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Fun day to be held in memory of Stephen


A MUSICAL charity fun day is to. be held on Sun­ day in memory of Ribble Valley farming personality Mr Stephen Whitwell. The event at Keystreet,


Lowergate, will include performances from two bands and a draw with top prizes, such as an electric guitar.


All proceeds from the


event will go to the East Lancashire Hospice appeal, as Stephen Whitwell (36) spent time in the hospice before his death. Local band The Front,


who are currently enjoying huge success across the country, will play an


acoustic set during the afternoon. There will then be live evening entertain­ ment from Kick Start, who will play a host of 60s and 70s music. Also at the party from 4


p.m. will be children’s activities such as face painting, a puppet show - and a huge bouncy castle at the rear of the pub. Food will be available


from a barbecue through­ out the afternoon, followed by a curry and rice supper in the evening, donated by new indian restaurant Fifth Avenue on Whalley Road. Manager o f the pub, Mrs Beverley King, said:


'Stephen was a close


friend of ours, he was a really good guy. It was an incredible shock when he died, but at least we know that he is not suffering anymore. “We originally planned


to hold the event while Stephen was still with us, but now it will be held in memory o f him. Local people and businesses have donated some really good prizes for the draw.” Stephen’s widow, Carole,


has donated a DVD play­ er, Graham High has given a fish tank, and Mandy Brunker has donated hair and nail vouchers from her Clitheroe salon, Eclipse.”


Naturalists brave the sweltering heat to complete Coniston walk


ON one of the hottest Saturdays of the year, 27 members of Clitheroe Naturalists' Society travelled to the Coniston area. Starting their walk from Water Yeats


they followed an uphill path to Beacon Tarn where 60 species of flowers including water lobelia, grass of Parnassus, sheeps- bit scabious, bog aspodel and bell heather were spotted.


Large numbers of damselflies, dragon­


flies and butterflies were also seen along with heron, ring ouzel, stone chat and whcatear. Following the Cumbria Way along Blawith Fell, the group had spectac­ ular views of the Lakeland hills including a clear view of Coniston Old Man, eventu­ ally descending to the beck via the Torver


Change of use for


residence


A CHANGE from resi­ dential to office use at a Clitheroe town centre property has been approved. The proposal, for 52


Moor Lane, was heard by members of Ribble Valley Borough Council Planning and Develop­ ment Committee, who agreed that the plan could go ahead. The committee also


approved the change of use from ground floor taxi garaging at the rear of the building to office space.


Low Common, where the walkers had a welcome relief from the heat of the day. After crossing the A5084 they continued


along Torver Back Common by Coniston Lakeside of the Torver Jetty and thence to Torver village. The group would like to thank the Bensons from Langho, who came to the assistance of one of their mem­ bers who was overcome by the heat, also to the owners of the boat which took him to Coniston and the car owners who trans­ ported him to Torver. There are still good Samaritans around. The next walk is to Chorley Reservoir


this Saturday August 23rd, to book please ring 01200 428117.


Brenda Jones


Cambridge is the destination for top Ribble Valley students


A TRIO of former Ribble Valley stu­ dents are celebrating going to the top of their class. The three - Jonathan Keane,


Samantha Richardson and Helen Flatley - will all be enrolling at Cam­ bridge after gaining the highest grades in their A-Level exams to satisfy the university’s entry requirements. Jonathan, of Billington, will be


going to Trinity to take an English degree, while Samantha, of Brockhall Village, has opted for law at Magda­ lene, and Helen, of Grindleton, will be reading history at New Hall. Each student completed their A-


Levels at St Mary’s College, Black­ burn, after leaving St Augustine’s RC High School. Mr Anthony McNamara, head­


teacher at the Billington school, said: “Year on year students who move on to St Mary’s College achieve out­ standing results. The warm feel of the place and the quality of pastoral care the staff provide are other reasons why it is consistently the most popu­ lar destination for our leavers.” ’ The top trio are pictured celebrat­ ing their exam success (s)


