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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1977


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:J Beaut, a 14-month-old Ja ck Russell te r r ie r belonging to Michael Creighton, of Daisy Hill Farm, Waddington.


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digging but soon there was no trace at all.”


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re scu ed a f te r spending almost four days entombed in th e s u b t e r r a n e a n labyrinth of a badger sett. Her big adventure began when Michael (23) took her for a walk in fields near his


For Beaut has just been


home. “Suddenly, she slipped her


lead and bolted down a n e a rb y hole,” explained Michael, who has had the dog for less than a month. “At first we could hear her


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Pageant meeting


A DECISION on whether to go ahead with a pageant at Clitheroe Castle for the (Jueen’s silver jubilee will be made at a meeting on Monday evening.


. ations to the meeting has been very poor. Town Clerk Mr Leslie Telford sent letters to 23 organisa­ tions and to all the town’s schools and churches. But by yesterday morning, he had received only one reply. Said Mr Telford: “A final


decision must be made on Monday night because, there is so much work to be done in such a short time if


the plan goes ahead.” The meeting, in the


Town Hall, starts at 7-30 p.m. and all are welcome to attend.


So far, response to invit- ,


Searching for ideas


NEW sports or ideas for the Kibble Valley Festival of Sport from June 5th — 11th will be discussed at an open meeting in the town tonight. The Kibble Valley Sports Council has invited anyone with an interest in sport to attend the meet­ ing at the Victoria Hotel at 8 p.m. to help formulate plans and ideas for the fourth annual festival.


Good Friday date


jjageaht on Good Friday. A praiminary meeting was held on.Tuesday .evening a t Whal-


ley C.E. School where rehe^- begin on Wednesday at 8


AFTER a break of two years, Whalley vviU again .have-a


p.m; A n y o n e in te re s ted in taking part is welcome to attend.


Michael shows a clean pair of heels


A MIX-UP over travel­ l in g ar ran g emen ts-


' spiked some. young C l ith e ro e a th le te s ’


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But it takes more than a little transport problem to stop Waddington’s super-runner Michael Morton. He arrived late on the starting line, but romped to an easy win in th e E a s t L a n c a sh i re Championships.


chances of winning further, honours at a- cross-country meeting a t S t o c k p o r t on Saturday.


denies


RUMOURS that Clitheaw’s Station Hotel is about to close have this’ Week been described “t o t a l l y u n t r u e ” b y t h e o w n e r s .


closure rumours


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off at the hotel folio-wing t^ k about its possible closure md c o n v e r s io n in to -a - s u b - divisional police headquar­


Custom has been dropping


ters. A spokesman for Daniel


Thwaites, the .Blackburn brewery, told our reporter “Contraiy to local gossip, the hotd defmitely will not dose,” and a statement to this effect has been put up for customers


Troubles began for the local athletes when the coach, tak in g them and other members of Blackburn Hamers to the meeting at Stockport,- went to the wrong venue.


to read. It has been a worrying time


Mrs Patricia Wrathall, whose husband (Jeorge helps train th e y o u n g r u n n e r s explained that the arrange­ ments were a little hazy. “We went to Woodbank Park instead of Woodbank School and by the time we realised our mistake, the colts and the junior boys’ races had both been run,” she said.


t Michael (16), of Queensway, Waddington, arrived just


“The youngsters were very upset at missing their races. I am sure tiie colts team — made up of a nucleus of Clitheroe runners — would have been in the medals and the junior boys would have walked both the individual and the team medals.”


when the youth’s race was about to start. With no time to warm up, he took it easy in the early stages and ran steaily. at the back of the


He decided to take up the running and passed through th e field to win by a comfortable 18-second


pack.


Local enthusiasts will have a chance to see Michael in action on Saturday when he runs for Kibble Valley in th e Lancashire Schools cross-country champion-. ships at Witton Park, Black- bum. He will be defending the title he won last year.


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HOLIDAY TIMIE


LOOKING forward to i holiday this year? Then there is plenty for you to think about in the four- page special feature in • this week’s Advertiser


and Times. A nd there is also a


chance. to win holiday p r ize s in two simple competitions.


