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Brave Keith comes smiling through


- University today to receive a BA degree — just 12 months after being- in a life and death drama. .


Pendle Road East, was flown home from Paris a year ago with a seri- ous bowel complaint,^ but - r e c o v e r ed to resume his studies and - gain second class hon­ ours in politics and modern history. ■


Keith Ainsworth, of Now Keith, a former


pupil of : CRGS, hopes to become a social worker.


A SABDEN student will mount the- ros­ trum at Manchester*


.ness has won him the-'; admiration of the uni- / versity authorities. “My tutor and both


. ’ ■ His triumph over ill-


to be able to attend today’s ceremony, as he should have been recovering from a stomach operation in


the university internal and external-examin- * ingboardshave writ­ ten to me congratulate ing me on my personal and academic achieve­ ments in view of my illness,” said Keith. (2 2 ) . “ I am very p leased th a t -they should have taken the' trouble.” - : Keith did. not expect


. charged on Monday, Keith informed the university authorities of his sudden change' of plan. “I would have been very disappointed to have missed, the graduation,” he said. - ■ Last year’s drama happened when Keith and a student friend went on a visit to Creil — Nelson’s twin town


• He was admitted last week, but when doc­ tors' learned that he was suffering from a chest: complaint,', they/ postponed surgery until next- month. -‘ ■ After- being dis-


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/to /Paris,? where Keith y:-> became; seriously ill with a recurrence of a


- After spending some time there, they moved


in <France.


/ which had been troubl--'-’ in g him for some months.


less after paying medi­ ca l b i l ls , K e ith ’s-' parents, Mr.and Mrs Arnold Ainsworth,, were contacted to. arrange - for a flight home.


- Within an hour of his : return,: he was in hos- - pital for an operation / to remove part of the bowel.


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Here we go again seeking the sun


IT’S off to the lands of bullfighting, legends and pizzas for many Ribble Val­ ley people this weekend, with package breaks in Spain, Greece and Italy top of the holiday charts.


July have seen the worst early summer weather this century, both abroad and at home, and local weather expert Mr Tom Suttie does not hold out much hope for a sudden improvement. . , He expects the weather to be “changeable," though warmer than it has been for the last two weeks. “July is usually the month for the top temperature of


June and the first half of


schools. Most of the young pla


Germans who are playing host. came over here at Easter. . ... It will also be holiday


time for staff of the sub post offices, except, for Rimington and Newton, which will be open as usual both holiday weeks. With the exception of


the year and I’m-hopeful . °n July 24th. ,


this will be the case again,” he said. ~ ' Tours


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ONE activity which could not be held indoors at Brookside School fete was the popular pony ride. Caroline Weaver


report that more people than ever before have been ■ looking for a holiday with a difference, quite a few choosing farmhouse holi­ days in Denmark and motoring trips to France. Nearer home, Southern


parents and staff of the school, attracted about 500 people. It raised £220 for school funds.


Dales trip cancelled


a special train from Pre­ ston through Clitheroe to the Dales on Saturday. But British Rail says bridge reconstruction at Riming- ton must be carrried out then and it is impossible to call off the repairs. A Dalesrail spokesman


BRITISH Rail bridgework has taken the steam out of a planned Clitheroe holi­ day trip to the Yorkshire Dales. Dalesrail planned to run


(right), of S a l th i l l Road, Clitheroe, and her pony Benny, helped by Julie Burnside, braved the rain to take eager children for rides in the school grounds. The fete, organised by


recently completed a Nile cruise and another is cur­ rently enjoying the camp­ ing holiday of a lifetime — in the Arctic Circle.


Ireland, Jersey, and the Isle of Man are popular destinations and there is a surprisingly large interest in coach tours to Scotland, Devon and Cornwall. .One local man has


(30), of Whalley Road, left on Saturday for a three- week coach tour of Scan­ dinavia, which includes camping at Norway’s iso­ lated North Cape, where the sun shines 24 hours a day.


