Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, Aprii 24th, 2008 Delft pot sold for £14,500


A WONKY blue pot thought to be worth £100 has been sold at a Clitheroe auction for £14,500. The battered blue pot - which is


believed to be early English Delft AVare - was used as a planter before being hidden in a Kibble Valley attic for years. Buyers at the Silverwoods Spring Cat­


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alogue auction sale on Thursday want­ ed the pot for the naivety of the decora­ tion, even though it was in poor condi­ tion. It emerged that the very early date of


the piece and its rarity meant that at least four major dealers were interested and bidding went through the roof. The pot (pictured) was eventually bought by a West Country specialist. The oval trough is blue earthenware,


handpainted with Chinese scenes, over­ glazed, with bun feet and lion mask han­ dles - the feet are not equal in size caus­ ing it to lean. Silverwoods Auctioneer Wilf Mould


said: “It became clear during viewing that this piece was rather more valuable than we had originally thought - but this price for a pot in its condition really shows that there can be money in your attic when you least expect it.” The market for Chinese, Indian and Islamic ceramics is particularly strong.


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Man cleared of bid to kill his ex-wife


A MAN has been cleared of trying to murder his estranged wife in a knife at tack a t her


Ribble Valley caravan home. Allan Murgatroyd (61) was also


found not guilty of an alternative charge of wounding Mth intent to do grievous bodily harm, but the jury at Preston Crown Court did find him guilty of a lesser offence of unlawful wounding. He will be sentenced for that offence on May I6th. During his three-day trial, the


Crown had claimed that Murga­ troyd lay in wait for his wife, Linda (44), at her caravan home on the Todber site near Gisbum. He was alleged to have repeat­


edly stabbed out at her, resulting in injuries to her stomach, mouth, hands and knee, having told her: “I’m going to prison. I'm going to kill you”. It was also claimed that he later


told an arresting officer: “I was going to kill her, I really was and I meant to do it.” Murgatroyd, of St Clements


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Court, Barrowford, was further remanded in custody following the verdicts. His barrister, Mr Mark Stuart,


told the court: “He knows it will be an immediate custodial sen­ tence. The only question is whether a pre-sentence report is needed.” • The judge, Mr Justice Irwin,


said he preferred to have such a report, adding: “It is inevitably a significant custodial sentence”. During the trial the court heard


that Murgatroyd and his \vife had been married for more than a


decade before their marriage broke down last year. She ended up stay­ ing on at the Todber caravan park, where she worked in the bar, while he moved to Barrowford. Miss Hilary Manley (prosecut­


ing) alleged that Mrs Murgatroyd had just returned home to her car­ avan in the early hours of Novem­ ber nth last year when the defendant grabbed her and held a knife to her throat. It was claimed that during the tussle which followed he stabbed at her, accusing her of infidelity, and that she also suffered cuts to her hands while trying to grab the blade. M u r g a -


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station, saying he thought he had tried to kill his wife and wanted to give himself up. In his evidence to the court,


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access arrangements to their daughter. He had tried to get in touch and finally went round to the caravan at around 1-45 a.m. that Sunday morning to try and speak to his wife. She was not home and he fell


asleep. He said he picked up a knife, thinking she would talk to him then. “I thought I’d threaten her with


this knife and she’d take notice,” he told the court. He denied ever holding the knife


to her neck, or saying that he was going to prison and that he was going to kill her. Murgatroyd said they had


ended up on the floor, but he had not deliberately tried to stab her in the stomach. His barrister, Mr Mark Stuart,


asked him: “Did you at any stage deliberately try to stab her?” “No” was Murgatroyd’s reply. His counsel then asked him:


“When on the floor, were you try­ ing in any way to hurt her?” The defendant responded: “No,


I wasn’t trying to hurt her.” He added that his vvife said she


needed a cigarette, so he got up to get her one. “She came running at me,” he


said. “She came and ran at the side of the door. I turned to get hold of her. When she opened the door we both seemed to fall out.” He denied having slashed at her


mouth with the knife, but did not remember how her stomach injury arose. He also could not remember how the hand injuries were caused, but told the court he felt “terrible” about what happened.


Open day at woodland heralds arrival of spring


SPRING has sprung and one Lancashire countryside haven is inviting people to enjoy some time in the great out­ doors. Spring Wood near Whalley


is in the heart of the Ribble Valley and offers a wide range of countryside activities from simple picnicking in attractive surroundings to gentle walks in the woodland and more strenuous walks onto Pendle Hill and the surrounding countryside. The Friends of Spring Wood will be holding an open


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will also be pleased to meet anyone who would like to become a member of our group and volunteer to spend time with us maintaining and improving the woodland.”


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Jungle survival SINGLE PRICE IN THE STORE! tests for soldier


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A CLITHEROE soldier is spending five weeks in the jungles of Central America, learning how to survive and fight in a hot, humid and unforgiving environment. Kingsman Paul Briggs (27), pictured,


is one of 600 men of the 2nd Battalion the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (2 LANCS), among a larger 800-strong bat­ tle group deployed on Exercise Tropical Storm in Belize. The remaining 200 soldiers include


men and women from attached units of artillery, engineers, logistics and medical. A former pupil of Ribblesdale High


School Technology College, Clitheroe, Kingsman Briggs has served in the Army for nine months and is the son of Stuart and Susan Briggs. He also has a younger brother, Mark. “I have been told to expect to get bit­


ten a lot by the mosquitoes and that I will probably lose a lot of weight in the jungle,” said Kingsman Briggs, who is trained as a rifleman. “Joining the Army was something I


had always wanted to do. After high school, I was doing painting and decorat­ ing and after that, a couple of other jobs. I was looking for something different. Two of my mates had joined the Army and I decided to give it a go as well. It was an attraction that I could come to somewhere like Belize and I am looking forward to going to Cyprus.” The jungle warfare specialists have


taught classes ranging from finding food, sourcing water and making fires, to evac­ uating casualties after being ambushed by enemy forces. The soldiers will also be trying to avoid


the dangerous wild inhabitants of the Yalbac jungle, such as coral snakes, scor­ pions, crocodiles, pumas and tarantulas, as well as the noisy howler monkeys keep­ ing the soldiers awake at night with their loud and distinctive “howls”. The five-week jungle programme will


culminate in a final week-long exercise, with Belize Army soldiers playing the enemy. The training is preparation for a sum­


mer deployment to Cyprus, from where the group could be involved in opera­ tions, most likely in Afghanistan. The soldiers will then return to the


comparative luxury of the permanent UK training camp in Belize at Price Bar­ racks. They will enjoy rest and relaxation and the chance to take part in adventure training courses or visit nearby tourist such as Cancun. (s)


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