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• SATURDAY'evening saw • the recommencement of Clitheroe Parish Church Organ Society’s 42nd season after-1 the usual winter break.'"' •. "
J •, The audience was treated to a stunning display of vir- ■ tuosity from ex-King’s
,
; organ scholar Ian Hare, now organist to the Univer sity of Lancaster. After1 Buxtehude’s.; E
. with strong rhythmic drive. Even the fugue, which is rightly overshadowed^ by the first half of the pairing, was made to sound better than it actually is! . Two short sketches by
minor Ciacona, which acted as a kind of hors d-oeuvre, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in F was delivered with absolute authority coupled
Robert Schumann, original ly written for pedal-piano, served as an interlude before one of Rheinberger’s sonatas, the “Pastoral”, No. 3 in G major. Often, the playing of_
, satisfying to the musical lis tener; every note, it seems, is played with loving care, no matter how-difficult it may be to reach, or how fast it comes! So in this work Ian Hare managed to achieve a sense of the music’s archi tecture without in any way losing out on atmosphere. After the interval, Mr
Rheinberger’s sonatas is muddy and indistinct, but,- as in all his playing, Ian Hare achieved absolute clarity - indeed, the atten tion to detail shown by this player is always immensely
MP’s supportsfpra drug-drivin|bill
MOVES in Parliament to ■ crack down.on drug-dri- ving are lieing backed by;. Ribble'Valley. MP; Nigel,
Evans. s Mr Evans is supporting
a'KLminute rule bill pro posed - by MP Nick Hawkins entitled Preven- : tion of Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (Road . Traffic Amendment). :;v; RAC . . Foundatibn
research suggests almost- 20% of road traffic acci dent fatalities have traces, of drugs m their systems, v Said Mr Evans: “Drug
dnvers are not just a dan ger, to themselves, but they also kill innocent motorists and pedestrians. We need, to be able to catch and punish these deeply irre sponsible people and pro vide an effective deterrent to others. My colleagues in
the shadow) home; affairs teamareintroducing^abill to make it easier! for the police to give roadside tests to motorists they believe to.
have.beemtaking illegal
' drugs.I-have given 100 % < support to the bill.” 1 „ . He added: “The police need to be better equipped with roadside drug tests,: which are already being piloted by some English forces.vWe also need to know more about the scope of the problem and part of
•this bill will require the Government to keep better records of the incidents of drug-driving. This bill will go a long way to protect people from drug-crazed, drivers and I hope the Gov ernment will make time for it to be made law.”.
, Gisburn auction mart
AT Gisburn Auction Mart’s Monday sale of fatstock, forward were 68 cattle (15 steers, heifers
and 53 cast cows) and 648 sheep (591 hoggs, 57 ewes and rams). Top kilo price for cattle was
545kg at 94.5p (£515.03) from J. A. and J. H. Hewetson to Rossendale Meats, and top price per head was 650kg at 93.5p (£607.75) from H. Carr and Son to G. Nutter. Cattle: Steers made to 93.5p (average 82.49p) and heifers to 94.5p (82.4p).
, For sheep, the top kilo price
Hare delighted the audience with one of his own works, the “Tryptych”, published in 1993, a craftsmanlike work on a fairly concise plan, with a satisfying sense
of architecture - the middle movement in particular had a strong emotional climax. If only modern music was as accessible yet as intellec tually strong as this! : Two French pieces, the
Scherzo by Durufle and Franck’s Final in B flat, concluded the programme, the one light and airy, the other brash and (unusually for Franck) containing more than a hint of vulgari ty. Both works, as indeed was the whole programme, were dispatched with mas tery and musicianship. One hopes for many return visits by this excellent player. The next concert in the
was 38kg at 148.7p (£56.50) from R. J. Lambert to A. Moorhouse, the top price/head was 48kg at 120.8p (£58) from R. J. Lambert to G. Nutter and top sale price was £55.50 from F. S. and S. M. Dinsdale to A. Moorhouse. Hoggs: Up to 32kg made to
128.Ip (123.8p), 33-39kg to 148.7p (126.8p), 40-45kg to 133.3p (121.3p), 46-52kg to 122.8p (116.8p), 53kg+ to 107.5p (lOO.lp). Horned ewes made to £48 (£43.09), other ewes to £55.50 (£42.06) and rams to £44 (£35.75). Ten newly-calved dairy cows
and heifers were forward on Thursday with top prices £1,050 and £1,020 from R. J. Cross to Mr Webster. Cows made to £840 (£628.57) and heifers to £1,050 (£913.33). In the sale of rearing calves,
where 78 were forward, the top price bull calf was £258 from S. E Scriven and Sons to D. and C. J. Moorhouse, and the top price heifer calf was £160 from J. Lan caster to R. and A. Wallbank and Son. Calves: Charolais X bulls
series will take place in the Parish Church on Saturday, April 12th, and will feature Stephen le Prevost, a for mer assistant organist of Westminster Abbey. Michael Pain
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made to £168, Limousin X bulls to £258 (£183.33), Limousin X heifers to £138 (£87), Belgian Blue X bulls to £240 (£215.88), Belgian Blue X heifers to £160 (£104.50), Simmental X bulls to £242, Simmental X heifers to £90 (£84), Friesian bulls to £102 (£46.47), Angus bulls to £120, Angus heifers to £60 (£46). Forward in the fatstock sale
