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a w'eekly look at local issues, people and places compiled b y John Turner =


Guide to tradesmen who are... ALW


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. Best trebles £7.80 Best Nuts £6.90


Delivered


Full range of smokless fuels loose and pre-packs


V Please enquire


Logs, Kindling, Peat and Firelights also supplied


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OAP ratcs/frec estimates No job too small • : Telephone: .


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BRIAN LEEM 1NG


Time served painter and - decorator,


. • 13 years' experience. Domestic and Industrial


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ALLSAFE LOCK SHOP


The Key Cutting Centre.


Furniture Refurbisher. ■John Schofield


Tel: Clitheroe 429217 MobUe: 07970 154917


PLUMBING NO JOB TOO SMAU.


MJ.C.


NO CALL OUT CHARGE Tel: 01200 444135


Sales of security locks B.S.3621, window


locks and padlocks


C H U B B CENTRE 78 Bawdlands, ., Clitheroe :


Tel: (01200) 4268 42


Walker Preservations Damp Proof Courses ’ .Woodworm


All aspects of Plastering 30 year guarantee,


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CLITHEROE MINI SKIPS COMMERCIAL S, DOSIBSTIC SKIPS \


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Mobile 0776 1750131 (Open Saturday morning)


GREENGATES BUILDERS


MERCHANTS


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For your building matenals Trade and DIY . -


Crane off load available


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. ACCRINGTON , Opp Kwik-fit ■ - ;


Call or ring 01254 872061 Same day delivery


FOR HIREi SKIPS MINI


Tel: E & D Plant Hire


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RIBBLE DRAIN SERVICES


Unblock drains, ccty : surveys, same day \ i. response ‘.v v


Free quotes and estimates T e l: 0 7 9 3 9 6 4 0 8 0 3 'o r 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 6 2 7 4


Tel. 01200 428600 ‘


A. J. A. Smith Transport, Salthill Industrial ] Estate, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7.1QL


. " / V F course we can live a f 1 good life, w ithou t attending church ser-,


i *' Solitary Christians miss a great deal of spiritual enlighten-


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Thom Street Garage O p en 7 days ■ ■


8 a .m . -8 p .m .


Assisted wash available Monday - Friday j 9 am.-4 p.m.


' With Over 500 v Samples o f Picture


Frames & Mounts to choose from you're bound to find the


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Maintenance Sendees also


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F O R S A L E O R H IR E PICTURED with the Mayor is a proud Bradley and his parents, Mr and Mrs Simon and Nina Johnson (s)


X ^.achievement has been awarded to Tomasz


\ TOP national prize /V for -AS'; level


Tomasz lands top, national physics prize.■Af is


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| Mazur, a pupil of Stony- hurst College, by the Insti­ tute of Physics. The prize is awarded for


the best Physics in Prac­ tice portfolio submitted by schools as part of the.


| assessment for Advancing Physics AS specification. One of Tomasz's topics was the study of materi­ als. He created a website concerning materials for


• contact lenses. He also | made an electronic tem­ perature sensor and care ried out mathematical data analysis. Tomasz, who is from


Wroclaw, Poland, is espe­ cially, interested in com- nati0nal competition) and puting and maths and ,-egularly wins gold medals, hopes to read Applied Xhe Institute of Physics maths at Oxford Umverst-. descrfbed Tomasz-s workas


The college physics being of "exceptional quah-


department enters the ty an<f a noteworthy Physics Olympiad (a' achievement". ■ ■


The institute also com­


mented that "this brings immense credit to all those in the Stonyhurst College, physics department, con­ cerned with its produc­ tion".


STONY- HURST


headmas­ ter Mr.


.' Adrian Aylward:


congratu­ lating


Tomasz,


along with (left) Dr Roberts and Mrs Lucinda Fisher (a


member of the physics depart­


ment). (s)


Head of physics Dr David Roberts and


‘ Tomasz will attend the Oxford, Cambridge and RS A National Awards Ceremony in London on November 28th.


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[HOSE of us living:; in; the vicinity-of Clitheroe's Grand


Cinema are very, disap- pointed with the majority' of councillors who over-- rode the recommendation of the paid professionals. - First, let's get one point


clear. The residents have no fear of the new complex, just concerns. We believe that there are questions which meed answers.


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. * 0 If the committee meeting ■ minutes had an error about the' wording of . the "refusal",recom- ; mendation, why was this not acknowledged BEFORE the application was heard?


OWhy did the three-minute


ruling not apply, on some watches at least, to Mr Lan- ■ caster? ■ • Why has a site manager


s for a project, until now without planning permission, been in place for approximately two


months? • As Mr John Lancaster


said: "Every effort will be made for the residents.” Why did they hot move the building work proposal three metres backwards? I do not want the reply "unreasonable." The Grand is not in the town


centre, but in a residential area with conservation status. -How- is zinc-coated aluminium in . keeping with the surrounding properties which are stone and


slate? ' Can everyone who is going to


. use the centre guarantee resi-. . dents that they will follow the "zero" parking policy, especial­ ly those people from towns and cities?