Mr Robert Tattersall


tronics engineer at Lucas’s Hapton Mill, is one of 35 Britons and foreigners on the tour. He is no stranger to adventure holidays, however — last year he went to Iceland and the year before to Persia.


commented: “It is very dis­ appointing. The clash of dates was discovered after we :had taken bookings for the train. ■ “About 28 people had


- booked;: were offered the alternative of a ticket for a later special train or a refund.


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.again." Take 'a'trip “


PLANNING a holiday day/ out?/Then why not go on the afternoon trip to iKirkby/Lonsdale being organised ,by its ( Chamber of /Trade, with C lithetoe-Advertiser and Times,' a fortnight tod ay: Full-'details appear on page, 3.


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: •“I can;assure everyone that we h a v e ’double checked the dates for plan­


booked and there were more than - 70 who /had expressed interest i.and were on the point of book­ ing. rWe had to - contact them all to tell them: the tra in - 'w ou ld not -be running. “Those who had already


Frankfurt tomorrow for a three-week exchange visit with German students are 19girls and seven boys from the Clitheroe grammar


Off to Marburg, near Mr Tattersall, an elec­


a n d /W h a l le y Road;5 Cliheroe, and m Dunsop/ Bridge, Gisburn and Pend­ leton will close tomorrow.’ evening. ■ Those in Bashall Eaves,' Bolton-by-Bowland, Chat- burn, Grindleton, Slaid- burn and West Bradford will shut -at noon the fol­ lowing day. The office at Waddington closes on the evening of July 21st, reopening July 31st.


_ Offices in Bawdlands Shops


With the advent of stag­ gered holidays in shops1 and businesses, however, there is no danger of Clitheroe becoming a “ghost” town in the next fortnight. Many shops will be open


Jubilee Mill will be staying open as usual, but the Henthorn works will be closing and the West Brad­ ford factory shuts perma­ nently on July 28th. All Ribble Valley Coun­


and at least two major local industries — Ribbles- dale Cement and ICI — will be working as normal. Atkinsons and Bowkers will be operating on skele­ ton staffs. Trutex head office and


Waddington,. all other sub post offices will, close for the. first week, reopening


Former mayor retires


A" CLITHEROE man retires today as headmas­ ter of SS Peter and Paul’s CE Junior School, Rish-- ton, after 11 years. Mr John Hall, of East-


moor Drive, - Clitheroe, was formerly deputy head­ master of Edisford School, Clitheroe. He took over this post shortly after the school was opened in 1952, remaining there until his move to Rishton. From 1952 to 1968 Mr


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flag to indicate the venue of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" hit a sudden snag this week.


CLITHEROE Parish Players’ intention to fly the


Players heard from their sponsors, the Ribble Valley Council; that owing to structural defects ■ at the Castle keep, it would not be possible to hoist the Union Jack..


; On Tuesday, the eve of the first performance, the


fly; no flag means a. move’ indoors to the Parish hall."


The. Players had previously told patrons: “I f the show is in the Castle’s open air theatre, the flag will


“There will be no problem if the weather stays fine and we can hold all our performances — Wednesday to Saturday night and Sunday afternoon —- outside.


Maurice Taylor, a member of the cast, said:


be the case, so-our audiences will have no problem deciding where to come."


“We are keeping our fingers crossed that this will


- : Not knowing just where the production is going to be. staged each night could be perplexing, but the cast | {■of 25 are not Jetting this worry them.


-A.


among them the seven players seen in'our-photo- graph.


Scott (Peaseblossom), Judith Jones (Mustardseed), Hilary Meredith (fairy); s eat edMi randa Wight- man (Moth), Michael Yates (Puck), Lynne Habiak | (Titania), and Caroline Weaver (Cobweb).


