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Vlitheroc Advertiser and Times. March 20lh, 1073 f


Scrapped car after drink driving incident


general manager of Ribblesdale Cement Lid Mr E. J. Adderley (right) presents his firms trophy to Mr Hindley, whose horse, Grey Law, led from start to finish in the Gold Leaf Open Steeplechase.


|i'(‘:iciiwcar and play Miits. *'i\ adul t mann»‘f(ui?it


1 1 1 Castle r.ate, ClitluTm-, |ind ineluclcd a M-ide laiiac *f ;i(tni<;livc drcssos. (roiisn*. nits. A M-eddini; .i;oavm and .% t.irif'tv of «:aily-(-nIou!Td


1 lir lashiniis wfic p.c'. rnii'fl in- r.lainc Uiidili'v, In lio rccenMv openert a ^imjj


l^’.u'h modfdled IS oullits in l \a r \ ino; sizes. Comninre. was


JUrv .M\iriol U\ickrtl. of iW'li.illry. Uclr«‘Nhnu‘nls wrro si rvrd.


9,000 POOR


typically, after a week rf siinshine. fate chose S.iturday-tho dale of the .■inmial Sawley point-to- point steeplecha.se meet­ ing—to revert to normal March weather.


(lu iiim iim m /m m m w^alk e d


le possibility of more five ■ompot it ions were t wo anmiiil meetins uf tlic


I: Luneashire Youth Clubs' ell voi:


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iver Grini'ileieu (ioivii


will he ii'oai Chatiiiir.i, 1 0


1.1


■oe. a total tii.si.ur.c l.'i mile,'.


’.■I'och atid bne's adciinat.m ia


liitnenil.s and crisps laid o:i len they get bacr. to .thcroe.


hop oi Crar Me.or. ’.Valbcts :li need a picnic lutich. hut •icre win be e.hfTep, tea.


t.'.h, an or.ttan'.'-'ittoti v-b every --nrnmer brin.'-s ret her yciut'n club nicar ■


Living together n-oceed.s arc t-r


hia'.l, near Carnrorth. The hni; i.s owned by ttie


S ir.i.'i nhV'icaily iuuiiii- tv.ied children at. Bonvic.-t


.it’.i:a.--hire Youth Cluii>’ '.■ociatinn and has lactlt- e.-i lor mti.’ic. art. ciranr.. wiiery. rtcitng and .s\vuU"


1 0 fit votina people the liysicallv handicapped da le thine.' that they wou.d et norninliy get the oppov- aiitv o: tackhne the re.-t


• ■ '. s’lin 1 cpnipelition-'- nc wa.s to arrange iricndl.v a-.'ide .nuiics be tween the


,;bs -vliich niialu lead oh I 'h.e formation of a youth


■ira r and IS and over. !■■■■’.err details will


uumer live-a-side Icaeue croups 15 and


';''l iCtl'iUO. Tile other wa.s to form t'


r David Bag.sliaw <WhaUey C : viee-chainnan, Mr "*'■ orter Cliatbtirn YO; ya-


i.ilis'.ied in ihi' cohunn. Onicfii.s eipclcd at lha eeiinc were: rhairinah.


■icnari'il'-irice.s •URC 5'C'. ■


■ ■ enralive Oil r.puncil. Mr I '': ',,


■a:v. Mr John Lec.s (M’-' yr: • treasurer.


.live conimi'tee. Mr ti.'iie District Cotmr.I ,!■


htifi Catholic A'C’. ^ omoe titions


ilub


’ll,; r Di.sirict Couhih ..'I'c.ieiitative i;n L^CA ese^


er smith Chatburn


^dehrates 9olden wedding


^HATRTipn^ bli‘? . '


■ins'ion!■ ■'■‘■'■■e “o on Saturday. Covpiury will celebrate their golden survived the Chm'ch, Clitli- married at


«-::f.din7feu‘on tile


‘■ie .'oxion ■‘'‘‘'■'I tour


= ■


='te.-bavin.! ihe^


‘'-.tr ;h® ide bell lower M' ni'


Navy and


'^'tvtni5;'!“'!5ji>ier moved to 'Vilen I,;""


‘n J ) b ‘ j . ° ' * i n s o n t h e n g o t a


, 1 ' a a r s . ' ^ ® t a j e d t l i e r e f o r hit rcdrement, Air


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were in


Dickinson has been em­ ploye as a school crossing IJalrolman.


it is a happy coincidence that he is also celebrating his golden jubilee with the Order this year.


. Airs Dickinson is two years younpr than her husband and is a native of Clitlieroe. Sh, attended St James’s school and on leaving worked at Chatbum mill for 16 years before moving to Coventry.


yours


"hildren, living in Aepring- lon, Portsmouth and Work- .sop, and five grandchildren, all of them have done well scholastically.


