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.. prompted a new type of “Save ; it” campaign at Clitheroe Par­ ish-Church,


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on Wednesdays will now be held in the vicarage, as will services of celebration for any


economies wherever possible,) it has been decided that, until , Easter; the heating • in the church will be turned down to ; a. minimum from Sunday ' Evensong until, Thursday' choir-practice.' Early morning communion ;


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THE recent; rise in the price I : of oil,for central heating- has ■:


Saints’ days that fall between Monday and Thursday. / _ -The money-saving scheme . is the, idea of the Vicar, the. Rev. J. C. Hudson, who says in January’s parish magazine- that the. church finances have


'been dealt a sad blow by the ;new oil. price increases.-


to the finances as being a source of encouragement, owing to increased giving, but the price rise has changed the picture dramatically. St Mary’s will be faced with an oil bill of’about £3,000 for


In December, he referred • heating the church ? and 1 hall [


this year, the recent increases having added roughly £700. T


■ By- turning down the church I •heating, Mr, Hudson hopes the | parish can reduce the total bill f by .about five per cent about £150.;


was not possible to make many economiesinthe Parish Hall,’ because the building is ; used so much, but-his idea of saving on heating costs in the ’ church has been fully sup-


Mr Hudson explained that i t . v i iv s v w a o m i 4 U e s t lU l l .U l LUU


church heating being turned down. on. Fridays, Saturdays., or Sundays. .“Keeping, the* heating oh during the busy times of the week is a prior­ ity,” he said..


reduced from Mondays to Thursdays until Easter,. by which time it should be warm enough to switch’ it off altogether.


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Clitheroe man in rescue drama


A BOXING DAY fishing trip almost ended in disaster for Clitheroe man Mr Alan Thomas when the engine of his boat failed and he had to be rescued by .Fleetwood lifeboat. Mf Thomas, of Chatburn


Old Road, was returning from fishing grounds in the River Wyre when the propeller, shaft broke on his 18-foot boat Capricorn, and the vessel began drifting helplessly in the wind.


towards the slipway at Knott End, where eight-foot waves were swelling against the bank.


It drifted over mussel beds Mr Thomas,-an instrument


drift towards the slipway, lights were trained on the ves­ sel from a container ship at anchor in the channel.


and signalled SOS with a torch. Eventually police spot­ ted him from the shore. As his boat continued to


mechanic at Ribblesdale Cement, tried to drop anchor, but could not get a grip on the mussel beds. He realised that if the boat smashed against the slipway it could be fatal, and he fired parachute flares to alert people on the. shore. He also shouted-for help


. minutes left before the boat foundered on the bank.” Capricorn was undamaged,


. regularly uses them to fish ..with nets.' As a token-of thanks, he is


has been Sailing for about 15 years.. He keeps two boats moored at Tiger’s Tail and


and the lifeboat towed it back to its moorings at Tiger’s Tail, on the Wyre. Mr Thomas who is manned


reaching me, although I reckon I only had about 20


wards: “I didn’t panic because that would have been useless. When the lights were on the boat I signalled the interna­ tional distress call with my arms, and soon afterwards the Fleetwood lifeboat was launched. “They were very quick in


Mr. Thomas said after­


' SANTA CLAUS gave the old. folks of Whalley plenty of food for thought when he dropped in to distribute bags of goodies on'Christmas Eve. But the real Father Christ­


. ride round the world, so Whal­ ley man Neil Rutherford stood in for him.


mas was too busy making final preparations for his nocturnal


,


the’ family distributed the bags to the old and needy in


' to make a special, donation to the Lifeboat Fund—a charity he contributes .to regularly, anyway; “I 'can’t thank the1 people who. helped rae- enough,” said Mr Thomas.


-“They saved, my-life .and my property. They were-great.”


beat are over


AFTER 25 happy years in the police force, Sgt Eric Had- field, who has-been based at Clitheroe for the past five years, has finally pounded his last beat.


Croft, Whalley, is due to retire on Sunday, but he took a-fortnight’s holiday just before Christmas to give him­ self a' break until he begins a new. job on Monday.


