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tion in Clitheroe should not begin until adequate financial resources are available for the changeover, said Mr Gerald Hoorl, h e a dm a s t e r o f


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, speaking at speech


day. Mr Hood said that schools in


the area should not be forced to take a sudden plunge into comprehensive reorganisa­


tion. “We have said many times


that we can make a success of reorganisation provided we


are given suitable premises, and adequate resources,” he said, “but we must not delude ourselves into thinking it can be done at no appreciable cost. “To undertake reorganisa­


tion in a period of financial stringency, on a temporary and makeshift basis, would be to court disaster. We would be running the risk of lessening, instead of increasing, the edu­ cational opportunities open to our pupils under the existing system.” Mr Hood added his support


to the movement opposing the closure of Riversmead School, as he felt that schools should not become over large. “This could perhaps be safeguarded by the retention of Rivers­ mead, which I personally favour.” He also welcomed the prop­


osal that each of the two Clitheroe schools should have its own sixth form. Despite reorganisation


plans, Mr Hood is confident that the educational traditions of the school will continue. “This is an inheritance of


which our town and district can be justly proud and we should make every effort to preserve and hand on our traditions to those who will tome after us. "Ours is a tradition in its


best sense — a tradition which permits change without loss of continuity and a proud iden­ tity. It is something-which . belongs to Clithcroc as of right. It is something worth fighting for.” Chairman of the Governors,


Col L. C. King-Wilkinson, presiding at speech day at the Civic Hall, introduced guest of honour Mr Norman Parkin­ son to present the prizes. Mr Parkinson research mana­ g e r o f th e UK Atomic


E n e r g y A u t h o r i t y , Windscale, spoke of his fellow scientists and the work on which they are engaged, stressing the importance of nuclear energy to the country. A vote of thanks was prop­


osed by head prefect C. D. Birdsall.


Last year’s top sixth-form


pupil, Stephen Owen, is pic­ tured receiving one of his prizes from Mr Parkinson. Behind them are, from the left: Martin Heywood, Col King-Wilkinson, Mr Hood and William Eldridge.


PRIZES GCE A-lcvcl awards: Honoratus


Prize and School Leaving Exhibi­ tion, Boden Prize for mathematics, Liver Prize for physics and Dawson Prize for chemistry, S. Owen; W. S. WeekB Memorial Exhibition and Scott Prize for history, ancient his­ tory and general studies, P. N. Wrench;’ Ditchfield Prize for history and geography, A. Dunbabin; Fort Memorial Prize for general studies and economics, P. K. Knight. Fairweather Prize for biology, A.


Fund bobster for young musicians


school prize for woodwork, A. Pollard. .


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- .Bridget <5up and prize for art and school prize for woodwork;. D. Weaver; Niiand Prize for French, S.' P. Birtwistle; L. C. Coles Prize for. English,, E. W. Thompson; Booth-. man Prize for Latin, A. Pickup;


school prize for classical studies, M. S. I. Redding.


■ School prize for history, C. J. Laytham and A. R. Corless; school prize for geography, R. R. Rhodes; ■ school prize for German, A. L. Car­ ter; school -prize for biology, P. Jones; Whipp Study Cup (oxtornal examination performance), Waddow House.


Watson Cup. and prize for spoken English (senior), R. E. Parrott; run- - ner-up, M. L. O’Hagan; Welch Prize


for Rpken English (intermediate), S. B. Yates; runner-up, K. R. Stock; headmaster’s prize for spoken English (junior), R. M. Fielding; ’ runner-up, J. A. Davis.


. A. Machon; Swindlehurst Shield for- juriior art,. J. N. Greenaii; Mitchell Cup for chess', N. G. Holhngs; Westhead Cup’and prize-for:public


.spirited conduct; J. D. -Titioy; Hughes Cup for prowess at-sport, J. A. Himlmoor; Kilner Prize for work and games, M. R. Hanson; Cowgill .Prize for commendable industry, P. M. .Houghton..


