12 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 30th, 2003
Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified),
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial) H e l by Vivien Meath
IT has been another excellent season for tourism throughout
the Ribble Valley. Visitors have recorded glowing
tributes of appreciation in books left. in hotels, bed and breakfast estab lishments and self-catering cottages. On Friday, it was time for, those
responsible for ensuring that visitors to the Ribble Valley receiye;a warm: welcome to take a well-deseryed. evening off.
;'i (V / / Members of Ribble Valley Tourism
Association held their- annual dinner at the Calf's Head Hotel, Worston. Guests included Ribble Valley's
Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. Alan Yearing and Mrs Susan Yearing, the borough council's chief executive, Mr David Morris and his wife, Nan, and officials of the Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce. Coun. Yearing likened his role as
Mayor to tourism association mem bers. He was, he said, as much an ambassador for the Ribble Valley, as those working in the tourism industry were ambassadors for the area. The Ribble Valley was, he said, "a
fantastic area," adding that all those present should be privileged to be liv ing in such an area. He fully under stood, he said, how it was sometimes tempting to keep areas such as the Ribble Valley a little bit secret.
■ . ’ r - Not a native of the area, he told din
ners that he moved to the Ribble Valley 17 years ago and before then knew nothing about it. "We have lived here now longer than we have lived in any
{other town. I don't want to move away (from this area again. It has too much
' of a hold over myself and Susan," he /added. Following an excellent meal, the
made that his wife booked him a stall at a church craft fair in a bid to reduce their number and, he said, everything snowballed from thereon. He showed guests some of his
antique and hand-crafted walking sticks and described their history.
speaker, Mr Brian White, explained the history behind his hobby, making and collecting walking sticks. He had retired from the police force six or seven years earlier, was a former mem ber of Rotary International and became an ambulist after seeing an advertisement for the British Stick- makers'Guild. So many walking sticks had he
Ebony topped sticks, sword sticks-. (now banned),-glass sticks, Burmese trekking sticks, those bearing carvings of animals' heads, Jersey giant cab bage sticks and sticks topped with,, rams' horns were among his extensive collection. , There was, he said, a book entitled:
"Fascinating Walking Sticks," by A. E; Boothroyd, which was initially two • shillings and sixpence, but was now; changing hands for around £150 a copy. Throughout his talk, Mr White regaled his audience with snapshots of his life in the police force arid caused some amusement when he produced and wore his original policeman's cape and helmet. Proposing the vote of thanks, Mrs
Freda Pilkington said she did not realise there were so many stories asso ciated with walking sticks and sug gested that everyone could do to have their own personalised stick reflecting their individual personality. A draw closed the evening. Association chairman Mr Peter
Carpenter thanked all who attended and also praised the Calf's Head for the "first class" meal and service. Pictured are guests and association officials. (CR241003/v)
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July.this year,-I spenta'week ’ - at the Advertiser-and Times as part of my work . expenence witK Ribblesdale High School. , , Working with, and being in the company of Tim
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?-/I;h'ave'never known soineb'M iab o u t^h ^ tn i^ ^ s prbiraij&Ii6^g' be done,'but also influencing others to do the same.' One thing is for sure - 1 certainly left your office •
in characteristic pose, ensuring the everything is perfectly set up before he takes the all-important picture (s)
Busy day’s trading at Gisburn Auction Mart
A BUSY day’s trading at Gisburn Auction Mart on Saturday, Octo ber 18th, saw 191 cattle and 1,287 sheep forward for sale. There were 405 breeding sheep, Mule ewes made to £68 (average
£46.07), Texel ewes £60 (£60), Suf folk ewes £27 (£19.67), Cheviot ewes £34 (£34), Swale ewes £38 (£21.12), Grit ewes £31 (£27.49), Mule Gim- mer lambs £70 (£66.76), Swale Gim- mer lambs £40 (£33) and Texel Gim- mer lamb £42 (£38.71). Top price was £70, achieved by G.
