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Store is making banned toys safe


A.CLITHEROE sh o p is responding to a:


| nationwide ban on the popular toys Yucky, ! Yo-Balls by making'them safe to use. • ■% ! | The toys, which consist of. a liquid-filled rub-, i ber ball'attached to a long rubber cord, have i been dubbed as a safety hazard by the Govern- ?ment because of the risk of strangulation that. ’ it claims the stretchy cord poses.


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i < Therefore CowgilPs, of Market Place in Clitheroe - which has already sold nearly 15000 of the toys - has takenjthe advice of their sup-, pliers and are removingxhe stretchy cord to sell* them a s ‘squidgy ballsjfor 50p. r | jMapager of the store Mr David Cowgill said: .“Gowgill’s are doing" the responsible thing and


j WiRbe selling.an.alternative item which is still rgreaVfunanddoesn’t^causeahazard.”


.; It-is estimated th a t morathan five million ‘ i Yo-Balls have already^been imported into the


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Cou_ncil ex-leader is game to the last


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FORMER mayor and Ribble Valley Coun­ cil leader Coun. Howel Jones was game to the last when he finally bowed out of the council.


During his 21 years' service to the author­


ity he has been a keen advocate of a pedes­ trian crossing at Waterloo Road, Clitheroe. Three years ago Ribble Valley and Lan­


cashire County Cotincil'agreed th a t the crossing should go ahead.


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Ribble Valley has already , paid the coun- , !tjr council its contribution of £33,250'j) but


the crossing has yet to appesm ’dj'T.V,,'| d | ',T During his final meeting bdoreretireihent


'Coun. Jones secured a promise from Couri.1 Richard Sherras, chairman of the Planning and Development Committee, that efforts would be continued to bring the project to fruition. Coun. Sherras explained the delay -was caused by an objection from a local res­ ident about the siting of the crossing. They now proposed to re-site the crossing • further along Waterloo Road in the direc­


tion of the Royal 0ak"publicJ house, close to ; where the footpath link.comesout of River/! lea Gardens.


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with the new scheme which will have to be ‘ advertised.


The whole process had to be re-started '


He added: “I am,unable to get a date


other than ‘soon’. I t js therefore not possible to be certain th a t there won’t be further obstacles. I assure Coun. Jones th a t even though he won’t be raising the matter at council, we will continue to put pressure on the county council to provide the crossing.”


:! UK to supply the latest'craze., . i ■ Now, in response to the eight reported inci­ dents involving the to y s - one of which was in; Lancashire - the Department of Trade and Industry has made several tests and has now) issued;a ban to prevent the toy being supplied; anywhere in the UK.


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1' “The Minister of Trade and Industry, Miss Melanie'Johnson, urged parents whose children' already, own Yo-Balls to be aware of the poten­ tial harm these toys can cause.


Pictured is Mr Cowgill with one of the


banned balls and the cord-free version. (B240403/3)


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Lottery- cash for


playgroup LOTTERY money has helped set up a school- holiday playgroup in Whalley.


Calderstones NHS


T ru s t has obtained £18,800 from the New


Opportunities Fund to start the venture.


I t benefits children


, of employees and also children who live in Whalley.


There have been two


weeks of sessions over the Easter holidays, and there will be six weeks in the summer holidays.


I t is hoped to run


the playgroup next year on a self-funding,


’A c ';: »•' 3 i rather ‘dry’ subject to life b y Rebecca Wright


THE Ribble Valley Philatelic Society’s la te s t meeting was devoted to a ta lk and display about'th'e’EdiriburgH'Postal,1, ■History. A uMb<m»sn


The talk, given by MrJ.E MacasKe, was,


concerned with postal rates and regulations.' I t can trace its origins back long before the introduction of the'first adhesive postage' stamp (the Penny Black), and as such can be rather dry. Mr Macaskie therefore sought to relate


ally abused. The society were shown exam­ ples of free franking signed by the Scottish Postmaster General, Sir John Inglis. Some of these free frankings were legitimate, oth­


ers apparently not so! 1 ‘/.'The Post Office monopoly for the car­ riage of letters was one which was jealously guarded. Indeed the monopoly has only recently been surrendered to competition. I t was illegal therefore to compete with


his collection to contemporary social condi­ tions. He explained his interest in Edin­ burgh. His forbears lived there and were ■ hatters who used the highly poisonous mer-' cury in the prosecution of their craft! 'Hence' the "mad hatter”, of;"Alicein Wonderland"; • Highlights of the talk included'reference


to "Bishop Marks". In' 166l‘, Henry Bishop was Postmaster General. He devised the first postmark to give the


day and the month on which a letter was received at the post office ‘‘So that no letter carryer may dare detayne a'letter from post, to post; which before was usual.”.These


.postmarks were known as "Bishop Marks”. ;The English Post Office produced 366 of theaerirciilarpostmarki one tor everyjday_


the Post Office by carrying letters along postal routes. The Post Office enjoyed no such monopoly for parcels however, and Mr Macaskie displayed letters which were dressed up to look like parcels and carried along postal routes by other operators. I t is well known that the state of roads in this country was extremely poor in the 19th / Century and earlier. ■ • . . •


