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THURSDAY, MARCH 9th, 1978 No. 4,786 Price 8p


Geoff heads for a hot spot


A NEWSPAPER adver­ tis em en t has brought S aw le y m a n G e o f f Whitham two years of adventure in the land of forbidden pleasures. For later this month


Geoff (27), is going out to work as a telephone plan- ning engineer in sun- scorched Saudi Arabia. He will be working for


a Norwegian company which has a £150m. contract to plan a tele­ phone network for a large p a r t o f th e d e s e r t country. He will be based in the


few p la ce s in Saudi Arabia to be touched by at least a little of Western culture and Geoff will be able to eat English food. For some of the time, however, conditions will


capital Riyadh, staying at a boarding house. Riyadh is one of the


but interesting — which is more than can be said for the “ spare time” entertainment in Saudi Arabia. “ Everything seems to


be banned,” said Geoff. “You can’t drink, you can’t smoke in public and you aren’t even allowed to wear shorts in the street. “ F o r tu n a t e ly th e


not be quite so comfort; able. For he will be making sorties of six weeks or so out into the wilder reaches of the desert to investigate how and where telephones should be installed in these areas. The work will be tough


Geoff first considered'


the job when he saw an a d v e r t i s em e n t in a national newspaper. At the time he was


working as a telephone engineer a t the Post O f f i c e ’s B la c k b u rn office, which he joined as a trainee apprentice after leaving Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Geoff wrote off to


Saudi Arabia. One, for in s tan c e , s ta te s that women must not talk to men in public.


able to visit her for a fort­ night every three months on leave paid for by the company. He will also have two weeks a year to himself in Saudi Arabia.


Geoff will, however, be But he does have one


Norconsult AS, a Norwe­ gian firm of telephone planning consultants and after an interview was given the job. “I realised it was going


company I will be work­ ing for has managed’to persuade the authorities


to let us wear shorts on duty, so it won’t be too bad.”


to be pretty tough but the fin an c ial rewards are very good and the country is bound to be interest­ ing,” he said. Geoff’s wife Catherine


is staying behind at their home in Sawley because of the prohibitive rules go v ern in g women in


slight problem which he is hoping to solve before he leaves on March 28th — does anyone know the Arabic for “ pass the salt,” or anything else for that matter?


Goeff hasn’t been able


to find anyone locally who knows Arabic, but he is hoping tp in the next couple of weeks. “I’d like some in k lin g of the language before I go or it


could be rather difficult,” he said.


Low Moor housing plan under fire


A FUSILADE of criticism has this week been levelled at a plan to build 250 houses on fields at Low Moor. Ward councillor Mrs Beryl


to lodge an official protest and several residents living near the proposed develop­ ment site are to send letters of objection to the Ribble Valley Council. The site for the proposed development is 25 acres of agricultural land at Low Moor Top Farm.


ted by architects on behalf of Clitheroe surveyors, auctioneers and valuers, John Pallister. The firm is acting on


The plan has been submit­


behalf of the executors of the estate of the late Mr


Cassidy said it would “ruin” Low Moor and one resident described it as “absolute sacrilege.” Clitheroe Town Council is


Harry Rushton, formerly of Clitheroe, whose family owns the farm. The plan is an outline


application to build the houses on six fields. It will probably be considered by the Ribble Valley Council’s D e v e l o p m e n t Sub- Committee on March 30th. But this week Coun. Mrs


Cassidy, who lives in Delacy S tre e t , Clitheroe Town Mayor Coun. Bob Ainsworth and residents of Waddow Green, Ribble Way and Greenfield Avenue, whose houses overlook the site, have come out strongly against the plan.


she was against the plan because it would extend Low Moor into Clitheroe itself. “It is important that we


Coun. Mrs Cassidy said Green belt


retain a green belt between Low. Moor and Clitheroe,” she said. “If this develop-


„ment went ahead it would ruin Low Moor.” Mrs Cassidy also felt a


green belt should be main­ tained between Low Moor and the river — she had opposed a similar housing development at Edisford last year for the same reason.


C o u n . A i n s w o r t h


confirmed that the Town Council would be lodging an official protest. “We are against development of this land because it is important to keep a green belt of land between Low Moor and Clitheroe,” he said.


Housewife Mrs Maria


MacQuarrie, of Waddow Green, said her main objec­ tion was that the develop­ ment would spoil the view for many residents. “We’ve lived here 25 years


with this beautiful view behind — if they built houses th e re it would completely destroy the look of the area,” she said. Mrs MacQuarrie was also


council flat in Ribble Way said developing the land wo u l d be . a b s o l u t e .sacrilege.'lTo take farmland for building when we are supposed to be growing more food is stupid,” she said. The problem of increased


at the Ribblesdale Pool, said: “The streets in Low Moor are too narrow as it is — we often have problems getting in and out of the our road. “If there was more traffic


traffic is the main reason Mr Bernard Haslam and his wife Marian object to the plan. Mrs Haslam, who works


they would become even more dangerous for school- children than they are now.” Mr Haslam added that


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worried that cars going to the proposed development might have to pass through Waddow Green. “There’s not enough room as it is," she said.


