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JANUARY
Wet start to the year
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THREE local walkers in W h e rn s id e 'fe l l rescue
ists begin clean-out of local pond. New Year baby for Mrs Elaine Hargreaves, of Fair-
field Drive, Clitheroe. Former Clitheroe Mayor
Mr Bill Sharpies dies aged 70 after lifetime’s service to
Labour Party. Appointment at Purley for
the Rev. Mrs Kathleen Hen dry, Clitheroe’s first woman
minister. Fr Thomas Leo Gollinson,
of Thornley, retires at 86. Clitheroe Town Council levies halfpenny rate for com
ing year. Clitheroe’s free bus for pen sioners in jeopardy through
lack of use. “Goldilocks and the Three
Bears” pantomime draws packed houses at Trinity Methodist School. Blackburn Cathedral organ
ist John Bertalot gives inau gural recital on renovated organ a t St Leonard’s,
• Langho. Ministry refuses planning
permission for holiday cara van site at Grindleton. Clitheroe allotment rents
put up from £1.50 to £2.50 a year.
Conservation area commit tee set up for Clitheroe town
centre. Mrs Mary Fletcher, of
mission. Whalley Young Ornitholog
Higham, becomes Sabden Parish Council clerk.
Ribblesdale Wanderers and Whalley Cricket Clubs turned down.
Rate re l ie f pleas by
reach £9,500. Diamond wedding: Mr and
Ribble Valley rent arrears
Mrs Jack Robinson, formerly of Hurst Green. ■
Jim Peters, one of Ribbles- dale’s most notable cricketers.
Ninetieth birthday of Mr
becomes Ribble Valley Trades Council secretary.
Mr Vernon -Earnshaw
employed at mass meeting to oppose higher national insur ance contributions.
R ib b le V a lley self-
of Calderstones patients. Local community health coun cil agrees to discussions with Whalley people.
Complaints of misbehaviour
siiutt, surveyor and public health inspector to former Clitheroe RDC. Torrential rain sweeps
Death of Mr Harold Cock-
area, putting hundreds of acres under water and flood ing roads — and wettest winter in living memory has farmers worried. Whalley villagers decide to
FEBRUARY
Bus fares increase , protest
CLITHEROE’S ;schoolgirl athletes Michelle • Wrathall ? and Susan Bush, win f irs t . major championships.:
Hanson dies after beipg but-: ted by a ram.-,
Grindleton farmer Mr John ■
three-night variety show. Morecambe singer takes’
Dowjiham
villagers.stage
over lead in Clitheroe Parish Church opera ■ "The -Desert < Song" when Peter Kelly taken ill at last minute. Mr Frank Pope appointed-
head of administration at Cal derstones. Chtheroe magistrates hold
first regular Tuesday all-day court.
road accident. More than 400. children
take part in Festival of British Villages. ’ Fire damages bungalow in Croasdale Drive, Clitheroe. Whalley Parish Council pleads for return of village
bobby. Pimlico Road householders
Mrs Joshua Simpson, of St Paul’s Street, Low Moor; Mr and Mrs Alfred Jackson, of Grindleton.
oppose plan for temporary offices on land behind their homes. Golden weddings: Mr and
appointed Ribble'Valley Deputy. Borough .Treasurer. - Clitheroe Physiotherapy
Mr L e s l ie P ickering : :
Centre doubles its fees; , Chipping PC Frank Walton
helps rescue 24 children stranded on fells.
Whalley Lions present tele- phone trolley to Bramley
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Meade. County Council lengthsman
Mr John Burnop retires after 23 years. Ribble Valley Licensing
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ON a perfect sunny day in June, Clitheroe’s main streets were thronged by thousands for a Petticoat Lane Market which raised about £2,500 for local recreational facilities.
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from,, area' join sponsored
events.for Help, the Aged. Opening Hours standardised
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ONE OF the,most spectacular fires seen in the Ribble Valley for many years destroyed three wooden dorriiitories arid caused thousands of pounds worthof damage at Whiteacre School in March. At the height of the blaze flames could be seen up to six miles away. However, none of the 115 girls at the school were injured. Some 30 firemen using six appliances tackled the fire.
for 120 hotels arid pubs in Ribble Valley.
Bench warns of heavier penal ties for drink-drivers. Clitheroe Round Table cele
brates 17th anniversary. Chipping church organist
fit, Clitheroe Cricket Club, increases membership fee. New road in Sabden to be ■
. Despite record £1,400 pro '
named after Coun..Miss Alice- Alston in recognition of long public, service.
