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, A NEW Moorcock Inn could rise from the ashes of the old and be in business by September. And the new inn could end up looking verv much like the old.


That’s the aim of the inn’s


owners,Mr John Doodson and Mr Anthony Poole, as they this week faced the aftermath of the spectacular blaze which


destroyed much of the tim­ bered building. In a matter of hours it reduced to a charred shell the 18th century coach­ ing inn which, with its Tudor- style facade built in the 1930s, had blended so well into the fellside scene and given the M o o rco c k i t s u n iq u e character.


fire, with forensic experts;fire assessors and insurers still


lar lines to the old . . . after all, it would not be the Moor­ cock if it were not in the same style,” he said. “But this time fireproof materials will be used.” In the short time since the


who formerly owned the Higher Trapp Hotel at Simon- s to n e fo r nine y e a rs , expressed optimism about the inn’s future. “We hope to rebuild on simi­


Yesterday Mr Doodson,


sifting through the wreckage, it has not been possible for the partners to make any firm plans. But the inn could be rebuilt


round the ballroom, kitchens and some of the bedrooms which escaped the worst rav­ ages of the blaze. “We hope to be able to sal­


vage some of the contents,” said Mr Doodson, who intends to move back as soon as poss­ ible into the undamaged sec­ tion of the premises.


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A GLOOMY picture of hous e pr ic e s r i s ing fur the r and further beyond the reach of local people, and of high prior­ ity applicants unable to find council accommoda-- tion,


is painted by a


major housing study just completed for the Ribble Valley Council.


a team of officers nearly a year to carry out, is a com­ prehensive survey of all aspects of housing in the Val­ ley, on which the council will base future housing policy.


The study,' which has taken


are a council house waiting list which has grown from under 500 to over 1,000 in two years and a re-let rate which has fallen in that time.


sen, “whereby many of the applicants for council housing, with legitimate claims for accommodation, are not being housed despite' living in over­ crowded or unsatisfactory conditions,” says the report. Among the reasons.for this


' A “stress situation” has ari­


house. prices, especially for cheaper terraced housing, are higher in the district than in the rest of East Lancashire. They are forced even higher by an influx of about 600 new­ comers a year to the Valley, mostly in the higher socio­ economic groups. The newcomers “proceed to


live in the Ribble Valley but travel to work outside the dis­ trict.” The effect of this move­ ment is that the supply of houses for existing popula­ tion, especially in the villages, is being reduced. “This leads to a further increase in property values


in the amount of private rented accommodation to be had, and the drying-up of new houses at prices within reach of average wage-earners. All of these are putting increasing pressure on the council’s hous­ ing stock, and the report esti­ mates that 785 public sector (including housing associa­ tions and other assisted kinds of housing) homes must be built in the Valley by 1981 to relieve the pressure. The report says that private


Other factors are a decline


and causes the majority of the existing population seeking homes in their own area to be. unable to meet the high prices and thus need to seek accom­ modation elsewhere.”


There has even been, sug­


gests the report, an outward migration ,of labour from the Ribble Valley, because of ris­ ing house prices, with a conse­ quent labour shortage and damage to industry.


ing is taken up by incoming commuters, and the few low- price homes that are being built are still beyond the means of average wage- earners. As a result, the nor­ mal chances to move up the “housing ladder” are not open to many local families. "Pressures of inward mig­


ration, lower wage levels, lit­ tle council building in the 1960s, a dwindling private


rented sector, and change in population structure mean that an increasing proportion of the housing stock, is out of reach of indigenous resi­ dents,” concludes the report.- “The demand for low-Drice


In addition, most new hous­


housing exceeds supply. Com­ bined with a drying-up of pri- vat e sector building in Clitheroe at the lower end of the market (it has long since ceased in the villages), a situa­ tion of housing stress is devel­ oping.”


lems of the existing housing in the Valley are identified in the report. First “there is a lack of small units to meet the needs of the elderly, hand­ icapped, single persons, and other small households.


and to some extent as a conse­ quence, under-occupation in both public and private sec­ tors. A small but significant degree of overoccupation results from a shortage of larger family-size houses."' Second, areas of sub­


“There is at the same time,


standard housing in the Valley are of concern.to the survey: “Most are capable of improve­ ment and until the future of these areas is resolved there is. imbalance of quality and condition.” .


