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the Rangers, Ventures or [Explorers. She said: "There are lots


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POLICE in Clitheroe are hunting a tidy thief with a penchant for corned beef. The thief broke into


Jimmy Clitheroe's cafe in New Market Street on Sunday afternoon and, before he left with Guide Dogs for the Blind charity collecting boxes, the float from the till and Lottery money from a jar,' he helped himself to corned beef from the fridge, made himself a sandwich and poured himself a cup of Slush with which to wash it down. Proprietor Mr Christo­


pher Phillips said: "He only ate half the sandwich but, after he made it, he wrapped the corned beef back up and replaced it in the fridge. And he put the knife he had used in the sink." The thief used a spade to


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VILLAGERS a t -West -Brad-- ford were celebrating this week at the news thejr had won a six- year-fight to keep a public foot­ path open. Walkers had taken action over a


150-yard gap in the path through HayesFarm., - Now, it has emerged, a Govern­


ment inspector who held a public inquiry in West Bradford Village


■ Filming the introduction for the BBC programme, "The Antiques Roadshow", Mr Aspel was shown the year book entry for 1868, the year A. Conan Doyle entered Stonyhurst College and another intriguing name of the same year - one Patrick Sherlock! Some of the names of the.


MICHAEL ASPEL, th a t , well-known face of "This is Your Life", visited Stony- hurst College to investigate the link with Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.


characters in the Holmes stories are also traceable to fellow schoolboys. These include a Thurston (a man with whom Watson played billiards in "The Dancing Men", a Garcia ("Wisteria Lodge"), a Dunn ("Valley of Fear") and a Moran (two sets of characters, one of whom was Professor Mori- arty’s chief of staff, "the sec­ ond most dangerous man in England". The similarities between Baskerville Hall and Stonyhurst College were also explained on cam-


Hall in June has come out on their


'side. There was a dispute between walk­


ers and new owners of the farm who


. claimed there was no right-of-way. Campaigner Mr Edwin Grelton,


- said: "Everyone in the area is thrilled. .A tremendous number.of people; came to the inquiry and gave evi-,


- dence. ".It is a .very important path ■ •-


• between Grindleton and West Brad­ ford," he added. "It links two other footpaths. And it is the last one in the


. not. told about the path when they • bought the farm."


area over which there was a dispute. One can sympathise with the proper­ ty owners. I,believe that they were


. The disputed path follows a route through the garden of Heyes Farm, Bowland Gate Lane, between the house and outbuildings. . The owners of the farm have three


. route and'take down "No Entry" signs.


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Ramblers use the railway to reach walk


IT was a'car-free weekend for mem-;. bers of Clitheroe Ramblers' Associ­ ation who utilised Ribble Valley Rail on both days. ■ On Saturday, walkers boarded ■


the train at Clitheroe, Whalley and Wilpshire and disembarked at Dar­ wen for a circular walk of about eight miles. The walk encountered the finest prospect tower in Lan-’’ cashire, a mysterious wishing well, woodlands, nature trails, sombre moors and sweeping views in all directions. -■


Jane Donnelly, who took them uphill out of Darwen to join the Witton Weavers' Way, near Sunny- hurst, and this path was followed past Eamsdale Reservoir and into the picturesque Tockholes Woods with its nature trails. ■ Lunch was taken on the southern


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victories in the struggle for walkers', rights of access to open country in 1896, and the tower was built soon afterwards to commemorate the .diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The return to the railway station was made via Bold Venture Park. ■ On Sunday, which was European car-free day, cars were again left at


' home and the ramblers caught the train to Whalley for a linear six- mile'walk back to Clitheroe. Mr Ben Brown led the 21-strong


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era. Although set in Dart­ moor, the description of Baskerville Hall could be a description of the west front of the college, except for its being built of sandstone, rather than granite. And the Yew Alley, in which Sir Henry Baskerville met his death from a heart attack while running from a phan- tom.hound, is clearly based on the Dark Walk in the Stonyhurst garden. In Vic­


cut a hole in the back door to enter the premises. Police are examining a


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Fascinating journey for


club members A MAN who exchanged


youth hostels for bed and breakfast accommodation., ’just' five years ago on bis 75th birthday certainly impressed members of Rib- blesdale Camera Club with his photographic skills. Mr Don Austin, of- Win­


dermere, gave a presenta­ tion entitled "Rag Bag". Enthusiastic, funny and thought-provoking by turns, Mr Austin's photog­ raphy was very good, showing a mixture of slides from earlier times to today, mainly of his great love - mountain walking and scrambling in the Lake District. Next week's meeting is


on "Problem solving in commercial photography", by Mr B. 0. Sullivan, of Ashton-under-Lyne. The club meets in Ribble Lane, Chatburn, at 7-30 p.m. on Tuesdays.


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torian Stonyhurst, it is said that boys would run after nightfall along the Dark Walk from "imagined ter­ rors"- the ghostly survivors of Pendle witchcraft. It has also been claimed that hounds were kept at the mill and their baying could well have been heard at night by boys in their beds. Mr Aspel described the set­ ting of Stonyhurst College as "breathtaking" and the


students he met as "utterly charming, open and intelli­


gent". • Stonyhurst College


, The feature will also include the recently- launched "In the Footsteps of J. R. R.Tolkien" Heritage Trail. Pictured is Mr Aspel filming at Stonyhurst. (s)


will feature on the ITV travel programme "Get­ away" on February 25th at 7-30 p.m.


Weavers' Way was left, and a tra­ verse over Darwen Moor was.made to the recently refurbished Jubilee Tower, the stone steps of which were climbed to reach the highest point and the finest view of the walk. -The opening up of Darwen Moor marked one of the earliest


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Trip led to woman’s death


TRIPPING over her walking stick ultimately led to the death of a 79- year-old Clitheroe woman. An inquest heard that Dorothy


Whittaker broke her leg in the fall. I t happened on the day she had been issued with a Zimmer frame, which she could not use because it was too big for her sheltered flat. Miss Whittaker underwent


surgery to repair her leg, but the operation put too much strain on


her heart; resulting in her death. Miss Whittaker, of Candlemak-


ers Court, was conscious when the scheme warden, Elizabeth Peters, reached her side after another resi­ dent, Irene Lord, raised the alarm. Miss Whittaker told her she had


put some music on and, as she stepped back, she tripped over her own walking stick. Coroner Michael Singleton recorded a ver­ dict of accidental death.


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SURGEONS at a private hospital in the Rib­ ble Valley have a valuable new high-tech tool


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MORE than 100 people have already signed up to take part in the Magic Eye Scanner Appeal sponsored walk in the Ribble Valley. Organisers are hoping that the number will


double on October 13th as thousands of peo­ ple across East Lancashire join the walks. The local nine-mile walk, which can be


started any time between 9 a.m. and 10-30 a.m., sets out from the Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council car park (opposite Clitheroe Health Centre) and continues to Mitton, via Henthorn Road and the.Ribble Way foot­ path. Walkers then return via Mitton Road and Station Road to Whalley and then via Barrow, Primrose Bridge and Whalley Road in Clitheroe back to the start. I t costs nothing to take part in the walk,


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