CUtheroe Advertiser and Times, July Uth, 1974 5
HIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE DISTRICT 3
Ribble Valley
OU ARE OVER 16 >U CAN JOIN AN
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? of activities such as: Painting, Drama, Pottery, etc.
■IIS AUTUMN groups met in this district last \tmtci
IDIES — G.C.E. Courses, Basic Reading, First Aid.
-AMES — For men and women, including
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MEMBERS of the League of Friends staffing one of their village stalls.
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Liberals SUMMER
move into gear
FIRST chairman of the newly-formed CUtheroe and District branch of the Divi sion Liberal Association is Mrs Bertha Bradshaw.
Lacy Street, Clitheroe. was elected at a special meeting
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which wound up the old Clitheroe branch. The Divisional Executive
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go to hospital's open week
A RECORD 4,000 people visited Calderstones Hospital during its annua] open week, which ended on Saturday with a village market, bands, dancing and displays. Throughout the week, over
1,000 young people from s e c o n d a r y schools in Clitheroe, Blackburn, Ac crington and further afield were taken on guided tours
main days, when civic dig nitaries from tile hospital's catchment area, members of the district and Calderstones management teams and about 150 members of local WIs visited the hospital for a civic reception. The civic heads were wel
of the hospital and wards. Wednesday w-as one of the
comed by Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Fred Singleton.
the hospital was decked out to look like a village market, with various stalls such as cakes, farm produce and at tides made by patients, being run by members of the Calderstones League of Friends.
On Saturday the front of There was a demonstration
entertainment by the Long- ridge Silver and Furtliergate Pipe Bands.
by the Colne Royal Morris Dancing team, and musical
pital’s social club put on a karate display and there was even a Punch arifl Judy Show for the youngsters.
Staff members of the hos
invited to attend and patients mingled with the 2,000 last-day visitors.
Relatives of patients were
Calderstones Miss Adrienne Eastwood, said; “Demand to visit the hospital this year has been so great that wc have had to turn down some schools. People seemed more anxious to come and look around and we are very pleased that the public took so much interest in Live week.”
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OHILDEEN in Langho cer- - tainly know how to ride their bicycles—and now they have certificates to prove it. For the 28 children from
the village who took their cycling proficiency test last week at St Leonard’s School, Langho, all passed with flying colours. The children, who were
examined by Mr A. Burns and a group of volunteers,
were P. H a n co c k , A. Riding, T. Rayner, R. Prew. T. Waring, W. Clarkson, J. Timmings, R. Duei'den, S. Duerden, R. Bradford, o. Knight, J. Brunton, J. Duck worth, J. Taylor, L. Mur dock, J. Newton, J. Moore, B. Cooper, S. Cooper, D. Shaw, N. Price, D. Marlm- date, M. Parr, D. Wadsworth, A. Burns, K. Blackwell, G. Clarkson and P. Walmsley.
A winning way with flowers
SUCCESS came the way of Clitheroe woman Mrs Pat Haigh when she represented the Lancashire Federa tion of Women's Institutes at the recent Royal Show
at Kenilworth.
Mrs Haigh, o[ Bleasdale Avenue, Clitheroc, entered
two classes of the flower arranging section. Her dis play in a free expression class, entitled “ Kohoutek,”
BRIDGE CLUB
WINNERS at Clitheroc Bridge Club were: NS, Mrs Dewhurst and Mrs Thorne; Mrs Moss and Mrs Milling
ton. EW, Mrs Walker and Mrs Russel: Mrs Camm and Mrs Waddington.
that it sometimes pays to be speculative. North opens with 1NT and south bids two elute, asking if the opener had a. four-card major suit. On receiving the reply of two hearts, the optimists, would raise this to four hearts.
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gained her a socond place, and her entry in another class, which attracted 33 displays, was highly com mended.
Association of Flower Ar rangement Societies, Mrs
A member of the National
Haigh lias studied flower arranging under Mrs Jean Taylor, well known for her books and television appear ances on the subject. ,
teacher and has tutored City and Guilds courses at the Craven Institute of Ad vanced Education at Skipton for the past two years. She has also taught at Accring ton College of Further Edu cation and elsewhere in the Clitheroe. Bowland and Settle districts.
She herself is now a
new one-year day class at the Craven Institute which starts this October. The course is intended for in terested gardeners, amateur arrangers and those involved in local chinch flower ar rangement nd all aspects of show entering.
Mrs Haigh is to tutor a
course, expected to have a wide appeal for both women and men, are available from the Principal, Craven College of Further Education. High Street, Skipton. Course or ganiser is Miss Margaret Kenyon, lecturer responsible for home economics and creative studies.