MEMBERS of the Clitheroe and district branch of the


latest money-spinner — a bread-making. demonstra­ tion at the home of new chairman Mrs Muriel Shar­ pies, of Smithies Bridge House, Sawley.


NSPCC certainly know how to use their loaf when it comes to organising events for charity; But cash wasn’t the only thing they raised at their


bread-making by Mrs Joan Proctor, of Rathmeli. They prepared the dough at Mrs Sharpies’ house and then took it home to bake in their own ovens. A profit of more than £10 was made and a raffle for


a pheasant was won by Mrs Proctor. In our picture, Mrs Proctor is seen putting some


more dough into the oven. Mrs Sharpies is on the left. About 20 members and friends were shown the art of


for licensee Mr Tom Donovan. Custom has been gradually declining over the past 12 months, but things have worsened since October, when Lancashire County (^uncil disclosed it was interested in using the hotel for police purposes.


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darts team disbmded and now the once busy games room is dmost. always empty,” said Mr Donovan. “It is a sad thing to have


“Soon after October the


Thwaites, in a statenien^,to; reas sure . customers, - said:


“The Station Hotel has. not been acquired for police purposes, nor is it about to dose for this reason.


to co-operate in the improve­ ment of police-and court facilities in Clitheroe and are quite pleased to do so. But no final approach has yet been made. “ I t is envisaged we will


“We have been approached


continue to serve our mature draught beers and lagers at the Station Hotel for many years to come and, when the police authority’s wishes are known, w ith improved comfort and facilities.”


Kay explaiiied that the firm would consider some sort of arrangement with the police as long as the licence was protected.


Sales director Mr David


happened but I hope the customers will return once they realise the rumours are


imfounded.” Mr Alan Eatough, director


and general manager of


enter into.talks, but whatever happens', part of the existing premises must be kept as a pub,” he said. “The next move is up to the polic-.'-


“We are quite -willihg to


“There has been a lot of gossip recently about the


hotel dosing, biit I want to make it clear that this is totally untrue,” he added.


MEMBERS of Clitheroc Parish Church Operatic Society are assured of packed houses when they launch theiriatest musi­ cal, “Showboat,” a week on Saturday. All 2,450 seats for the


-.i^eyeryone., is lo o k in g . ,fbrwmTl to the opening night.” Pictured, from the left,


- . P r o d u c e r H i l d a B a s n e t t ; r e p o r t s , t h a t r e h e a r s a l s ; - - h a v e b e e n ■going; well;-.;^ “ a n d noiv


are: B a c k—: Geoff Hill, John Turner, Bill Taylor, David Lloyd and Tony Gilmore. Front — Anne Fisher, Susan Russell, Anna Brown, Gladys S u t c l i f f e a n d J a n


Quinton.


CLASSES MAY FOLD


TWO local adult education classes have their last chance of a reprieve from the axe this week. A pottery class at Whalley


Adult Centre on Friday after­ noons, and an introduction to Urdu class at Kibblesdale School on Thursday evenings, will be abandon^ if more students do not come forward this week. A jewellery-making class


includes many popular songs, has a cast of about 60. Leading players are Anne Fisher (Magnolia), Geoff Hill (Ravenal), Anna Brown (Parthy), B il l T ay lo r (Captain Andy), Susan Russell (Eilie) and John Turner (Frank). •


seven evening perform­ ances have been sold and there are less than 200 tickets left for the Satur­ day matinee on February 19th. T h e sh ow , w h ic h


Doctors seek a cure for heating trouble


STAFF at Clitheroe’s plush new £250,000 Health Centre are having to take their own heaters to work to keep them­ selves and their patients'


warm . . . following several breakdowns in


th e c e n tra l h e a t in g system.


o v e rc o a ts because th e , g a s .: heating broke Sown fo r almost; a day:and ohiTuesday i t was


L ast week nurses worked in ; o f f fo r half-ah-hour in th e


doctors described the main system as “unsatisfactory at times” and said he and his colleagues had brought in portable heaters for use in their consulting rooms. “It’s the rooms around the


edge of the building — otir suites and the treatment rooms — which are most


•January, when the system -was out of action for about two days. On that occasion the district health authority had to ferry in temporary heaters until the faults could be fixed. A sp o kesman fo r the


morning. •: The faults come in the wake of a major breakdown early in .


affected when the heat goes off,” he ^ d .


