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.Queen; Elizabeth II Playing Fields . is now


.WORK on the first phase' of- Whalley’s


' complete - and villagers are to be asked to help raise about £5,000 to provide a sports centre . which will be-the envy of the district.


. phase, due to start next ' spring, provide for a grass running track and athletics area, a hard-surface net- ball and basketball area, an adventure playground, an equestrian area and a new full-sized football pitch, which has already been seeded.


Plans for .the second


cost thousands of pounds, but it is hoped grants will be available from organisa­ tions such as the Sports Council and Lancashire Playing Fields Committee.


The development will


Field Management Com­ mittee has to show, it is making its own efforts to


But first the Playing


Tributes to club pianist


will feature a film show p re se n te d by Mr W. Taylor. •


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TH£ p f"d}e witches no longer, have the hill to themselves. For the WellsprinqsInn damaged^0/*


was ni.He was formerly a garage and taxi proprietor, but has been in-the hotel trade for residential, into “a quiet sort of family pub.”


• M.r Un8\vorth is pleased with the way the pub looks, but says his biggest probleih' is finding staff.


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The new owner, Mr Roland Unsworth, hopes to make the inn, which is ho longer ■


opened last week, two years after being severely ,


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St Ann’s Court, Low Moor, by permission of the . warden and Ribble Valley Co u n c il. Low Moor Chapel, where the group usually meets, is being decorated. This afternoon’s meeting


games. Refreshments were served by Mrs Hin- d le , Mrs Bush, Mrs Burgess and.Mrs Crooks. The meeting was held at


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Clitheroe Register Office, Miss Elizabeth Ingrid Vlies and Mr Alan Matt Andrews returned to the


Familiar scenes


PAINTINGS by the late Mrs Ethel Tetherton are to be exhibited at Whalley Library for a fortnight from Saturday. _


her husband, who lives at Chipping, believes that watercolour was his wife’s best medium. She used this to paint some of the familiar scenes which will


Mr Charles Tetherton, After being’ married at ■


bride’s home village for a blessing in Whalley,Parish Church.


retary, is the only daugh­ ter of-Mr and Mrs E. H. yiies, of Abbey Road.


architect, is .the only son of the late Mr and Mrs A. M. Andrews, formerly of Christchurch,, Hampshire.


The bridegroom, an


feature in the exhibition, though much ofi her work in- oils, which will also be shown, is abstract.


B u rg e s s , of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, one of the finest glass engravers in the-country, will be dis­ played from Saturday until November 11th.


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WINNERS at the bridge session at the Pendle Club, Clitheroe, were T. Hartley1 Hill


C. Eight pieces by Mr Doug


the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley, the couple left for a honeymoon m Sicily. They will live in Reading. Photograph: Summi t Weddings, Blackburn.


by the Rev. R. A. Harpur and the organist was Mr D. G. Hartley. Following a reception at


Lambon and groomsmen were Mr Martin Shearman and Mr John Terrell. The blessing was given


spray headdress was in matching colours and she carried a bouquet of' sal­ mon pink and cream roses. Best man was Mr John


full-length Edwardian- style dress in striped, sal­ mon pink cotton. Her floral


by her father, wore a full length,-cream satin clas­ sical-style gown with a lace collar and insert. Her floral headdress was com­ posed of cream'roses and Iily-of-the-valley, and she carried orange roses and white freesia. . Bridesmaid. Mi ss Daphne Priestley wore a


The bride, given away


Canoeing awards


min. 10 sec.) and Peter Eglin for'the under 17s (1 hr. 42 min.).


in the team event, in which Clitheroe came a close second.


There were eight entries Pub springs to life again


nine-mile slaloms were pined by Jim Hardman or the under 14s (1 hr 50


nine miles, Wendy Wilson was the winner in 1 hr. 52 min. 10 sec. and Jacky Brown was second. Second places in, the


12-mile race for under 18s in 1 hr. 40 min. and Simon Proctor, of Chipping, won the nine-mile event for under 17s in 1 hr. 45 min. In the girls’ slalom, over


CLITHEROE Scouts and Guides won three events and were second in four at Garstang long-distance canoe races., Duncan; Eglin won'the


The bride, a medical sec­


There was community singing, compered by Mr J. Scott and solos were sung by Mrs Broom, Mrs Chew, Mrs Brayshaw and Mr Scott. This was followed by


Lord is my Shepherd” and said The Lord’s Prayer.


AT-the weekly meeting of the Good Companions/ tri­ butes were paid to -the group’s pianist, Mrs Jessie Middleton, who died recently. Members sang “The


up a special sub-committee to mastermind the finan-3 cial effort.


