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18' Clitheroe'Advertiser & Times, May 1st, 2003'


' ‘ Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial),' 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk


Would ewe believe it? A Valley sheep gives birth to quins


by John Turner


LAMBING time came to John and Toni Parker’s: Little Middop Farm with something of a


vengeance this year. One of .their, ewes gave


b ir th to five lambs - and


■mother an d lambs .are doing much b e t te r .th a n expected!


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aiMrs Parker said: “I can’t describe th e feeling. After­ going through that time of doom and gloom through the foot and mouth, then you are presented with something like this. I t puts it all into context. ., ‘‘You go through all these horrible things, and you


Cuppas will help children of Chernobyl


PEOPLE in Clitheroe were generous on Saturday when the charity


Friends of Chernobyl’s Children held a fund-raising coffee morning in the town hall. They helped the organisers raise


£170 towards the cost of their work in helping the children still affected


by the world’s worst atomic power station accident in Chernobyl, in the former USSR, in April, 1986. In June, 20 children from the area,


now part of the Ukraine, will spend a month with families in the Clitheroe area.


. The children, aged between seven Pendle Club winners


SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs S. Holden, Mrs M. Parker and Mr B. Wood. New members are welcome on Monday at 7-30 p.m. Domino winners at the club were Mrs V. Giles, Mrs M.


Davies and Mr B. Wood. New members are welcome every Friday at 7 p.m. Line-dancing will take place in the club every Thurs­


day at 1-30 p.m., with new members also welcome. Club bridge winners were Mrs Frances Porter, Mrs


Doris Farnsworth, Miss Win Hargreaves and Mrs Jean Walmsley. New members can go along every Monday at


1-30 p.m.


and 12,- and two interpreters, will spend a month’s holiday enjoying what the North-West has to offer. Our picture shows the Mayor of


Clitheroe, Coun Mrs Mary Robin­ son, with visitors and helpers at the coffee morning.


. ; (B260403/1) Diabetic date change


THE date of the meeting of the Ribble Valley Dia­ betic Support Group has changed and it will now take place on Bank Holiday Monday in the Young Farm­ ers’ Centre, Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, at 7-30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Dr Richard Wilkinson, a con­


sultant at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, who will talk about the latest developments in the treatment of diabetes..-


1-"5 v This meeting replaces the social evening planned


for the following week at the' Assheton Arms, Down- ham. Inquiries, phone 01254 824312.


win U of extra fuiiainelipipia^


A BID to the North-West Development Agency could secure some £lm. for community economic development activity in Clitheroe and its surrounds over the next five years. More than 60 people representing all aspects


of the Ribble Valley attended the first annual meeting of the Clitheroe the Future Partner­ ship at the Parish Hall. ‘ Guest speaker was Gill Ingram, of the


North-West Development Agency. Both Whal- .- ley and Longridge partnerships also described the work being carried out.


include:


Key achievements by the partnership cashire County Council for a pedestrian audit, which will identify improvements within


• £20,000 of funding secured from the Mar- Clitheroe town centre.


ket Town Initiative Programme supported the • £8,000 of funding accessed for a landscap- implementation of the multi-sports area in the ing scheme at Stonebridge, Longridge. Castle grounds, Clitheroe.


• Funding secured from the Countryside • Funding secured from the Lancashire Agency to enable Whalley to produce a parish


Small Rural Projects Fund for a community plan through the Vital Villages Initiative, town noticeboard and for a visitor assistance Anyone wishing to have more information scheme initiative for Clitheroe.


should contact Andrew Swarbrick or Richard • £10,000 of funding secured from Lan- Jackson on 01200 427886, or visit the website:


Whalley wood event will raise awareness about conservation


A MAJOR, public-participation event is planned for Spring Wood Picnic Site, Whalr ley, on Saturday, May 17th. The event, organised by the Friends of


Spring Wood group, is designed to show peo­ ple all the things this area of natural beauty has to offer and raise conservation awareness at the same time. The event will rim from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m;


and will include bird and bat box making. There will also be a guided tour of tree and


wildlife identification, hurdle making, wood­ land craft stalls, dry stone walling and an information stand. All activities are free, except for a small


charge for completed bird and bat boxes. The aim is to help the public learn more about this ancient woodland site. The Friends of Spring Wood is a voluntary


conservation group which helps the Lan­ cashire Countryside Service in managing the Spring Wood site. More information can be obtained from the


Spring Wood v is ito rs ’ centre on 01254 825187.


Prices from auction mart at Gisburn


EIGHT steers and heifers were forward in the fatstock sale at Gisbum Auction Mart on Monday. Also on sale were 602 sheep (27 Iambs, 479 hoggs, 10


shearlings, 86 ewes and rams). Top kilo price for steers and heifers was 530kg at


100.5p (£532.65) from J. A. and J. H. Hewetson to Rossendale Meats, and top price per head was 770kg at 89.5p (£689.15) from H. Carr and Son to Repack UK Ltd. Steers made to 98.5p (average 87.8p) and heifers to 100.5p (90.5p). For sheep, the top sale price was £75 from G. T.


