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BLUE-EYED Nicola Tom linson wowed the judges in her first beauty competition and walked off with the top prize of a free holiday. But Nicola probably didn’t
know what all the fuss was about when her parents. Mr and Mrs Ian Tomlinson; of
. Clitheroe, told her' she had won — for she is just 13 months old.
Nicola was- one of the en tran ts in a “ beautiful
NICOLA IS A SMASH HIT
baby’’ competition at Pon- t i n ’s h o l id a y camp in Lytham St Anncs.
Mr Tomlinson and his wife
Kathleen, who own a confec tioners shop in York Street, were on holiday for the weekend with Nicola and her
n in c - y c a r -o ld b r o th e r Andrew. They weren’t going to
enter Nicola in the competi tion at first, but Andrew was
agreed and Nicola won a free weekend holiday — which she will spend with her mother in October — and,, best of all as far as she is. concerned, a big cuddly toy. Picture: Mrs Tomlinson
convinced his sister was the best of the bunch and finally persuaded them. The ju d g es obviously
with Nicola and the plaque she received to mark her
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Scheme outlined to revitalise
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‘unsightly’ area in town centre
PRESERVING AN OLD CUSTOM
from Wiswell it ivasjust a way of reviving an age old tradition. Led by parish council clerk
Mr Bill Shaw, 25 people set out lo "beat the bounds” of the parish. This entailed walking round Wiswell’s boundary — n hard slog of eight miles over rough country — and tapping the ground with willow wands.
According to Mr Shaw, the
purpose behind this peculiar custom is to establish the vil lage's right to all the land in its parish. "Beating the bounds used to be an annual event, but it had long since died out,” he explained.
“Six. years ago Wiswell.
Parish Council revived the custom for the first time in living memory and that out
ing proved such a success that we decided to have another one. ” The explanation for “bump
ing” little boys on the ground is a little more difficult, but Mr Shaw thinks it may have been to impress on the chil dren just what the boundaries of their village were. Of the 25 people who set out
adhered to by the walkers.was the erection of flags at each of the four corners of the parish and the sounding of a hunting horn at each boundary limit.
on the six hour walk — touch ing on the boundaries of Whatley, Sabden, Pendleton and Little Milton — only seven completed the course. Among the other traditions
HITTING the ground with wooden sticks and “bump ing little boys up and down might seem a strange way to spend a Sunday afternoon, but for a group of people
A PLAN by textile giants Tootal to redevelop properties and land in the centre of Clitheroe was given outline permission this week.
The scheme proposes the
demolition of buildings in an area bounded by King Lane, Wellgate, and -the Market Place and their replacement by offices, shops and parking, se rvic ing and pedestrian areas.
/ Although the Ribble Valley
Council’s Development Sub- Committee agreed in principle to the scheme, members felt that more detailed plans were needed before a final go ahead is given.
’ ■ Said Coun. John Troop
(Clitheroe): “I would not like to see any irrevocable step taken until it is clear what is going to happen to the land.
“I am in favour of develop
ment but concerned about what is to be put on the site. Tootal have not even started negotiations to buy. some of the property yet.”: Coun, Bill Fleming (Billing-
ton) agreed that detailed plans would, have to be closely scrutinised and Coun. Geoff Jackson (Clitheroe) added that public participation was vital. Chief Architect and Plan
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ning Officer Mr Charles Wil son said that Tootal already owned the former Wellgate Motors premises and a shop at the corner of Wellgate and Market Place. Demolition work could not, however, commence until the council had approved a detailed scheme. In a report, Mr Wilson said that Clitheroe Civic Society
Gardener Nellie finds oil
PENSIONER Miss Nellie Tweedale was none too pleased when she saw a lorry driver walking over the gar den she had planted the night before. IT ve just done that garden,”
she complained. “You were wasting your time, then,” replied driver Edward Russell Walker, in teh front garden of her Rydal Place, Chatburn, home. Mr Walker’s abruptness
could be forgiven, however, for he only ended up in the garden after tch 1,600-gallon oil tanker he was driving failed to negotiate Bellman corner and crashed through the garden wall, demolishing a gatepost. Said Miss Tweedale: “I,
heard a noise like a house falling down, and saw this lorry lying on its side in my . flower bed.” F o r tu n a te ly the driver
climbed out unhurt after the crash.
The cargo of c en tra l
heating oil in his Townson Brothers (Chatburn) vihicle spilled.over the road and two fire-engines from Clitheroe attended the scene. The road was closed from
the Pendle Hotel to the Pim lico link road -for about two hours on Friday afternoon.
At seaside
, THE youngsters of Low Moor Methodist Sunday1 School spent some time' at Blackpool Tower Circus during their annual outing to the resort. They enjoyed a day by the sea and : had tea. ;inj Blackpool before returning to Clitheroe. ■
their
rannual..day; out when a g ro u p of them went to Morecambe.
welcomed the move as one that would bring renewal and revival to the town centre. Members were, however, con cerned at some aspects and
felt that a more carefully worked out plan was needed. Clitheroe Town Council was
not opposed to redevelopment of an “unsightly” area as long as property on the edge of the site was not altered. Develop ment should be limited, mem bers said, to suitably designed office accommodation.
