10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 14th, 2003
Plan is blocked to
over-supply by Robbie Robinson
from the residents, which stated that if the plan was not accepted the already run-down appearance of the area would become worse with time, which would be bad for the town at a place so highly visi-
information about Keith White (pictured), also known as Keith Davis, who police believe is stay
Ford, said that a man believed to be Mr White was disturbed at a burglary in Salisbury on Sunday, but managed to evade capture. Insp. Ford said: “We are asking
residents and farmers in the area to be aware that he may be staying in a house that is empty or up for sale, a farm outhouse, garden shed, or even industrial units. “We are advising people not to
approach him, but to contact Clitheroe Police on 01200 443344, or Crimestoppers on 0800 55511,
ing in the Petre Roundabout area of Langho. Clitheroe police chief, Insp. Bob
POLICE in the Ribble Valley are continuing their search for a man connected with several robberies in the area. ' They are appealing for any
Golf day survives thunderstorms to raise charity cash
or by dialling 999 as soon as possi ble if they have any information about his whereabouts.” Described as 5ft. 9in. tall, of
medium build, with greying dark collar-length hair, Mr White is 48 years old and was born on April 4th 1955. (s)
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HOLIDAY TODAY .
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the event, organised by Clitheroe Lions, was minutes from being called off - but play went ahead when the sun came out soon afterwards. A cheque for £4,000 was handed to Mr
A CHARITY day at Clitheroe Golf Club started with a big bang - and ended with buckets of champagne fizz. Heavy thunder and lightning meant that
Raymond Bennett of Clitheroe Lions, which will be donated to several local charities
from all over the North of England for the contest - including teams from Northumber land, Manchester, the Fylde coast and War rington.
including the Ribble Valley First Responders. A total of 168 players in 42 teams came
before competing in a golfing tournament to win a series of prestigious prizes - ranging from a golfing day out at a Mariott Hotel to
They paid £35 a head for the charity day,
by Lexus Bolton, was followed by a three- course meal provided by stewards at the club, Bernard and Margaret Collier. The champagne was also flowing after more
winning the use of a Lexus car for three days. The golf tournament, which was sponsored
than 60 bottles were won by players through out the day. Mr Brian Cushing, an organiser of the event and member of Clitheroe Golf Club,
said: “It was an excellent day, everyone thor oughly enjoyed it. “We are delighted that so much money was
raised and we look forward to it being put to good use by local charities.”
Mr Derek Wood handing the cheque to Mr Raymond Bennett of Clitheroe Lions, watched by the Lexus Bolton golf team. F 0
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Death crash victim Gn reen Bght for expansion plans
frightened mother behind the wheel
A YOUNG “car mad” Ribble Valley man died of head injuries after collid ing with an oncoming car and then spinning into a
Land-Rover. And an inquest heard of
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ling in the opposite direction, told how he suddenly saw the Metro appear from behind another car and move into his carriageway. Mr Clegg said: “It all hap
car raced up close behind another vehicle, which was being driven by an old school friend, before pulling onto the wrong side of the road as they approached a blind bend. Paul Clegg, who was travel
pened so quickly, I don’t think I even had time to brake. My air bag activated, I felt glass around me and I ended up on the grass verge. I smelled burning and thought my car might catch fire. I couldn’t
the er ratic way in which Thomas Metcalf (20), was driving his Rover Metro just seconds before the collision on Pendle Road, Clitheroe. Eye-witnesses told how the
David Newton, said he had been taking his son and two of his friends to the ski slope on Pendle Hill and was driving up Pendle Road, when he saw the Metro collide with the Escort and start to rotate. The dri ver’s door side hit the front of his car. Mr Newton said: “I could
when he got out of the car that he realised a third vehicle, the Land-Rover Discovery, had been involved in the collision. The Land-Rover driver,
open the driver’s door and had to climb out of the other side. Mr Clegg said it was only
Road, he saw the Metro approaching at speed and eventually screamed out because he thought it was going to run into the back of his car. He heard a loud bang and turned round further down the
AT Gisburn Auction Mart on Monday 20 cast cows and 2,239 sheep (2,096 lambs, five hoggs, 138 ewes and rams) were for ward.
