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Brisk trade in top rams


Champion day for Walkers Good trade in gimmers - . “ t - v


A GOOD selection of stronger animals were forward at Clitheroe Auction Mart’s annual Show and Sale of Mule Gimmer Lambs.


The quality was reflected in the prices, which were well in


excess of last year’s, with a top price of £200 and an average near £115. The champion pen of mule gimmer lambs, shown' by E. W. and J. R. Parkinson, of Dunsop Bridge, went on to sell at £172 per head to J. Bolton and Son, of Sawley. The reserve champion pen, shown by G. J. and M. E


Walker and Sons, also of Dunsop Bridge, sold to pre-sale show judge Mr Mike Allen, of Cleveland, at £200 a head The third prized pen, shown by Saddle End Farms, of Chip . ping, sold at £154 to N. and K. Forshaw, of Longridge. Prices were: Mule gimmer lambs to £200, average £112;


TOP TUPS: The Euro Champion with judge Mr Richard Frankland and vendor Mr John Bailey.


TRADE was brisk and well up on last year when Clitheroe Auction Mart held its annual Show and Sale of Suffolk and Euro Breeding Rams. In particular demand were good, strong, tight


Texel gimmer lambs to £90, average £78; Suffolk gimmer Iambs to £90, average £62; Mule shearlings to £138, average £136; Texel shearlings to £110, average £107; Mule ewes to £106, average £98; Continental ewes to £100, average £94.


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■overall average for shearlings of £437.50 and lambs of £299.83. In the Euro section, judge Mr Richard Fran­


judge in many years Miss Hayley Walker (16), of Longridge, settled on the championship be­ ing awarded to Mr John Nutter, of Hurst Green. His shearling ram later sold at 740 guineas to Mr L. Broster, of Huddersfield. Good Suffolk rams were keenly sought and many more could have been sold with a maximum of £777 and an


ter quality Euro rams could have been sold, with prices as follows: Aged Texels to £420 (av. £278.25); shearling Texels to £756 (av. £411.28); Texel lambs to£294 fav. £217.88); aged.Cha- rollais to £504; Charollais shearlings to £630 (av £354.90); Charollais lambs to £189; Beltex-x- shearlings to £630 (av. £316.17).


kland, of Rathmell, Settle was kept busy with a nice selection of Continental rams forward and eventually settled on naming a Charollais shearling shown by G. K. Bailey, of Chipping, as champion. It later sold at 480 guineas to H. J. Beny, of Bolton-by-Bowland. Beltex-x-Cha- rollais rams were very much in demand this year whereas more average Texel rams were harder to place. As with the Suffolks, many more of the bet­


skinned rams of every breed. The show, spon­ sored by Ian Smith Scanning and Taylors Hog Roasts, was very well subscribed with many high quality tups forward forjudging. In the Suffolk classes, the mart’s youngest.


GOOD DAY: From the left, John and Rob Walker, co-judges Brian Rids- dale and Frank Brennand, sponsor Chris Pearson and son John, and Geoff Walker with the champion pen of 10 NEMSA Mule gimmer lambs.


MULE sheep prices were outstanding at the big opening seasonal highlight for Mule ewe lambs at Skipton Auction Mart, on Tuesday. (Sept 6) Many people felt it was the best-ever


trade since the North of England Mule Sheep Association (NEMSA) first began staging its annual fixtures at Skipton 27 years ago, certainly the highest since the mart moved to its current edge of town site in 1990, and quite probably in its entire 120 year-plus history.


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show classes, the champions were shown by Geoff Walker, of J. W. Walker & Son, Brennand Farm, Dunsop Bridge, selling at £222 each to Martin and Val Brown, of Beechwood House Farm, Newton-le-Wil- lows, Bedale. The Walker farming family was over the


moon with its first-ever Skipton NEMSA championship success, for which they re­ ceived both the Chester Kneller Memorial Trophy and Ciba Geigy Perpetual Trophy. It’s a title they’ve been trying to win for a number of years, having finished sixth in


the past two years. Their 2011 victors will be put to Beltex


rams by the Browns, who specialise in the breed. Chances are many of their prime lambs offspring will return to be sold at Skipton next year. The overall average selling price of the


6,235 gimmer lambs presented by NESMA members was £120.51 per head, almost £29 per head higher than the corresponding fix­ ture last year, which was itself mgh on £20 a head more than the 2009 sale, Prices peaked at £245 per head and a to­


Throup, of Silsden Moor, said: “Selling prices were above and beyond what we expected as breeders. We were highly de­ lighted. I have never seen a show with so much quajity right down the line and I can’t recall seeing the Skipton ringside so busy since our inaugural sale at the new mart in 1990.”


tal of 26 pens sold at £150 each or more. General trade for tupping lambs was £130 to £150, medium lambs £120 to £130 and running lambs £108 to £120. Skipton branch NEMSA chairman Jeff


DUNSOP’S FINEST: The champion pen with ven­ dors Edward and John Parkinson (above) and the reserve pen with Geoff and John Walker (below), both with pre-sale show judge Mike Allen.


