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RTS TRU S ( M S RD RA C TO. LD ■ H M An historic day at the station
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Crack-down on rates dodgers
A “GET TOUGH” policy on ra te s collection is being adopted by Ribble Valley Council in an attempt to boost revenue and crack down on dodgers.
money in earlier than previ ous years and plans to take a strong line with defaulters. Part of its plan includes
The council wants its
sending the mobile office to outlying • districts well in advance of last year to make special collections.
The council’s intentions
are made clear in the rate demand notices currently being delivered. A re d -p r in te d label
attached to the main notice states that the bill may be paid in two instalments — the first by April 30th and the second by September 30th. But it warns that if the
first half is not paid by the end of the month, the whole amount becomes due and legal action will follow. An a c c om p a n y in g
schedule indicates that the final collection by the mobile office outside Clitheroe will be made on May 4th for the
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SWIMMERS at Ribblesdale Pool, Clitheroe, who gained the Amateur Swimming Association Personal Survi val Awards last week were — Silver: Christopher Wilson, Paul Worswick, Janet Ashworth, Graham
Tindall. Bronze: Michael Eddles-
to n , Graeme Railton. Dis tan ce badge, 1,500 metres: Helen Wilson.
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SMILE, please! Ten-year-old Judith Sowerby lines up her classmates for a souvenir picture of a two-day photographic course at Whalley Adult Education Centre.
Judith, of Alderford Close, Clitheroe, and 11 other
children from Clitheroe and Whalley spent two days taking photographs in the Whalley area and learning how to develop and enlarge their pictures.
Their work was directed by tutor Mr John Price, of Langho, who is a member of the Institute of Incorpo
rated Photographers and an assessor for college photo
graphic courses. Mr Price, who is photographer for the Advertiser and
Times, guided the group through the techniques' of photography, from' loading the camera to producing enlarged prints, and Mr Richard Bancroft, new visual arts youth worker, helped the youngsters make and use pinhole cameras constructed from cardboard boxes. Among scenes pictured by the youngsters were Whal ley Parish Church and Whalley Abbey. ,
J u Good profit
OVER £200 has been sent to the Leonard Cheshire home at Garstang, thanks to the efforts of Clitheroe Parish Ch u rch O p erat ic and Dramatic Society.
The society’s members
presented a lively concert featuring songs from the shows to an appreciative' audience of 400 in the Parish Hall. Mr Edmond Cambien was producer and compere.
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first half-year instalment and on September 28th for the second. This compares with last year’s dates of June 2nd and November 3rd respectively.
Commenting on the new
policy, Borough Treasurer Mr Gordon Onslow said that previously some ratepayers took until December to meet their commitments, but he emphasised that this was a “concession” by default.
Backlog
have been faced with a considerable backlog of work for one reason or another and have been unable to give our full atten tion to the rates administra tion,” he explained. “ T h in g s h a v e now
“Since reorganisation we
returned to normal and we plan to tighten up. What we are implementing is the procedure laid down in the 1967 General Rates Act.
drawing attention to this provision of the Act, which is already printed on the back of the rates demand.” The reason for the new
“The red notice is merely
pay for services. This will release cash to invest on a temporary basis. If all goes according to
plan, it is estimated that investment income this year could amount to £90,000 — equivalent to the product of a lp rate.
Sympathetic
tightening-up procedure is to beat dodgers who leave the area without paying. Under the old system, b ec au se of th e delay between issuing demands and collecting cash, things were made easy for rent dodgers. In the past two years, it is
A n o th e r aim of the
estimated that the council has had to recover more than £40,000. “We have had many cases
in the past where people left Clitheroe or the district without paying their rates,” said Mr Onslow. “We have had to trace them to various parts of the country in order to take action.” Mr Onslow added that
tough line is that the council wants its money in early to prevent having to borrow to
Council owed
£ 71,555
THE Council is owed £71,555 in rates from the year ended March 31st out of a total c o l l e c t a b l e o f £3,729,150, Mr Onslow told Monday’s meeting of the Finance and G en e ra l Purposes Committee. Mr Onslow added, however, that the figure represented one of the best collection records in Lancashire. He said demands
worth £25,000 were now in the hands of bailiffs and he was hopeful they would be recovered. But he added he was “most disturbed” about the £20,000 owed by debtors who have moved out of the area. Mr Onslow also revea
led that his department had received 4,000 requests for rate rebates for the coming year.
although the council would be tough, it would also be sympathetic. Anyone who was financially embarrassed could apply before April 30th to pay the rates in 10 monthly instalments. If they defaulted on a
payment, however, they could find themselves liable to pay the oustanding amount immediately.
