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CUtheroe, first took up the sport about five years ago and h a s w a tch e d i t g r ow immensely in popiilarity. “ In America and on-the


Continent, there are special stadia for meetings which attract thousands of spec­ tators,” he said.


“ lam sure it is going to be a


big thing in England, too. Clubs are springing up all over the country and at one recent three-day meeting at Peterborough about 25,000 people turned up to watch.” Local people had a chance to


see the new sport in action w hen R a y and fe l low enthusiasts from the North oF England gave a display at Longridge Circuit on Satur­ day, for the Ribble Valley Festival of Sport.


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Ray’s a 50 mph ‘back seat’


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CLITHEROE mechanic Ray Parker is a racing driver. But not for him the ras-guzzling monsters which screech round the Grand Prix tracks of Europe.


For Ray is a devotee of the


increasingly popular sport of radio-controlled model car racing which has all the thrills and spills of the Grand Prix scene but none of the costs. For the aspiring James


Hunts and Niki Laudas of this world, the sport is ideal to capture the excitement and flavour of international motor racing. And the cost of setting up


your own- racing “stable” is understandably far cheaper. A complete outfit would cost in the region of £100 and the running expenses are neglig­ ible to those faced by the likes of Ferrari, BRM and Lotus.


T h e n e a r e s t rarlio-


controlled m«lel racing clubs are at Oldham and Halifax, and Ray is a frequent competitor at their meetings. The cars are wholly control­


led by radio and race round Grand Prix-Iike tracks, complete with bends, chicanes and straights. They may be scaled-dowm versions, but the cars are capable of reaching speeds of up to 50 mph on a straight stretch. Oruy six cars race at any


one time because of the limited number o f radio frequencies, but eliminating rounds are held before the grand finals. These can be up to 50-lap affairs with pit stops for refuelling, all adding to the realism. Ray is a body repair special­


ist at Primrose Garage arid he puts his e.xpertise to good use, designing .and building parts for his own car. But you don’t have to know


much about the mechanics of a c,ar to take part in the sport. “ It is aiittle expensive to start up, but once you have got the basic equipment it’s quite a cheap hobby and one which anyone can enjoy,” says Ray.


celebrates THE year Miss Margaret Mercer was bom, Queen Victoria was celebrating her golden Jubilee.


Margaret On Monday, five monarchs


and two world wars later. Miss Mercer, of Waddington Road, Ciitheroe, celebrated her 90th birthday . . . with a drink and a piece of cake for friends and neighbours who called in. She isn’t planning a party —


“There are not many left in my generation” she says. But she is hoping for a visit from her nieces in Blackburn, and there will be a drink and a piece of cake for'friends and neighbours who care to call.


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working life for Miss Mercer, which perhaps accounts for her remarkable fitness and keen mind.


She was bom at Kitchen’s


Farm, Bashall Eaves, and when her older brother, James, married and took a farm near Blackburn, she went to help him; delivering milk on a horse^irawn float.


She recalls that travelling,


especially from the country districts, was very difficult. A few went by horse and trap but most people were obliged to walk or cycle.


■ Her parents eventually retired to Waddington and, after their death 48 years ago, she moved to Ciitheroe. She has lived in her present house for 46 years. .


She still manages to keep


her own home spotless and does her own shopping. Up at 8 o’clock each morning she retires about 9-30 p.m. unless she has visitors.


; Reflecting on her long life,


with all its vast changes, Miss , Mercer says: “Folks live in heaven today, compared with when I was a child.”


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NEW queen Anne Marie is seen here with some of her retinue. From the left, they are Steven Collinson,.James Carr, Andrew Wood and Graham Pickford.


Rain hits Slaidburn jubilee celebrations


RAIN meant a drastic curtail­ ment o f Slaidburn’s May Queen festival — wliich, ironi­ cally, had been delayed a. week to coincide with the


jubilee celebrations. The field day had to be


cancelled, as did a procession to Whiteholme, the home of Mrs M. Williams who was to present coins to the village children and Bibles to the. primary school leavers. Instead, the' ceremony took place in the village hall. Queen elect, Anne M ^ e Townson, thanked Mrs Williams for the traditional “sixpences!’ — now fivepenny pieces — and Judith Finder thanked her for the Bibles. Festival- Commit­ tee chairman Mr R) E. Raw called for three cheers. '


