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THURSDAY, MARCH 16th, 1978 No. 4,787 Price 8p


Bid to reopen Valley line


A rail-user pressure group is urging British Rail to reopen Clitheroe and other Ribble Valley stations for regular passenger trains. And they have called in


writer Jessica Lofthouse as one of the speakers at a public meeting in Clitheroe Royal Grammar School on Thursday, April 6th. The p re s su re group STELLA was formed last


Saddled! With a string of


donkeys HORSE lover Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw is saddled with a problem: “Who dumped six donkeys in my drive?” The Maw family looked


out of their kitchen window at their Lower Clerk Hill, Whalley, home and saw the six wandering towards the house.


Coun. Mrs Maw, Lanca­


shire branch chairman of the British Horse Society said: “ I t was amazing. We couldn’t believe it at first.”


The family rounded up the


donkeys and secured them on a piece of woodland near the house. The animals have been chomping their way through more than a bale of hay a day as the Maws set out to find the owner.


light on the donkeys’ origin. Said Coun. Mrs Maw:


But inquiries have shed no


“They are probably seaside donkeys which have been put out to pasture for the winter.


“They are very docile.


When we approach them they seem to stand waiting for someone to get into the


saddle. “I know that seaside donkeys are often wintered on Wiswell Moor, but I doubt that these could have simply strayed into the drive.


a horse chute to negotiate. I can only think that someone led them through the chute and let them go.”


“There is a cattle grid and


. donkeys .within the next.few.. days they will be sent to the Horse and Pony Protection Association’s range at Fence.


I f no-one claims the Said Coun. Mrs Maw: “We


have two donkeys of our own and the additional cost of feeding six more would be too much.”


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FESTIVAL SUCCESS


M U S I C I A N S f r om Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School had a rewarding weekend at Burnley Music Festival. Groups from the school


CLOCKS ON


BRITISH Summer Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, when clocks should be put forward one hour. It ends on October 23rd.


Nearly time to start


talking


A MEETING is to be held n ex t month .to ,fo rm „a. management committee for Clitheroe Round Table’s “ T alk in g N ew spaper” scheme. It will take place at the


Starkie Arms, Clitheroe, on April 4th starting at 7-30 p.m. It is hoped that editors


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Services Convenor Mr Brian Haig said that the meeting would hopefully be followed by a “dry run” recording. Soon after, the first news cassettes would be compiled and sent out to the blind and disabled. Mr Haig appealed for


and others who have volun­ teered to help in running the scheme will attend. The Table’s Community


year to fight for the reten­ tion and improvement of rail services in East Lancashire.. It regards the reopening


of Clitheroe station for Dalesrail specials as a springboard for a new campaign. Publicity officer Mr Paul


Blackburn through Wilp- shire, Langho, Whalley, Clitheroe, Chatburn and Gisburn to Heliifield.


Salveson, secretary of the Manchester District Council of the National Union of Railwaymen said: “We feel th e re is sufficient local demand to justify a regular passenger service from


passengers, there has been large-scale housing develop­ ment in the Ribble Valley and we are confident that a railway is needed to help develop the area.” Mr David Harrison,


“Since the line closed to


passenger manager for Preston Division of British Rail, and Mr Colin Speak- man, of Dalesrail, will join


Miss Lofthouse and Mr Salveson as speakers at the public meeting.


tives met Ribble Valley Council officers this week to finalise arrangements for the once monthly service from Clitheroe and to deliver tickets. These will be on sale at


• Dalesrail representa­ Things


the Ribble Valley Tourist Information Centre, Church Street, which also stocks information leaflets about the service.


Teachers’ sanctions start to bite


SANCTIONS began to bite in Ribble Valley Schools this week as teachers in a second union threw their weight behind colleagues already taking action in support of a pay award.


Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale Secondary School, where last night’s annual open evening had to be cancelled, and all lunchtime club acti- vites have ceased.


H a r d e s t h i t wa s


area,., however, have so far escaped the effects of the san ctio n s , although at Clitheroe’s Edisford School, lunchtime music sessions have been temporarily halted. The teachers’ actions first


tine’s RC School, Billington, where extra welfare work­ ers had to be drafted in to supervise meals and chil­ dren’s lunch break activities. Primary schools in the'


Also affected is St Augus­ they would create great


difficulties. The biggest problem


created by the sanctions at Ribblesdale has come at lunchtime. More than 600 pupils stay to lunch and supervision is currently being carried out by four welfare officers and, occa­ si o n al l y , one or two members of staff in unions not involved in the dispute. Headmaster Mr Denis


Mortimer said this had created “some difficulties.” “But the children in our school are well behaved and because of this we are managing,” he said. “Unfortunately lunchtime


took effect locally last week when the Ribble Valley branch of the NUT agreed to sanctions in support of a 1214 per cent pay award. The executive committee


of the Ribble Valley branch — which has 254 members in 48 schools — agreed to the action by eight votes to two. The situation worsened on


from anyone who knows a blind or disabled person who would like to receive a cassette. The request can be made anonymously if neces­ sary.


anyone who wanted to help with the scheme and who has not yet been contacted to attend the meeting. He is also keen to hear


and a ft e r school club activities have had to be stopped, but overall we are coping reasonably well.”


