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A COMMUNITY hospital for Clitheroe, which will enable some patients to be treated nearer home by their own doctors, has been brought a step nearer.


fixed an April deadline for the first round of talks aimed at setting up the project. The sugges­ tion for the community h o sp ita l came from


Health chiefs have


B la ck b u rn D is tr ic t Health Management Team. Un d e r the pl an,


Clitheroe Hospital would continue to be used as a geriatric unit.


made available for local general practictioners who felt patients would benefit from a stay in h o sp it a l. Ho spi tal patients who were non­


But beds would be


urgent cases could also be transferred to Clitheroe from the main hospitals in the area.


According to Mr Lionel


B amf o r d , general administrator for the Blackburn district, this would help to free beds at the major hospitals and make it easier for rela­ tives in the Clitheroe area to visit friends and rela­ tions.


envisaged a decrease in the geriatric use of the hospital as the commun­ ity hospital developed.


He added that the plan Fourteen general prac­


titioners in the area will use the community hospi­ tal facilities if the scheme goes through.


A spokesman for the


doctors said patients discharged from special­ ist care at the main hospi­


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tals could resume treat- ment by thei r own doctors for a time before going home. The scheme would also


enable doctors to obtain short - t erm care for patients in situations where previously they might have been told that no beds were available. He felt that the


patients recuperating and would enable doctors to keep more closely in touch with patients under hospital care. Members of Lancashire


communi t y hospi tal would provide a more “homely” atmosphere for


Area Health Authority hope to make a recom­ mendation at their meet­ ing on April 4th. But it can only be put into oper­ ation by the Department of Health and Social Security after talks with interested bodies.


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No sleep on the cement works line


THE night-time throbbing of a locomotive engine has angered residents of Clitheroe’s Pimlico Road. They say it is keeping


The engine comes to


many of them awake all night and causing fumes to invade their houses. Now m o re th a n 20


ratepayers have signed a protest petition, to local councils and Ribblesdale Cement, on whose behalf the engine is run by British Rail. The troublesome loco


YOUNG Shirley Temple was never like this! Seen here are the crew of the “Good Ship Lollipop" at St A nn’s Court, Low Moor.


They performed one of


the “turns” in a social evening and local talent concert watched by about 60 residents and Low Moor villagers. The senior member of the “crew” is Mr Keith


W ilso n , o f S tir ling Close, Clitheroe, and


with him are his sons Michael (16) and Darrell (7).


They gave an hilarious


rendering of the Shirley Temple classic “Good Ship Lollipop” complete with n i f ty footwork, ribbons in their hair and giant lollies.


The concert was organ­


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was the MC. The concert began with


a d em o n s tra tio n of floiver arranging by Mrs Elaine Dewhurst and Mrs Lilian Pratt. Later their arrangements were raffled. Twiston magician Mr


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Derrick Smith enter­ tained with some myster­ ious tricks and his wife Stella sang. Mrs Wilson and her sister, Mrs Doreen Underwood, recited poems, and the evening concluded ivith com m u n ity singing. P ia n is t was Mrs Jo Walton. About £7.40 was raised towards f u n ds for outings. After the concert St


Ann’s Court warden Mrs Marjorie Hollywood said it had been “one of the best events ive've ever


. had. “The whole thing went


off with a bang; everyone had a great laugh and we’re hoping to organise more concerts in the future," she added.


Pupils will


transfer TWO Ribble Valley primary schools — Read United Reformed School and Thorn' ley School — are to shut at the end of the summer term. The decision was reported to this week’s meeting of Ribble Valley District E d u c a t i o n L ia i s o n Committee. Both had been recom


operates on the company’s private siding parallel to Pimlico Road, which links with the main Blackburn- Hellifield line.


A wait and see


holiday


EARLY Easter has brought a weather-watch by prospec­ tive day-trippers from the Ribble Valley. .Travel firms have plenty


of seats left for day excur­ sions over the Easter holi­


days. And they put the slow bookings down to the cold, damp weather of the past few weeks and the fact that Easter is early this year. Said a spokesman for a


large Ribble Valley coach operator: “It seems that people are waiting to see what the weather is like before deciding whether or not to go on a coach trip. “Bookings have been slow so far, but if we get a couple of sunny days, the day-trip trade could pick up.” Those looking for longer Easter breaks are heading


said that there had been heavy bookings for Conti­ nental resorts. Better pros­ pects for sunshine had brought European resorts far more bookings than Brit­ ish resorts. But one area of the British Isles has proved an Easter holiday attraction. Improved facilities for


mostly for the Continent. A Clitheroe travel agent


mended for closure by the Ministry of Education under a development plan for the area. Pupils at both schools will


be accommodated at schools nearby, but letters have been sent to parents asking


them if they want children to go to the alternative schools. Said District Education


