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THERE uWere.tHreekey fea-;|; tures of Valley life:as the.f Queen’s Golden' JubileeiYeari of 2002 got under way., ’ . \ Recovery from foot and mouth


disease in the countryside, resis- ? tance to drugs, crime and rowdy- i ism in the urban areas and the


price of property wherever.you - were! , ' As the year turned, it became


clear that some farmers could not wait to re-stock, some were think-


. ing about it - and a minority were determined to leave the land. . Just who got how much compen­


sation for lost stock is confidential and so, inevitably, rumours of mega-money payouts are still going round. People with non-farming rural businesses largely lost out though there were commendable,


-'-,Tt was no consolation to anyone; that local anger.at the remarkably;


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poor handling of the crisis was; borne out by several official and semi-official reports. Some local farmers added their names to a n : unsuccessful High Court bid to force a public inquiry. ‘


social younger generation empow­ ered by money and encouraged by examples elsewhere was being increasingly targeted by the police. “Nightmare children at large” was one headline. Everyone from barely-teen row­


Meanwhile, a sometimes anti­ ■;


dies to drug dealers two and three times their age were put under the spotlight, sometimes with the aid of new powers and laws. This was on top of crime-prevention work, especially in the countryside. •


: In this) the first of a twcnpart special,VTIM PROCTER takes a lookatthe people and' events which made’ news in our towns and


< villages during the first six months of 2002 ■ House prices and the property ,


market generally were of increasing interest to very many people in the Valley as the year got under way and there was every sign that the boom was here to stay. The lowest interest rates for-


years underpinned the market gen­ erally- locally, the desirability of relocating to the Ribble Valley added to property’s strength. .... The Royal aspect of 2002 excer-


cised a few minds locally. - The September Torchlight pro­


cession was the main celebration in Clitheroe and there were smaller


.this was why. the occasion was marked, generally, in a low key. .■


ones in most communities. Valley life is full enough and perhaps:


'. As always, 2002 saw the Ribble Valley earn a host of accolades across personal, family, business, industrial, educational and sport-. ing life, too many to list A remarkable proportion of


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schools had money spent on improvements and the borough’s industrial estates all took steps for­ ward, including the new one near Clitheroe’s hospital and auction mart.


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years ago of chocolate, biscuits ar the inmates were he workhouse. The y Ribblesdale visited > Eve and gave each ;e, apples, oranges, icking and a toy. He Forest Hunt held ful ball in the Public bygone days when it


ir an event, it estab- d in terms of atten-


ng was a representa- 5


principal families of were present. The


fcefully adorned with 1 colours and a r t eved with sprigs of id together with the ses and the red coats len, the scene was a one. al football match, mded well, but when k the lead after half- iwd became rather icited the players to her. As a consequence iy became very excit- s fell and the referee game five minutes


years ago


t family party in the eld in Whalley on New Mr and Mrs John


had celebrated their ing earlier in the year,


80 people at the annual , which had been held as their 13 children, all were present, could


ands of people joined y tribute to the old year irate the birth of Coro-


r as church bells rang t the Valley. At King 1 about 800 people e Clitheroe Co-opera-


r’s New Year’s Eve ball, n Street Mill only 24


of 440 were idle and no absenteeism at


ill, Pendle Mill and ill when staff started tly on New Year’s Day.


rade prospects for 1953 y wanted all the work be obtained, after hav- h packet” during 1952.


5 years ago


klisting of Clitheroe’s the secretary of the


stewards committee at ent provoked a hail of


Ie responded by saying: rigades’ Union made a decision to go on strike e strike-breakers who


ndemocratic.” er, though, which sug- got down off his high from the TGWU shop


at Ribble Cement, of local industries fore­


st in production, new r the export market and od of extra jobs. Man- Atkinsons, Trutex, Cas- gs, Bowker Brothers, Cement and Neotech-


icted a surge in trade, term adult education rted in the Ribble Val-


r were mountain leader­ eating engineering, fly- gun-dog training.


OUT and about in no uncertain terms-that’s . Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Joyce Hoi-: gate during her


will be so glorious that the s we use to describe a foot-


r a good meal out, or the Miss World, will be totally .


ife is fun, but frankly triv-


s we can have or have seen t nothing really takes our k


. But Christ's return will do : more. Of that sure and cer- j e can truly say: "We ain't: yeti".


odney Nicholson, Vicar of S t : Paul's, Low Moor ;


.year of office. : Here she opens new tennis V courts in her “home” territo­ ry of Whalley. (T240602/4) ,


‘ ■: ONE of the


distinguished visitors to the Ribble Valley was the Duke of Gloucester, second left,


who is pictured at the Cancer Research UK shop in


Clitheroe. A


few days later he was at the funeral of the


Queen Mother. (C0300401/5)


JUBILEE! There were varied events across the Ribble Valley and this one (left) at Henthom Community Centre, Clitheroe, captured the spirit of the occasion (J270502/10)


WORLD attention focused on Stonyhurst College, where Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien did some of his work. “Songs of Praise” featured the college and presenter Aled Jones is seen interviewing Miss Mary Bailey, with whose parents the writer lodged. (B050302/5)


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NATIONAL statistics proved the Blacko to Settle road - much of it in the Rib­ ble Valley - to be among the most dangerous in the country. There have been several accidents in the 11 months since this “verdict.” . (K180202/3a/b)


THE Ribble Valley Explorer is an annual Clitheroe Advertiser and Times publication


concentrating on tourism which goes all round the world. A picturesque event launched the 2002 issue. (C0100302/2a)


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