*’ lwww.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial);’422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk large home In : Replacement dwelling at Monsa


Iwby Lane (1027). line: Ground and first floor exten- liccess alterations a t Revishaw,


I Lane (1035). l-with-Wheatley: Replacement sin-


litchen at Higher Hill Top Farm,


Lane (1023). Idford: New conservatory at rear of


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Parking upset sends soccer guest home


Faiza Afzaal


DESPITE disappoint­ ed soccer fans losing their VIP guest at the annual Pickwick Night, Whalley villagers still ended up having a


Dickens of a time. Hu n d red s of people


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MEETING Father Christmas at Pickwick Night arc, from the left, Stephanie Wood, Cat Mills, Melissa Wright, Erin • Trcgurtha and Lizzy Tregurtha. (B111203/8b) .


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’ gathered a t the big event on Thursday, many hop­ ing for a glimpse of Black­ b u rn Rovers manager Graeme Souness, who was due to kick off the festive night, but due to parking problems, the football boss had no choice but to leave. According to the organis- •


ENJOYING


Pickwick Night arc, from the


left, Susan Aspin with two-year- old Annabclle,


Kay Chippendale and Sarah Dent


from Barrow Pri­ mary School and Stuart Aspin


with thrcc-year- old Joseph. BU1203/8C


ers, Mr Souness arrived at the Dog Inn in King Street,Whalley, a t 5-45 p.m., in time for the official


opening at 6 p.m. He was greeted by the


officials and signed several autographs.. Mr Souness was instruct­


ed to park behind the Swan Hotel in King Street, Whal­ ley, as he wanted to get away early, but a series of misunderstandings led to the soccer manager getting stuck in traffic and having to turn back to go home. Chairman of the Whalley


Chamber of Trade and landlord of the Dog Inn, Mr Norman Atty explained: “Mr Souness was directed to move his car, but


reek walks


[opular at iling club


nd more walkers were key bther very successful year for lup of the Ramblers’ Associ-


ntly held their 35th annual neroe Cricket Club, which


jecial welcome to area secre- Lle. |in’s address, Jane Donnelly > felt the group had experi- l year with increased num-


le walks, good weather and a pr walking to many different


Id the fact that the Wednes- Jalks are much appreciated Iferent people, for example, | shorter walks. She felt that ! group was due to the hard i of the committee, particu- hnd the footpath secretariat. | has around 50 walks leaders r on map and compass work las been arranged for March


|ion with Lancashire County i went on to thank all the


lir work during the year, with lo those members who are


|r. They are Angela Parker, lasurer for eight years, John 1 been countryside officer for I Gill Morpeth who has been


|ty officer for a total of nine on the agenda was the secre-


Irt. Ben Brown reported that


leasing the number of walks Iful as numbers on Wednes- J walks had increased. Iber of walks in 2003 will be pn to 1983 when there were


lighted that over the year, I exceeded 2,000 for the first 1 about the Clitheroe Group


■available on the Ramblers lamblers.org.uk since July. |n t on to point out that Val year taken over as walks co-


ht for next year's programme, I, there will be a walk every


Igratulated both Val Grooby ly on their work, having only Tie committee.


|s report came next and the proved, the information hav-


led to members prior to the Irott, in her role as footpath ave her report. She thanked


lor stepping in to help and fers that walks published in Bd cease to appear from Feb-


Ihen referred to the public Tigrading Sawley bridleways ■downgrading has not been locial secretary’s report con- bvents had gone well. The Vwere presented. •


lor was elected as treasurer, lountryside officer, Louise p and publicity officer and I the second area committee


f officers were re-elected and led for members to come for- I interested in helping on the


I congratulated the outgoing


lea secretary Sue Baxendale le group on its success and lie for all their efforts and


Iments were served and 1 gave a slide show of her lid places, which was greatly |njoyedbyali.


Christmas lunch Clitheroe and District


hip enjoyed their Christmas use, Clayton-le-Moors.


|y Ray Hackett and carol The next meeting will be at tillage Hall at 2.30pm. The |h e Rev. Jones with a talk ethe Welsh?”