■ After music by Slaidbum


Silver Band, the children took advantage of a slight improve­ ment in the weather to march to the church, where the Rector, the Rev. George Gaze, conducted the service. Guest speaker was the Rev. John Taylor, of ClitHeroe. Singing was accompanied by the band and the le.sson was read by Mr J. C. Kenyon. Liter, the new queen and' her entourage met again in


Play group’s party


A JUBILEE party for 23 chil­ dren from SS Michael and John's. Play Group, Clitheroo,


was held at the Catholic 'Youth Club. The organisers - v-cro Mrs Lilian Wilson, Mrs


PauUne Wilson, Mrs Margaret Chatbum and Mrs Jennifer


Malsbury. Tbe children played games on the lawn, enjoyed records, and lunch,’


and received Jubilee mugs| flags, hats cuid an cels.


the village hall and walked in procession to the church for the crowning ceremony. As she placed flowers on the village cenotaph, the band played the National Anthem and “0 God our help in ages past.” ■.


The queen was accompanied


by her attendants and retiring queen Judith Pinder and her


retinue. Also in the parade were youngsters in- fancy dress, children wth decorated cycles and the Brownie pack with Brown Owl Mrs Carole Goodill. The crowming cere­ mony was performed by Mrs Annie Carr, of Langden Holme, Dunsop Bridge.


S t r e e t , S la i .d b u r n , represented Dunsbp Bridge


Anne Marie (11), of Church


.where she attends school. Train • bearers were James


.Carr and Andrew Wood, crown bearer. Graham Pick- ford, sword bearer Steven Collinson and flower girls Laura Pickford, Zoe Pirie and A-adrey Whitaker. Attendants were Christine Collinson, Christine Marsden, Janet Robinson, Janet Whitaker, A l l i s o n W h ita k e r .a n d


- Catherine C-arr. The fancy dress was judged


by Mrs M.ary Pye, al.«o of Ilunsop, and the cycles by.Mr and Mrs R u sh t o n , o f Ciitheroe. Buttonholes were presented 1° Carr and Mrs I^e by the new queen and to Mr and Mrs Rushton


by the retiring queen. Hie children of Slaidburn


school, trained by Miss M. J. Watson, danced round a may}>oIc ond the Lone Ends


Morris dancers gave a display. Tea .was served.


, Fancy dress winners were Mark Walker (Jubilee mug), Tracy Lawson (Jubilee shop w in d ow ) , Paul Howard (balloon man), Paul Cowking (P a d d in g ton b e a r ) and Nicholas Hey (drop of oil). Decorated cycle ■winners were Ruth Barnes and Jacqueline Rigby. • • ,


CHEAP TRIPS TO SEASIDE


CUT-PRICE fares for bus trips to Lanc^hire seaside resorts were brought into


.operation by Ribble at the weekend.,


, The I cuts mean, that two


adults and three children over five %vill save £1.44 on a trip from Ciitheroe to Southport. Cheap day return tickets


are also available from various points to Blackpool, Fleet- w o o d , L y t h a m a n d Morecambe. ■ The hew fares, which apply


to all intermediate stops, are avaihiblc all Saturday and Suncl,-iy anil after ,9-30 ii.m. Mond.iy to Friday.


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Jubilee weekend, it is regret­ ted that our regular page four features. Country Diary and Whallcy Window, have hod to be left out.


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Surprise holiday for George (88)


A CUP of tea and friendly- chat led to the holiday of a l i fe t im e fo r 88-year-old George Carr — his. first for over 40 years. It all began when retired


-village bobby George was standing at the door of his picturesque little cottage in Gisburn Road, -Bolton-by- Bowland. He watched a group pf


ladies coming up the road, heard their voices and recog­ nised Irish accents. So he invited them in to have a cup of tea with him. The guests were, in fact,


members of the Irish Town and Country Homes Associa­


tion, who were in this coun­ try on a promotional tour.


led by their chairman, Mrs Angela Muckley.