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first quilt, the ladies all want to stay together, as they enjoy meeting up, to work on a more.. advanced quilt,” explained 45- year-old Anne-Marie. “I never thought it would be


so popular - I’ve literally been inundated with pleas from women wanting to learn these


skills.” “One of my ladies wanted to


make a quilt as a present for her daughter, while another woman adapted the quilt that she made so that it could be •„ used as a single duvet for her spare room,” the mother-of-two added. “It’s a really economical way for people to get a quilt and a great way to make friends at


the same time.” Patchwork and quilting are


both enjoying a huge resur­ gence in popularity around the ■ world, while the sewing machine industry is thriving during the


economic down turn. “A couple of my ladies in one Vinvr* making


another has been scouring the charity shops for striped and checked shirts, which has saved her lots of money on materials and fabric,” explained Anne- Marie. “The ‘make do and mend’ mentality has definitely crept back into the way we think nowadays with people more conscious of the need to save money.” Anne-Marie decided to take


the plunge in this new venture after her 55-year-old husband Hartley was diagnosed with bowel cancer. “When something like that


happens, it really makes you realise that life is too short and I decided it was now or never about 14 months ago,” said Anne-Marie, who is planning to donate one of her quilts to be auctioned by the Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Prior to starting Stitch


Perfect, Anne-Marie worked in the corporate embroidery department at Hobkirk sewing machines in Blackburn. ' Already City and Guilds qual­


ified in patchwork and quilting, Anne Marie, who was asked to


. lead the creative classes at Hob­ kirk, gained her City and Guilds in Creative Embroidery after her two sons had grown up. “With my background, I already knew what a demand there was out there and ladies would come into the shop and say ‘I wish I could make one of those’ and I wanted to show them that they can, they just need to be shown how.” At first she rented a room at


. Hobkirks before expanding to stage other groups in Blackburn and then Billington. Anne-Marie was then asked


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Our photos of


Woodlands the county


LANDOWNERS and farmers are being urged by Lancashire County Council to look after woodland areas they are responsible for and to plant new ones wherever pos­ sible. As part of the Lan­


cashire Woodlands Project, people are being encouraged to contact the council for advice on managing woodlands, creating new ones, and access­ ing grants to fund this. work. Woodlands are an


THE FINISHED ARTICLE: Billington-based quilting group members Ann-Marie Read, Pam Hunt, Hilary Mercer and Christine Linley are pictured at the Ebenezer Baptist Chap­ el with their finished quilts. G300611/2


a full-time career!” The popularity of traditional


crafts is big business in the Rib­ ble Valley. Former Clitheroe Market


stall holder Liz Walker, (43), who recently celebrated the first birthday of her business Designer Knitting Yams, now called Pendle Stitches, on Moor Lane, Clitheroe, stages popular free social group Knit and knat- ter. This allows like-minded in­ dividuals to meet up and share their knowledge, is incredibly popular with 20-strong groups


if she would like to demon­ strate her work at Empress Mills, Colne, before she was head hunted by Phaff Sewing Machines UK to be a freelance ' demonstrator at exhibitions and one-off workshops. “I went from being fully


employed to totally going it alone. What started off as just a sideline, something I did in my spare time, became has become


. meeting in three sessions with 80 more people on the books. The business also holds knitting work shops with Mary Walton, with Lazy Kate as the sponsor. “More than just nannies knit


now,” Liz explained. “Those interested range from 11 year olds to knitters in their 90s.” She added that many people


use knitting as a way to relax. “You could say knitting is


the new yoga. Some people meditate when knitting, they get


‘in the zone’, especially when their brain is working on a very intricate pattern,” Liz added. Former teacher and nursery


owner Fiona Belcham, (41) of Patches and Buttons, Moor Lane, Clitheroe, is another local businesswoman who is embrac­ ing the “make do and mend revival”. Fiona set up the shop as a


haberdashery in October 2009, but was soon inundated with requests for alterations and subsequently, one-to-one sew­ ing lessons.


: “People want to learn how


to dress make and alter their own clothes,” Fiona explained. “With the financial pressure on people at the moment they want to know how to alter the clothes they already own and how to gis them up. . “I’ve had people bring in their


entire wardrobes to alter!” Fiona,who'is currently writing


a sewing course for teenagers, said children as young as six years old had inquired about


important part of Lan­ cashire's environment. Aside from improving the look of an area, they bring many ben­ efits including absorb­ ing carbon emissions, providing renewable building materials and they are a home for all types of wild­ life. The timber from woodlands can also be used to produce wood chips for environmen­ tally friendly heating systems. Paul Bullimore,


who co-ordinates the Lancashire Woodlands Project, said: "Wood­ lands are an important part of our country­ side and we want to encourage people to do all they can to manage or even add to them. "We realise this can


be a daunting task - that's why we've set up the'Lancashire Woodland project to give people an easy way to find put more. Whether you want to improve an existing woodland or establish a new one, we're here to help and give simple advice." There is also a va­


riety of grant funding available to fund these


woodland projects. Paul added: "Fund­


ing is always an issue, particularly in the cur­ rent economic climate, but there are grants available from the for­ estry commission and other sources. "We can help ensure


people understand the funding guidelines more easily and talk them through how to apply." County Councillor Michael Green, cabinet member for economic development, environ­ ment and planning, said: "We want to do all we can to protect


‘It can also create new jobs and provide a vital boost to our rural economies’


Lancashire's wood­ lands and encourage others to do the same. "Not only will this


improve the look and feel of our county, it can also create new jobs and provide a ■ vital boost to our rural economies. The Lancashire Woodlands Project was set up to make it quicker and easier to do this and access the many grants that are available. "All people need


to do if they wish to manage or create new woodlands is to cail us and they'll get free advice from our team of experts." Anyone wanting


advice should call Paul Bullimore on 01772 533917, e-mail lwp@ lancashire.gov.uk, or visit www.lancashire. ■ gov.uk/lwp


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