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SEEfNGlS BELIEVING!


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Unican Wine ready in 3 weeks. 10%


OFF all C.W.E. and Southern Vineyard Wines.


Brutopia Cream Sherry Kits including sugar, only £1.60 — makes 6 bottles. Non-toxic buckets with lids from £1.12. Demijohns 80p. '


Keep wine at a constant temperature with an “Electrim” Fermenter.


Everything for the home brewers and winemakers MARKET HALL


ARNDALE CENTRE, NELSON


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd at 3-00 p.m.


ROCHDALE STADBUM the


AUTUMN CLASSBC with F.2.


STOCK CARS WRECKERS


:e HELL DRIVERS


RIBBLE VALLEY, SNORKELCLUB


OLITi^EROE OCTOBER


F U M . F A I B EDBSFORD ROAD CAR PARK


(OPPOSITE SWIMMING BATHS) OPENING —


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st, 6 p.m.


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 1 p.m. MONDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 6 p.m.


Organ: Wilt CITEO CL CU


Your hosts: Tom and Thelma Saturday, October 22nd


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CIIKISIUPilK I w m i’MlKKH I


TEO_arsdjgEFiE Sunday, October 23rd


M jo y o u s 1 a l n m e n t ! \


E aw F o r re s t Sunday, October 30th


(Guitar Vocal) THE PRIZE GUYS


Every W ed n e sd a y 8 p.m. C50 J a c k p o t s . Weekly Double 11-17 won.


(come early for this act) JOHN’S BONANZA BINGO


Weekly Treble 18-4-23 not won. CLITHEROE CRICKET,


BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB presents


SAVANNAH JAZZ BAND


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29th commence at 8-15 p.m.


Tickets now available from the c|ub or officials £1.25 inc. supper


Please support our monthly functions LHRE SOIA LB Drums: John


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st, at ST HELEN’S


SUNDAY SCHOOL, WADDINGTON


BiSCO Hot Pol Supper


Come along and dance to Mr D. J. DISCO


7-30 to 11 p.m. Admission 60p


CLITHEROE CRICKET BOWLING AND TENNIS


CLUB ROY BLACKMAN


The memory man


THURSDAY,


OCTOBER 20th, 8 p.m. Admission SOp


A free pint If you stump him.


LOW MOOR CLUB


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd


COLBI^ BARRY SOUND


SNOWBALL No. 8


71107 71178 69713 71052 71177 69203 71101 .70244


Next week Snov»ball £4 CLITHEROE


NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY


First lecture on the season OCTOBER 27th (Thursday)


CAGG CUTY HNIN ONR by


Mr and Mrs T. Lord to bo held at


Ribblesdale Adult Centre 7-30 p.m.


New Members Weicome. at Clitheroe


CLITHEROE VENTURE SCOUT UNIT


J U M B L E SALE


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st, 7 p.m. at VENTURE SCOUT


COLLECTORS^ FAIR at the CREST MOTEL


COIN and STAMP Admission 20p It rums


KEIRBY WALK, BURNLEY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


If you have any old English or Foreign Coins, Stamp Collections, Post Cards, Cigarette Cards, ■ Medals, Bayonets, Swords, Old Pocket Watches and Chains, and any small collectors’ items, please bring them along for a cash offer from one of the 30 plus coin and stamp exhibitors attending. Also wanted: Pre-1947 Silver Coins, at least 3 times face value paid. All are welcome to attend.


Many thousands of Coins, Stamps, Postcards and Cigarette Cards on display. All are for sale.


BUY SELL EXCHANGE


A Fleetwood Fairs Promotion. (Your, guarantee of a good event).


ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th RHEN’S SNOOKER


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th LADIES’ DARTS


FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY D an c in g to the Organ


SUNDAY MORNING. , Members free draw Children and OAP’s lOp


H.Q., BACK YORK STREET.


Admission 3p. WANT A CHIPPING


VILLAGE HALL Whist and


Domino Drive WEDNESDAY


OCTOBER 26th at 7-45 p.m.


including tea and biscuits.


WHALLEY CHURCH PLAYERS


EDISFORD SCHOOL JUMBLE


OCTOBER 21st, 6-30 p.m.


