16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, October 4th, 2007 punched


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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Husband Cycling club carry on camping!


his wife A 43-YEAR-OLD Billing- ton man gave his wife a “backhander” after she had picked him up from the pub and driven him to get a takeaway. Blackburn magistrates


heard that Anthony Dono- hoe lashed out at his part­ ner of 22 years when she misheard him and said "pardon." And the court was told Anne Goodland had told police she was no longer prepared to be his punch bag and had ended the relationship. Donohoe, of Billington


Gardens, pleaded guilty to assault. He was remanded on bail for the preparation of a pre-sentence report. Mr Neil White (prose­


cuting) said Donohoe had phoned for a lift home at 6- 50 p.m. on Saturday and when Miss Goodland col­ lected him from the pub he asked-to be taken to Clitheroe to get some food.. “As they drove back'to


Billington he said some­ thing she didn't hear,” said Mr White.-“She said ‘par­ don’,: he said she had heard, she said she hadn't and he lashed out hitting her on the nose with the back of his right hand.” . ~ - Miss Goodland later told police it wasn't the


' first time Donohoe had punched her and she was no longer prepared to tol­ erate his behaviour. Mr Ben Leech (defending) said the problems of the past 12 months revolved around his client’s alcohol consumption at weekends. “He paints a picture of


normal family life Monday to Friday when they get on well,” said Mr Leech. “He accepts that at the


weekends he drinks to excess and that is some­ thing he needs to address.” Mr Leech said th a t


despite the indications from Miss Goodland, Donohoe hoped the rela­ tionship could be rekin­ dled.


Vandalism


MINDLESS ’ vandals tipped paint and oil on top of an L-registered vehicle. The incident happened


between 9 p.m. on Friday and just after midnight on Saturday while the vehicle was parked in Primrose Street, Clitheroe.


£100 damage


VANDALS caused an estimated £100 damage when they smashed a sin­ gle-glazed window of a house in Whalley Road, Read. Police investigations are


continuing into the inci­ dent, which took place some time over the week­ end.


A NEWLY formed cycling club enjoyed its inaugural camping weekend. Held a t Oakhill College,


Whalley, the event organised by the Northern Counties Vet­ eran and Classical Cycling Club attracted members from Carlisle, Durham, Teeside, Leeds and Leicester.


Those who attended had met


previously at “Cycle Jumbles” held at the Valley school. On the first day a Ribble Val­


ley cycle took place, with riders calling a t several popular cycling cafes. In the evening Robin


Hothersall.'of Waddington, gave an illustrated talk on Hill


Specials - the “Rolls-Royce” of bicycles which were made local­ ly at the Clarion Cycle works in Padiham immediately follow­ ing the Second World War. And on Sunday, the group


rode up to the ILP Clarion tea­ room at Roughlee. The weekend proved to be such a success it is hoped that


it will become an annual get together. • The NCVCCC was formed


in March to provide events including an open rally, as well as attending other UK affiliat­ ed clubs’ rallies. In 2010, the local club will host the Nation­ al Rally. • Membership is open to all


Man’s dog ban lifted


A7.71-YEAR-OLD man jailed for cruelty to horses 10 years ago has had an animal disqualification order par­ tially lifted. John Robert Muir Layland


was jailed for four months and banned from keeping horses and dogs for life following a case which attracted national public­ ity in 1997. The dead and emaciated hors­


es became known as the “Gis- bum 16” after they were rescued from his farm in Settle Road, Newsholme, and taken in by the Brierfield-based Horse and Pony Protection Association (HAPPA). . The former racehorse trainer


and master of the hunt has breached the order on several occasion by having control of


dogs, said to have belonged to a friend, Christine Green. In 2004 he was jailed for a breach of the order when a Greyhound ran from his house and killed a neighbour’s cat. However, after hearing that


there was never any suggestion the dogs in his care had been mistreated, Blackburn magis­ trates allowed an application to remove the disqualification for having care or control of dogs. The ban on keeping horses remains in force. Layland, of Demesne Farm


Barn, Settle Road, Newsholme, pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching the order in March and was made subject to com­ munity supervision for six months, which will run along­ side an existing order. The mag­ istrates made no order for costs


after hearing that Layland still owes £6,500 from the original case, £5,000 of which is owed to HAPPA as part of the costs they incurred in treating the horses, some of which are still housed at their Brierfield farm. Layland, who is dependent on


a state pension, is paying the debt at £52 a month. Mr Graham Tindall (defend­


ing) said the suggestion to apply for the ban on keeping dogs to be lifted had come from a police officer who was arresting Lay- land for one of the latest breach­ es.


