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EFFORTS to iriarket a' cants have had the barn bam for commercial use., on the market forindus- have not been rigorous- trial or commercialese,,' enough,- say.officials of, ■ t>:uui„


Council. - They are recommend­


ing tonight's meeting of the Planning and Devel­ opment Committee to refuse Mr and Mrs H. Metcalfe's application for converting a barn at Little Elmridge Farm, Chipping, into two


dwellings. An officials' .report


says agents for the appli-


says, should be refused because of the loss of employment opportuni­ ties. The "unwarranted residential development would also set a prece­ dent for other proposals in a situation of signifi­


cant over-supply of resi­ dential ..development within the borough."


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A. GROUP of'22 ramblers from the Ribble Valleyienjoyed an eight-mile tour round Mellor on their latest Tues­ day walk. U Members off the. Clitheroe group of


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Ribble. After their meal stop the ta lk ­ ers made their way via Dobridding Wood and Burr Green to Lower.Stud- dlehurst, before the journey back took them through the fields to Mellor. . Among the points of interest seen en


route were the Millennium Lookout and the former observer corps obser­ vation post on Mellor Moor. , • The beautifully-restored Oxendale


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Ribchester to Longridge Road on Sunday. Firemen were called to


the scene to release him from the vehicle, which is believed to have collided with a parked car before overturning in the road The Med-Alert doctor


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New-found friend Waiter is guiding Stan to a better life


•by John Turner WHEN Walter, a labrador-


golden retriever cross, walked into Mr Stan Dow- den's life it brought funda­


mental changes. " For Walter is a guide dog


and has meant th a t Mr Dow­ den, of Windermere Avenue, h a s been able to leave his white stick a t home and rely on th e 22-month-old dog to help him negotiate the streets of Clitheroe safely. ; . Mr Dowden (61) a retired


Ribblesdale High School Tech­ nology College technician, has


The group has 19 members, including two with dogs,' Mr


Dowden and Mr Chris Tatter- sall, whose dog is Fable. Fable, asleep tinder a table,


attracted the attention of the Queen during her visit to Pre­ ston in August and prompted her to find, out more about the' group, where they; came from and what they did. Jim Bowen invited members


of. the group to take part in his Radio Lancashire "Good Morn­


ing" programme recently. On Monday evenings'the


group plays carpet bowls, takes part in discussion groups and plays.board and card games; on alternate Wednesdays members


recently completed training enjoy a wide.rarigeof outdoor with his new friend. He said this . activities , including 10-pin week: "The difference is unbe- bowling.


lievable. Walter gives me such The group is also a partner in freedom. He has made a real the Database IT Learning Cen- change in my life."


. tre in Henthorn Road, Mr Dowden, whose sight has Clitheroe, which operates a


deteriorated in the last 10 years drop-in centre on Tuesdays ar d after contracting diabetes, was . Thursdays between 1 p.m. and


registered blind three years ago. 3 p.m. to offer help and advice The guide dog has allowed to the visually-impaired.


him to play an even bigger part Members of the group were in in the activities of the Ribble the Commonwealth Games sta-


Valley Visually ' Impaired Group, which, in the last few months, has included visits to the Queen's Golden Jubilee cel­ ebrations, the Commonwealth Games and a tour of the studios of Radio Lancashire.


dium on the evening when Jonathan Edwards and Paula Radcliffe won gold for England. Pictured is Mr Dowden and


his new friend shopping in Clitheroe (right); and Walter with presenter Jim Bowen.


