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LOTS OF SNAGS TRIUMPHS IN RAC


MANY Clitheroe district people were' disappointed not to see cars in the RAC International Rally p a s s through the town this week


owing to a last minute , decision to :cut out' the:


Birdie Brow stage. : But : the enthusiasts’ . disap- "


at his launderette in the centre of Clitheroc on.Tuos-..'


eliminated during abominable conditions in Scotland, but .Tohn and bis codriver, Mai Capstick, from Kirkby Lons­ dale, stuck out to the end and were one of only-104 cars to complete the 2,500-miIc course. Ian’s plans to stop briefly1


tough five-day.. event by Clith­ croe Motor Club member Ian Grant, of Grindleton, . who finished 56th overall out of 249 starters. . Nearly, half the field was


pointment was tempered by a ■ great performance in this


and Roger Anderson, in car 156, ended up asking direc­ tions' from Clitheroe Motor Club member, Trevor Roberts,: at Primrose Garage—-and they bought some petrol' while they were there!


stray down Pcndlc Road, and having - got into Clitheroc some were' unable to find their way out again. One pair, ■ lames Stewart


private land at Birdie Brow on Tuesday was • cancelled before the start of the rally because ; it .was..feared that . land might be churned up if about 100 cars gouged their way across it.


The special stage through


couple of minutes on the by­ pass at the top of Pcndlc


However, Ian stopped for a a trip Under


MR. DAVID WALDER, MP for the Clitheroe Division, a making a flying visit to Australia this weekend at the invitation of British Overseas Airways.


Secretary to Mr. Michael Noble, Minister for Trade responsible for civil aviation, he wilt be one of an official party including Mr. Bruce Millan, MP . for Craigton, Gla s g ow, an Opposition spokesman on aviation, and officials of the Department of Trade and Industry;


-to Melbourne,; tomorrow, - and ’■will ■: ieafh^dtoUtj^Bp^C's


tiser and. Times: “We travel on the new Boeing 747 route


other' seiwic«'in'''tbat'’part of the world. I hope also to acquaint myself with the ser­ vices provided by the internal air lines.”


spend four or five days in- Australia. He feels that not enough thought is given to1 civil aviation and the increase taking place. '


Mr. Walder expects to Clitheroe raises .


handled more traffic than any other airport, in the world.


realised


Few people, for. .example, t h a t Heathrow


ahead but. will endeavour to sound the opinions of ordin­ ary people about1' Britain’s entry into the Common Mar­ ket.


He has a busy programme


first visit to Australia although he did spend some


This will be Mr. Walder’s


£305 for LEPRA CLITHEROE' branch , of


LEPRA: raised £305. in the past year, it was reported at the annual - meeting. The money has been sent to Lon­ don headquarters earmarked for the benefit of the Alito leper hospital in Africa, which Clitheroc supports;


Mr. Waldcr told the Adver­


time soldiering East.


the party could come back, by, way of Hong Kong.


The return route has -not1 been decided but he . thinks


SPOKESAffiN; for Clitheroe and its neighboui^ will attend a meet­ ing on Boundaries w i t h Lancashire’ County, Council on Monday knowing thata two-year campaign fov the setting up of a Ribble Valley authority has probably not been in vain. The. local ' council lead- Rochester (1,820).


ers will be going ;to-Pres­ ton to give-their views-on recommendations o f " a county working party as to ■what shape the new Lan­


cashire should take when local government is reor­ ganised in 1974.


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^ i . & i ? MONEY to help will help the needy


Clitheroe turning from the 1939-45 war; which has remained dormant in the bank for me 24- years, has been


posed .by the • Charity: Commis-


earning interest' and has reached just’over £2,200. - Now, under a scheme, pro­


servicemen - re-


needy sioners, the interest may be used at the discretion' of the trustees to help anyone in genuine need. Claims on the original sum of just over £1,000 may ,be made


only by needy ex-servicemen of the 1939-45 war..


'


: Pile fund was started in Tate 1944 by the then Mayor, Coun. George Dcwhurst.v under,: the style of the Mayor of .Clitheroc’s " Ex-servicemen’s ' Welfare Fund/' Few claims were made on it. v . /


.Under: the. Charities Act of .


.- -It.is now intended to call it the Ex-service .Pcrsonnel Welfare


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Fund, and the trustees’ plan to use the interest from the fund for charitable purposes at their discretion. ..But the commissioners turned down a • suggestion that the inal capital should be for general use. They have ruled that the original sum-may be used-only


on wartime fund


1968, the, administration of the “to help needy residents of Clith- fund^has^had^to^be approved by eroe • who, during. the.. 1939-45 the Charity Commissioners.


