Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, January Sth, 1976-H


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blocked — in some cases for a few hours'— and teams of men from the County- High-, ways Department at Whalley, cleared away about 60 trees on Friday and Saturday. ' - - Roads blocked for a time by fallen trees included:- Devil’s Elbow, Read; Whalley Road, Billlngton; St Mary’s Lane and York Lane; Langho; the Chatburn to Grindleton road, Edisford to Waddington road; Bashall Eaves to Waddington, Fell road, and Mitton Road, .Whalley. .


gusted to the 100 mph mark. Numerous roads were


The. gales struck a disastr­ ous blow at the Colthurst


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CHIPPING was plunged into darkness when wind damaged an overhead elec­ tricity cable, but it did not stop a friendly pool game at the Talbot Hotel. Shortly after the lights


went out at 9-30 p.m. Mr Harold Joy quickly rigged up a generator to supply elec tric lighting to the games room,’ while the rest of the pub managed by cand­ le-light. Near to closing time, the


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three months ago when new landlord Mr Wilf Bleazard took over, is very popular among the younger cus­ tomers.’


generator ran out of petrol, but undaunted the players continued by torch and cand­ le-light. The pool table, installed


estate, Waddington, where more than 2,500 trees were flattened. The trees — mainly larch


and spruce — were part of Jubilee Wood, planted in 1935 to mark the silver jubilee of King George V. About a third of the eight-


acre wood, which is owned by Dr G. B. Fisher, of Skipton; was destroyed. In Pimlico Road, Clitheroe,


a 60 ft ash tree crashed into gardens on the opposite side of the road, completely


AFTERMATH OF. BIG GALE ________ • • ■


-area suffered a heavy toll of fallen trees and on a 300 yard stretch of Hellifield Road, about 80 trees were brought down. -Many trees were felled,


blocking the highway for a:' couple of hours. The Bolton-by-Bowland


• Proprietor . Mr , W., South- worth was called from his Rishton home and arrived at the shop to find, shattered


worth’s furniture shop were blown in: '•■ •/


plays.


. were smashed. GLASS


Clitheroe and Barrow were victims of the storm and although nothing was dam­ aged: as they fell; nearly 300 coloured electric light bulbs


■ council workmen a job, but it certainly proved an expensive way of taking down the trim­ mings,” he said.


age to council parks property had been very light, the only real victim being one of the Castle greenhouses which needed 25 panes replacing.


Mr Hirst added that dam­


Superintendent, - Mr Roger Hirst, who is responsible for ■ the Christmas trees, said they would have been taken down on Monday. “The gales may have saved -


R ib b le Valley P ark s


around Gisburn and the A59 • was blocked for a while in the village. A large tree also came down in the vicarage garden there. The Christmas trees in


SWAMPED


wind just smashed two 10 ft. by eight feet panes and sho­ w e re d g la s s sp l in te r s everywhere. Luckily the only articles damaged were a lounge suite, a coffee table and a dining, table. ..


Said Mr Southworth: “The .


swamped with calls for replacement windows and Mr Southworth expected it would be a day or two before the f ro n ta g e 'w a s repaired. Despite the inconvenience, however, it has been business as usual.. Cars did not escape the


Glass fitters are being


strengthened ■ stacks.


glass littering the window dis- vvan,had been blown on its — ..............


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. rowlyf missed smashing into another caravan in which two; families-were staying. At Clitheroe Football Club,


The caravan,' which, Avas completely wrecked, only nar-


.completely destroyed. The shelter will be rebuilt by club officials:


a. 25-yard long asbestos and wooden shelter between the main stand and canteen was


ESCAPES , Amazingly, the 50-year-old


storm’s onslaught and in Nel­ son Street, Low Moor, two vehicles were damaged when the wind picked up a work­ men’s wood hut and hurled it down the street.