THIS group of young people give Pickwick Night the thumbs up. (B111203/8g)


Fascinating insight into witches’ tale


MANY members and friends of Whalley and District Historical and Archaeological Society were presented with a wonderful evening given by Mrs Lizzie Jones. For her dramalogue she was dressed as a


housekeeper to Mr Roger Nowell who sent the nine Lancashire witches to the gallows in about 1582. Her interpretation was that the families were so poor and feuding among themselves that they were not bright enough to be witches. Mr Nowell was more or less act­ ing on the book written by King James I on “The Discovery of Witches”. The next meeting of the society will be on


January 22nd at 8 p.m. in Whalley Abbey. The subject of the talk by Mr Norman Thor­ pe will be “Myth and Fact - Another Look at the Great War”. New members are welcome and further


details can be obtained from Mr C. Ward, tel. 01254 53866.


Plans in the pipeline


A PLANNING application has been submit­ ted to develop the presently unused storage area to the rear of The New Inn, Parson Lane,- Clitheroe, to provide additional func­ tion room area (1019) together with a pro­ posed change of use of store building and internal alterations to form new kitchen, func­ tion room and six letting rooms (1020). Comments on the proposals must be made


to Ribble Valley Borough Council by tomor­ row. Other recent planning submissions are as


follows: Clitheroe: Caravan for an horticultural


worker at Hanson’s Garden Centre, Whalley Road, Barrow. (1016). Tosside: Conversion of barn to form work­


shop unit with ancillary living accommoda­ tion at barn adjacent to Brockthorn Farm (1018). Waddington: Creation of French doors to


front and rear elevation a t The Moorcock Inn, Fell Road (1020).


Local opposition to industrial scheme


CONTROVERSIAL plans to build an indus- trial complex in Langho are due to be dis­ cussed tonight. Local opposition is mounting to the scheme


to build units at the Petre Wood and Garden Products site. Residents are already in the process of com­


piling a petition against the proposal. The application will be discussed by Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council’s planning com­


mittee. The meeting, which will be held in the


Council Chamber on Church Brow in Clitheroe, starts at 7 p.m.


Festive bus times


ANYONE who needs to travel by bus dur­ ing the festive period is being urged to check out the revised timetables. Lancashire County Council has put


together a handy leaflet covering the arrangements for. every bus o p e ra to r ’ between Christmas Eve and January 2nd. 1 The leaflets are available from all Lan­


cashire's County Information Centres, bus stations, libraries, tourist information cen­ tres and online a t www.transportforlan- cashire.com •


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unfortunately missed'a turning which is easily done. “I t was then too late for


him to turn back, park, and open the momentous event. "I did see him before-’


hand and he was fine sign­ ing autographs.” However, the guest star


of the evening, has accused the police of causing him to , miss the launch of the three-hour extravaganza. “I missed the turning by


15 yards, bu t I'was not allowed to reverse back because of heavy traffic,” said Mr Souness. .“I was very worried that


I would miss the opening of the event while finding a n . alternate parking space, a ■ mile away, and so asked for assistance from a police­ woman who was very unhelpful. “I had specially travelled


from my home in Cheshire and was more frustrated than the fans to have had a wasted return journey of three-and-a-half hours.” The disappearance of the


chief guest may have left villagers baffled, but mar­ vellous attractions added to an authentic 19th Century atmosphere. The event was finally


opened by Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Alan Tear­ ing.


Villagers dressed in tradi­ tional Dickensian costumes


CAPS OFF from Michael Sergeant, Bill Barker and Barrie Lancaster from Clitheroe . Rotary Club all dressed up for Pickwick Night. (B111203/8a)


serving festive goodies to an enthusiastic Pickwick crowd, and fine dry weather added to quality entertain­ ment making the event as successful as it ever could be.


Commenting on the spe­


cial atmosphere with a Vic­ torian theme, chairman of. the Pickwick committee Mr Henry Shepherd explained: “The evening was a huge success, despite hiving lost Mr Souness. “We managed to raise


between £4,000 and £5,000, which is fantastic, to go ' towards local charities. “The new children’s activities and entertain­


ment area, at, George Street car park, sponsored by the local Spar store, was thoroughly-enjoyed by all the youngsters. “I would personally like


to thank all the stall hold­ ers, members of the Pick­ wick committee who have worked very hard to organise the Victorian night, all the sponsors who supported us, and villagers for attending.” Insp. Bob Ford, from


Clitheroe police confirmed a well attended night with an excellent atmosphere and no trouble during the event. However, later in th e evening there'were


three arrests. Two arrests were made for drunk and disorderly behaviour and one for carrying an offen­ sive weapon. Some people had parked


without regard for others. As a result, a number of parking tickets were issued and a few vehicles were towed away. Mr Atty added:“Chil-


dren may have been left disappointed this time, but they will not be next year, as Mr Souness has agreed to open Pickwick Night next year, providing he gets a map and a car parking space reserved.”


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