SALE FRIDAY,


Admission 3p


Bolton-by-Bowland Village Hall ,


SLAIDBURN and DISTRICT PLAYGROUP


WHIST and


DOMINO DRIVE In TOSSIDE INSTITUTE,


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 7-45 p.m.


Admission 40p Children 20p


including supper. -


Whist and Dominoes WEDNESDAY,


at 7-45 p.m. • (including refreshments)


OCTOBER 26th Admission 40p


Children's Dominoes All meat prizes


JUMBLE SAL|


SATURDAY,


OCTOBER 22nd C.ofE. SCHOOL,


WHALLEY 2 p.m.


Admission 3p . Admission 25p


CASTLE CARS Ring Bob Geldard


T A X I 24023


170 Whatley Road, Ciithefoe. No connection


DAY OR NIGHT Reg. office


with any other firm


Parish Church Hall on SATURDAY


-OCTOBER 29th at 7 p.m.


Tickets: Adults SOp Children 25p


from Rye’s, York S treet, Parish Office.


NEWTON VILLAGE HALL


Octoiier 26th jy i^ io n


OiSCO . 8 p.m. — 11 p.m. Admission 25p.


Pop and Crisps on sale.


PARTIES, WORKS PARTIES OR ANY CELEBRATIONS


DON’T FORGET, FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS


One In eveiy 12 meals Free' Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday


BLEAK HOUSE KEMPLE END


Tel. Stonyhurst335.


DOWNHAM WOMEN'S INSTITUTE


WHIST &


DOMINO DRIVE Saturday, October 22nd


a t Downham Village Hall at 7-45 p.m.


D om in o e s fo r a d u l t s a n d children


Adults 40p. Children 25p.


Claiming date tor next whist and domino drive Jan u a ry 14th, 1978.


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HOT POT SUPPER WHIST and


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Chipping, Sat., Oct. 29th, 19f7,7-30 p.m. Admission by ticket 40p,


DOMINOES Parish Rooms,


Missed the point


opening the area to all or to none, but between opening it to all or to a favoured few. At the moment ornitholog­ ists like Horace Cook-and anglers,' like the Water Authority Fishing Club, are given access; it is only the “public” that is excluded. One can sympathise with


by his supporters, that a public place is one of anai'- chy and destruction, I find not only offensive but also unfounded. You cannot get a much more public place than the highway, yet it is covered by so many rules and regulations that few can f in d i t d iso rd e r ly or displeasing.


CHARLES DE LA RUE, Hawthorne Place, Clitheroe.


Accident f ig u r e s


happened during the hours of darkness and 20 were on stretches limited to 30 mph.


Ribble Valley Public Works and Health Committee showed 45 accidents during this period. A total of 45 cars, 11 commercial vehi­ cles, 13 motorcycles, four public service vehicles, nine pedestrians and two horses were involved. Eleven of the accidents


T H E R E w ere th r e e fatalities — one a child — in accidents on Ribble Valley roads during May, June and July. A report presented to the


that we should stay away f rom S to ck s now to “preserve” it for future generations baffles me. How will they benefit if they are debarred from using it? And, if they are not, why single out this generation for exclusion? His assumption, shared


th e Water A u th o r ity employees who failed to win the free trips to Japan or the personalised number plates, but two thousand ten-inch trout and exclusive fishing is carrying sympathy oyerfar to my mind. Mr Whalley’s argument


IN his letter supporting the isolation of Stocks Reservoir Mr Whalley seems to have missed the point and since- he lives so far away this is not altogether surprising. ■ The choice is not between


Letters to the Editor


Gastle grounds ideal for


I WAS disgusted to read Coun. Bob Ainsworth’s views about using part of the castle pounds to provide skateboard facilities for youngsters. .


the area to study aiyhitec- ture, I stillenjoy reading the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and keeping up to date with local news. I also watched with interest the d e v e lo pm e n t of th e skateboarding issue when it was introduced by those keen, budding skateboar-


. ders. After a recent trip to


London, mainly to visit and photograph noteworthy architecture, I remember my first impressions of the hive of activity produced by skateboarders along part of the South Bank. There were many skaters zipping back and forth along the great expanse of paving between the Queen Elizabeth Hall