■ Will people, especially


youths full of "high spirits", have ' consideration about "noise" for residents when leav­ ing?


Why has the Environment-


Directorate said."the rear ser­ vicing arrangements will s t i l l . form part of the scheme and I.. will still have to object to the


’ redevelopment”? Yes, they are widening the


top of Albion Street, but when using the loading bay it will stop flowing traffic. The rest of the street is still narrow. . My home was one of the fac­


tors for the refusal recommen­ dation. I have a right to light (Ancient Light Act 1832), only I have carried out a light test with a three metre high van


representing the proposed building and the light readings, taken using a Weston Master 2 universal exposure meter, indi­ cated a significant drop in light. Why have all these factors


been overriden and in some cases ignored by the council­ lors? No one else has requested a


light test. Why? The inside of my home has a totally different aspect to how it looks from out­ side and is below street level. The height of my home from street level is 4.1 metres to the eaves. The extension is going to be 9.5 metres to the existing


eaves. * How would you like it? I


hope people will write in to the newspaper with their views.


^" VBradley’s trio of awards includes Cadet of the Year


THREE awards were presented to Ribble Valley Air Cadet Bradley Johnson at a recent presentation din­


ner. Bradley (14), of Mellor, received his awards at the


dinner for the Blackburn 1262 Squadron, Air Train­


ing Corps. Much to the delight of Ribble Valley Mayor


Coun. Mrs Joyce Holgate, he was presented with an "East Lancashire Wing" trophy for aircraft knowl­ edge, Blackburn’s 1262 Squadron trophy for drill and discipline and the Squadron's award for Cadet of the


Year. The squadron, based in Blackburn, recruits cadets


for Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndbum and the Ribble Valley area. The cadets learn about military disci-, pline and are taught such subjects as the theory of flight, propulsion, map reading and air navigation - to name just a few. All cadets have the opportunity to take to the air gliding and flying out of Samles- bury and RAF Woodvale. All cadets take part in the Duke of Edinburgh's


Award Scheme, a part of which they take on com­ munity work, working with such organisations as the


Groundwork Trust.


LOOKING BAGK 100 years ago ’


THE council was considering the matter of pro-. viding new slaughterhouses and ^subcommittee | was formed to look; out fofr suitable sites fpr, |he new'buildings.:.'' ' The "question had been pending for some time


and a settlement was being anxiously looked for- ward to, especially by the inhabitants of Hen- thome district, who had already protested against the houses constituting a nuisance.


' □ The workmen employed by the Highway and


Sewering Committee were entertained to dinner at the New Inn, by the generosity of the Mayor and members of the Corporation. □ Considerable interest was being taken in the


erection of the new village Reading Rooms at Low Moor. It was considered that they would, when completed, serve a useful purpose and there was little doubt that they would be prized by all who


frequented them. , 50 years ago


IMPRESSED by the idea of weekends afloat, Mr Alfred Crook obtained some locally-grown larch and oak, and built a 25ft yacht at his home in Billington. The trim craft, named Hilda, took 18 months of spare time to construct and was sailed around the North West coast by her owner. O For the first time since the war it waspossible


to start a second-year course in cotton manufac- ture.at the Technical School. However, owing to the-lack of recruitment of juvenile labour in the cotton industry during the trade recession, it \yas not possible to start a first-year cotton weaving course or juvenile operatives’ day-release course. . □ The collection of books for troops in Korea |


SOLICITOR Alison Nolan is to head up the family law department a t Forbes Solicitors’ Clitheroe branch, based at Carter House, Castle


Street, Clitheroe. . Ms Nolan, pictured, a mother-of-two, has lived


in the Ribble Valley since she joined the main Blackburn office of Forbes Solicitors in 1990 and t-aVp-; more than 12 years' experience in family law


with her to the Clitheroe branch. Said Ms Nolan: "My role at the Blackburn office


was very varied and it gave me a wide range of experience in family law — including the financial side of divorce and dealing with children disputes. With this move to the Clitheroe branch I will be getting to know a new set of clients and I am very much looking forward to a different set of chal lenges that this role will offer me." Mr Geoffrey Isherwood, partner at the Clitheroe


branch of Forbes Solicitors, welcomed Ms Nolan to the branch and added that having a family law spe­ cialist within the office would prove invaluable to ; clients.


was terminated by the Clitheroe branch of the United Nations Association. Nearly half-a-ton of books and magazines had been donated by the people of the district and they were thanked by the leader of the association.