breeding and store cattle, early breeding sheep and store lambs, forward were 69 cattle (16 breeding, four store bulls, 27 store steers, 22 store heifers) and 309 sheep
(170 breeding, 137'store lambs, three rams).
at foot made to £400, Heifers with bull calves at foot to £860, Heifers with heifer calves at foot to £760 (£653.33), Heifers run with bull to £385. Store bulls: Blonde d’Aquitaine X (red) madeto £285, Lim ousin X (red) to £285. Store steers: Lim ousin X (green) made to £590, Aberdeen Angus X (green) to £450, Blonde d’Aquitaine X (blue) to £480 (£442.50), Belgian Blue X (blue) to £435, Charolais X (blue) to £490, Limousin X (blue) to £555 (£492.55), Aberdeen Angus X (blue) t6'£460, (£407), Holstein Friesian X (blue) to £462 (£403.50), Limousin X
39kg to 123.4p (average 113.8p), 40-45kg to 123.8p (114.7p), 46-52kg to 115.2p (108.9p), 53kg+ to-108.8p (104.6p). Cast ewes: Horned made to £35 (£26.77), oth ers to £54 (£42.49). At Saturday’s fortnightly sale of beef
123.8p (£52) from J. H. Whalley to G. Nutter and top sale price was 57kg at 108.8p (£62) from S. K. Watson to A. Moorhouse. For hoggs the top sale price was £54 from H. Carr and Son to Halal Meat Co. Ltd. Lambs: Up to 32kg made to 106.7p, 33-
Top kilo price for lambs was 42kg at
student Jamie Brown, of Hen- thorne Place, Clitheroe, told how he had been driving home from college with two friends in his Citroen Saxo. As he drove down Pendle
see the driver was badly injured.” Earlier, Blackburn College
road. On returning to the scene he recognised the driver of the Metro as Thomas Metcalf who had gone to the same school. In the first statement he made to police, Mr Brown. said he recalled overtaking the Metro on the A59 as they approached the roundabout at the junction with Whalley Road. However, in a second state
ment he said he recalled pass ing the Metro just after they had turned into Pendle Road. He said he was not aware
who the driver was until after the accident. Thomas’s moth er, Susan, said her son had passed his driving test when he was 17 and drove at every opportunity. She said: “He worked just to
and life was about what kind of car you had and how fast it would go.”
keep a car on the road.” “He lived in a car culture
' with him once when he made a crisp sandwich on his knee
made to £78 (£71.79), Texel ewes two shear to £78 (£76.47), Texel ewes three shear to £38, Suffolk ewes to £70, Mule ewes two shear to £70 (£63.60), Mule ewes bm to £46 (£40.49), Gritstone ewes bm to £30. Store lambs: Texel X to £42 (£35.96), Suffolk X to £39 (£37.89), Mule X to £43, Homed to £29 (£28.75). Ramx: Texel X made to £62. Fifty-four neelwy calved dairy cows and
heifers were forward on Thursday with top prices £810 fro K. G. Stapleton to P. Simpson and £1,000 from G. H. and C. Hayhurst to R. Metcalfe. Friesian cows first quality made to £810 (£694) and
Breeding cattle: Cows with heifer calves
heifers, first quality, to £1,000 (£762). In the sale of dairy cows and heifers for ' Messrs R. E. Harrison and Sons, Laund Farm, Withnell, 26 were forward with an average price of £483.85. Chief cow prices: £680 to Mr Mattinson and £655 to J. Clowes and top price was £680 (average £476.95). Chief heifer prices: £720 to T. Whitwell and £660 to P. Dakin, top price was £720 (£535). Dry cows made to £330 and bulling heifers to £455. Forward in the sale of rearing calves
were 169 with top price hull £268 from J. A. Gardner and R. Jackson and Son to P. Watson and top price heifer was £205 from J. A'. Gardner to J. Robson. Calves: Charolais X bulls made to £155, Charo
(red) to £440. Store heifers: Blonde d’Aquitaine X made to £320, Belgian Blue X to £315 , Charolais X to £322, Limousin X to £440 (£339.64), Simmen- tal X to £415 (£368.50), Holstein Friesian X to £530, Pied X to £310. Breeding sheep: Texel X shearlings
not go in the car with her son because she did not consider him to be a good driver. Mrs Metcalf said: “I was
Mrs Metcalf said she would
was a subrachnoid haemor rhage caused by a head injury. Recording a verdict of acci
dental death, coroner Michael Singleton said it seemed that Thomas had misjudged the distance between himself and a slower moving vehicle. Once he appreciated the
problems of young people that drive is that they can deal with competence but not experi-
ence.Mr Singleton said: “Unfortunately, for young men in particular, there is this belief tha t competence is every thing.”