V ■ So impressed were they with Mr Carr’s hospitality that they decided to invite him over to Ireland for a holiday. . . On Sunday, Mr Carr was


driven to L iv erp ool by Margaret Curry, Manchester sales representative o f Irish car ferry ■ operators B -I- I Line, to catch the overnight ferry to Dublin.: Once on board, the ferry I.«inster, he was met by the


master. Capt Tom Devaney, and was invited to join him


on the bridge as the ship left port. “ I can’t believe it all,” said Mr Carr. “ I had forgotten


about the ladies’ visit until I got a letter from Mrs Muck- Icy, .thanking me for my hospitality and asking if ." would like to go to Ireland.


“ It was the most pleasant


surprise I have ever had in my life.”


Although he served in


India with the Army, and in Europe during the first world war, Mr Carr has


never been out o f England since. “The last time I was on a


ship was when I came home after the first war,” he said. Mr Carr was in the police


force for 27 years and for eight years was a village bobby, retiring 31 years ago.


Free bus rides on first day


of new service


A NEW bus service, aiming to provide handy travel for Ciitheroe and district people, takes to the road on Saturday, June 18th. An id on that day, all journeys within the Ciitheroe borough will be free of chai;g^. Operated by Ribble Motors,


the service will run hourly from 9-30 a.m. to late after­ noon on a “clover lea f route. In operation six days a week, it will link the town centre with Henthom, Low Moor, Standen Road, Victoria Street, Waddington and West Bradford.


And thanks to a County


subsidy, the fare for any jour­ ney within the town itself will only be 6p. Trips out of town will cost a maximum of 18p. This week, Mr Leo WeUs,


RA Y . , . quite a cheap hobby


Ribble’s superintendent in Ciitheroe, appealed to local people to make as much use of the- service as possible. “Our idea is to provide a simplified, cheaper service that people will know is available at a certain time each hour,” he said.


“ It is hoped that people will


take full advantage of the service and leave their cars at home, thus helping to relieve con g e s t ion in the town centre.” Mr Wells added that,


although the service was initially experimental, no time limit had been set for its oper­ ation. It was lip to local people to ensure its future by usmg the service fully.' “We hope that pople will


be encouraged by the first day free offer to try the service and see for themselves how handy it is,” he said.


A number of other changes


to local bus timetables will also be made on the same date. A new Monday-to- Friday service from Low Moor, via Henthom, to the town centre, ■will be intro­ duced, leaving Low Moor at 7- 20 and 8-20 a.m. The existing school service on the same route will continue to operate. Grindlcton bus users can


also expect a better service in future. Fewer buses will run on the existing 280 route but some services on the 232 Blackburn-Chatburn route will continue to Meadowside, Grindleton. The 232 buses


that leave York Street at a quarter before the odd hour iral go to Grindleton as welt as Chatbum. And a revision of services from Bolton-by-Bowland is


also planned. The ■village’s present peak-time services are to be dropped because they are little used. Instead, there will be two shoppers’ specials from the village to Ciitheroe. Full details of the new


services and amendments to the existing ones are to be published in a few days’ time.


Firm quits site


THE Ribble 'Valley Council is hoping it will be third time lucky for its trouble-torn Hayhurst Street and Henth- orn Road housing develop­ ment in Ciitheroe. The Council is now having


to deal with its third building contractor for the £158,000 scheme. The original builder of the 15 houses, Barnes and Co, of Great Hanvood, went into liquidation last summer — and their replacements, Jacob Ward, of Oswaldtwis- tle, have now stopped work on site. Ward’s are unlikely to


return, Ribble Valley (Shief A r ch i te c t and Planning


Officer Mr Charles Wilson told the Housing Committee.


Mr Wilson said he had


negotiated for a third firm to start work if the Ward’s did not start work diligently within two weeks. There was still S2,500 of new work to be done, as well as difflculties caused by the first and second contractors to be. cleared up, he added. Mr Wilson said he hoped the


work would be finished ■within four weeks. The cost of the scheme would'st ill come within'' the original sum allowed, he added.


Pupils in France


A PARTY of Ribblesdale pupils are currently enjoying a week’s holiday in France.: ■ About 40 young people are


slaying at a family leisure village in Chamcrollcs, on the River Loire. . With them a r c s ta f f members Mr Ian Burton, who organised the trip, Mr David Farnhill, and ’Mr Kenneth Lacey and his wife HaroUne. Before returning on Satur­


day, the children ■will have spent a day in Paris, visited the fabulous Palace of Versail­ les, and toured the Loire Valley, famed for its wines and castles.


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