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Charged with theft


of stone A MAN has been remanded in custody charged with stealing stone from Riming-


ton. Police have praised the


vigilance of Neighbour­ hood Watch members in the village after the man and another, both from Burnley, were arrested. Darkness had fallen on


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Wednesday-night of last week when residents alerted police to the theft of coping stones. Within a few minutes


a lorry was stopped by police at Portfield Bar. and the men were arrest­ ed.


The club, for motoring enthusi- 5>, meets on the first and third Jesdays of every month in gddington. Pictured enjoying Saturday's Tnt are, from the left, Mr Dug- Je, Mr Calvert, Mr Bateson, j Roberts, Mr Roy Honeywell, ] Bill Honeywell and Mr Bar-


Jeson, plus past chairmen Mr Irid Calvert and Mr Bill Hon- feU .


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become a patron, is fund­ raising to open an holis­ tic cancer centre. The centre, most prob­


ably in Clitheroe, would provide free care through a range of complemen­ tary therapies and advo­ cacy for cancer patients, as well as a listening and counselling service for their families.


herts, present chairman Mii he Barritt, vice-presidents Mr fc>hen Dugdale and -Mr Walter


Widespread police hunt for Hurst Green tyre ^ump§!Pg


A fireworks finale for the proms night


by Julie Frankland CLITHEROE’S proms night went with a


bangi • For the first time in its three-year history, the town council-sponsored event ended with a fireworks display, which lit up Clitheroe Castle and was greet­ ed with cheers of approval from the 1,100-strong audience. . The turnout was the free concert's largest ever. Staged as a finale to the summer Sunday "brass in the park" season, this year's Castle bandstand proms had a golden jubilee and anniversary theme. • On stage, members of Slaidburn Silver Band, under the baton of Mr John Cowking, performed traditional proms favourites such as "Land of Hope and Glory", ".Rule Britannia" and "Jerusalem" to


iTender"-, the Elvis Pres- [ley chart-topper. This iwas played to mark the [25th anniversary, of the isinger's death and [poignantly dedicated to [the families of murdered • /Soham schoolgirls Holly.


[capture the spirit of ipatriotism. •* These were inter­ spersed by Mr Cowking's Special arrangements of [tunes, including "When I 'Fall in Love!', the Nat [King Cole hit at the time {the Queen began her [reign, and "Love Me


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held in the hotel, and the couple will continue to live in Burnley. Photo: Bradshaws, of


A reception was also Burnley.


Club seeks soccer girls


CALLING all young girls who like to kick a ball around -Readstone United needs youl Girls are needed to


boost the under 14 and above 12 teams, as a few players have pulled out. With the season due to start at the beginning of September under-12 girls' manager Louise Collinson is desperate to recruit new players. Training takes place


[man. I The concert's soloist [was Ribchester soprano ' \Miss; Alin-Marie Brewer.


WIDESPR EAD inquiries are going on


after these tyres - esti­ mated at well over 100 were dumped in a field at Hurst Green." A man,has been inter­


viewed and the Environ­ ment Agency has joined Ribble Valley police in an investigation which is believed to have spread into other parts of Lan­ cashire. The tyres, some of


again emphasised the importance of public vig­ ilance. Full registration numbers as well as descriptions of suspect vehicles should be noted and reported. The arrests sparked


This week the police


off wider inquiries about stone thefts which are still going on. -


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them low profile types, appeared last week, causing anger in the vil­ lage. A farmer later moved


WEDNESDAY'S meet­ ing of Clitheroe Young Farmers took the form of a treasure hunt round Whalley. Next week will be an


the tyres and stacked them neatly in a lay-by, awaiting disposal. Farm­ ers and all owners or occupiers of property are being warned to be vigi­ lant, as they are liable for disposal costs even if they have no connection with or knowledge of the tyres.


HITTING the right note at Clitheroe’s prom night are, from the left, town Mayor Mrs Robinson, Mr Robin­ son, Miss Brewer, Mr Cowking and civic leaders from Longridge and Skipton (T190802/13)


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'and her consort, Mr 'John Adamson, and the ■Mayor and Mayoress of -Skipton, Coun. and Mrs ; Andrew Rankine. 1 Ah on-the-night buck-


MEMBERS of a packed bandstand audience waiting for Slaidburn Silver Band to strike up (T190802/13b)


let collection and the sale :of Union Jack bowler vhats and flags is expect­ ed to have raised more


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A DRAMATIC dash across the swollen waters of the River Elbe took a Ribble Valley student to safe­ ty from the devastat­ ing Dresden floods on


Thursday. Miss Suzanne Davies


(20) was taken across Der Blaue : Wunder bridge in a small saloon car after the couple with whom she was staying had discovered on the Internet that it was the last escape route open. There was some panic


Suzanne flees flood horror of Dresden


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about the rising toll of drowning victims super­ vised, the crossing as Miss Davies (20) and a fellow student got away before the historic Ger­ man city was engulfed for the second time in three days. "I did not really feel


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.going to create a worse flood than the previous one," says Miss Davies. She is a" member of a


frightened, but was cer­ tainly very uneasy at the way the water was rising again. I t was clearly


in the streets as the city • braced itself for its worst experience since the' wartime bombing.


- church, where she has been a Sunday school teacher. "It was different for


well-known Whalley family connected with the village Methodist


the Germans - many were frightened and a few were panicking. I think at least some peo­ ple drowned because they just did not appre­ ciate or know. how to cope with the dangers. "Living in Whalley, I


am used to floods and talk of floods, but in Dresden they had never had water in the streets before and were totally unprepared from every point of view." . Miss Davies, a former


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