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THE imposition of a strict five-hour day by members of the co u n try ’s second- la r g e s t te a c h in g union hit schools in the Clitheroe area this week. At St Augustine’s, Bil-


lington, the lunch-time break has been extended by thirty minutes to cope with action by the National Association of S ch o o lm a s te r s and


Woman Teachers in sup­ port of their pay claim. At Ribblesdale Co.


Sec., Clitheroe, pupils living locally are being dismissed a half-hour ear­ lier in the afternoons. District Education


Officer Mr Fred Calvert stressed that disruption of pupils’ education was being kept to an absolute minimum. He said the lunch


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avoid complicating the transport arrangements for tne large number of pupils who travelled in from a very wide area.


break at St Augustine’s had been extended to


at Ribblesdale where far fewer children relied on transport. Here, local pupils were being dismis­ sed about half-hour ear­ lier than normal and there had been no altera­ tion to the lunch hour. Schools are also being hit by the National Union


This was not the case


of Teachers which has instructed its members to withdraw lunchtime supervision of pupils and advised teachers not to take part in .out-of-hours school activities. The union has also


advised its members not to use their private cars for school purposes.


have had to provide teachers with taxis when they have refused to use their own cars for school


Said Mr Calvert: “We


it was likely that a lot of out-of-school activities would be cancelled because of the teachers’ action.


duties.” Mr Calvert added that


responsibility for coping witn the situation in the schools lay with the head teachers. It was early days yet, but it seemed disruption of pupils’ edu­ cation was being kept to an absolute minimum.


He added that the


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THE Ribble Valley Council’s ruling Co n s e r v a t i v e Group is holding a series of “where do we go from here?” meetings after the shocks of the coun­ cil elections. Jubilation at the return


to Westminster of Conser­ vative MP David Wadding- ton, as a member of a 43- majority government, turned sour for local Tories within 24 hours as they watched their overafl majority on the Ribble Valley Council cut in half. They saw Group leader


Bill Fleming, deputy leader Leo Wells and three com m it te e chairmen ousted in an Independent breakthrough. At Clitheroe all six Inde­ pendents were returned,


24 seats on the new coun­ cil, Independents 12 and Labour tw'o — an overall majority of 10 compared with 22 on the old Council.


with two seats going to Labour and two to the Conservatives. At Billing- ton, three retiring Conser­ vatives, including Bill Fleming lost out to the three Independents. The Conservatives have


Leadership


the council will be held next Tuesday and the Tories will need to repair their broken fences by then. Two names have emerged as likely leaders — the present Mayor, Harry Riding, and a former Mayor, Fred Green. Last night the Tory


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Waddington was returned with a slightly reduced majority on the March 1st by-election figures, but with a greater gap over his Labour and Liberal oppo­


Complications At about 2-30 a.m. Mr


will be holding further meetings in the next few days to discuss policy for their new term as council rulers facing an increased Independent challenge. It was a bitterly cold


a turn-out of 80.92 per cent for the General Election, leading to one of the high­ est local election votes —


nents than the late Mr David Walder achieved in the October 1974 election. All three polled more votes than in March. Because of complications


hanger as the Tory seats started to fall and instead of being dealt with very speedily, it was midnight before all the results were through. The main hold-up w'as a recount at Bil­ lington. While the division fol­


with ballot boxes arising from an overlap of Par­ liamentary and local gov­ ernment boundaries, the council election count was delayed until 7 p.m. on Fri­ day at three venues — St James’s, St Augustines School, Billington and Lon- gridge. It proved a real cliff-


. . . voted off at Billington


Tory leader Bill Fleming


lowed the national switch to the Conservatives, that tow’ards Labour in the local government elections did not materialise in the Ribble Valley and in the end the party was glad to hang on to two council seats. The traditional Tory


serving councillors — John Blackburn, chairman of the Recreation and Lei­ sure Committee and Leo Wells, vice-chairman of


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stronghold of Grammar School ward provided the biggest shock. OUT went two long-


rSecond time around


WHEN Coun. Jimmy Fell, of Whalley, is installed as Mayor of the Ribble Valley on Tuesday, it will be no new experience for him to become a chief citizen. For Coun. Fell, who has been in local government


for more than 16 years, was the last chairman for two years of the former Clitheroe RDC. Among the guests at the ceremony will be Coun.


Fell’s wife, Marjorie, the new Mayoress, their son Ian, a television producer in Plymouth, and daughter Susan, a teacher in London. Principal guest will be the Right Rev. Hubert


Local election results—P. 8


the Policy and Resources Committee and the man in line to be Mayor in 1980- 81.


