The Clitheroe Thursday, August 10th, 2006 No. 6,263 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Price 60p vertiser andTiimes


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A FATHER and son metal detecting in a Clitheroe farm field unearthed 28 medieval


coins. And an inquest ruled the


coins are officially treasure and Ron Blair and his son, James, must now wait for an offer of “reward” from the British Museum. “We have no idea how much


it will be, but we are not expect­ ing a fortune,” said Ron (60), of Windermere Avenue, Clitheroe. “When we were given permis­ sion to search the land we agreed to split anything we found, of value 50/50 with the landowner and that is what we will be doing.” Ronald and his son, James


(37), of Nelson Street, Clitheroe, initially started find­ ing coins on the ploughed land near Clitheroe on March 18th. They found more coins the fol­ lowing day and returned a week later to complete the search. Among the silver coins they


found were pennies, halfpen­ nies, groats and half groats from the time of Edward I and Edward II, Henry V and Hemy VI. The earliest date back to 1351 and the youngest were minted around 1427. Mr Blair, who lives with his


wife, Jane, told the inquest he and his son had found all the coins in a 10m square plot. They had also found some lead nails which may have been part of an original container and these had been forwarded to the Museum of Lancashire acting on behalf of the British Muse­ um. He said they had decided to


search in the area because there was a medieval church nearby, and because of the proximity to the Roman town of Ribchester. “People like Cromwell have


been through the area so it seemed like a likely spot,” he told the inquest. A report from the British


Museum said the face value of the coins was five shillings and three pence, equivalent in today’s terms to between £50 and £100. Coroner Michael Sin­ gleton found the haul to be treasure. His verdict will be passed to the British Museum who will then contact the find­ ers and the landowner with an offer of a reward for the find. The owner of the land asked


not to.be identified for fear that unauthorised treasure hunters may invade his farm in search of further treasure. Our picture shows Mr Blair


and his grandson, Jamie Angel (6), with the metal detector. (CR090806/1)


Annette down


THE perseverance of a Ger­ man television reporter, who lost touch with a former Clitheroe man she met on holiday, paid off this week. Annette Hoth (39) was


desperate to locate the man she knew only as “Roger” so much that she e-mailed the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times asking readers for their help. And following an article


appearing in last week’s paper, the man she describes as her “prince”, got in touch after being alerted by friends and family who had read the piece. Miss Hoth (pictured), met


Roger in Belfast on July 21st when he was out on a stag night, but sadly the two part­ ed company before they had chance to exchange names or numbers. Describing him as the


“most caring” and “best looking guy” she had ever met. Miss Hoth, subsequent­ ly also appealed for informa­ tion via two Belfast radio shows and a personal adver­ tisement in a Belfast newspa­ per.


All Miss Hoth knew about


Roger was that he was bom and raised in Clitheroe, was in his late 30s and now lived


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in Belfast. “He moved there nine years ago, when he got married to a Belfast girl. The marriage lasted only 18 months, but he has been liv­ ing there ever since,” Miss Hbth added. She also knew that either


Roger’s mum or dad were one of 12 brothers and sisters, and that one of them lives in Belfast too, just like his nephew, Roger, both of whom are almost the same age. It turns out that the mys­


tery man is in fact Roger Philip Poole (40), who left Clitheroe around 12 years ago, to live in Ireland. A former employee of Cas­


tle Cement, Mr Poole has now been texting Miss Hoth. A delighted Miss Hoth commented: “I ’m in heaven! I would like to thank you all very much indeed!”


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