They are,’from the 'left, standing ■ — Rachel ■


Hall was a member of the former Clitheroe Borough Council and was Mayor from 1964 to 1966. As chairman of the coun­


cil’s Entertainments Com­ mittee, he was responsible for reviving the Castle fete in 1959 and starting the jazz and drama festivals. Mr H a l l ’ s wi f e ,


Elizabeth, was at one time secretary at Edisford School. They have two children.


John is deputy head of an approved school, near York, and Susan (20) is at teacher training college. Mr Hall says he will


Arthur shares in £24,000 pay-out


THE first time Arthur Pearson filled in a pools coupon for the Australian season, he netted a £24,181 bonanza.


until five days after the matches were played. Another member of the four-man works syndicate lost the copy coupon. A phone call to the BAC


. But Arthur did not know


works at Samlesbury, where Arthur and his syn­ dicate are fitters, broke the-news.


greatly miss teaching, but he is pleased that he will now have more time to pursue his main hobbies of walking and gardening.


1 Clitheroe and Whalley libraries will be shut on


cil offices will be open as usual and refuse collection services will be main­ tained. But no films will be screened at Clitheroe Civic Hall all next week.


• continued on page 3 Car fire


C L ITH ER O E F ir e Brigade dealt with a fire in a'car at Littlehurst, Bashall Eaves. There was slight damage to the vehi­ cle’s electric wiring. ,


Road, Clitheroe, said: “I was staggered. I thought it was a hoax at first, but then I realised it wasn’t.”


Arthur, of Chatburn


cate has been doing the pools for about three


years. __ He added: “The syndi­


“Another syndicate winnings.” member usually sends in „ .


left it for me to do. We are noJ.y^ decided what to do with the money.


the coupon, but last week Forty-year-old Arthur he was on holiday and he


^ taking equal shares in the , ,


. . . . vot Traders reach their destination


• -‘.We will put it some­ where safe and have - a


■think'' about / it.” But “ he added , that some might be used on;their .holiday with


* daughter . .Claire' (5): in Newquay!


i arid Oswaldtwistle! ' .They won. the-money - with,/ two lines of 22%p6irits oriVer-; non’s Pools. ' . • ' '


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.^bungalow!:.and garage - at ■ the junction < of/-Whalley, Road, and .Spring/Terrace,: hasifbeen approved by* the '


A PEOT> of .land owned bw, Langho'-Methodist Church': is to be sold with the.: benefitof.planningpermis-/ sion; An’ application,for a


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,Ribble-/Valley’. Develop- ,'ment/Subcommittee. /The • jMinister,, the. Rev. v Wv


'^’'Arthur, has worked at the-BAC-factory for five: /years;: The other syndicate members live in Blackburn:


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DESPITE Saturday morn­ ing’s bad weather, a mile of pennies collected by the Clitheroe b ran ch -o f LEPRA raised more then £135. - -


tions, LEPRA members and helpers collected dona­ tions in boxes rather than asking for coins to be set out on the. pavement. The money raised will go into the central fund. :


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Stately. home’s trial opening


BROWSHOLME Hall’s - new owner, Mr Robert. Parker - (23)' took up residence there yester­ day . . . nearly three years after, the death of the previous owner, , his godfather, ; Col Robert Parker.


Mr Parker./and h is parents, who have also moved in, are- looking into the possi­ bility of carrying on the stately home busi­ ness where Col Parker left.it. .........


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The first move will be opening, the 15th- century hall to the public for two weeks, from August 19th to September 3rd. After that, for the time being, it will be-open to parties by appoint­ ment.


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Mr Parker sen. has been a partner in a firm of chartered surveyors in Cambridge, where the, family lived. He now intends to practise from Browsholme, with a view to even-


. during the winter. Since inheriting the hall on his 21st birthday, Mr Parker has been studying to be a char­ tered surveyor. He has passed his exams and will now gain practi­ cal experience in the area, under the wing of his father, Mr . Christopher Parker.


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