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In fact, it’s so long that


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and 11, were selected after fierce competition between schools from all parts of the country, including Birming­ ham, Exeter, Stoke, Durham, Nottingham. Cohvyn Bay and Southend-on-Sea.


bv a pane! of gymnastic experts working on behalf


Tne selection was made


to represent Britain in the World Congress of Physical Education to be held in Brussels at the end of this month—a high honour for the school, for Clitheroe and indeed for Lancashire. The 30 children, aged 10


Por they have been chosen


of ttie British Association of Organisers and Lecturers in Physical Education. They finally chose Edis­


ford in preference to a Stoke primary school after travelling to Clitheroe on Monday to see the children in action in a new environ­ ment — the sports hall at Rlbbles’dale School.


Demonstration


The team was equipped for the demonstration with


blue leotards for the girls and white shorts for the boys.


The selectors’ decision to


send tire Edisford class to the congress was unanimous, partly because of the first- rate standard of teaching by gym master Mr Peter Lan­ caster, and partly 'due to the children’s own efforts in giving an excellent per­ formance.


Highly delighted with


their success, Mr Lancaster praised the enthusiasm of the class and their willing­ ness to practise even during the holidays.


was broken to the children at morning assembly on Tuesday by Mr Percy Jones, county adviser for physical education. After the ten­ sion of the past few days, the children were so thrilled that it was an emotional moment, and there were even a few tears as they were cheered by the rest of the school.


News of their achievement i.


ponsible for nominating Edisford to represent the Lancashire area, will be


Mr Jones, who was res­


travelling with the party to Belgium along with Mr Lan­ caster, headmaster Mr A. M. Latimer and a n o t h e r teacher.


was not to handpick a group of children but to find a school to demonstrate the success which can be achieved in gymnastics with any class of pupils by accommodating each indivi­ dual irrespective of physical size and shape.


He explained; ‘‘The idea Brussels


will be performing abroad in a massive hall, before delegates from every coun­ try in the world, it is not a display of ability but the be st representation of modem ideas in physical education in Britain today.”


“ Although these children


several days in Brussels, travelling on June 30th by coach to London and by train from Victoria. There should be time for some sightseeing on Sunday and Monday before they give their demonstration in com­ pany with other national teams on the Tuesday.


The party will spend


accommodated at a Belgian school, will attend a gala demonstration of gymnastics on the Wednesday, travel­ ling back to Clitheroe the


The children, who will be


be covered by a grant from Lancashire county, but Mr Lancaster still has a prob­ lem. He Is faced with the task of deciding which 26 children out of the class of 30 should represent Britain. The other four will have to stay behind as there is unlikely to be sufficient accommodation for them in


following day. The cost of the trip will


Brussels. Q Trutex arc so proud of


the school’s success that they have offered to kit out the children as Britain’s ambassadors to Belgium. They will provide blouses


and skirts, and shirts and trousers. M r Lancaster said: “This is marvellous news. It means that the children wi l l arrive l n Brussels really looking like


a team.”


THERE are no prizes for guessing who these two are . . . even though they do not have a horse. Their original idea of dressing up as Princess Anne and Mark earned a prize in the fancy dress competition at Waddington, on Saturday, for Diane Barrow (9) and her sister, Karen (6), of Fields House Farm. For a full


report of Waddington sports day turn to.Page 10. Free


service is 'just the ticket’ say pensioners


MANY Clitheroe pen­ sioners used their new free bus service to go


shopping In the sunshine on Tuesday, after a quiet maiden run the previous day.


creased steadily for each round trip, confirming ex­ pectations that the service would grow in popularity as pensioners became ac­ customed to the route and timetable.


Numbers using the bus in­


outside Hotel.


the Black Horse


tist that time, but expected that he and his wife would use the bus to visit Pendle Club. Mr Gilbert usually walked into Clitheroe and was very glad of the new service.


tage of the bus on its maiden run were full of praise. They thought that the short notice had caught many pensioners unawares, while others did not yet seem to understand the system.


Those who took advan­


MR HIBALD GILBERT . . . First passenger.


