Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, September 30th;1976.~\ .11


TEXAS LYNDA


-IT'S back to the oil rich state o f Texas on- Sunday for former'.Low Moor couple Dr - Dave Wootton and his wife ■ Lynda, who have been on holi­ day' in Clitheroe,


Dave (27) and Lynda (26)


moved two years ago to Texas; where Dave works for P h i l l ip s In te rn a t ion a l ' P e t r o le u m as an area engineer. -


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To fight county seat


LABOUR'S choice for the Bowland and Longridge ward in next year’s county council


.elections is Mr Wilf Vass, An old boy o f Preston Grammar School,'Mr Vass, of


Hacking Drive, Longridge, Is mairied with three children. He is employed by Norweb


and deals with customer complaints. Mr Vass holds , a diploma in human relation's and, as a qualified SEN for the mentally sub-normal, is a governor’-o f the WoodOllle Special School at Longridge. His hobbies are angling


ga rd enin g and ballroom dancing.


No more pintas


THE .traditional mid-morning pinta.has come to an end for the 18 children of Thor- neyholme RC Junior School, Dunsop Bridge. Both Thorneyholme and


another of the Ribble Valley’s outlying 1 schools — Bren- mnd's Endowed, Slaidburn — stopped receiving their usual supply of farm-bottled milk at the beginning of the present term, following a County council decision to introduce treated milk in its schools as a health precaution. B u t - th e e d u c a t i o n


authorities could not find anyone willing to deliver pasteurised milk to the two schools, so they were left with the choice of dried or carton milk. A f t e r d iscu ssions. with


parents, Thorneyholme head­ master Mr John Bernard Monaghan^ decided not to order any milk at all. “The alternatives were not accept­ able — and as the children drink farm-bottled milk at home they will not suffer from not having it at school," he said. The Slaidburn children are now taking carton milk..


FORMER


TEACHER THE funeral took place on Saturday of Mrs Bessie Addi­ son, of Moorland Crescent, Clitheroe. She was 83. Born in Preston, where'she


was a teacher in her younger days, Mrs Addison moved to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics., after her marriage. Her late husband, Frank, was deputy headmaster of Ashby Gram­ mar School. On his retirement, the couple moved to Clitheroe and


' Mr Addison taught English part-time at the boys’ and g i r l s ’ g ram m a r schools


Mrs Addison was closely


connected with Clitheroe Parish Church, where a service was conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. J. C. Hudson, prior to cremation at Accring­ ton. She was a member of the Parish Church Mothers’ Union and the Townswomen’s Guild. She is survived by her


daughter, Mrs Mollie Hood, wife of the headmaster of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, and son Dick, a news­ paper sub-editor in Johannes-


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. . Parking spot PERMISSION has been granted for a spectators car park at Lower Cock Hill Farm, Chipping, home of Blackpool and Fylde Gliding Club. The Ribble Valley Council's Development Sub- Committee welcomed the plan because it will reduce parking on the narrow roads round the farm. Permission was granted subject to landscaping condi­ tions.


Billing protest


renewed


A SECOND letter of protest about proposals to introduce direct billing by the North West Water Authority is to be sent to the Department of the Environment by the. Ribble Valley Council. At present, the NWWA’si


general service charge is collected for it by district councils but the authority plans to take over the job by 1978. According to Ribble Valley Borough Treasurer Mr G o r d o n O n s l o w , th e changeover will mean the NWWA taking on an extra 300 staff. Chief Executive Officer Mr


Michael Jackson told the Ribble Valley Policy and Resources Committee that an earlier protest by the council had brought a reply from the Department of the Environ-' ment. It seemed from the reply that the only reason for direct billing was to build up records for a future, more complicated, system of charg­ ing. “ It doesn’t hold water,” he commented.


No tee! Only coffee


BEING Mayoress of the Ribble Valley has somewhat cut down on the golfing activities of Mrs Dorothy Green. So Mrs Green will be happy


to be back in the familiar surroundings of her home club, Wilpshire, on Saturday. But she won’t have much


time for golf, because she will be hosting a coffee morning in aid of’ the Mayor's charity fund. There will be a tombola and


cake and bring-and-buy stalls. The event runs from 10 a.m. to noon.


GALA TIME


LOCAL Scouts are holding their annual swimming gala at the Ribblesdale Pool on Satur­ day. The lads who do well will qualify for the district team to take part in the East Lanca­ shire County Belsey Trophy, also at the .Ribblesdale Pool, on October 30th. Saturday's gala, in which


Scouts of all ages will be taking part, starts at 6-30 p.m.


