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INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


13 Valley Matters ...................................8,9 H Village N ew s ...................................13,14 H Letters.............................................20,21 HWeekendplus ............................... 26-28 S Weekend T V ...................................24,25 IS Family Notices.............................. 22,23 19 Readersplus.........................................34 HJobs...................................... HMotorsplus......................... H Sport...................................


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AT A GLANCE.


.Work to start on ‘danger road’ - page 4 Final Days ... at Bowland High - page 16 Village’s fury over blackouts - page 5 Chipping steam fair special - page 17


INFORMATION


Duty chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church Street, Clitheroe, Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800111999. Water: 0345 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Blackburn Royal Infirmary: 01254 263555. Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Blackburn, Hyndburn and Rib­ ble Valley 01254 207999. Environmental Agency: Emergency Hotline - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Kibble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Rihblc Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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WEEKEND WEATHER: It will be dry on Saturday, with spells of sunshine. There may be some outbreaks of rain on Sunday.


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Winners all in our rail anniversary contest


EVERYONE was a winner in our bumper competition to cele­ brate the 10th anniver­ sary of passenger trains returning to Clitheroe. The Friends of the


Blackburn-Hellifield line generously donated prizes to mark the occasion. First prize of two Apex


return tickets to anywhere in Great Britain was Mrs Sylvia Heys, of Church View, Gisburn. The bottle of Tattinger


Champagne was won by Mrs Joy Phillips, of Park Avenue, Hellifield. The winners of a bottle


of 1994 wine were: Mrs Audrey Allman, Swan Meadow, Clitheroe; Mrs


Pat Dixon, West View, Clitheroe; Miss Victoria Butcher, Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe; Mrs Jean Schofield, Park Avenue, Clitheroe; Mr Brian Rush- ton, Radeclyffe Street, Clitheroe; Mrs Florence Duckworth, Pendleton; Mrs Marie Sutton, Main Street, Gisburn; Miss Bridget Johnson, Peel Street, Clitheroe; Mr Nicholas Simpson, Union Street, Clithero'e; Mrs Michelle Smith, Newton Street, Clitheroe. Winners of day return


tickets from Clitheroe to Manchester were: Mr Brian Race, Whinney Lane, Langho; Adam Wor­ den, Hawthorne Place, Clitheroe; Mr Bernard


The town centre toilets are set to be reopened


PUBLIC toilets in the centre of Clitheroe should be open again soon after being refur­ bished. The toilets in the Ribble Valley Borough


Council car park have been closed for several weeks while work is carried out. The council is also refurbishing public toi­


lets at Clitheroe Cemetery and Hurst Green. However, Clitheroe man Mr Ken Martin,


of Long Close, contacted the Clitheroe Advertiser concerned at the length of time the work was taking. He said that with the summer tourist sea­


son now here, it was not acceptable to have well-used public toilets in the town centre closed. Mr Martin suggested the work could have been carried out during the winter months. Mr Rod Pearce, the borough council’s


senior surveyor, responded to those concerns. He said: “We expect the refurbishment of toilets in the council car park to be complet­ ed in about two weeks. In the meantime there are disabled facilities a t the toilets at Clitheroe Market and these are clearly sign­ posted from the council car park.”


Plant sale helps


charity cash grow A VERY successful plant sale was staged by members of the Rotary Club of Ribblesdale on Saturday. Despite the damp weather, crowds


in their hundreds flocked to support the annual sale, held outside the town’s United Reformed Church in Moor Lane. Up to £500 was raised on the day


and Rotarian David Frost, of Salthill Road, Clitheroe, would like to thank members of the club who donated the plants and Booths supermarket for supplying the plant bags. He said: “I was extremely pleased


by the support we received from the public. The money will be divided between Water Aid and local chari­ ties.” Our picture.shows organisers and customers. (CR290504/1)


Jackson, Milton Avenue, Clitheroe. Prizes can be claimed


from the Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times office, 3


King Street, Clitheroe, from 10 a.m. on Monday June 7th. Prizewinners should bring evidence of identification with them.


