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Headmaster is council’s new chief


HEADMASTER of Whalley C of E School, Mr John Shaw,


• . Mr Shaw — a Kibble Valley I coutvcVUoy — \s succeeded as vice-chairman by Mr A. Wcst- weli. Mr Geoffrey Mitchell, of


for more than two years, said that because his appointment as High Sheriff was likely to involve him in extra respon­ sibilities it would be ‘‘unfair,” fo r him to continue.


£75 (£50); Whatley Cricket and Bowling Club £90 (£75); Whalley RC Church £25 (£20; v Whalley Methodist Church £25 (£20). Mr Shaw said that the


decided as follows (last year's allocations are in brackets): Whalley Parish Church £300 (£250); Whalley Rangers FC


ious sub-committees, were: Maj. Greenwood (Church of England representative); Mr Shaw and Mr Mitchell (Adam Cottam Trust); Mr J. D. Sla­ ter, Mr Shaw, Mr A. West- well, Mr J. H. D. Rawson and Miss P. Wilkinson (Joint Burial Board); Miss Wilkinson (Area Parish Councils rep­ resentative); Mr Westwell' (R ib b le Va lley Council liaison); Miss Wilkinson (Old People’s Welfare Associa­ tion).


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A 28-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe man was fined a total of £25 by Clitheroe magistrates after pleading guilty to four motoring offences. William Westwood, of Littlemoor Road, was fined £10 for hav­ ing defective brakes on his car, £5 for failing to maintain windscreen washers, £5 for failing to maintain a headlamp and £5 for having no lights;


Scouts, who did not apply, for help last year, should receive some assistance, and the coun-. cil is to ask them to make an application. Officers elected, to the var­


death o f Coun. William Kinder. Grants for various organisa­ tions in the village were


Abbey fields, 'WbaWey, was co­ opted on to tbe council to f ill the vacancy caused by the


has been elected chairman of the parish council in succes­ sion to Maj.-Basil Greenwood. . Maj. Greenwood, chairman


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WADDINGTON is to enter this year’s Best. Kept* Village


Competition and all organisa­ tions in the village are being asked to help tidy it up and keep it clean.


taken at the annual meeting of the Parish Council, attended by about 20 residents.'


The decision to enter was


row reported on work finished d u r in g the year, which included renewing some of the old street lamps, taking over the Cricket Club pavilion, and installing new flush toilets and a septic tank there.


impose byelaws to ensure that the pavilion is not damaged.


The council has decided to Chairman Coun. J. F. Bar-


■Hudson, will hang in the par- ish hall.


The picture, presented ■ to the vicar, the Rev. J. C.


Mrs Gwxjn Daniel (Cub Scout leader); Mr Gareth Daniel (Group Scout leader); .Mr Stanley Westhead (district chairinan); Dr G. Hampson (district Commissioner); Mr Alan Smith-(comity commis­ sioner); the Mayor and Mayoress of Clithcroc, Coun. Leo Wells and Mrs Wells; Mr Fred Chamberlain (group chairman); Lord Clithcroc (president of the council); Miss Mavis Seddon (divi- sional commissioner); Miss Pat Beardsley (South Ilkcstoii commissioner); and Mrs Chamberlain (North Ilkeston commissioner). The four Guides arc visitors.


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Variety at show


WHIPPET racing, a tug-of- war competition, and a baby show are some of the attrac­ tions at the Great Harwood Agricultural Society’s 109th show on Spring Bank Holiday Monday.


There will also be competi­ tions for dogs, sheep, and


poultry, as well as various horse-riding events. The organisers hope to have


the Cruft's supreme champion on show, and a bookmaker in’ attendance for the whippet racing.


Numerous trade rs will


exhibit a wide variety of goods including tractor, insulating, and saddlery firms.


be Mr John Wolstenholm, managing director of West- wood Garage, Rishton.


President of the show will


especially welcome to join in the fun. “If you feel your standard of chess is not good enough, don’t worry, we can’t play all that well either; even beginners win a few games at this form of chess,” saida club spokesman.


granted bail in her own recog­ nisance of £500, was rep­


for the prosecution.


resented by Mi' John Lumley. Mr Barrie Dearing appeared


moned with the theft of prop­ e r ty valued at 55p, Miss Frances Jackson (38), of King Street, .Clitheroe, elected to go for trial at Preston Crown Court- Miss Jackson, who was


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Club is holding an informal “lightning competition” on Tuesday starting at 8-00 p.m. at the Station Hotel.. Non-club members will be


NOW that all the league and knockout issues have been settled, the warm summer evenings provide an excel­ lent opportunity for playing chess in a less,serious mood. To that end Clitheroe Chess