Officer Mr Fred Calvert: “We want to find out whether they might prefer their children to go to other schools.” The Read school, which


has 28 pupils on its roll, has been under threat of closure since 1961 under a Ministry development decision. But alternative accommo­


dation has not been available until this year. St John’s Church of England School in th e v i l la g e has been extended and it is expected that the pupils will transfer there. H e a d m i s t r e s s Mrs


drivers taking their cars to Ireland have proved popu­ lar. And a large proportion of Easter tourists from the Ribble Valley will be setting out for the Emerald Isle.


Clitheroe three nights a week to pick up wagons loaded with cement and take them to the firm’s new depot at Middlesbrough.


The engine — a 2,000hp


English Electric — is run by British Rail under a contract agreement with Ribblesdale Cement. But the man who organ­


arrangement.“The locomo­ tive usually arrives at about 1 a.m. and stands right opposite our houses with its motor going,” said Mr Smith. “It is impossible to sleep


t h t h e


while the engine is there and difficult to drop off again when it has gone.”


Fumes Housewife Mrs Eleanor


Barnett, of No. 130, said the residents’ main question is why the trains needed to operate at all in the early hours of the morning. “Why on earth they can’t schedule them to run at a different time, I’ve no idea — surely it must be possible,” she said. “As it is, the engine


ised the petition, Mr Doug Smith, of 116f says the resi­ dents are “absolutely fed u p ” w i


been sent to Ribble Valley and Clitheroe Town Coun­ cils, Ribblesdale Cement and British Rail. At Ribblesdale Cement


The protest petition has


Works, manager Mr Paul Livesey said the firm sympathised with the resi­ dents’ complaints, but there was nothing they could do. “What time the locomo­


tive comes to take the wagons to Middlesbrough is up to British Rail,” he said. But a British Rail spokes­


man at Blackburn said Ribblesdale Cement had asked that the consignment of cement reach their Middlesbrough depot by early morning.


“This means we must


leave Clitheroe about 1-40 a.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays when we operate the service,” the spokesman said. He added, however, that


following a complaint from a Pimlico Road resident, action had been taken to minimise the noise. He said the engine had to


KEEP SMILING!


A BEVY of smi l e s greeted the camera when chi ldren of Trini ty Me t h o d i s t Chur ch d o n n e d c o l o u r f u l pantomime costumes to entertain at a missionary market in Clitheroe on Saturday.


just the ticket for fun month and we have ringed two of the broad­ est grins.


Their happy faces are • The r e ’s another The owners of these


smi l e s — and those ringed on our inside pages — each qualify for £1 if they call at the Advertiser and Times office.


chance for youngsters to win a paintbox and an Easter egg, plus a box of chocolates for mum, in our painting competition on page four. It’s simple to do, free to enter and


drones on and on and on, and nobody can sleep. I don’t


normally complain about t h i n g s , b u t th i s is ridiculous.” Lecturer Mr Trevor Gate,


of 124, is concerned that the constant loss of sleep being suffered by residents will affect their health.


work in the morning and having sleep constantly interrupted is a bad thing,” he said. Mr Gate also expressed


“People have to be up for


concern at the fumes created by the train. “Certainly fumes have come into my house and caused a horrible smell,” he said. A n o th e r re s id e n t is


worried about the appear­ ance of the cement wagons left on the sidings during the day. “Some of the older ta n k e r s are definitely unsightly and covered with caked cement dust,” he said.


be left running in the siding for a certain length of time to allow the crew to carry out safety checks on the brakes and other equipment. “But we have told the


cil’s Chief Environmental Health Officer, Mr Peter Gladwin, said he, too, sympathised with the resi­ dents, but there was nothing the authority could do. “After a complaint from a


drivers to keep as far away from the houses as possible when they are doing this,” he said. “We have also told them not to use the horn and to turn off the engine whenever possible. “We do sympathise very much with the residents, but we are doing our best.” The Ribble Valley Coun­


lady in Pimlico Road we wrote to British Rail and asked them to do what they could to cut down the noise, “Unfortunately the train


is p a r t of Ribblesdale Cement’s expanding opera­ tions. “It is a problem for the residents, but there’s nothing more the authority can do.”