Dickinson was a keen worker with the Girl Guides. The couple liave tlirec


not having a large celebra­ tion but would welcome any relatives or friends at their home on the great day.


Air and Mrs Dickinson are Before her marriage, Mrs A member of the RAOB, I lie re were several ideas t ear.


Tile y ti.ia-ier.s live ta- ■'ncr and with the help o.t


rfWx


on.', and there '.''id ite c.onmcnt van on ;h?


- •till be (ll.spil'-.r.d i t'lic rnuc aivtn;


The winners


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O a r l o n I : J , A l a R e S u r e ( A i r l i . C o l l i n s I . . M a s s e y G o l d C u p ( L a d i e s ’ S t c e p i c e h a s c ) :


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( A l i a s A . I S a r r a g ' o


S l f c p l c c h a s e l : 1 , G r e y L a w ( M r E . C o l l i n s ) ; 2 , T e d d v t e r I I ( . M r A . K u b a n k ) ; , 1 ,


i M r s A . I ' l i l i a n k l . R i l i W c s d a l e T r o p h y ( O p e n


. l i i b e y P r i d e ( A i r I I . A . N . O r d f - P o u l c t l l . C r a w n


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C r e a v c s l , - 2 . P e n a l C o d e ( M r I I V l i i t a k c r ) : . 2 . W o r l h y i i i e r c i g n ( A i r S . A r m i l a g c i . t i l l


S l c e p l e e l i a s c i ; ( A i r


T r o p l i y B a n n i s W r 1 .


H j a c e n t I l n n l s ’ A l a i d e i i S t c p i c c h a s e ) :


T r o p h y S w e e t


t i k e ( A i r A . I I . A I . O r r ) ; 2 , h m l y l i a y I I ( A i r G . C k Misi;r:ivc) —


finisiiers. only iiiiiim m m i/m fm sm two


( N o v i c e T ) .


I ,


AT SAWLEY DESPITE


WEATHER


did not deter 9,000 racegoers from turning out at Dockber .and Sawley Grange Farms to back their own particular favourites.


But the fickle eleinents


Forest and Craven Himt races have not had the best of luck. Last year, they had to be postponed for a fort­ night because the course wa.s waterlogged, and then the attendance suffered dras­ tically from a bitterly cold day. Bad weather and foot- and-mouth disease have caused previous meetings to be abandoned altogether.


In the past, the Pcndle


So too were fortunes, but the biggest cheers of the day came when Mr Orr passed the post in the final race to win the Bill Bamiister Trophy, and when Grey Law g.alIoi>ed home in the fourth race to take the Ribblesdale Trophy for Mr Ciiristopher Hindley, of Gis- bume Park.


at the presentation rostrum, where Air Oit was the


cight-ycar-old, Sweet Slave —was one of only two to fini.sh the last race. He won by about three lengths after di.sputing the lead for most of the course. Victory meant all-change


Mr Orr's mount—his own


and sharp .showers were tempered by a dash of sun late in the aftemoon, and joint-secretarji Mr Alistair Orr said the crowd was large enough to ensure that the hunt broke even. If the weather w'as mi.\ed,


This time, the stiff breeze


announcer. Mr p. i. Haigh- ton, clerk of the course, took over the microphone while


grey, with Mr E. Collin,s rid­ ing in place of the injured Mr T. P. Tate, led the Ribbiesdale race from start to finish, and crossed tlic line some six lengMis clear. Tile St John Ambulance


the secretary stepped up for his prize. Mr Hindley’s nine-vear-old


had a steady crop of minor injuries to tend, owing to the usual quota of unseated jockeys, and one casualty had to be taken to Airedale Hospital with a suspected disloc.ated hip.


dent of another kind when a dog ran loose on to the course, with the horses but 100 yards away. Fortun­ ately, the way m'qs cleared before the leading group reached the spot.


three miles and about 400 yards, with 19 fences, includ­ ing a water-jump and an open ditch. Many spectators in the members’ car park took advantage of the hill­ side to M


The course was run over


their vehicles, others more enterprising packed the rails at one end of the course and flocked in a great rush to the winning post as the run­ ners made their detour into the home straight.


’atch the races from


day and won by a 50-1 out­ sider.