Fire makes Sabden. family ■
homeless. Mr Donald Hartley suc
ceeds Mr James Tattersall as Whalley Parish Church organist. Clitheroe Auction Mart
auctioneer; Mr Joseph Bal- shaw retires after 54 years. Clitheroe’s first sheltered
Mrs Kathleen Hope received medallion for 40 years’ service.
for the Rev.. Ian Robins, of Billington.
Six local motorists set off on round Br itain'drive for
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Christian Aid. New changing rooms and showers brought into use at
Roefield. Advertiser and Times 28- page issue largest in its
at Whiteacre School, Barrow, in biggest local blaze for
history. Fire destroys dormitories
years. . Castle Castings report
orders worth £50,000. Diamond wedding: Mr and Mrs Arthurv-Burns, of
Downham. The Rev. John Cole, of
Leeds, appointed priest-in- charge at Pendleton.' Chipping Parish Church appoints Harold Jackson (16)
housing scheme, costing £185,000, highly praised by new tenants. League and cup double for
workers retire after service
..totalling nearly 200 years. Protest at big rise in bus
fares. MARCH
Whiteacre school blaze
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PROPOSAL to modernise Old Tannery in Clitheroe at cost of £25,000.
, Riversmead School revealed. Clitheroe’s first permanent
Impending closure of
policewoman for 15 years begins duty.
protest against sharp rent rise by breweries. Trade Union leader Mr
Two local publicans quit in
James Waterhouse, of Clitheroe, retires from
C.al- derstones. Ribble Valley Council opts
Clitheroe Academicals in Rib ble Valley Football Second Division. F o u r C h a tb u rn Mill
as organist. Whalley Methodist minis
te r ’s wife, Mrs Jennifer B u tch e r , becomes local preacher. Clitheroe Chamber of
Trade joins protest about higher national insurance charges for self-employed. Former High Sheriff of
Lancashire, Col. Robert G. Parker, of Browsholme, dies aged 75. Heavy overnight rain spoils
attendance at Sawley point- tp-point.
APRIL
Firm looks at Barrow site
. Mrs Barbara Taylor, of Clitheroe, appointed postmas ter for Rossendale. Rimington paraplegic Tre
CLITHEROE Physiotherapy Centre reports more secure financial position.
vor Knowles in hospital after breaking leg on school trip to
Spain. . Plans made to tidy and land
scape Whalley car park and. cafe site before June festival. Chairman of Clitheroe Lib
for court action against rate defaulters. 'C l i th e ro e hairdresser Florrie Brotherton retires
after 43 years., . . . . Clitheroe Cricket Club A
' Twenty one young Danes on educational visit to Clitheroe'. Adult Education students
team wins local (,table-tennis league. Catholic Youth Club takes Division 2 title.
angry at fees increase. - ; - New post at Windermere.
erals, Mr William Kinder, of Whalley, dies aged 81. Ribble Valley Council
underspends by. £25,000 on. first year’s estimates. Children blamed for fires at
complain of resurgence of" dust--meriace from .Pimlico industrial estate. . Billington and Langho
Henthorn refuse tip. Dorset Drive residents
major 'award winners at area WI show. Whalley CC signs ex-
Lancashire batsman Ken Snellgrove as professional. Whalley villagers divided
over plans to. run the 14th century Catholic Hall'as
licensed club. Coun. Basil Greenwood, of
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- SCHOOLS were ; very: much .in the news during, the -year, /although not all of it was good news. One sucH occasion was at Lane End's School, Grindleton,: which in July, closed its' doors for>thq• last;time*after 101- years.::The pupils- are pictured here: singing a last:goodbye’ to head teacher Mrs .Irene Hanson , (at-the. piano) and assistant-teacher- Miss '
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Whalley, sworn in as High Sheriff of Lancashire. , Mr Thomas Kay retires as Edisford Primary School caretaker since 1953. American-owned cosmetics
CLITHEROE Grammar School boys win East Lancs debating competition. Gisburn huntsman George
Steele retires after 50 years with hounds.
David Walder ordered to rest after slight heart attack. Appeal for NW mobile kid
Clitheroe Division MP Mr .
ney unit reaches halfway mark of £3,750. Mystery illness kills several
Whalley drigs. Clitheroe Scout Gangshow
performs to packed houses. Glamorgan team wins
Clitheroe Festival of Plays. Conservative John Troop
for second term as Clitheroe Town Mayor. Death of Preston woman on
wins Clitheroe by-election seat on Jtibble Valley Council. Coun. Leo Wells installed
Clitheroe'by-pass brings fatalities to 15 in four years.
