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£500,000 supermar­ ket on the railway sid­ ings in Station Road, Clitheroe, have now been lodged with the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Planning Depart­ ment where they can be inspected by the public. T o n ig h t Mr J o h n


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Booth, chairman of the old-established Preston grocery company of E. H. Booth, is meeting Mr Peter Field, president of Clitheroe and district Chamber of Trade, and his executive, to discuss the company’s plans and trading philosophy. The company’s applica­


building work is taking place.”


appreciated the problems facing existing tenants, but felt a valuable central piece of land should really be_ occupied by something* more suitable th an coal and heavy transport businesses. The supermarket would


mean the loss of the long- stay parking places in Station Road — but they will be replaced by a car park for 50 cars and 23 lorries at the station end of the site. There would be another


sidings, such as the coal merchants and the trans­ port contractors A. J. A. Smith, would have to be given notice by British Rail. B o o th ’s have b e en


offered a 125-year lease of the site. Said Mr Booth: “We


continuing to use another par t of the land while


reporter that in the event of planning permission being granted, it would be at least two years before the store was completed. Existing tenants on the


main entrance to th e supermarket at the Par­ son Lane end of the site, behind Robinson and Spensley’s. Mr Booth told our


car park for shoppers with 123 places. The plans show the


tion for full planning per­ mission for the site will go before the Planning Committee la te r th is month or in September. The scheme w ould


Smith’s Transport, who has leased the site for the past eight years, declined to comment about the proposals. He has a work­ shop and operates 15 heavy wagons and 21 trailers from the site. Mr B o o th s a id he


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AN architect’s impression showing the entrance to the proposed supermarket.


sell only food and drink. The plans are for a single­ storey building with 12ft. high stone walls, a slate roof and high-level win- dows providing a light and airy food hall. The architects, Cow-


would have no objection to the coal merchants .


building would not be at all obtrusive, resembling very much the company’s la te s t supermarket at Sharoe Green, Fulwood — except that there the walls are of rustic brick. Mr Booth contends


have 10 checkouts and be reached by steps down near Robinson and Spens­ ley’s. At this end' of the site there would also be a warehouse, service yard and staff car park. Mr Booth said the


the planting of more than 100 trees.around the site and pedestrian areas with many benches. The 250-ft." hall would


Parker: “This will be a development Clitheroe people will appreciate, a building to blend in with the environment.” The planners envisage


burn, Bers and Bray, of Lytham St Annes, have designed the building to blend in with the town — the walls being inspired by .the stone of Clitheroe Castle. Said architect Mr Neil


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THE Ribble Valley Council is cutting down further on public spending in response to the Government’s reduction in the rate support grant.


asking local authorities to achieve - a three per cent red u c tio n in c u r r e n t expenditure. Borough Treasurer Mr


The Government is also


Gordon Onslow warned members of the Policy and Resources Committee that the percentage cut-back would probably rise to seven per cent in 1980-81. Chairman Coun. Fred


t h a t e x i s t i n g fo o d businesses would not be hit if plans for the super­ market went ahead.


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. Coun. Green said the council did not want to reduce spending, but sav­ ings had to be made.


cut spending to the bone, now we!re going below the bone,” he .commented.


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Green said that each com­ mittee would have to look and see where savings could be made. The council is already


committed to , spending £328,000 during the cur­ rent financial year. Of this, £200,000 is set


aside for the new office a c c om m o d a t io n an d £100,000 towards the Upbrooks industrial devel­ opment.


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■park, which is to be land­ scaped; £10,000 for recrea­ tional facilities; £4,500 for depots, and £10,000 for the demolition of Albion Mill. Coun. B e r t Jo n e s ,


recommended that £39,500 be spent from reserves on items considered of some urgency by the manage­ ment team. T h is sum in c lu d e s £15,000 for Edisford car


The committee also


• The committee heard that the Government’s call for savings by freezing staff recruitment was of little relevance to the Rib­ ble Valley Council, which had the lowest number of employees in the North West, irrespective of size. But with savings in


worth, Clayton-le-Dale, said that the cost of pro­ ducing such a paper —


mind, the committee later firmly rejected the idea of starting a civic newspaper. Coun.. Geoffrey Ains­


. but* they'recommended that the authority produce a parish newsletter for dis­ tribution to parish council­ lors, clerks, notice boards and libraries. This will be produced at


' paper at the present time was out of the question,


need for a civic newspaper, Coun. Geoffrey Ainsworth said that if any member of the public was' interested in public affairs, he or she could attend committee and council meetings.


