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R O B E R T HOWE DIY 13 ABEL ST.; BURNLEY ;


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and his .wife Doris, of Smithy’. Cottage,: Newton, will' be celebrating the occasion . in : style wi t h a party for friends and rela­ tives at the Village Hall.,


Mr Emrys Morgan (75)


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1927. Emrys was teaching • ?tary work. He was secret- at Little Hulton and Doris ; ary of Kearsley-and Dis-/


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Langho couple’s golden day


LANGHO couple Mr and Mrs Thomas, Mattock, celebrate their golden wedding; tomorrow. ; .


Mr Mattock was for


Drove without insurance


A‘ CLITHEROE hoiise- Vvife, Marlene'Dbb’sdri (34),t of Conway Avenue,'"was' fined a total o£s:£65 :a t’ Clitheroe for four motor­ ing offences. She was fined £50 for


many years in the furni; ture business,' and when


1 The,'/ cbuplq ‘m e t 'when; M rs ’'M a t to c k v is i ted


employed by John Clegg, of Blackburn, frequently travelled in the Chtheroe and. JVhalley .district?.


having no insurance, £5 for using a car without a driv­ ing licence, £5 for failing to produce insurance and test certificates and £5 for hav­ ing no excise licence. She’ was also ordered to pay one month’s excise licence back duty. Dobson told the court


she had a full driving licence. After putting her c a r on th e r o a d in December, she sent the licence, log book, insur­ ance and MoT certificate to Swansea, but had heard nothing since. She said she had given an incorrect! registration number to the! insurance company, but could not explain her mistake._________


Rates aid for disabled


DISABLED people in the Kibble Valley will bh interested in the new laws concerning ra te re l ie f which come into effect for them next April. The relief is . a rebate deducted from the annual rates bill and is calculated on the - number of rooms and facilities used in the house by a disabled person. ■ The disabled should con­


'^•frier id s'''-^r f3S ta lyb ridge ,• where her husband was in: the grocery business. I t was after Mrs Mattock had been bridesmaid to Mr Mattock’s sister that they decided to marry. At Stalybridge they, lened a fish and chip op, but it failed to sur­


vive the slump of the ’305, and Mr Mattock then joined the John Clegg Company in Blackburn. He remained in its employ-^ ment for about 30 years before starting his own f u rn i t u r e business in Kegent Street. . ; Mr and Mrs Mattock


moved to a bungalow in Hillcrest Road, Lpgho in readiness for retirement, and have lived there t'7 years. They look back happily


at Slaidburh; A yean later they; ma^ried;and went to live near Bolton.; b; •;'. Later he became a head-?


master, at schools/in; Clif- ; to n ;; near ' Swinton; and - Kearsley ;West'''County'' Prima^; hear Bpltoh.’Mrs. Morgan later taught at the sa;me::school; and jthe'y;; retired'.together .in? 1965;: moving to Newton’to live; in the house ih /which-h had been’ brought up; ’; * • • Both have';led , active? lives. Mr Morgan; who was? born in North; Wales,, has ■ devoted much? of his time' to communi^ and ■ volun-;


trict National Saving' Com-: mittee and'!in;,?1964 was awarded' the.MBE for his work.


'. He has been a member: of the Rotary'.movement for over 30 years, joining the Clitheroe club when he moved to the area. He.was to have been president at Clitheroe in 1976, but had to withdraw because of. ill health. Despite such a busy. life,


BBC advisory committee helping to plan school programmes for television. On moving to Newton, he became clerk to-,the Par­ ish Council and .was f o u n d e r cha irman of Clitheroe and D is tr ic t Probus Club.


He spent 11 years on a BUN(S;$’.!j:


■: f youngsters558ttending the inauguralime'etingTof a'


■ITsw


' ne wf-youth ?'clubi at^iTrinity; Methodist 'Church.'’' TjrfV


The club,' formedj-to;


.Sunday School^ met on Pri-? daymightfor aleisurejtime': ■with tajole.tennisnnd other; games. ! . . i ;.r-,


meet?, the«needs>?o£i?youhg; members of'the' church and?


f;


: s‘'On ’ Saturday,r>'acconi-! panied by theMinister/,the; Rev George Knowles, they; spent; a" day 'hiking; in.-the! Dales. ■' ’


vice was’toilowed :hy.::a home sfellowship meeting attended- by . members' of the new- club.'; A team; of le a d e r S i/h a s nb e e n appointed.


