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and Times Brive is on to sell
Council decides on the appointment of an estate agent to handle the sale of the 84 dwellings,which will cost under £10,000 at one end of the scale and over £13,000 at the other. This was revealed by C o u n . H a r ry R id in g
A BIG publicity drive is to be m ou n ts soon to sell Kibble Valley Council’s “half buy — half rent” houses at Low Moor. It will start after the
Extension to Health Centre?
centre, originally part of the Lowfield grounds, is consi dered to be sub-standard and additional land would make a big improvement.
MAYOR’S FUND
CONTRIBUTIONS of £238.10 have so far been received by the Mayor of Clitheroe (Coun. Bob Ains worth) for his Christmas appeal. Latest donations include: £20 — ICI, £10 — Brian Dent and J. L. Lumley, £4 — Ribble Valley Trades Council.
purchase, Lancashire Area Health Authority has acted on the suggestion of the Blackburn Health District. The site of the health
however, it would be used to supplement the present accommodation and used by services such as chiropody, occupational therapy, district dietician, marriage guidance council, educa tional psycholorist, orthop- tist and the opthalmic medi cal practitioner. In recommending the
the only chance of extending the c en tre . At f i r s t ,
THE house Lowfield and its grounds of a third of an acre, could become part of Clitheroe Health Centre. The Regional Health Authority is interested in buwng the property, which is being offered for sale at a price of about £35,000. Lowfield, in fact, offers
(Longridge), chairman of the Housing Committee, at a Press conference on Monday.
tation with estate agents in our area and about eight are interested,” he said.
either terraced or semi detached, are being built at
appointed, a publicity drive will draw the public’s attention to the availabil ity of the houses.” The houses, vvhich are
“ Once one has been “We have been in consul
a cost of £lm. on the site of the former Low Moor Mill, near the banks of the Ribble.
1,000 tenants and so far have received replies from 32 who are interested,” said Coun. Riding. “We have also received half-a-
council tenants, those on the waiting list, newly weds and other first-time buyers. As an encourage ment, the council is offer ing 100 per cent mortgages. “We have circularised
The market is mainly for
houses start going up, we expect the demand to accel erate. It is easier to sell something on the ground than just ah idea.
dozen inquiries from other sources. “ However, once the
first-time buyers the oppor tunity of a house, we hope
all the houses to people in the Ribble Valley, we will make them available to people from outside the area. “ In addition to. giving
“If we are not able to sell
to provide a service to industrialis ts. “Having reasonably-priced homes will help to attract to the a re a the workers they need.”
ment — probably to be named Riverside — started about a month ago. Found ations for half the houses have already been laid and the first dwelling will be ready for occupation by April. The entire scheme is scheduled for completion by August.
(Councillors seek attendance rise
RIBBLE VALLEY councillors have prop osed a 40 per cent increase in their attend ance allowances.
• from £5 to £7 a meeting, subject to ratification by the full council. ' It was taken in the light of
F in an c e and General Purposes Committee agreed to raise the basic allowance
Monday’s meeting of the
Violet’s in the final
CLITHEROE domestic caterer Mrs Violet McDonald will have an extra special date to keep in Blackpool in April.
place along with beauties from all over the county to compete for the national
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Eshton Terrace, Clithe^, earned her place in the final by beating contestants in a district heat at Burnley’s Pleasant Home and Pnde
Club. “I never thought that I
would get so to , but now I am lootoig forward to the
final,” she said. Mrs McDonald, who
represents Clitheroe Social Club, Wellgate, works in a local school mems canteen.