Facilities being


. danger to themselves on the roads and to the public on the footpaths. A lack of appreciation of a


c o u n c i l w a s s ig n i f ic - ant, however, when the special straw barrier put there to protect the public, as well as the performers, was set on fire almost at once, requiring the services .


g e n e r o u s


of pur already overstretched? fire service. All .paths between the two


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presented by the Modem Mystic League of Blackburn


bowling greens are being used to the danger of mothers with prams and young children, and also to old people, • and no permis­ sion was given for this. I have p erso n a lly seen skateboarders run on to the grass borders and on to the flower beds. Cyclists also have added to the hazards in spite of “no cycling” notices which have been altered to “cycling.’; ■ Perhaps Mr Gray would seek the truth for himself and at the same time look at the wanton damage to the roundabout on the children’s playground which has been smashed by vandals. These steel bars were not bent by young children. (3o and look for yourself


Flemming visit the Castle grounds to assess what is best for Clitheronians? He was not around when the Castle \yas bought as a War Memorial by Clitheronians


for Clitheronians.


CHARLES MUSSON, 15 Pimilico Road, Clitheroe


Welcome . support


AS your readers will be aware, Clitheroe RUFC played their inaugural fixture against Headingleys fifth team, in Leeds. 'Talking to the players and officials of the club after the match it became clear that your newspaper had given over considerable space to docu­ menting the formation and progress of the new club. As captain of Headingley s team I write to say that your support was not misdi­ rected. The • entire visiting party demonstrated the best traditions of R u g b y


both on and off the field. There will 'be difficult


. Umon


days ahead for the founder members of Clitheroe


RUFC, and they wiU need all the support they can muster from the people ot the town and surrounding


districts. From what I have seen,


your report of next se^on s fixture between Clitheroe


I look "forward to reading .


an d H e a d in g le y , on Clitheroe’s ground!


R. D. WOOLLEY 904 Scottall Road, Leeds.


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that support is wholehe^- tedly deserved and will m gladly accepted by the people involved.


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Mr Gray. Mitchell Street isn’t a mile away. Perhaps a few direct words from you might do some good in the r i^ t place, instead of abus­ ing the Mayor. How often does Coun.


suppose that Mr Gray never goes to .see for himself as I do. I have no objection to a special area being allocated to skateboarders while the craze lasts. Indeed, I welcome it, as it helps to keep participants from


abused IN h is l e t t e r ab o u t skateboarding in the Castle grounds, Mr Gray is not only talking through his tiny little hat but is tiudng an unfair advantage in criticising rem a rk s made by our Mayor, whose privileged position precludes him from the necessity of answering every Tom, Dick and Harry who cares to submit aggre- sive remarks for publication, It would be reasonable to


Having moved away from


and the Thames, but these were either wanning up or practising ready to perSirm,


on the main skateboarding' area.


for defending the skateboar­ ders. If I’d nave known the to^vn mayor would act like this now I would never have delivered his papers!


concerned in making those boys’ initial dreams into reality and condemn those who try to abolish it for petty reasons. Thank you Coun. Fleming


ROGER MEADOWS, . 12A Bacheler Street, Kingston-upon-Hull, North Humberside.


D iffe ren t emphasis


• Moon an apology, not in my opinion for querying what proved subsequently to be. a typist’s mistake in his arith­ metic, but for my lack of courtesy in not warning him that I intended to criticise at the Council meeting certain statements of his that I considered to be misleading. There is little to be gained


I CERTAINLY owe Mr


Mr Moon, like myself, cares deeply for the public inter­ est. I have the impression that he puts his emphasis on the preservation of our trad­ itions and, while I support this, I feel that it is also important to ensure that we the public receive a fair return for our taxes and rates and that publicly- owned assets are used for the benefit of the public rather than for minority interests.