Angry lender pelted door in row over cash


A LONG-STANDING friendship came to an end when a man faUed to repay loans made to another. Magistrates at Black­


burn heard that Parmjil Topper Charles Singh accepted he "lost it" .' when he started pelting the other man's front door and van with bricks. His actions cost Singh


(prosecuting) said Singh called a t the Clitheroe home of a Mr Gowers ■ who he claimed owed him money. He spoke to Mrs Gow­


(45), of Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe, £530 in com- pensation and costs when he admitted two charges of criminal dam­ age. Mrs Wendy Chappell


ers, who said he was behaving in a threaten­ ing manner. Singh left, bu t


returned soon after and began banging on the door. Mrs Gowers went to get her phone from her car so she could call the police and noticed damage to: the front door. "Singh then sta rted


throwing bricks a t her husband's van and at the


house door," added Mrs Chappell. Mr Stephen Barker


(defending) said the vic­ tim and his wife and Singh and his wife had been good friends. When they first met Mr and Mrs Gowers had not been doing very well financially.. "Out of the goodness


repay the money when his financial .circum­ stances improved." . Mr Barker said when th a t improvement had , obviously occured Singh asked for his money back


of his heart, my client loaned this man various amounts, of money over the last 12 months which totalled in the region of £400," said Mr Barker. "He loaned i t in the belief his friend would


but was fobbed off. "He d idn't badger


them for money, but eventually went to the house to collect what he was owed and was told Mr Gowers wasn't in," said Mr Barker. He returned when he knew he was in, but received short shrift and the door was slammed in his face. He saw red and began throwing bricks a t the van and house.


Food factory ‘yes’ for expansion


EXTENSIONS are proposed to the Rose County Foods plant at Castille Laithe on the A59 at Sawley. As there have been ho objections to the plansand


they conform to policy, officials of Ribble Valley Borough Council have dealt with them under dele­


gated powers. The company is to extend to incorporate a work­


shop, tray and box stores, a security building and dispatch chills. There is also to be a boundary fence.


by John Turner


A NEW miniguide has been launched for the Ribble Valley. The new publication-


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has been commissioned by the Ribble Valley Tourism Association in conjunction with the Ribble Valley Borough Council's tourism sec­ tion. A c c om m o d a t io n


providers requested a small brochure to send out alongside their own literature to give visitors a “flavour of the area”. The brochure is in full


colour, with a variety of pictures including Whal- iey Abbey, Dunsop Bridge, Gisburn Forest and Glitheroe town cen­ tre, depicting the land­ scape and activities of the Ribble Valley. Mr Peter Carpenter.


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Chairman of the Ribble Valley Tourism Associa­ tion, commented: "We are pleased to fund this useful publication for our members to assist them further with their mar­ keting activities." The guide contains


features on the history of our area, and also walk­ ing and cycling local “hot spots”. The guide also publi­


cises the Ribble Valley website, which gives fur­ ther details about places of interest tourists may wish to visit and infor­ mation on what’s on. The publication pro­


vides an absolute wealth of local opinions of the whole area backed by facts.


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Heritage on historic schc


A C LITH ERO E school w among dozens of facinating, c an d u su a l ly hidden a ttra c which open th e i r doors fo access a t the weekend. I t is part of Heritage Open


i ing part this year. They inchid ries, • football,clubs and castl


England's biggest and most p voluntary cultural event. Clitheroe Royal Grammar S' among more than 2,200 propert


..event.is co-ordinated by t t i .Trust and funded by English I Visitors to the school’s Yori


Wine sale a for supern


A SUPERMARKET c which has a branch in i Clitheroe has been 1 named as Britain's Over- t all Wine Merchant of


the Year. Booths supermarket,


established 155 years ago in Preston by Edwin Henry Booth, was pre­ sented with the award at a dinner in London last week. I t is the oldest family-owned and run grocery business in Britain with 27 stores across Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire,


- Yorkshire and Cumbria, with an'annual turnover


of £150 million. According to Wine


Magazine, organisers of the prestigious competi­ tion: "If you had to


Studying had


THREE years of studyin Mark Yates, deputy cemen Cement's Ribblesdale work.' Mr Yates has achieved hi:


Administration, via Hull U He enrolled for his studi


pleted his MBA this summe week at Blackburn College week studying at home.


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completing his engineering: tice nine years ago, he says as quite a shock to the systi Mr Yates lives in Rishto ley, and their three young c


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