A pensioner living in a


th e re were not enough facilities in Low Moor to cope with an increase in population. “Edisford School is already full and there certainly aren’t enough shops,” he said. Mr J o h n P a l l i s t e r ,


however, said the objections raised against the plan were “non-starters.” “Nobody has a right to a


view in English Law and the need for more modern hous­ ing is inevitable,” he said.


Ribble Valley rate


Town comes off best


CLITHEROE families face the smallest rates increase in the Ribble Valley. They are set to meet a 7.8 per cent increase as against 14 per cent for families in the former Bowland rural area and 13.7 per cent in the former Clitheroe rural area.


Ribble Valley of 13.5p has been recommended by the C o u n c i l ’s Policy and Resources- Committee. The rate figure, subject to coun­ cil approval a week on Tues­ day, represents an increase of 0.75p — about six per cent. • This means that a family


A standard rate for the from 55.95p to 63p, a rise of


more than 12.5 per cent. Individual parish rates


have to be added to the district and county figures in


• continued on page 12


living in the average Ribble Valley house faces a rates bill of £87 next year, exclud­ ing rates payable to the parish councils. The figure is based on a rateable value of £150, the average for the area. B u t


t h e - d i f f e r e n c e


between last year’s rate figure and the new proposals depends on where the ratepayer lives. This is because of the


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Take m dog-catcher council is urged


FOLLOWING mount­ ing criticism over the dog menace in Clitheroe the Town Council is to look into a scheme to provide its own dog- catcher. It took the decision at last


week’s meeting at which Court. Bert Jones revealed th a t he had heard of a scheme in Barnoldswick where a dog-catcher oper­ ated under contract and was paid for the animals he caught. The dog issue Was raised


by Coun. Mrs Beryl Cassidy who said that they were crossing from Edisford into fields and were worrying


sheep. They were also a source of


road accidents. As a short-term measure


she suggested that a dog- catcher should be hired from another authority on odd days to find out how many animals were wandering


around without name tags or


licences. In the long term she


wanted dogs licensed by size — the bigger the animal the more the owner paid — and she wanted Clitheroe Divi­ sion MP Mr David Walder to i n t r o d u c e a P r i v a t e Member’s Bill in Parliament to this effect. “People are pushing these


dogs out to run loose round the town,” she told the Council.


“Part of the trouble is that


they are far too big for their owners to look after or control. One of the reasons I would like them licenced according to size is that the OAPs would not be denied their small pets.” The Town Mayor, Coun.


Bob Ainsworth, admitted that it was a serious problem but he did not know where the Council would find the finance to employ a dog- catcher. Coun. Jones said that


THE NEW MAYOR


COUN. Harry Riding, of Longridge, is to be the next Ribble Valley Mayor and Coun. Jimmy Fell, of Whailey, his deputy. The council’s Policy and


Resources Committee this week agreed to the nomina­ tions going to the full council at the end of the month.


JUBILEE LUNCH RAISES £100


introduction this year of one standard rate for the entire area covered by the district council,


If the recommendation is


approved a Clitheroe house­ holder will find the district council part of the rate reducing from 14.05p in the £, while a resident of the former Clitheroe rural area will face an increase from 11.25p.


The county rate, which is


added to the district coun­ cil’s figure,' has leapt from 58.25p to 63p — an increase of just over eight per cent.


Bowland rural area face the biggest increases in the county rate because of the ending of the rate differen­ tials this year. The county part of the rate for them has increased


Famil ie s in th e old


THE SUN shone brightly in Whailey on Sunday afternoon for the parish council’s'Silver Jubilee luncheon. But for Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Edward Newhouse, the day became even brighter, when he pulled his wife’s ticket out of the raffle hat and won a bottle of whisky. But in true charitable fashion, Coun. Newhouse


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gave back the bottle for auction and helped raise a further £4! The whole afternoon made £100 for the Ribbic Valley fund and the council was “well satis­


fied” with the total. Our picture shows the Mayor and Mayoress with


members of the parish council and helpers outside (he village’s adult education centre.


smiling


YOUNG Alan Slow wore an extra big beam when he heard he had won £1 in our ringed smile competition. Six-year-old Alan, of


Pasturelands Drive, Billington, tvas one of those caught by the camera and ringed in last week’s paper. Other winners from


last week were: Dawn Titterington, of Ribbles­ dale View, Chatbum; B. Fisher, of Nelson Street, Low Moor; Mrs Pamela Vickers, of Brookes Lane, Whailey; and Mr R. D. Smith, of Coolham Farm, Twiston. And this week there


are more £1 notes to be won for the ringed faces. I f you have qualified for our ring of cheerfulness, come in and collect your fun money.