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Committee members agreed that a civic news-


£868 an issue be justified.


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could not cost MR AND MRS HOOK with Gwendolin and Peter.


Family’s silver wedding trip


BACK in the cold snowy days of Feb­ ruary, when Donald Hook and his -wife


Eunice, of Whalley Road, C lith e ro e , were planning their silver wedding, they decided to leave the celebrations to the summer'and .take the family on holiday.


Low Moor housing protest overruled


Clitheroe, in calling for an assurance that £9,000 com­ mitted towards repairs of the Castle Keep would definitely be spent, criti­ cised'any reduction in council spending. . “This council nas already


£6,000 to make town hall safe


,to be spent on the-town hall at Clitheroe to comply with fire and safety .regu­ lations.,


NEARLY. £6,000 is likely


cal ’ rerwiring at an estiT mated £3,500.


The main item is electri­ -


work needed 'to meet recommendations of the fire and safety officers is


.The full cost of all the £14,060. . ,


axed two major items from the list-of works. • These are improvements to the heating system (£6,000)' and. the -installa­ tion of 'an electrical fire; alarm-system; , with smoke detectors and safety light­ ing; which would have cost- £3,250. .


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ried out-includes the provi­ sion of handrails to various staircases, ^ f ire doors; warning,: signs' and - safety improvements^ to. the p u t lie gallery in' the council chamber. .!


Work which will be car­ - ! - :


IT was service with a smile from the small band of ' cooks, at a barbecue run by Slaidbur'n pillage'hall "; V' ‘' committee at the Hark. to Bounty Inp. \A■ They provided an almost'non-stop supply:of hot chicken, baked pototoes and sausages.^ ^ , : . ..


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riggs, Miss Peggie Starkie,' Mrs Vivienne Wei-■ Mrs Betty Peel land Mrs Dorothy Pearson. ' • .'■For full story and another picture', please turn to


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Co u n c il’s P olicy ,aria: Resources Committee, bearing in mind the need to cut down on expenditure,


But the.'Ribble Valley


A BUILDING firm has been given plan­ ning permission to put up 30 houses at Low Moor . . . despite, objections-from resi­ dents.


detached and 18 semi-? detached houses off Queen Street split the Ribble Val­ ley Council’s Development Sub-Committee, which finally “gave approval by eight votes to six;


dents objected, to-the plan on the grounds that it would cause, chaos by adding to the .traffic con­ gestion in the village, and . would also result .in ’ the ,


_ Outline planning permis­ sion for residential devel­ opment on the site was given last August and the land is scheduled for resi­ dential development on the Clitheroe town map. .Only last month resi­


The proposal to build 12


• The application, made by Blackburn contractors Leonard Frankland, was recommended for approval/! by council planning offi­ cials.


loss of facilities for recrea­ tion.


access and exit, and the addition of 30 houses would c o n s id e r a b ly increase the traffic using the road.


fic flow by.' building 30 more houses would be try-, ing to put a quart into a pint pot and “idiotic". Loss of life might result, he said. . .


‘To further increase traf­ '. • -


tioned the need for the houses. “We have built 82 houses in this area and are having difficulty in getting rid of them,” he said. Low Moor had only one


Coun. Bert Jones ques­


Architect and Planning Officer, Mr Charles Wil­ son, said that off-street parking was being discus­ sed with1 a number of resi­ dents.. Land was available if they were prepared to do the work themselves.


The council’s Chief


■ tion if the application was rejected.


sion having been granted within the existing situa­ tion, the developer would have a case for compensa-


Michael Jackson said that outline planning permis­


Chief Executive Mr


■ They were looking for­ ward to seeing the sights, such as the Niagara Falls and the Rockies, and to looking up some distant relatives if possible. Mr Hook, who has


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been a special constable for about six years and is


married at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor. They run a furniture and car­ pet shop in Whalley Road previously owned by Mrs Hook's parents, Mr and Mrs W. V. Christy, who have been in business in Clitheroe for almost 50 years. Mr and Mrs Christy,


s e c t io n o f f i c e r , is interested in police work and hopes to visit somemf the larger police stations. Mr and Mrs Hook were


, the Army to serve with* the Junior Leaders in the King’s Division at Fol­ kestone.


family’s re tu rn from Canada, Peter is joining


cised the scheme because it - would leave no recrea­ tional land.


Coun. Jones also criti-. ' •/ .