The. Sunday evening : folic


ser­


' the Parish Hall. " ? The playr written - by


■ fitting’’centrepiece:: of: entertainment 'at- a spe­ c ia l’ open meeting ■of , C lith e ro e E v e n tn p ' Townswomen’s Guild in


'A' P L A Y \e'n t i t l e d “Celebrations”! was'the


the group’s chairman, MrsMargaret Kendrick, was performed': in front" of 200 visitors from the'’, Preston aiid Fylde Fed­ erations, as part of the movement’s nationwide, golden jubilee celebra­ tions. " Mrs Kendrick^and six other members perk formed the play,'which was produced by Bar­ bara Taylor. I t was about: a committee of typical. guild members


discussing.-plans for celebrating the, golden jubilee... Mrs Kendrick also


recited a comedy poem “Glands” and additional entertainment was pro-: vided by the choir under : musical director Mr;


derers over 50 years ago,! playing for. the’Reserves and captaining the A team. He took up refereeing and was’ quickly promoted to the Football League’s.list of linesmen. He then held administra­


Mr Morgan found time to irticipate in.many'sports.. e signed for Bolton Wan­


had welcomed the vis­ itors, including 10'past chairmen of the Even­ ing Guilds who each wore sprays of flowers made by Mrs Kendrick.


Geoff Hitchen. - Earlier Mrs Kendrick


'IS *5} ■'■vrfUt-' ta h o l id a y , ^ —


ylioineIiWith1th'e7schooLholiTf: daySlist for!!l979.'*We noticel- th a t j th e re '^ is^ no^'Sep | tWber.,h'oliday.';s’Donft';you| thinl^^';pareht8f^8hbuld5:’b’e | alloweaito'i;vote''fregardjng| September/;sh6irdays^*^as;| mbst;:working ^parents; are| bmHoliday that ,week?,'- | w'rAlsb,'^looking;at-the holi-| day: :11st;'-they >;have.: about? four weeks in,the-winter.-I i: suggest/'they ?’have?sfive? week's jinAthe;; general? holiday.'' 'f. . '


EAST.week,our;son’came!


, ^ SET IN THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PART OF ; • c l it h e r o e , THE OLDE WORLDE SWAN; ICOURTYARDEMBRACESSOMEOFTHE MOST


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attend-Whiteacre School; !? contend ' there are ’ far tool many outsiders who'should;? go ' to 'schools: in the town nearest;-to that;: in which'! they live.


School ■


As:>regards/Ribblesdale? children i having to


DISGRUNTLED ,


[IN March we reported -I th'at the District Educa-f;?’ tion Liaison Committee?; was’ not 'recommending!; , the inclusion; of, a Sep-?' tem b e r :h o i i d a y f p r . , ! schools.


However ; s c h o o l s ; ;!


' considered there was - a demand.]


EDITOR,


Area should ‘bid for new technology’


NORTH East Lancashire should acquire a taste for “chips-with everything,”. Linds ay S u t t o n ,


(Labour candidate, told Party workers at the Esh- ton Terrace,; Clitheroe, Labour rooms. ■Mr Sutton was refer­


Clitheroe' constituency’s prospective Parliamentary


th e


tive positions in football, tennis, table -tennis and golf. Ilis interest in golf at th e Glitheroe club: is shared by his wife, who •until last year>w^ a.keen; ' articipa'hf' in' th'e “sport.* he is also a member.of the, ’Clitheroe Inh^r ^Whe%I


Club. Their daughter, Vivien,


who lives in Worsley, fol­ lowed in her parents’ foot- s t e p s and b e c ame a teacher. She has two chil­ d r e n , J o n a t h a n a n d Jeremy, and will be joining in Saturday’s party at Newton. “I t will be a village


jnark^her,8uccessjn fin- 'ishihg'-'tliifd in-the local area final of the guild’s nation’aldfdriving com­


. , Mrs Cissie Sainsbury, chairman of the Preston Federation, replied for the visitors. Mrs Ken­ d r i c k p j-esen ted an arrangement of dried flowers to the Clitheroe group’s secretary, Mrs Sheila Cheetham, to


petition. M r s K e n d r i c k


thanked her committee and all who helped make the evening a success, including Mr Jack Gre­ gory, who arranged the floral decorations. Picture: The drama


affair," said Mr Morgan, “with about 80 relatives and friends attending." Speaking of their 50,


years together, Mr Mor­ gan praised his wife’s pati­ ence. “She puts up with all my idiosyncrasies,” he


said.


to their years in business. They met all kinds of people, and got on so well th a t some still keep in touch. They enjoy good health, and live quietly and happily, with Mr Mattock pottering in his garden.