B. Holt selling to A. T. Maude. There were 843 store lambs forward. Texel
x store lambs made to £42 (average £37.26), Suffolk x store lambs £37 (32.32), Mule x store lambs £35 (£28.73) and Herdwick x store lambs £32.50 (£22.42). Top price of £42 was achieved by Four-
stones Estate selling to P. Watson. There were 39 rams forward. Texel aged
rams made to £80, Texel shearling rams £360 (average £234.44), Texel ram lamb £160 (£117.50), Beltex Shearling rams £120,
L. J. Mellin selling to Newhouse Bros. There were 16 breeding cattle forward.
Beltex ram lamb £50, Suffolk Aged ram £175 (£112.50), Suffolk shearling rams £220 (£185), BFL aged rams £260 (£180) and BFL shearing rams £350 (£237.50). Top price was £360 achieved by J. W. and
Cows with bull calves at foot, made to £500 (average £486), cows with heifer calves at foot £640 (£446.67) and in calf heifers £520. Top price for breeding cattle was £640,
achieved by J. R. Mellin selling to E. A. and H. Hanson. There were 77 store bulls. BB x bulls
(green) made to £492 (average £420.53), Charolais x bulls (green) £600 (£397.73), Limousin x bulls (green) £520 (£356.66), Simmental x bulls (green) £465 (£414.50), Friesian x bulls £230 (£210) and Limousin x bulls (red) £430 (£406.87). Top sale price was £600 achieved by R.
steers (green) made to £500, (average 487.50), Belgian Blue x steers (blue) £550 (417.50), Limousin x steers (blue) £582 (£430.33), Simmental x steers (blue) £628 (£544.60), Aberdeen Angus x steers (blue) £380, Friesian x steers £370 (£236.66) and Hereford x steers (red) £385 (£397.50).
Top sale price was £628 achieved by R. Murray selling to R. Middletont
- There were 65 store heifers forward.
Aberdeen Angus x heifers made to £260 (average £246.66), Blond d'Aquitaine x heifers £382, Belgian Blue x heifers £500 (£318.73), Charolias x heifers £350 (£297.60) and Limousin x heifers £462 (328.93). Top price was £500 achieved by J. W.
Mellin selling to Mr Eastwood. Last Monday’s sale saw 1,397 sheep
including 1,214 lambs and 183 ewes and rams. In the fatstock, there were 72 cast cows forward. Lambs up to 32kg made to 98.4p (average
Sutcliffe selling to R. Middleton. There were 32 store steers. Limousin x
84.5p), 33 to 39kg 17.1p (102.8p), 40 to 45kg 113.4p (101.7p), 46 to 52kg 103.0p (93.3p), 53kg-plus to 95.3p (90.9p). The top kilo price of 35kg at 117.1p was
achieved by A. J. Lee to Rossendale Meats. The top price per head was £54 achieved by D. Heselton to A. Atkinson. .In the ewes and rams, horned ewes made
to £40.50 (average £14.55), other ewes £48.50 (38.03) and rams at £43 (31.80). Top sale price was £48.50 achieved by S. Ashworth to W. Gates.
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.within ;the-"Advertiser camp".-;someone‘;we knew; .:/death of Tim, and trusted and who was always supportive of any- I first met Tim 50 years ago when he thing we did, and genuinely interested in what we;>- and I- were in the same form at Nelson were trying to do......
rn:_ ' Grammar School.
. I liked bumping into Tim in-town, and exchang- As you rightly said in your obituary of ing a friendly word.
‘ - Tim he was chasing fire engines from a I will missthat, and feel very sad that he has been yery early age, and whilst he was proba- " IV. n '1.' U i L LI XT*. 11 m
by the' untimely/ -.(during his school days loved by all at'Ned-* ■ son Grammar.„I cannot imagine.Tim
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his.retirement and the enjoyment of see- bly the most uncoordinated person at ing his grandchildren growing up, and their, delight s ; s p o r ts '^ athletics I have ever seen, his at the Advertiser and Times, as he will be in him being their grandfather.
