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YORK STREET Te|, Clitheroe 25142 Thorns in the Castle rose bed


the other members of the town’s two Townswomen’s Guilds and the Mayor of Clitheroe. ■ Members of the guilds wanted to hand over the bed


A JUBILEE flower bed by Clitheroe Castle gates became the centrepiece for a “war of the roses.” On one side were Ribble Valley Council officials, on


of 40 golden roses — marking the golden jubilee of their national association — to the Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs Doris Ainsworth, who is a guild member.


could not be handed over to the Mayoress of Clitheroe, because the grounds are owned by the Ribble Valley Council.


But Ribble Valley Council officials said the bed Yesterday, after describing the attitude of the Ribble


Valley officials as “petty,” guild members held an opening ceremony without a formal hand-over.


Area federation chairman Mrs Cissie Sainsbury,


who is a member of both Clitheroe guilds, explained: “We wanted to hand over the roses officially to the Mayoress of Clitheroe because she is a guild member and because the guilds are Clitheroe organisations. “We were told that it would not be suitable for the Mayoress of Clitheroe to receive the bed, because the land is owned by Ribble Valley Council. “It was suggested that we might consider placing the


“As Mayor of Clitheroe I have been asked to open


various functions in the Ribble Valley. I have always declined because I felt the invitation should go to the Mayor of the Ribble Valley. But after this, the page headed protocol has been torn out of my .book.”


Ribble Valley’s Chief Technical Officer, Mr Dennis


roses near the cenotaph, because that area is owned by Clitheroe Town Council. But the bed by the Castle gates is the best one from our point of view, as more


people will see it there.” The Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Bob Ainsworth,


described the officials’ attitude as “an affront to those people who contributed towards buying the Castle


grounds for the town.” He said: “I know it’s a matter of protocol, but I find


it difficult to believe that anyone could be so small- minded.


Black, said that it had been felt inappropriate that the Mayoress of Clitheroe should receive the rose bed when it had been planted on Ribble Valley Council land.


Ribble Valley should officially receive the rose bed, but she had not been invited to do so.


It had been suggested that the Mayoress of the The site was offered to the guilds after discussions


with guild members and Clitheroe Gardening Club. The guilds originally wanted a flower display of their emblem, but the cost would have been more than £ 1,000.


CLITHEROE MAN GUNNED DOWN IN BEACH HORROR


Susan takes beauty title


Clitheroe Grammar School, beat a bevy of beauties to capture the title “Ribble Valley Sports Queen.” And af terwards a delighted Susan, of “Aureol House,” said: “It was exciting taking part and it was marvellous to win. “I’m looking forward to being a Queen for the year.” Dark-haired Susan, whose


SABDEN teenager Susan Lansdell has a smile fit for a queen — and no wonder! For Susan (17), a pupil at


vital statistics are 34-23-35, now aims to capture the £100 first prize in the Red Rose beauty final at Rawtenstall on June 17th. She will be competing against three other beauties who have won titles in other areas. Susan is fast becoming


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Don’t go back to Oman, wife pleaded


A CLITHEROE man ignored his wife’s pleas not to return to his job in a strife-torn area of the Middle East and paid for it with his


life. Aircraft fitter Tommy


something of a “veteran" in the beauty stakes. She won a contest at a holiday cara­ van site last year and more recently took first prize in a competition at the Grammar School in aid of the Pat Seed


Fund. Susan is currently study-


jumping into a nearby lagoon and . swimming to safety as the assailants opened up with automatic fire from nearby bushes.' The body of Mr Hothersall


ing for A-levels and hopes eventually to go to univer­ sity to read History. She pursues many hobbies including classical ballet and


tap dancing, squash, tennis and swimming. Susan’s first engagement


is on Sunday when she will attend the old English coun­ try fair and children’s sports at the Castle Field.


