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and Times Clay sets her sights on Ireland


WHALLEY girl Gay Birtwistle could soon be exchanging the fields of a riding school in Harrogate for the lush green­ ery of Ireland. For Gay (17), of


Maple Close, has been short-listed for the junior European three- day event champion­ ship. To qualify for the


repeat of her father John’s achievement Several years ago he was selected for the team in the same event, and so she is keeping her fingers crossed that she will be equally suc­ cessful.


at Merton and Windsor. Gay’s selection is a


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Win for­ got fer Jane


YOUNG Clitheroe golfer Jane Panter beat Cathy Panton, a former British woman’s gold champion, to win a Carlsberg women’s professional golf tourna­ ment at Coventry on Friday. At the ISth hole Miss


short-list, she competed successfully in several events, including the Pony Club champion­ ships and competitions


she is competing in ev en ts against the d a u g h te r s of men a g a in s t whom he r father has competed.


She often finds that


Gay, who is on a sec- r e ta r ia l course at


Accrington and Rossen-


dale College, goes to H a r r o g a t e _ m o s t weekends to ride her 15.1hh. bay gelding, The Barrister, at her father’s 70 acre riding school.


10-year-old horse for three years, and trains him in dressage, cross­ country and showjump­ ing for the event.


She has owned the


her mother Mrs Jean B i r tw i s t le , has a brother, Timothy (19), who a lso a t te n d s


Gay, who lives with


Accrington and Rossen- dale College, a sister, Dawn (12), who is a pupil at Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School, and two s t e p - s i s t e r s , Bryony (12) and Drew (3), who live in Harro­ gate.


months Gay will be busy keeping her riding up to scratch. The final selection for the team will be at Wiley in August, and if she is successful she will go to the championships in Punchestown, Ireland, later that month.


During the next few plan


Panter was one stroke ahead. Both players mis­ sed the green with their second shots, but from 15 yards Miss Panter pitched to within a yard of the flag and Miss Panton was only IS inches away. With spectators holding


Centre prepares for check on blood pressure


ta n t p ro fe s s io n a l at Clitheroe Golf Club. She lives with her parents in Brungerley Avenue. Carlsberg are sponsor­


their breath, Miss Panter rolled her putt into the hole and collected the £200 winner’s cheque. Miss Panter (21) is assis-


ing 12 women’s profes­ sional tournaments. In one at Baberton, Scotland, three weeks ago, Miss Panter came second.


FIVE THOUSAND people in Clitheroe and district in the 35 to 65 age group are to be invited to have their blood pressure checked as part of a national screening programme


Clitheroe Health Centre are collaborating with the Medical Research Coun­ cil in an important study of mildly-raised blood pressure.


Two of the practices at


12,000 patients on their lists, but only about 5,000


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fall into the specified age group.


receive letters inviting them to take part in the screening programme, which will start at the end of June.


These patients will


blood pressure is found to be higher than normal will be asked to take part in a five-year trial of. treatments for their con­


Men and women whose


dition. A spokesman for the


Clitheroe doctors said although it was already established that very high blood pressure was harmful, the effect of m ild ly - ra ised blood pressure on health was not known. The screening prog­


ramme and treatment trials will help doctors to


find out: • How p r e v a le n t


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m ild ly - ra ised blood pressure is among the 35 — 65 age group.


• Whether or not this


is actually harmful. • Whether treatment


“Patients will, of course, be under no obligation to take part if they do not wish to do so.” The doctor pointed out


is beneficial. Said th e d o c to r :


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where a team of nurses will check patients’ blood pressure will be located on the front car park at the Health Centre. It will be manned from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday and on Saturday morn-


expected to take nearly three months. Patients who cannot attend at their appointed times will be able to call at the cara­ van in the evenings or on Saturdays.


T h.’he s c re e n in g is


Council to buy Mayoral car


THE Ribble Valley Council is to spend around £4,000 on an official car for the use of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor. It will also be available for


other civic purposes. The policy until now has


been to hire a car for Mayoral and other civic


uses, but a breakdown of annual costs over a five- year period, prepared by Borough Treasurer Mr Gordon Onslow, shows that it could be as economi­ cal for the council to buy a car.


annual running costs, including the honorarium for the Mayor’s attendant and depreciation of the vehicle, would be about £2,090, compared to the lowest hiring quote of £ 2 ,1 0 0 , p l u s


It is envisaged th a t


honorarium. Other hiring quotations


t h e


were of £3,600 and £4,800. The Ribble Valley


Mayor fulfils about 200 engagements a year, 150 of which require a car. It is estimated that a civic car would cover about 5,000 miles a year and that it would be replaced every three years.


been approved in principle by the Finance and Gen­ eral Purposes Committee, but Coun. Tom Robinson (Clitheroe) warned that if the council was not careful, the acquisition might quickly lead to the need for an extra member of staff — a chauffeur.


Purchase of a car has


the Mayor’s attendant being able to carry out both duties.


He said he could not see


The finance chairman, Coun. Fred Singleton; his


deputy, Coun. Edwin Gretton; the Mayor, Coun. James Fell; and the Chief Executive, Mr Michael Jackson, were instructed to select a suitable car and make their recommenda­ tion to the next meeting of the committee on July


16th.


A PLAN to build three shops in the centre of Clitheroe will be consi­ dered soon by Ribble Val­ ley Council’s Development Sub-Committee. Messrs A. E. and R. A. Veevers intend to demolish a number of near-derelict properties, including the former Bentham’s show­ room, at the comer of Mar­ ket Place and Wellgate.


owns the nearby bakery firm of Crabtrees, has owned the comer site for 12 months.