• Early last year the com­ mittee approved a sugges­ tion to reorganise traffic in Low Moor by constructing a hew length of road between Quqen Street, and Union Street and dis­ persing the flow of vehi­ cles over a wider area; This would now be built by the contra ctors at no cost to the council.


who live next door, will be looking after the shop in the family’s absence. Two weeks after the


• (16) and daughter Gwen­ dolin (14) flew from Man­ chester to Toronto on the first leg of-their anniver­ sary celebration.


turned out to be a three- week tour of Canada and yesterday Mr and Mrs Hook with their son Peter


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The bones have been sent to environmentalists at York University for identification. ■


• have uncovered two fireplaces, a drain and the probable site of the sink. It is the third year he has been at Sawley, and this time he has been helped by a group of stu­ dents from Lancaster University.


E x c a v a t io n s led by archaeologist Richard Williams, of Scunthorpe,


The abbey, founded in 1147, was last occupied by the Cistercian Monks in 1537, when the last abbot was believed to have been executed for treason and the building^ suppressed.


This year’s finds, including windowlead and glass, stone roofing slates, iron objects and a handful of coins, will be treated where necessary and preserved.


Ancient custom revived


THE to be conductei lows’ Church, Mitton, since the Reformation took place on Monday on the initiative of Stonyhurst College. .


continued through the female line and is now rep­ resented by Sir Joseph and Lady Weld, who travelled to the service from their home at Lulworth.


with the permission and participation of the Rev. Arthur Higginson, retiring priest-in-charge. The Shireburn family


buried in the chapel and their monuments stand there.. The service was held


and Mrs C. J. Weld- Blundell, of Leagrani Park, Chipping; Mr Simon T ow n eley , th e Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, and Mrs Towneley; and Judge Ingress Bell and Mrs Bell. Mass was said by the


Also present were Mr '


Sir Richard Shireburn, builder of Stonyhurst Hall, which is now the college, had a chapel built at All Hallows’ Church. His intention was that he and his descendants should be buried there and masses said for them in per­ petuity. The Shireburns are


The staff recalled that


first Requiem Mass ea at All Hal-


The discovery of the bones was of particular inter­ est to the archaeologists, as it confirmed their idea that they were digging on the site of the abbey kitchen.


A PILE of old fish bones could reveal what a com­ munity of Cistercian monks had for supper at Salley (Sawley) Abbey in the :16th century.


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PETER with the cat and kittens


Blackie . . , the wonder of


Woolworths!


-Woolworth sto re, he found a black cat with a taste for high living. To his amazement he


WHEN warehouseman P e te r Brass went to inspect the water tank on the roof of Clitheroe’s


the small brick building high above the town the cat had climbed a tree from Woolworth’s pri­ vate car park on to a lower roof — and then padded up 19 fire-escape steps to find a maternity room at the top. Said Peter (19), who


discovered a new wonder of Woolies: five tiny black kittens in a card­ board box. To reach the privacy of


mystery: what the cat had been eating during its “confinement*’ on the roof.


“We suspected the cat might be having kittens when it vanished for a while two weeks ago — since then it has been coming back for meals and disappearing again.” Mrs Tolson ana her


Mrs Tolson explained:


1 Woolworths had any idea who owned the cat until 1 s ta f f supervisor Miss


Nora Briggs made some inquiries at neighbouring


l iv e s in P e e l P a rk Avenue, Clitheroe: “I couldn’t believe my eyes. The c a t must have sneaked into the shed through a small hole left for drainage.” None of the staff at


the cat was a stray which ( had r e c e n t ly b e e n ) adopted by Mrs Jill Tol- son at the Starkie Arms Hotel. That helped solve one


premises. She discovered that


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has said it will take them if no prospective owners are forthcoming within the next few weeks.


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Rector of Stonyhurst, Fr William Broderick. F r F red e r ick Turner, of S to n y h u rs t , was th e preacher and Mr Higgin­ son read the lesson.


Time for checks is running out


PEOPLE in the Clitheroe area who have been invited to have their blood pressure checked have until a week , tomorrow to answer the request.


cial caravan on Clitheroe Health Centre car park, where the tests are being carried out, will be leaving town.


Clitheroe doctors urged those who, had received c a r d s , b u t n o t1 y e t attended, to try and do so. . He said that so far about 75 per cent of the 5,000


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the kittens until they are old enough to be found homes. An animal sanctuary


daughter are now looking after the cat. It appa­ rently raised no objection when it was brought down to earth at the Starkie Arms. Mrs Tolson will keep


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