THIS is what happened to M one stolen car. Don’t le‘. i: yours be next.


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A BIG RISE IN LOCAL


CAR THEFTS


“IF you don’t lock it up, you’ll probably lose it” — that’s the police warning to local car owners this week.


The warning, from Colne


Division Crime Prevention Officer Sgt Bob Jackson, comes after a fortnight in which three cars have been stolen in the Clitheroe area alono — and in a year in which nearly 200 cars were stolen before the end of August in the Colne division — which covers Pendle District and a part of the Ribble Valley stretching from Clitheroe to Gisburn, the Trough o f Bowland and Billington. On top of that, there have


been 143 recorded thefts from vehicles in the division this year. All but the most determined


thieves, however, will be de te r red by four simple precautions when you park, says Sgt Jackson. ® Remove the ignition key. • Secure windows and fold­


ing roqfs. • Lock doors. • Don’ t leave valuables


unattended. If they must stay in the car, the best place for them is the boot. “The vast majority of arti­


cles taken from cars go from the back seat or rear window­ sill, even when the doors are locked. Few thieves will force open a boot, because they cannot see what’s inside it," says Sgt Jackson. Police throughout England


and Wales 'a r e ' currently ; campaigning for tighter secur­ ity by motorists, and posters with the “ lock it or lose it" slogan will soon appear in local libraries and garages. Says Sgt Jackson: “Most car th e f t s are the work of


amateur opportunists, and teenagers are responsible for most of those detected. “ Three out of four cars


stolen are over five years old, in the medium price range, and taken from .residential stre e ts . T h is .sh ow s the usefulness of the steering locks brought in about eight years ago.


■ - ' “The most risky time's to leave your vehicle are after 6 p.m. on Fridays and Satur­ days. Most cars stolen arc not properly secured.”


.. The police campaign is


aimed at reducing the rate of auto-crimes, which have


Capri hits shop front


A car taken from a house


in Clayton-Ie-Moors ended up in an accident in Castle- gate, Clitheroe.'


The car, a Ford Capri,


crashed into a shopfront early yesterday. Two youths/ who received hospital treat­ ment, are helping police with their inquiries.


increased alarmingly since 1971.


In that year there were


167,562 thefts of vehicles in England and Wales, and 189,989 thefts of vehicles. The figures for 1975 were respec­ tively* 264,896 and 239,432.


Colne Division figures for


1975 were 339 stolen cars, and 179 thefts from vehicles. Sgt Jackson also reminded


anyone seeing anything suspi­ cious to ring the police straight away. “We are only too happy to follow up such calls,” he said.. One stolen car the police are


still looking for is an Austin Allegro taken from Lower- gate car park, Clitheroe, on


' September 13th. Its registra­ tion number is PWR 560M. .Sergeant Jackson has also


given a warning about burg­ laries to owners of isolated dwellings in the division. “ People should inform the


police if they are away for any length of ,time — and make sure they lock all windows and doors.” Househo lde rs wanting


specialist advice on security should contact the sergeant at •■Colne Police Station.'


50 YEARS


A BUTCHER A MAN who was a butcher with the Co-operative Society in Clitheroe for more than half a century, Mr .Teddy Starkie has died aged 70. Mr. Starkie, of Mitchell


AN. urgent telephone cal! cut short a week's holiday' in Southport for Mr and Mrs ' George Shaw, of • Fairfield Avenue,' Clitheroe. But the c ou p le were


delighted — the message was;.-' one Mr Shaw had: been anxi­ ously awaiting for over a year; to tell him a. suitable kidney donor had been found. The - couple grabbed /the. nearest taxi to Manchester, '


. and this week Mr Shaw is' ' “satisfactory" after undergor- ing a transplant operation.at'; Manchester Royal .Infirmary/,. . Mr Shaw has been depen ­


dent on a kidney machine for th e la s ts ix .y ea r s , but by- having a home-hasod ",inil ho


has been able to continue his job as project liaison officer at Padiham Power Station. He was a p r om in en t


member of an 18-month fund raising- scheme which bought the first mobile unit to be used in’ the North West, and was one of the first to take advan­ tage of the unit when he and Ijis wife Lois went on holiday to Scotland two years ago; It


. was their first holiday for six years.