The report estimates that a total of 1,748 homesm all sec-


Two further broad prob­


sectorg. are needed in the Rib­ ble Valley by 1981.


special meeting of the Hous­ ing Committee, Chief Execu­ tive Officer Mr Michael Jack- son said: “Before defining what it wants to do in provid­ ing housing accommodation for the needs of the people in the district, the council has to find out the existing position.


Introducing the survey at a


housing is only a problem in urban centres. Perhaps, for the first time in this country, a report has been done in enough detail to show that it can be a problem in rural areas, too.


“It is sometimes said that


help the council prepare and carry out programmes to meet its responsibilities, it would also be of use in advis­ ing the Department of the Environment on conditions in the borough so that financial al locat ions and scheme


- "In the Ribble Valley we have some urban centres with housing problems — for the first time these are fully documented.” The report would not only


. basis. The need for more shel­


approvals could be made on a factual rather than a notional


with alternative policies for coping with the housing situa­ tion, is to be considered at another special meeting of the committee within the next few weeks.


(Billington) asked if there would be an attempt at cor­ recting the balance, he was told by committee chairman Coun. Harry Riding (Lon- gridge): “We cannot force people to move houses." A further report, dealing


overoccupation, Housing Manager Mr Michael Hartford told the committee that it was often difficult to persuade council tenants to move when their accommodation was unsuitable for their needs. They were often unwilling to give up their extra bedrooms or move away from an area. When Coun. Terence Yates


tered accommodation, to release housing in other fields, was stressed at the meeting by Coun. Leo Wells (Clitheroe). In relation to under and


MR POOLE . . . phone call


for Mr Doodson, for he had only just moved into a spe­ cially converted luxury bachelor flat at the inn, hav­ ing sold his previous home in Read. The flat, with all his personal possessions, was lost.


in the blaze were the suits of armour, brasses and paintings


Also destroyed or damaged Continued on Page 9 -


Thursday night and continued into the early hours of Friday the 13th, was a shattering blow for the partners. They bought the Moorcock in July, when it went into liquidation, and were all set for a grand re-opening at Easter. They planned to put the


The fire was an added blow The fire, which started on Secure **-*^*« Instant health check


SOPHISTICATED computer equipment is shortly to be installed at Clitheroe Health Centre.


£6,378, will be linked to an electrocardiograph computer analysis system in operation at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. Installed a year ago, the Wythenshawe ECG system was hailed as one of the most modern in the world.


The equipment, costing


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ahead appears to be bristling with problems,, the Advertiser and Times found at least one highly-experienced Clitheroe painter and decorator with words of encouragement for Anne — and possibly food for thought for other girls.


And although the road '"-n


of Brierley’s Decorators and head of the firm’s painting and decorating section, has never heard of a girl joining from school in all his 29 years in the trade.


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year pupil at St Augustine's RC School, Billington, explained how she decided to brush aside the jobs a girl school leaver is normally expected to take. “ I f irs t thought about


discrimination in the employ­ ment of men or women and to create equal opportunities for both sexes.


becoming a painter and decorator about a year ago. But it wasn’t until the Sex Discrimination Act came into force at the beginning of this year that I thought I really stood any chance,” she said. The Act is designed to end


Anne’s first real interest in


painting and decorating came to the fore when, as a fourth- former, she joined the school’s home management class.


she can stand hard work and at times, strong language, I see no reason why Anne should not make a successful career in the trade.” This week, Anne, a fifth-


But he told our reporter: _ ■If Mr Harry Glover, a director


PRETTY Newton schoolgirl Anne Marsden is. all set to strike a blow for Women’s Lib. For when she leaves school this summer 15-year- old Anne intends to swap her gymslip for overalls and become an apprentice painter and decorator. If she realises her ambition, Anne, of Marl Hill Farm, will probably be the first member of the fair sex in this locality to enter the trade straight from school. # “


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would not have been considered for a job in this traditional male preserve.”


decade, he says,“I have never known a girl wanting to do anything on the craft side like p a i n t i n g a n d decorating. “ In the past Anne


school-leavers dealt with by Ribble Valley Careers Officer Mr John Atkinson. In mo re th an a


she lives with her father, Alban, her mother, Agnes, six


interested in my ideas of Continued on Page 3


sisters and three brothers. “ My mum is q u i te


FIRST winner of our eating out competition is Mrs Jean Hammond who, wi th husband Michael, is joint prop­ rietor of the Copy Nook Garage in Bolton-by- Bowland.


receive a £6 voucher which she intends to use for a family reunion meal on March 6th, although she has not yet decided which restaur­ ant to visit.


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