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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. September 25th, 197S 1


NO PAGEANT AT WHALLEY NEXT YEAR


MEMBERS of Whalley Christian Action Group are jjjt planning to hold a pageant or dramatic presenta­ tion next Easter. Instead, by way of a-change, they wll hold several Monday night meetings with visiting


sneakers starting on March 8th. •


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" 1 Last year the group gave a dramatic presentation of the road to Calvary and the Crucifixion, and in two previ­ ous years they organised a pageant in the village and Abbey grounds on Good Friday.


JhE cost a 'VGekend swim at the Ribblesdale Poo! is excessive anrl unfair to people jiving in outlying areas, it was claimed at a meeting of the kibble Valley Parish Councils’ tiaison Committee. Mr J. H. Blackburn, of Mel-


for. said it was unfair that people in rural areaswhocould


•weekends had to pay 25p — [(ip more than the weekday


only kr° t0 P°o1 at


charges. ■The Liaison Committee


red pursuing the matter until


supported a plea for the equal­ isation of charges, but defer­


rjhe Kibble Valley Council’s '•Recreation and Leisure Com­ mittee has discussed future Charges for facilities at Roefield.


\Flower Club


ITHE role of accessories from .Creek times to modern day 'were described to members of iciithcroe Flower Club by Janet Gillibrand, who gave a demonstration on Friday evening. She was thanked by ;M


drive is on October 20th and the annual dinner on October •30th._


CINEMA


THE FULL RANGE 4V0Y FOB CITROEN


■\ “tunny men,” including the \hte .lames Robertson Justice, sStanlev Baxter and Leslie


;DAVID NIVEN stars in “Paper Tiger” at the Civic Hall. U tells the story of a mans struggle to overcome his own cowardice when a .friend is kidnapped by guerillas. The supporting film is “Fast Lady” starring a host of


'night on October 3rd, due to 'the flower show on October The whist and domino


the cancellation of the practice


r? Thurston. Members were informed of


groups are being arranged through the winter, starting with a general open meeting at the Methodist School on October 12th, at 8 p.m. Tapes of different aspects of Christ­ ian life will be played and discussed.


New fortnightly house


menical, is also supporting a united service organised by local chaplains at St Luke’s Chapel, Calderstones, on October 26th. Instead of being only for the staff and their families, it will be open to patients and families, clergy and members of Whalley churches.


The group, which is ecu­


have been made for Christian Unity week, from January 19th to 25th. A meeting and film show will be held on the Tuesday night in the CE School and a united service on the Sunday in the Methodist Church at 6-30 p.m.


T’ entative arrangements It is . not generally known


that the illuminated crib in Whalley, which has delighted


residents and visitors for sev­ eral years now, was the responsibilty of the group.


committee have to start pre­ parations as early as Sep­ tember each year, to make sure all goes well. This time, however, they have the added task of having to refurbish the crib to prevent rain leaking in.


Members of a crib sub­


play from the weekend before Christmas until Epiphany.


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A SCHEME to build 40 coun­ cil houses at Kirklands, Chip­ ping, has been put out to ten­ der by the Kibble Valley Council, it was reported at the Housing Committee meeting. The houses are due to be com­ pleted in 51 weeks.


The crib is usually on dis­


CLITHEROE Parish Church Youth Club is reopening its doors tomorrow night, but more leaders are urgently needed to help running of the club.


YOUTH CLUB BACK IN BUSINESS


with the organising and The Vicar, the Rev. J. C.


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Application lacked


information WHEN Leo McHugh asked his landlady’s daughter to fill in an application for a driving licence for him he forgot to mention his previous endorse­ ments. This led to McHugh (29), of


Hudson, who will be at the club tomorrow, this week appealed for people to help organise activities for the youngsters.


woman helper in the 20-30 age group to help with activities fo r the g i r ls ,” said Mr Hudson.


“We particularly need a


Woone Lane, Clithcroe, appearing at Clitheroe Magis­ t r a te s ’ Court accused of applying for a driving licence without giving particulars of endorsements. He admitted the offence and was fined £10. Mr J. L. Lumley, defend­


ing, said McHugh had nothing to gain by sending in the


incomplete form. This had been backed up by the with­ drawal of the more serious charge of making a false state­ ment to obtain a driving licence. “What McHugh did was to ask


his landlady’s daughter to complete the form. He didn’t bother to read it and she sent it off,” he added.


Summonses on way


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THE bulk of summonses against non-paying Ribble Valley ratepayers arc to be sent out as soon as possible, Borough Treasurer Mr Gor­ don Onslow told a meeting of the council’s Finance and Gen­ eral Purposes Committee. Some summonses had


already been issued, said Mr Onslow, with a virtual 100 per c e n t re sp o n s e . Of the £2,828.416, recoverable, a total of £1,035.220 had been


collected by the end of last month. This represents 36.3 per cent collected so far. Mr Onslow is to give a full report on the rates situation at next month’s meeting of the com­


mittee.