Objections The Chamber of Trade was,
however, deeply concerned about the project, feeling that offices should not be allowed at ground floor level. Nearby landowners, trad
ers and residents have made various representations to the council, mainly as holding objections because the prop osals would involve redevelop-, ment of their, own property, said Mr Wilson. Doubts had been expressed
— and some of these were shared by planning depart ment officers — but the idea of the development was gen erally welcomed.
Showrooms The applicants have agreed
that more thought has to be given to architectural treat ment at the detail stage. This would entail further talks with planning officers. An aspect which caused dis
quiet was the large proportion of office space in the scheme. In an amended plan, Tootal have shown that they wish to keep their options open on the use of space. The main devel opment blocks, fronting Well gate and the central pedest rian square, will, however, be either shops or offices with showrooms. The layout allows the
Ribble Valley to reserve for subsequent approval such items as design, external appearance, landscaping and location of shops. “The plan now submitted is acceptable and could form the basis for an attractive detail submis sion,” concluded Mr Wilson.
omission!
THAT familiar sentinel of Clitheroe Market Place, the 70-year-old library clock has had tantrums this week. As many people have noticed when it chimes, one note is missing and the effect has been tantalising.
The cause is thought to be
a minor fault, such as the breaking of a cord. Yester day, when the library was closed, workmen examined the mechanism and if a more major repair is found to be necessary it will be a
job for the contractors who maintain the clock. . Today, probably very few
of the thousands of people who look up at the clock face are aware that it is a memo rial clock. The clock and chimes •re given by the Whipp
family when the library was officially opened in October, 1905. Mayor at the time was Aid. J. T. Whipp who, with his brothers Edward and Mercer, made the gift in memory of two younger brothers drowned in the sinking of the Drummond Cast le, of f Ushant. Mr Andrew Carnegie provided the £3,000 the library cost to build.
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-Recorder ensemble to play
in music festival
A HOLIDAY sailing trip has prevented Clitheroe Girls’' Grammar School pupil Janette Blackshaw from joining six of her friends at a national music fes tiv al at Croydon next month.
Janette (15) was to have'
played in the school's seven- piece recorder ensemble, cho sen to take part in the sixth Music for Youth Festival from July 10th to 18th.
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MEMBERS of the tiny Wad- dington branch of the Royal British Legion have become the first in the country to win the much-sought-after Lister Cup for the second time. Hundreds of branches
throughout the country with less than 500 members com pete for the cup, awarded to the one with the best record in charity and Legion work. What makes Waddington's
ach iev em en t even more impressive is the fact that their branch has only 150 members and the cup has only been in existence for seven years. .
Branch chairman Mr Eric
Edmondson put the success down to “the tremendous help we have received from people in Waddington and West Bradford”. He feels that with out their support the branch would not. have had a chance of lifting the trophy. “Everyone is very pleased
about the award and special thanks is due to the commit tee, the poppy-sellers and indeed the whole population. I look on the award as a village effort, for without the help of non-members for poppy days, coffee evenings and dances, we wouldn’t have been in the running,” he said. The branch was judged on
its admirable poppy sales record and its voluntary work, which' includes sick visiting and taking people to see rela tives in hospital. Also taken into account are the number of times the branch has been represented at Legion meet ings and the banner has been displayed on parades. Mr Edmondson further
attributes the branch’s suc cess to the fact that it has no
Chosen for team
SCHOOLBOY Ian Wood (15), of Whalley Road, Sabden, will be swimming for Great Bri tain next month in a competi tion at Bruges.
Ian, who goes to St Augus
tine’s, Billington, has been selected for the junior team taking part in a contest organ ised by the International Sports Federation of Catholic Schools.
The GB team is hoping to do
specially well in the 100 metres breast stroke. Ian clocked one minute 10 seconds in this event to qualify for the team. He leaves for Bruges on July 3rd.
The six remaining girls —
social club. He feels that larger branches which have a clubroom often find them selves devoting too much time to social activities. “All our efforts are diverted
to voluntary work and this cbultl be one of the reasons we have won the cup again,” he added. Overall,- it’s been quite a year for the Wadding-' ton branch. Their representa
tive in the Miss Royal British Legion competition, Miss
Janet Whiteside, recently came third in the finals at the organisation's annual confer ence at Llandudno.
Criticism of Red Rose Committee LACK OF CONTACT DISAPPOINTS
SPORTS COUNCIL
ALLEGATIONS of “disgusting” behaviour by the Red Rose Festival Committee were this week firmly rebuffed by its chairman Mr Fred Singleton.