Operation Glaser hailed as a success by police


A POLICE operation to catch travelling criminals has been described as a great success. In the county-wide initiative -


codenamed “Glaser” - officers from the Lancashire Constabu­ lary used Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology to catch 27 offenders for theft, drugs and driving offences. ANPR scans registrations and checks them against various databases,


helping police identify vehicles which may be of interest to them. Officers were also joined by local court enforcement officials who were on hand to identify fine defaulters. Describing the operation as a


success, Lancashire’s Chief Con­ stable Paul Stephenson said: “ It was all about the police denying criminals the use of our roads. To do this we used the most up-to-


date technology available to us to help us disrupt illegal activity and as a result we arrested a lot of people. ‘“Operation Glaser’ was intel­


ligence led and this allowed us to exploit the vulnerability of that section of the criminal fraternity using our roads and motorway network. There was clear evi­ dence that we put those offenders on the back fo o t. We caught


Eco opportunities for the disabled


A GREEN-FINGERED eco-friendly appointment has been made by the Clitheroe-based Trinity Partnership. The job of Environmental Develop­


ment Manager Mr Andrew Swarbrick (pictured) is to develop a new project, initially focusing on organic horticul­ ture which will operate as a training and employment programme for unemployed disabled people living in the area. Grant support totalling some


£234,000 has been obtained for a three-year development phase of the project. Funding has been approved by the


European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Lancashire Rural Development Pro­ gramme and the SRB fund which is operated via the East Lancashire Part-'


nership’s Enterprising Rural Commu­ nities programme. In his new role, Mr Swarbrick, a


qualified landscape architect, will be working closely with Prosperity Recy­ cling, another Trinity environmental project based in Accrington. It trains and employs disabled peo­


ple and is responsible for making gar­ den furniture out of recycled plastic and timber, as well as shredding card­ board for use as animal bedding and packing material. Welcoming the development of the


new organic horticulture project is Mr Geoff Jackson, the chief executive offi­ cer for Trinity Partnership. He said it would create new jobs for long term unemployed disabled people, as well as promoting best environmental practice in the Ribble Valley, (s)


them unaware and now hopeful­ ly they will be paying the penal­ ty.”


This recent initiative was part


of “Project Laser” , set up by the police in partnership with the Lancashire Magistrates’ Courts Service. ANPR teams have been working across the county for the past couple of months and as a result‘ 119 people have been arrested for a variety of offences


ranging from robbery and bur­ glary to those on warrant for attempted murder. Said Mr Stephenson: “Project


Laser has made a big impact on our roads. Our aim is to make life extremely difficult for the travel­ ling criminal. Using ANPR helps us deny them the use of Lan­ cashire’s roads and bring more offenders to justice.”


A NINE-MILE circuit start­ ing at Holme Chapel was completed by five members of Clitheroe Ramblers in very warm weather. Starting from the layby on


the A646 the group followed the Burnley Way past Stone House to Walk Mill crossing the road again to reach Bar- croft Hall. Turning east, field paths


were taken to Brown Hill and the bird centre to arrive at Hurstwood where a welcome refreshment stop was had. A circuit o f Hurstwood


Reservoir was followed to allow walkers to cross the dam on Cant Clough Reser­ voir and walk through Shed-


den Clough to arrive at the Wind Farm on Long Cause­ way. Field paths were then fol­


lowed south west to Berril’s Green Wood to bring the group back to the start point. On a beautiful Wednesday


evening during the recent heatwave, 30 ramblers left Newton on the riverbank to make their way up the fellside past Meanley Farm. An unexpected encounter


with some very friendly lla­ mas caused some surprise, but no problems. Reaching Smelfthwaites


Farm they turned right along the track to the road where they walked towards Blue-


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 21 st, 2003 19 ‘Life on the Land’ talk