Film on cancer


PEOPLE from Clitheroe and district are invited to attend a showing of the film “Screen­ ing for Breast Cancer" ir Wesley Hall, Blackburn, e week today. The showing of the 30-


minute colour film, at 8 p.m. is being organised by the BUPA Manchester Medical Centre. Its object is to inform women how the cancer is formed and how it can be detected at an


early, stage. After the film, the audience


will have a chance to put ques­ tions'to Dr David.Thompson, clinical director of the Medical


since Easter. Its former leader — the Rev. David Sut­ ton, who was curate — has now moved to a parish in Fleetwood.


The club has been closed


Geoffrey Whitham, of Huckle Ing, Sawley, will now be in charge of the club.


Former assistant leader


about 90 youngsters in the 12-16 age group — former


Invitations have gone out to


club members and those recently confirmed — and the main aim of tomorrow’s meet­ ing will be to plan the kind of activities they would like to see at the club.


able for table-tennis, snooker, darts and badminton, and it is hoped that once the club is on its feet again, trips can be arranged to places of interest.


Equipment is already avail­


N A Y L O R — D A W S O N


Street, Clitheroe, Bridget Anne Dawson and Kevin Naylor were married at SS Michael and John’s Church, on Saturday.


Neig h b o u rs in Taylor


Mrs H. White, the bride is a weaver at Stonebridge Mill, Chatburn, and the brideg­ room, youngest son of Mrs E. Naylor, is a laboratory tester with Ribblesdale Cement.


Daughter of the late Mr and


her uncle, Mr Joe Adcroft, wore a pale blue crepe dress trimmed with white lace, and a blue picture hat with a white flower. She carried pink roses and stephanotis.


The bride, given away by


CHESS CLUB


AFTER a summer of chess in a lighter vein, Clitheroe Chess Club is now back in full swing, with internal league games being fought out at the Tues­ day and Thursday meetings.


sions — second for new mem­ bers to the club and first for the better players.


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A SURVEY of leisure facilities in Morccnmbe was one of the tasks undertaken by 36 Ribble Valley youngsters who were based at the county training centre at Uorwick Hal], Carn- forth, over the weekend. The party, accompanied hy youth lenders Geoff Jackson,


Dennis Lewis, Derek Smith and Hazel Ashton, spent two days at Horwick, on a course entitled “Young people and their world.’’ First two sessions dealt with personal relationships, the


youngsters forming discussion groups and playing encounter games. The party also heard a talk on pop culture and the way in which the young people of today can he manipulated by commercial interests. On Sunday, 20 of the party visited a deer park at Hay


in which b e t te r players receive shorter time on the clock against weaker players, has got off to an interesting start and it seems that anyone has a chance to win the trophy.


The handicap competition,


matches in store, this year will be the busiest in the club’s history, and with a little extra strength could prove one of the most successful.


With at least 11 inter-club


discovered that the resort was rather lacking in entertain­ ment facilities for the under ISs.


Bridge, Cumbria, while the remainder went to a bird sanc­ tuary near Silvcrdale. And the result of the Morccambe survey? The youngsters


playing in the East Lanca­ shire Chess Association Div. II League this winter, the first fixture being on October 16th against Lucas A team.


A Clitheroe team will be


tion, Clitheroe meets Mul- lards in the first round.


A GOOD public response is vital if a new full-time clerical and commercial training course for the unemployed is to go ahead at Whalley adult centre in January. A minimum of 12 students


‘Second-chance ’ course in need of students


vices Agency, would offer 13 weeks of full-time paid tuition in basic office skills. It would be open to anyone without a job, provided they were over 19 and had been out of school for three years. Trainees on the planned


is necessary for the course to take place. The course, proposed by the Government's Training Ser-


Collection of bus tokens made easier


Adcroft wore a pale’ blue crepe halter-neck dress with a jacket trimmed in swansdown and carried pink and white chrysanthemums.


•Matron of. honour Mrs Jean


Dinsdale wore a pink dress trimmed with daisy lace and carried a pink and white pomander.


Bridesmaid Miss Pauline


Joseph Dawson and Richard Jonathan Dawson, bride’s sons.


Pag e s were Raymond


Blackburn, groomsman Mr Colin Bibby and usher Mr Peter Adcroft, the bride’s cousin.


Best man was Mr Raymond


A reception was held at the Edisforn Bridge Inn. The


couple will live in Tower Hill, Clitheroe. Photograph: Stephen Kelly,


Hurst Green.


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GRINDLETON’S Lane Ends School may soon be taking on the role of a community centre.


primary school, axed by the County at the end of last term, plan to adapt the building, which is in good repair, .as a meeting place and centre for nearby residents.


Trustees of the century-old


this week by members of the Ribble Valley Council’s Devel­ opment Sub-Committee, who gave the go-ahead for the change of use of the building.