Patchy


Monday when the National Association of Schoolmas­ ters, which includes the Union of Women Teachers, began its industrial action. Both unions are applying


grammar schools has been affected, because teachers there are not members of the union involved in the dispute. Riversmead School also


Neither of Clitheroe’s c s s


Michelle will fly the flag


Street, Waddington, took part in the section final in


similar sanctions — refusing to collect dinner money, refusing to supervise chil­ dren at meal breaks or outside lesson time and not using private cars for school activities. The sanctions are compul­


sory for NAS members, but v o l u n t a r y f o r NUT s ta f f . Most te a c h e r s appear to be supporting the sanctions, although staff at the 270-pupil Langho CE School voted to defy them. Its 11 teachers — all in the NUT — a re working normally. Headmaster Mr Eric


Scott said: "We are not forced to carry out the sanc­ tions and we feel that in a rural school such as ours


appears to have escaped virtually unscathed. Head­ master Mr Graham Crossley said: “The children have had to hand dinner money into the office instead of giving it to teachers. But with only 300 pupils this hasn’t caused many problems. Several of our teachers are not in the unions involved anyway.” Press relations officer for


the Ribble Valley Associa tion of the NUT, Mr John Hindmoor, said the wide­ spread effect of the sane-


’ tions was “patchy.” “In schools where dinner


money is collected by secretaries and where there are not many out-of-school activities there won’t be much effect,” he said. “In thos e where money is collected by staff and there a r e e x t r a c u r r i c u l a r


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AFTER being nominated as Waddington Royal British Legion Club’s representa­ tive, Miss Michelle Brown has been chosen to fly the flag for East Lancashire. Michelle (19), of Regent


Blackb u r n on Fr i d a y evening. And after a private inter­


view on the principles of the Royal British Legion, and an interview on stage, she was chosen from six contestants to go forward to the NW area final on April 14th. “I was quite surprised to


OIL suppliers Townson Bros has acquired the Chatburn yard and buildings of George Wadding­ ton (Builders) Ltd, which has gone into voluntary liquidation with an estimated deficiency of £224,000.


Townson’s specialise in


supplying fuel oil and lubricating oil. The firm, whose directors are brothers Bryan and Stephen Town- son, was started on a farm at Slaidburn in 1964. It moved to Chatburn when the trad­ ing estate was opened eight years ago. A meeting of the creditors


of Waddington’s in Manches­ ter last week appointed a liquidator for the winding- up of the company.


And D. and F. G. Jones Ltd, an Ingleton concrete-


win on Friday, but I should think next month’s contest in Widnes will be extremely tough,” she said. Michelle, a secretary at


T ru tex ’s head office in Grindleton, attends the Waddington club with her parents, Mr and Mrs Fred Brown. Michelle is following in the


fo ot st e ps of a not he r Waddington beauty, the f o rm e r Miss J a n e t Whiteside, who two years ago also represented East Lancashire in the North West area final.


Holy week play


THE mystery and fear of a 17th-century witch hunt in Salem, Massachusetts, is the theme of the eighth annual production by Clitheroe Parish Church Players. They will be performing


block firm in which Mr Eric Dug d a l e, di r e c t o r of Waddington’s, has a 50 per cent holding, has called a meeting of creditors for April 4th. Mr Dugdale said that the


kids say SEVEN-y ear-old Darrell Wilson, of S t i r l i n g Close, Clitheroe, will be playing an exciting action game of “Bombs away” this week. For Darrell’s mother,


Mrs Shirley Wilson, sent us the following story which wins him a prize for “the things kids say.” She was reading a


SPLAT . . . It was bombs away at Clitheroe’s Waggon and Horses Hotel on Saturday at the “Punk Pillory” spectacular. Two regulars, John Bennett and Peter Hargreaves, dressed as punk rockers, were locked in wooden stocks and pelted with flour bombs. The stunt was organised to raise money for entertain­ ing French soccer team FC Rivesaltes who are visiting Clitheroe at Easter to play Waggon and Horses FC. Plenty of people, particularly youngsters, turned


up to throw the flour bombs at 5p a time and John and Peter withstood a non-stop bombardment for an hour and a half. They raised about £25. The youngsters in our picture are having bags of fun at the expense of John (left) and Peter.