25 years ago


PUPILS at Moorland School had the opportunity to see the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in action. A special unit dropped in on them aboard a Wessex helicopter and demonstrated airborne abseiling and a mock air-sea rescue on the playing


fields. ■ : □ The Guider-in-Charge at Waddow Hall was ■*".i‘I L “■ ;


the guest a t the 31st charter dinner of the Clitheroe Soroptimist Club. Speaking on the prob­ lems of and pressures on young people, she said that the aims of both the Guide Movement and Soroptimists was to encourage young people to make the most of the opportunities at their dis­ posal to become useful, responsible citizens. . D Although the "Operation Books" campaign


had collected over 4,000 items, more were still , needed. The collection had been started in 1973 by the Hodder branch of the Royal British Legion and it was decided to extend its appeal to the whole of the Ribble Valley. The books were being sent to British forces serving in Northern Ireland.


Our kitchens represent the t ' all tastes from the classic d


. ; Our designers pul together I andhltil


Each designer deals wilh y j -Our |


f o r t h e w e e k


sons, as they do not always ring true. The truth about non-atten­ dance can be very strange and


vices regularly, but we and th e . church will be spiritually worse; off.


1 ment and encouragement and so' have a weakened.capacity for


1 possibly revealing. .-; Some are quite patheticl


She never came came again. • A man left another church,


because of what he felt was lack of appreciation of his”efforts for. the organ restoration fund. The


.,*.«f'.On returning to church after a ; • . Tong absence, some, of -it due to -.-: illness, a long-stariding'member.:


-.:;of our church;found her.usual f seat in'the choir stalls occupied ?


Christian living. - ■ Tn addition to this, the helpful"


teachings. ‘ Many excuses are offered for,


i not going- to. church;; They; should not be accepted as rea­


• prayers and meditations are: ■ sorely missed, along with sound,


; • by a young lady new to the con- • gregatioiu \ .r f


- She'-was; very annoyed; because "that young madam;


bad occupied my regular(seat.? jj


' minister evidently never made; special mention of his name in the general vote of thanks'


■ ■ He never went to another ser-; vice on those premises and, sadly, such incidents are.not a t .


_ - She BiW^the stranger in her;; "seat’afidjturn'ed round to go ) home, vowihg never to return:.* ^


■ all rare in the church's history. .. .The last service of; a.church closing down for lack of support


• is often well attended by those ■


who mourn its loss. But they sel-r


■ dom took their place in the con- -gregation and so were among


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-those responsible for the closure. ■ Those folks are apt to neglect.


public worship, claiming to be able to worship elsewhere.- • There is asvery. old story of,a


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-meet with his old friends in the , sanctuary.


regular attender who ceased to .....


■ A church elder visited him and, using the fireside tongs, lift-, ed a glowing ember from .the blazing-fire on to the stone hearth, where it went out, hav­ ing lost its glow. The'elder drew his attention to it, exclaiming "That’s thee" and caused the man to reconsider his action.-^-:,. i ... - We all make mistakes at times


and need the consideration of those who love us and are ready . to help us when we have sinned.


"•There are no perfect churches, so - there is room for improvement in


each one, beginning with our­ selves.


‘ ■ - If you recognise yourself in


-this'situation and feel sorry • about it, why not have a word with an elder of the church and make a fresh start? Rejoice in your welcome back, - for in this way both your church ‘"and you can-benefit from.the


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experience. • 'from the collection of the late -i . JoeStansfield


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by Tim Procter


SHEEP running into the road caused a crash which killed a young Sabden manJ


an inquest heard. There was no chance for thq


driver to avoid the accident, said Blackburn, Hyndbum and Rib j ble Valley Coroner Mr Michael Singleton at a Clitheroe inquestB He recorded a verdict of accif


dental death on Mr Daniel James Thompson (20), of Whalley Roadl Sabden.


Mr Thompson died from head |


injuries after being thrown fronl the back of a Land-Rover whicil swerved into banking in ClitheroJ Road, Sabden, early on June 28th The driver, Mr Nicholas Jame Walsh, of Crowtrees Road, Sat


Trader bailed on assault charges


-. of ^indecently, assaulting a V


A MARKET trader bailed by magistrates .on a charge


girl .has been rer


■ . Terence Hall, (58), of ' Woodlands Road,. Eden- field, Ramsbottom, has


; been charged with a further offence of indecent assault and gross indecency with thesamegirl. He was again remanded


. tact with children under the age of 16, does not enter the


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on bail by Blackburn mag­ istrates with conditions, including that he does not have any unsupervised con-


Ribble Valley and does not contact any member of the girl's family. .


Call Newsdesk on 01200 422324


LIGHT COI CH/I


! arrested and charged with j further offences.


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