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r you withdrew that remark." Thompson told him: "I with- ark if you find it offensive, but


n intelligence. The fact they are is fundamentally correct. It is


derogative remark, ity is, and evidence is readily t there is a tendency to enjoy the drink is a part of that with both .tball clubs. With that brings litional to those you normally get 11 match."


) councillors, Chief Supt Thomp-


ed the problems of juvenile nui- pointed the finger at the wrong


•ing given to the young in, for ertisements which encouraged e to challenge authority rather


it. about rights, but never about . Maybe this is an issue for politi- for police officers," he said.


Pendle Club


WINNERS of solo whist at the Pendle Club were: Mr S. Holden-, Mr B. Wood, Mr A. Hartley. New players are welcome every Monday at 7-30 p.m. At the bridge session


held in the club, winners were: Mrs Barbara Harg­ reaves and Mrs Doreen Blake, Mrs Eileen Hadfield and Mrs Jackie Pilling. New members are welcome every Monday at 1-30 p.m.


Windows broken VANDALS damaged win­ dows at Atherton's estate agents and the Dog Inn, Whalley, on Friday night. A car parked in the entry


between the two gable ends, off King Street, Whalley, had a wing mirror damaged. Police are. making


inquiries. Cash is stolen


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A SUM of money has been stolen from wardened hous­ ing flats at St Anne's Court, Low Moor. It was believed that


someone with legitimate access entered one of the flats and removed £60. A police operation led to


an arrest being made and a woman was later cau ­ tioned.


Home go-ahead


A DERELICT barn can be made into an agricultur­ al dwelling at Weatherhead Farm, Bentham Road, Slaidbum, say officials of Ribble Valley Borough


Council. They have approved the


planning application of Mr H. H. Robinson, acting under their delegated pow-


A Burglary at farm.


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A BURGLARY at a farm has resulted in the theft of a power drill and a chain­ saw. The items, valued at £200, were taken from a building at the side of the dwelling at Horton Manor Farm, Horton-in-Craven.


Chimney pots go


FOUR crown top chimney pots were stolen from the garden of a property in Whalley Old Road, Lang- ho, some time during Fri­ day. They are valued at £300 and police are investi­ gating.


nee criticism


therefore call upon our two Primary Care Trusts to ensure that sufficient funding is available to the Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust to maintain the highest level of ambulance cover for the residents of the Ribble


ated Valley." tive The amendment also asked


d by for a progress report from the tom ambulance service at a future council meeting. ' j'


that Coun. Holtom had told the mis- meeting that no complaint of dur- any type about, accident elec- emergency cover had been es in received by Lancashire ance Ambulance in the Ribble Val­ ley in the last 12 months. Nei-


edge ther had there been any corn- hire plaints from Ribble Valley hiev- GPs or receiving hospitals, t are "The 10 primary care trusts oun- in Lancashire are already in gmse negotiations for the possibility mbu- of commissioning more ambu- pon- lances and more paramedics to Val- cover the county," he added. . Coun. Knox's parting shot


s the m the debate was to ask that . the if there was nothing wrong,


d i t s - then why were the Trusts itain having to campaign for more • We ambulances? a :


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Farmers - markets arte proving a hit!


VISITORS


' Many have been sur­ prised to find waiting for; them a taste of some of;


Clitheroe Tourist. Information Centre th is week have been eating more than they bargained for.-


to


, the mouth-watering Lan-1 cashire products which; are on sale each fortnight; at the Farmers' Market; at Clitheroe Auction


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Centre officer Mrs Susan Walmsley said they had


. mounted the displays this .week to give a boost to the market and to celebrate British Food Fortnight. "There were people visit­


ing the area as 'well as locals, and many of them had not realised the Farm-


. ers1 Market was there. Everybody, has been really interested," she added. "We are trying to


encourage people to go there and try the local


- Among the produceon ^display,were fruit, vegeta- vbles,-cheese from Chipping, ostrieh meat, pate, cakes


food. We relyon the farm­ ers to keep the Ribble Val­ ley looking as nice as it does, so we have to support them. It is in everybody's interest to keep the farm­ ing coirimunity buoyant," she added.


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1 today of man who enjoyed a lifetime of adventure both in the air and on the seas . by Tim Procter , , : : .


THE funeral takes place-today- of a. Clitheroe man whose lifereads like. an. adventure story.