Coun. EDWIN GRE'TTON, Old Hall, West Bradford.


from arming with Mr Moon about whether a councillor’s views are better expressed through letters to the Pi-ess or in council meetings. Normally, I prefer the latter. I have no doubt at all that


from the young people of Clitheroe and the area would be criminal. It is ridiculous for Cqun. Ainsworth to say he disliked seeing the “sacred ground” being used for the craze. I could under­ stand it if they were skating up and down the memorial! I congratulate all those


times the consthtction of skateparks only makes sense in large cities, where demand is extremely high. However, for smaller towns the provision of skateboard­ ing facilities using existing landscape is surely the obvi­ ous solution to this problem. The use of part of the Castle grounds is an ideal solution in Clitheroe and I was truly delighted to see this happen and tvith such speed. To take away this facility


is raised on stilts and a sunken pit, \vith a 45 degree bank around its perimeter, provides the necessary headroom for the skaters. Being interested in how people use the spaces provided for them by others I immediately thought how this; area of “hard land­ scaping,” was now being put to good, proper use — jtroviding a facility which is being used by hundreds. Indeed, the skaters weren’t the only people there, but there were many spectators, a large proportion of them tomists. In these difficult economic


The Queen Elizabeth Hail


HARDLY FAIR


TRADING We have in this country a Government institution called the Office of Fair T ra d in g . This is for consumer protection and requires all traders and businesses who do credit trading to possess a licence. Applications for these


-LED AN ACTIVE LIFE


■ visiting in Whalley. Ironically, 81-year-old


A BILLINGTON pensioner collapsed and died on thejbus home on Saturday after­ noon, minutes after leaving a sick friend she had been


licences had to be made by June 30th, and the sum of £45 for a standard licence sent with the application form. We applied in June and


that it was under considera­ tion. Needless to say the cheque has. been cashed. On Sept. 1st, we became a


have hot yet received our licence, only notification


l im i te d company and recently telephoned the Office of Fair Trading to find out whether our change of title affected our applica­ tion. We have been informed


that we need to send a writ­ ten cancellation of our orip-


nal application, upon receipt of which we will be sent a new set of application forms and iB5 of our money back. 'The remaining £10 is


Mrs Miriam Beardsworth had' been ill herself the previous week but refused to let it affect the active life she led.''Only the night before her death, she had- attended her weekly wood­ work class at Whalley Old Grammar School where whe had been renovating old furniture.


BROWN—GRAHAM


CLITHEROE audio typist Miss Janet Frances Graham was man-ied to marketing director Mr David Harold Brown, at All- Saints’ Church, Habergham, Bum- ley, on Saturday. 'The bride is the elder


daughter of Mr and Mrs ■Walter B. Graham, of Bawd- lands, Clitheroe, and the bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs F. H. Brown, of 'Southern Avenue,


Burnley, Given away by her father,


retained as a handling charge. With our new appli­ cation we must enclose a further cheque for £45 then perhaps again our licence will be under consideration. This is smiposed to be the Office of Fair Trading. We think that if we were


the bride wore a model gowm of classical design, with bishop sleeves and full train trimmed with Swiss lisse and guipure lace. Her short, circular veil was complemented by a match­ ing Juliet cap, and she carried pink and white roses, white freesia and white bridal flowei-s.


to charge our customers £10 for a paperwork handling charge we would probably be in trouble with — guess who? The Office.of Fair Trading.


B. TOWNSON, 'Townson Bros. (Fuel Services) Ltd, Chatburn


Member of farming family


ONE of Clitheroe’s oldest residents, 97-year-oId Mrs Ellen Parker, died at her daughteFs home on Sunday after a week’s illness. Well-kno\vn in the local


farming community, Mrs Parker and her husband George had fanned Little Middop Farm, Gisbum, all their martied life until his death 10 years ago. She then moved to New


House Cottage, Middop, until coming to live with her d a u g h te r , Mrs Grace


She also leaves a younger daughter, Mrs Mary Tyson, of Heys Farm, Whalley, and a son, Mr John Parker, who now runs’ Little Middop


Metcalfe, of West View, Clitheroe, eight years ago.


Farm.


farmer’s daughter, origi­ nally from Newton-in- Bowland. She was a lifelong member of ■ Salem Chapel, Martin Top, where her funeral service and burial was held yesterday.


Mrs Parker was herseu a ' Half price


LANCASHIRE National Farmers’ Union is recom­ mending to headquarters th a t in future retiring farmers who wish to retain membership of the union after they have ceased fann­ ing should have their rate of subscription, at the retired farmer rate, held at'the level applying at the time they retire. TOs was suggested when the branch endorsed approval of a change of rule fiHng membership subscrip­ tion rates at £8 a year for those with no holdings and half that amount for retired farmers.