Arts organiser may have
to step down
1 The
happy face you chose
THE happy grin of the youngster pictured above has won him a prize in our final “fun month” competition.
Our motto was “keep
s m i l i n g ” a nd we published a picture of a group of smiling youngs ters at St James’s School, asking readers to choose the happiest.
This is the pupil who
received the most votes, and if he calls at the Advertiser and Times office in King Street he will receive his prize — £3 to spend at a local toy shop. The names of those
AFTER a year as Ribble Valley Arts Organiser, Mr Tony Cavender is facing the prospect of life on the dole at the end of the month.
For his post — created
under the Government’s Job Creation programme — is to disappear because North West Arts do not have enough money to continue paying for it.
of CRGS and an Oxford g rad u a te , said he had enjoyed his year in office. “I’ve shown there is a need for professional theatre and music making and that people in the Ribble Valley will come to see it.”
to build a solid base for the arts locally and I’m very disappointed that money can’t be made available to keep the post going,” he said. It is, however, possible
“I think I have managed
that Tony, who lives in Padiham, may continue to be associated with the arts locally. For the Mid Pennine Arts
Tony (24), a former pupil
THE first passenger t r a in to stop at Ciitheroe Station since Dr Beeching wielded his axe 16 y e a r s
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But there was nothing unexpected about the enthusiastic welcome the four-carriage Dalesrail Diesel was given as it glided into the station to a cheer ing crowd and brass band reception.
departed . . . not unexpectedly, some might say . ^ . quarter of an hour late on Saturday morning.
IT’S all smiles from Clitheroe lads Roger Spencer (left) and Timothy Neville.
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Waiting on the newly- f lag ged a n d tarmacadamed plat f o rms we r e 400 wellwishers, about 100 of whom boarded the “special” for a sightseeing tour of one of Britain’s most scenic railway routes as far as Carlisle.
Tony Cavender T h e s e included the
who nominated Master X went into the hat . . . and Mr M. Newby, of 31 Pendle Street West, Sabden, was the lucky winner of a stainless steel tankard.
Association, a regional group which receives its money through NWA, will be organising events locally following the Ribble Valley C o u n c i l’s d ecision to subscribe to it. And association director,
Mr Charles Boden said that a number of schemes were being considered, subject to money being available, in which Mr Cavender could play a part in the light of his “ important contribution over the past year.”
appointment of another MPAA press officer and the possible employment of a rural arts organiser with responsibility for several areas.
Dances
CLITHEROE Morris Men will be dancing in the Whal- ley area on Sunday after noon. They begin their prog ramme at the Three Fishes, Mitton, at 12-45 p.m., move on to the Aspinall Arms at 1- 15 p.m. and finish off with a dance in Whalley at 2 p.m.
Smiles behind the camera
The response particu larly pleased an East Lancashire pressure group which wants to s e e th e sta tion completely reopened to passenger traffic.
The majori ty were hikers, who spent the day in Dales country and voted the venture an overwhelming success.
Only two nights before the opening run, they staged a public meet ing to assess support for their proposal.
For more pictures and an account of this historic day, plus a report of the meeting, please turn to Page 7.
Want to buy a pub?
LOCAL drinkers with the odd bob or two to spend could buy themselves a touch of paradise . . . their own pub. For Clitheroe’s Wheat- sheaf Hotel — Whitbread's —
Road, has been shut for about a month since the last licensee, Mrs Maureen Faulkner, resigned from the
the market and is expected to fetch around £30,000. The pub, on Whalley
selling the premises because it is already sufficiently to e l l repr ese nte d in
trade. The company says it is
Clitheroe. A spokesman denied
suggestions that the sale was because the pub had been unprofitable. “It is by no means unusual for us to sell a pub —
we have sold
several in the Clitheroe area in the past few years," he said. The sale, which is being
has gone on owned by
SETTING out from Dent are (from the left) Dr David McKinlay and son James, Mr Bill Weatherburn and his wife, June.
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