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A SATURDAY night burglar got ued at almost £1,000 was stolen. It 1“ ° a house in Central Avenue, included a Sony camcorder model Clitheroe, through an insecure TRV130E, two Nokia mobUe tele- window. A tidy search was made phones, a jacket and a fleece, of the premises and property val- Police are investigating.


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MEMBERS of Clith­ eroe Conservative Ladies' Darts Team chose to forgo trophies this season. Instead, the money has been donated to the First


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Celebrations planned


a supported environment. Residents, most­ ly over 80, have their own rooms and furni­ ture, but are supported by professional and volunteer helpers.


by the Abbeyfield Castle View House, Clitheroe. Abbeyfield provides sheltered housing in


years ago by Mrs P. Cliff. Several people including Messrs Dick Newlove, John Cliff and Roy Dewhurst had worked hard to bring the Abbeyfield concept to Clitheroe. A special lunch is among events planned.


Blood donor sessions


BLOOD donor sessions will take place at Clitheroe Parish Church School on Thurs­ day next week between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and 5-30 p.m. and 7-30 p.m.


The Castle View complex was opened 10


CELEBRATIONS are being organised to mark a decade of service to the community


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over the British Isles and Southern Ire­ land in the hopes of making some good purchases and they were not disappoint­ ed,” says Silverwoods’ manager Mr Wilf Mould.


closed 10 days before the original deadline, as 650 lots had been entered. “Prospective buyers travelled from all


with some very enthusiastic bidding on some unexpected lots. We are expecting busy times for the next such sale on Satur­ day, July 26th.”


"Trade was strong from first lot to last, The best price of the sale was £800 for Abbey ruins provide


interesting subject MEMBERS of Ribblesdale Camera Club successfully tried out a new idea


a photographic session around the priory ruins. The light was good all afternoon, but


to Bolton Abbey where they walked along the river and up the Valley of Des­ olation to the waterfalls. Later, members met with others who were unable to make the earlier time for


improved still further during the evening and a pleasant day was concluded with a meal at the Devonshire Arms. New members, who are welcome, can contact Ken Geddes on 01200 423474.


last week to overcome failing light which often limits meetings in the evening. They met in the afternoon and went


rural and domestic bygone sales at Clitheroe Auction Mart are attracting increasing crowds. The last bygones catalogue had to be


Great Harwood - the last one featured the contents of a Halifax farm.


“They included dilapidated early to mid-19th Century oak and pine furniture


plaque fetched £400 and in paintings there was £400 for a Cawthom hunting oil.


Naturalists sunny day out on a royal birthday


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with perfect weather and fine views, continued up the Leek Val­ ley following for the most part the course of the Leek Beck to where it issues, from underground for a considerable distance, from Ease Gill and the far reaches of Leek Fell, itself surmounted by the Three Men of Gragareth - three


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bank among the moorland bed- straw in the valley by the beck. The sun shone overhead and, it being the Queen’s official birthday, a fly past was seen of one four- engined Second World War bomber and a Hurricane, presum­ ably returning to base.


gill were fairly strenuous, but the reward was the sighting of so many species of plants including a display of butterworts. Also seen were small red damsel flies close to the surface of stagnant moorland pools preparing to deposit their eggs. There were small heath but­ terflies and meadow pipits rising near and far from moorland grass­ es and heather. Lunch was taken on a grassy


prominent cairns on the distant high horizon. Parts of the walk as far as the


road from where the Bronte sisters went to school for a short time, ending in the death of one of them and the illness of the others. A plaque on the wall of the building records their presence there. The walk, enhanced throughout


The group left just across the


Bull Pot of the Witches, mysteri­ ously deep and shrouded by trees, but resonant with the sound of rushing water. The area round the farm, which is now a base for pot- holers, sported an array of wild flowers in bloom, particularly a good display of broad-leaved marsh orchids blooming deep lilac purple.


Barbondale and by the course of Barbon Beck a woodland path was followed to Barbon. The ragged robin plant grew in several places at the edge of the woodland. As the party emerged from the


The walk continued down into


woodland into the grounds of Bar­ bon Park it found itself in the mid­ dle of a car rally. Proceedings had to be stopped


and the leader of the walk was thanked. • The next walk is in the


Howarth area on Saturday. The coach will leave from Clitheroe


Interchange at 9-30 a.m. and places can be booked by ringing 428117.


with a commentary given over the loudspeakers. However, the day ended well


while the stewards shepherded the naturalists across the track into the bemused crowd of spectators


short but steep climb, which taxed the endurance of several members, the path to Bull Pot Farm was fol­ lowed bordered by the entrances to several potholes and shakeholes. Near the farm was the famous


Once past East Gill and after a


clock needing probably a month’s restora­ tion work brought £1,250. Among the ceramics a Clarice Cliff


paid by a local oak enthusiast for a very unpromising 17th Century oak table in extremely poor condition - so bad, in fact, that the vendor had been prepared to bum it rather than send it to the auctionl” A mahogany and oak cased grandfather


which appealed to dealers,” says Mr Mould. “The most surprising result was £650


an Edward VII post box, but chimney pots were well in demand at £125, a hand­ cart made £350 and a butcher’s bike reached £90.


for a bargain from all over the coun- bottles, £100 for a small anvil, £90 for a try are flocking to buy a t expanding


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There was £22 for a crate of old milk c'leese press and £45 for a pair of old


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Farmer; to aid thl


by Vivien Meath


MAKING Countryside Stj ship work for Ribble Valley JE was the theme of a recent F j Farming event held at White! Myerscough College is co-orcl


th e Forward Farming p ro je c t North-West of England as a me! the Elite Consortium with the |


tion of on-farm events through! region.


I At New Laund, John Alpe, whl


ing part in the Forward Farming p | a monitor farm”, held an evening | devoted to looking at the integrl the Countryside Stewardship schel his own farming system, which if the transition to organic farming. [ The event was themed to help t l ers see how they might benefit fro!


ing into a Countryside S lew J scheme agreement.


I The evening was supported by iV*


O’Kane, from FWAG and L a n I Rural Futures, and Nicola WurzlI the Environment Agency.


f The Alpe family have farmed


land since the 1960s with New L a i more recently nearby Dinkling G rJ ownership of Higher Greystonel'| shadow of the Bowland Ililij Whitewell. In this time, Mr Alpe I family have run enterprises such


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layers and retailing the eggs to lo] lets and finishing pigs on contract. 1 The farm business identifies fi\|


income streams coming from dal beef, sheep, turkeys and environmil an important clement with each J mentary to the other.


I Mr Alpe told farmers of his own|


Act of com Zulu warril


A MARCH covering 2,000 mile South Africa to N a ta l was the s of a ta lk enjoyed by members l R ib b le Va lley b ra n c h of t h i l


cashire Family History and Hel Society.


I Mr Alex Leonard related the si


his maternal grandfather, Mr A Was sail, who e n lis te d in t h J S ta f fo rd sh i re V o lu n te e rs a n f involved in the march.


I The army crossed the Buffalo!


invaded Zululand and set up cair! The Zulu King, incensed b>|


actions, sent his warriors a t dll J a n u a ry 22nd, 1879, to a t t a l British camp. A terrible defeat w| fered by the British. The soldiers fled over rocky


and had to cross the Buffalo Riv<| Mr Wassail, who was riding a f


pony, had almost reached safetl he heard a cry for help from Pte r


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