Speeding rates
service A NEW terminal computer is to be installed at the Ribble Valley Borough T re a s u re r ’s office to improve administration of the rates. The computer — incor
porating two visual display units — will be linked with County Hall, Preston, where ml rates information is s to red on a larger machine. The new computer will be
rented and will cost Ribble
Valley ratepayers an extra £1,230 a year. In a report to the council’s
Valley Council staff have to go to IVeston whenever they want to update the file on th e main computer in County Hall. The report said that by
F in an c e and General Purposes Committee, trea surer Mr Gordon Onslow said the computer would save time and increase effi ciency. At the moment Ribble
however, that the present system by which a member can claim £1 for every hour over four hours that the meeting lasts should remain unchanged. The proposal to increase
new Government regula tions which empower local authorities to increase the maximum allowance from £10 to £11. The committee decided,
(Billington) said there , was no danger of this happening with the allowances being so low, and it was ‘ludicrous” to suggest that anyone could gain financially from being a councillor. He pointed out that allo
the basic allowance was, however, strongly criticised by Coun. Geoffrey Ains worth (Salesbury). He said: “The ratepayers
are paying out enough on these allowances as it is. We became councillors as a service to the community
incidents involving men loitering in various part of the town after dark and approaching young and elderly women. A police spokesman said:
complaints CLITHEROE police are investigating a number of
Loitering
wances were not only to cover attendances, but also out-of-pocket expenses incurred in travelling. “There are members who don’t make claims, but on the other hand there are those who need to,” he said. “ I t would be a very
ing a councillor because they couldn’t a f fo rd to be elected.” Coun. Fleming proposed
th a t he did not claim anything for attendance. “I think it is possible that by increasing the allowance we may attract undesirable people to become councillors for financial gain.” But Coun. Bill Fleming
and we should set an example.” Coun. Ainsworth added
Skipton candidate steps up
converted coach house in the village of Carleton, near Skipton, was previously marketing director of the Leeds-based company. He is a qualified solicitor
retrograde step if someone was prevented from becom
c om m i t te e la s t week recommended scrapping the present attendance allowance system. In its place it suggested
“These incidents, although not serious, ai'e being looked in to and a number of complaints have been inves tigated and the offenders traced.” He added that anyone
after dark should contact Clitheroe Police (Clitheroe 23818).
seeing a man loitering in suspicious circumstances
should receive a basic
the increase from £5 to £7 and it was passed by seven votes to two. Footnote: A Government
THE prospective Conserva tive Parhamentaiy candi date for Sldpton, Mr John Watson (34) has been appointed managing director of Waddingtohs House, of Games. Mr Watson, who' lives in a
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ABBEY MANAGERS QUIT
ONLY five months after being appointed to make the Whalley Abbey conference centre a “commer- ciaJ” success, hoteliers Ian and Judith Green have resigned.
-on a firm financial footing. Secretmy of the Diocesan
28, are “bitter and angry” at the way they say they nave been treated by the Abbey management committee who, they claim,, have not allowed them to implement their ideas tO put the Abbey
will be succeeded as mana gers by Mr and Mrs Derek Hartley, who are at present in charge of an old people’s home at Morecambe. Mr and Mrs Green, both
On January 1st the couple
and was in private practice for three years before join ing Waddmgtons, where he worked as southern region sales manager, assistant works manager and general manager of the international division. He and his wife, Deanna,
have a son Alexander (4) and twin daughters Melinda and Sophie (2).
Grateful
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A LETTER of thanks for a donation of £118.32 towards the Queen’s Silver Jubilee
the council, the committee has recommended that extra payments should also go to members holding posts of special responsi
bility.
Jubilee activities at the school, which will shortly be sent an illuminated receipt for the gift.
Clitheroe, from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley. The money was raised by
Appem has been received at R ib b le s d a le S ch o o l,
Board of Finance, Mr David D u nderdale, who Is a member of the management committee, refused this week to discuss the couple's grievances. It yvas, he said °an internal dispute and we are not prepared to wash our dirty linen in public.” hfr and Mrs Green were
Twinkle
twinkle THE big switch-on of Clitheroe’s Christmas lights will take place next Friday afternoon — to the accompaniment of
carol singing by local primary school children.
B o b Ai n sw o r t h , will perform the switching on ceremony at 3 o’clock at the Castle Gates. Christmas decorations
The town mayor, Coun.
taken on as managers to the Abbey in July for six months. They came to Whalley
from Lagos, Nigeria, where Mr Green was a group train ing manager at a luxury hotel.
former Whalley girl Miss Judith Wood — were origi nally trained by the Savoy
Both he and his wife —
however, that in the past couple of months the committee started to dictate about employment of staff and spending. “Our hands have been tied and I’m not prepared to go on like that, andnave resigned,” he said. He denied rumours that
their own volition because th ey did not like the
custom to the Abbey
he and his wife had sacked some of the Abbey staff; some had, he said, left of
changes. . The only one to be sacked
was the French chef he had engaged himself to attract
restaurant. Mr Green said the dispute
have started going up this week, A 22ft. tree and nativity crib will decorate th e e n t ra n c e to the Castle, and an 18ft. tree will go outside the Town
Hall. Coffee morning is on the ball
Reliability Year
w ith the management committee had affected his
health. He spent two weeks in hospital last month suffer ing from “overwork and acute depression.” Mrs Green has also been
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in hospital recently giving birth to the couple’s third child. The Abbey is also to have a new" warden to succeed
has appoints Canon G. A. Williams, Residentiary Canon of Blackburn Cathed
after 14 years in the post. The Bishop of Blackburn
ral, as Abbey warden. Until Miss GradwelTs
involved in the day to day running of the Abbey.