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tact the Kibble Valley Council’s rates office so that their application for a rebate can,.be: completed before the start of the new! financial year. ■ - .


Hit car


/Mary Elizabeth Pye (20), of :Lickhurst’ Farm, was


'A CHIPPING woman, Learner; fined


fined £50. at Clitheroe- for driving, a car without due! care and;attention;.:It was stated that' she collided with a parked car,ln;Bdis; ford Koad..’ The' road was lit by street lamps at the; time.


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LEARNER-DRiVER Susan :Holgate.:’(24), of Tower Hill, Clitheroe, was fined £10 ; by-the' town’s magistrates ’for driving ’ a car in New Market Street, without supervision.


Buyers absent


CLITHEROE' Soroptimist C lu b / s '' jum b le /s a l e, attracted, .rather fewer buyers? thali usual,; but' ra 1 sed: £60. /:S e v e r a charities; including .Oxfam- and Unicef,'/ benefit'', from surplus goods.'


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iweek/ starring'Julie.Hams and'Eileen Hecka'rt;'7->‘.,.r


.be'eame .• heroines;?of;>,the‘ , D utch'/iResistance ? in?; the; second/world war is-, the! t'h e m e’.?bf-l/.'The'^-Hidlhg: Place t h e ..‘If i 1 m >,a t/i Clitheroe' Civic- Hall;next'


THE true’ story of twb or dinary w o m en*»wh o


Grindleton Koad, told the bench he had reduced speed to take the narrow bend. When; h e : met • the bus , ' there /was no way : he could have avoided an acci­ dent.


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A-WE ST' Bradford inan whose car collided with a bus on a bad bend near the Three Millstones Inn was cleared of driving without due care and' attention; at Clitheroe. Edward Peel (24), ; of'


Help in keeping warm


HOUSEHOLDERS in the Ribble Valley may soon be able to obtain grants towards the cost of insulat­ ing their homes. An insulation. scheme


will start on Monday and application forms are avail- abl e from the health department 'in Church Brow, • Clitheroe,' or the mobile office. ■ . •• . People who; own their


• The grant:is 66 pen cent of ; the cost of insulation or £50, whichever is.the.least. To .qualify .for a grant application' must be made before’ any work begins.: Mr Peter Gladwin,'.Chief


own homes, private ten­ ants and landlords are elig­ ible, providing their-lofts are ..without any form- of insulation.


Environmental Health Officer, - advises?people; to apply early.


come; first - served basis and a waiting list may-have to be b ro u ^ t into opera­ tion- if/numbers demand


“The scheme is on a first - '


it,", he said. “It-is designed to enable


: the - country, to-; economise -on;fuel.bills..-By. spending-


; will • save; ■ in- the;.-coming years.”


:-.THE .'merry!tones -of ■ * '■.I •• *Folk club ' k * ;


some- money' now;; people: ' '


■ tomorrow!;-For-ithis/is the; .venue for Ribble -Valley /•Folk .Club’s; fortnightly.! 'meeting 'lin" “ the",Ober B ay'er.n” .' behind-?the ■r e s t aur ant .


;.music;will be heard:at■The; .Three /Fishes t Restaurant,; Whalley.’'Road,'^;Billington;


?ing,'st'arts,at,8-30;p;ih;?< ' ^ ",


f. u - ' if-'",


■'ihdude'!.Tony.;Gapstlckandi': “The iWassailers,",‘whoi) h a v.e -i‘b 01 h at e c e li 11 y vi releasedrecords.' The sjrig-??


' 'S i n g e r s


' ! Last'‘'week’s‘ placihgs.in' bracket's. ,Tlp' foVtthe top “London '.Town”. —' Wirigsr' LP(of the'week:'’“,Who' are vou’i.-^^The Who.''


19.';(—)V‘I 'thought'it'was you”""—, Herbie,.Hancock.' 20!'' :,(9) “An'everlasting love”.,—'Andy Gibb. ■,4.