; 'In Scotland, the position was apparently


' ; even worse. Letters entering Scotland from England were therefore charged an extra half a penny "wheel tax", which was sup­ posed to pay for road improvement. Members were shown several letters


r bearing the distinguishing "Additional half •a penny” mark. Leith, the port for Edinburgh, was given due consideration, in particular with a num-


Jpf..the yean'iThe.’chnhy Scots however devised a postmark in two slmi-circular ..parts, 31 for the days an<i 12 for the m6nths. - Thus the Scottish Post Office made dp with


- 43 half-postmarks against the English 366 complete postmarks. Unfortunately they did not always fit together properly. Mr Macaskie showed a range of Edin­


burgh Bishop Marks dating from 1693, the earliest recorded date for the city. The free franking of mail was a privilege enjoyed by MPs and one which was gener­


-?ber of “ship letters”. Letters which were ’marked “Leith Ship Letteri/imd^een car­


r i e d by private ships, as-opposed to mailj packets which were maintained by the gov­ ernment or which operated under contract with the Post Office. At the conclusion of the talk a vote of


thanks was proposed by the society chair­ man, Mr Simon Nanson. He commented on the delightful way in which Mr Macaskie had dealt with a somewhat esoteric subject, making it of interest to all those present.


fRovers’ star ■


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YOUNG footballers were amazed and delighted when Blackburn Rovers midfielder David Dunn put in a surprise appear­ ance a t the Moorland School Soccer Academy. David was there to give


out prizes to each of the 23 aspiring football stars who took p a r t in th e f irs t of Moorlands "Football Fit­ ness and Fun" weeks dur­ ing the Easter holiday. Along with Moorland’s


n o n -p ro f it-m ak in g basis. Some of the delight­


ed children and staff are seen on our picture. (B240403/2)


Fascinating takes in bl spots of th<


MEMBER Frank Barnes pi of his entertaining audio-vi the Ribblesdale Camera Clu| High-quality optics an


permanent football coach, Charles Jackson, he impressed th e girls and boys with a demonstration of his skills and inimitable style, and was rewarded by a stunning display of foot­ ball from the young play­ ers, ranging in age from five to 15. As a local success story


whose career has rocketed during his time a t Black­ burn Rovers, David is an inspiration to the academy. Mr Jackson has also


made a big impact since his a rr iv al a t the school in November 2002. He is an FA-approved coach with extensive experience of coaching children. He also


: works a t the Manchester United Advanced Coach­ ing Centre. The "Football, Fitness


and Fun" weeks, which take place throughout the year, include ball control, development of skills, cre­ ating goalscoring chances and finishing skills, (s)


sounds are combined with | mentary and excellent slide two projectors. Slides, comml are all blended with the iml into the next slide. The first sequence was “T


reference to the last 100 yea um. Newspaper articles werl ed with a comprehensive coif 20th century with all its advl ogy; many corrupted into e\f tive weapons of war. The theme was continued]


the story of a village neJ France, whose residents wel the Nazis on June 10th 19<f reason. In all, 634 villagers i were no survivors. The mood lightened with ‘I


Mahler”, which allowed the | the music to speak for itself, f The final presentation/


called “From Castle to the ( by Mr Barnes and his-wiffl South Africa and then siglf Cape Town. The ship called places on the way: Vigo in Si in Tenerife; St Helena and fij in Namibia. The opportunity was alw<|


el and many slides were show the ship and the places vi| dunes inland from Walvis ] larly memorable. The main part of the prd


Cape Town and around thl saw Robin' Island where Nel iinprisoned, the new. devq dockland area reminiscent ( erman’s Bay in San Frand developments in Barcelona] to Table Mountain and son line at Hoek Bay and Boul<| ass Penguins and the wine


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were shown. With appropr, commentary by Shaw Tayl presenter, this was a show o | fessional standard. New members are alwaysl


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on any Tuesday evening. Of bers are invited to bring fif another knockout’, a light-1 tion judged by all the meml mation is available from tl] Geddes, on 01200 423474.


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A LANGHO Guide has beel resent the UK at an intemat| Jane Astley will travel to]


Canada, along with seven c two Leaders, to attend th event. The camp, “Changing1


take place from July 13th involve Guides from Canad^


USA. During the event, Jane (p


part in environmental and] kayaking, trekking, local c | arts and whale watching. Throughout the followine


and leaders will be treated t] and make visits. Jane, who is 15 and a pupi]


RC School, Billington, is a i Langho (St Mary’s) Guidtj through a series of intervie tion, the first being at coun she was one of four chosen f J ' At the regional level aba


attended, with ages rangii Jane was one of the eight seT the nation’s Guides at the in the UK being the only E |


attending. Last summer Jane, who


shire, was awarded the Ba lenge Badge, which is the ( highest award for a membl she now wants to ad v an |


Leader. . She is raising funds for t


Guide.Guider.j Yvonne WL obviously very proud of hel now we are hoping to raise t for her trip.”


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