PRAISE FOR FESTIVAL


BACK-STAGE TEAM


THE back-stage staff at Clith- eroc’s Festival of Plays were singled out for special recogni­ tion by adjudicator Mr. John Fox. At the presentations of tro­


phies on Saturday night Mr. Fov ihosc three members of the back-stage team to receive the special award made at his dis­ cretion. Handing the award to Messrs


John Cowgill. Roland Hail­ wood and Derek Pearson. Mr. ■


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so hard all week. Only at one other festival had he singled out the behind-the-scenes staff for such recognition. After each production the


I *hat ‘hey had worked JANET SMITHSON SEEKS


three men worked into the early hours.of the morning, dis­ mantling the set ready for the players to collect, and Satur dav night was no exception. _ Before celebrating their win.


WARTIME FRIENDS


which “staggered” them, they had to get to work on that night’s set. so that the stage would be clear for the cinemas as usual on Monday.


PLEASED .1


Town Council’s amenities com­ mittee on Tuesday night. Coun. James Barnes described the fes­ tival as having been “very suc­ cessful”. Six good plays had been pre­


Reporting to the Clitheroe


sented. many good comments had been passed and in general tiicv could feel well pleased. Takings at the door totalled


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£411 compared with £251 last year, which reflected increased prices and an increase in the num be r , attending—1.225 again.st 1.109.- Income from patrons had risen from £16 to £44.


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ferred to Clithcroc having en­ tered ‘ the big league”. He took It as a compliment that the chairman and secretary of the n a t io n a l association had


thought It worth their while to attend the final performance.


Coun. William Sharpies re­ .


FOND memories of a stay in Clithcroc during 1940 have prompted a Wigan woman to iLsk - the Mayor, Conn. Sidney Moore, to help her trace the Granger family with whom, as a child, she lived for some weeks after an illness. In a letter, Mrs. Hilda


and when she w,is eight she stayed with the Granger fam­ ily. Mrs. Granger lived at a converted public house and provided accommodation for soldiers’ wives. “My dad was stationed in the barracks quite near. The names of her children' were Heather, Wil­ liam, Hazel and Marjorie”. _ Mrs. Benson adds: “This may seem an odd request


Benson, 20, Stanmoor Drive, Aspull, near Wigan, says her maiden name was Fletcher


after so many years but it is something that has been on my mind frequently. I have many fond memories of my stay with them, and if it could be at- all possible 1 would very much like to get in touch with the family again.” Over to you, readers!


JANET'S MAiUTHON TREK ENDS IN romance


THE marathon trek across Europe and India to Aus­ tralia, undertaken by Miss Janet Smithson of the Toby . Jug, Whallcy, together with


three friends, has ended safely-ill'Sydney and also


for Christmas and is‘to be mar­


in romance! Janet will be back in Whallcy


ried in the village parish church


‘ on Boxing-Day. Her fiance-is Mr. Michael


Shearer, of Altrincham, Man- chstcr. who was one of-the four adventurers who . left .England to drive overland to. Australia and New Zealand.


leave Sydney on December 14lii and expect to be back.in Engr land about six days later. They will be travelling by aeroplane


.Janet and Michael hope to


but -will probably -stop off at one- or-'two ‘places- for -a short time on ■


Xhc'four set.off- nearly a the way.


year' ago,,;The first stage of their journey taking them as


tralia in early- August and with­ in a week - of reaching Sydney


far as Austria, .where they spent scvcr.-il weeks, leaving' in c.arly April to drive through many countries ■ in Their caravette on their way. to .Sydney. They finally arrived in Aus­


to


back school overcrowding protest


CLITHEROE Town Council is to tell the No. 5 Divisional Education Executive and Lancashire County Education Committee, of its serious concern about overcrowding at Edisford School. The finance and general pur­


CLITHEROE FIRM TO EXPAND WORKS


No lights parking


(ee is to ask the police for their on a suggestion that similar observations on allowing park- parking should be allowed in I


Clitheroc amenities commit- They recommended no action ing Avithout lights in side streets, the main streets.


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MEMBERS of the Palladium Bingo Club, in Duck Street, Clitheroe, have hit upon a novel way of helping old age pen­ sioners — they are building a wall. The unusual thing about this


particular wall is that it will be built entirely, from tins of food —about 600 of them in fact. The idea was announced at


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the club by Mr. J. Watt, the manager, one evening last week


and later the same night, the tins bgan to roil in. “We -have set a target of


600 tins”, said Mr. Watt, “but at the present rate, it looks as though we will have more than that by the time members have finished donating them” Around the middle of next


AN “ideal'barinalid” has . this week been; pulling pints'


■and'serving drinks at a local hostelry. Twenty‘;three-year- old Mrs. Pamela Foster and •


-h'er husband,' Christopher, ; moved into the Red Pump Inn, • Bashall Eaves, on Tuesday, only a few days after winning the ideal bar­ maid’ title in a competition sponsored; by a Blackburn brewery.


month, the club hope to present the tins to the National Fed­ eration of Old Age Pensioners, who will then hand them out to the needier old folk.


