■ CJither(},ejAtjyediper|j^Timsp, Quiz contest


MEMBERS o f . Clitheroe Young Farmers have had a. busy few weeks competing in the County Quiz quarter finals, i The junior team consisting of


John. : Walmsley, Harry: Whitwell and Louise Hartley was successful and is through; to the semi-finals. Members had an enjoyable;


evening when they attended- the Spring Fling at Park Hall, ; Chorley. Meetings have: recently,


included a talk on bee keeping ; and a visit to Rourke’s Forge; where members saw an inter­ esting demonstration followed; by a raffle for the letter opener; they had just seen being made.; Last week’s meeting was at


Shuttleworth Hall Farm, Gis- bum, by kind permission of Mr; and Mrs J. Falshaw and Son. The beef stockjudging winners were: Junior, Peter Lonsdale, placings and Harry Whitwell, reasons; Intermediate, Dan Ashworth, reasons, Richard Whitwell, placings. Next week’s meeting will be


held at Pendleton Village Hall at 7-45 p.m. where all are wel-


African talk


THE Clitheroe Naturalist's society enjoyed a slide show from South Africa at a recent meetings. Frank Mason, former chair­


man; gave a presentation on his family’s three-week trip to South Africa. His talk covered the shanty


towns, Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held pris­ oner, the famous flat topped Table Mountain and wildlife including cheetahs and wilde­ beest. ■


■ ■ ■ ■' , Christine Pickles then


showed slides of winter and summer walks from previous years. These included pictures of past years at the club in the Lake.District, the Dales and the Ribble and Hodder Valleys. Chairman Muriel Carruthers


thanked Frank and Christine for their talks. : Last-week’s meeting was


addressed by Gordon Yates with a talk on the wild life in Spitsbergen and the Seychelles.


YOUNG members of the 1st Clitheroe Beavers and Cubs have been painting the “tiles” red.. The group, which was given the


opportunity to participate in a tile creation workshop with interna­ tionally-acclaimed artist Halima Cassell, is now exhibiting its work a t Clitheroe’s Platform Gallery until March 30th. ; ’


The Beavers and Cubs complet­


ed a workshop that created tile impressions and then went on to


paint the tiles to their own designs. ; The workshop, which was organ-


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. ised b y , the Platform: Gallery, ■. taught the youngsters about differ-'. ; ent methods of decorating tiles i using a variety of tools and under­ standing about shadows to create different shades of colour in their ■ work. Commented Beaver.:leader, Sher-


az Arshad: “We were very-grateful ■ to the Platform Gallery and Hali­ ma Cassell for providing us with'-


such an exciting and educational activity. The Scouts who partici- pated were able to use the work­ shop-to help complete their Cre­ ative Badge.” : The.Carved Earth Workshop Programme is funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and supported by Ribble Valley Borough Council. ■ Our picture shows some of the youngsters who took part in the workshop, (s)


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Have your say at public meeting


RESIDENTS are invited to have; their say on


municipal matters at Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil’s annual public meeting. It mil take place on Tuesday April 11th, at Read


CE Primary School, in Straits Dane, at 7 p.m. Items for discussion will include tli'e new “wheel-


ie bin”, three-stream waste collection, affordable: housing, new highways partnership arrangements, the Clitheroe Castle Campaign, dog fouling and crime prevention. ■ There will be addresses from Ribble Valley


Mayor Coun. Mary Robinson, Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council Leader Coun. Johh Hill, who is the ward member for Read and Simonstone, and Shad­ ow Council Leader Coun. Frank Dyson, followed by a question and answer session.


' The council’s organisation and member develop­ ment manager,; Michelle Smith; said: .“Our annual meetings are an ideal opportunity for people to have their say on issues that concern them. We encourage every resident to come along and make their views knpwn.” . Participants are asked to submit their question


in writing to Michelle Smith,-6rganisation and member development manager, Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council, Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, Lancashire, , BB7 2RA, or michelle.smith@ribblevalley.gpv.uk:


Ancient hamlet is scene of walk for ramblers


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A FIVE-MILE walk for Clitheroe Ramblers, led by John Whitehead, started from the ancient hamlet of Bracewell on a dull, cold afternoon. Walking northerly from St Michael’s Church


down Hall Lane, the group arrived at Stock, men­ tioned in Domesday and a twice deserted hamlet, once in the 12/13th Century and again in the early 19th Century. Various “humps and bumps” in the ground are the only visible remains of Stock and were observed before continuing north west and crossing the A59,road at Benthai, After a break, the walkers returned over the


drier drumlins by Pasture House, where the farmer showed the group his many goats. Prom there the route went down past newly-


converted Burons Lai the, through the attractive hamlet of Horton and across the A59 again by the "old Coronation Hotel", now converted to plush homes, and back to Bracewell.