Further details of the Faulty tyre
FOR using a car with a defective tyre, Mrs Andreine Ellison, Old Hive, Chipping, was fined £2 by the Ribble Valley magistrates.
letter to the court she said the car tvas not in use and was awaiting removal by a scrap dealer.
In a MAHER—CLARKSON
A GRADUATE of Notting ham University, Miss Cath erine Msrgaret Clarkson, elder dasater of Mr and Mrs W. H. Clarkson, of •• Hyburn." Snodworth Road, was marr.rf at St Leonard’s
Church, Lncho. The bnifgroom, Mr Keith
Maher, also a graduate of tile univerity, is the youn ger son ')! Mr and Mrs Gordon Airier, of Liverpool. Given jriv by her father,
Clarkson, bride's sister, and Miss Jennifer Turner, bride's
cousin.
crepe with long sleeves and frills on the bottom. The headdresses were of white organdie flowers and they carried bouquets of tanger ine carnations and sweet |
They wore Empire-line dresses ot peach-coloured
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peas. MBest man was Mr Ian
the bride »ore a dress of white finch lisse with short, pied sleeves and
trimmed nth B»iPl' re lac®; She wild a headdress of
white ougdio flowers with
ocarf dnipers and canned a KmqV* of yellow roses anf lij-of-the-valley. (hie' bridesmaid was Miss
and the ushers were Mr Patrick Thistlethwaite and Mr Brian Haywood. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. P. H. Dearden. and the organist was Mr Slater. After a reception at Whal-
aher, bridegroom’s brother,
Shila Maher, bridegroom’s sii'.cr. and the other brides- nu'.fls were Miss Judith
150 at coffee evening
MORE THAN 150 people at tended a coffee evening in aid of Ribblesdale Scout
group funds. Held at the Hereford
Drive home of Mr and Mrs E. J. Cowbum, it is expected to raise over £90. Attrac tions included a tombola, a treasure map. home-made cake stall and a flower- arranging stall.
lcy Abbey, the couple left for a honeymoon touring Scotland. They will live in
Langho.
Sorting out the rent
arrears
THE Ribble Valley Council Intends to keep a close watch on tenants who get behind with the rent. At the moment the council has £8,000 owing to it, which Mr Gordon Onslow, Borough Treasurer, described to the Housing Committee as “not too good.” He said 37 tenants were were urging tenants not to
six weeks or more in arrears and something would have to be done.
problem of rent arrears had been discussed with other housing managers. Getting
Mr Onslow added that the
into arrears was a "general trend; various organisations
pay their rents. Coun. Fred Green (Wilp-
shire) described the amount of arrears as " alarming." In these days of full employ ment and enhanced wages there was no reason why anyone could not pay the rent. "People have got their
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priorities wrong.” lie added. “ They will pay for the television and what have you and we arc at the bottom of tile queue.”
■The committee backed Mr Onslow’s recommendation that the Chief Executive Officer should have auth ority to issue a notice to quit immediately the
Housing Manager and the Borough Treasurer felt it was time to take positive action to recover overdue rents.
stressed that notice to quit would not mean the tenants having to leave the house immediately.
However, Mr Onslow POWER
collect rent from the tenant and do our utmost to see that something was paid off the arrears each week. Our main objective is not to put tenants out but to see that the rent is paid,” he said.
“We would continue to
with the recommendation of Mr Onslow and Mr Jack Ruffley, Chief Administra tion Officer, that where this arrangement was not successful, tile chairman, Coun. Harry Riding (Long- ridgeL and the vice- chairman, Coun. Leo Wells (Town Mayor of Clitheroe). should have power to authorise the issuing of a suspended order for posses sion of the house.
The committee agreed
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the old Clitheroe Borough, plus the parishes of Aighton, Bailey and Ohaigley, Chat- bum, Downham and Twis- ton, and Worston and Mearley. Secretary is Mr Tony Cooper, of Hillside Close, Clitheroe, and treasurer is M? Bob Fulton, of Wadding ton Road. Clitheroe. After the elections, pros
The new branch takes in
addressed the meeting. Coup. Roberts and his
FLEMING—SLATER
Ann Slater and Mr Patrick Michael Fleming took place at S’. Paul's Church. Low
The wedding of Miss Lynn
Moor. The bride, a weaver. Is the
Avenue. Clitlieroe. Her bridegroom, a heating stores
onlv daughter of Mr and Mrs r . ' g. Slater, of Shireburn
manager, is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs R. C. Dunn,
pective parliamentary can didate Coun. Bill Roberts
agent, Mr Cooper, lunched with Liberal leader Mr
Jeremy Thorpe 'n Skipton on Saturday. Also present were Mrs Bradshaw, Great Harwood branch member Mr Clifford Maslam, atjd Padi- ham branch members Mr and Mrs Norman Mitchell with their daughter Sandra. Mr Thorpe sent best wishes
to divisional Chairman Mr William Kinder, who Is re covering from a road acci dent.