Shops open for Sunday visitors


A NEW era of Sunday trading begins in the Ribble Valley on Easter Day. Shops selling certain


goods will be allowed to open officially on a Sunday for the first time under an order made recently by the Ribble Valley Council. The shops affected are


wanted Sunday trading. President of the Clitheroe


those selling bathing or fish­ ing articles, photographic items, toys, souvenirs, fancy goods, books, stationery, photographs, reproductions, postcards, and any article of food. The order allows shops to


open this Sunday, - Whit Sunday and the following 16 consecutive Sundays up to 8 p.m. It is up to individual shop­


keepers whether they take advantage of the order but it is expected that there will be a good response in the villages. A council survey showed


and district Chamber of Trade, Mr Peter Field, said it was difficult to estimate how many shops would take advantage of the new order. “It is the gift shops out in the villages which will prob­ ably benefit most from, the order,” he said.


weather, of course, I would think there would be no more than about half a dozen shops in Clitheroe taking advantage of it.” The Ribble Valley Coun­


“ De p e n d i n g on the


cil’s Chief Environmental Health Officer Mr Peter Gladwin said: “The order was introduced to help shops take advantage of the tour­ ist trade and let’s hope it’s a success.”


that seven out of every 10 shopkeepers who responded


PLAYGROUP RAISES £85 Witches .


display at museum


WITCHCRAFT comes to Clitheroe Museum when it reopens for a new season tomorrow.


For along with all


the old exhibits there will be a special “Pendle Witches” display in the new Jubilee room. On show will be draw­


Marjorie Smith will begin the autumn term as a member of the staff at St John’s. The Thornley school has at present 45 pupils on the roll. Children are expected to


transfer to the extended Brabins Endowed School at Chipping. Headmistress Mrs Irene Ramsden has been appointed headmis­ tress of a school at Walton- le-Dale.


2 p.m. tomorrow and closes at 4-45 p.m. It wi l l be, open similar hours over the Easter .Weekend: and then on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. O n S u n d a y


ings on wooden panels tracing the history of the witches and some s c rol l s cont aining ancient curses. The museum opens at


THE 24 children who attend St Mary’s pre-school playgroup, Clitheroe, are to be bought water trays and other equipment, from the profits of a coffee and cake morning. Mothers helped the group’s super­ visor, Mrs C. J. Nanson, and her assistant Mrs Rosemary Dixon, to organise the affair, and run stalls. A sum of £85 was raised.


Mrs Nanson, who is chairman of the Ribble Valley


Pre-school Playgroup Association, hopes eventually to raise money for a slide, and more educational and


constructive toys. The playgroup, formed four months ago, has a


waiting list. It meets for two hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


Clitheroc’s Morris Men will be putting on a show outside the museum at 3-30_ p.m. The museum will be open every day in July and August and the season ends in October.


lots of fun, so look out your paints and crayons now.


• This week’s winner


of “the things children s ay” is Mrs Dorothy Allen, of Ellisland, Pend­ leton, who tells us a story about her granddaughter, Harriet Newberry. While out for a walk


together, Harriet, aged four, asked: “Do you think we could sit down for a bit, Gran? My legs are out of breath!” A bumper compendium


of games is on its way to Mrs Allen for Harriet, who is now five and a half and lives in Southfield Drive, West Bradford.


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b a la n c e SEPTEMBER holidays in Ribble Valley schools may be given the chop next year. The district education


l iaison committee has recommended that no provision should be made for the September break in the 1979 holiday list. The decision >now rests


with District Education Officer Mr Fred Calvert, who will prepare the list in a couple of weeks’ time. Mr Calvert said that he


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had received a recommen­ dat ion on educational grounds that the holiday be dispensed with. The recom­ mendation said it inter­ rupted the autumn term shortly after schools had resumed after the summer holiday. He therefore asked the


committee to discuss the matter. Said Mr Calvert: “I realise that a decision one way or the other will not please everybody. “I there­ fore wanted to obtain as wide a view as possible of what ending the September holiday might mean.” Tr a d i t i o n a l l y the


Clitheroe September holi­ days begin on the third weekend of the month. School s usually report back in the first week of the month.


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row, the group is holding an open-air service next to Whalley bus station. The Bishop of Burnley, the Rt. Rev. Richard Watson, will preach. Slaidburn Silver Band will accom­ pany the hymn singing.


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