Clitheroe Fire Brigade who were called out nine times on Friday and Saturday. The brigade went to West


I t was n o n -s to p fo r


houses were not so lucky. About 50 tenants from diffe­ rent parts of the area had their property damaged but it would be a day or two before council workmen and contrac­ tors got round to all the r e p a i r s , ' said a council' spokesman.


But Ribble Valley council


many council houses and on some estates chimney stacks were sent crashing to the ground. Clitheroe Police were inun­


Roof slates tumbled from


dated with emergency calls on Friday night from people who feared bits and pieces were going to fall off their houses. In many instances roof


Bradford to pump out a row of partially flooded cottages on Grindleton Road and also attended the Royal Oak Hotel, Clitheroe, where cel­ lars were undlr water. They were also called to Stamford Place, St James’s Street, Bol- land Prospect, Pendle Road and Bright Street, where they put temporary sheeting on storm-damaged roofs and


a 60ft. beech tree on the river- bank at Whalley. The tree was standing at the end of the Abbey’s Long Walk, but is now lying right across the river.:


wooden stand was unscathed. The gales also forced down


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•in the area,. although there were a few narrow escapes. . ■ Mr George Barker, of Bar­ ker’s Primrose Nurseries, had only just returned to his Whalley Road home when a gable end slate crashed on the spot where, a few moments earlier, he had'been standing. Chipping generally escaped


given top priority to the removal of the tree, but they could experience some diffi­ culty as the riverbank is soft and may not be suitable for heavy lifting gear. . No injuries were reported


serious damage or injury although, at Harbour Farm,


also went to the Three Rivers caravan site at West. Brad­ ford, where a three-ton' cara-


On Fridayriight the brigade


unsafe chimney ■.-■


.solid wooden gate from prop- tor.ty in .Windy Street was torn . "from its hinges and thrown .feet in the air to land in the road.:Fortunately no one:was passing at the time.


the" entire roof of a barn was blown off, and a 10 ft high,


roofs like confetti;’’ said PC. Frank Walton, who received SOS calls, until 3 a.m.


"Slates were, flying from '


storm, half a new roof'oh the shippon at Loud Mythan- Farm, .Chipping, was blown off.


During the height of the


were unhurt by falling beams and stones, but were very frightened. As a result the milk yield of


The herd of 24 dairy cows


Richardson and his wife heard the cows bellowing, but because of the danger from flying slates and 'debris, and with the farm in darkness, they dared not leave the house, which adjoins the shippon.


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with the herd when the roof came off in a gale last year. On that occasion cows broke loose from their stalls.


■They had similar trouble


fair share of the elements last week, for Friday’s gales fol­ lowed closely in the wake of snow and torrential rain. On the first day of 1976


The Ribble Valley had its


local motorists splashed and slithered their way round the


several cows was reduced and they have had to bo sold for beef. F a rm e r Mr J o h n


"area as first snow and then rain swept the district. But. C l ith e ro e Police


reported no serious incidents over-the holiday. Roads on high ground became treacher­ ous on the afternoon of New Year's Day and. four young people had a .lucky, escape when their van left the- Clitheroe-Sabdon road near the Wcllsprings Hotel. " Later the same day, numer­


ous roads'were flooded as heavy rain set in. Roads in the Chipping area were particu­ larly badly hit as was the Clitheroe to Sabden road. W a d d in g to n R o a d ,


included Whalley Road, Sab­ den, where water was over two feet deep in places, and the York Lane area of Lan­ gho. Flood water also caused problems on the' Whalley- Clitheroe bypass near its junction with the Whalley Eastern bypass.'


Clitheroe, was also blocked for some time when the cus­ tomary large lake formed under the railway bridge. ' Other local blackspots


several thousand motor sport enthusiasts from attending the North West’s first major rally cross event at Longridge racing circuit on-New Year’s Day.


Heavy snow failed to deter


for thrills and spills as a vari­ ety of saloon cars battled it out over the specially- prepared three-quarter mile circuit. But the weather was the eventual winner, forcing the meeting to be abandoned midway through the after­ noon.