were 146 cattle (57 young bulls, 89 steers and heifers) and 517 sheep (299 hoggs, 218 ewes and rams). Top kilo price for cattle was 500kg at 130.5p (£652.50) from J. Nelson to J. Whiteside and top'sale price was £722.68 from A. J. Mason to J. B. Fitton. Young bulls: Premium made to 115.5p (107.9p), prime to 100.5p (95.9p), others to 82.5p (70.8p)., Steers: Premium made to 112.5p (105.5p), prime to 92.5p (86.9p), others to 84.5p (78.Ip). Heifers: Premium made to 130.5p (111.4p), prime to 100.5p (90.4p), others to 83.5p (76.2p). Top kilo price for pen of 104-
sheep was 35kg at 129.1p (£45.20) from R. Yates to R. Schofield. Hoggs: Premium (25.5-35.9kg) made to 129.1p (112.4p), premium (36-45.5kg) to 126.7p (119.6p), prime (25.5- 35.9kg) to 105p (101.8p), prime (36-45,5kg) to 114p (108.9p) prime (45.6-52kg) to 113p (107p), others to 86.6p (83.3p), horned ewes to £37 (£29.23), other ewes to £73 (£45.65), rams to £35 (£31). In the produce sale where
22.44 tonnes of straw and 7.46 tonnes of hay were forward wheat straw made to £36.50 per tonne and hay to £40 per tonne.
Toilet and kitchen plan
PLANNING permission has been granted for a new kitchen and conversion of the existing one to a disabled toilet at Bashall Eaves Village Hall. Officials of Ribble Valley Borough Council have dealt with the planning application, acting under delegated powers.
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FOR East Lancashire Hospice chairman Mr Geoffrey Braith- waite the building's royal seal of approval turned out to be 1 an extremely special day. Ribble Valley volunteers
and officials were to the fore as Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, toured the Park Lee Road site , in Blackburn. . The royal couple spent more
than an hour meeting patients, admiring the facilities and enjoying a buffet lunch. Shortly after they, arrived, -
the couple were given a tour of the building and gardens by Downham resident and hos pice chairman Mr Braithwaite and Mrs Rachel Pallister. "They spoke to patients, vis
ited the rehabilitation area, saw the hairdresser at work,' watched patient activities and ; joined in a quiz taking place in - the lounge. They were both really down to earth, interest ed in the hospice and extreme ly easy to talk to," said Mr Braithwaite. "They seemed to thoroughly enjoy their visit." ‘ Lord and Lady Clitheroe,
Mr and Mrs George and Edna Clarkson, Mrs.Diana Braith waite, Mr John Pallister, MP Nigel Evans, Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Joyce Hol- gate and Mr Martin Hill were, among the Ribble Valley con tingent attending. Our picture'.shows Mr\
Braithwate with the earl and Countess of Wessex during their tour, (s)
Show mother just how much
MOTHERS are special and on Sunday March 30th, you have the opportunity to treat yours and let her know. Mothering Sunday, traditionally the fourth Sunday in Lent,
provides a golden opportunity to do that extra something to let your mother know just how important she is and how much you appreciate her thoughtfulness. Mothers spend most of their time trailing round looking
after everyone else in the family, whether it is children^ hus bands and partners or their own parents. On top of all this, many also have a full-time job, as well as hefty demands on their time. •
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mother of many of the Greek gods. Ancient Romans did the same thing with their" Great Mother of Gods," Cybele. Christians celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent
in honour of Mary, mother of Christ. In England, this holiday was expanded to include all mothers and was called Mothering Sunday. The custom possibly originated in the church festival of
"Refreshment Sunday," when everyone was expected to revisit the church in which they were baptised, their "mother church." Many people worked away from home as servants in the homes of the wealthy so had
to.be given a day off to visit their home church and would naturally also be able to visit their families on this occasion. Eventually this became the prime purpose of this annual visit and so Mothering Sunday was bom.
. Many local restaurants and public houses have organised spe
cial Mothering Sunday lunches and dinners offering family meals. After all, many mothers still spend every Sunday cooking up something special for the family. If the family has long since flown the nest, then take a moment
to reflect on Sundays long past. A week on Sunday, there is an ideal opportunity to spend some time with your mother. There are lots of places to take her, whether it's a quiet country
run followed by a meal or a family day out. Make her day special. Study the advertisements on this page,
decide where you would like to dine and make sure you book first. -The traditional edible gift of course is a simnel cake, home-made
of the finest ingredients. If your talents do not stretch that far, however, your local baker will surely be able to oblige. The something floral can mean a beautiful bouquet of flowers, a
spring selection or something more exotic. Alternatively you could consider a floral greetings card. Most florists can arrange this and they make beautiful gifts.