Veevers, which already


firm of Peter Nuttall has drawn up the plan for three two-storey build­ ings, one of which will pass over an existing entrance to the rear of Hartley’s and Crabtrees.


cussed by the committee next month, possibly on July 5th.


The scheme will be dis


Valley Council’s Senior Planning Officer, said: “If the plan goes through, it will certainly tidy up the town centre.” Two weeks ago, the


Mr Bob Watson, Ribble The Whalley architects’ Medieval look


for revived country fair


S T A L L H O L D E R S , organisers and visitors are asked to wear medieval- style dress at the Ribble Valley’s annual sports and country fair.


tional council, which has given the go-anead for the fair on Sunday, August 12th, is hoping to create an old-English atmosphere.


The sports and recrea­


A HOOP-LA stall run by Scouts was one of the fea­ tures of a summer fair organised by Whalley Lions at the village CE School on Saturday. Members of the Lions


Whalley Guides offered handkerchiefs for sale.


and their wires manned cake, handicraft and trea­ sure hunt stalls and also organised a raffle. Children from Laneside


School were in charge of a “nearly new’1 stall and


which will go towards funds for a second breast- screentng unit for the Rib­ ble Valley.


Blackburn. About £300 was raised,


add, customers in modern style are still very wel­ come to attend the event on the Castle field.


Although, they hasten to


Shepherd said voluntary and charitable organisa­ tions will be running stalls. There will be a Punch and Judy show, pony rides, a fa i rg ro u n d , v a r io u s sideshows and competi­ tions. The committee origi­


Chairman. Mr Bob


committee turned down a plan for a two-storey supermarket between Wellgate and King Lane, Clitheroe, on the grounds that it would cause traffic congestion.


nally planned to hold the fair this Sunday, but lack of support almost forced them to abandon the idea. Since then applications


Back to the polls for


Euro-voting


RIBBLE Valley electors will be asked to put an X on a ballot slip today for the fifth time in three months — this time to elect an MP for the European Parliament


for stalls have been coming in and now with two months’ preparation, the committee is hopeful of providing one of the town’s most successful summer events.


will represent East Lancs, which takes in the Par­ liamentary Divisions of Clitheroe, Blackburn, Burnley, Nelson and Colne, Hey wood and Royton, Accrington, Dar- wen and Rossendale.


The successful candidate


torate will have the choice ofoneof fourcontestantsto represent them in Brus­


sels. Bangers 'n beans on the menu The 467,000-strong elec­


(48), who hopes that the elections will bring off a family double. His wife, Elaine, is MP


tive banner will be Mr Edward Kellett-Bowman


Carrying the Conserva­


for Lancaster and will be contesting the Euro-seat in Cumbria. He has served on five local authorities in the London area and unsuccessfully contested Pontefract in the 1959 General Election. Youngest contender is


Entertainment included a fortune teller and a dis­ play of Morris dancing by the Witv ton Royalettes,


- • ■ of Coat of paint


TENDERS are being sought for the redecora­ tion of the Clitheroe Mayor's Parlour. It is five years since it was deco­ rated and it was recently damaged by flooding from the central heating system in the council chamber.


THURSDAY, JUNE 7th, 1979 No. 4,851 Price 10p


A FINAL bid to sink the Ribble Val ley Council’s £lm offices plan foundered in a sea of opposition at an extraordinary meeting of the council on Tues­ day night.


bers agreed to push ahead with the controversial plan after hearing that it would cost £371,000 in penalties to withdraw from the scheme and a further £220,000 to up-date the existing offices. During the meeting an


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the trip cost only £100 in rail fares plus the cost of “four cups of tea.” The meeting was chaired


ponsibly. ® Morgan Grenfell was


by deputy Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Miss Agnes Melling (Longridge), in the absence of the Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, who is on holiday. It was called following a


requisition signed by 12 councillors, mostly newly- elected Independents. The motion, formally


allegation by Clitheroe Independent Coun. Mrs Beryl Cassidy — that a council deputation flew down to London in a hasty attempt to tie up the financing of the deal with


recent elections, the elec­ torate was clearly opposed to the scheme and objected to the way it was handled by the former council. Coun. Nuttall said the


O As a result of the


submitted by Coun. Peter Nuttall (Clitheroe) on their behalf, called for the scheme to be abandoned on four grounds: ® It was contrary to the


willing to permit the coun­ cil to withdraw from the scheme without penalty or costs.


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council could not have failed to be aware of the massive body of opinion in the Ribble Valley against the plan.


PLEDGE


Government’s policy on public spending. • The rate support


the previous council hur­ ried down to London to sign an agreement with the merchant bankers only six days before the election on May 3rd, when the electo­ rate voiced its opinion on the folly.” Since the agreement was


“However, despite this,


signed, a Conservative Government had been returned with a pledge to cut public spending in a bid to stem inflation. “Can any Tory councillor


here deny that the building of unnecessary council offices represents pre­ cisely the type of wasteful spending this Government is committed to avoid?" he asked.


VITAL


of the power of the Gov­ ernment to force a local authority to “toe the line" in a number of ways, including withholding rate support grant. Coun. Nuttall said he


He reminded councillors


considered it vital, before any vote was taken, that members should hear from the officers the results of their inquiries about penal­ ties likely to be imposed by the builders and sub­ contractors. Seconding the motion,


fellow Clitheroe Indepen­ dent Coun. John Cowgill suggested that with infla­ tion the total capital cost of the scheme would be


‘borrow’ — and I purposely use th a t e x p re s s io n loosely, for we all know that It is illegal for the council to actually borrow


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BANGERS, beans and beefburgers helped hungry dancers keep on their toes at Sabden Football Club’s barbecue and disco on Saturday. More than 300 attended the dance, which was


held in a hired marquee. Money raised from the evening will go towards new dressingrooms for the Sabden club.


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