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FOUR young members of Whalley Parish Church choir received awards x. 'lithful service at a ceremony at Blackburn Cathedral. They were Paul and Cat-


Awards for choristers


Christopher’s, Accrington, received his award from the Provost of Blackburn, the Very Rev. L aw ren c e Jackson. Helen Roberts (15), a


pupil at Ribblesdale, Helen Wooff and Cathryn, pupils at Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School, received th e i r awards from the Bishop of Lancaster, the Rt Rev. Dennis Page. To qualify for the awards


they had to complete four years’ service with the choir. The awards were pre­


sented at Evensong, which was sung by about 40 Pro­ vost’s choristers from the Blackburn Diocese.


hryn Hartley, of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, and Whal­ ley girls Helen Wooff, of Abbot’s Croft, and Helen Roberts, of Hayhurst Road. Paul (12), a pupil at St


Hothersall died with four workmates in a hail of assas­ sins’ bullets on a Persian Gulf beach last Thursday night. Two others escaped by


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a numer of similar expedi­ tions, but he never men­ tioned anything about trou­ ble out there.”


by the duty officer at his station at RAF Linton-on- Ouse about the ambush.


That night Colin was told Navy “I don’t think my father


(43), who was employed on the repair of military and civil aircraft in Oman, was flown home on Tuesday. Following a funeral service at St James’s Church today, interment will take place at Clitheroe Cemetery.


Bournemouth, thecompany for which Mr Hothersall worked, will be represented at the funeral.


Airwork Services, of Escapes


” Sheila Hothersall, of Primrose Street, told how she pleaded with her hus­ band not to return to Oman in February, at the end of a three-week holiday. “I was afraid that some­


After hearing the news,


thing would happen to him and I begged him not to go back,” she said. “When he came home he


did say that he had had a few narrow escapes from trou­ ble, but he brushed it off and did not go into details. “However, he did tell me


that the week before he left to come home to Clitheroe, he had a very narrow escape indeed. “He was being driven


along a road in a convoy when the first vehicle was badly damaged by a land mine. He was in the second vehicle only a few yards behind, but he wasn’t hurt.” Tragedy struck when Mr


liked it very much in Oman and he wasn’t too keen to return. I believe he only went back for the high wages which they pay civi­ lian staff out there,” he said. Mr Hothersall was due to


MR H O T H E R ­ SALL . . . cold-blooded murder.


the southern Dhofar Pro­ vince for a long weekend’s fishing trip from the air base a t Thannit, where they worked. They were grouped round


a fire preparing a barbecue when the assailants — it has not been e s ta b l is h e d whether they were left-wing terrorists or bandits — opened fire.


Barbecue


others died instantly. Police broke the news of his death to Mrs Hothersall, his sec­ ond wife, when she returned to Clitheroe on Friday night, after a family outing to Blackpool. Ironically, earlier in the


Mr Hothersall and four


pay his n ex t v is i t to Clitheroe in August to ' attend Colin’s wedding. After news of the tragedy


was announced, Colin’s brother Mark (18), who is serving with the Army in Germany, was released from his unit on compassionate leave.


late Mr Stanley Hothersall, who was a former stall­ holder at Clitheroe Market, was educated at St James’s School and Ribblesdale


The dead man, a son of the


School. At 15 he joined the Royal


Navy as an apprentice. He later transferred to the Fleet Air Arm as a general fitter and saw service on the aircraft carriers Eagle and Ark Royal. Mr Hothersall left the


day Senior Aircraftman Colin Hothersall (21), the elder of two sons by Mr Hothersall’s first marriage, received a letter from his father. “It said that he and some


Hothersall and six compan­ ions arrived on a beach in


of his friends were looking forward to a fishing trip,” said Colin. “My father was a very keen angler and had been on


FOURTEEN Scouts of the 1st Pendle troop took a train on Saturday to toughen up for a mountain-top slog on the Three Peaks trail next month.


They went by Dalesrail


to Kirkby Stephen and stretched their legs over 15 miles of hilly moorland around Garsdale, completing the walk in six and a half hours, including two stops for meals.


The Scouts, who meet at


Clitheroe United Reformed Church, were accompanied by group chairman John Hemingway, leader David Sharp and assistant leaders Keith Whittaker and Michael Wrathall.


The party is pictured at


Clitheroe station before the train journey.


T ow n w i l l p la y h o s t to n a t io n a l fe s t iv a l


TOP flight amateur actors and actresses from six companies will take th e s ta ge in Clitheroe in 1980 when the National Drama Festival is held at the Civic Hall. The plays, winners of fes­


tivals in all parts of the coun­ try, will be staged over two consecutive weekends in the autumn. Clitheroe was chosen as


the venue at a meeting of the National Drama Festival


Promise of fun at country fair


CLITHEROE Castle Field will take on a medieval air on Sunday afternoon when Ribble Valley Sports and Recreational Council holds its Old English country fair.