danger he was in, he applied his brakes and swerved to the right only to find there was oncoming traffic. He said tha t one of the
The latest prices from Gisburn Auction Mart
45kg at 128.9p (£58) from Swinbank and Doyle to Atkinson and top sale price was £58 from Maguire Livestock to Mr Nut ter. Lambs: 33-39kg made to 142.9p (129.1p), 40-45kg to 141p (125.3p), 46- 52kg to 123.5p (116p). Ewes and rams: Lowland ewes made to £58 (£38.07), hill ewes to £31 (£26.05) and rams to £45. Barley straw made to £38 per tonne.
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lais X heifers to £88, Limousin X bulls to £230 (£149.06), Limousin X heifers to £205 (£82.33), Belgian Blue X bulls to £268 (£215.85), Belgian Blue X heifers to £182 (£103.90), Simmental X heifers to £102, Blonde d’Aquitaine X bulls to £268 (£209), Blonde d’Aquitaine X heifers to £92 (£63.50), Hereford X bulls to £135 (£100.80), Friesian bulls to £115 (£33.34), Angus bulls to £85 (£75.16), Angus heifers to £35 (£25). In the fat- stock sale forward were 135 cattle (81 young hulls, 11 steers, 43 heifers) and 1,207 sheep (1,124 lambs, 83 ewes and rams). Top kilo price for cattle was 515kg at 126.5p (£657.48) from R. S. Harker to Mr Ross. Top kilo price for steers was 470kg at 127.5p (£599.25) from T. Robin son to Mr Ross and for heifers it was 440kg at 135.5p (£596.20) from J. F. Met calfe to Mr Nutter. Top sale prices were: young bulls £695.28; steers £688 and heifers £618.80. Young bulls: Premium made to 126.5p (112.4p), prime to 107.5p (100.4p), others to 94.5p (83p). Steers: Premium made to 127.5p (110.9p), prim'e to 104.5p (99.5p). Heifers: Premium made to 135.5p (118.4p), prime to 107.5p (99pj, others to 91.5p (86p). Top kilo price for pen of 10+ lambs was
was involved in a crash when he pulled out in front of a large four-wheel drive vehicle.He needed 108 stitches in his neck and also suffered a broken shoulder, broken ribs and a col lapsed lung. Mrs Metcalf said that soon after his recovery Thomas was driving again. The medical cause of death
while he was driving. I think he did it to frighten me.” In January 2002, Thomas
ursing home
PLANNING permission has been given for major expansion at a Ribble Valley home. -
and Nursing Home, Bridge Road, Chatbum, can be increased to 38, with extra car parking and a conser vatory to provide day care for 12 patients. ' There will be an increase in staff numbers from 55
waiting list for rooms and that the extension would help meet new guidelines and improve accommoda tion.