Serious assault charge


CHARGED with a serious assault in Clitheroe on October 15th last year, Burnley man Marc Jordan Beckett appeared before magistrates in Blackburn. • Beckett (25), of Barry Street, Burnley, is accused oi inflicting grievous bodily harm on Phillip Bolton. He was remanded on bail to appear at court again today.


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Lawyer’s case law is pivotal to court battle


by Julie Magee


CASE law established by a Clitheroe Royal Grammar School old boy is proving pivotal in the high profile court battle surrounding lit­ erary bestseller The Da Vinci


Code. A decision won by intellectual


property lawyer Tony Catterall (51, pictured) in the House of Lords is being used in the court case in which The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is


. accused of copying. A partner at Taylors Solici­


tors in Blackburn, Mr Catter- all’s case concerned the copying


of a fabric design originated by his client - the international fur­ nishings company Designers


Guild. - The case sent plagiarists run­


ning for cover and has a wide ranging application-to all cre­ ative things not limited to designs or books, but also, for


example, to computer pro­ grammes. Until the Taylors case, there


had been a difficulty in drawing the line between the borrowing of an idea and the copying of specific physical parts of the original design. The House of Lords ruled that the proper legal approach


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was to look at the two works as a whole and identify whether any substantial part of the original work was featured in the copy. This could either be through


the exact copying of an impor­ tant component or that the essential features of the origi­ nal have been reproduced in


'the copy, even though none of them is identical. This case law is now being


used in the trial in which Brown and his publishers. Ran­ dom House, are facing allega­ tions. The Da Vinci Code has breached copyright by stealing ideas from a book published in 1982.


. The trial has heard the claim


th a t Brown stole Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh’s idea th a t Jesus had a child. They are suing Random House, claiming the bestseller lifts from their book “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”. Baigent and Leigh’s non-fic­


tion work deals with theories that Jesus and Mary Magda­ lene married and their blood line continues to the present day. Random House, which recently reissued ?The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”, through its Century division, denies the allegation. In the Da Vinci Code,


Brown is accused not only of “lifting random facts”, but also the whole “architecture” and


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TWO teenagers who vandalised temporary traffic controls at road works in Clitheroe could have caused a serious accident, magistrates have warned. And they told a 15-year-old


boy he was lucky that nobody had been seriously injured as a result of his stupidity. The boy, who formerly had an


address in Clitheroe, but now lives with his mother in Black­ burn, pleaded guilty to causing danger by interfering with equipment and criminal damage


5s Teens vandalised traffic lights


to a police station cell door. A charge of damaging property recklessly with intent to endan­ ger life was withdrawn. The magistrates were told the


cost of damage to a generator and traffic lights in Bawdlands in November was £2,687 and that at the time of the offence the boy had been living with his


father. They adjourned for his father


to attend so the question of compensation could be, addressed.


“theme” of the original book, which now has sales of over £40 million and a movie adap­ tation which is currently being made by director Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. Cambridge graduate Mr


Catterall commented: “In a commercial context those copying wait until they see a guaranteed best-selling prod­ uct before they make their copy thereby saving them all the R and D costs, the need to employ a team of designers and the cost and risk of producing a range of designs only a few of which become top sellers. This, is also how the copier can undercut you on price.” The court case ended this


week with a decision expected mid-April.


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A card for mother


A SPECIAL event is being held a t Clitheroe Castle Museum on Satur­ day when children are urged to go along to design and make their own card for their ; mothers ready for - Mothering Sunday. There are three


sessions through­ out the day start­ ing at 11-30 a.m.to: 12-30 p.m., 1 to 2 p.m. and 2-30 to 3- 30 p.m. The cost is only £1.75. Book-- ing is advisable tel. 01200424635.


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