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14 Clitheroe Advertisers Times, February 7th, 2002
Ornamental: lions stolen
THIEVES stole two ornamental stone lions from a terraced house in West Bradford Road, Grindleton, on Tuesday of last week. The statues, just over
two feet high and on a plinth, are worth £400. Police feel that the theft of garden furniture from another house in the vil lage at about the same time may be linked.
Slates go from barn roof
SANDSTONE slates forming part of the roof of a disused bam at Wiswell were stolen some time at the end of last week. The slates are worth £500 and police believe that a lorry
was used in the theft.
Traders’ leader to resign at AGM''
CLITHEROE'S town centre traders are soon to be leaderless. Businessman Mr
president is a member, not to expect him a t , : future get-togethers. I t is anticipated Mr
Stephen.Pietrzak, the man currently in charge of reviving Clitheroe's fortunes through his role as president of the Chamber of Trade, is expected to announce that he is standing down from'office. At a meeting on Mon- 1
day, he told members of ; the Decorative Clith- : eroe Committee, which is tasked with devising schemes to improve the look of the town centre and of which Mr Pietrzak as chamber
Pietrzak, who owns Wellgate's Togged-Up outdoor clothing store as well as'nearby Ribble. Valley Welding Sup plies, will announce his,
1 departure at the cham ber's AGM next month. When he became president in May, 2000',
: Mr Pietrzak, who .lives in Moorland Crescent, Clitheroe, with wife, Arine, and daughters Rachael and Emily, promised to make Clitheroe a magnet for out-of-town visitors.
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shops to abandon the Wednesday half-day clos ing tradition. , ; He also • wanted
Clitheroe's cafes to open on Sundays, a cap to be pu t on the number of charity sh o p s . within town centre, confines, late-night, Christmas shopping and better
..Christmas lighting. . . Through the Advertis
er and Times, he bad gered Ribble Valley Bor ough Council to fund last Christmas's Clitheroe decorations, bu t his efforts were unsuccessful. A Christmas shopping evening was also poorly supported. Said Mr Pietrzak: "I
said when I. took on the presidency that I would do the job for a maxi mum of two years. These two years are now up."
‘S ' ^ ~ - • R edundant workers face a SALE PRICE BLITZ
brighter future after buy-out WORKERS who lost their jobs in pre-Christ mas redundancies a t a Clitheroe factory could soon be back on the pay roll. A small number of the
ufactures tufted carpets from Primrose Works, is now being run by former :
40 staff, shed by Stal warts Commission Car pets when i ts parent company Willoughby Holdings Ltd, of Ripley, went into receivership in late November, are to be re-employed following a management buy-out.
works MD Mr Sandy Mackenzie. He and for mer commercial director Mr Trevor Thornber, along with Mr Steve Wilson, of sister compa ny Manx Carpets, of Blackburn,
acquired the business and its assets. Said Mr Wilson: "Stalwarts lost half its
have
THE le t te r ,','D" dominated the evening for stamp enthusiasts. Members of the Ribble Valley Phi
latelic Soaetygottogether to show off their ingenuity, as'well as their stamp displays. Topic for the evening was 'Around the World in 80 Stamps from
Denmark to Durban, South Africa". Postal history was also part of the evening. "De la Rue" was a stamp_
Stalwarts, which man-. staff just before Christ
mas. Now, thanks to the tremendous support of customers and suppliers and our commitment to providing a first-class product, we are growing and evolving the busi ness. "We are also in a posi
tion to take on a small number of additional staff. Ideally, we would like to re-employ former workers."
Stamp group’s evening of D-light
from the famous stamp and publishing firm, Thomas de la Rue. The compa ny was responsible for printing most of the stamps of the British Empire dur ing the 19th Century. The next meeting will be held on
February 19th in the United Reformed Church, Moor Lane. The theme for the evening will be "Com monwealth".
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one of the leading figures in Methodism, spent five days visiting the Clitheroe Methodist Cir cuit and saw a wide vari ety of work. She attended a house
group run by Dr John Hardy, a “Caring Neigh bourhood Scheme” meet ing with Miss Janet Cal lender, the “Chatterbox” children’s group in Chat- burn, Whalley Abbey, Radio Lancashire, and Waddington Waddlers youngsters' group.
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Mrs Leek also visited School
Oswaldtwistle and the Abbeyfield home at Low Moor, Clitheroe. Everyone at the home
was delighted .with Mrs Leek's informality and
ease of conversation. She was accompanied by Dr Hardy, a member of the home executive, superin tendent minister the Rev. Chris Cheeseman and circuit lay worker Mr John Tomlinson. Mrs' Leek and Mr
Tomlinson are pictured with Abbeyfield resident Mrs Marjorie Dugdale.
Player wins top trophy
WORDS of congratula tions were.extended 'to Mr Chris PollaM gn wm^ ning the Leslie Wilkinson’ Trophy on Monday a t Clitheroe Bridge Club. Equal runners-up were Mrs J. Martindale and Mr J. Renton. The Howell Move
ment on the same evening was won by Mr J. Higsomand Mrs D. Blake, with Mrs P. Mur ray and Mrs J. Scott as runners-up. On Thursday evening,
winners were: NS, Mr C. and Mr G. Pollard, Mrs B. Wilson and Mr J. Ren ton. EW, Mrs M. Phillips and Mr P. Hewitt, Mrs K. Higson and Mrs I. Park.
