England, having found water tie hatchery he set up is still in


i to the Far East provided a ( t Navy officer from Whalley. onal bottle of champagne over 0-ton freighter "Sea Emerald"


il at a shipyard in Shimoda, •king there to supervise'the of ships for a Kuwait-based


letable for YFC


tion held at Bolton was a great success, with Clitheroe A winning the competition and James Whit well achieving The top score. The annual bingo


night proved to be a suc­ cess, and the club, wants


-To thank anyone wbo donated- prizes » an d ;


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meeting in the Crofters’ Hotel, Cabus, near Garstang, on Wednesday next week to gather farmers' views on the issues affecting fanning and to recruit members to drive forward the organisation. The meeting is open to all local fanners


and members of the public. .The group's national launch in Novem­ ber attracted widespread interest and sup-


. port amongst farmers nationwide. FARM representatives delivered a draft Farm Bill to Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and posted Missing Person posters


on DEFRA's HQ to highlight the fact that 11 farmers go out of business every


day. The Cabus meeting is-the third in a


series of meetings at which FARM will canvass farmers' opinion around the coun­ try. Over 65 farmers attended the first, in Shropshire on 20 November. Tom Rigby, a dairy farmer from Low-


ton, near Warrington, said "I am getting increasingly concerned about the state of dairy farming in Lancashire; Jobs are being lost at four or five times the rate of the proposed cuts in the fire service. Yet we are getting nothing in return, and our negotiating position gets weaker by the


• year." The meeting begins at 7.30pm.


Chairman of the Friends, Mrs


Brenda Dixon, speaking on their behalf, said that she hoped many patients over many years would benefit from the equipment and that were it not for the generosity of former patients and their fami­ lies in making donations and bequests to the Friends’ funds, neither this nor any other of the very many contributions they had


: made would have been possible. She said: “The Friends can and


do ensure that every penny of these donations is spent directly upon the services and equipment provided, since, as a registered charity, they are not required to pay VAT on any monies spent. “However, I am very conscious


of the large number of other local, national and international chari­ ties that compete for support and must point out that any donation to the Friends is spent directly and only for the benefit of local people.” The Friends group chooses


what is required at the hospital by talking to staff and patients.


Missing man found safe at city airport


A POLICE search for a RibbleValley man who went missing in his 1972 MG Midget car ended when he was found safe a t Manchester Airport. Mr Cliff John Brereton (41) left his


home in Langho on Wednesday of last week without telling anyone where he


was going. .. After'a.timeworriedrelatiyescontact^


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“ Later,5 both were found on a car* park ■


at Manchester Airport. “Mr Brereton has now been reunited


with his family and our inquiries are now at an end,” said a police spokesman.


All is set for late-night family shopping spree


ALL is set for Clitheroe’s late evening shopping


spree tonight. Many shops and some other businesses are


staying open until 8 p. m. and there will be a warm welcome for everyone. The town’s Chamber of Trade is hoping for


good support from the public to help restore the event to its former status. Already, a children’s shop window clue-hunt


competition based on the Twelve Days of Christ­ mas has raised a lot of support from retailers, with no less than 68 taking part.


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The winning secondary and junior schools will share the prize money of £680.


. The Christmas atmosphere in the town will be supplemented by singers and instrumentalists from numerous local schools. They include CRGS, Ribblesdale High, Bow-


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