.-I ,, folk; v._____________ -


TO P T W E I ^ ^ Is o u Im d s


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■;4:’ ’,'(4)-“Three times a' lady” —' Commodores.; 5. (3) “It’s raining” — Darts.


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10. (12) “Picture this” —’Blondie. ■ ' 11. (13) “Grease” -? Frankie Valli.


12. (16) “Again, again” Status Quo. ' ? ^ ' 13 (—) “Winkers’ Song” '— Ivor Biggin. 14! (10) “Rivers of Babylon” ,— Boney M. ’ 15. (19) “A rose has to,die” — Dooleys.' '


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.9; (15).;“Two out of three ain’t; bad”',— /Meatloaf. „


6. (5) “Jilted John” '— Jilted John. 7., (14) “Kiss you all over” — Exile. ’ 8. (8) “Top of the pops” — Rezillos.


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. 1. .' (1) ‘‘Oh wh'at;a' circus” .—-’David Essex. 2. (2) “ Dreadlock'holiday” — lOcc. 3. ■ (7) .‘IHong /Kong garden’’ /— Siouxie and the Banshees..


group perform “Celebra- tions.”Front(from the left): Margaret Ireland, Hilda Burgess, Mrs Kendr ick . Back Pauline.Altham, Elaine W ilk in so n , Dorothy Cu s h i n g , Do r o t h y Slaiding.


YFC visits farm


ABOUT 30 members of Gisbum YFC ■visited Para­ dise Fa rm, Horton-in Craven, by permission of Mr and Mrs Richard Lan caster, on Monday night. While the girls made an


ring to micro - electronic “chips” — the technology of the future —. which he would like to see manufac­ tured in the area. . He said other areas were


?FORTHAT DIFFICULT GIFT BUY ONE OF OUR VOUCHERS


LOCAL


CRAFTSMEN COPPER


• SBut he said the North West-was. a- primersite: for, ithe development.’vi'Theiini


already angling for the prize catch of IKOm worth of Government investment: in . factories to ,build the “chips.” .


t i a l a d v a n t a g e s a r e threefold; a labour force already skilled in elec­ tronic component work at the Mullard and Lucas plants; the workforce’s strike-free reputation; and the excellent communica­ tions system j;hat is being d e v e l o p e d , ” said Mr Sutton. He added that an addi­


tional “plus” was that Man­ chester — less than an hourls motorway drive from NE Lancashire , had become one of the country’s leading research centres in microproces­ sing.


Lambs dearer


edible necklace the boys did sh e ep s e l e c t io n . Results: Girls (junior) Linda Hanson, Helen Fal- shaw and Helen Mattin- son. In t e rme d i a t e Wendy Scott, J u d i t h Emmott; Christine Mason. Boys (junior) jo in t ; 1st, Joseph Lancaster, Lindon Watson, David Capstick Wi l l iam Robinson; anc, A n d r ew R o b i n s o n . Intermediate, — William Hartley; James Pate;-joint 3 James Taylor, - Andrew Bargh, Ian tJoates.-., Judges were Mr and Mrs


J.'Bolmnd and Mr J. Horn and they 'and the -hosts were thanked ■ by Judith E .m m o t t a n d , J o h n Thistlethwaite.. - . , A business/meeting fol-:


lowed with David Mattin- son in the chair. ; -


79.2 per kg (average 73.4p), medium 74.6p (71 3p),' light­ weight heifers 68 8p (65.9p), •medium 67.4 (64p).


. Calf bulls made to 72.8p (70.6p), uncertified steers and hiefers 68p (64.2p), fat cows 56p (52.2p). . Light lambs to 140p (132.2),


cows and heifers and 120 store cattle were forward. Trade in both sections was brisk,; with prices - slightly up on recent rates. September cal vers made to


standard .151p (142.5p), medium 151p (139.7p), heavy 135p (130p). Halt-bred ewes £22 (£18.M), homed £20 (£12.60). At Friday’s sale, 32 in-calf


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£495 ,(£412),, Oct/Nov! £527 (£452), in-calf heifers £575 (£481).: Simmental ste e rs to £360, Friesian £340, Hereford £275, Charolais - £325, Fnesian heifers - £300,' Charolais .£290;’


FAT cattle made slightly lower prices, lambs were dearer and ewes held last week’s values at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Mon­ day. Sixty-one fat cattle and 22 fat cows were on offer. Lightweight steers made to


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