A LARGE audience was entertained by an informative talk by Mrs Christine Thistlethwaite at the meeting of


the Ribble Valley Branch of the Lancashire Family His­ tory and Heraldry Society. Her topic was “Life on the Land,” in which she


reminded members of the labour intensive methods used in farming in the past. In her talk she covered details of all the seasons, lambing, washing the sheep, clipping, haymaking and not forgetting “muck spreading” . There was the hand milking of the cows, cooling the


milk and loading the kits onto the traps for the race to the railway station. Mrs Thistlethwaite stressed that the farmers’ wives


also had long hard days, especially at clipping and hay­ making when enormous amounts of food had to be pre­ pared, the cooking and baking being done on the old black-leaded stove. On hiring days the farmer would take on Irishmen to


help with the crops. They usually came from the West Coast of Ireland, and often returned to the same farm year after year.


Mrs Thistlethwaite illustrated her talk with poems,


and lots of humour. At the next meeting on October 14th at 7-30 p.m. in


Clitheroe Cricket Club the guest speaker will be Mrs Jenny Bradley on “Field Names and 100 years History of Upper Hodder Valley Farms” .


Youth club’s top shots


MEMBERS of Trinity Youth Club have achieved sporting success on the rifle range. During the past four months, the eight youngsters


comprising the club’s air rifle team have been taking part in local, county and regional competitions. The team won all of these, then travelled to the


Richard Dunn Sports Centre in Bradford, whore they won the North of England finals, too. Trinity Centre volunteer Mr Mel Diack said: “ I am


delighted. It was just regrettable that a national com­ petition for all finalists wasn’t held this year.” The winning team are Andrew Mercer, Clive


Hutchinson, Joel Eaton, Robert Kent, Alison Barnes, Trevor Porter and kneeling, Joshua Greenwood and Lee Dewhurst.


Record Office’s conference


SOURCES available in the Lancashire Record Office will be revealed at a special conference taking place early next month. The event on Saturday, September 6th is being organ­


ised by the Institute of Local and Family History in conjunction with the Lancashire Record Office, which is located in Bow Lane, Preston. Its aim is to show how people can find and use the


sources available. For more information about the event, email loc-


famhist@uclan.ac.uk or ring 01772 893053. Third prestigious award


THE Clitheroe branch of a local building society has been presented with a prestigious Branch of the Region Award.


Out of 80 branches of the Skipton Building Society, Clitheroe has been selected as the winner -


for the third


time in a row. Branch manager Michelle Clough said: “We are


delighted to have won the award. “ It reflects all our hard work. Our aim is to make this one of many to come.”


Plan’s adverse impact


“ADVERSE impact on nearby residential amenity” is the reason given for refusal of a plan to extend a house in Butts Grove, Clitheroe, across the garage. Officials of Ribble Valley Borough Council have dealt with the application, acting under delegated powers.


Ramblers take nine-mile trek


gates. Heading north from there they crossed two stiles to reach the countryside Stewardship Scheme Conces­ sionary Path above Foulscales Brook, which was followed to the Ashnott track and back on to the public footpath. The temperature had cooled a little by then and a stop was made to enjoy the extensive views of the Hodder Valley and beyond. Observing a cow which had


just calved, they kept a good distance away and quietly descended to the riverbank. This was followed at a gen­


tle pace, entering the village of Newton at 9 p.m., just as the light was fading.


Gilbert and Sullivan songs entertain Probus Club


THE summer lunch for Clitheroe Probus members and partners was held on Fri­ day at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington Fell. More than 50 people


enjoyed the meal together and were then entertained over coffee to a selection of Gilbert and Sullivan songs by a talented quartet of singers. Probus member Jim Parker


brought along Frances Prince, his singing teacher from Whalley, Ingrid Riding and Raymond Aspin. Raymond and Jim had


joined the BBC Northern Singers in 1963 and been friends ever since. Accompanied by pianist