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’ too ■ fit, and they, decided: to have a week’s rest in South- port before the winter set in. Ho. had been to Manchester


. " Mrs Shaw told the Adver­


tiser and Times that-her husband had not been feeling


on the Tuesday of the holiday to have the necessary dialysis treatment and was due to go again on' Thursday, when the message came through to. report to. the hospital right away. Mrs Shaw said her husband seemed to have got over-the-


’ operation very well, but the problem of a kidney rejection could occur any time over the next two or three months. . ■ Friends have been marvell­


ous in helping, added Mrs Shaw.-At-'present she is the only visitor allowed in, but the couple’s'daughter Eleanor (19) is looking forward to the time when she can pop‘in to see her fa:;-


Street, Clitheroe, began as an apprentice delivering and selling meat on a horse and cart. He worked at the Co­ op’s Wellgate shop where he eventually took ov e r as manager. W h e n th e W e l lg a t e


premises were demolished he worked; at the Castle Street shop for a few years before


- retiring in. 1971.-Since then, :he had worked part-time 'at -Wellgate Motors: and as a


;lo ck e r-ro om attendant'.at • Ribblesdale Pool. He is survived by his wife,


Florence, and three married daughters, Sandra, Kathleen and Eileen. - A service at'-St James’s Church, Clitheroe; ta k en by th e -R e v . K. Broadhurst, preceded crema- ■f Accringto"


But for the past four weeks


they have been staying with Lynda's parents, Mr and Mrs John Cook, of 92 St Paul’s Street, Low Moor, and visit­ ing old. friends..


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This is the second time the couple', have been home since


they moved — they came home last Christmas — and both say 'it is nice to see Clitheroe again. . For Dave, "home" is really- Blackburn, for that is where he was born, and his family still live there..


The couple’s home in Texas


•is -in the town o f Odessa — j similar in size to Blackburn — situated about 300 miles from


the Mexican border. Dave began work there as a


mining engineer,, having gained - a first class science honours degree and a docto­ rate in mining at Leeds University . Recently he became an area petroleum


‘ engineer, concerned with oil -• production at a number of' drilling rigs.,-


• ■ -v , L y n d a is - a- q u a l i f ied


teacher, but has -been unable to get a work permit.. She' trained as a teacher at Liver­ pool and spent two and half years teaching at a Leeds junior school.


The couple enjoy life in


Texas and . Dave says the people are very friendly. “ It didn’t take long to settle in,” : ho said. “At first we were the centre: of attraction in the neighbourhood because we are English.


"The standard of living is very high. Wages are about


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double those here and many things — such as property — * are. considerably cheaper.


- Petrol, for instance, is 20p a gallon.” Dave and Lynda have visited many parts of America


within easy reach of-Texas, including Colorado, New


• Mexico, -Miami, and the Gulf of Mexico.


t , ’ "The roads are groat," said


Dave. “A lot of things are very different in Texas. Most people have lots of gadgets like citizens’ band radios and dish-washers — it is quite a rich society.”


, • When Dave returns to


Texas he could soon be on the move again, - fo r his work


permit runs out in October.^ When this happens, 'his' company may move him to another country where they operate, perhaps Norway or Indonesia. A lte rn a t iv e ly he could


renew the permit and work another year in Texas before moving.


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■ " I would like to go to Norway," said Dave, “but it a ll d ep en d s w h o re the com p a n y s en d s y o u . I wouldn’t mind staying in Texas for another year, and getting to know it better. That will make a total of three years in America, which is the maximum allowed on my present work permit.”


Ex-Town Clerk sad to be


area


IT WILL BE a sad day next Thursday for former Clitheroe Town Clerk Mr John Cowdall and his family. For they will be leaving the house in Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, which has been their home for the past six years, to live in Chorley.


When local government was


■reorganised three years ago, Mr Cowdall was appointed Chief Executive to the West Lancashire Council, Since then he has been travelling each day to and from work at Ormskirk.


Until he took up his new


jo b , Mr Cowdall was a member of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe and SS Michael and John’s School PTA- His wife, Eileen, is a member of- the Inner Wheel and Clitheore’s Mayoress Committee. They have two children,


Janet (12) and Alison (9). Mr Cowdall-said it was with


great sadness that they were leaving Clitheroe and the many friends they had made, but the constant travel and the fact that Janet was now being educated in Preston had made the move necessary.