Teddy fun at Oakhill


A HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL Teddy bears' picnic was held in the grounds of Oakhill College, Whalley. Some 99 bears and their


young partners from nursery class 1 to Year 6 were seen "gadding about." Nursery chil­ dren through to Year 2 watched Uncle Peter’s magic show., which was followed by a picnic tea. Then there was a Teddy bear


hunt which, as the name sug­ gests, had Teds of all shapes and sizes hiding in the strangest of places. The older children were seen


scurrying around on a treasure hunt to find hidden clues throughout the school grounds before dancing the day away to the Jedi disco. A great day was had by all,


not least the PTA, which made the grand total of £495 for school funds. Pictured is Millie Holden, of


Mellon (s) Our picture ho the


banner outside Cutheroe Railway Station celebrat­ ing the anniversary. (G170504/3o)


‘Grand’ grant for festival


THE Clitheroe ureat Days Festival has been,; awarded £1,000 by the: Arts Council towards its world music concert on Sunday. This year’s show, which •


starts at 7 p.m., will fea-, ture the Hohodza Band,; the Cuban band Asereand i dancers from Zimbabwe.; The grant-will be used towards the artists’ fees to > support the programming development. For ticket information,


contact Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre on 01200 425566.


Results from Pendle Club


SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs M. Parker and Mrs D.


Knight. Bridge winners at the


Pendle Club were: Mrs Sylvia Walsh and Mr Ernest Manning, Mrs Jean Walmsley and Mrs


Jackie Pilling.. Domino winners were:


Mrs V. Giles, joint 2, Mrs R. Kiddie and Mr J. Oddie, joint 3, Mrs F. Cooke, Mrs F. Lofthouse


and Mr F. Giles. Line dancing is held on


Thursdays at 1-30 p.m. and sequence dancing on Tuesdays at 7-30 p.m.


Plant sale


GARDEN gurus will be heading for St Augustine s RC High School, Billing-


ton. on Saturday. Plant expert Peter


Foley has organised a bumper plant sale at 3 p.m., followed by a celebri­ ty charity event at 6-30


p.m.


THERE was a mouth-watering pupils attempted to master the Pictured are Laurie Croasdale treat in store for pupils of Edis- art of eating Japanese food.


ford Primary School, Clitheroe, at On the menu were rice, noodles, foreign treats. (C280504/6a) the start of half-term.


sushi and many more tasty dish- Armed with chopsticks, the es________________________ ture of the Friday treat.


and StefanoDoppola enjoying the • See Page 19 for another pic-


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Siaidburn Silver Band’s CD sells out at its first sale day


by Duncan Smith


MORE than 60 copies of Siaidburn Silver Band’s first CD were sold at its


launch last week. The eagerly-awaited record­


ing was snapped up by music lovers when the band played the first of its four “Brass at the Bounty” concerts at Slaidburn’s Hark to Bounty


Inn. Recorded over two days in


February at Dunsop Bridge Village Hall, the CD, has 15 tracks, many arranged by the band’s talented conductor, John Cowking. The final track was written


by local composer Beverly Ann Stoll and gives the CD its name, “Siaidburn Festival”. I t also features the famous


brass band march, “Siaid­ burn”, written by William Rimmer. He spent time recuperating


from illness in the village and wrote the piece at the request of the band after attending one of its weekly rehearsals. Other tracks range from


brass band standards to film soundtracks and from Chopin to Lennon and McCartney. Priced at just £8, the 15-


track CD is certainly good value for money and can be bought at any of the band’s engagements or from Clitheroe Music, in Moor Lane, Clitheroe. The three remaining Brass


at the Bounty summer con­ certs are planned for Thurs­ days June 24th, July 29th and August 26th, starting at 7-15 p.m. • The band has also donat­


ed two copies to the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times as prizes for a reader competi­ tion.


See next week’s edition for your chance to win.


Students in pioneering programme


THE attitude of young people in the Ribble Valley to drugs, alcohol and tobacco have been canvassed as part of a pioneering project organised by Lancashire County Council and the Lancashire Healthy Schools Pro­ gramme. About 120 pupils from 31 sec­


ondary schools all over the county have taken part in three conferences, which involved discussions on their views and experience of drugs, alco­ hol and tobacco. Pupils from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Ribblesdale


High School Technology College were among those taking part. The young people, aged 12,13 and


14, have taken in workshops sepa­ rately to their teachers to encourage them to be honest about their experi­ ences and knowledge. Every pupil at the conferences


completed a confidential question­ naire answering questions such whether they ever drank alcohol and why; had they smoked and where did they obtain the cigarettes; and whether they or their friends had experienced illegal drugs. All the


information will be collated to find out what drug education and advice is needed in Lancashire schools in coming years. A previous initiative to investigate


the knowledge and experiences of Lancashire primary school pupils proved a big success, with the final report into the findings due to be published later this year. County schools drugs adviser Mr


John Battersby said: "We keep the young people and the teachers in separate rooms so that they can relax and be honest with one another."


Pupils take to dining Japanese style


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