Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, November 27th, 1975 9


It's not season of goodwill


for some { * f ■' >


WITH Christmas fast approaching, Clitheroe police have'warned that this is the time of year when thefts and burglaries hit a high spot. ----------------:-------- ' And their fears were borne


ACTION IN MEXICO


A £100,000 plan to spring a falsely convicted murderer, from Mexico’s top' security prison forms "the‘basis of action-packed "Breakout" • at the Civic Hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. • The; film stars- Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall and Jill Ireland. '


• “The Wizard of Oz” will be


showing for the rest of the week. • ;


For RNLI >hn Church hall in aid of


- uniformed organisations ier was served. During the the Clitheroe and District oop won the trophy at St-' s are not yet availabe, the


Villages raise record £435 for Legion


CHATBURN branch of the Royal British Legion raised a record £435 with this year’s Poppy Appeal in


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in area stretching from Downham to Lane Ends . aid not a single penny was spent in expenses.- ------ :— --------------------------


Says Mr Jack Altham, of __....


Car chase ends in £100 fine


A POLICE motor patrol chas­ ing a car heard the squeal of lyres as the vehicle cut cor­ ners, Chief Insp. T. J. jjmner, told Clitheroe magis­ trates when Ian T. F. Smithies (30), of Brownlow Street, pleaded guilty to driv- ing a car in a dangerous


Banner. Smithies was fined £100 and


3 assistant


,ry Travis St Paul’s loor , on boratory lael John


5 the elder T. Town- Avenue, ride is the


:r and Mrs II Avenue,


er father, lace and dress, a


Iged with irs and a ’ organdie e carried a ouquet of ite freesia e ribbon, vere the iss Janet s Miss Lor- idegroom’s rownsend, Moss and ipbell. ridesmaids nd carried nthemums . The two ivore pink loral head- "ied white


the bride-


i and usher send. The


formed by Moor, the


and Mr G. t. on at the 1, Barrow, aoneymoon live on The


Mrs A.


NFU ladies help


charities NEW. p r e s id e n t of the Clitheroe and district branch of the Lancashire Ladies’ Social Section of the National Farmers’ Union is Mrs R. Gill, o f R a t ten c lo u g h Farm, Sabden.


Elected at the annual meet­


ing at Bolton-by-Bowland, Mrs Gill was presented with the badge of office by retiring president Mrs J. Porter.


Other officers elected were:


Mrs-J. Spurgeon (vice presi­ dent), Mrs A. Wood (business secretary), Mrs P. Bleazard (treasurer), Mrs A. Walters (speakers secretary), Mrs G. Speak (press correspondent),


Mrs Porter (flowers). Committee members are


Mrs R. N e lson, Mrs M. Taylor, Mrs J. Taylor, Mrs H. Bargh, Mrs D. Cornthwaite


and Mrs A. Laycock. A report on the year’s work


was given by the secretary and the financial statement was read by the treasurer. A the request of the retiring president, a donation of was made to Spina Bifida, was accepted at the meeting by Mrs Robinson, of Earby, on behalf of-the organisation.


Other donations were made


d u r in g the year to tne Agricultural Benevolent Fund


(£50), Cancer Research (£»»* Leonard Cheshire Homes


(£20), the intensive care urn ( £ 2 0 ) a n d C l i t h e r o


Physiotherapy Centre («0). mikes top erger Col Kmg-Wilkmaon^ _____ . . . chairman. , < ■ -J


tanned from driving for three norths. For driving without {jilts, which he also admitted, ti was fined a further £5. In court he had nothing to say. Mr Sumner said Smithies


was followed from Waterloo Hoad and into Turner Street ind Brownlow Street. His speed was more than 30 mph, te cut corners, failed to stop it road junctions and in some places drove on the offside of the road. He eventually halted on a car park in Whalley Road.


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Grindleton,. honorary organ- i s e r , ’’A g a in we h a v e exceeded the previous year’s total thanks to the generosity of the public, local churches and in no small measure to the collectors."


1 Mr Altham specially thanks


the headmasterof Riversmead School, Grindleton, and the, pupils who made up the pop­ pies. He adds: “We have not received a single request for ex p en se s from anyone — a reflection of the kind of people in v o lv e d in th e Poppy Appeal.”


The £435 includes gifts for


poppies, sale of wreaths,' church collections and dona­ tions, and is made up as follows:


Grindleton £75.82, Chat-


burn £69174, Sawley £44.86, Bolton-by-Bowland and Hol­ den £60.26%, Rimington £46.34, Downham £21.52, Worston £6.50%, Lane Ends


£6.13, Pupils and staff of Riversmead School£4.92,Rib-


ble Valley Authority £8, Poppy Ball £55, branch dona­ tion (bingo evening) £36.20. Total: £435.30.


A COFFEE morning and afternoon lea organised by Whalley Abbey Fellowship in the Conference Hall raised


almost £170. There were several stalls,


including cake, bring and buy, Christmas cards and produce, and a raffle helped to boost takings. The coffee and tea was served by members of the Fel­


lowship. The money will go towards the upkeep of the Abbey ruins.