“He could see the dogs were


clearly in good health arid that has always been the case when­ ever my client has breached the order,” said Mr Tindall. “There have been breaches of the order, but there has never been any


suggestion the dogs have been mistreated in any way, shape or form.” Mr Tindall said that up until


1990,’ Layland had been a very successful businessman, but when his business interests fell into difficulties he declared him­ self bankrupt. “Things got on top of him


and he let things slide,” said Mr Tindall. “Th at is when the offences that led to the order being made were committed." On announcing their decision,


the magistrates said they had some sympathy for Layland, who presented as a lonely man who probably needed the dogs more than they needed him. The magistrates said their decision would be communicat­ ed to the RSPCA so they could monitor the situation.


interested parties and it is not essential to own a veteran or classic machine. For further details, please


contact the membership secre­ ta ry Ian Dunning via ian- swheels54@yahoo.co.uk Cycling club members are


pictured outside Oakhill Col­ lege. (s)


Gun is found


in man’s car A 32-YEAR-OLD man appeared before Blackburn magistrates after a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition were found in his car on the A59 near Clitheroe. The court heard that James


Whitworth, of York Avenue, Rochdale, was injured when his car collided with a lamp-post shortly before midnight last Tuesday. After he had been taken to


hospital police found the weapon and ammunition in a bag in the passenger footwell. Philippa White (prosecuting)


said that acting on information given by Whitworth about another weapon, police had been digging up the garden of an address in Heywood, Man­ chester. Whitworth was sent in cus­ tody to Preston Crown Court.


Valley company launches £2m. landmark development


REGIONAL . brewer Daniel Thwaites has appointed- Ribchester- based Workhouse Creative Marketing to launch a £2m. landmark develop­ ment in Lancaster. The Penny Street Bridge


development is a brand new bar, hotel and dining experience in the heart of Lancaster city centre. Workhouse, a full service marketing agency, has been appointed to handle the branding, public rela­ tions and online marketing for the prestigious high- profile development. Richard Ball, Customer


Marketing Manager of Daniel Thwaites, said: “Penny Street Bridge is a


real landmark for Thwait­ es. Workhouse has the right mix of experience, creative talent and local knowledge to help Penny Street Bridge be an lmnr


diate success.” Mark Jones, Managin


Director'of Workhous Marketing, added: “We’r delighted to have been cho sen to handle the launch o such a prestigious develop ment for Thwaites.” Fo more information on th


development, v' s'^ www.pennystreetbridge.co uk


Our picture shows th


team at Workhouse Cre ative Marketing celebrat ing the deal with Thwait es. (s)


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Fun day boost for children’s hospital


A FUN day at a Ribble Valley pub raised £700 for a hospital where the landlord’s nephew was treated as a baby. The event at the Aspinall Arms, at Mit-


ton, was described as a great success, despite the numbers attending being affected by two serious accidents on either side of the pub in Mitton Road. The acci­ dents blocked the route and poor weather also set in during the afternoon. ^Highlight of the afternoon was the release of 800 balloons. There was also a barbecue, raffle and a


variety of sideshows which all raised funds for Pendlebury Children’s Hospital in Manchester where Charlie Forster, nephew of landlord Simon, was treated for kidney problems at nine and 16 weeks of age and who remains under the care of a consultant today. The pub is still waiting to hear which of


the balloons has travelled the furthest - as we went to press, replies had been received from the Doncaster and York areas.


VISITORS fo the Aspinall Arms (T170907/lb) Placing the spotlight on future travel


SCHOOLS in the Ribble Valley will be learning more about sus­ tainable transport thanks to a county council-backed play. Waddington and West Bradford,


Waddington, Sabden and Simon- stone primary schools will be among 50 schools see a performance of “The Road Race”, a Theatre in Education production, which brings sustainability messages dra­ matically to life.


The lively drama, performed by


the Southampton-based theatre group “StopWatch”, is aimed at junior school children. The performance is designed to


support School Travel Plans, which are currently being developed by the participating schools. The tour has been organised by


Lancashire County Council’s School Travel Plan Group. Rob Hancock, school travel plan adviser, said: “Audience members


are invited to be participants in the' play and are magically transported 50 years into the future where they find a world where the journey to school takes almost as long as the school day itself. “The congested, polluted,


stressed and unfit world they expe­ rience is based on worst case sce­ nario predictions. “The audience is charged with


solving the problems of life in the latter part of the 21st Century.”


When the benefits of walking,


cycling and public transport are discovered, the participants travel back to their own time. There they develop a personal


action plan to change short jour­ neys that they currently make by car, which they could safely, and with the permission of their par­ ents, make by other means. A final thought encourages the


audience to spread the message to their family and friends.


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