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Pupils say farewell to a man who had been th e ir deputy


HE may not'have flown into the Ribble Valley on his white swan,- but . Howard Brown certainly ^ ruffled a few feathers when • he opened the new offices of the Halifax1 branch on


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: iWJien the star of .the i Halifax's television cam­


paign called into Clitheroe, fans flocked to see him. - i. Along with the Mayor of


Ribble Valley Borough Council, Coun. Mrs Joyce Holgate, Howard cut the ribbon to officially open the new premises.


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walkabout tour of the town ” by the borough's first citi- zen, and spent time meet­ ing and greeting shoppers' in Clitheroe. At the Halifax offices, -he was happy to sign autographs for young and old alike. Howard is pictured with


Goun. Holgate and, from the left, Halifax staff Debo­ rah Miller and Wendy Ash­ ton, together with office manager Cheryl Kenyon. : (C051102/4)


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Vandals fail in their attempts to ruin bonfire fun for thousands


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eroe's annual- bonfire and ; fireworkXfjdi'splay^/t'ri-* umphed’over atrocious .weather andjthe^actions^ of x, ^vandals to' mount? another'”


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niences was put out of action when a tin of paint was thrown around inside - and, while efforts were being made to clean up the mess, more, vandals were found throwing concrete blocks used as fire­ works stands over a fence. . A transformer was also


stolen. Mr Edwin Gretton, secretary


of the Rotary Club of Ribbles- dale, was forced to spend two hours on Saturday cleaning public conveniences in the Cas­ tle grounds after a tin of white paint was emptied on the floor; in the men's toilets. And while the hosing down,


was under way, youngsters were” seen throwing the concrete


blocks over the fencing. This is the third consecutive


year that the bonfire has been dogged by vandalism., In th e ; past, vandals have tried to pull down security fencing. v Fortunately, vandals-did not,


spoil this year's event, as the damage to the toilets was not permanent, and they, were reopened before the bonfire and firework display started. - Said Mr Gretton: ’’We have to make it clear that this is not acceptable, and, we have to stamp on it when we see.itT Every single citizen of the Rib- ble Valley has to play their part: in reportmg vandalism, as well as dissuading children from; doing it, looking out for it and clearing up afterwards. If we want to live in a comfortable


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Ford said;his; off icers, were-^ involved.in,the ongoing tight'.''. against vandalism.'Undercover.'


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: andmver.ti patrolsl^^caj’ricfd^A Wt around tKe'Castle grounds ■. in a bid to trace those causing


the damage. ‘ . Said Insp. Ford: "Most of the


^vandalism has no gain for any­ body and is just a loss for the community. The new. CCTV system is taking shape and will result in four cameras in the Castle grounds which will be a big help towards detecting and preventing offences. Again it is a mindless minority spoiling,- facilities for everybody." Despite the rain on Saturday


night, thousands of.people- turned out to watch the bon-, fire, which was lit by Mr Nick. Gale, the managing director of: Ultraframe - one of the event’s , ,


sponsors. However, the wet conditions


did delay the start of the, fire­ works display by 15 minutes,; , with the rain causing problems with the electronic ignition sys­


tem. ' Organisers hope that the ,


event-will have raised around £3,000, and the five clubs, involved in the bonfire and fire­ work display - the Rotary Club of Ribblesdale* the Rotary Club of Clitheroe; the Rotaract Club of Ribble Valley, Clitheroe Round Table and; Clitheroe Lions' Club - have; already, agreed that the pro-. ceeds will be donated to the.- Magic Eye Scanner Appeal. This year's event was spon­


sored by-,Castle Cement and Ultraframe. Commented Mr


Gretton: "Without sponsorship; the whole event would be almost impossible to finance,” because we have to put down between £3,000 and £4,000 for


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Angry viewers’ fury at another TV blackout


FRUSTRATED television viewers in the Whalley, Langho and Billington area suffered a five-hour-pius blackout on Sunday night. "It's the fourth time our signal has been off in


the past couple of years - people want some- . thing done about it," says Coun. Carl Ross, a member of the local parish council. ; ' His Billihgton home is only a sliort distance from the Whalley Nab repeater, which serves many people in the area. It went off about 7 p. m. and there was no signal on any channel until turned midnight. . "Sunday night is important for many viewers many wanted to see the end of 'Monarch of the


Glen', for instance," says Coun. Ross. "It's not as if we could have taped programmes, I can't - understand why it was off for so long. We need a . more reliable service than this. • "We would also like to know when we will be able to get Channel Five from the repeater. We should not be forced into going satellite for it." • The Independent-Television;Commission says


that some technical faults take longer to repair thanoth'ers.


7 "If people in the area feel/they are getting a


poor service, we urge them to contact us with the details,” says a commission spokesman. "We check the amount of time the repeaters are not


working." The operation contract, however, allows the • .


repeaters to be off one hour in every 100 without penalty, and the Whalley one is well within this,


he said. "But we know how annoying it is when the


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who braved the weather, top,, to watch the fifth annual bonfire and fireworks display (T031102/3c).,And above, Ultraframe's MD, Mr Nick Gale, is pictured lighting the bonfire. (T031102/3) ,


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