• Appalling conditions made


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slates, chimney pots and drainpipes were torn away by the wind, and evidence of the storm littered the town’s streets on Saturday morning. A neon sign at the town


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CHAIRMAN of the Ribbles- dale Afternoon Townswo­ m e n ’s Guild, Mrs May Woodford, set a good exam­ ple for fellow members .dur­ ing the entertainment at th e ir annual Christmas party. Suitably dressed in peas­


ant costume, she sang a Mexican song to open the


A NEW scheme enabling chil­ dren to be taught how to make emergency 999 calls properly is soon to begin in the area, the Ribble Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Committee has been told. District road safety officer


Mr Neil Cunliffe told, mem­ bers that a telephone unit with three handsets and an exchange control had been given to Lancashire County Council by the GPO. . The machine will be used by Mr Cunliffe to teach local chil­ dren the correct procedure in making 999 calls both from home and from public tele­ phone kiosks. "Too many lives are being


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little variety show the Guild staged. Mrs RutK Johnson sang two solos and mono­ logues were performed by Mrs Mikanowicz and Mrs Howard.


A demonstration of keep-


fit techniques was another item enjoyed by the 90 mem­ bers present at Clitheroe Parish Hall.


Instruction in making 999 calls


, around with public telephones and make hoax calls. “When I was a t the Blackburn exchange recently there were three 999 calls in 10 minutes and all were false alarms. If


wrong number or ask for the wrong service,” he said. He told members that a lot of youngsters also mess


life J ' Mrs Boothman played the


piano and in the chorus were; Mrs F. Blades, Miss Mary Todd, Miss Rowland, Mrs Hammond, Mrs Wordsworth and Mrs Rees.


members had a Christmas tea provided by the com­ mittee.


.Before the entertainment,


AUCTION MART


AT Clitheroe Auction Mart’s first fatstock sale of the New Year there were good entries all round and a firm demand for all stock.


.we can teach children how to use the telephone properly we will be saving police, fire and ambulance services a lot of valuable time,” he said. The machine has been made


lost throughout the country, because children and other people do not know how to make emergency calls prop­ erly. Many either ring the


by GPO staff at Blackburn and given to the council. If the council had bought the machine it would have cost about £800. The.telephone unit, one,of


the first of its kind in the country, will be 'used in the Ribble Valley before going to other districts in Lancashire.


ever, were sold for slightly less than last week. Forward were 132 fat cattle, eight pigs, 135 ewes and 412 lambs.


(£23.01), lightweight heifers to £23.80 (£23.45), medium to £23.90 (£22.74), calf bulls to £27.60 (£26.06), uncertified heifers to £27 (£26), first quality fat cows to £20.90 (£18.20), others to £10.50 (£15.90).


Medium hoggs made to. 46V4p


(42p), half-bred ewes to £17.90 (£15,10), horned ewes to £14 (£11.08). Cutter pigs made to £5,30 (£5.04),


Steers and heifers, how­


Life deacon


REMEMBERED with affec­ tion by many former pupils of Barrow Congregational School, Mrs Hilda Mary Clayton has died at the age of 89.


She taught at the school


where her late husband, Mr Charles Frederick Clayton, was headmaster for 30 years. The couple spent the whole of their teaching careers at Bar row, to which they came after leaving training college at Sheffield. Mrs Clayton was a life


Lightweight steers made to £25 (average £23.10), modium to £24.90


deacon of the Jollie Memorial Congregational Church, where her husband had been choirmaster, and in 1962 she unveiled a memorial plaque at Wymondhouses, Pendleton, as part of the 300th anniver­ sary celebrations marking the life and work of the Rev. Thomas Jollie. Ten years ago Mrs Clayton


went to live with her married daughter, Mrs Margaret Thorpe, at Appleton, near Warrington, but continued to keep in touch with the church at Barrow.


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