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Alice is Fete Queen


THERE are plenty of attractions down on the farm . . . as Clitheroe’s Fete Queen judges proved by choosing farmer’s daughter Alice Wright for the 1972 title.


Farm Grindleton, was one of 18 girls in the line-up at the Mayor’s Parlour.


She is a student at Nel­


CLITHEROE schools will go comprehensive after the summer holidays in 1974. Division 5 Education Execu­ tive has bowed to the wishes ol the County Education Committee regarding the scheme to be adopted.


the end of the matter. Mr F. Calvert, acting divisional education officer, said the scheme would probablv have to be re-examined because Clitheroe would have to


But that is not necessarilv


accommodate children frr/n the Bowland area when local government is re­ organised in 1974.


throughout the area was discussed at a meeting of the executive this week. Conn. Miss Alice Alston said the plans for the change-over had b e e n accepted because there was tin other alternative.


W h e n reorganisation


executive had not been accepted and it. ha<] to go along wit.ii the wishes of Lancashire County Council.


But the wishes of the


tive or the. working party agree about, what, is happen, ing in Clitheroe," she said.


wood, chairman, disputed this.


County Court. H. East- " There. has been


agreement." be said, adding that, there had been no argument, about, the matter.


Mr .T. A. Barnes com­


mented that the executive must not. forget, the impor­ tance of pressing for more school


("litherne. The scheme for (.lie town's


education reorganisation


has been sent, to the Depart­ ment o f Education and Bcjenee for approval.


b u i l d i n g s in “ I don't think this execu­


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j There will tie Ihr u.-ual !


fair, tile crowning o f the. | fete. queen and moj-t dancing. For those who like sports.


there will be. the popular five-a.-side football competi­


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tions and a. bowls com­ petition.


Entranee fees for the fete


are kept purposely low, 5p. and 10p.. so that- the whole family can have a cheap day out.


This year's new' feature is


a music festival—inspired by the three highly successful concerts o f the past three years.


For the organisers, the


Clitheroe Young People's Recreation Committee, there has only been one major hitch so far. Spirogyra, one of the three groups onginallly billed to appear,


had to pull out through illness. However. a full pro­


gramme has been ensured for the fans, and another group has been booked in their place — the Paul Roberts Band, a London- based rock band.


E L IZA B E TH AN Topping the bill will be


Amazing Blonde], a three- man group originally from Scunthorpe but now London- based. They play a blend o f Elizabethan and medieval folk music, using traditional instruments.


Their line-up is; John


Gladwin (lead vocals, theor- boe, cittern and double bass), Terry Wincott (crum- horn, recorder, pipe organ, tabor pipe.


flute, har­


monium, lute, harpsichord, vocals) and Edward Baird (cittern, lute, vocals).


In complete contrast,


Byzantium are a rock group. They produce a tight, excit- ting sound, which features billowing harmonies and dis­ tinctive interplay between tw'o lead guitars.


son and Colne College of Further Education, where she intends to take the


Alice (18). of Cob House


Or d i n a r y National Diploma hi hotel and catering operations. In her spare time, she helps out at the Duke of York Hotel in Grindleton, and naturally does a few jobs on the farm for her parents, Mr and Mrs Robert lVriffht.


After being crowned by


last year’s Fete Queen, Sandra Pye> Alice said: “Dad will be tickled pink.” She received a


sash, a trophy and a cheque for £10. Second, with £5, was


Anne Mullen (17), of Bright’s Close, Newton, and third, with £3, was Heather Wilson (19), of Clitheroe Road, Whalley. The judges were the


Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Richard Turner; Mr Alan Birdsall, manager of Mecca Golden Palms, Blackburn; and the direc­ tor of a subsidiary of the


Pickets call for walkout


AN army of pickets from oil over East Lancashire invaded the Clitheroe area this week hoping to halt work on local building sites, and rally support for the nationwide strike.


The men, members of


I own cent re and marched to t.lie site. where they attempted to persuade colleagues to down tools. At. first, it appeared that,


Lancashire County Council at. the site said that, for the time being work would con­ tinue as usual. " However, the pirkets said they Mould lie hark, and it. looks most likely that, operations will come to a standstill, sooner or later." “ The strike has rome ai


started work again. A spokesman for the


15 men


a bad time at I,be site, for iint.il now we have been working on schedule," the spokesman added.


LEAFLETS


for £30 for a 35-liour week, and the Burnley and District joint action com­ mittee has been distributing leaflets to building trade workers with the message: " Our fight- is your fight.” While on strike, many of


the men are living on social security benefits, since they do not receive strike pay. After walking the length


distance was too great to cover on foot, and instead walked in the other direc­ tion to a site off Pendle Road, Clitheroe. The picket force was


of the new link road, the pickets intended to go to Castile Bridge, Sawley. where they also hoped to stop work. But they decided that the


drawn from several areas, including Burnley. Bacup. Rawtcnstall, Accrington and Blackburn.