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TWENTY years ago, the Clitheroe bus driver and con­ ductor team of Mr and Mrs Bill Smith presented a hand­ some trophy to be played for a n n u a l ly in the-newly* formed intcr-dcpot darts league of the Ribblc Motor Services* Central Sports Committee. • The first winner of the


Mr and Mrs Smith person­ ally handed over the cup to the 1974-75 winning team’s captain, Mr Bill Gamcson — of the Preston depot. Mr Smith, of Waddington


new trophy was a team from the Preston depot. At Blackpool on Friday


(right) is seen handing over the cup to Mr Gamcson, watched by Mrs Smith and traffic manager Mr Brian King. ___________


WISWELL Parish Church has received a letter of thanks for.its donation to the fund for two teachers at 'Whiteacre School who lost their persona! belongings in the recent fire at the school. .


Thanks


THERE was no abnormal water shortage in Sabden on February 18th, when fire broke out at the home of the Birtwell family at 15a Pendle Street East.


No lack of water at. Sabden fire


result of a letter from Sabden Parish Council alleging an emergency water supply fai­ lure at a hydrant in , the vil­ lage, and ^consequent depend-. ence on a fire appliance carry­ ing a water tank.


cashire County Council’s chief fire officer, Mr J. Warden, following an investigation into fire fighting procedure emp­ loyed at the scene of the blaze which left a local family home­ less. The investigation was the


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chairman Coun. Derek War- burton, , who was an eye­ witness at the fire, later . described the fire fighting operation as “like a scene from ' a comic,” and commented that it was as well the wind had been blowing in the wrong direction at the time. In a reply to the letter sent


were sent to the NW Water Authority and the chairman of Lancashire County Council’s Fire and Public Protection Committee, expressed alarm at this situation. A suggestion was made that consideration should be given to the idea of storing fire fighting equip­ ment in the village.- Sabden Parish Council


The letter, copies of which This was the finding of Lan­


by Sabden Parish Council the .chief fire officer made the fol­


lowing points: The first appliance at the


• two hose reels at work inside the building. \ As a precaution a larger diameter hose was run'out, but- the fire was brought under control by the hose reels initially taken into the building. On the arrival of the second


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• precautionary line .laid to the rear of the premises. By this time thfe fire had been brought under control. . Examination of the water


Watt Street.was used by the second crew and . a further


Also another hydrant in


incident carried 300 gallons of water. To supplement this a hose line was connected to the nearest hydrant in Pendle Street. This gave a poor sup­ ply but. the . 30 gallons'per minute yielded was sufficient to maintain, the supply to the


* The chief , fire officer also commented that the proposal, that fire fighting equipment should be stored at Sabden would do nothing to improve watersupplies —particularly in view of the fact that the fire appliance arrived in record time.


mises are extinguished by using water carried pn the fire appliance. This practice is common to both rural • and urban areas.


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appliance hose lines were con­ nected to it to further supple­ ment the initial supply. *


, on fire .appliances. “During the investigation


said: “I-hope the facts of the case will enable you to assure, the members of your .council th at there is no abnormal water shortage in the area and that it is standard, practice initially to use water earned


In conclusion Mr Warden


supply In the area showed that the hydrant in Watt Street, plus another one in the same* street, gave 175 and -d50 gal­ lons per minute respectively. There is also an unlimited sup- _ being used.”:


into this incident it appeared that a wrong impression could quite easily have been gained by' noticing the. poor supply feeding from, the hydrant in Pendle Street into the tank of the appliance; but1 this, • of. course, was not going straight on to the.Are .but.merely sup-: plemcnting the water already


ply of open water available from Sabden Brook. Most fires in domestic pre­


Road, who retired from Rib­ ble in March after nearly 41 years’ service, was making his last appearance as a vice- president oflhe Sports Com­ mittee. In the picture, Mr Smith


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family was growing up I could not. do very much painting.


But now the children are older I have given more time to art in the last few months, and this time I want to make a real go of it.” '


dren, he has been painting for, 15 years and founded a now- flourishing a r t group at Farington, near Preston, where he lived before coming to Clitheroe in 1967. Says Mr Barnes: “While my


Chatburn Road, is a member of Blackburn Art Society, and has shown some of his works at their exhibitions in the Lewis Textile Museum, Blackburn. Married with three chil­


will be topographical, depict­ ing Lancashire towns in.Victo­ rian and Edwardian times. Mr Barnes’ favourite medium is gouache, a kind of opaque water colour, but there may also be some pen-and-ink drawings on show. Mr Barnes, who lives in


show THE first one-man exhibition by Clitheroe artist Frank Barnes opens on Monday for a fortnight, in the window of the Skipton Building Society, Market Place, Clitheroe. Most of the works on view


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