Mr Hibald Gilbert, of Pim­ lico Village, who caught the bus from its starting point


The first passenger was


Eastmoor Drive, has diffi­ culty walking and wanted to go to the bank in Church Street. “ I think the service is wonderful,” she said. “ I think its wonderful that it's free, too. In a big city pen­ sioners have to pay, even if there are privileges. Old people are dependent on things like this. They really need them.”


Mrs Elizabeth Young, of


of Littlemoor Road, the ser­ vice means the arrival of something she has wanted for years. “ It makes us in­ dependent; we don't have to


For Mrs Mary MacDonald, He was going to the den­


ask for lifts and we can do our own little errands. I can go to the market and do shopping. I ’m very grateful.”


Mr Mark Heatley, of Hen- thorn Road, was going into


have one.” But he had noticed con­


town to catch a bus to Blackburn, “ I think it is a good thing,” he said. "We have wanted a service for long enough, and now we


fusion over the timetable. “I don’t think many people understand how the bus is running. I know a few people who have gone on the ordinary bus and paid their fare. I t’s silly paying, when you can go for nothing." He expected, though, that other people would soon get used to the system.


thorn Road, will use the bus mostly to visit her daughter in Pimlico Road. “ I think it is great, . . saving 9p each time,” she said.


Mrs Edith Kay, of Hen-


MRS ELIZABETH YOUNG . . . ’’ I t ’s nontierful."


MR LANCASTER and his class of gymnasts are pictured outside the school. These are the most Impor­


British record at today’s district election . . . and


administered by Clitheroe Borough, Longridge UDC, Clitheroe and Rowland' RDCs and parts of the Burnley, Blackburn and Preston rural areas.


known as District Three— will have a population of 51,876 and cover 143,119 acres. The district already has


voted three county coun­ cillors on to the new Pres­ ton-based controlling body. Now the district has to choose 38 district councillors to serve at local level.


The present councils will continue ta hold office until


YOUR vote cannot be over­ emphasised. All the success­ ful candidates would like to go into office knowing they have the full support and interest of the public. The new authority —


The importance of using


seats at stake, all but six arc being contested. The Conservatives are


next ApriL But the mem­ bers voted into power today will have a lot of work to do. The new council will run alongside the existing ones until next April and during the next few months will choose its officers to ensure there is a smooth takeover. Of the 38 Ribble Valley


making the strongest bid for power with 36 candidates (four of them unopposed) against labour's 18, the Liberals’ 17 apd 13 Indepen­ dents, The keenest competition is


in Clitheroe town, where three major parties are each fighting all 10 seats, with one Independent. As well as needing more space to manoeuvre, Clith­


eroe voders will also need more time to cast their votes. There are 31 candi­ dates to consider for the 10 available scats. Clltheroe’s Town Clerk,


time in the polling station, possibly up to two minutes.”


Mr John Con’dall, who is the returning officer for the whole of the new Ribble Valley district, said: “ We think the voter will spend treble the usual amount of


far as possible, some of the polling stations will have six booths. There are 10 polling stations in Clitheroe — two each at the Boys’ Grammar School, Ribblesdale, Edisford and St James’s School, one at Trinity Sunday School, and one at Low Moor Read­ ing Room and Club. Elsewhere in the new dis­ trict, where polling also


To minimise waiting as


takes place for the parish elections, there arc 50 polling stations, making 60 in all. They will be open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m.— no different from usual so far as Clitheroe Borough is concerned but somewhat different for the rural dis­ trict councils. Previously they were allowed to decide their own hours of opening; now they are fixed by the Home Office in order to make them s t a n d a r d throughout the country.


the name and address of the person entitled to vote and informing them which polling station to use—have already been issued by post. Everyone on the register


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sary to lake the poll card when you go to vote, it greatly helps the staff in the polling station if you do. Sir C o w d a 11 will be assisted by the clerks of Clitheroe, Bowland and Blackburn iRDC and Long­ ridge UDC, who will be deputy returning officers in their own areas, leaving him to cover Clitheroe Borough and Wards 12 and 13 (Sab- den and Read).


of electors should have received one, provided they arc aged 18 or over by today. Though it is not compul-


lem for the count, which has always been done ion counting schedules,” said Mr Cowdall. . *’ Depending on the percentage poll, it could be getting on for midnight when the results are announced.” But an added complication