WAITED


Burnley rejoined their coach after leaving the link road, while the rest continued to Pendle Road.


Reinforcements expected from Manchester, Liverpool


and Rochdale did not arrive. At the Pendle Road hous­


ing between their respective action committees, most of the men were without transport after being sc; down near the old station in Clitheroe. A large contingent from


Due to a misunderstand­ The national demand is


the workers were willing to comply, but. soon after the pirkets left, the


UCATT—the Union o f Con­ struction Allied Trades and Technicians — began (heir campaign on Tuesday at. the rimlioo link road site. Some 50 collected in the


remained out, of sight while the pickets wailed on the access road, flanked by a, dozen policemen.


co-operative. They Til is was the first, time Hie


croup had encountererl police, though some rlrr-


rrilieii being hounded " in ottipr towns.


" They are hiding jn Mieir


rat-boles!" shouted the pickets, amid chants of "S ca b s !'' and "Out, out,, out! "


UCATT. Mr Stanley Nixon, spent, over an hour on the site in’-iicliscitssion wth the .10 workers.' He emerged shortly after four o'clock, and rnr.imeiiled: " It's up to Mir laris on the site whether Ihpy rome out. nr not."


t . o r i l s e r r e t. a r V Ot Meanwhile. the now-


militant pirkets tried to prevent a lorrv driver from entering with' his vehicle, lint he drove through the line to chants of dissent.


were annoyed that the treasurer of the Accrington


Several of the militants


branch of the bricklayers union was apparently at work on the estate.


When, at 5 p.m., the work­


men showed no signs of leaving the site, the pickets decided to call it a day. but left with promises to return the following morning.


However, yesterday there


was no sign of them either at the estate or elsewhere in the Clitheroe area.


CONTINUE Mr Nixon could not say


why the pickets had not returned. " Some of the small sites wc just cannot get round to anyway,” he added.


Although he thought


work in Clitheroe was prob­ ably largely unaffected he knew that some local firms working in other areas had suffered from the strike.


Moreover, stoppage would continue until the men got


a much improved offer from the employers. On the national front, Mr


Nixon commented: "About 10 firms are now negotiating or have signed an agree­ ment with our head office.” The reason many workers


were not co-operating with the strike was, he said, that they were reluctant to forego their wages. A large number, too. were not union members.


ing site, being developed by i A. .J. Spencer and Sons, or Accrington, workmen wrrrc less


Star players feature


SEVERAL former Bibblcs- risie League professionals will lie in a Lancashire Ramblers side to meet, j Clitheroe at t.lie Chatham j Road ground on Sunday. | The start, is 2 p.m.—not. j


2.30 as desribed in the pro­ gramme. Clitheroe hope to 1 tv- strengthened by the in- j elusion of Ken Procter and j Bill Slinger from Ribbles- | dale Wanderers. Ken Stand- j ring i formerly with Wan­ derers and Lancashire and now pro. for Bradshaw in (lie Bolton League) and Malcolm Dennett the Earby professional. In the Ramblers side are


skipper John Roberts (former Padihnm pro.). Colin Hilton (formerly Wan­ derers and Lancs.). Brian Cole (formerly Clitheroe). David Seddon (formerly Read). Frank Duxbury ( formerly Blackburn Nor­


thern). Colin Gradwell (Lancs—now Unsworth). Bob Green (captain of Eagley CC). Graham Baxendale (captain of Tonge CC). Kanubhai Petel


(Tonge).


Frank Hoskiss (Eagley) and Stephen Simpson (Brad­ shaw) .


ICI paints division, Mr Edmondson and Mrs Edmondson, of Cheshire.


Queen, said the Mayor, had been a difficult task, but, after talking to the six finalists, Alice had finally been selected be­ cause she spoke very well and had a pleasing per­ sonality.


Choosing the Fete Photograph shows Alice


collecting the eggs on her father’s farm.


PRAM PUSHERS


AN avalanche of prospective pram pushers, keen to enter the round-Clitheroc race, has meant that a deadline for entries '.as been s^t. m an attempt to limit the numbers taking part.


in the Advertiser and Times, no less than 25 teams or pusher^ and passengers had entered. So Hie organisers, regulars at, the Commercial Hotel, Whalley Road. Clitheroe. have announced that, al] prospective entrants must, have forwarded their names by Saturday evening Most of the entries are


Within days of an appeal


representing various local pubs, but there are one or two individuals, loo. Spon­ sors. agreeing t,n pay so much money per pub visited, are also beginning to rome forward imonrv raise,-] will go to St Denys Children's Home i.