' war, served in the Armed Forces :or iii the Auxiliary Forces.” ' .'The trustees are ;the Mayor for


;the time being, at present.Coun. Sidney Moore, and three former Mayors, Aid. Tom .Robinson, Mr. Sydney Hardman and Mr. James Wilkinson. • : Objections and suggestions on


the new proposals will be re­ ceived by the Charity Gommis- sioncrsduring-the.next;month.


e-made 'Pate de compagne ■ • ■ rawn-Cocktail Jamaica :


HE . TAKES OVER AS BISHOP OF BLACKBURN


THE new Bishop of Blackburn will be the Rt; Rev. Arnold Sckuroff Martineau, 58, Suffragon Bishop of Hunt­ ingdon. ■


He will succeed Dr. Charles Robert Claxton, Bishop of


of St. George’s, : Ovendcn, Halifax ■ and then assistant Rural Dean of Halifax. Afterwards .Vicar of Aller-


ton,-he became an honorary canon of Liverpool.


chaplain to a war-time night fighter squadron. At one time he was Vicar


Blackburn for I t years, who retires, on Tuesday. The.new bishop is a former'


■ two-and-half-years in South­ ern Rhodesia and wrote a


". A married man with a son and two daughters, he spent


book “Rhodesian Wi l d Flowers." • His installation, to the See


likely be early in the New Year. The new Bishop’s appoint­


school at Blackpool on ' Wed­ nesday.


ment was: announced by Dr. , Claxton at a clergy


of Blackburn will ,, most


-the Waddington players,. for their, opponent was ex-world


ONE man on his own took on a team of six snooker players from Waddington Social Club on . Tuesday night—and won by a large margin. But this was no reflection on


were Norman Burgess. Mal­ colm Sowden, Donald Nelson, J. Wooff, S. Hatton, and N. Waterworth — the latter also taking on Rea at billiards.


champion and Irish interna-' tional, Jackie Rea; The six men who faced.him


before, and no doubt he will •be able to come again in a year or so. He has a pro­ gramme of clubs to visit.” After the game, a hot pot


supper was served. Proceeds from the evening were for club funds.


CHRISTMAS CHEER


CLITHEROE Magistrates yes­ terday granted extensions for licensing hours during Christ­ mas and the New Year.


, The town’s public houses and club’s will remain open until midnight' on. 'Christmas Eve and until 11.45 p.m. on Christmas Day. At' the New


Year they, will remain open for an extra two hours until 1 a.m. on New Year’s Day,


third visit to the village. A member of the club committee, Mr. J. Jackson, explained that Rea had- himself approached them and offered to play. . “We’ve had him here twice


members of the public as well as club members, watched the battle, enthralled by Rea’s skilful play. This ■ was the ex-champion’s


A lm o s t 100 spectators,


shire would be divided into 13 district councils. District Number 5 would be


a Ribble Valley Authority which coincides almost exactly with the ideas put forward over the past couple of years by spokesmen for Clitheroe and the rural districts of Bowland, Clitheroe and Blackburn. Under the proposals Lanca­


' And the working party names


1 ton, Pendleton, Wiswell, Whal- ley and Billington.


Figures


it would be the second largest district council in area, com­ prising some,136,920;acres; with a rateable value of £1,627,000 and a penny rate producing £15,610.


trict Number 5 should com­ prise:


, District parishes of Balder-' stone.. Billington, Clayton- le-Dale. Dinkley. Osbaldes- • ton, Salcsbury and Wilpshire with a population of 10,520. . Also included would be


(9,460). The Blackbktirn Rural


Bowland R u r a l District (5,100) and Preston Rural parishes .of. Dutton, Hothefsall and


(6,510). Clithcroe Rural District


13,190). Longridge Urban District


Clitheroe . (population " It is recommended that Dis­ ...........


, . Although the smallest in terms of population—46.600—


a Ribble Valley Authority, stretching from Easingham in the north to Wilpshire in the south and Chipping in the west to Horton in the East. The south-west boundary runs alongside Pendle Hill, taking in Rimington, Downham, Wors-


local ideas for a Ribble Val­ ley Authority, Sabden, Whit- tingham, Goosnargh. and Grim- sargh being '.omitted, while


This varies only slightly to


Blackburn- Rural would" have liked Mellor and Ramsgreave to have been included instead of going under Area 10 which is broadly based on Black burn and would have a popu­ lation of 145,000 in 23,100 acres and a rateable value of £5,155,000.