Blezard to A. Moorhouse, and top kilo prices were 37kg at 197.3p (£73) from D. A. Towell to N. Gates and 39kg


at 168p (£65.50) from T. Laxton to N. Gates. The over­ all average for hoggs was 145.8p and top sale price was £84 from D. A. Towell to A. Sanderson. Lambs: 33-39kg made to 197.3p (196p), 40-45kg to


185p (183.1p), 46-52kg to 136.4p. Hoggs: Up to 32kg made tol55p (148.5p), 33-39kg to 168p (149.2p), 40- 45kg to 161.3p (147p), 46-52kg to 147.8p (125.8p) and 53kg+ to 130p (127p). Shearlings made to 97.2p (80.3p), horned ewes to £45 (£29.91) and other ewes to £84 (49.03). Nine newly-calved dairy cows and heifers were for­


ward on Thursday with cows making to £950 (£715) and heifers to £960 (£840). Top prices were £960 from A. and S. M. Sanderson to S. Thompson and S. and C. Thompson to Mr Cannon. ; Forward were five in-calf dairy cows and heifers, with


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beasts mailing to £790 (£650) and top prices £790 and £650 from J. Mares to J. Shuttleworth. In the sale of rearing calves, forward were 87 with the


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top price bull calf £260 from R. J. and T. Ashworth to J. T. Baines, and for heifers it was £180 from M. H. and J. Taylor to R. Murray. Calves: Limousin X bulls made to £242 (£163.47), Limousin X heifers to £100 (£68.08), Belgian Blue X bulls to £260 (£224.66), Belgian Blue X heifers to £180 (£115.36), Simmental X bulls to £235 (£207.50), Simmental X heifers to £75 (£70), Friesian bulls to £135 (£83.12), Friesian heifers to £98 (£69.33), Angus bulls to £185 (£176.50).


" Forward in the fatstock sale were 197 cattle (114


young bulls, 83 steers and heifers) and 417 sheep (21 iambs, 261 hoggs, five shearlings, 120 ewes and rams). - Top kilo price for bulls was 415kg at 125i5p


(£520.83) from A. A. Critchley to R. Schofield, and top ' sale price was £696.53 from C. R. Wilson to Bowland. Young bulls: Premium made to 125.5p (108.5p), prime to 100.5p (91.9p), others to 86.5p (75.Ip). Steers: Pre­ mium to 108.5p (107.3p), prime to 92.5p (90.8p), oth­ ers to 84.5p (74.8p). Heifers: Premium made to 125.5p


(113.3p), prime to 104.5p (90.4p), others to 87.3p (81.4p). . . Top kilo price for pen of 10 sheep was 37kg at 156.8p


* (£58) from C. J. Heaton to A. Moorhouse, and top sale ■price was:£79 from W.M;-Critchley to N. Gates. ■ Lambs: Premium (36-45.5kg) made to 191.7p and prime (25.5-35.9kg) to 180p (174.3p). Hoggs: Premium (25.5-35.9kg)made to 156.5p (150.Ip), premium (36-.


,45.5kg) to 156.8p (148.9p), prime (25.5-35.9ke) to 140p (136.5p), prime (36-45.5kg) to 142.4p (136.7p), prime


‘ (45.6-62kg) to 150p (138.8p), others to 117p (113.6p). Shearlings made to lOOp (83.7p), homed ewes to £55.50 . (£36.74), other ewes to £79 (£50.34) and rams to £69 .(£49).


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. In the sale of produce, forward were 47.10 tonnes of straw with barley making to £8 per bale.


... and Glitheroe too:


i TUESDAY saw the first real entries of spring lambs at j Clitheroe Auction-Mart.-)'-),


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i .v A-good’trade'resulted with lambs of reasonable ■weight (35kg plus). A pen of smart Jexel lambs made _to;212p per kg for Mr K. Pilkington and Tim Robin-.


; son.’ Mr'A. Procter received 222p as top price, bought1 by Alan Moorhouse. 0 -


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ii .-j Hoggs saw a top price of £88, with many pens sell­ ing at £20 above weight. Ewes were good trade, with / Suffolks to £80, Texels to £68, and Mules to £68. , r There was not as much demand for cattle, partly due £ ,to large amounts of imported beef. Bulls averaged 88p - per kg while some heifers saw 85p as an overall average.^'


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Sunday, May 4th ‘


THE ASF1NALL ASMS MITTOH


WEDNESDAY MEMPHIS


TEXAS Spicy C/ricI PRAWN & Vegemtf


Refreshments a v j


Street’; all for


BLONDE Tracy Shaw, uncd “bumped off” in Coronatid back to life with a vengeance | Theatre, Salford Quays. Audiences have had to be I


“The Blue Room”, a play 1 stars with Jason Connery, c(| ty.


This sexually-charged plajl


tinctly new career avenue fol for the past seven years hal part of Maxine Peacock in | Street”. She said: “Everybody knl


for its nudity, but it is mucl that - it is an incredible pief day theatre”. Jason Connery, probably bl the lead role in the TV seril


th in k ; to .yourself JNever •again’ - and then you1 get presented with five lambs.”


.. : The Parkers, whose farm near Gisburn was victim of a contiguous cull, lost all their stock when foot and mouth was detected on a neighbouring farm in 2001. The la te s t multiple­


birthing triumph is some­ thing of a tribute to their hard work m rebuilding th e


flock. . . . v


■<'“The ewe had kept racing-- around and her tummy was!.- dragging th e floor. She was? one of the last into lambing.?;; John came running in on/; Sunday morning and called.-- me out. I was amazed when out-popped four lambs. I thought: ‘T h a t’s i t ’. Then


■ this other little tiddler came, down,” she added. • She said they hand-fed


two of the smallest for a day, then the five lambs settled down and took it in turns to


,be nourished by their moth­ er.


- “I t is the first time I have


ever known five lambs. I feel like a proud mum, I can tell you!” added Mrs Parker. A spokesman for the


National Sheep Association said the b ir th of quins, although not unheard of, was “not a regular occur­ rence”.


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