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A BUSINESSWOMAN at the centre of a “softly, softly” storm this week branded part of Whalley village “a disgrace.”


■ Mrs Janet Henderson, who runs a furnishing busi­ ness in King Street, hit out at noise from heavy lorries using the village as a short cut, and the amount of litter near her shop.


The Ribble Valley Coun­


cil’s Development Sub­ committee recently refused to recommend planning per­ mission for a workshop at Mrs Henderson’s premises,


because of complaints from residents about noise and vibration.


Mrs Henderson is now


having insulation work car­ ried out and has met council officials in the hope of satis­ fying planning conditions.


been told that residents complained about noise and vibration from the work­ shop. “But I am sure that the noise and vibration from heavy lorries is a far greater nuisance.


She said:, “The council has “I have stood outside my


shop and noted the number of lorries coming into the village from Billington and


then turning right towards Burnley. “I can only think that


mnay of them are leaving the bypass at the Petre roundabout and using Whal­ ley as a short cut to rejoin the bypass at Spring Wood. “The bypass was built to


take traffic away from the village,, and something should be done to ensure that heavy lorries use it.” Mrs Henderson also hit


out at the amount of litter in King Street. “There is a chip shop near my shop and I am amazed at the amount of paper we have to sweep up d ai ly , f rom th e shop doorway.


“There is a litter bin on


the wall, but a lot of custom­ ers must not use it, or else it is not emptied often enough. “The litter and the dirt


brought in by heavy lorries have made this part of the village a disgrace.”


Coun. Jimmy Fell, a: Whalley representative on the Ribble Valley Council, described the litter in the' village as “deplorable.”


Coun. Fell, who once


organised a street-sweeping campaign among villagers, said: “I can’t remember it ever being as bad as it is now. The problem is one of finance and the difficulty of


employing anyone to sweep “The Best-Kept Village


competition judging will be


: taking place soon, but I can’t see Whalley standing any chance unless something is done — and that will prob­ ably have to be a local effort.”


problem would be difficult to solve. “It is hard to differen­ tiate between lorries coming into the village for commer­ cial purposes and those pas­ sing through. “We can only try to per­


Coun. Fell said the lorry


suade lorry drivers who are not calling in the village to use the bypass."


School switch aims to beat the squeeze


The poser of Kevin’s find


quarters of an inch high — has numbers on each face including one which reads 2D. Clitheroe historian Mr Henry Forrest


CAN you solve the mystery of this 20 sided object unearthed in a Clitheroe garden? The object — which stands three-


one with so many sides,” he said. “It can’t be all that old because it has been machine tooled and the figures are of modern design.” The object was unearthed by Horrock-


sford worker Mr Kevin Jackson, of 29 Waterloo Road, Clitheroe, and he passed it on to us. “I don’t know what it is and nobody I


Mr Jackson.


thinks it is some kind of dice for a gambling game — the 2D possibly being a reference to twopence in old money. "I’ve seen similar dice before but never


A PLAN to prevent overcrowding at Ribblesdale School by transporting three classes of pupils to Whiteacre School, Barrow, each day is being considered by education chiefs.


Ribblesdale prepares for a high intake of about 260 pupils in the next school year, which will boost the total to over 1,100. Ribble Valley District


The move comes as


clearer picture emerged of how comprehensive reor­ ganisation would be carried


■ out in the district. Proposals for reorganisa­


District Education Liaison Committee: “We cannot extend Ribblesdale, so a sol­ ution is to seek alternative temporary accommodation. “There are three spare


have asked has seen a dice with so many sides,” he said. Anyone with any ideas should contact


classrooms at Whiteacre, and we a re cu r ren tly negotiating for these to be made available for use by Ribblesdale pupils.”


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he had never won a champ­ ionship, though he had taken part in international events in Sweden, Holland, Bel­ gium, France, Switzerland and the first World Champ­ ionships in Finland in 1966. In British events this


year, Mr Patten has enjoyed great success. He won the Midland Championships at Sherwood Forest in Feb­ ruary, was third in the Jan Kjellstrom Championships


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A PLAN for a new building to house 30 dairy cattle at Horns Farm, Slaidburn, has been approved by the Ribble Valley Council’s Develop­ ment Committee. Applicant Mr G. Parker


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that trees should be planted to shield the new develop­ ment.


intends to put up a 62ft. long by 35ft.‘ wide cubicle next to the present stone bam and shippon.' One of four conditions was


YOU can almost hear the sizzle of beefburgers and sausages cooking as members of St James’s Church, Clitheroe, rustle up some “eats” at their barbecue in aid of missionary work.


