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Police’s warning on vehicle thefts


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POLICE are reminding Ribble Valley residents to : take simple steps to pro­ tect their homes and cars after a number of crimes committed over the last fortnight have resulted in damage and losses worth thousands of pounds.. ,• Leaving the house


unlocked - even if you are a t home during the day - provides thieves with too great an opportunity to resist, warn police. As a'result, on Thursday, ,


between 6 and 7-30 p.m., two offenders stole a brand new, black-coloured Jaguar


X-type sports saloon, val­ ued a t £24,000. I t was parked outside the owner’s . home in Sawley. Inquiries are continuing


into the incident, which happened when the owner' was sitt in g inside th e / premises. Unfortunately; a


door had been left unlocked with the keys


accessible. ; The first offender is


- described as a white male, . around 19 years of age. He was dressed in dark coloured clothes with a


baseball cap. The second male is


described as also being around 19 years of age. He was dressed in dark clothes


with a hood. Householders are being


reminded to always close and lock their doors, as open doors and windows prove easy pickings for thieves. Police are also urging


motorists to keep a close eye on their vehicles and to secure them as much as possible. This follows a rise in four-wheeled drive thefts


t r J x , * \ \< j * i iy & ’ A. Honda quad bike;,


model number TRX350; valued a t £5,000 was


stolen from Rose County Foods, on the A59, on Thursday at 12-45 p.m. ' Two men (dressed as


workmen wearing yellow jackets, used what appeared to be a brand; new white Ford Transit' van to steal the quad bike.; ■ The men are described -


as 35 to 40 years of age and; were wearing a navy blue jumper and trousers with yellow outdoor jackets on top.


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Clitheroe police said: “Cit-’’ izehs should look out for the white van, which has been used for a number of car thefts.


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: ; “The same van was used for a th e f t in Burnley a week ago, and will be in the future used for other; crimes.” .


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weeks, > Land-Rover Defenders have been stolen from Whalley and Pendlef; ton. The green-coloured four-


wheeled drive, stolen from Pendleton, was found abandoned in Salford earli­ er this week, thanks to a tracker device fitted inside the car. However, the vehicle


stolen from Whalley is still missing. Insp. Ford is appealing


to motorists to close and lock car doors, even if they are only leaving their car for a couple of minutes. ' Anybody who has any


information regarding the white Ford Transit van, or the other thefts, is urged to contact Clitheroe police.


- j Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e;mail:.vivien.meath®eastlancsnews.co.uk Is action really needed


over village speeding? WITH reference to the article.in the Advertiser and’,Times in December l l th headed "Police ■ pledge action on speeding in .villages.".-;:


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So,’ police are now to monitor,traffic speeds in villages before bringing local motorists to book!


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out, hence a rise in speeding conyictions. ij';' Also look a t the street furniture; road markings


and traffic management schemes that clutter our environment./V&.v


./Th e assumption by the hierarchy is,that we, Joe.Public, have no common sense or forethought for ourselves and others and, as such, roads now


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a'meeting,-and consequently it was cancelled. However, sincecontemplating this meeting, I felt


■ it more appropriate to set one up early springtime when the function room at the Swan Royal Hotel is refurbished.


:■ r I understand this will have a strong connection


have in-built complacency, not safety. Therefore, as.drivers do,we switch off and fol- meeting took place_in December, ,1942, and is


with the work we undertook in Clitheroe on the jet engine, since it,was there where that a famous


those who complain about localised' speeding are have autonomous responsibility for.the vehicles/ _ -1 understand that a possible date may be fixed trjballyjhe ones to blame'and the first to complain we drive?


•;::'T;'sajr local.because*TRL research shows that low the road markings, filter lanes, etc,"'oridq we commemorated by a plaque on the hotel wall, , : ■


:<. ,,, • . in the.new year when the Rolls-Royce plant at


when action is taken.However, apparently this The system is a myriad of mixed messages. Barnoldswick holds an “open house” event. I t was the number one concern that was highlighted Within the social realm, given,that speed relat- may, then :be'more appropriate to link our get by the recent mobile community police patrols.’ ed accidents are accountable for about 7 % of acci-'/togetherwith theirs. ;


,! ;As acommuter^from Manchester, and previous V dents, speeding has become a‘ btfeaucraticbbses-;. i - I t was through these early days a t Clitheroe resident of a local village; could it1 Be th a t not ; sion, along with many other th ih ^ 't l ia t^ v e little’1 that Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick was boml much happens in small villages, and given the bearing on the wider and morelmportarit factors amount of biased information released by the }n society.


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authorities about this topic that it was inevitably. Without doubt it is propelled by'.the nanny' to see what becomes of this proposal and when a going to come up. w.;: _


state, wherein such ongoing policies twist and tum su i ta b le date maybe.


. . This questionable public response does, Kowev- into a politically correct nightmare, undermining 1 I t is. my opinion th a t such an event would er, give the police a golden opportunity to intro- logical.and balanced thought,.draining resources \ attract more local interest, and support and be ■diice anew device; hence'the preamble about con- ^


forcing the iritroduftion’of mahyjunhecessaiy really worthwhile to be involved with,


ducting checks on drivers for a period before laws in order to police what arid for whom? enforcement begins!