Mr Arnold Smithson (77) survived the


Battle of the Atlantic as a young radio, operator on convoys, witnessed the Munich air crash, flew all over the world as a navi­ gator with well-known airlines and knew many of the industry's leading figures,: . . A quiet personality with the gift of succeed­


• . :


Mr Smithson's testing service did have a bonus- leave periods in New York enabled,,- !him to follow his interest in swing music by,1


seeing many of the famous exponents of the" day, including Tommy Dorsey and Harry James, as well as other stars such as Frank


Sinatra. "After the war,' Mr Smithson returned to


, ;


the family baker's, but when it closed a few ? years later.hankered to return to the sea. \ ' However, well-known Clitheroe personali- - ; ty Mr Frank Tingle advised him to take to,


ing in everything he undertook, Mr Smithson, pictured in his younger days, rarely talked about his experiences and almost never about his wartime ones..


In recent times he had lived quietly and was


keen on swing music, DIY. and motoring., A former pupil of CRGS,,Mr Smithson


worked at the family baker's shop in St Mary's Street, Clitheroe, before joining the Merchant Navy at the, minimum age as the Second- World War reached its height. He crossed the Atlantic with vital war


goods as the Germans harried the convoys, but survived unscathed.


-' Mr Smithson joined Eagle Airways, based.


• the skies as commercial aviation expanded in an improvingecqnomy.


• 1”,


'• in Surrey, as a radio operator but after two years decided to become a navigator. He took a year’s leave to qualify and


returned to Eagle,\which had moved to Heathrow. For the next decade he flew all over the world on a wide variety of charters, carrying service personnel and their families and sometimes freight.


, The company's closure forced a new job


arid it became a dream come true for Mr Smithson, who was fascinated by Africa. He worked for East African Airways and


had a home at its base city of Nairobi.


- . After that, he spent the last year of his fly-, ing career on-technical work, testing the navi- - gational aids to' crossing the Atlantic then being introduced.-'-


, ■ Mr Smitllsbn's years in the air saw increas­ ing sophistication in aircraft, from Dakotas to Super VC 10s, his favourite. It was relatively early in his flying career


that he was waiting to take off at Munich Airr port when a plane ahead carrying the Man­ chester United team crashed, and he saw everything that happened.,But there .were, many other witnesses and so he was never


' called to speak publicly about it,- and rarely did privately.


• ' His personal worst experience was being


held at gunpoint by Ugandan soldiers. ■ - After retiring from the air, Mr Smithson


worked for a time on the catering side of Brockhall Hospital. , .-■


> His death occurred very suddenly at home.


He leaves his wife, Mrs Chrissie Smithson, who used to travel the world with him, and three stepchildren. ■ ,,


M o b ile th iev e s leave empty h a n d e d


TR AVELLIN G - thieves who. Wed^VauxhallNova, owned by Brown's their luck in Clitheroe'Ieft eiripty Bistro, stolen from York Street dur- handed - and, police believe) everi "irig the early hours of Monday mom- returned home to Chorley in a car a ing year older than the one in which they


Insp. Bob Ford said on Tuesday:


arrived. , ■ ■ An L-registered white Vauxhall


Nova, stolen from Chorley, was recovered by police, having been abandoned near the scene of an abortive raid on the Central Garage in York Street. ■ Police believe they returned home to Chorley in a K-registered white


= The Farmers' Market . m s g g s has' been growing more


.


'popular in the months since it was started soon, ’ after the Ribble Valley had . begun to make the foot and mouth epidemic a thing of the past.


; -The next market takes place on November 13th. \ In our picture, Mrs


Walmsley is seen with some of the delights await­ ing Farmers' Market cus­ tomers. (J291002/2) . • FOR your chance to


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Inquest told of former nursed unhappy life


A CORONER returned a ver­ dict of misadventure on a retired nurse found dead in her


flat at Whalley. The former Calderstones -Hos­


pital sister was found dead in July


by one of her brothers. Coroner Mr Michael Singleton


was told that Miss Patricia Joan Tunnicliffe (52) had died after


drinking alcohol and taking a lethal cocktail of drugs she had


• been prescribed. The inquest heard a tragic


story of how she encountered emotional problems after a rela-


‘ tionshipwith a married man and began to drink heavily. In the early 1980s, she retired from the hospital due to ill-health. She rarely left her flat because of problems with poor circulation.