Enlarged


eral villages not wishing come under the district council umbrella of Blackburn or Burn ley are seeking to be included in the proposed Ribble Valley Authority. At the Preston meeting Clith


. the Town Clerk, Mr. John Cowdall.


croc will be represented by the Mayor, Coun. Sidney Moore, who has . chaired the Ribble Valley exploratory meetings; Aid. C. Chatburn and T. Rob­ inson, Coun. H. Pearson and


be reporting back to a meeting next Thursday ,of" the Ribbie Valley Steering Committee when the. views of those vil­ lages still outside the Number 5 area, will be received


No splits


automatically possible to incor- ' Continued on page -9 ■ ■ ■ ■


however, “not to split a parish, borough or urban district, be­ lieving'this to be more a matter for consideration by individual local authorities and, of course, by hte Boundary Commission when they come to consider the views of local authov;t:es”. • Referring to proposals agreed locally- by authorities through­ out Lancashire the Working Party- says these have been borne in mind. ■


“It has not,. however, been


. The County .Working Party, in its report, does, however, point out that detailed boun­ daries of. the districts shown on the' plan are only approximate, and states that some particular rural parishes or town wards might more appropriately be in one district than, in another. It was felt very desirable,


County Coun. H. Aspin, Coun R. Williamson and the Clerk, Mr. L. D. Telford Members of this team will


Couns. J.' ■


Council will be Conns. F. Clay­ ton (chairman), 'J.' G. Sharp and J. Fell and the Clerk, Mr. W. A. Butt, Bowland’s team will be: Porter (chairman),


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day morning were, foiled - by the -last ■ minute alteration to the; route which took the cars straight down . the ■ Whallcy- Clitheroe , by-pass instead ,of over -Higher Hoddcr.. In 'fact, a few drivers, did


. was waiting, to • carry, out a plug change.'


and they were not disap- pointd. •


_


, climbed back into, his Ford Escort and disappeared down


But after a quick . greeting all_ round for. his family, Ian


weather, spectators both on foot and in cars - waited -at various points along the by-pass, some armed with lists of competitors’ car numbers.


along the by-pass shortly after nine o’clock. The first rally car. that 'o f Sweden’s Kails- from and Haggbom, passed about, an hour later.


gathered 'a t th e bottom pf Pendle Road, while some 300 collected at Birdie Brow—un­ aware that the route, had.' been, changed. . Service cars, began to speed


Others,. less fortunate, vainly


the by-pass. .Despite.' th e bitterly .'cold'


children, , Helen and Nigel, were there, hoping to see him,


His wife, Kathleen, and Road,: where his service team


deal, Ian said yesterday he was convinced they: would have


a.m. He and his navigator have:-been .sending- nightly bulletins to Jim ■ Watcrworth (who played a . major: part in the -' preparations)' at - Bounty Garage,. Newton. Tired after "his five-day or­


' Ian , Grant arrived - at 11-40


prising.mciubcrs of the Clitli- croc and district/Motor Club, who 'followcd’.thc whole route.


troubles on. the Sunday,- Ian’s car was- Involved -in ■ ap acci- - dent.'- A.- spectator . driving in the opposite direction ,forced


In '.'addition :-:to- 'mechanical


Ibis was mended at the road­ side by the service team, com-


rally the gear box began.-to give trouble and. they drove for 70 .miles in South Wales'before ■ having a new one fitted at a garage. Then a half.-shaft broke, but


Escort broke down the' week before tiic rally and in order to . compete at all it-was. replaced by. the. one from-his Cortina. Then on the last day of the'


finished higher up the. field but for the fact that his rally car had • to i have a replacement engine before'the start' of'the - event and this prevented hint ' from sustaining the necessary speeds. ■ - ............... .The . engine of ■ Ian’s '. Ford


him to swerve into'a ditch to avoid, a collision. The number on' the left side; of. :thc car was .obliterated, and the front suspension bar bent. By.


yards - away, and the', proprietor patched .up the damage. v Clithcroe Motor ■


"Club had three1: other . members '-iq the


rallyf Ken Gouldsbrough and ’ David Hacking,: of; Darwcn,


dropped ,.out . after a-spectator had driven into ' their station- aiy. car.:.!,..


: ■■., ■


was among-the highest placed British entries. In an Escort, he finished 23rd overall des­ pite running- into, a pond at Woburn Abbey.


Peter . Clarke, - of Skipton,


IAN made a fleeting stop on the-Glithcroc-Whallcy by-pass where his wife,'Kathleen, and children, five-year-old Nisei and - ,


six-year-old Helen, were waiting to scchim.


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A welcome in


Downliam’s vicar


'Chard, at present vicar of St- Bartholomew’s Church, Ewood, Blackburn. _ Mr. Chard, aged 46, is mar­


THE new vicar of Downham is to be the Rev, Francis-Eric


served as a bomber pilot. He was educated at the Royal Masonic School, in Bushcy,


ried and has a nine-year-old daughter Helen. He has been at Ewood for 12 years, and is a Blackburn Diocese Ecu­ menical Officer, and a member of the Archbishop of Canter­ bury’s Commission on Roman Catholic Relations. During the war, Mr. Chard


.. He was .ordained .in ; 1955, • and ^became fcuratc' first at - Clevcleyv where he - played hockey for Blackpool and


Hertfordshire, and at Durham ■University, - and "worked for a time as a chemist with ICI.


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