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The three keepers of Clitheroe Castle


... and much mucti more on life in our beautiful area AT A GLANCE


As v o tin g takes place: today throughout the Ribble Valley we list the borough and town council candidates.


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Traders turn out in force for their annual dinner and dance, described as best for many years.


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A new rector has been appointed for a Clitheroe church.


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Langho Guide Jane A s t ley : has been selected to represent the UK at an inter­ national caxhp.


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Four people are injured as a vehicle crashes into a tree on an isolated Ribble Valley road.


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WEEKEND WEATHER: It will remain chilly, wet and windy.


SUNRISE: 5-39 a.m. SUNSET: 8-36 p.m.


LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-36 p.m.


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Caribbean? Givei us Skegness every time!


THERE would be no glittering round-the- world cruise or a five-star hotel in the, Caribbean if the Townsend family came up on - thelottery.


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yet another family holiday at.Butlin’s in Skeg- v I ness - just as five generations of ,Townsends .1 have done since the big camp opened soon after T the war.


Now their loyalty to one single holiday desti­ .. . ■ ■ •


nation has been rewarded with a free holiday and a 10-minute film by the BBC. When the BBC asked Butlin’s for their.most


regular customers at the Skegness camp, the . first family Butlin’s thought of was Andrew and I Amanda Townsend, and their children Carla ■ (11) and twins Lisa and Megan (nine). And soon they will go before the.cameras .to be filmed as part ot^he'BBGy.?ilMde'^it” ;


documentary series during a free week’s holiday. TheTownsends,ofSeedallAvenue;,Clitheroe,


go to Skegness at least ax or seven .times a year. “There is no place like it,” said Mrs Townsend. “I t is just wonderful entertainment, the


swimming, the resort itself, it is completely brill. Even if we won the lottery we would still go , back to Skeggy.” Her husband, retired soldier Mr Andrew ■


Townsend, remembers being taken to Butlin’s/, at Skegness by his grandparents when he was;‘ I


/. “I t is a wonderful place. It is not just for u s . 1 It is for the kids. As long as the kids are happy, we are happy. There are shows to go to, swim-, , ming, there is so much for, them to do. It is fab- .’ | ulous.”


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The BBC will probably be broadcasting the ■' film on June 2nd at 7-30 p.m.


• , Our picture shows the Townsend family


ready for the moment of TV stardom. (J280403/lla)


Ban makes


legal history LEGAL his­ tory has been made by Clitheroe police in their fight a g a i n s t cnme. A “travel­


ling crimi­ nal” from Hapton has been banned from entering the borough at night under a new extension of the Anti- Social Behaviour Order system. Previously the legislation has


been directed largely at youths dis­ turbing their own community, and the Ribble Valley was also among the first to benefit from that. ■ The man banned from entering


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Agent slams ‘catalogue of errors’ as mistakes may force poll re-run


by John Turner


MISTAKES which have been made in th e a r ran g emen ts for today’s Clitheroe Town Council elections could result in the ballot for some of the five wards being re­


the borough, and neighbouring Craven, between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. for the next five years is Michael Yale, of Hapton, pictured above He is serving a prison sentence for going equipped for theft and ham


dhng stolen goods. Magistrates in Blackburn issued


the order after hearing about Yale’s activities from Insp. Bob Ford, I t has other features, including a


ban on Yale having pumps for mov­ ing liquid except at his home address and on entering yards of filling sta­ tions, haulage depots and similar non-public places without permis sion.


run a t a future date. An emergency meeting was held


between representatives of eight Lib­ eral Democrats standing for election to the town council and Ribble Valley Borough Council Chief Executive Mr Davis Morris and council Director of Legal Services Mr Paul Timson on


Tuesday.. The candidates wanted answers to a


“We will continue to target offend­


ers such as Yale with these orders," pledged Insp. Ford this week, “Travelling criminals are parasites


who prey on rural areas, stealing plant, diesel fuel and tools. Yale’s solicitor did;not resist the


order, but he emphasised his client had legitimate business interests. Court report, see Page 3. ■