Baths manager Clitheroc Town Council’s


- furbished. : In a fortnight’s time Mrs. Fos­ ter will be. going to London to represent the West Pennine


planning and estates committee is to advertise for a manager for the new baths at Edisford.


old husband are, temporarily managing the Red Piimp'which,. since it was closed a fortnight ago following the departure of the previous tenants, has been extensively decorated and rc-


Mrs. Foster and her 26-ycar- PAMELA FOSTER


liind the bar and serving cus­ tomers under the scrutiny of a team of judges. iMr. and Mrs. Foster, who cm-


area inMhcmatibn'al ideal bar­ maid competition. Meanwhile, at the.-18th century Red Pump, she is practising hard for the contest which entails going bc-


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tered the licensed trade five years ago,-have a 14 month-old son, Mark Christopher. Previ­ ously -Mrs. Foster was personal secretary to the consultant gtri- atrician at Burnley General Hospital, and Mr. Foster was : an engineer with Lucas.,


ROSALYN JONES


in’the. ideal barmaid stakes not far from Bashall Eaves. Miss Rosalyn Jones, youngest


’ Mrs. Foster, has a colleague


daughter of Mr. aiid Mrs. Glyn Jones, of the Parkers Arms, Newton, won third-place in the same competition, held at Bccchwood, Fcniscowlcs, Black­


Dutton’s Brewery.


burn. The contest was organised by


FLEXIBLE Reinforcements is proposing to build an extension to its’ premises at Pendle Mill, Clitheroc. The ■ single storey extension


will provide 20,000 square feet of extra storage space and have to be linked to Pendle Mill which is at a lower level. The extra space is needed to cope with the output of two


poses committee on Tuesday instructed the Town Clerk (Mr. John Cowdall), to ask the county to deal with the prob­ lem quickly but without in any way affecting the planning for the new school in Bright Street.


the town council’s four repre­ sentatives on Division 5 exe­ cutive, drew attention to what he described as “the unsatis­ factory state at Edisford School.” He also declared him­ self disappointed that the coun­ cil did not take,thc-intcrest it ought, in the educational facili­ ties of the town apart'from that stemming indirectly from mem­ bership of the-cxccutive.


Aid. Tom Robinson, one of Campaign


eight months to complete once plans have been passed. The extension will be designed


shifts at the factory. The building will take about


to blend in with the surround­ ings and it is proposed to make the building as attractive as pos sible to nearby residents.


Royal Grammar School slip away without any comment from this council,” he said.


“We have seen Clithcroe


plans for a further 200 houses to be built at Henthorn and this would eventually add to the burden on Edisford School. Industry, in. similar circum­


They had just approved


stances, would have done some­ thing to provide extra accom­ modation either by way of tem­ porary or permanent buildings. Aid. Robinson urged his col­


leagues to do all in their potver to sec that adequate focilitics were provided at Edisford. A strong : campaign - against


ovrerowding at the school-has been waged for several months by the Edisford Parents’ Action


Group. -v,"'- M jr* V' P helping


with local members of Division 5 executive and Mr. J. E. Fox, divisional education officer. The group has the support of


Recently, they had a meeting


Mr. David Walder, M.P., who this week told Mrs. Joan Foulkes, a committee member, that he is closely following -their efforts to get extra class­ rooms provided. He re-affirmed- his support


situation at Edisford School, see page three.


for the campaign, asked to be kept informed of further de­ velopments and said he would continue to press their case. For readers’ vicw.s on the


Belgian travel agents to area


by NW Tourist Association director, Mr.- David Harrold,


RED PUMP’S


A PARTY of Belgian travel agents will be visiting the Ribble and Hoddejc Valleys next weekend to look at the tourist potential' of the. area. Their visit has been arranged


ing to form a Ribble Valley 'Tourist Association.


association working party, Mr. Anthony Perry, said “News of tjio visit came right out of the blue, but we were quickly able to arrange a tour of the area for the Belgian party.”


Chairman for the tourist FLEMISH


show them round and that some good comes out of the I visit.”


‘Let’s’ hope it’s a nice day to


at Hurst Green on Sunday.-yyeek, and will be welcomed by Mr. Perry.


• The Belgians will be arriving


of Stonyhurst College,. which has many Bclgten associations. The College was for some limej at Liege and part of the archi- ‘ tccture is Flemish.


meet the licctor. Father T. F. Dunphy.