New,ton cup in
display
A LOVING cup presented by Newton Parish Council to the Queen to mark her Silver Jubilee is on display a t St James ’s Palace,
having the new computer, staff would have immediate access to information and the time saved by not having to go to Preston could, be used on other pressing work. The committee agreed to
the proposal and quotations are being invited.
Rewiring
A TENDER of £7,111 for the rewinng of 37 houses m the Chatbum area has been accepted by the Ribble Valley GounciTs Housing Committee.
•A FOOTBALL autographed by Liverpool FC players' will be, the star prize in a charity draw to be held in ' Clitheme in the New Year. This is a result of a coffee evening which raised more
than £26 to buy the ball^ which the players will sign to raise money for the Liverpool-based Association for Children with Heart Disorders. - The national secretary of the association is Clitheroe
woman Mrs Dorothy McOuade, who held the coffee evening at her home in Millthome Avenue. '
' -The event went very well. It included a bring-and-buy stall and a cake stall. A chocolate hedgehog cake, made by Mrs McQuade, was auctioned.
■ Competition winners Were Heather Pearce, aged four, who guessed the exact number of sweets in a jar, and Mrs Gladys-Turner/who won a cake.;
agreed to obtain a ball at cost price, so we only set out to raise about £20. We wer$ very pleased with the result.”
■ ■ Mrs McQuode said afterwards: “The football club have
exhibition of 800 items received from well wishers all over the world to mark Jubilee year. The cup was- spotted by
London. ' It has been included in an
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they opened bed and break- fa s t accommodation and have since o r j^ s e d several functions. Music festivals and other crowd-pulling a t t r a c t io n s were also planned. Mr G re e n c la im s ,
Hotel group. On arrival at the Abbey
THE excited looks on the faces of these children say it all. Chrislmas is here again and who better to turn up at this children’s party at St Paul's, Low Moor, than Father Christ mas himself!
all 80 children in the Sunday School and junior
There was a present for
F a th e r Chrislmas to arrive.
choir who had waited excitedly, all afternoon for
they tucked into a party tea prepared by parents and teachers, played party games, danced, and sang carols.
And to pass the time QUALIFIES
FORMER Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School pupil Miss Jean Heseltme has qualified as a physiotherapist after three years’ -training at Leeds (Jeneral Infirmary.
21st birthday on Wednes day, takes up her first appointment at Doncaster Royal In f irm a ry next month.
and Mrs Wilfrea Heseltine, of C h e s te r A v en u e , Clitheroe.
She is the daughter of Mr Jean, who celebrates her-
next door to the Princess Avenue fire station said local people owed the part- timers a ‘‘debt of gratitude.” “They are doing a marvell
support for the men came at Monday’s meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s F in a n c e and General Purposes Committee from the chairman, Coun. Tom Robinson. Coun. Robinson, who lives
tion between the Clitheroe men and those who are on strike. It is a gesture of thanks for their loyalty to Clitheroe, and I hope it will be taken in that spirit.” The second vote of
usually attended only by councillors and invited guests. Said Coun. Ainsworth: “I hope this will not cause fric
invited the brigade’s 15 part- timers to a reception in his parlour on Wednesday,
lads were invited to join Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob Ainsworth for Christinas drinks. Coun. Ainsworth has
CLITHEROE’S strike breaking firemen have received a double vote of support this week from local councillors. ■ The first came when the
ous job in providing cover for outlying areas where people wouldn’t have a cat in hell’s chance if a fire broke out,” he said. But Coun. Robinson’s bid to pass a formal resolution supporting the mejj was not successful. The majority of members
agreed with Chief Executive Mr Michael Jackson, who said: “I wonder whether it would be wise for a local a u th o r i ty to formally support would-be strike breaking. As individuals maybe, but as a council probably not.” . The past week has been a
dealt with a fierce chimney blaze at Stonyhurst (See Page 14).
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