In August last year she contract­


ed viral meningitis. A pathologist found she had


taken large amounts of painkillers, twice the fatal dose of temazepam and a blood alcohol figure which would have been seven times the legal limit for driving. One of her brothers, Mr Keith


Tunnicliffe, told the Coroner whenever his sister received her . money she immediately bought a;


bottle of vodka. He added: "Whenever she got


her tablets she would take most of them well before the prescribed date. That's just the way she was." Recording his verdict, Mr Sin­


gleton said he was satisfied that Miss Tunnicliffe had taken a


lethal dose of drugs while she was too drunk to realise what she was


doing. Early-morning vandal targets parked car


A VANDAL wrenched the door of a parked Ford Escort in Whalley Road, Clitheroe, during the early hours of Monday morning, caus­ ing damage estimated at £450. Police are investigating.


Trio charged with dangerous


driving offence THREE men have apeared in court charged with dangerous driving in different cars at the same


time. John Robert Cornth-


waite (20), of Hellifield Road, Bolton-by-Bow-' larid, Andrew Ian Edmondson (20), of High- field Road, Clitheroe, and Christopher Paul Farnell (18), of Hellifield'Road, Bolton-by-Bowland, were all remanded on bail until November 11th. -


‘Djq not bring^firewqrks’,is '


bility insurance for Clitheroe's annual bonfire night celebra­ tions which take place in the Castle Grounds on Saturday


night. . When the organisers sought -V


estimates for this year's event, they discovered that the initial


quotation was 10 times the amount they paid last year. . Eventually, the five service


clubs organising the bonfire- managed to obtain a reduction, but the cost of insurance was still the second largest expenditure to the 2G-minute fireworks display. The giant bonfire is being offi-


.


ONLY the' fireworks are’more . pooling their resourcesto provide expensive than ,the public,lia-., stewarding and safety cover, each


club will have its own area of responsibility. The Rotary Club of Ribbles-


dale will be responsible for the organisation of the event and the fireworks display, the Rotary Club of Clitheroe will be man­ ning the entrances to the Castle • Grounds and will be running'the collection for the Magic.Eye Appeal, Clitheroe Round-Table will be responsible:for building the bonfire and Ribble-Valley Rotaract Club will sell treacle toffee and other novelties'for the children. Clitheroe Lions Club will organise and man the public address system.


dally lit at 6-30 p.m. by Mr Nick . As in previous years, only the Gale, managing director of Parson Lane and Eshton Terrace


Ultraframe. His company and entrances to the Castle, Grounds Castle Cement are the main will be open. ■ diVLs.j-.:!'..-.-..


sponsors of the evening, each The organisers are hope that contributing£ 1 , 8 0 0 . -y. everyone attendirig wilFgiye at' : . All the money collected at the least £1 to the appeal. gate's by members of Rotary, Hot dogs, burgers.and drinks, Rotaract, Lions and Round will be on sale. Table can go to this year's chart- ■ On safety grounds, the organ ty, the Magic Eye-East Lan- isers have requested members of cashire Cancer Scan Appeal. . the public not to bring their own Although the five clubs will be fireworks, sparklers or firewood.


Eoad closure for main work


MOTORISTS arid residents in Clitheroe are being warned of - temporary road closures in the town owirig to the installation of


a new gas main. Lancashire County Council


has issued the warning that Derby Street will be closed from Peel Street to Hayhurst Street from Monday, November 11th until December 1st: The alternative route for vehi­


cles is via Peel Street, Grafton Street and Hayhurst Street^ and returnroute.


Also closed will be Shawbridge ,■, - : ;


Street, from Lowergate, to . Waterloo Road, and Duck Street will be closed to traffic travelling in a south-westerly direction


from 8 a.m. on Monday, Novem­ ber 11th, uiitil 5. p.m'. bn Sunday, December 1st. The alternative routes for traffic affected by the clo-, sure of Shawbridge Street are: west- bound -.Waterloo Road, Peel Street, Queensway, Moor Lane, Castle Street, Market Place and Wellgate. Eastbound - Lowergate, Highfield Road, Peel Street and Waterloo Road. - The alternative route for. traffic j


affected by, the closure of Duck Street is via Waterloo Road, Peel Street, Queensway, Moor Lane, Castle Street, Market Place and .Wellgate. Motorists should note that work


• has already started in the vicinity of - Hayhurst Street and DerbyStreet.


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A date with T ¥ ad man


T E L E V I S I O N advertising personal-, ity Howard Brown is due in Clitheroe bn Tuesday. ■ Mr Brown, star of


theiHalifax adver­ tisements, is -to appear at the open ing of the new bank’s preinises in Castle Street. Ribble Valley


Mayor Coun. Mrs Joyce Holgate will be joining Mr Brown to perform the open­ ing at midday. The Halifax employee turned ,;TV promo tion star is likely to be kept busy signing autographs between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.


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