, Is this policing for policing sake, to be seen to , ' . . , ' I am sorry for. any inconvenience the cancella- , The lack of beat bobbies means mobile policing tionmayhave caused, and hopefully we may be


•-v; S°;,then there is already a speeding problem? . jg one way of connecting with the public; but.are able to meet together again in 20041 And if^the police already conclude that there is a y,e authorities losing the ability to focus from the- DOUGLAS DANIELS


iproblemi' therimonitqimg iqiust about maintain- outside in for the benefit of the majority? One/Commemorative event' .W*pubnc'retoticms. "


be doing something rather than actually adding to productivity where it counts? Punishing speeding drivers means th a t little


; example is North Wales, where speeding convic- , organiser forClitheroe, tions are high but all other crime convictions Newleaze House, remainlow.


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effort is required with no time consuming investi­ gation, as with the detective work that can upset crime rate statistics. Also; the pre-occupation that the authorities


have with speed means minor infringements of limits appears to be placed above burglary, thiev­ ing, mugging, assault and vandalism. What would be number one concern if the mobile police unit parked in Blackburn town centre? If this policy of punishing otherwise iaw abid­


ing people works, then why does the money col­ lected from speeding fines continue to go up and why does the road death rate remain largely unchanged since 1995. The current obsession with lowering speed lim­


its just incriminates more drivers, but does noth­ ing to increase the standard of driving through-


IAN TALBOT, Limefield Road, Radcliffe, Manchester


Why the ‘jet pioneers’ meeting was cancelled


YOU may have read in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times that we were planning to get our “jet pioneers” together on Wednesday of last week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first pow­ ered flight. This was established by Orville and Wilbur


Wright (the Wright Brothers) in December, 1903. The hectic preparations around Christmas time and engagement of civic officials pre-empted such


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Thank you for helping wishes to come true!


I WOULD like to thank everyone who supported the De Tabley Ladies Luncheon Club during '2003. Its chosen charity for the year was the Make a


Wish organisation, which was delighted to receive a cheque for £3,400. -. There Were four lunches held throughout the


year, which gave many ladies the opportunity to eat fine food, enjoy pleasant conversations, dress up in their Sunday best and support a truly joy-,, ous charity. Make a Wish grants wishes for chil-


I am in contact with Richard Haigh,chief exec- utive of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust at Derby,


dren with life-threatening conditions, and in doing so puts magic into the lives of children and their families at a time when they need it most. Anyone who would like to know more about


either the charity or De Tabley Ladies Luncheon Club can contact Karen Rainford on 07801 .446099.


KAREN RAINFORD, Lancashire Coordinator (Volunteer), Viaduct Road, Hoghton, Preston


Help us to make shops shut on Christmas Day


I AM sure that your readers, like me, will have had enough of shopping by the time the shops shut on Christmas Eve and they will be looking forward to a day at home with friends and family on Decern-, ber 25th. That is the kind of Christmas Day that we want for Britain’sv


2.6 million shopworkers. ' However, year on year more and more shops are


opening their doors on Christmas Day, forcing our members to go to work. Even Scrooge let his staff have Christmas Day off! Many of your readers have supported our cam­


paign to keep large shops shut on Christmas Day and I would like to thank them for signing our petition and writing to their MP. January 7th will see the first reading of Durham


North Labour MP Kevan Jones' Christmas Day (Trading) Bill, which will stop all large stores opening on Christmas Day in England and Wales. Your readers can help our campaign by writing


again to their own MR asking that they support the Christmas Day (Trading) Bill when it comes before theCommons. Christmas Day is a very special day and we


believe it should remain so. I would like to wish all your readers a very restful Christmas and a happy New Year.


SIR BILL CONNOR, General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw), 188 Wilmslow Road, Manchester


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THE editor wrote: “Let each try to act with some brotherly kindness and endeav­ our to lighten someone’s burden and cheer some fainting heart at this festive season, and let not the day be spent in the manner described by Thomas Carlyle, who said: ‘AH mortals are tumbling about in a state of drunken saturnalia or delirium, accord­ ing to their several sorts, a very strange method of thanking God for sending them a Redeemer.’” □ In that spirit of goodwill and not cold


charity, the inmates of the workhouse were to be given their Christmas treat and it was trusted that it would be enjoyed and appre­ ciated by them all. □ Christmas hymns were sung at


churches and chapels in all parishes, while during the week hosts of youngsters had been exercising their lungs (and other peo­ ple’s patience) in the singing of Christmas carols.


50 years ago


THE display of 120 Christmas cakes made by girls of the third and fourth forms at Ribblesdale Modern School and Clitheroe RC School attracted many admirers when i t was on view in the window of the Clitheroe gas showrooms. One of the girls made a thoughtful and greatly appreciated gesture when she presented her cake to the children of St Denys’ Home. ' □ Films of two of the company’s prod­


ucts, the Motor Mule and the new Alliga­ tor, were shown more than 100 guests at the staff Christmas party and dance of Atkin­ son’s Agricultural Appliances Ltd, held at the Moorcock Inn. □ The la s t edition of the Clitheroe


Advertiser and Times for 1953 was pub­ lished on Christmas Day. I t advertised that Clitheroe General Post Office would be open on New Year’s Day for all classes of business. □ A list of new books available a t the


library was also advertised. I t included Gun and Spur, by J. Wayne, and The King is Dead, by E. Queen.


25 years ago


THE quarries at Salthill were all set for a major tidy-up - a t the Government’s expense. The quarries had stood unused for many years, but the cost of reclamation was such th a t the council felt unable to spend the money. However, the Depart­ ment of the Environment had agreed a 100% grant and work was expected to start early in the New Year. □ Some 26 members of Clitheroe Moun­


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took second place in BBC TV’s Sports Family of the Year contest. Accompanying the former rugby international was his wife and two children. With 41 points, they were only three short of victory over Rob­ bie Brightwell’s family and well ahead of the Charltons and Closes.


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