Sgt Hadfield (45), of Abbots


at Whiteacre School from Miss Kathleen Lee who retired at. the end of term. Sgt Hadfield began his


He is taking over as bursar


career at Middleton in the Rochdale division in 1950


after completing his National Service with the RAF. He worked at Great Harwood, D a r 'w e n , D ro y 'lsd e n , Ormskirk and Accrington before moving to Clitheroe in 1970. Highlights of his successful


career have been his promo­ tion to sergeant in 1959, a commendation for bravery in 1969 when he disarmed a drunk who had a shotgun, and the presentation of a good conduct and long service medal two years ago. In his time in the police


force Sgt Hadfield has seen the work change quite consid­ erably. “Sine the -advent of the ‘Panda’ car there has been


a lot more to do and, of course, the ever-increasing crime rate hasn’t helped mat­ ters,” he told our reporter.


who has lived with his wife Eileen in Whalley for the past nine years, has enjoyed his time in the force. He is, how­ ever, looking forward to his new post and one of the main advantages i t . will bring — regular working hours.


Nevertheless Sgt Hadfield,


is golf; he has been a member of the Clitheroe club for sev­ eral years. He was for some time a member of the trophy­ winning police divisional golf team;


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sioned by Rimington -WI as their contribution to Euro­ pean Architectural Heritage year. It was unveiled at a recent


ognised as one of the greatest hymnologists of the 20th cen­ tury. His most famous work — “Rimington” — achieved phenomenal success and made the name of the village famous throughout the world. The tune was sung on


Mount Calvary by a party of Lancashire Fusiliers on the Sunday following the capitula­


tion of Jerusalem during the first world wrir, and on Mount Pilatus by a party of tourists. - Its notes have been sung in Armley Prison, and they have chebred lonely folk on the remote Pitcairn islands. It is sung in-California, and -is popular with rthe-.natives of Central Africa.


doorway of the • home of the Rev. and Mrs Leonard Old­ field, who occupy, one of two adjoining cottages in Stopper Lane which used to be the Methodist Chapel. Francis. Duckworth. is rec­


meeting of the Institute by the writer’s daughter-in-law, Mrs Betty Duckworth. It has been placed above the


A PLAQUE in memory of Rimington-born musician and hymn-writer Francis Duck­ worth has been placed over, the doorway of the former


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at the Sandpiper Restaurant, and'they gave us a great ova­ tion,” said Neil. “We managed to deliver all the food in time for Christmas, and I think it gave everybody we visited a happy surprise.


big Success and Neil said that they received a big welcome at each stopping point. “The biggest audience was


Whalley and Billington. The whole operation was a


was able to buy plenty of food, and each bag contained pies, cream, biscuits, cake and other tasty delights. Then he and members of


and a group of his friends raised the money to buy the bags of food by donning fancy dress and visiting pubs and clubs in Whalley, Langho and Mitton, where they did com­ edy “turns”, to entertain the regulars. With-the £70 raised, Neil


Neil (23), of Green Bank,


THE new electoral ward system for Clitheroe and


tive officer, Mr Michael Jack- son describes the delay as completely unreasonable.


Dongridge is not now likely to come into opera­ tion for the May district council elections and the Ribble Valley Council is to protest to the Home Secretary about the post­ ponement. The council’s chief execu­


“ The Local Government Boundary Commission’s prop­ osals: went before the Home: Secretary in October, and we have made all our election plans on the understanding that the new system would be in operation for May,” he'told our reporter. > :


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work to do to make new plans for the elections! There: could, also be quite a lot of confusion


“There will.be quite a bit of’


in the public mind, because new parish boundaries will definitely be in use in the Parish Council elections on : the same day. May 6th. .“This council carried out its


parish review on the clear understanding that the new district council wards would come into effect as well.”


Objections


strongest possible representa­ tions” in letters to the Home Secretary, local MPs, and the Association of District Coun­ cils. '


Mr Jackson is making “the


be Edisford, Low Moor; arid Trinity (with three seats),


Boundary Commission in October, after hearing prop-, osals. and objections from1 interested parties, allowed f ' four wards-in -Clitheroe al two in Longridge. : The Clitheroe wards would


The system proposed by the.


Grammar School (3), Ribbles­ dale (2), and St James’s (2). , But now it, looks as if Clitheroe will still be. a single ward, with 10 members, when ■


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the district.council elections are. held in May.


district councils, the Hpme Office .says it will make, no ' further orders for boundary . changes to take effect for the 1976-elections — except in “isolated cases where districts ! have exceptional difficulties of a technical nature.”