Prevention of erosion


A LENGTH o f concrete foundation'costing about £500 is to be laid on the riverbank at Edisford to help prevent erosion. The Ribble Valley Council’s


Chief Technical Officer, Mr Dennis Black, told the Recre­ ation and Leisure Committee that the • former Clitheroe Borough Council had in the past constructed a small concrete retaining wall, not to stop flooding but to prevent erosion. The weather condi­ tions were now right for work to begin on the foundations of a new one, he said.. Some spare money was


available in the estimates and supplementary monies would not be needed, he added.


New league is formed


A NEW amateur cricket league has been formed for teams in the Clitheroe area.


Starting next season, it


will be run on a less formal b a s is than the existing R ib b le sd a le and Ribble Valley leagues and is basi­ cally for teams who have p r e v io u s ly -p la y e d on ly fr ien d l ie s . An inaugural meeting o f the'league — called the Clitheroe and district Cricket League — at the Black Bull, Chatburn, elected Mr Kevin Fitzpatrick s e c r e ta r y and ,Mr John H u g h e s t r e a s u r e r . Mr Hughes thanked Mr Fitzpat­ rick, of Lingfield' Avenue, Clitheroe, for arranging the meeting.


Among the teams who


have expressed interest are C a ld e r s ton e s , Clitheroe Police, Grindleton, Riming- ton, Waddington, Rathmell and Wigglesworth, Settle


and F le x ib le Reinfo rce­ ments.


FC youths in trial


TWO of Clithoroe FC’s most promis­ ing youngsters,. Norman Roberts and Peter Cuncarr, are in line for a place in the Lancashire under-18’s sidq. .


- Norman and Peter, both or


Billington, are through to the last 22 for the side and will play In the final trial on Sunday. Said manager Mr Jimmy Birkett: “We are delighted about this. It is the first sign that our youth policy is beginning to pay off.”


The youngsters both turn out for


Clitheroe Reserves and Mr Blrkctt is hopeful that they will eventually make the senior county side. .


Friendly


CLITHEROE RESERVES, without a Blackburn Combi­ nation game this - weekend, have arranged- a friendly against Mullards at Shaw- bridge on Saturday.'Kick-off '- 2-30 p -


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Good show by Scouts


THIRTY-ONE canoeists from Clitheroe and District Scouts put up a spirited performance in the annual long distance race on Winder- mere. The race attracted 300


entries and the Clitheroe troops represented were SS Michael and John, SS Mary and Paul, Ribblesdale, 1st Pendle, Chipping and the venture unit. One leader also took part. The juniors raced six and a


quarter miles from Bowness' to Fell Foot and the seniors 10 and a half miles from one end of the lake to the other. All but one of the Clitheroe


and district representatives finished the course and will receive a badge and certificate to mark the achievement. District information officer


Mr Thomas Rock said the lads put up a good show, although they were not lucky enough to win prizes.


NEWS JN BRIEF


FLAMES from a county coun- . cil road re-surfacing machine have burnt trees and buBhes next to the road on Grindleton Brow.


; The machine .was working on the road for four days. A council spokesman , said the recent drought had melted the road surface, which then dried to a very smooth finish. • : He said the machine was


burning off the top layer of ta r to make the surface- slightly rougher and therefore safer for motorists. The machine is one of


several doing similar work in all parts of Lancashire since the end of the drought.


Whalley. Church Players’ next production is not so much


a whodunnit but a "why did he do L? ’


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- Produced by Gay Cox, rehearsals for “The Poker Session,” a thriller by Hugh Leonard, are now in progress. The play will be given at


Whalley Old Grammar School on November 4th, 5th and 6th. ■ ■ In the cast are Stanley


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Speak (Billy Beavis), Edith Trevor (Mrs Beavis), Brian Slow (Kevin), Jean Price (Fran), Susan Russell (Irene) and John Caton (Teddy).


PINDER — PARISH Manchester policeman Mr


Peter Nicholas Pinder, only son of Mrs Pinder, of Princess


Avenue, Clitheroe and the late Mr I. G. Pinder was m a r r ie d at S t M a ry ’ s, Clitheroe, on Saturday to Miss Julie Parish. The only daughter of Mr and Mrs G. W. Parish, of Crossfell Road, Leverstock Green, Hertford­ shire, the bride is personal assistant to the managing director of a Bolton fabrics firm.