Planning and Development Committee followed an officers’ recommendation to approve the plan at their meeting on Tuesday. A letter from the home pointed out that there was a
to 67. Members of the Ribble Valley. Borough Council
and potential access and parking features of the com plex.'' :
ferent; ■ Conditions about material use, landscaping and parking were imposed on the approval.
ties but they were not sufficient to represent a proper reason to refuse the application. Had the extension been in direct line of sight to the windows involved, the conclusion may have been dif
the extension had features echoing the original build ing and previous extension and would not detract from the conservation area. There would be effects on the neighbouring proper
A report to the committee said that the design of
one saying that despite the use as a home, the building had the same impact in such a small community as a factory and the "massive form” of the extension would make things worse. Chatburn Parish Council criticised both present
There were some objections from nearby residents, . The 29 bedrooms at the Manor House Residential' ) Pictured is Clitheroe Golf Club President
ing used the phrase “affordable” rather than “social” housing and said that the site could be suitable for a local needs scheme - this would not preclude having a quali ty site. Councillors heard objections
three blocks - was on Tuesday refused by the Ribble Valley Bor ough Council Planning and Devel opment Committee. Officials rec ommended this decision because the scheme would contribute to the over-supply of houses in the Ribble Valley. An officers’ report to the meet
“SOCIAL housing will detract from our locality” cry residents near the former Barker’s Garden Centre, Clitheroe. “If cheap-look ing houses were permitted it would be to the detriment of Clitheroe and its historic character.” The plan - for 33 apartments in
cy of the past has caught up with us,” and suggested that the coun- cil’s'decision-making powers might be removed if they continued to permit this sort of plan. He said that he had every sym
pathy with residents and asked the committee what they were to do with the site. Supporting the refusal of the
cussed the fact that housing devel opers were obviously attracted to the Ribble Valley, but that there was a current oversupply of houses in the area and that had to be addressed, as had the issue of pro viding a balanced housing policy in the long term. Coun. John Hill said: “The lega
ble to visitors. However, the possi bility that the site may be eventu ally used for "social” housing has also worried them. One letter of objection stated: “If people can’t afford the prices in Clitheroe they should look elsewhere where there may be lower prices.” Councillors and officers dis
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plan, Coun. Stephen Sutcliffe said: “Our policy is right. Our children can’t afford housing in the Ribble Valley and we have to do some thing about it.”
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MP slams chancellor over passport prices
PASSPORT price increas es have been labelled by Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans as another stifling stealth tax imposed by the Govern ment. Mr Evans has slammed
done to help plug the deficit caused by the Chancellor’s mishandling of the economy and has written to Mr Brown after hearing complaints from constituents during his
the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, for raising the cost of passports by 36%, which is more than twelve times the rate of inflation. He said, that it is being
disgusted that these rises, following hot on the heels of increases in fees of up to 19% in November last year, are being silently and cynically put into place following the holiday sea son.
mean that a family of four will have to pay £30 more for exactly the same docu ments th a t they would have got earlier.”
"The new prices will
May thrilled to return to her former school
EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD May Milligan went back to school...but found an eight-year-old topped the classl For the octogenarian of
Abbott Brow, Mellor, was invited back to Balder- stone Primary School to judge a special design com petition. Current pupils were
asked to create a logo to mark the neighbouring St Leonard’s Church’s 500- year anniversary and May was given the task of
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selecting a winner. Year Four pupil Robert Wright’s creation took first prize, earning himself £25 of hook tokens. May said: “I loved every
minute of my time at Balderstone Primary - 1 went there from being five through to leaving at the age of 15. “It was a great thrill to
be asked back. “There were some super
entries and I congratulate young Robert on his excel lent design.” i,
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week-long surgery tour of the Valley. On October 2nd, the price of an adult’s ten-year passport will rise from £33 to £42 and a child’s from £19 to £25. Mr Evans said: “I am
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