In a circular letter to all Mr Jackson hopes that the


Ribble Valley will'be treated as one of these isolated cases.


complete surprise to the coun-. cil, which was. expecting con-;; formation of the ‘ Boundary j Commission proposals ut any i time.


The- letter has come as a ' f


have.'received its confirmation order sooner if there had been


, The . Ribble Valley would '


■ alternative plans delayed the drafting of the proposals.


no local .objections’for it to deal with, thinks Mr Jackson. As -it was, consideration of


He cannot say whether the Home Office delay is a result


, the Home Secretary since the B o u n d a ry Commission reported.


. About turn


the local political parties to reconsider their approach to the elections,' for they, too, had been preparing on the ■ assumption that- Glitheroe


The about-turn will cause


'woujd. haye four' wards instead of one. The Conserva­ tives had already set in motion plans for forming four sepa­ ra te ward committees in Clitheroe.


the proposals arrived at by the Boundary Commission, although there were some Labour and Liberal objections to the actual boundaries prop­ osed.


All the parties welcomed •


the scheme to the Boundary Commission, we looked at it in terms of easy administration and organisation for electoral and representation purposes'.”


He feels that the proposed new scheme would make vot-


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leader of the Conservative group on the council, said “This could make life very difficult at election time for both candidates and electors in Clitheroe; “When the council proposed


hood that wards will not now come into operation until 1980, Coun. Bill Fleming',


Commenting on the likeli­


Trutex ends


3 - day week


Robinson said yesterday that restricted production in recent weeks had been part of a planned operation- to strengthen the future of the company and to ensure the long-term security of the jobs of all the people at Trutex.


of this policy, all employees will next week revert to full­ time working,” he said. ..


“As evidence of the success


Consolidation is the com­ pany’s policy for 1976, but


with the possibility of new jobs. Mr Robinson declined to say


how many jobs might be created, but the number was likely to be “considerable” throughout the company’s units.


In crea sed e f fo r t had "Rimington” is only one of


many successful hymn tunes, anthems, songs and choruses composed by Francis' Duck­ worth.


He was born on Christmas Day, 1862, and at the age of


five moved to live in Stopper Lane. It was at the little Wesleyan


been placed, that he took his first and only music lesson — for which he paid the equiva­ lent of 50p.


Shortly afterwards he


began to play the organ!" the chapel. At the age: of) i.3 he


Chapel where-the plaque has . own account as a wholesale


f moved to Colne where two of ‘ his brothers were in business.' ■ Francis began business on his


grocer, retiring shortly before the last war.


Some time.after. his arrival,


in Colne, he was appointed deputy organist and later organist at the Albert Road Church, and he resigned in 1929............... 1


. “Swanside”. home in Colne, His gravestone, in Gisburn:.


.He ...died. in. .1941.! at -'his


churchyard, bears the music of “Rimington’’ —' an eternal reminder of the ‘tune that prompted the members of the village WI, to erect a plaque


-to his memory. • Our-picture shows-WI


member Mrs Ann Oldfield pointing out-the plaque to vil­ lagers outside her home in Stopper Lane.


national economic situation and the high level of imports from low labour cost countries: are conditions with which we have to live. We have taken what we believe are the neces­ sary steps to combat them.” He did not forsee any real improvement in the general economic climate until at least the middle of 1976. Mr Robinson paid tribute to


Tootal group, Trutex still functions as a complete entity; but as one of the many, com­ panies which form the group.! Said Mr Robinson: "The


icy had been reviewed during the past year and the market was being attacked on two fronts. The 4-14 year olds were being catered for under the brand name “Trutex 4- Teen” and the 14-21 year olds under the “M’ Guy” label. Although now part of the


resulted in more business being obtained than was origi­ nally expected, with, school- wear and leisurewear both showing good progress. The Trutex marketing pol­


THE Grindleton-based clothing manufacturers Trutex go into 1976 with “cautious confidence” and the lifting of the three- day week imposed on many of their employees in the autumn. Managing director Mr John


of simple administrative slow­ ness or of queries about the .system proposed. But he feels it would be unlikely that any further objections to the ■schqme have been lodged with


Wine and Spirit Bargains


h is . ,f i rm 's employees. “Although the company now employs about 1,800 people we still have a friendly per­ sonal atmosphere throughout. ‘ There is'a high levelof staff loyalty and every member of. the comp'any is working hard - to make sure that 1976 is a successful year,” he said. •


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