- The food. proved welcome to the 300 people who


braved a cold evening to attend the event at St James’s School.


and outside, there were pony rides. About £170 was raised.


Inside the classrooms there were stalls and sideshows- A-delighted Rev. Kenneth Broadhurst, Rector of St


James’s, said: “It was a tremendously enjoyable even­ ing with a very cheerful family atmosphere all round.”


Mr Calvert said the prop­


Education Officer Mr Fred Calvert said this week that the school could cope' only if “every available space suit­ able or not” were used for' teaching. He told a meeting of the


tion made by a Ribble Valley working party of teachers and education experts are due to be considered by members of Lancashire County Council Education Committee a week on Monday.


to what the proposals con­ tained came when he told members “there will be ho surprises.”


Mr Calvert’s only hint as


office had been worried for many years that a delay in reorganisation would cause problems at Ribblesdale. “That situation is now


He said the education


upon us.” Coun. Miss Alice Alston (Sabden) said she was “very


Great honour for Alistair


CLITHEROE man Alistair Patten achieved his greatest honour in 15 years of competition when he won the veterans class (43-50 years) in the British Orienteering Championships on Sunday.


Mr Patten, of Shireburn


Avenue, beat off the efforts of his 62 rivals in the event, at Tentsmuir Forest, near Dundee, to win in a time of 82 minutes 4 seconds. Up to this year, however,


is following in his father’s footsteps and recently finished 11th in the three day event at Aachen in Bel­ gium, when he competed as a member of the British junior team.


at Sheffield in March, fourth in the Southern Champion­ ships at Aldershot and then won the Scottish Champion­ ships at Loch Ard Forest in May. Mr Patten’s son, Graham,


sad” at the increase in the size of Ribblesdale. “Bigger is not always better,” she commented.


“I wonder whether the


pupils have all the oppor­ tunities that others in smal­ ler schools have. I know the pupils are happy enough there, but are they working hard enough?”


Mr C a lv e r t . said he


re c e iv e d “ wonder ful” reports about R|bblesdale and this was one of the reasons for the increase in numbers wanting to go there. "It has an excellent repu­


tation as far as parents are concerned and as far as I am concerned,” he added.


Tenders After the meeting Mr Cal-


, vert declined to give details of the pupils likely to be affected by the Whiteacre plan until parents had been informed. He said tenders had been


invited for the transport costs, which were likely to be “high,” and negotiations were continuing with the governors of Whiteacre and Lancashire’s Chief Educa­ tion Officer, Mr J. C. D. Rainbow. Mr C a lv e r t a d d e d :


“Things are at a very early stage yet and it is too soon to say whether this idea will definitely come off.” He said the classrooms


had b ecom e f r e e a t Whiteacre because of a natural decline in the num­ bers going there and a reduction in the school’s capacity after the big fire three years ago. The spare classrooms


were “first class and very comfortable.”


GOING up. . . this group of youngsters were some of many who tackled the Army assault course at Sunday’s country fair on the Castle field.


them is Cpl. Bert Sole of the King’s Division recruiting team, who put the children through their paces. The assault course —


Keeping a watchful eye on Tram prints offer


complete with commando nets and an aerial roadway — was one of many features which attracted hundreds to the fair.


For a full report and more pictures,.Beepage8..


“the good old days,” when you could travel miles for a penny fare, viili be recalled for many of our readers in a series of reproduction prints, “Tramcars and tramways. ” It follows our recent . series of train prints for


A TRAM ride, once com­ m o n p l a c e , is an unfamiliar experience to many children today. But the nostalgia of


our prints will be on sale, with an approp­ riate album, at our office in King Street, Clitheroe, on production of coupons from this paper. Look out for the first


coupon and further details of our special offer next week.


Flushed with success!


A FORMER coalhouse will officially become a “throne room” tomor­ row when a Clitheroe woman cuts a length of. toilet roll in half.


Polio sufferer Mrs Mary MacDonald will be celeb­ rating the end of a 15-year fight. . . for a downstairs toilet.


And flushed with her suc­ cess at last, she has invited neighbours and workmen who put in the loo at her council home in Littlemoor Road to an


i official “opening cere­ mony.”


“I couldn’t afford a piece of ribbon, so the toilet roll


. will have to do,” she said. “I will be laying on sherry and biscuits for the guests — I thought it was only fair to the neighbours, who put up with the noise while the toilet was being installed.”