Stallholders will be dres­


sed in smocks, mob caps and straw hats and organisers are encouraging members of the public to do the same to add to the historic atmos­ phere. -■


The event, which is part


of the Ribble Valley Sports Festival, will be opened by world junior cross-country champion Michael Morton, of Waddington, and prom­ ises something for all the family.


In addition to the stalls


there will be a kiddies’ fair, athletics, novelty races, a Punch and Judy show, steam train rides and an army display. Providing a musical back­


Navy after 15 years and set­ tled in Oldham, where he worked for a number of firms. L a te r he moved to


Clitheroe, where he worked for about 12 months at TGB and Neotechnic and then decided to go abroad. He was a former member of the King’s Arms darts team. He spent six years in


ground to the afternoon’s festivities will be members of Earby Prize Brass Band, who are shortly to give a performance at the Albert Hall. The fair will be held bet­


ween 2 and 5 p.m. As part of its contribution


Saudi Arabia and a year in Holland, before going to Oman 17 months ago.


to the festival, Clitheroe Flower Club will stage a show of arrangements enti­ tled “Our Heritage” in Clitheroe Conservative Club on Saturday afternoon. The show will be open


from 1 p.m. and there will be 20p admission charge.


Football


Club’s new manager


CLITHEROE FC have appointed Ray Hobson as team manager in succession to Adam Blacklaw. Mr Hob­ son will be remembered as a former player with the Shawbridge club which he first joined in August 1960. He later had spells with


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MORE CASH COLLECTED


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Treasurer’s Department has collected three times as much rate money as it had done at the corresponding time last year. The figure on April 30th


was £713,655 collected out of a total of £3,342,582, com­ pared with the 1977 figure of £246,807 collected. The news was given in a


report by Borough Trea­ surer Mr Gordon Onslow at Monday’s meeting of the council’s Finance and Gen­ eral Purposes Committee.


Book sale


LIBRARY books are to be kept circulating in the Rib­ ble Valley — even if past their prime. From Monday, Whalley Library will have on offer books which have not made their mark or have


become worn by usage They will come from all parts of the Ribble Valley, the cheaper ones selling at lOp, the more expensive reference books at 50p.


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ON your marks . . . the human “wheelbarrows” of Tosside await the “off” at the annual village sports on Saturday. About SO youngsters turnedup for a spot of friendly competition in flat, sack, egg and spoon and cycle races, and there was a colourful fancy dress, competition


which attracted many original entries. The sun shone as brightly as the smiles of the youngsters in our picture and everyone had a great deal of fun. Full report page 5. '


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BARRIERS stopped a 15- ton lorry crashing from the Painter Wood hairpin bend into Whalley Old Road, Bil- lington. Driver Duncan Grant climbed unhurt from his cab after the lorry failed to negotiate the bend. Police diverted traffic until the unladen lorry could be moved.


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Executive Committee at the


weekend. This followed an assur­


ance from the Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee that the idea had its f in an c ia l


support. This week a Clitheroe


woman who is a member of the NDF executive commit­ tee called on local drama groups to make an effort to reach the finals. Mrs Greta Wilkinson, of


Hawthorne Place, Clitheroe, said: “I hope local companies will get cracking and at least enter our local festival to have a go at qualifying.” The choice of Clitheroe as


the festival is advertised throughout the area to encourage as many people as possible to attend,” he said. “I am sure that it will be a tremendous boost to tourism


annual drama festival, was confident of success. “We must make sure that


in the area.” Chief Technical Officer


Mr Dennis Black reported that the cost of staging the event was extremely dif­ ficult to gauge. At worst, the loss in Civic Hall cinema revenue and the cost of pay­ ing travelling expenses to outside companies could amount to £1,000.


a venue received support from members of the Recre­ ation and Leisure Com­ mittee. Chairman Coun. John


Blackburn felt it was a “wonderful opportunity” to bring prestige to Clitheroe. Coun. Jimmy Fell (Whal­


ley), chairman of th e organising committee of the


possible, depending on attendances, that we could break even and members may feel that the prestige to the area is worth suffering a loss anyway.”


But he added: “It is also


val will be held at Colwyn Bay and the venue for next year is Fleetwood.


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