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and- Jack to receive long service awards from Kib­ ble Valley Mayor Coun. Jimmy Fell were: four other singers. Tom, a sprightly octogenarian, has been singing for 71 years. He joined the choir •


8 JACK (LEFT) AND TOMi - ^ a t i n g


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who farms at Parrock Head and Laytham, Slaid- burn, found the unex- pected arrival among his Meanwhile, the sheep 350 lambing sheep.


Mr Stephen Hartley, -


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S e v e ra l have com­ plained that the col­ our is not in keeping


The sight of County Council workmen painting Clitheroe lamp-posts blue has made some local resi­ dents see red.


The mother, a fourth


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But a county council spokesman said yes­ terd ay: " Peopl e needn’t get the blues. The ,colour is only an undercoat. The final


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risks residents face from large wagons, which they watch uneasily passing daily through the village.


and the police, to look into ways of protecting the safety of worried resi­ dents."


already come up with two ideas of their own:


The councillors have


limit for all vehicles travel­ ling through the village.


slip roads on the fell. . © A 15 m.p.h. speed


New shops for town centre


“We’re hoping to finish the shops by the end of the


firm of Peter Nuttall has drawn up the plan of three two-storey _ buildings, one of which will pass over an existing entrance to the rear of Hartley’s and Crab­ trees.


erties is in the hands of Clitheroe auctioneers, H o th e r s a l l , Forrest-, McKenna and Son, "who have received “a ’ few inquiries.”


owns C ra b t re e s , has owned the comer site for 12 months. ■ ■ < The letting of the prop­


Veevers, which already


of near-derelict properties, including the fo rm e r Bentham’s showroom, at the comer of Market Place and Wellgate, can now be demolished. Said Mr Albert Veevers:


Albert and Ambrose Vee­ vers, has been' approved by Ribble Valley Council’s De v e 1 opm e”n t ' Su b - committee. . • It meant that a number


THREE shops are to be b uilt in the centre of Clitheroe — hopefully by the end of the year. The plan, by Messrs


• The provision of two


between the Department of the Environment, Lan­ cashire County Council


hard to believe that no one was killed. At the Parish Council meeting on Mon­ day, chairman Coun. Eric Edmondson said gravely: “We_ could have been standing,in silence here this evening.” Members called for a meeting as soon as possible


Local people still find it


20-ton lorry hurtled out of control through the main street and crashed into the old smithy, shocked the whole of Waddington. I t brought home the


village. The accident, in which a


t h e


A CALL for an urgent investiga­ tion by experts into the safety aspect of heavy lorries was made this week by Waddington Parish Council, following a horrific crash which demolished one of the focal p o i n t s of


SLAIDBURN farmer got “the shock of his inquiry BID TCX RESCUE STOCKS


concerned about losing the stocks for the village when clearance began. A bulldozer could easily scoop them up along with the ancient stones ' re I f they were carried away, they could not be


rubble left after the lorry crashed into the smithy. Coun. John Watson told members that he ivas


clearance to look out for the stocks.


imperative experts are cal­ led, in to find ways of reducing to an absolute minimum the chances of a similar accident.


B u t they feel it is


“We are only, laymen. I t is up to the professionals to conduct a thorough inquiry and ensure something like this never happens again.”


Said Coun. Edmondson: . Amazed


cil would be neglecting its duties if it did not press as strongly as possible for immediate action.


Herd looked out in disbe­ lief at the scene opposite his shop.


the village. The time was 12-34 p.m. Village grocer Mr John


find the driver was. still conscious. “He was in a terrible state, but I remember his


smithy was almost com­ pletely demolished. Lying on its side among the rub­ ble; its load of sand jet­ tisoned, was the runaway lorry owned by Wadding­ ton Fell Quarries. Mr Herd ran across the street. He was amazed to


The old Waddington THE crumpled cab of the runaway lorry among (fie remains of the old smithy.


ing in the sunshine on Fri­ day lunchtime, the firs t warning,, of. danger came with the piercing sound of a motor-horn. Then a loud and terrible bang rocked


He said the parish coun­ As the village was bask­


placed, he added. It ivas agreed to ask ivhoever undertook the


first words, ‘Is anyone else hurt?’ ”


including Mr Keith Under- wood an d Mr Tony Walmsley, who helped drag the injured driver from the crumpled wrec­ kage of his fibreglass cab.