(Griffin, A.-H. Stanger, R. A. Paul; ’ third form: R. C. Eldridge. S. B. Yates,.G. S. Coar, C. Pollard, W. J. Hardman, R. I. Ainsworth, M. W. Pate.


Form prizes — fourth form: N. R. Second form: H. D. Wardle, T. M.


Jones, J. D. Lord, A. N. Haines, J. Manton, S. M. Sandham; first form: M. C. Musson, K. W.-Eastham, A. K. Robinson, D. Walters, J. P.’ Hamilton, N. Weaver. Walker academic-cup (interilnl examination performances), Waddow House.


•Fielding Prize for-music, R. T. Jones; Musson Cup for painting, S.


■not obsessed with such,mat­ ters. Nor is it a subject which receives much attention from the main political parties. In its last election manifesto the Labour Party talked about “elected-assemblies” in Scot­ land and Wales, and the Con­ servative Party promised a Scottish Assembly and a rather different and more com p licated sys tem for Wales.-The omission of North­ ern Ireland from both state­ ments' should not escape notice. Since when a number of p oliticians , nearly all English it should be noted, have been attempting to roar like lions'and pledging them­ selves to fight against what they call the “break up” of the United Kingdom.


Strangely a number ■ of my Parliamentary colleagues seem even to have forgotten the resultsof the last election. In Scotland safe Conserva­ tive seats fell to Nationalists


Westminster Viewpoint


by DAVID WALDER


and if figures are anything to go by a number of equally safe Labour seats are the next to go. Judging by the "seconds” scored by the -SNP other par­ ties next time round could bo reduced to holding a mere handful of seats. In Wales Plaid Cymru was not quite so succ essful, but very few Welsh Conservatives, Social­ ists or Liberals can be san­ guine. Northern Ireland is dominated by one party which' owes no allegiance to any other at Westminster.


What, therefore, is to be


done? Truth to tell no one quite knows. Least of all the Government’s "devolution man”, the mulishly unrespon­ sive Mr Edward Short. No referendum, says Mr Short, to test opinion; there are a number of ways - of dealing with the problem, Mr Short indicates, but refuses to say which might be preferred. Sometime very soon, Mr Short tells us, we shall have an opportunity of debating the whole matter. I suspect he hopes that such a debate will be an inconclusive squabble under, his guiding hand, and that he will thus be provided with an excuse for forgetting about the problem for some time to come.


' - In which case he is making


. at O-level and Dawson Prize for chemistry, M. J. Heywood; runner-


J. Pearson; Mitchell Prize for gov­ ernment, J. B. Watson; Buraett- Hurst Prize for French and Gorman, A. McNicol; school prize for history, M. J. Balcklidge.and P.'Nicholson; school prize for general studies, R. P. Lavery. GCE O-levcl: Sir Ralph Asshoton Cup and Prize for best GCE results


up, W. B. Eldridge; Dawson Prize for chemistry and Coar Cup and Prize for physics, S. J. Maudstey; R. I. Kay Prize for mathematics and


one of the biggest mistakes of his political life. For no Ulster Unionist, Scots Nationalist nor Plaid Cymru MP is going, tp be satisfied by a decision, or the lack of one, produced by an overwhelming majority of English MPs. They will all go rushing back to their con­ stituencies to say, “What did you . expect from an English Parliament?” Overall in the House of Commons, irrespec­ t iv e of p a r ty p o l i t ic a l allegiances, there is probably a small majority in favour of devolution, but certainly no sort of clear opinion as to what form it should take.


EASIEST Cynically, “as little as poss­ Iwssf^cuefear -48 <” - "z -


A COFFEE ev en in g ’a t Q r cy s ton e s , Waddington Road, Clitheroe,- boosted-thc funds of the’Friends of Lan­ cashire Schools’ . Symphony


Keen savers


CERTIFICATES to mark links of half a century with the National Savings movement will be handed oyer to three local schools later this month. The -primary schools at Bar- row, Pendleton arid Downham have each participated in sav­ ings schemes, for at least 50 years. They will receive their


awards from Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Tom Robinson, in three separate ceremonies next Thursday.


