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Men were men when The Vikings invaded Britain all those centuries ago, but these days the girls are getting in on the act. These pupils of Whalley Primary School entered the spirit of the Norsemen for their class’s history project, which inolved ■ making costumes, weapons and even Viking food and drink. Teacher Suzanne : Nuttersaid: “They loved learning about the Vikings.” '■ Read more about it in Valley Villages. -


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Girl power boost for Viking invasion College rugby squad is team of month :,


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The Stonyhurst College rugby first XV have been named School Team of the Month in the current edition of Rugby World magazine. 1 • ’


The team has had a fantastic season, winning 18 games, scoring almost


1,000 points and conceding less than 100. Rugby World’s schools’ correspond­ ent Huw Thomas wrote: “The foundation for their successful term was set on the summer tour to South Africa. Since then the


Police’s witnesses plea after head-on crash closes A59


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Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision near Gisburn on Friday afternoon. It took place at around


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1-30 pm on the A59 just past the Stirk House Hotel. A w h i t e V a u x h a l l


Vivaro van was travelling to­ wards Gisburn when it col­ lided head on with a silver Volkswagen Polo travelling in the opposite direction. • The 50-year-old driver


of the Polo was airlifted to the Royal Preston Hospital where he underwent scans. His condition has been


described as “serious,- b u t ' not life threatening”. The van driverwas treat­


ed at the Royal Blackburn Hospital for minor injuries.


Police are also trying to


trace a dark coloured car seen travelling towards Gis­ burn at the time of the crash. Sgt David Hurst, of the


Road Policing Unit, said: “An investigation is under­ way into the circumstances of what has happened, but I would appeal to anybody that witnessed the collision to contact Lancashire Police on 101. “We are making inquir­


ies into a third vehicle, de­ scribed a dark coloured car, which was also travelling to­ wards Gisburn at the time of the collision.”


- • The A59 reopened at 6 pm


with Gisburn bound traffic able.to use the road from 4 pm.


NEWS IN BRIEF Man arrested after bomb


threat delivered to bank A Ribble Valley man who allegedly threatened to set off a bomb unless a large sum of cash was handed over was ar­ rested and bailed until next month'. Police said an anonymous hand-delivered letter was taken to the Barclays Bank in King Street, Whalley, on Thursday of last week carrying the demands. Officers discovered the note was a hoax and a Billington man, believed to he in his sixties, was arrested on suspi­ cion of blackmail. He has since been released on police bail and is expected to return for questioning next month.


Clitheroe lottery winner


Lucky Clitheroe player Mrs Edwards won the £100 third prize in last Friday’s weekly draw for the East Lanca­ shire Hospice Lottery, but the rollover second prize was not won again and now stands at a whopping £2,750 for tomorrow’s draw. The second prize starts out at £250 but increases by that amount each week until it is won, - while the first and third prizes are won every week. Last week’s £1,000 first prize winner was Mrs Jameson, of Blackburn, arid 15 others each won £10 cash prizes. To , join the hospice lottery call Gill on 01254 733416.


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Princess was all smiles on visit to Valley


It was billed as “a very spe­ cial charity day” and the pre-lunch visit o f Princess Alexandra to an event at T hornley made it just that. The Princess had been


inyited to attend the char­ ity lunch at Ferrari’s Coun­ try Hoiise Hotel to mark the anniversary o f the visit, a " century ago, of the widow of Edward VII, Queen Alexan­ dra,towhatwasthenknown as Black Moss Mansion.


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Alexandra planted two horse • : chestnut trees at the en- --: : trance to Black Moss and 100 >; years later her great grand- ' daughter followed those roy­ al footsteps back to the same location where she too plant- ed a horse chestnut tree. •


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Transport firm on the move ...and food firm’s expanding


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A Clitheroefamily haulage firm which has operated from the town for more than 40 years is to relocate to Black- burnto maximise on logistics.


AJA-Smith Transport and Steadplan Ltd, which has been at its current base on Lincoln Way on the Salthill Industrial Estate since the early 1980s, will move to a new site just off


junction 5 of the M65 at the end of April. , The vacated Clitheroe-


premises will be leased by the business’s current neighbour food manufacturer Deli Solu­ tions Ltd, who produce olives, antipasti and other speciality European foods. . The company, suppliers to


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Sainsbury, Waitrose and the Co-operative group, have oc­ cupied their current site for the past ten years, currently have a workforce of 125. Deli. Solutions gen e r ­


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al manager Douglas Bath­ gate said: “The expansion of premises will allow us to con­ solidate the business by mov­ ing all our stock and extra manufacturing equipment to the site and bringing all opera­ tions under bne roof. “We also plan further


expansion in the.next three years as the business grows, which we hope will in turn cre­ ate more jobs locally.” Anthony Smith, a director of AJA Smith Transport and


Steadplan Ltd, commented: “The past few years has seen us invest more then £2.5 m. into the business, including our other depots in Rochdale and Leeds. Moving the trans­ port and servicing aspects of the business closer to the mo­ torway networks makes total sense from a logistics point of view, as the majority of our customers are based off the M65 corridor. “We will maintain a pres­


ence in Clitheroe, with both the Steadplan paint shop and our sign writing business Signtec remaining here, and we are looking forward to the beginning of a new era and the benefits that the move to Blackburn will bring for the business. “By agreeing a long term


tenancy with Deli Solutions, both parties are investing heavily in the future and on­ going success of the Lincoln Way site."


General manager Douglas Bathgate outside what will be the new premises of Deli Solutions Ltd, who are taking overtheAJATransport/ Steadplan Ltd base in Lincoln Way, Clitheroe..


March date for library


completion Cli theroe Library will remain under wraps until the end of March while £100,000 of res­ toration work is carried out. Scaffoldirighasbeen erect­


ed around the library, which will continue to be open as normal during the work. A spokesman for Lanca­


shire County Council said: “The main purpose of the work we have commissioned is to consolidate the stone-


■ work and make it safe, as there have been several instances of delaminated material falling


■ to the street, necessitating the need for safety netting to be fixed to the building.” It is also planned to re­


place the material used in ad hoc repairs with natural stone, as well as isolated examples of pointing replacement, the re­ pair and redecoration of win­ dows and other woodwork:; • Some minor inte rna l


health and safety works are also planned. The works on the £108,000


restoration project started on - January 6th and are scheduled to be completed by March 28th. - The project was delayed


while the council obtained listed building consent. Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s conservation offic­ er and other interested parties have been invited to inspect the works as they progress. The Lancashire County


The AJA Smith Transport and Steadplan premises on the Salthill Industrial Estate, Clitheroe.


- Council-owned building was constructed in 1905 with mon- ■ ey from the Carnegie Trust. In 1990 there was a major refur­ bishment when the library was extended into a building owned by Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council.


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