Rita Brooks they presented an assortment of songs. A surprise item was the


Probus chairman Paul Duck who gave a Gilbert and Sulli- vanised plaudit to Probus - loosely based on 'The Pirate King' from the Pirates of Pen­ zance. He was kept in some sort of


order by the expertise of the accompanist and the "back­ ing group". The next meeting is on Sep­


tember 5th when Mr. John World Without Leprosy". month at 11 a.m. at the Pen- secretary 01200 429207. Rita Brooks, Paul Duck,


Parry will present a talk enti- Probus meets on the first die Club, Lowergate, Pictured, from the left: are Ingrid Riding and Raymond tied "Cycling Towards a and third Friday of the Clitheroe. Inquiries to the Frances Prince, Jim Parker, Aspin. (s)


All the latest prices from Gisburn Auction Mart


MONDAY saw a fatstock sale at Gisbum Auction Mart with 29 cast cows and 1,575 sheep (1,454 lambs, 121 ewes and rams) forward.- Top kilo price for lambs was


35kg at 128p (£44.80) from D. M. and R. E. Capstick to H. Ashworth and top price per head was 56kg at 103.5p (£58) from D. N. and D. Capstick to ■ A. Moorhouse. Lambs: 33-39kg made to 128p (average 108.6p), 40-45kg to 117.5p (106.3p), 46- 52kg to 108.8p (100.5p), 53kg+ to 103.6p. Top sale price for cast ewes and reams was £53 from J. A. Parker and Son to A. Sander­


son. Horned ewes made to £40 (£33.11), other ewes to £53 (£37.52) and rams to £49 (£45). At Thursday’s sale of newly, calved dairy cows and heifers 31 were forward with Friesian cows first quality making to £800 (£648.75) and Friesian heifers first quality to £980 (£773.50). Top prices were £800 from K. M. Throup to J. Clowes and £980 from E. Roper and Son to N. Edmundson. In the sale of rearing calves, where 175 were forward, top price bull was £298 from M. B. R. M. and D. Sykes to D. and C. J. Moorhouse and for heifers it was £165 from N.


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and M. Barker to J. Robson. Calves: Charolais X bulls made to £232 (£201), Limousin X bulls to £298 (£176.95), Limou­ sin X heifers to £165 (£110.90), Belgian Blue X bulls to £294 (£232.57), Belgian Blue X heifers to £145 (£116.66), Sim- mental X bulls to £168 (£166.50), Blonde d’Aquitairie X bulls to £150 (£140), Blonde d’Aquitaine X heifers to £85 (£72), Hereford X bulls to £150 (£125.57), Hereford X heifers to £38, Friesian bulls to £110 (£29.71), Angus bulls to £112 (£85), Angus heifers to £188 (£88.80). Forward in the fat-


stock sale were 168 cattle (103 young bulls, 16 steers and 49 heifers) and 1,450 sheep (1,304 lambs, 146 ewes and rams). Top kilo prices for cattle were 490kg at 134,5p (£659.05) from B. S. Roberts to Mr Nutter, 470kg at 127.5p (£599.25) from R. W. Longton to Mr Seed and 395kg at 144.5p (£570.75) from A. A. Critchley to Mr Seed. Top sale prices were: Young bulls £723.78, steers £688.28 and heifers £711.45. Young bulls: Premium made to 134.5p (109.Ip ) , prime to 103.5p (93.7p), others to 85.5p (73.7p). Steers: Premium made to


127.5p (113.4p), prime to 105.5p (96p), others to 88.5p (83.7p). Heifers: Premium made to 144.5p (119.4p), prime to 104.5p (96.2p), others to 87.5p (82.9p). Top kilo price for sheep was 33k'g at 132.7p (£43.80)


'from E. Rigby to Mr Nutter and top sale price was £65 from D. Cartmel also to Mr Nutter. Lambs: Up to 32kg made to 118.1p (112.2p), 33-39kg to 132.7p (112.2p), 40-45kg to 121.4p (108.5p), 46-52kg to 114.7p (105.6p). Cast sheep: Lowland ewes made to £66 (£38.92), hill ewes to £38.50 (£36.35) and rams to £40.


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