Orchestra: to the tune of more than £105.


The event was at the home


of Mr and.Mrs S. F. Mycrs- cough,who kindly offered to help the Friends out by “lending” their house as the venue. ’


i . Young members of the


orchestra — including six local children — organised th e v a r iou s games and sideshows. Parents and their friends saw to the serving of refreshments and running of the stalls.


The cash w i l l go the


orchestra’s general • funds,, which help to pay for staging concerts. Their next event will be at Preston Guild Hall on December 7th, when choirs from various parts of Lancashire will also be tak­ ing part.,


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No concrete to spare


THE Ribble Valley Council’s decision not to concrete or tarmac an area of land off Castle View,. Clitheroe, was' strongly criticised at a meet­ ing of the town council. -


Coun. Bert Jones consi­


dered the decision an absolute disgrace. “There have been weeds there for two years and. the work wouldn’t cost £200,” he said.


The Ribble Valley Council


said it was unable to carry out the improvements because of the cost, but it promised to keep the land free from


weeds. .


ible” would, about sum up the general attitude. Which in my opinion is wrong for at least two reasons. First of all, not only because I am half Scots, I do not myself feel justified in saying “No” to the wishes of Scots, Welsh and Irish for the very good reason that I am not their elected representa­ tive. Second,, I would have thought the easiest way "to provide more recruits to


separatist parties was for the Conservative and Labour Par­ ties to block any sort of local representation in Edinburgh, Cardiff or Belfast! Personally, I rather hanker


after some form of referen­ dum. I should like, for inst­ ance, in Scotland, the one of the thr ee “independence areas" I know most about, to be able to judge between a vague “Bonnie Prince Char­ l i e ” romanticism and a , genuine desire for political and economic independence. However, in this respect l am apparently something of a lone voice so we shall continue to try to provide the means for an expression of local inde­


pendence within Great Britain w i th o u t r eally knowing whether - that is what the people concerned really want.


In the circumstances what­


ever is provided is almost bound to be wrong, a situation which will be welcomed by those who are fanatically hell­ bent -on complete independ-. ence. Actually, if Mr Short were even a tiny bit nicer it would be possible to be sym­ pathetic.


NUMBERS ' For there are a number of


nettles, or perhaps I should say thistles, to be grasped by Government, and the prin­ cipal one is not assemblies but the assembly, Parliament at Westminster. The question of numbers, to be exact. The total population of Scotland, Ulster and Wales is not much bigger than that of Greater London. On that basis Scot­ land and Wales are both over­ represented in MPs at West­ minster while Ulster is under­ represented. If all three nations have separate assemb­ lies and wider powers should not their representation at Westminster be put on a con­ sistent, egalitarian basis? The logical answer must be “Yes”, but with what results!


More Ulstermen and fewer


Scots and Welsh. If Mr Short proceeded logically he could deprive the Labour Party of i t s own precarious single figure majority, to’ use a fa v our ite phrase, “at a stroke". At the same time more representatives, of no known political allegiance, speaking about the other problem everyone tried to push under the carpet, the future of Ireland.


For Ulster has had Stor­


mont, now has an assembly, and is still no nearer to any sort of solution. Leaving aside her special conditions of religi­ ous and racial hatred and her curious position with regard to Eire, she still provides a very poor example of the w or ki ng o f s e m: independence. A warning, say some, of what might happen if the United Kingdom were allowed to break up still further. On the other hand if the Scots and Welsh do riot g e t what they regard as proper control over their own affairs, might they not go the way of Ulster?


FAIRNESS It would be wrong, though,


just to pose unanswerable questions on devolution. For myself I would accept sepa­ rate Assemblies in Ireland, Scotland and Wales with con­ trol over domestic aspects of separate budgets, but if that were to happen,then.of course, England should have the same facility. I say this because I think fairness is all. If one nationality is treated, or thinks it is treated, unfairly in comparison with the others, then we shall have trouble. If all nationalites are treated fairly then they should all accept the ultimate authority of the Westminster Parlia­ ment to which all send rep­ resentatives.


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