' ' ■ Given away by her father,


she wore a full-length white Victorian-style gown of chif­ fon and lace over organdie, with a deep lace flounce form­ ing a. train. She had a waist- length embroidered veil and matching Juliet cap arid carried a bouquet of yellow roses.


' She was attended by Miss


Rachel Foulds (bridegroom’s niece) and Miss GailHolt.They wore full-length dresses made by the bride in cinnamon and white patterned cotton trim­ med with matching lace frills. They had white flower head- bands and carried posies to match. Best man was Mr Paul


Rutherford and ushers were the bridegroom's cousins Mr Geoffrey Brogden and Mr Paul Brogden. The Rev. J. C. Hudson


officiated and Mr Charles Myers was organist. After a reception at the


Coach and Horses Hotel, B o lton -b y -B ow lan d , the couple left for a touring honeymoon. They are to live in Cranford Drive, Irlam, Manchester. P h o t o g r a p h : P y e s ,


Clitheroe. M-cyclist banned


A TRAINEE weaver who fell from his motor cycle after overtaking a bus was banned from driving for three months by Clitheroe magistrates. John Richard Bridges (17),


o f F a r a d a y A v e n u e , Clitheroe, had pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing to


riding without due care and attention and using a motor cycle without insurance. The case had been adjourned for him to produce his driving l i c e n c e . Fin d in g both summons e s proved, the magistrates also imposed a fine of £20 for each offence.


L A N C A S H I R E County Council is to be asked to ban p a rk in g at B ru n g e r le y Bridge, Clitheroe, for a six- month period every year. At a meeting of the Ribble


Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Committee, members decided to ask for the ban from May to October, because of traffic congestion. The restricted area will be


on both sides of Waddington Road from the cemetery gates to Waddow Hall. A short space on the far side of the bridge next to the farm, with room for about 10 cars, will be exempt from the ban. Parking will be prohibited from 10 ,a.m. to 8 p.m.


FIVE Clitheroe and district Cub leaders will receive medals of merit for 10 years service at a ceremony tomor­ row night. The five will receive their


awards from Mr Walter Ful l e r , D istr ic t County Commissioner for Scouts, at the h om e ?o f Mrs Irene Preston, of Longridge Road, Chipping. The y ar e : Mr s Ma r y


Shepherd (1st Hodder), Mr Len Dickinson (St Paul’s), Mrs Margaret Whipp (Chat- burn), Mrs Kathleen Law and Mrs Christine Hampson (both 1st Pendle).


TWO weeks today the Maypr,- of. the Ribble Valley, Coun:' Fred Green,.will pay-the first


- in a ‘series of-visits to- local industry.


- • \ -Coun.-Green .will. visit the


Trutex factory at Henthorn in the . morning and another of the firm’s works in the after­


noon.-............ . . : r ’ Afterwards he hopes to


visit atleast one local industry av week- up to- Christmas. Dates already fixed include Ribble-Cement on October 19th, and Pendle Furniture, Sabden, on October 21st. .


PROPOSED alterations !to the Whitewell Hotel have been -given the go-ahead by the Ribble Valley Council’s D e v e l o p me n t S u b- Committee.


- ; - They Involve.the provision


of three bedrooms upstairs, the improvement of existing facilities in bedrooms, and more private living accommo­ dation. The alterations will not increase the hotel’s capac­ ity for overnight guests. . External alterations will be


confined to the back of the hotel, including a bay window, three dormer windows, and an upstairs sitting room,. Applic­ ant is Mr R. C. Bowman.


ABOUT 230 guests went to the Sandpiper, Whalley, to see a special show which raised £60 f o r c anc e r research. The show was the idea of


co-owners Mr Peter Hayes and Mr Jim Turner, who invited top Blackpool enter­ tainer Jack Diamond to put on a cabaret at the restaurant. The acts included a perform­ ance by Dick Emery’s sister Ann, who sang; danced and did impersonations.


The Mayor and Mayoress of


the Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs Fred Green, and the Deputy Town Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Leo Wells, • were among guests.


ARCHITECTURAL student Mr Ke it h F o w le r , o f Clitheroe, -was married to Miss Ann Elizabeth Corke at South Kirk, Penicuik, near Edinburgh. The bridegroom is the son


of Mr and Mrs E. Fowler of Richmond Terrace, Clitheroe. The bride is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs R. J. Corke, of Gilmerton Dykes Drive, Edinburgh. The Rev. Sewell officiated


and a reception was held at the Royal Hotel, Roslin. .


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