.Ribble Valley in programme to reduce illiteracy. Whalley headriiaster Mr
Forty volunteer to teach in
John Shaw elected local Par ish Council chairman. New Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Tom Robinson,
installed. Clitheroe teenagers rescue
90-year-old man in house blaze — but he dies two days later. Golden wedding: Mr and
mar holiday
CLITHEROE Motor Club cheque for £629 brings mobile kidney'unit fund past £7,000 target. Low Moor vicar defends
decision to sell plot of church land for housing; Town Coun- ; cil later opposes plan. Clitheroe Guide Wendy Walker receives Queen’s
award. Opening of squash courts on GJitheroe Cricket Club’s
ground. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nd
XI defeated in Lawrenson Cup Final. Read CC vanquished from
Haig Cup. Clitheroe FC faces biggest financial crisis in its 80-year
history. Whalley milkman Mr
Thomas Holden (54) gains Open University-degree. Brookside Primary School,
Mrs Alfred Bennett, Chat burn Road, Clitheroe. Retirement of Bowland
area’s last district nurse- midwife, Miss Dorothy Dewr- ance, of Waddington. King’s Arms, beaten by
Hurst Green iri Aitken Shield Final, win Ribble Valley League Championship', defeating Chatburn in play
off.
at Pendleton — first of sev eral similar finds. Barrow perfume factory
Bronze Age urn unearthed
plan questioned by nearby residents. Three Clitheroe couples
celebrate golden weddings: Mr and Mrs Edmund Seed, Mr and Mrs Joseph Myers and Mr arid Mrs James Dewhurst. Diamond weddings Mr and
MAY
Mayor making
Whalley for Festival of Vil lages — programme includes concerts, country market, fell races and Roses cricket match. Coun. Clifford Chatburn, ■
Thousands of visitors in
associate director of Trutex, retires after 49 years with firm. ■
JULY AUGUST
Arrival of elm disease
RIBBLE Valley Council begins rating 1,500 caravans on permanent sites in the area. Clitheroe milkman John
Lund badly burned in gas explosion at Waddington Football Club. Location filming for two
BBC programmes on Pendle witches ends after three weeks — Clitheroe actor John Stratton in cast. Clitheroe Scouts Gary Gore
A i . '- . J -.ft. = 'A'"- Ill i* v i . KM ■ fm m s '$CK'Kl-J I ysamtass^i^ _._
’Two new youth leaders — three-day week. start'work in Ribble Valley
Youth Service. 1 -Clifheroe’s. Ben Butterr
worth-retires after 50 years in t.hq electricity supply industry.
•Whalley Abbey open day 1
raises" £500. / .Catholic A team do. cup
and league “double” in five- a-side summer .football
league.Ribble Valley wins, seven ,
Best-Kept Village awards,. Chipping takes champion-:, ship class-and other top awards go to Waddington a n d B o w 1 a n d-'W i t h-
Leagram. Trutex . chiefs announce
shock lay-off. of 1,500' workers due to “temporary,
crisis.” Spate of: car - thefts in
Ch’theroe and Whalley. • Plan to construct 18 new
houses on church'land at Edisford is turned down by Ribble Valley authority., , Read become champions ,
of the Ribblesdale Cricket League to add to Ramsbot-
tom.Cup win.
• On the day that the Ribble Valley Football League kicks off, Chatburn hit 14
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against Henthorn. Eighteen-year-olds Colin
Wilson, of Billington, and Richard Robinson, of Whal ley, are killed when, their motorcycle is involved in an
accident with a lorry. Tw en ty -o n e-y ea r -o ld
Robert P a rk e r inherits Browsholme Hall and
estate. C i tro e n 2CV ra c in g
attracts 6,000 people to Clitheroe’s Bellman Quarry. T h e R ib b le V a l le y
Author ity announces a £300,000 cut back in its capi tal expenditure programme
for 1975-76. . Clitheroe Academicals’
keeper Mike Fielding scores in his side’s 12-0 thrashing of
Billington. P ro p o sed closure of
and Duncan Eglin return from world jamboree in Norway. Local businessman- and
opera star Mr Peter Kelly (37) dies of cancer. Fire causes £1,000 damage
missing Clitheroe widow Mrs Agnes Hargreaves — body recovered after extensive
Frogmen search Ribble for '
iri Whalley engineering work shop.