Miss Ann Quatford, from Salop — was entering the home straight in the Ma.ssey Gold Cup Ladies’ Open Steeplechase when lier horse •stumbled and fell on top of her to gasps from the crowd. There was almost an acci-^


Tile unfortunate rider —


Harwood police station, breath tests proved positive, and a blood test showed that Walker had 171 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood,


more than twice the legal limit. Walker told the court: "I


Walker drove do«m Paivson Lane to Edisford Road, into Lancaster Drive and tlirough several streets. Ire- fore PC Tliwaites stopped him in Central Avenue. There, and later at Great


cuting, described how P.C. James Tlrwaites followed Walker, in a police car, from the town centre to Hen- thom Estate. Veering from side to side.


pect, Clitheroe, admitted driving with an illegal level of alcohol in his blood. Be­ sides the ban. he was fined £40 and ordered to pay £7.20 costs. Insp. T. J. Sumner, prose­


bachelor, of Bollan’ d Pro.s-


A BUILDER’S labourer told CllUieroe magistrates he had scrapped his car since .an incident which led to a 12-montb driving ban. Alan Walker, a 26-year-old


ACROSS


ANCIENT TRACKS


noticed where an old road that once led to Slaidburn was followed as far as Rny- hcad and a second similar


had been drinking, and that’s ail tliere is to it. ”


He said he no longer owned a car.


Member of old


Chatburn family


sisters were all born at Fir Tree House and had very liappy memories of their lives in Cliatburn and all


Of the late Col Cliarlcs Fisher. Tliey were married at Christ Church, Chatburn. .Mrs Fisher is survived by


the good friends they made while living there. A'Irs Fisher was tlie wife


a son, Maurice, who now lives in Germany, and a daughter. Airs Aluriel Royle of Tunbridge Wells. The I'unei-al was at East Grin- stead on Tuesday.


among the successful pun­ ters, there w’as always the Lincoln, run on the same


And for those who weren't 100 per cent


ATTENDANCE by members of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Parish Council has been 100 per cent at meet­ ings over the past year.


Pupils learn to face the future


THE ever present and continuing attempt to produce young people who could face their future lives in a modern pressurised world of work, with confidence, assurance and happiness, was just one of the purposes of the many activities of the Ribblesdale County Secondary School and Adult Centre, said Mr D. Mortimer, headmaster and warden at the presentation of prizes.


was the future . . . the op­ portunities, the temptations or the human relationships they would establish or the society they would help to mould, he said. This was Uie first year the


vide every pupil with oppor­ tunities to develop academi­ cally, socially and physically, and provide s i t u a t i o n s requiring tolerance and thought and consideration for others, said Air Alor- timer. AVhat they could not see


They also wanted to pro­


housecraft. Philippa Boyd; needle- work. Catherine Hnworth; Vicior Ludonim, Sieplien Greatorex: Vio- irix Ludoruni, Julie Buchanan and Susan Busli.


Hodder: netball, Keinple; ;ilh- leiics iboys and girlsi. Pcndle; cricket, Kemple; footb.all


Hoii.''e


Asliley Smith award i. Hodder: academic elTorl. Pendle; Muniorinm Trophy, Pendle.


ithc In


trophies; baskelbal!,


youngest daughter of the late Air and Mrs William Wlieeler,- who lived at Fir Tree House, Chatburn, where the family were tenants of the Assheton family for over 100 years. She and lier brothers and


A MEMBER of an old and respected Chatburn family, Mrs Violet Isabel Fisher, has died in ho.spitaI at Tun­ bridge Wells. Airs Fisher was the


was missing the walkers had no difficulty in crossing New Gills beck because of the low water level, and they went | on to Gills farm which has j 27 varieties of trees growing ! in the vicinity. The last | length was by way of Low- i gill, Grunsgill Beck and | Whittle Hill to Higher Pia.ss. I


road was followed for a short distance. Altliough the footbridge


R A M B L E R . 1


Higher Flass and headed for Blue Scar and Kirden Beck, noting en-route that many trees had been stripped of bark, probably Ijy deer. An ancient ford ivas


CLITHEROE Naturalists began tlieir summer season by visiting the Forest Becks area, llie walk being an enjoyable traverse of ancient tracks, through gills and along becks. The party set out from


m a i l?


ket Place. Air Waddienr. who re-


A LINK with the earlier dayes of the Advertiser ■ and Times, when it was in pri­ vate owncrsliip. was .«evcrcd by tile retirement of Air William (Bill) Waddicar from John Cowgill and Sons (The Printci'S), of the Mar­


side of the business was con­ ducted in Castle Street, the newspape." being produced at


the Times office in the .Market Place. Mr Waddicar quitted the


tii'cd llie day after his 65th birthday, served a printer's apprenticeship at the for­ mer Advcrli.ser Shop in Castle Street. In those days the printing


King Street, Whalley, i.s pictured receiving a wrist watch from Mr John Cow- gill, managing director.