The scheme was welcomed W R A T H A L L — W O O F F


committee, Chief Architect and Planning Officer Mr Charles Wilson said that.the building appeared to be suit­ able for use as a community centre despite its isolated location. An alternative use for the


In a report to the sub­


building would be its conver­ sion for residential use but the proposed scheme would be of greater benefit to the com­ munity as a whole. The school could provide the Lane Ends community with-a centre for


Wooff, only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Wooff, of Spring Gardens, Waddington, was married at St Helen’s Church, Waddington, on Saturday, to Mr S t e p h e n H o u lk e r Wrathall. The bridegroom, a driver, is


Bank clerk Miss Anne


with ribbon lace. Her short bouffant veil was held in place by a flowered Juliet cap and she carried an ivory-backed prayer book. Matrons of honour Mrs Jean


the only son of Mr and Mrs P. H. Wrathall, of the Royal Oak H o te l, Water loo Road, Clitheroe. , The bride, given • away by


her father, wore a-white Edwardian gown of French embossed orrranza trimmed


ried lace dorothy bags. Best man was Mr Leslie


Beresford, the bridegroom’s niece, and Miss Michele. Smith, wore ice blue flowered Polyester dresses and white . flowered bonnnf«. They .car­


Smith and Mrs Jean Dinsdale wore blue flowered Crimplene dresses and carried posies of pink carnations and white roses. Bridesmaids' Miss. Karen


Maynard and groomsman Mr John Wooff. Ushers were Mr Kevin Maynard and Mr Ian Wooff.


formed by the Rev. G. Strick­ land and organist was Mr P; A. Cunliffe. A reception was held at the Black Bull Hotel, Rimington.


. The couple will live in Clitheroe:


1 P h o to g r a p h : Audrey Stvotoh. OhnfrhuHi


The ceremony was per­ 5,1 - • ■’l l , • t it The meeting will be held in


PENSIONERS wiil now be able to collect their tokens for the concessionary bus fare scheme at any centre in the area. At a meeting of the Ribble


Valley Parish Councils’ Liaison committee. Chief Administrative Officer Mr Jack Ruffley said that confu­ sion had arisen last time when people turned up at the wrong centres. Plans are already well


under way for the next issue of tokens and pensioners will be able to obtain these from any centre. A request to enable friends


course would be paid a basic £17 a week, with an earnings- related supplement of up to £9.37, as well as free national insurance stamps and travel and meal allowances. A measure of the likely


response is the fact that six Ribble Valley residents are currently travelling every day to similar TSA courses in Blackburn or Preston. The scheme is being publi­


cised at the coming adult edu­ cation enrolment nights, and intending trainees should con­ tact either the Clitheroe emp­ loyment office or Mr Jeff Smith, district principal for adult education, at Whalley Adult Centre. The TSA, founded in April


1974 to provide “second- chance” training for the unemployed, already provides a wide range of training


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tially skilled are given instruc­ tion in a wide range of trades,


motor vehicle repair and maintenance. These are again full-time paid courses, mostly of six months’ duration.


TSA's activities. Among other kinds of training assistance given are training-within- industry'courses, where TSA staff come out to firms and instruct supervisory staff in subjects like job safety and job communication. F u r th e r improvements


planned by the TSA for “sec­ ond-chance” training in East Lancashire include the open­ ing of a new District Office in Burnley by the end of this year, and the opening of a new purpose-built skills centre in Preston in 1976.


and relatives to collect tokens for pensioners was turned down on the grounds of poss­ ible abuse. Husbands and wives, how­


ever, will be allowed to receive tokens for their


Coun. Fred Green, pointed out that the Ribble Valley Council would make special arrangements in cases of hardship.


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The gentle art of angling


A DEVOTEE from boyhood of the gentle art of angling, Mr Jack Winnard, a teacher at Ribblesdale School, gave members of Clitheroe Probus Club an account of his experiences at every type of fishing, at


home and abroad. Angling is the largest par­


ticipant sport in Britain and it is estimated that between three and four million people — mostly men — take part. The most popular typo —


coarse fishing — is becoming commercialised and highly competitive, large sums being wagered at the many competi­ tions held these days.


groat therapeutic value to anyone under stress. Said Mr Winnard: “Never judge the day by the bag.” In spite of an empty bag, the angler may feel he has had a most


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with the tools of their trade to keep when they complete the course. Nor is that the limit of the


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rewarding time, often in beautiful surroundings, with a chance to observe birds and other wild life as a free bonus. He gave his audience details


FOR. Y O U R ROLLS-ROYCE and DORCHESTER


of the cost of membership of clubs in these days of inflation and mentioned their difficul­ ties in the management of pro­ tection of their waters, adding that about 700 salmon were poached from the Ribble and Hodder in 12 months — rather more than were caught legally.


The dry, hot summer, low


water and heavy pollution from the Calder causing lack of oxygen in the water had caused the death of 200 sal­ mon and 500 sea trout in the Ribble below Hacking Hall. The increased popularity of


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nard refused to give an opin­ ion on the standard of veracity of fishermen everywhere on such matters as the vital statistics of “the one that got away.” Thanks for the talk were expressed by Mr Bill Oldroyd, Accrington.


Whiteside, Clitheroe, wel­ comed a v isitor , Mr E. Efiong, of Nigeria. At. the next meeting on October 3rd,’ Mr Allen' Exley,


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