search. Antiques worth £1,000 stolen from Roefield Hotel,
Clitheroe. Clitheroe schoolboy Keith
Wood end rescues five-year- old nephew Neil Dewhurst from drowning. District nursing sister Miss
Clitheroe, officially opened by Lord Clitheroe. Lightning damages houses
in Turner Street, Clitheroe. Tragedy mars annual holi
days: Clitheroe postman Mr Tony Goring dies in Minorca swimming pool accident and Clitheroe woman Mrs Elaine Leonard killed in North Wales road crash — daughter Anne dks a month later. Castle Castings wins sand
hopper planning appeal. Faberge abandons Barrow
factory plan. Ribble Valley Council
rejects .Whalley Catholic Hall social club scheme. Miss Agnes Ellis retires
Grindleton’s Riversmead School meets strong paren tal opposition. ICI announce £2 million
extensions to Clitheroe works.
Golden wedding: Mr and Mrs Jam e s B u rn s , of
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Dearing rescues Chatburn girl from swollen river. Enrolment figures for
Whalley. Glitheroe solicitor Barry
adult education classes one third down on 1974. All but two Ribble Valley school leavers find employ
ment. Clitheroe Oxfam group
Ada Curren retires after 32- year career. Langho lecturer Mr Peter
Brady (34) dies in Sicily while researching for a degree course. After 43-year career in
journalism Mr Neville Garside retire s as deputy editor Advertiser and Times—he is succeeded by Miss Sue Oliver. New-look Chipping Show
Scott of Waddington, after 44 years in local government. Dutch elm disease strikes
proves a great success. Retirement for Mr Tom
Ribble -Valley with suspected trees at Whalley, Edisford and Mel.lor.
after 24 years as teacher at St Mary’s School, Langho. F o rm e r Mayoress of Clitheroe Mrs Eleanor Wilkin
son dies aged 75. Closure of 101-year-old
Mrs Richard Hindle, of Bar- row, and Mr and Mrs Jim Wallis, of Whalley.
JUNE Vote on
Common Market
Clitheroe’s first industrial ' Sunday service held at Parish
firm Faberge seeks permis sion for perfume factory at Barrow.
Church. Retirement presentation to
, Skipton Conservatives adopt Mr John Watson as Par-
Loyola Cub Scout leader Mrs Helen Crompton.
■ liamentary candidate. Long service awards for Methodist local preachers Mr Ernest' Davey and Mr Bill Gordon.', . - ■ ■ . , Golden wedding:'"Mr and
Mrs Albert Eccles," George Street, Clitheroe. After 50 years as chorister,
sidesman and warden at Whalley Parish Church,-Mr Nathan Blackledge takes a
back pew.': Chatburn beat Hurst Green
in Ashley Smith Trophy final. Clitheroe • Reserves .clinch
-': Blackburn Combination Div. i t II .Championship.
MR JIM MARSH succeeds Mr Murray Latimer as Edis ford Primary School head master. Golden wedding: Mr and Mrs Hairy Gornall, of Gis
burn. Pendle Hotel, Chatburn,
sells for £25,000. Two youths drown in Ribble
curate, the Rev. David Sut ton, leaves for post at Rossall. Seventy per cent of Ribble
at Hacking Boat. Clitheroe' Parish Church
Valley turns out for Common Market referendum — three per cent- above national figure. -
Clitheroe’s Petticoat Lane Market — over'£2',000 raised towards recreation in Ribble Valley.
Glorious sunshine for ‘ N
•t-long Ribble Valley-Festival; of Sport., •' Death of Waddington’s old est resident,, Mr William Pat- . tenden-'(94)
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A score of sports and pas times represented in fortnigh- ,
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^1 school at Larie Ends,' Grind
leton. Opening, of £15,000 exten
sions to Waddow Hall. Henthorn sheltered housing
scheme officially opened. Moorcock Inn, Waddington,
closes after going into liquida tion.
, Concern at poor job pros pects for Clitheroe school
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■ft peak in Austria. Ribble Valley Council
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leavers. Ten, Clitheroe and. district Venture Scouts climb 11,000
begins survey, of housing needs.
' w,\, Vi SEPTEMBER
Best-Kept Village triumph
WADDINGTON blonde Janet Whiteside qualifies for national beauty contest
final. Whalley Swan Hotel regu
lar Steve Baxter dyes his hair green, purple, pink and yellow for charity. Wide-ranging adult edu
cation courses for Ribble Valley announced.
collect record £5,000 in past year. Billington schoolboy foot
baller Norman Roberts signs for Everton.