South African-born Mrs


RELIEF FOR MARY AFTER 15 YEARS


MacDonald, who wears a caliper on her left leg, began her quest for a downstairs toilet after a fall damaged ligaments in her right leg.


She had difficulty going upstairs and began apply­ ing to the Social Services and the former Clitheroe Borough Council for a downstairs toilet.


Word of her predicament finally filtered through to the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s building maintenance department only several weeks ago.


But as soon as the workmen moved in, there was another problem —'th e coal house which was to


, become the toilet was at the back of the house and


CHURCH COOKS UP £170 AID mm the sewer at the front.


The only solution was for the men to drill a trench right through the middle of Mrs MacDonald’s kitchen.


She said: “It was terribly noisy and I had to have cotton wool in my ears. “But when it was all over I can tell you one thing — I felt very relieved.”


Among guests at tomorrow’s ceremony will be the Rib- ble Valley Council’s Deputy Chief Technical O f f ic e r , Mr Norman Turner, and building maintenance assistant Mr Paul McNeil, who has been closely associated with the installation.


Said Mr McNeil: “We thought Mrs MacDonald was joking at first when she said there would be an opening ceremony — but we’ll be delighted to go along.


“She has been waiting a long, long time for this.”


DONATIONS


TO CHARITY SOME £430 raised for char­ ity by Coun. Edward Newhouse during his time as Ribble Valley Mayor has been shard out to seven organisations.


The British Association of


Myasthenics receives £130 and the other six groups £50 each. They are the Laneside School fund, Christie’s H o s p i ta l , C l i th e r o e Physiotherapy Centre, Leonard Cheshire Homes, Clitheroe and District Scout Executive and PHAB.


TOP TORY’S VISIT


at a luncheon at the. Swan and Royal Hotel organised by the North East Lanca­ shire Industrial Society. It will be chaired by Mr David Waddington, of Sabden, former Conservative MP for Nelson and Colne. -


SHADOW Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe will visit Clitheroe on Saturday dur­ ing his one-day tour of Lan­ cashire. He will be guest speaker


railway enthusiasts, which proved such a success. The postcard-size col­


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-Bosses urged to help ease job shortage


A CLITHEROE careers chief has urged local employers to use Government cash aid to ease the


looming problem of jobless school leavers this summer. Mr Jack Atkinson says the


advantage of the various Government schemes and programmes to improve things,” he told a meeting of the Ribble Valley Education Liaison Committee. As an example, Mr Atkin­


predicament of school leav­ ers is worse this year than at any time since he became Careers Officer in 1959. “Employers must take


P o l lu t io n th r e a t


son cited successful exam­ ples of the Work Experience Programme in which an employee is taken on for a limited period of up to 12 months. The employers pays out a


wage, but this is refunded in full by the Government. Mr Atkinson believes the


jobs squeeze has been caused by traditional emp­ loyers of school leavers becoming more cautious about taking on e x t ra labour. Also many of the routine


jobs traditionally open to school leavers have disap­ peared. Mr Atkinson told the com­


mittee that there were 33 young people registered as unemployed in the Ribble Valley district — 24 of them school leavers. There are currently only


bleaker at the end of the school term, however, when it is estimated that 212 boys and 121 girls will be leaving secondary schools locally. Of these, only 134 boys


16 vacancies, compared with 39 at a similar time last year. The picture becomes


and 65 girls have jobs to go to.


Chaplain


THE former full-time chap­ lain of Calderstones and Brockhall Hospitals before the second world war, the Rev. G. Fuller has died in hospital at Swansea, aged 74.


t o R ib b le WHILE scientists continue to investigate the cause of death of 11,000 fish in the River Ribble below Calder Foot, another section of the river may be faced with the threat of pollution.


Waste from Chatburn


sewage, works has escaped into the river and is still lying on the river bed. Water bailiff Mr Colin Mar- ginson has reported the facts to the North West Water Authority, but as yet no dead fish have been sighted.


Mr Marginson has also informed local police, as he believes that the sewage has escaped because of children interfering with valves at the works.


Foot died a f te r recent thunderstorms caused a “flash flood” on the Calder. Sewage pipes overflowed and the silt was washed downstream into the Ribble. A spokesman for the


The fish below Calder


NWWA said that almost all the fish affected were coarse fish, including chub, roach and dace. He added that although


deaths will greatly affect prospects for the new coarse fishing season, which begins tomogrow.


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many fish had been lost, the damage to stocks was not as serious as on previous occa­ sions, because the Authority had done a lot of work on improving the sewage flows into the Calder. It is not felt that the


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