“Patients in the waiting


room haven’t been too badly affected because this is in the centre of the building, which tends to retain the warmth.” To make matters worse,


out ro u t ine maintenance weekly and if there are prob­ lems the administrator at the centre can ring the engineers based at Broodiall Hospital and they will go straight out and fix the fault;


wall h e a te r s originally intended as a back up system have not been fittw -— 16 months a f te r th e centre opened.


have problems with a new system, but I’m happy it is working as well as possible.”


“Obviously you are bound to ■ Tlie ;electric w ir in g - fo r 'th e ’^ j^ ch a rg e . o f .vthe ..B ro ck h a l l"


D i s t r ic t e n g in e e r Mr ;Austen Morris, who is in


le d ,-b u t iri- a bid to save money, the heaters- w e re ; om i t te d from' th e -final', contract.


wall heaters; has'-been-instal­


Works Officer Mr Graham Parr admitted there had been “teething problems” with the heating, but said this was not unusuM. He explained: “We carry


has already been abandoned, but golf and ladies’ keep-fit classes have been reprieved by a last-minute influx of students. A pottery class at Whalley on Friday evenings is also now “90 per cent ^ e ” according to district adult education principal Mr Jeff Smith.


Novel way to raise 1:...


British Rail pledge to replace trees


BRITISH Rail has agreed to replace the trees ita workmen chopped down beside Pimlico Road,'


Cllitheroe;


and undergrowth — to enable workmen to take up old rails


The removal of the trees .


beneath — brought protests from residents who claimed their uleasant leafy outlook had given way to a view of industrial buildings and a rail


siding. But now the Kibble 'Valley


Council has stepped in and won an assurance from British Rail that the trees will be replaced.


-Road, said- Kibble -Valley Chief Architect and Planning Officer Mr Charles 'Wilson.


the same time as other.forth- coming British Rail works on the branch line beside Pimlico


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the improvement of an exist­ ing crossing of the branch line' to create a new emergmey access for the nearby ICI works, added Mr IVilson.


These works-will-involve


access to ICI is under a bridge which is not strong enough to' cany the weight of new rail­ way trucks. -


"The existing emergency


to be made by improving the existing crossing where road and railway run level. .


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exert some pressure on lie; timing of the tree planting,”' said Mr AVilson..' The Council has also placed


a planning application md the Council


“This -will be the subject of then be able to


a tree preservation order on other trees beside Pimlico. Road to prevent a repetition of the chopping that angered residents, Mr Wilson said.


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ity has decided they should be . put in a fte r all, and.has: instructed the main contrac­ tors to carry out the work. It is hoped they will be installed soon, but meanwhile the staff are having to provide their, own heaters when the main system breaks dpwn. Blackburn Health District


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have been caused by the fact that my men- had to rely on other people for information on how to fix a particular fault,” he said.


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brought in to search for Beaut but without success. So Michael, helped by the owner of the land, Mr Henry B a c k h o u s e , of Clough B o ttom , Bashall Eaves, began the big task of digging out the setL


An o ld e r te r r ie r was


passed. Heavy rain and the collapse of several tunnels made Beaut’s chances seem even bleaker.


Hopes dimmed-as time


or less given up hope of seeing his pet again when he revisited the scene four days later, after dark. Then he heard a whimper and, shining his torch down


In fact, Michael had more'


one of the holes, he caught a glimpse of Beaut. “Even


then, I had to dig down about three feet to release


over the moon — and the dog was none the worse for her ordeal. “She was dirty and a bit thin and hungry but she soon recovered,” he said. B e au t probably hasn’t


her,” he said. Michael, of course, was


seen the last of life under­ g ro u n d . however.- For Michael, a self-employed forester and a member of the Hodder Valley Fox Club, bought her as a fox-hunter from the Ennerdaie pack at E lem en t. “But 1 think I will wait until she’s a bit o ld e r and more sensible before I take her hunting,” he said.


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