“ There is no greater prob­


proportion of spoiled ballot papers. Mr Cowdall stressed: “ If


a voter realises he has made a mistake which may spoil his paper, he should not alter it or put it in the ballot box but give it back to the presiding officer, who will then be aide to issue him with another.


ceived by the presi/ing officer are collected in a large envelope.” The count for Clitheroe takes place in St James's


’’ All spoiled papers re­


in the large number of names in Clitheroe at least is the possibility of a high


and Sabden wards will be counted in their respective schools, where polling takes


School. The votes for the Read


Sees air


A CLITHEROE man who saw the Concordski crash at the Parish air show des­ cribed it yesterday as a " pretty shattering ” ex­ perience. Mr Alan Bateman, of


crash


Dorset Drive, marketing sales manager of Burnley Engineering Products, said of his last sight of the Russian supersonic aircraft on Sunday: “The plane went into a vertical climb and


then did a vertical dive. It was all over in a split second.”


Bateman had watched a test flight of the plane and toured it on the ground, meeting the deputy project leader who was killed in the crash.


Earlier in the week, Mr


engine technology could have been at fault. " I t was certainly more crude thyi the Concorde," he said. " Both the heat shields under the fuselage near the engines and the blistering of paintwork suggested that there was a heat build-up on supersonic flights.”


Mr Bateman felt that the


and Waddington. The results will he de­


place, and Jhere will also b« counts at Mother centres, in­ cluding Chipping, Whallcy


clared first in their particu­ lar area. Then they will be telephoned by the deputy returning officers to Mr Cowdall in St James’s School and declared as they


elections not only for the parties concerned but also for the returning officer’s administration has been in printing, with the amount of time spent op this being in proportion to the number of candidates. The Conservative party


come out. The major cost' of the


has mounted its biggest campaign ever in Clitheroe. Explained election agent Mr John Troop: “ It has to be big with 10 candidates in


the field.” Although there will he a


caravan parked outside the Boys’ Grammar School for all parties to use, the Con­ servatives have opened an area office for each polling


station in a private house situated as close as possihic. Speaking for the Liberals,


election agent Mr Tony Cooper said their campaign was going very well, with encouraging returns from canvassing. ” I expect about a 50 per


cent poll,” he said, “ but T would he delighted to he proved wTong. I don’t think many people understand what is going on — they seem to he' content to he governed and are not really bothered how.” Labour election agent Mr George Braithwaifc agreed that there was , a feqling among people that the elec­ tions didnit matter. \ “ Compared with elections


of years ago it' is fairly quiet,’’ he said. “ Although things are running smoothly, there is no sense of excite­ ment. If we get a 60 per cent turnout we shall be quite pleased.” All the parties seemed convinced of one thing— despite the publicity, there is still some bewilderment about the number of can­ didates in Clitheroe for whom people can vote. So just to make it clear


once again—in Clitheroe yon can vote for up to 10 can­ didates on your longest ever ballot paper.


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tour if they want. There are old people who have prob­ ably never seen Green Drive or Hayhurst Street. Now they can. People who have not seen parts of the town for years will be able to have a look round, on the bus."


People can have a circular MODIFICATIONS


vised for the first week or two. Thi? week, Inspector Harry Threlfall has been in charge.


period, it should be clear whether or not modifications are needed. Two improve­ ments already being con­ sidered are the marking of stops to make them more recognisable, and the pos­ sible introduction of a town centre stop in Castle Street, to avoid the necessity of walking uphill to the shops.


After this running-in


Council member and district supt. for Ribble Motors Services, who operate the service, considered that areas such as Standen Road and Goosebutts Lane would gain most benefit from the new service, because they were not already on a bus route. “ We have tried to cover areas that are not served by a bus," he said.


Aid. Leo Wells, Clitheroe


MRS MARY MACDONALD . . . ” Independent.”


2 6 King Street, Clitheroe. Tel. 2 2 6 8 1 CLITHEROE’S LARGEST TELEVISION STORE


pensioners using the bus to go for a run, although the real purpose is to take them to the shops.”


’’ There is nothing to stop


printing of timetables, but it is hoped, that they can be made available by tomorrow from various centres' in the town, including the Adver­ tiser and Times office in King street.


Election work has held up


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