, ’ speed in reaching a breaking story was missed by many, many people.”
. -.(We have three grandchildren. They are a constant:, phenomenal! It was apparent to us all at : KEITH BRUNSKILL, Bolton-by-Bowland
source of delight to my wife and m y s e lf I would (, the time where Tim’s future lay have loved Tim to have had that for himself.”
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friendship .will be much missed. Please • JANE BULLOCK' 7 * ' Senior reporter,
■ .: PETER AND CAROLYN ANWYL, News Centre, Lancashire County Council. l '
.this week were extremely fitting and I am sure were T'' 1 related to by many of your readers.
Integrity, friendship Professional and : will be missed
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1 ,“OUR thoughts are with you and the “PROFESSIONALandpolitejournal- g staff at this time of sadness over,Tim's ists seem to be on the decline these days," so losing someone of Tim's calibre is very;: ■
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sa ;« “I WAS saddened to read about the acknowledged me when we chanced to 'death of Tim Procter. He interviewed me meet in Clitheroe. I know he will be sadly
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having an enemy in the world. - He had a very sharp mind and forth right views on all manner of things, and often his appearance belied this fact. I can best,describe Tim as having a Rolls- Royce brain in a Ford Escort chassis. I know he will be greatly missed by all
start of its'councU meeting..: ' Below are excerpts from ' some'of the many tributes ‘ received throughout the past”
ll,„ w' oprlnir ntWli^o'aapvSpn ol Wknf. ( mitiu<of6 cilonrA nrinr in fit a WCCK. N '* * ' ' by Vivien Meath
THE modern signifi cance of harvest time was demonstrated by pupils of Oakhill Col lege, Whalley. Harvest celebrations in
Britain date back to pre- Christian times when the success of the crop gov
erned the lives of the peo ple. Saxon farmers offered
the first cut sheaf of corn to one of their gods of fer tility, in order to safeguard
in, a celebratory supper was held to which the whole community was invited. The children from the
a good harvest the follow ing year. When the harvest was
school's preparatory department, their parents and grandparents attended the harvest celebration. The children introduced
the harvest through song, recitals and dance, with Year 3 pupils dancing in wellingtons with umbrellas to the tune "Singing in the Rain" and the reception
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Private who hel chariti
rington General Hospital. His wife, Mary, had pre-deceas
A MAN who had spent more in the Ribble Valley and wh tragically in July, has died. Allan Boucher died of pneu
following injuries received in a ca Mr Boucher was born in Ban
in 1916. He was educated at St Cumbria and, after gaining a engineering at Liverpool Unive for Bebington and then Bristol councils. After a spell in Uganda, he ret
for Leigh, Wigan and Accringto as the deputy and then borougi retired in the 1970s and took on ernment inspector for 10 years. He played cricket for New B
few games for the Minor Count} also had a trial for Cheshire at While living abroad, he repres and East Africa at cricket. He saw active service duri
mandy, was wounded and me patches. Following his work as borou
World War and as a major with the Durham Light Infantry, he six days after D-Day itself. He was involved in heavy fi
Accrington, he became a govern inspector and finally retired in 1 a brief spell living in Harpendei his wife settled in Clitheroe. Mr Boucher was a member
Rugby Union for a long time an his wife regularly attended Li England games. He had a two-year office as pi
Old St Beghians’ Club. Latterly, he joined Probus in
the time of the club's meeting tl brought forward by half-an-hou bers could attend the funeral Church, Waddington. Just before he died, his great-g
dy, aged two months, visited h and Mr Boucher clearly enjoyed of being the head of four generat er men! He was essentially a very priv
who had looked after Mr Bouch ticularly the "wonderful staffs' Clitheroe and Warrington hospit
Have you any new; Newsdesk on 01200
his own activities, but along with ported many charities and took in taking part in the communit. they lived. The family has expressed it.
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