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SO MANY gravestones are out of line on the north side of Gisbum Parish Church yard that Ribble Valley Parks Superintendent Mr Roger Hirst has told the Recreation and Leisure Com mittee the cutting of the grass would be too time-con suming a Job for his staff to take on. The grass on the south side is cut by the
parish council. To help cope with the
grass cutting in the villages, the committee agreed that local people should be re cruited wherever possible.
LOCAL Guiding officials
threw a party on Monday night in honour of 14-year- odd Jacqueline Cook.
Street, Low Moor, recently gained the coveted Queen’s Guide Award—the result of ■four years of hard work with the 9th Clitheroc
Jacqueline, of St Paul's
badges collected along the way. Divisional Commissioner
year-old Richard. Next year Jacqueline
Mrs Maisie Manley presen ted the big prize—a certi ficate and metal lapel badge — while Jacqueline was at Bowley Camp in Great Harwood. Before joining the Guides
Guide Unit, based at the United Reformed Church. Friends and award ex
Jacqueline had to pass tests in first aid, home nursing, fire-fighting, Com monwealth knowledge, local history and other subjects. Her uniform contains 25
aminers were among those at Monday’s celebration in the church hall. To qualify for the award
takes O-level in nine sub jects at Clitheroe Grammar School. Eventually she hopes to become a nurse, so
she was a member of St Paul’s Brownies. For the past three years she has assisted at their Monday night meetings, as wel] as teaching at the Sunday School. Her 10-year-old sister
of Cliff Street, Padiham. Given away by her father,
Need for sports halls
A CALL for greater use of
halls in the area for sport ing aetivities has been made by the Ribble Valley Sports
the bride wore an Empire line lemon satin gown with daisy-edged sleeves and
hem: l'er full-length veil, which was also trimmed with daisies, "as secured by a fitted lace cap. She carried gold and white roses with bridal flowers. In attendance were Miss
committee decided to write to the Lancashire Educa tion Committee to find out what facilities are available in the area for sports and recreational use. The executive considered
Council. The council's executive
Deena Pratt and Miss Deborah Hartley, the brido’s cousins, and Mrs Ann Gott. the bridegroom’s sister. Their Empire-line dresses
were in ocean blue satin and decorated with small daisies.
wore white nylon hats, em broidered to match their dresses; Miss Hartley had white flowers in her hair. Tliey carried Victorian posies of frecsia. Best man was Mr Michael
Mrs G°tt and Miss Pratt
it is no surprise to find that she belongs to the St John Ambulance Brigade.
the 12 certificates required for the Grand Prior Award, one of the Brigade's major honours.
Already she has five of
will have two sought-after awards to her name.
Pamela is at present going through the joining pro cedure. There Is another girl in the family, five-year- old Isabel,, and a boy, 11-
- lions.
(centre) received a chorus of cheers from her friends at Monday night's celebra-
PICTURE: Jacqueline Soon, it seems, Jacqueline
that various church and school authorities could do more to make their premises available for community use.
considered that the Sports Council would be unable to further any sports activities without the co-operation of the schools. “We cannot do anything
Coun. Robert Chadwick said.
Fleming, the bridegroom’s brother; groomsmen were Mr Frank Slater, the bride's brother, and Mr Derek Hartley, her cousin; usher
Festival of Sport, the trea surer, Mr K. F- Darley, said that a loss of about £200 was expected. He added,
Reporting on the recent ,,
was Mr Thomas Fleming, the bridegroom’s brother. The Rev- A. Hunt, Vicar
The couples new home Is in Padihnm. Photograph:
head. Darkwood Crescent Chatbum.
however, that they still had fencing, worth £161. which could be used if a similar event is held next year
of Low Moor, performed the ceremony, after which a re ception was held at the Brown cow inn, Chatburn.
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Walter NuttaU for a supper licence and permission to carry out structural altera tions at the Cross Keys Hotel Ribchester. were granted at the Ribble Valley Licensing Transfer Ses
APPLICATIONS by Mr sions.
unless we can persuade these schools to take part in community activities,” he
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