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Proposed schemes


SCHEMES of local interest totalling about £780,000 are included in Lancashire County Council’s proposed capital programme for the next five


years. I f th e programme is


approved and goes ahead as s c h e d u le d a new sub- divisional police headquarters will be built in Clitheroe at an estimated cost of £135,000, including £23,300 for furnish­ ings and equipment. In the same period, 1977-78,


a start will also be made on a new c en tr a l library in Clitheroe costing £277,500 (furnishings £22,500); a trans­


fer station for the handling of refuse at a cost of £200,000, improvements to Leewarden Fa rm, Gisburn, costing £10,000, and a new garage block at Whalley costing £12,000. It is proposed to spend


£7,000 on a car park at Lower Hodder Bridge in 1978-79 as part of the access to Bowland scheme and, in the year fol­ lowing, Clitheroe should get a new f ire stat ion costing £68,000, including £3,000 for furnishings.


THIRTEEN might be “unlucky for some ’ . . . but certainly not for 13 Chipping pensioners who are enjoying appetising hot dinners every Wednesday under the local Red Cross meals-on-wheels scheme. This has now been operat- The dinners are cooked by


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ing in the village for several Mrs Marie Bleazard, wife of weeks and with a team of local drivers and mates, seems to be well organised.


UNITED


SERVICE CHURCH members of ail denominations will gather for a united Advent service in Clitheroe, on Sunday. The service, at the United


Reformed Church, will be taken by former Clitheroe Congregationalist minister the Rev. Alan Gaunt. Mr Gaunt spent seven years


in Clitheroe before moving to Keighley in 1965. From there he went to Sunderland, and is now based at Heswali, on the


Wirral. He has recently written a


book entitled “New prayers of


worship.” The united Advent service,


which starts at 6 p.m., is held at a different church in the


town every year.


the landlord a t , the Talbot Hotel. A sample one consists of roast lamb, roast potatoes and sprouts, followed by lemon meringue. Others include chicken and ham.


The cost to the pensioners is


15p a meal. The Red Cross is hoping to offer meals twice a week in the New Year. Mrs Mary Fishei; who has


been pressing for the meals scheme for some time, is one of the team. The look of plea­ sure on the pensioners’ faces when they arrive with a lovely dinner makes it worthwhile,


she says. Delivering the meals has to


be pretty speedy at present, because the team have no way of keeping them hot. Once the food is put into


containers, and boxed, the team have to call at the houses as quickly as they can. Afterwards the helpers col


lect and wash the pots before returning tn


Probe into halt


WAYS and means of reducing the £13,000 deficit incurred each year by Longridge Civic Hall are to be examined as part of a general review of the Ribble Valley Council’s recre­ ational and leisure facilities. The review is being carried


out by a sub-committee of the council's Recreation and-Lei­ sure Committee. A public m e e t in g at the hall on December 9th at 7-30 p.m. has been called to discuss the


problem. In ad d it io n , the sub­


committee would welcome written views and sugges­ tions, which should be sent to the Chief Executive at the


Castle, Clitheroe. Residents’ views and the


observations of Longridge Town Council will be used to prepare a comprehensive report on the hall and this will be submitted to the Recrea­ tion and Leisure Committee


at a meeting on January 13th. The sub-committee, chaired


by Coun. John Blackburn (Clitheroe), comprises Couns William Bowker (Longridge), Herbert Boden (Chatburn), Miss Agnes Melling (Lon­ g r id g e ) , Ronnie Todd (Clitheroe), Richard Turner (Clitheroe) and Terence Yates


Oiler closes December 25lh — subject to stocks being available. We regret we are unable to accept record tokens and credit cards in conjunction with this offer


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The Shopping Precinct at Burnley, Nelson, Rawtenstall, Blackburn and 30 Castle Street, Clitheroe. Also at St George's Precinct, 12 Fishergate Walk, Preston


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MEMBERS of Low Moor Plaiy Group were stomping to the sound of Gary Glitter and “Wombling" to the tune of those famous Wimbledon commoners at the


weekend. It all happened at a weenyboppers disco at bt Paul s .,


Church Hall organised by play group .helpers Mrs Rosemary Lancaster and Mrs Jean Robinson.


The youngsters — aged up to eight — bopped to their favourite groups including’ Mud and .the Bay City


Rollers. Later refreshments were served, and games were


organised for the children.


The disco-raised more than £20 which win go towards play group funds.


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A COFFEE morning at the home-of Mr and Mrs David Yorke, of Hall Foot, Worston,


raised £300. The money will go towards


the funds of the RNLI. The morning was organised by


' members of the Clitheroc Ladies’ Lifeboat Committee.


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out at the weekend when two houses in Grindleton were broken into. .


. Thieves broke a window to


gain entry at.the Hey, home of Mr J. R. Hindie, and stole £5 in cash and a ladies’ gold Omega watch. The incident occurred between7p.m. and9 p.m. on Friday. A neighbour­ ing house was, also broken into,, but nothing was taken. Police believe that both break- ins were the work of the same people. ■ •


The two houses are on the


Grindleton-Sawley road and hone of the occupants were at home at the time.


A' spokesman for Clitheroe


CID appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious to contact them immediately.


In a wider vein, he pointed


out that although Christmas was the season of goodwill, this was something not recog­ nised by the criminal element.


"Crimes — especially thefts


and burglaries — are at their most prevalent and people should be aware of this. As well as being security-minded, people should report anything suspicious. Such information is always treated with the utmost confidence and helps the police to tackle crimes immediately,” he said.


The spokesman added that


the public could help by noting such things as car registra­ tions and the description of anyone acting suspiciously.


He issued a particular


warning to people living in outlying areas to keep their houses secure and belongings under lock and key, for the quieter districts were often prime targets for thieves.


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TREE — Blackthorn


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