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book about dinosaurs to Darrell when he asked her a question she couldn’t answer. “Never mind, mum, I’ll ask grandma,” he said. “She was here when the dinosaurs were living, so she’ll know.” • There were smiles,


An offer of premises


CLITHEROE Round Table has received two donations from Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Edward Newhouse towards its “talking news­ paper” scheme — and an offer of recording accommo­ dation.


Coun. Newhouse made a


£50 donation from his official charity fund and he ar.d the Mayoress gave a further £15 private gift.


Meanwhile the Ribble


Valley Council has told the Table that it can use the former Housing department offices in York Street to record the “talking news­ paper”. news cassettes, The council’s Senior Administra­ t ion Off icer Mr Brian Manning said: “The Table has had difficulty finding premises and we hope this offer gives them a boost and helps get this very worthy venture off the ground.”


too, on the face of wa g e s c l e r k Miss Bernadette Haworth, of Bilsberry Cottages, Hurst Green, when she heard she’d won the £12 voucher in our final “Eating Out” competi­ tion. Be rnade t t e , who


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wel l under way and more big grins are ringed in today’s paper. So if you’re the owner of one of those happy smiles we’ve circled, call into our office in


turn to be a winner this week, keep sending us those children’s sayings and keep on smiling. . . for you never know your luck.


Ingleton firm was not part of the Eric Dugdale Group, of which Waddington’s was a member.


liquidation and the c r ed ito r s ’ meeting would not affect the trading position of the other companies in the group. These include W: and B. Transport, Eric Dugdale (Merchants), E. and D. Commercials


He stressed that the FREE GROCERIES


- and E. and D. Plant Hire. Said Mr Dugdale:


Ar t hur Miller’s disting­ uished play, “The Crucible,” next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Parish Hal l , at 7-30 p.m. The producer is Margaret Smith.


A £500 boost for school’s funds


won the up-to-16 recorder ensemble class and followed up with a win in the instru­ mental ensemble section for the same age group. And a pupil at the school,


Sally Hall, of George Lane, Read, was placed second in the up-to-I5 piano solo class, Another local certificate


w in n e r was V in c e n t Ashworth, of St John’s Close, Read, who was placed third in the up-to-21 solo instrument class.


Oldest


resident THE oldest resident in Cl ith e ro e , Mrs Louise Spooner, died on Saturday, aged 102. Mrs Spooner had been in


Clitheroe Hospital for two years. She came from Great Harwood, where her daugh­ ter, Miss Elsie Spooner, still lives. The funeral was at Great


H a rw o o d C em e te r y yesterday. • .


“Obviously customers w h o t r a d e d wi th Waddington’s may hesi­ tate about doing further business with firms in the group. “But I hope I can


assure them that the future of the other firms is secure.”


Mr Dugdale also stressed


that the £224,000 deficiency was estimated and he was confident that it would be reduced substantially when negotiations over the future of c o n tr a c t s held by W a d d i n g t o n ’s we r e complete. The firm employed about


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100 a month ago. Forty workers were then made r edundant . Since then Waddington’s has been oper­ ated by the liquidator while the firm’s affairs are settled; and 20 workers have been retained to produce chair f r ame s f o r ex is tin g contracts. A spokesman for the


liquidator (Mr John Harling Eaves, of Manchester) said the assets of Waddington’s were expected to realise £186,347. Liabilities to preferential creditors were at present £41,179. The amount available to


unsecured creditors was £145,168. With a deficiency of £224,000, a dividend of about 30p in the £ would be


THE newly-formed PTA at BowlandCounty Secon­ dary School started off in cracking style on Satur­ day with a spring fair, which raised £500 for a school project. ' The fair was opened by the Ribble Valley Mayor,


Coun. Edward Newhouse. His wife, Catherine, should have attended, but missed,the fun because of a sudden attack of ’flu. Among the 300 people there were District Educa-


v? tion Officer Mr Fred Calvert and many of the school


governors. Attractions included karate and .gymnastic


displays by pupils, and a dog obedience test by the security section of the CEGB. One of the most popular sideshows was the rifle range and our picture shows (from the left): Michael .


, Spark, Martin Kenyon and David Metcalfe all aiming for a bullseye.


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buildings were valued in the statement of account at £100,000. But the spokes­ man for the liquidator said that charges on the premises would reduce to £9,380 the v a l u e of u n s e c u r e d creditors.


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