Tt is hoped the agents will


ley Arms file agents will have' a chance of tasting : local food products including I-ancashire cheeses. .


gians follow a scenic route - through the Ribble Valley to Ribclrestcr. where they will see the Roman ruins and museum, and then on to Whalley Abbey, where they will meet Miss


Jn the afternoon, the Bel­


Peggy Gradwell, the warden j and be taken on a tour. SOUVENIRS


where it is hoped they will meet civic leaders and, be presented with souvenirs of the town.


-Next stop will be CliUieroe,


. Wellsprings to see the sporting facilities.


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go on a short-tour-of the Bow- land villages and finish at the


From- there; the agents . will


put to-the ■ working party- for- confirmation at its first meet-: ing next Wednesday.


These arrangements will be


’ - ’ - It is' hoped that: by.next week­ end' sufficient material will have been .gathered for the Belgian travel-agents with a foWer of


i local-tourist and (hotel facilities. , Although' Sundays;are-usually


I working- party itlis>,hoped .that mariyl of them wfll" be able to


busy for hotel members of the


r Edisford’-an'd Rocfield, with its new hotel facilities.


i -time to show thci agents plans for the recreation centre at


-meet, the- agents. It is also hoped 'there, will be


At a buffet lunch of the Bay-1 They will be taken on a tour i


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recently attended the mcet- A remedial exercise cycle,


worth £52.57, has been donated to the Clithei-oe Physiotherapy


Centro by the Whalley Lions’ Club.


THERE was something to smile about when Chtheroe Ladies’ Circle held a social evening at the Edisford ‘Bridge- Hotel on Monday. - Mrs. Joan Bowker, chairman,


is pictured handing over a cheque for £50 to Inspector Longrigg, of the Lancashire


Police, for the work of the Junior Liaison Organisation. The money was raised by as


good-as-new market stall early in the summer and by a sherry evening held more recently. In­ spector Longrigg spoke to the Circle about the work of the organisation.


. before - leaving . England, has been ■ working • with the Max Factor cosmetic f i rm and Michael has been employed as a draughtsman. Originally^' the four friends, •


cords' Department at: Caldcr- stoncs -Hospital - for three, years


who met some years ago on a skiing holid.-iy, were going to find jobs in Sydney so they could save up the fare across to


liad ail found jobs. Janet, who was with the Re­


.r ' ‘’/ ’SI to join


carrving - out this plan but - for Janet and Michael the target [ is the cost of a ticket back to England.


New Zealand.. The remaining two are still


- Janet broke the news to her | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harojd i Smithson, in a recent letter in i which she said the flight had already been booked. It was a | big surprise for-Mr. and Mrs. Smithson but they arc both “thrilled to bits”.


. Lancashire


ROWLAND Rural District together with Barnoldswick and Earby and two parishes from Skipton Rural, are to be-, come part of a smaller and more compact county of Lanca­


shire. This is the chief point of in­


terest to Clithcroc and the Ribblc Valley in the : Local


Government Bill presented to Parliament yesterday. Blackburn, Blackpool, Burn­


Boundary Commission will be­ gin the task of defining the operational areas of the district


councils. NO ALDERMEN


stage at which a decision will be made on the proposals for a Rfbble Valley authority.. Under the new set-up the office


Presumably this will _ be the


of alderman will be abolished. However, there will be provi­ sion for councils to elect hon­ orary aldermen, but not from among their own number. All councillors, _ including


ley and: Preston arc. also, gathered under the new county umbrella as district authorities. Before the end of the year a


Survey of houses at- Low Moor


ABOUT 100 houses in Low Moor are to be individually


surveyed in connection with a suggested scheme for -the provi­ sion of sheltered accommo^-


tion and family housing in that area.


of land comprising the site of the Low Moor clearance area and also involves the redeve­ lopment of land on the north cast-side of St. Paul’s Street. The houses to be surveyed


The scheme would u s e , , is


arc in Nelson Street, High Street, Albert Street and Union


parish councillors, will sit for four years instead of three as at present. County councillors will be


WARDS


elected on a ward basis and there will be district elections in three years out of four. The fourth year is allocated


District councillors will be


for county council elections. The first of these will be in


the Spring of 1973 and the first district elections m the autumn


of the .same year. The transfer of duties will


1974


Street. The initial report of the Re­


elected on the basis of single member electoral divisions and will retire every - fourth year.


gional Architect of the Depart­ ment of the Environment on the suggested scheme has been received by the management committee of the town council; ' The committee has recom­ mended the public hcallli and housing committee that the necessary information should be available by the end of Jan­ uary. The Town Clerk has been authorised to provide outside assistance for the Public Health Inspector to enable the surveys to be made.


take place during the next 12 months and the now county and district council will b^ come fully operational in April


‘No’ to gaining inacliine


Clitbcroc finance committee has said “no” to an application


Cowdall, said the shop was a small one selling sweets and cups of tea and largely patron­ ised by young children on their way to school.


for a gaming machine at the shop 3, Pimlico Road. The Town Clerk. Mr. John


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