Others quickly arrived,


th e sc ene w ith in 10 minutes. Two police cars and a motorcycle escorted i t to Blackburn Royal Infirmary, where the driver, Mr Glen' Peters


X An ambulance was on


WADDINGTON Parish Council is to try and rescue the ancient village stocks buried under the


(32), of Cattle S tre e t , Great Harwood, was yes­ terday still “very poorly.”


P e t e r s “ d e s e rv e d a medal.”


Lucky


that Mr Jack Breaks, who works at the smithy, might be buried under the sand and rubble. An ambulance from Altham stood by as


— until it was discovered that Mr Breaks had not been inside at the time, l


Eolice and fire-crews egan digging frantically


"Normally I would have been- working in there, but


Mr Breaks said later: • continued on page 10


lorry’s brakes had failed, but to avoid the risk of running anyone down, he tried to piill off'the main road into the side street.” At first there were fears


It looked as though the


admiration of villagers. Mr Dennis Harrison, the vil­ lage butcher, said Mr


The driver earned the


•a set of 10 colourful postcard-size pictures of football stars for just 30p.


fill in the coupon on page 8 and bring it along to our office in King Street, Clitheroe.


Flower festival


A CRAFT exhibition and demonstration in Slaid- burn Village Hall will be run in conjunction with a f low er fes tival at St


that the festival, whic.. begins with a service .on Friday evening, will be as successful as a previous one three-years ago.


Andrew’s Parish Church next week. Organisers are hopin


Concussion


bum Royal Infirmary and discharged on Monday.


CLITHEROE Methodist lay preacher Mr Fred Braithwaite suffered con- cussion- when he was struck on the head by a falling tre e branch at Whalley on Sunday. He was taken to Black-


. To obtain your set,


THIS week football fans have their third opportunity to collect


remarkable record was ■ lauded at a ceremony at the Parish Hall. Lining up with Tom


have been members of the Clitheroe Parish- Church ch o ir fo r n ea r ly 140 years.' On S u n d a y t h e i r


tainly ought to. For betwcen them they


the Guinness Book of Records, they cer­


: School, and can clearly recall his first solo in the church when he'was 11.


ter we used to make trips to perform all over the North,” he said.


also sang for local clubs and societies and at festi­


these excursions and even sa n g a f lo a t when we entertained tourists on a boat on the River Clyde.” Tom, a bass baritone,


newspaper cuttings span­ ning the years. - “When I was a youngs­


close tabs on the parish songsters with a stack of p h o to g rap h s and old


“We looked forward to , -Since then he has kept


at the age of nine, when he_ w as a p u p i l a t C l i th e ro e ’s N atio n al


He was a member of Clitheroe Wesley Male Choir before it folded.


vals throughout the area.


really savours was when he sang on Wilfred Pick­ les’s “Have a go” radio programme in 1954.


One memory,that he


“ Old Clitheroe” , was written in the last cen­ tury by a Kibble Valley exile living in America and it created a lot of lo c a l in t e r e s t when broadcast.


The number, called


also heading for another long service record . . . he and his wife May have


Chatburri Road, Tom at. number 35 and Jack at 36. Clitheroe-born Tom is


The brothers live in


been married for 57 years. He served with the Royal Navy during the first world war and is a former insurance agent.


as _a storeman with ICI, Clitheroe, and served | with the RAF in World War II. He, and his wife, Esther Rufh, have three children.


choir was even more of a fam i ly a f f a i r , when Tom’s son John and gran d so n Bruce were members. But now only the two brothers sing loudly and lustily in the Wignall name.'


Some time ago the


© For a report and pic-1 t ture of the'presentation,


urn to page. '8. This must never happen again ’


Residents lose year’s battle


RESIDENTS of Clitheroe’s Moorland Estate have lost a year-long battle to prevent a buildin, firm putting up houses in a nearby field and wor wall start on site “within a matter of weeks.”


broken on Thursday even­ ing at a tense meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s D e v e lo p m e n t Sub- Committee, which gave B ro se ley Estates ,, of Leigh, permission to build 39 houses next to the estate.