A PENNY rate has been pi'ccepted by Aighton. Bailey and Chaigley Parish Council, amounting to £750 for 1973- 74.


Penny rate


trade during the depres.sion and became a male nurse for 20 years, serving at Caldcrstones and at what is now Clitheroe Hospital.


Swimmers to aid Cheshire Home


PUPILS from nine local schooLs, both .secondary and primary, have responded well to the challenge of a


sponsored swim in aid of the Leonard Cheshire Home at Garstang.


WIDOW OF


POLICEMAN THE widow of a Clitheroe policeman, Mrs Elizabeth Ellen weightman, of Bolland Prospect, has died in Queen's Park Hospital, Blackbium. Airs Weightman, who was


place at the Ribblesdale Pool on April 14th and 15th, is being organised by the Clilheroe and district sup­ port group of the Cheshire Home. The maximum disl.ance is 20 lengths.


The .swim, wliich will take mm. EXCHANGE


31, had lived in Clilheroo all her life, first in Edisford Road and then in Victoria Street. Her husband, John, wa.s a


and Geoffrey: two daugh­ ters, Doris and Alarjorie; 10 grandchildren and 18 great­ grandchildren. Cremation


around in the garden. Airs Weightman’s main interest was in her family. She leaves two sons, John


member of tlie former Clitheroe Borough force. Although she enjoyed reading and pottering


was at Accrington on Satur­ day.


Youth


in the next 12 months. NO HORSES


held each year for the past three years and it is hoped to hold anotlier series witli-


talk was a commentary from the group about the music they played. The services have now been


a group from Burnley called the Right Anglers. Instead of an addre.ss. the


services THE last in the present .'cries of youth services at Trinity Methodist Church was attended by about 100 young people. Tile service was taken by


tary, Airs Elizabeth Drewe. of Glebe House, Waddington, •saici that she was delighted with tile response so far. AlUioiigli swimmers of any age were welcome to take port, she was particularly glad that so many young people had come forward.


The group'.s social .secre­


tire Cheshire Homes to the attention of young people," she .said. “ This is e.specially important because Oaklands at; Garstang covers such a wide age range. with residents from their 20s upwards,


College already help regu­ larly. but more young visitors would be very welcome.”


“ Pupils from Stonyhiirst


to find supervisors for the swim, to count the number of lengths and sign the sponsonship forms, and to be on duty in the cloakrooms. There will be two shifts of duty on both days, 5-15—6-30 p.m. and 6-30—8 p.m.


Invited to contact Airs Drewe or to leave their name and addrc,ss at Cowinan's shop in King Street. Clitheroe.


John’s, Sfc James’s. Edisford, Pendie Junior, Riversmead, Whalley CE Scliool, and Waddington and West Brad­ ford School.


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Fell wlio iiad declared tliat footpaths were being cut up by the practice, he said: ‘‘It is not allowed, and it will be stopped.”


take place in the Spring Wood area. County Aid. Ba.sil Greenwood, chairman, told a meeting of Whalley Pari.sh Council. Replying to Conn. J. H.


Horse riding should not Donations


AIGHTON, Bailey and Chaigley Parish Council has made donations of £10 to the Hurst Green memorial hall, £10 to the youtli club, and £5 to the badminton club.


swim are Clitlieroe Girls’ Grammar School. Ribbles­ dale, St Alichael and ...St


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Prizes were awarded to the foliowint: pupils: Form prizes:


Vivienne Marsden: atiendunre prize, Anne Critchlcy: Derby prize for public spirit, Robart Birch: English, Gillian Wllmore; French. Christine Kenyon; mathematics. David Johnson and David Lord; geography, Vivienne Marsden; religious educ-atlon, Sheila. Emblcy and Vivienne Marsden; woodwork. Robert Birch: engineering (theory and practice), Donald King;


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THE second day of Ribbic.sdalc C a in e r a Cliib’.s annual exhibition produced a record Sun­ day atlcndancc.


A steady stream of


yisitors also viewed the 165 prints and slides on Satur­ day evening, recovering from a slow start in tlm


afternoon (probably due to Sawley races and another exhibition in Southport).


chairman, inlrodiiccd the speaker. Air .lobn Nichol­ son, Flirs, a pasl-prc.sidenf of Preston I’liotographic Society.


Vicc-cliairnian Air Peter CowUing, deputising for the


Air Nicholson, who has


lectured at the Ribblcsdale Club and judged annual competitions, complimented


them on raising enougli prints to organise a show — something many larger


chills could not do. Secretary Air Philip ALijor


(hanked the opener, and •Miss Caroline Weaver pre­ sented posies to Airs Nieliol-


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