The criticisms came from
the Ribble Valley Sports Council, in the wake of their own highly successful Festival of Sport. Sports Council chairman Neville Keighley blamed the
■ Red Rose Committee for com plete lack of contact once the Sports Festival had been entered in the Red Rose list of events, and said the Sports Council: would not enter any future Red Rose Festivals. Said Mr Keighley: “At one
of their meetings last year the Red Rose people said they would do all our advertising for us if we entered our sports week in their festival. “But since then they have
made no contact with us — not even' to tell us the dates of meetings. It’s absolutely dis gusting. I feel the Red Rose Festival was using1 us for its own publicity and giving nothing in return.” However, Mr Singleton, of
Dilworth Lane,‘'Longridge,. a former Ribble Valley mayor, maintained the Red Rose com mittee had done a good job with limited resources. “Our job was only to co
ordinate and advertise the attractions taking place in this
area over a one month period. "We had grants of £75 from
Longridge Town Council and . Ribble Valley Council, and £50 from Blackburn District Council, but nothing from Clitheroe Town Council. “As for advertising, we pro
duced a leaflet that listed every event notified to us-:— including all the Sports Festi val events. The leaflet was distributed all over North West England.
“ T h is com m it te e had
nothing to''make out of the Red Rose Festival. We are only here to co-ordinate and advertise events, and show people what the attractions are in this part of the world.” .
Mr Singleton said communi
cations
for.the Red Rose com mittee were the job of secret ary Mr Tony Perry.
As far as he knew, Mr
Perry hud kept organisations in the Festival informed of meetings — which were all open.
“We felt it was the Spoils
Council who were not co operating with us, and I am at a loss to see why,” added Mr Singleton.
He also pointed to a number
of events that would not have taken place had it not been for the Red Rose Festival — including the opening day programme of the Ribble Val ley sport festival at Longridge race track.
“The track was offered to
the Red Rose Committee by its owner, Mr Robson, and we passed the offer on to the Sports Council to deal with.”
Mr Single'ton pointed out
that the Red Rose Committee welcomed c o n s t ru c t iv e advice, so that mistakes could be remedied, and appealed for “co-operation, not bashing.”
In Mr Keighley’s view, the
failure of communication with the Red Rose Committee was the only disappointing aspect of this year’s Festival of Sport.
progress since last year, when some members' were thinking of giving up. I was particu larly pleased with the big crowd at Clitheroe on Satur day after weather spoiled the previous Saturday’s prog ramme at Longridge, and I would like to thank everyone who has worked so hard this year.” But Mr Keighley feels there
is still a long way to go to make the Ribble Valley Sports Festival even bigger and better. “We need to have represen
he had not only told sports council secretary Mrs Kath Rawlinson about five Red R o s e m e e t in g s s in c e November, but also that its representatives had attended four of them.
■Mrs Rawlinson, however,
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CARRY ING buckets of water over a heaving soap- covered tarpaulin was just one of the odd tasks that faced James Chatburn and scores of other youngsters in Saturday’s “Its a knock-out” event in' the Ribble - Valley Sports Festival. James, of West View, Clitheroe, is seen here com-1
pc ting for Clitheroe Dolphins SC against 1st'Pendle •
.Scouts. . ' For a full report and more pictures of this and o th e r ,
■ events which drew- nearly; 2,000 people/tb'dithero'e; Castle Field for the most succesful
sportsday.yet, turn' to page 8.
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told our reporter that she had only heard of one. meeting since the sp o r ts council e n te r e d the fe s tiv a l in November. Vice chairman Mr Brian Whittaker:said he had- a lso ' a t te n d e d ju s t one meeting.
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tatives from every sport and place in the Ribble Valley, so that they can promote their own sports and areas. At the moment there is too much of a bias', towards Clitheroe on the Sports Council, but this is only because organisations from other parts of the Valley have not yet come forward. We welcome good advice from all quarters.” Mr Perry yesterday claimed
"Wo ■ have made a lot of Mr Perry added that bring
ing out the programme leaflet was itself an achievement on a limited budget. )
There would have been
even morepublicity had the North West Tourist Board noticed a printing error..-In its quarterly “What’s on” guide, the Board listed the Red Rose events under “Macclesfield Arts Festival.”
Alison Balmforth, Denise Pazdzior, Caroline Miller, Susan , Read, Sarah Neville and Susan Fletcher — will be among more than GO groups taking part.
They were selected after
submitting to the organising committee a tape recording of a fantasia by Francis Baines, a piece of music they will be playing. Mrs Joan Roscoe, the
school's music teacher, is delighted that the girls have been chosen from hundreds of groups throughout the coun try. “All the girls are busy practising and are looking for ward to the festival very much,” she said.
CATHEDRAL PRECENTOR
FORMER Whalley man tile Rev. Paul Wignall has been appointed a Minor Canon and P r e c e n t o r of Durham Cathedral. Mr Wignall (26) lived in the
Gatehouse, Whalley Abbey, up to four years ago. He trained at Westcott House
. Theological College and Cam bridge University, and has been working in a small parish in Cambridge as an assistant curate. Mr Wignall and his wife
Pamela, also formerly of Whalley, will be moving from Cambridge to Durham in the autumn.
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