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Cyber cafe proves a hit
A MOBILE cyber cafe has enabled Ribble Val ley residents to surf the information superhigh way. Last year, BBC Radio
Lancashire's Mobile Zone took to the streets stopping at 260 different locations and clocking up 10.000 miles round the county, providing free computer know-how to people living in various communities. As a result, more than
4.000 people have bene fited from its informa tion technology facilities and a number of those who visited the IT bus signed up for follow-on courses.
Seethe full picture... i book on a rural " I * Ecstasy found in pocket
A MAN was arrested after drinking "far more than he was used to" in the run-up to Christmas. Ryan Mark Asjjmwall
(20), of Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty in court a t Blackburn to being drunk and disorder ly and to possessing one Ecstasy tablet. He was given a 12-month condi tional discharge, fined £100 and ordered to pay £50 costs. The court heard that Aspinwall approached
Clock is
turned back THE clock was turned back 322 years at Whalley Parish Church on Sunday. The annual sermon
endowed by Sir Ralph Assheton was preached by the Rev. Canon Mike Williams, Vicar of Bolton Parish Church. He and the Vicar of
Whalley, the Rev. Chris Sterry, were a t one time colleagues. Mr Sterry introduced
Canon Williams, pointing out that the £2 fee fixed when the sermons were endowed would be a great deal more now had it been index-linked. The service was con
ducted by Mr Sterry, and the Canon preached on Faith in Adversity".
■.to shout at the officers. He refused to_leave:and was
police who were dealing with an incident in Lower- gate, Clitheroe, and began'
•arrestedV The ''Ecstasy tablet was found in his pocket. Mr John Greenwood
(defending) said that Aspinwall had been out before Christmas and had
•'drunk far more than he was used to. He did not know how the tablet came to be in his pocket.
ple living at'Candlemak- er's Court collected £330 for the voluntary organisa tion which aims to offer help before ambulances arrive, especially to indi viduals with heart prob lems. The volunteers are trained to use the defibril lators they carry. Mr Terry Sunter, a First
RESIDENTS of a Clitheroe development have raised money for a First Responders’ team. Oyer the past year, peo
Responder, is pictured receiving the cheque from Ribble Valley residents.
Cold and frosty start
with a cold and wet end A COLD frosty start to the month was followed by mild wet weather and finished with gale force winds. The year began with chilly weather for the first few days
with frosty nights. Milder, wetter conditioiis followed from the 11th, with
day temperatures in the middle 40s and rising to 52 degrees on the 20th and 21st. The mild weather continued to the end of the month, bringing with it strong gale force winds, the worst day being the 28th. *
Day Max : Min. Rain. (mm)
1 2 3
4 5
30 20 ’ 30 27 32 26
36 37
6 38 7 8 9
12 13 14
38 36
26 32 32
10 38 11
1.5 .1.5
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44 35
46 48
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16 46 40 17 45 36
15 44
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40 42
38
2.1 4.0
36 . 1.4 - 6.9 1.8
18 19 20 21
22 47 38 23 ■'48
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44 36 3.5 7.7 6.0 5.2 2.5
46 40 52 44 52 42
24 44 32 25 48 26 47 27 50
30 31
48 50
28 48 44- 29 50 •V 44
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112.8 mm = 4.512 inches of rain
42 5.1 ;35 . 21.2 42 6.5 1.7
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www.eastlancashireonIirie.co.uk Tributes paid to S cotlan d ’s bard from Caledonian members
TOUCHES of ta r ta n were evident a t Clitheroe and District Caledonian Society's annual Burns' Night celebration. Ten guests from north
of the border travelled south for a dinner at Gis- bum's Stirk House Hotel to mark the birthday of the Scottish bard, Robert Burns, who died in 1796. As tradition dictates, the "Chief
the haggis -
tain o' the Puddin' Race" - was piped in before being addressed by Mr Barclay Walker. The toas t to Burns'
immortal memory was proposed by the evening’s guest speaker, Mr Ronnie Crighton. And Mrs Jean Howell replied on behalf of the lasses after a toast was proposed by Mr Brian Minto. Pictured with guests
are society president Mr Malcolm Douglas, far right, with Mr Crighton in the centre of the back row.
(T040202/5) Residents'respond to charity team
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by Tim Procter
CON T R A S T ING views of late nights in Clitheroe on Friday and Saturday have been given to council lors.
Members of the Rib
ble Valley Borough Council Policy and Finance Committee were discussing the draft of the revised crime and disorder strategy. Speaking about Fri
day and Saturday nights, Coun. Frank Dyson (Clitheroe) said: "Increasingly, people are saying to me that they are scared of walking the streets of Clitheroe." He said he found this
"absolutely amazing" as the police knew what was happening, adding: "But it seems that the police are not prepared to take what I would term appropriate action." The police knew
New Euro reg| could prove di
NEW regulations from increJ Europe over the disposal councl of fridges have caught ley Btf the Government on the Lancl hop, claims Ribble Val- CounJ ley MP Mr Nigel Evans. "Th He has written to Mrs obligl
Margaret Beckett, Min- dispoj ister in charge of even t | DEFRA, asking her plant: what she plans to do of ( about the possibility them,! that thousands of dan- "W4 gerous fridges and deep the b | freezers will be dumped scape| on the British landscape, and : Mr Evans said the with !
new EU regulations, u larll which came into effect on January 1st, would ing, result in a massive fridge!
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