OCTOBER Residents
oppose£2m ICI plan
TRUTEX criticised for lack of security during bid from Tootal. Langho driver wins national
rally. Golden wedding: Mr and
Mrs Thomas Holden, of Clitheroe. Gisburn bobby PC George
Poole retires. Ribble Valley Sports Coun
-a facelift. Decision to hold Whalley
cil appeals for more support. Read man and his partner buy Moorcock Hotel, and plan
Festival every three years. Ribblesdale schoolchildren
test meat substitute in county experiment. Angry residents-meet to
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Health Centre opens
CLITHEROE' doctors “move into: town’s .new Health
Centre.
- Chipping man Mr George Bleasdale dies on holiday in
ment.
P la n s ' announced for £150,000 sports centre in
Spain-' . : , f
Sabden. Clitheroe tinsmith Tommy
Smith retires. Bid to .attract new indus
tries to Chipping and Gisburn. Questionnaire .distributed on future of rural public trans
from Ribble Valley Council. Ribble Valley Borough’s grant of arms presented by
port. Local playgroups seek help
High Sheriff. Sabden without water for three days due to fault in
mains supply. Ribble Valley Trades
Council al leg e s queue jumping on Borough Council’s
housing list. Renewed appeal for tele phones on Whalley-Clitheroe
bypass. Start of new experimental
bus service between Clitheroe and Chipping. Golden wedding: Mr and Mrs Thomas Breaks, of
Clitheroe. Pendle Club^ Clitheroe,
field and Susan Bush selected for Lancashire cross-country team.
DECEMBER
Christmas spending spree
KENILWORTH DRIVE, residents complain about unmade road. Increased charges for coun
cil re c re a tio n facilities announced. Trutex close down two fac
tories in Leeds area. Plan to attract new indus
tries to Chipping criticised by residents. Divers find wartime shell
in River Ribble. Read FC skipper Ernie
Sumner breaks leg in football match. Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar
appeals for more volunteers. Schoolgirls Kathryn Stans-
sn
A WADll George \ f (58), collal playing sil Wellgate P evening cl
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ton Mill f l village f l For mostl he had lil Woone l | Road.
was an Electri:!
For 26|
theroe. death, hi planner :l worked f |
Durind
with the! Iceland tl of the scl
snooker at the Si had been six year!
School caretaker Mr Tom Wil kinson retires after 26 years. ICI’s extension programme
plans given go-ahead. Former Clitheroe man Mr
Patrick Crompton dies in motor cycle accident on Ang lesey. Open scholarship to Oxford
for Clitheroe headmaster’s daughter Judith Jones (18). Record Christmas spending
fight ICI plans for £2 million extensions at Clitheroe works. Young people’s “Project
' . ant’
spree in Clitheroe. Special committee dismis
ses racial discrimination charge at Ribble Cement Works. Cli th eroe CC’s new
Access” to help' town’s old and infirm gets under way. Contractors dig eight-foot hole in Clitheroe council ten- s back garden.
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Fell (42) dies four months after death of'son in swim ming accident.
-n ,‘V . 1 i Whalley man Mr Stanley, •
clubhouse extensions officially opened.
Kempsl game ofl Another was am:|
In hi]
. Winifreil Brian, d Harry, d grandch
Mr Kef H e w| _ Ribble Valley Councillor v :
Tom Rushton plans to retire after 38 years in local govern-
Trutex employees put on
■ , Chatburri church clock gets - first lick of paint for 13 yeai.s Project?)J' ‘Mobile, fund to
buy holiday minibus for dep.
■ rived''youngsters reaches £i;00.0 target six months
early. , - . •, - / M'eals-on-Wheels organis-
ers appeal 'for more volun teers: --
Atkinson’s take.over two -
Leeds'firms. : Clitheroe Grammar School
« ■ NOVEMBER
old ‘girl, M>ss ' Pamela Ward returns to. present speech day prizes. '
jj'O C A L attracted lj
tions on q
and; ChristL though the! vices weif niost popul -’Older pj
Clitheroe Pi]
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ley Birtwelll Midnight Col first time e
town 15 yel Oxford.
Vice with t l the Rev. J<f was also reader Mr C and Mr E. mas morniil also very wl dally parisll Midnigf
He. concel
Michael an] Cli t h e r o l attended asl short caroll the Mass,I brated byl loughby, Fj| J. Taylor. I
;■ Five wel were held cl ing -at houl midday. I The Mayl
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the Ribble I Mrs Tom 1H the family I Paul’s, Lol
mas Eve. J congregatil Low Mool Hunt, makl ance in thcl ordered t l rest by h : | ago.
Christmas! ducted joil Mr Kennel and local I
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