Perhaps she would prefer a pot plant? Of course, if she is a keen ;
gardener, a shrub or tree might be a better idea. Your local garden centre will have lots to choose from. Whatever you finally choose as a gift for your mother, add those
final finishing touches in the presentation. Careful gift-wrapping can make all the difference to a present chosen with love and given with a fine sense of ceremony. -
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Sporting Richard and fellow Rotarians are set for gruelling cycle ride to the Eiffel Tower
rA TOWERING journey is being
' planned this summer by. Ribbles- dale Rotarian Richard Dugdale and two other Lancashire Rotarians. In June, Mr Dugdale (58), together
i with Adrian Rawles (44), of Rawten- ; stall, and Roger Stretton (63), of .High-: : am, will climb on their bikes at Whalley with two weeks of hard pedalling ahead of them. - They plan to visit three famous towers during their epic ride - first they go to
. Blackpool Tower, then on to the Tower of London before finishing up at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Bicycle collector Mr Dugdale (pictured
left),.of Park Avenue, Clitheroe, and friends raised £10,000 two years ago for Life Education Centres, a Rotary charity which operates mobile units visiting schools with messages for healthy living. - The trio are hoping to raise a similar
amount for the same charity this year in the 1,000-mile journey. Mr Dugdale believes their route is one
that has not been done before. They will have no support team. All their needs will
be carried with them in panniers on their bicycles. He said this week: “I have sent mail shots to approximately 80 local busi nesses and I am canvassing individuals that are foolish enough to know me.”
He said the last nde, from Land’s End
to John o’ Groats, a trip of just less than 1,000 miles; had changed his life.. / He is'now a keen cyclist, riding up to
100 miles a week “keeping fit in the process and maintaining a respectable
body weight”. Until the last long-distance ride, his
hobby was collecting vintage tractors. Now he has a collection of 13 bicycles,
including an 1880 Penny Farthing, on which he has occasionally been seen riding around Ribble Valley villages. Mr Dugdale has restored, the old
machine himself. He has no intention of using it for the Blackpool-London-Paris
run. . “I must say. that it is rather hairy, since
it has a 52-inch front wheel, no brakes and you are eight feet up in the air-with a rather wide turning circle,”- added Mr Dugdale, who will be riding a modern machine with 27 gears.
ALTHOUGH the number
of hoggs on sale at Clitheroe Auction Mart's Tuesday sale were declining, a roar ing trade resulted with the overall average up by 3p per kg, while the ewe trade went from strength to strength. Premium hoggs made to
124p per kg (average 113p), prime to 118p (113p), heavy to 120p (115p), over all average to 115p. Cast ewes made to £66 (£42 per
head). Calves. Friesian bulls
made to £15, small Conti
nental to £88. There were similar num
bers of cattle as in recent weeks, but some stronger cattle on offer resulted in the following prices. Heavy steers (560kgs-
plus) made to 97p per kg, heavy heifers (485 kgs-plus) to 87p, Continental bulls (465 to 550kgs) to 98p, bulls (555kgs-plus) to llOp. Saturday's sale of store
sheep and cattle saw a good showing of ewes and lambs and an excellent return with some older ewes with twin lambs at £45 per life (£135 per family). Store lambs also made very healthy returns of £43 to £45 per life, in-lamb ewes probably looked best value for money on the day. Feeding mule ewes made to £43 and Suf folk feeders to £57. Cattle. Purchasers are
becoming more wary, espe cially with male cattle and the threat of reorganisation of subsidy claims and want ing to make sure that claims can be met before the dead-
line.The two types of cattle that seemed most wanted, according to the returns, were large and small Friesian steers and small beef-bred heifers.
New look
A NEW committee was elected when the Ribble Valley branch of the Lan cashire Family History and Heraldry Society met for its annual meeting. Elected were chairman Joan Williams and vice- chairman Ann Holmes. Appointed joint secretaries were Brian Stott, Dorothy Jackson and Marion Fox, with Nora Hull as treasurer and Margaret Cartwright as executive representative. Committee members are Roland Hull, Mary Rawes, John Vernon, Janice Tol- son, Terry Pearce, Ann Weir and Dorothy Parkin son.'The branch meets at 7- 30 p.m. on the second Tues day of the month at Clitheroe Cricket Club.
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“The Wild Thorn- berry’s Movie” (U); from Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday March 23rd; “The Hours” (12A); from Friday March 21st. Grand Cinema, Clitheroe
THE Thornberrys are not your average family. Mum and Dad are world travelling documentary filmmakers and are accompanied on this African adventure by their daughters and a neurotic chimpanzee, Darwin. One of the daughters has
the magical ability to talk to animals, a talent which comes in useful during the journey across the Serengeti Plain with the family to witness the once- in-a-lifetime event of thou sands of elephants who leave the forest to watch a solar eclipse. As they stand exposed in
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the Congo Valley, the crea tures are in grave danger from a pair of evil poach ers.
“THE Hours” is the story of three women searching for more potent meaningful lives. Each is alive at a differ
ent time and place; all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Virginia Woolf (Nicole
Kidman), in a suburb of London in the early 1920s is battling insanity as she begins to write her first novel, “Mrs Dalloway”. Laura Brown (Julianne
Moore), a wife and mother in Los Angeles at the end of World War Two, is reading
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