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■ playing fields on June 30th at which it.is hoped to raise about-£2,000.


■ money will .be available, ; and; therefore how many 1 facilities can be provided. by next June, is not yet known.


Exactly how- much , \


chairman Coun. Michael Green said: “We had one terrible week when the plant was on site and the weather was too bad to do


Part of the playing fields area lies over a belt of solid clay which has made drain­ age work difficult. .Management Committee


aying of the drainage.


frustrating time for-the Management Committee, with bad weather causing l expensive delays in -the


The first phase proved a


.asked to hold efforts, 'a' house-to-house collection is planned and there will be a grand opening of the new


Village- groups will be • ■


■': > “That obviously proved expensive for. us, but there • ) was nothing:we could do.'


■ anything. -


'.eventually meant the over­ all cost^of, phase one was; about .£10,000.:’. '


- “We had a . target' of £7,500, but the delays


the stones from the new football ’ pitch area when -. they did, we wouldn’t have been able to seed and roll it before the bad weather. - The day after they finished it the rains came and it’s been bad ever since. They did a marvellous job.” , Contractors and helpers


lads from Calderstones: were wonderful, and we> • owe them and Mr, Frank Pope, from the hospital, a big thank you. “If the lads hadn’t lifted


- Nevertheless, with vol­ untary help from -. Whal­ ley’s two football teams, Whalley FC and Whalley- Arms Celtic, and a group of Calderstones’ patients,, the work was eventually completed. Said Coun. Green: “The .


■football pitch and prepared t a temporary one for use in


have laid two vital, main drains and many- sub­ sidiaries,, levelled and seeded a new full-sized


. disused building, formerly, . part of the Peck Nurseries in the village, and. trans­ ported it to the playing fields to use as accommo-. dation. . .


it- up and installing show­ ers and toilets themselves, provided; money can be found for the . materials. • The Management Commit­ tee is hoping to make .use of as much voluntary labour as possible to cut down costs.


i Theywillsoonbeputting


future the third phase of the development would provide a sports hall with squash and badminton courts. The capital outlay - for such a hall would obvi­ ously be great and the Management Committee


•Looking further into the ■ ■■ 1 ball club have dismantled a .


he time being.;1 ; The. lads, from the foot­


. -But, as Coun..-Green points out, this is all in the future and the most impor­ tant thing now is for. villa­ gers to help raise as much


•money as possible. “For a-long time Whalley has been without enough t recreational facilities, but


. “The scheme will benefit the whole area;’ of course.


; not just Whalley. - “We have been criticised


: teams in the village and only one pitch — the


everyone we can provide -the other- facilities that people want and really j make a success of this pro­


•that. ‘ ‘W i th help, from


ect.”"


Budgie awards are all kept in the family


three major awards — including the- supreme award of best bird in show — at the Oldham and Rochdale Budgerigar Soci- ■ ety championship show.


of Ken Whaites (48) and his son Derek (26), of Kirk Avenue, Low Moor, also took the awards for best champion breeder and best breeder in show with the same bird, a cinnamon sky- blue cock.


The winning partnership


Abundance of wild fruits


birds and won three cham­ pionship challenge certifi­ cates for best colours.


They showed several


CLITHEROE Naturalists had a perfect autumnal day for their first walk of the


budgerigars were on show, and at the end of the day the awards were presented by Rochdale MP Mr Cyril Smith, who is the show president.-


More t h a n 1,500


y e a r s of Clitheroe Budgerigar Society, of


about 20 years experience of breeding prizewinning budgies, and has been chairman for the past five


Mr Whaites sen., has


they headed for Brunger- ley via the Coe, soon reaching Lillands and Cop-, low Hill. Here a brief halt was made -while keen local historian and founder member Mr Bernard Shar­ pies spoke about- the hill and the old brick works beyond.


Led by Mrs G. Robinson


Dove Syke, Drake House and Green Lane and along, the riverside homewards.


The walk continued past


scarce, but a great variety and abundance of wild fruits was noted, including those of the spindle, a tree r a r e in .the nor th of England. -


Ribblesdale School a week today, at 7-30 p.m., when Mr G. Yates, of Rochdale, will speak on “Birds in Bowland.”


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A CLITHEROE father and son team have just notched up another success with their prizewin- ning hobby of breeding and showing budgerigars. One of their birds won


which he is a founder member.


Neotechnic, Clitheroe, teamed up with his father five years ago.


Derek, a toolmaker at


the easiest part of the development, - so we pressed ahead and did


his is our opportunity to put that right,” he said.


for providing another foot­ ball pitch so early in the scheme. But there are four


demand is there and pro­ viding a pitch is probably


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