SECOND TERM


C L I T H E R O E Town Mayor. Coun. Bob Ains­ worth, has been nominated to serve the traditional second year as civic head of the town. He will be-installed at


the annual meeting of the council on May 9th,'when members wi l l walk in procession from the Star- kie Arms Hotel to the Council Chamber for the event. The choice of Deputy


Mayor will be made at the cockle and mussel feast on April 18th.


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Barnoldswick was about the same size as Clitheroe, and it managed to run a dog- catching system. His proposition that the


Council investigate the workings of the operation was approved unanimously. FOOTNOTE: The dog menace and the possibility of providing a dog catcher is to be discussed at the next meeting of Ribble Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Committee.


IT’S “aloha” from the boys of Bolton-by-Bowland Young Farmers’ Club, pictured in full hula hula regalia. Their version of Hawaii’s


famous grass-skirt dance, performed before a packed audience at Clitheroe Parish Hall on Friday, helped them to second place in the annual variety show competition for YFCs in the Bowland region. Full story on Page 10.


THE head of Trutex, the Grindleton-based clothing firm, yesterday revealed details of a family problem . . . in a bid to stem rumours that the textile group is to be run down.


Although managing direc­


tor Mr Roger Wood has been connected with the company for two years, he has main­ tained his home at Southport and observers have used this to argue that the company’s future is insecure.


But Mr Wood explains


that his plans to move to Clitheroe have been halted because there is no room for his daughter at the Girls’ . Grammar School. Alison (12), who at present attends a grammar school in South- port, will only be accepted if a second-year pupil leaves.


his present post in January, he wanted to move to Clitheroe in fairness to the company and the local work­ force:


When Mr Wood took up “I fully intended keeping


that promise and it was only when I encountered the school problem that I felt unable to go ahead,” he said. “I have heard rumours that Trutex is going to be run down and people have tried to back up this argument by saying that the managing d i r e c t o r h a s n ’t even bothered to move to the area.


come out in the open. My reason has nothing at all to do with the company — it is a case of me putting my family first,”


“In view of this 1 have to


Mr Wood came to the Grindleton headquarters of


Trutex as financial director in 1976 and last July was promoted to deputy manag­ ing director. “When I first came we had


only been in our Southport house for a year and we decided to let things stay as they were for a while.” At the end of last year, Mr


Wood decided to move and approached Grammar School headmistress Miss Barbara Bingham, with a view to Alison joining the school after the summer term. But he discovered from


Miss Bingham and Mr Fred Calvert, the Ribble Valley District Education Officer, that the school was full. Alternatives were consi­ dered unsuitable by Mr Wood. “Ribblesdale is a good


school and would be suitable for my 10-year-old son, but not for Alison. She is a


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Why Trutex boss won’t move house


grammar school girl and it would break her heart to go to another type of school. “As for going to Accring­


ton1 or Blackburn, the fact of moving home would be upsetting enough,- without having to travel out of


Clitheroe for her education. It would mean growing up without any school friends living nearby.” Mr Wood — and Clitheroe


Division MP Mr David Walder, who took up his case — wrote to County Chief Education Officer Mr J. C. D. Rainbow. They were told that if a vacancy occurred while Mr Wood was living in Clitheroe, or a f t e r he had signed a contract to buy a house, then a place would be offered. “The confusing part is


that everyone admits Alison is eminently suitable for the grammar school — there is no question of her ability at all — but there is simply no room,” said Mr Wood. “This is something I find


mi l e s . d a i l y betwe en Clitheroe and Southport, until Alison takes her O- levels. Then she may be able to obtain a sixth-form place at Clitheroe.


Mr Calvert agreed that


difficult to understand. I know a number of people who came to Clitheroe purely to have their children educated and who work outside the town. “My intention is to live


and work here, so I should have some priority.” Unles s the position


changes, Mr Wood will continue to commute 90


Alison should be placed at the girls’ grammar school if and when Mr Wood took up residence in the area.


But he explained: “The


school is at maximum capac­ ity in his daughter’s age group. In saying this I am not speaking of a theoretical class size, but of the practi­ cal'limit to the number of desks in the classrooms.


offer Mr Wood’s daughter the first possible vacancy.”


THE THINGS KIDS SAY


A FUN month prize of a compendium of 35 games is on its way to four-year-old Claire Madeleine Banks, of Limefield Avenue, Whailey.


about the funny things their children say and Mrs Banks wins this week’s prize for her daughter with the following story.


Last week we asked mums and dads to tell us When aged three, Claire, after visiting the bath­


room with Nanna, aged 63, said solemnly: “Don’t slide down the bannister, Nanna, Mummy doesn’t like it!”


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