The deadlock was finally


Alan Isherwood head of the firm’s planning depart-


(Clitheroe) felt that the residents would be better accepting 39 h o u se s , rather than risk the firm winning its appeal and building 54.


taken up by Coun. Geof­ frey Ainsworth (Clayton- le-Dale), who said the council should press for a second access road from the estate on to Pimlico


Coun. Edwin Gretton (Grindleton and West Bradford). The residents’ cause was


He was'supported by


confusion, with Coun. Mrs Barbara Speak, who is sec­ retary ofv the Residents’ Association, heeding Chief Executive Officer, Mr Michael Jackson’s advice and declaring her personal interest in the issue. Coun. Bob Ainsworth


to 2 signalled defeat, for the residents. The meeting started in


residents who attended the meeting and councillors then took place during a 10-minute adjournment, before a second vote of 14


debate,' members were divided 8-8 on the issue, and chairman Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg refused to use her casting vote on such a controversial topic. Discussions between


mittee to grant permission for the latest application. But a f te r a lengthy


firm would be successful in its appeal was the main reason why , the council’s officers advised the com­


appeal against planning refusal for a previous application for 54 houses would be withdrawn, as soon as he was officially told that permission for 39 had been, granted. ' The likelihood that the


m e n t , “ a b s o l u t e l y delighted.” He promised that an


The decision left Mr


Road to ease the traffic problem.


have arisen but for the ineptitude of the council’s planning, department.-If we had been properly informed when outline per­ mission was applied for, we could have raised our objections then,” she said.


dents had reluc tantly agreed to the application for 39 houses, after being told that the firm had a good chance of winning its appeal for 54. “But none of this would


Coun. Mrs Speak said sne and most of the other resi­


— as did a number of other membera — after Chief Architect and Planning Officer, Mr Charles Wil­ son, said the county high­ ways department would definitely not consider another access road. A f te r the meeting,


But he changed his mind Jack (75) used to work |


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within the next 10 years. P e rm is s io n for the


old-established Preston t grocery company of E. H. ; Booth, - waB given on ' Thursday night by the Rib­ ble Valley Council’s Devel­ opment Sub-Committee.


scheme, proposed by the


scheme was voiced by C o p n . . John: Cowgill (Clitheroe), though he admitted that it- would relieve the area of - heavy - traffic and clear up a large portion of land.


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PLANS for a £500,000 supermarket on the railway sidings in Sta­


able information” that the supermarket would need to take £50,000 a week to be viable. ■


every-man, woman and child in the Ribble Valley for-every week of . the year,” he said. “Some small shops in the town must fall by the wayside as a result.”


: town, .where. a similar :■ store had had a big effect.


? Twelve months after the store opened, small shops


- the whole pattern of shop- r ping in. the town, could change, with people' com­ ing- mainly, to the 'super­ markets. ,


;; Coun. Cowgill predicted that over the next 10 years


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To support his argument he quoted figures from a


“That is £1 per head for He claimed he had "reli­


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were echoed by Coun. Bob Ainsworth ■ (Clitheroe), who was convinced that more supermarkets would “ completely, d e s tro y ” Clitheroe."


Coun Cowgill’s fears


.jn the town and surround-., ing villages reported a 30 per cent drop in food sales.


supermarket.in the town appealed to Coun. Edwin Gretton (Grindleton) and Coun. Mrs - Sheila Maw (Whalley).


But the idea of another


however, that local people would stop doing their shopping outside Clitheroe


shop in a supermarket.- “One benefit might be,


. s to r e s in G a r s ta n g , although she hated super­


markets. “Booth’s is diffe­ rent and the quality of food and service are both very good,”-she said....-


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Architect and Planning Officer, Mr Charles Wil­ son, supported the applica­ tion. He believed th a t there, was “a very good chance” that the store would bring in-new shop­ pers from Habden, Read, Simonstone, Blackburn, Longridge and Wilpshire.


The council’s Chief


. • Coun. Gretton thought it was unfair to'- keep .out, s u p e rm a rk e ts ^as, he - claimed, at' least 80 per - cent of the public.wanted to buy , cheaper food. '.km,:, i ' Coun. Mrs Maw. admit- :-


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