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Mrs Bowman, still very active at 83, lives in a Blackpool boarding house with her d a u g h te r , Mrs Edna Temple and son-in-law Arthur, and helps with the work and cooking. Last year she flew to Canada to see another daughter and is planning a return visit this year.
SUNDAY was a special day for baby Neil Parldngton and his parents Kathryn and ■William, of Coulthurst Farm, Bashall Eaves. For N e i l ’ s g r e a t - g r e a t grandmother, Jlrs Minm'e Bowman, came over from Blackpool to see him, making a five generation get-together for the family.
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Hopes of early start on council house repairs back-log
NEARLY 600 requests for repairs to Ribble Valley Council houses are still awaiting attention. Chief Technical Officer Mr Dennis Bla«^ told the Housing Committee.
4,080 reports had been made by tenants between April 1st
Mr Black reported that
His granny is Mrs Barbara Slinger, of Victoria Street, Clitheroe. Mrs Slinger is a stewardess a t Clitheroe C r ic k e t Club and her husband, Keith, works at
Neil’s mother, who is 18, used to work at the former Tiger Lily boutique in Clitheroe, and his father, also 18, is a farm worker.
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THE Ribble Valley Council has money available to m ^ e housing loans amounting to £8,490 before the end of March, the Housing Commit tee was told.
allowed to make housing loans worth £147,000 in the year from 'April, Borough ’Trea surer- Mr Gordon Onslow reported. But the Govern ment had put greater restric tions on this allocation than during the current year, h e. added.
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have to cover loans for improvements as well as for house purchases, said Mr toslow.
The 1977-78 .money will
' In the current yeaf the Council had had £125,000 for house purchase l o ^ alone and an open puree for improvement loans, he aald.
Queen’s Park Hospital for staff from Blackburn District Hospitals, including Clitheroe Hospital and Bramley Meade, ■VVhalley. Some 130 people donned costumes ranging from the bizarre to the beauti ful to enjoy a buffet sufjpCT and dancing to a five-piece band and discotheque. Pictured (back, from the
left) are; Mr Frank Mellow, of Warwick Drive, Clitheroe
(pirate), Mr Harry Brown, of Laneside Farm, Downham (barber), Mrs Jill Heamden of Bolton (Cleopatra), Mr Mike Heamden (Roman senator). Front: Mrs Doreen Mellor (sliced loaf), Mrs Lynda Berryi of HoddlesdOn, Mrs Kathleen Brown (can-can dancer) and Mr GlOri Berry (Red Indian).
A “PIRATE” and a “sh'ced loaf’ from Clitheroe, and a “barber” and a “can-can” dancer from Downham were ju s t a few of the exotic characters who brought a sparkle to a fancy dress ball at Blackburn on Friday. The occasion was a ball at
Clitheroe date
for Mr Heath FORMER Prime Minister Edward Heath, MP, will be
Yhe meeting he will be going to Darwen. Accrington and
of a one-day tour of North East Lancashire. Following
David Walder wiJl also be at the lunch at which business men from a variety of. local industries will have an oppor tunity of Questioning the two Back-Benchers on the present state of the country and its prospects,, T h e visit will he Mr Heath’s Second to the town. He previ* oiisly met local people at Clitheroe Conservative ClUb in 1974 when he was Prime. Minister.
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coming to Clitheroe on March 25th to meet local business men over lunch at the Swan and Royal Hotel. Mr Heath’s visit will be part
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CABARET EVENING
A RAFFLE during a cabaret evening at 'Whalley’s Sand piper Restaurant raised £44 for Sabden kidney disease sufferer Barry Rainford.
by Sandpiper ovmers Peter Hayes and Jim Turner in conjunction with Blackpool n ig h t club ow n e r Jack Diamond. Among guests were the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs Fred Green. Featured artist was to have been Diana Dors but she was ill and 1950s pin-up singer Yana took her place.
The evening was arranged
Neil’s great-grandmother is Mrs Elsie Altham, who lives with her husband Edgar, now retired, at Coulthurst C o t ta g e , Waddington, where the family reunion took place.
A TOAST to four-week-old Neil and his grcat-greal- grandmother from Mrs Allham and Mrs Slinger (standing) and Kalhnjn.
grandchildren, with two more expected in a few w e ek s , and 19 g re a t grandchildren.
Change of site
THREE classroom extensions at St John's CE school, Read, are to be built in a different position to that originally
e n v i s a g e d . F o l low in g representations from the Ribble Valley Council local residents and Read parish council the classrooms are now to be sited 60ft. from the rear of the houses on Struts Lane. The Lancashire County Council Development (jontrol Sub-Conrunittee decided this after being asked by the Ribble Valley Council to minimise the impact of the classrooms on the nearby houses.
been completed, 415 job orders had been issued but not yet returned, and 592 reports were still awaiting inspection prior to a job order being issued. This record was attacked by Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe),
last year and Februaiy 24th this year. Of these jobs 3,073 had
among the best rent-payers in Lancashire, even though some of them h ^ suffered 25 per cent rent rises in the past two years, said Ck>un. Jones. “If this sort of performance
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beginning of this year the n um b e r had even been reduced to one after a building maintenance assistant was suspended. But it was now hoped to deal with the backlog of repairs as soon as possible, Mr Black added, “■While many
comp.laints can
be dealt with imm^iately by issuing an order for the repair to be carried out, in numerous cases it is not possible to deal ■with the report without an
te n e ts were not looking after their properties as well as other, through lack of experi ence in some cases, “^m e problems are a direct result of the way people use their homes,” he said.
inspection. Consequently there is bound to be a delay in dealing with some of the reTOrts,” he pointed out. Mr Black added that some
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Tony Capewell thanked all who attended.
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certificate, Donald Nelson (41), of Edisford Road, Waddington, was fined £10 at Clitheroe. lii a letter he Said he had lost hiS hid test ceHifi^ cate ahd did not khoW it due to be renewed. As shoti SS he discovered the error he had the car tested.
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youngsters were at the Red liimp Inn, Bashall Eaves, for the drive. Whist winners: Ladies Miss M. Jackson (Slaidburn). Gents—Mr King (Clitheroe). Dominoes: Mr Parker (Clitheroe). Raffle: Mrs Keller, Mrs Valmer (St Helens), Mr Tom Cowper- thwaite. Group Scout leader Mr
NEW cano6s and camping equipment came a step nearer for the 1st Pendle Cubs and Scouts when they raised nearly £65 at a whist and domino drive. Ninety-six adults and 37
only had two members of staff to deal with ail housing repairs as well as the supervi sion of contracts for ■window replacement, rewiring, exter nal painting and the mainte nance and improvement of all public buildings. From August, 1976, to the
is going to continue, the Coun cil on its part ought to pay more attention to outstandii defects in these homes.” Mr Black said the Council
who said “The Ckiuncil should make a far better effort to attend to these repairs than it is doing at the moment.” The council’s tenants were
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YOUNGSTERS in Chatburn put their best feet forwai^ on Saturday to raise money for the Queen’s silver jubilee celebrations in the village. About 30 youngsters and several adults took part in
the recently-formed Guide company and a member of the village’s silver jubilee committee. Marshals were fellow committee members Mr John Bailey and Mr Briim Strickland.
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