T A N K A R D And Whitbread, who own


the pubs to be visited in Hie course of the race. has. as well as providing liquid refreshment tor contestants, have promised a pewter tan­


will be : Brown Cow. Whnl- ley Road: Horseshoe. Bawd- lands: New Inn. Parson Lane: Victoria and White Lion. Market Place: Crown.


Waddington Road: Black Horse. Pimlico; Royal Oak. Waterloo: Dog and Partidge, Wellgate: Cross Keys. Lower- gate; Wheatshcaf. Whalley Road.


TO mark the Queen's silver wedding


s i n n i v e r s a r y,


Clitheroe schools will have a day’s holiday on Novem­ ber 20th.


Club in dire peril


THE future of Clitheroe Football Club is definitely in the balance, officials re­ vealed this week, and only the public can maintain equilibrium by


their


presence at home matches. The club is struggling to


survive. Despite one of the best starts to a season Clitheroe have ever made, winning their first four games, and scoring 17 goals, still only a handful of spectators arc turning up to


watch. The average gate so far is


less than 100. when the club really needs 300 or more to cover expenses. A spokes­ man for the club said yesterday that although the committee was working hard. organising social events and other money­


raising schemes, Clitheroe could not afford to run a successful team for much longer. " We will have to resobrt


to purely amateur players.” he said. “ Over half the team a*’


-"esent time are


don't want to play on Sun­ day." the spokesman went on. " so we could not get a full-strength team.” Docs Clitheroe want a


successful team to keep the town on the map? The public can assist by showing their support at the gate.


Sunday games in the hope of competing with other attractions such as tele­ vision. The results in terms of attendance were good. " But some o f the players


professionals.” Last season, the club tried


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County to ‘rescue’ Whalley Old


Grammar School


LANCASHIRE County Council is to come to the rescue o f Whalley Old Grammar School by spending £10,000


as the first phase o f a three-stage restoration programme.


The object is to benefit


community life in the village. The money will come from the education authority, which has taken a lease of the building for 14 years.


A spokesman at county


hall explained: "T h e old grammar school is in a poor state of repair. If nothing is done it may fall down in a year or so. We are trying to do something with it in order to save it."


The school, which is used


mainly for adult education, is still in the hands of the trustees, who lease the main hall to the Women's Insti­ tute for their monthly meetings.


The Women's Institute, in


its turn, sub-lets the hall to a private playgroup for three mornings a week during term time. The building is also used by the Whalley Players and by a group of senior citizens.


The first phase of restora­


tion is expected to star! next week and should be completed by January.


While repairs arc m pro­


gress there will naturally lie some upsets, but the county intends to have talks with al] who arc interested in using the school.


Said the spokesman: - The


tight timetable may rnu..r interruptions in activities in Hie school, but. 11 is better to save the budding."


Among ttiose who are


having to arrange alterna­ tive arcommodat ion is Mrs


Tsobel Widdup. organiser of the playgroup run by local mot hers.


Mrs Widdup. of Levs


Close. Wtswe.ll, said: " We wrote in the count y six months ago When we beard that, they were about lo


take the premises over, and several times since then, to ask what would be happen­ ing to the building. We received only neg ative replies, and we have now heard that wc cannot use the building on September 4 th, when tire new term starts.


'■ This means that wo


have had only a fortnight to move all our equipment and to find somewhere else to go," she said.


The playgroup, which ha*


been running tor about six years, has collected a good deal ol bulky toys, such as climbing frames, go-karts and a. Wendy house. The


mothers of the 20 children, who conic from Barrov, Wiswcli and Whalley, a, o had to be no: i tied.


In spile, if the problems.


Mi's Widdwp was hopepil of continuing iho playgroup. " We think we have cot. t. le use. of Whalley Method >t Church, provided it- is passed by the heailli a utbon? ics," .-he said.


" It. if, a nicer


building than Hie old gram­ mar .-cfiool, but, there is less storage space."


She added that 1’ ie play­


group would be a p p ly in g to rent, premises from i be coun I y.


Org anis ing l i fior for adult


education Mr jefT Umil.li said that, f l ic bulk o f I lie


Wballe.v ria. res normally held m ( l ie op] g r am m a r


school would be srrnmmo- ria.ied in I he Merhe.r fi? I. schoolroom for the coniine session. " Naturally it. is a h! t.!e


bit. inconvenient." he said. " but we hope In be able to ronfmue with one or two classes. such as rnuntrv dancing. \n the education room at. I he old grammar school."


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