Jennifer Hodgson and Mrs Marie Anne 'Warburton. The bridegroom’s niece. Miss Zoe.Sqott, was bridesmaid. Best man was Mr Andrew


In attendance were Mrs


She was a leading member of Whalley Senior Citizens’


Club and went on all the weekly outings, she was also a reCTlar attender at even­ ing classes in other subjects.


Brown, the bridegroom’s brother, and another of the bridegroom’s brothers, Mr Paul Brown, was a grooms­ man. Other groomsmen were, Mr Philip Scott, (bridegroom’s uncle), Mr Gordon Baird (bride’s cousin) and Mr John Okas. A f te r the ceremony,


performed by the Rev. Keith Brockbank, a recep­ tion was held at the Belve­ dere Restaurant, Read.


the Lake District, the couple will live in Lydgate, Burnley.


P h o to g r a p h : Lynn Millard, Burnley.


OVERSEAS LINK ON THE CARDS FOR CHURCHES


ATTEMPTS are being made to establish linte bet'ween churches in Clitheroe and a community in


sed at the quarterly meeting of the all-denominationm


will involve. the Clitheroe churches giving aid and taking a general interest in the affairs of their overseas “twin.” The- council agreed that


Ribble Valley Church Council. If a link is established it


the developing world. The possibility was discus­


hold a series of bread and cheese lunches on each of the six Tuesdays of Lent,


The council also decided to


1978. It is hoped that people in


Clitheroe to do their shop­ ping will take the opportun­ ity of meeting others infor­ mally over a ught meal.- It is hoped to have guest


two members with experi­ ence of working in the devel­


arranged include a united service at Chatbum Method- is t Church on Advent Sunday, November 27th, and a similar service at St Paul’s Low Moor on January 22nd. The latter wUl be during “Prayer for Christian Unity Week.” The preacher will be Darwen Baptist minister, the Rev. Trevor Hubbard, a member of the influential Church Unity Commission.


for the Rev. Alan Ward Jones as secretary of the council. The Chatburn Methodist Minister has taken over from United Reformed Church lay reader Mr Edward Hill, who held the post for more than 10 years. F orth com in g events


oping world —the Rev. Bill Knowles, superintendent minister of the Clitheroe Methodist Circuit, and the Rev. Arthur Siddall Vicar of St Paul’s, Low Moor — sh o u ld look in to the possibilities of establishing such a link. . The meeting was the first


Following a honeymoon in


Wood, a few doors away from her daughter and son- in-law Mr and Mrs Arthur Lowe. Her only son, Roy, and other daughter, Ida, both live in the Preston area., r


She lived at Painter


spent as a weaver at Long- worth Mill, Billington, alongside her late husband, Tommy, who died 10 years ago. 'The couple lived for much of their married life in Nab View, Billington.


All her working life was


l i f e lo n g mem b er of Ebenezer Baptist Chapel where a funeral service this afternoon will be followed by cremation at Pleasington.


Community Centre


EARLY replies from local people to the seven-point questionaire concerning the fe a s ib i l i ty of a local community centre, have already brought a cross- section of opiraons.


in last week’s Advertiser and Times, and a similar approach to local organisa­ tions, is designed to guide a working group under the chairmanship of the M^or of Clitheroe, Coun. Bob Ainsworth.


The 'questionaire, printed


speakers at the lunches, taking as them theme the role of churches in village Me and the future of villages themselves. The talks, last- ing about 20 minutes, will be foDowed by informal discus­


sion.


Leslie Telford, says that while organisations will need to meet to discuss their deci­ sions, it was hoped that indi­


The Town Clerk, Mr


viduals' would complete their Questionn^es as quickly as possible, rather than wEut for the closing date — October 24th.


MORTONS- Th& Jewellers for


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AN APPEAL to local people to sell raffle tickets for the Silver Jubilee Appeal was made this week by Ribble Valley Senior Administra­ tion Officer, Mr Brian Manning. Anyone who can help is asked to contact. Mr Manning at Clitheroe Gastle (Tel. 25111).


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