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number of complaints they had about the information sent out to voters by council staff. ' According to Mrs Pat Rawson, agent for the Liberal Democrats, at least 200 households had been sent polling,cards directing them to vote at the-wrong polling stations. The polling cards failed to take


account of new boundary changes which had resulted in five new wards being cre­ ated: Primrose, St Mary’s, Salthill, Lit- tlemoor and Edisford and Low. Moor. * A fewer number of voters in villages


like SawleyGrindleton, Waddington, and West Bradford,, where new bound­ aries had been drawn up, were also affected by being directed to the wrong


polling stations, claimed Mrs Rawson. Approximately 1,250 postal votes had


been sent out with the wrong instruc­ tions. Instead of advising the voters in each ward they were able to vote for two candidates, the instructions were those which would normally be sent for a gen­ eral election, advising voters they could vote for only one candidate. Although revised instructions were


bemg sent out by the council, Mrs Raw- son said they were worried that some people might not receive the instruction


in .time. And those who went to the wrong ,


pnlling station might not bother to vote at all if they “had to trek across,the town” to another polling station, she


claimed. . She said at the meeting on Tuesday


they were assured by Returning Officer Mr Morris and Deputy Returning Offi­ cer Mr Timson that the votes today


■ would be carefully analysed and the number of electors who only vote once would be recorded. \ I f it- was felt ,the number, would.have had an effect on a result the ballot would


■ , “They are in a mess,” she said. “There v is enough stuff here for a judicial review. This incompetence reflects badly on.sit-


■ be re-run. . '


’ ting councillors. We are quite angry. It has just been a continual catalogue of


errors.” The retiring Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Mrs Mary Robinson, who is today


seeking re-election to the borough and town councjls^aid: “It is disastrous”. , Mr Timson admitted there had been an error in sending out the wrong instruction


to postal voters.!1 . The postal votes were sent out on


-had only yoted for one candidate to see if it could have'affected the result. Mr Timson denied there was a large


Thursday^ the' error noticed on Friday and immediately postal voters were notified of the errorjiy first-class mail. ‘ He .said the council would analyse the postal votes to find out how many people


problem over polling cards. He said only one street in. Clitheroe, Hayhurst Street, had fneen affected because of an error in inputting information into a computer. “Again, . we have .realised the mistake


and we have hand-delivered letters to everybody.concerried with the right infor­ mation, .telling them where to vote,” he said. He also denied .there was any prob­


lem in.the villages. . ,# iC^nserrati\es have explained away


ith^abXeace'qf^any reference on voting ipapeisitdithe.political allegiances of their, five candidates in'the town council elec­


tions as “policy”. ’ , ! “ We have’never brought politics into parish or town councils,” their agent, Mr


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Arrests follow gunpoint raid


ARRESTS were made in Greater Manchester after a gunpoint raid in Clitheroe early on Thursday morning. I t was the third mail robbery in a few


months in Clitheroe and the second at the Chester Avenue Sorting Office. Two men have been questioned and police inquiries in the local and Manchester areas are


ongoing.; , : No details have been revealed about exactly


what was taken when two men held up a postal worker at the sorting office at 4-20 a.m. on


Thursday. . . But it is thought that registered mail was


included in the haul. It is believed the robbers wore balaclavas and


had a gun. They drove off in a Ford Orion car. Later, after.police surveillance of main


routes, two men were arrested at a petrol sta­ tion. Several, vehicles are being examined by • police experts.,


. . • .Police ask anyone with information about the robbery to call them on 01200 443344.


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international guest CELLIST Julian Lloyd Webber is to top the


bill at this year’s Ribchester Festival. With a world-class line-up, the 11th festival


is expected to be the best yet and tickets were in demand long before the box office opened. The festival, which opens on June 25th, is


centred around St Wilfrid’s. Church. The relaxed and intimate atmosphere created at


1 Classical, jazz and opera lovers are again expected to flock to the festival on the banks of


j: concerts and throughout the village at various 'fringe events has ensured a large following.


the River Ribble, described by visitors and those taking part as one of the most pic­ turesque venues in the country. For a full report of Monday’s launch event,


see next week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.


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