Mrs Barbara Speak and Mrs Mary Bridge. Finance expert and former Mayor Tom Robinson salvaged some Tory pride by taking third place. Said the jubilant Mrs


IN came Independents


Victor Whitsey, Lord Bishop of Chester, accom­ panied by his wife Jean. The Bishop is a former Vicar of Downham and he


during his time at Downham he was chaplain to Clitheroe RDC. Another link is that up to the middle of the last


will be the main speaker at the Mayoral luncheon in the Swan and Royal Hotel after the ceremony. The Bishop is an old friend of Coun. Fell, for


century, Whalley, where Coun. Fell lives,was part of the diocese of Chester. A week on Sunday there will be a special ecunemi-


Speak afterwards: “There is no doubt that the council offices controversy played a major part in the elec­ tion. Despite the fact that there was a massive public protest against it, the council took no notice and went ahead.” •-


cal service at Whalley Methodist Church, with which Coun. Fell has been associated during his 49 years in Whalley.


Coun. Bob Ainsworth, arch-opponent of the offices scheme and rallying figure for the Indepen­ dents, topped the poll, with Clitheroe stationer John Cowgill taking the second seat. Both men received more


In Ribblesdale ward, • continued on page 12


ASSEMBLED on the river bank ready to do b a t t le against the twists and flows of the Ribble are this band of Clitheroe and district Scouts and Guides. Fourteen Scouts and


single slalom was Jim Hardman, of Chip­ ping. In the racing single slalom, Peter Eglin ion* second and Andrew Carpente r third. Pictured with the


on a 10-mile course from Edisford Bridge to Ribchester, and the Cl i theroe entrants notched some good placings. Second in the junior


Scouts and Guides (fourth from the left at the back) is Mr Tony Capewell, chairman of the canoe Club.


H a u l f r o m t a c k le s h o p


SMASH and grab raiders netted a mixed bag when they smashed the window of a Clitheroe fishing tackle shop.


ing reel, pocket knives, and darts from the window of Ken Varey’s shop in New Market Street.


The raid was in the early


hours of Sunday. Mr Varey has now lined his windows with strong wire mesh in the hope of pre­ venting further attacks.


He said window break­


ing and vandalism was becoming a serious prob­ lem in Clitheroe. “It has reached the stage where if you own a shop in Clitheroe you are worried about what is going to hap­ pen while you are away at the weekend.” Mr Varey’s shop is near


the town market where vandalism is a constant problem. A council spokes­ man said stalls had to be repaired regularly to keep on top of the damage caused by hooligans.


The thieves stole a fish­


four Guides from the Clitheroe group were among 200 who pad- died their canoes in the Rapid Ribble Race organised by the Pre­ ston Scouting Canoe Club. The test of skills was


Best man dies at


wedding


THE 55-year-old best man at a Clitheroe wed­ ding collapsed and died while making his speech at the reception.


Boys find anti-tank shell


ARMY bomb disposal officers wrere called in when a group of school­ boys found a six pound anti-tank shell in Chat- burn brook. The shell was found by


10-year-old Gordon Clark of Dartwood Crescent, Chatburn, and h is friends. The excited youngster


ran to tell his mother, Mrs Elsie Clark,who was alarmed to find the sh ell being p a s sed around quite nonchalantly


by a growing crowd of boys. M r s C l a r k i m ­


m ed ia te ly contacted Clitheroe police. PC Nor­ man Cox took the shell back to the police station where it was later examined by Army bomb disposal officers from Catterick. Said PC Cox: “Fortu­


nately the shell turned out to be a ‘dud’; the officers took it back to Catterick.”


K n o ck ou t co n te s t


GALLOPING gourmets and charioteers were all in contest at Calderstones Sports Field on Monday. For at an “It’s a Knock­


out” contest staged by the hospital, these were just two of the games residents competed in, with about 600 people urging them on to win. Ribble team turned out the overall winners. Prizes were presented at


when Mr Robert Tolson, a VAT officer, had a heart attack as he concluded his


Guests were stunned


toast. Mr Tolson lived at the


Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe, where the wed­ ding breakfast was being


held. He was the brother of


Ruth Tolson died on exactly the same date a year ago. Mr Tolson, who worked


the hotel’s licensee Mr Brian Tolson. Mr Tolson’s mother Mrs


at the VAT office at Accrington, was best man at the wedding of Mr David King, of Curzon Street, Ciitheroe, and Catherine Westwood of Mitchell Street, Clitheroe. Mr Tolson and Mr King


became good friends after Mr Tolson moved in, with his brother, at the Starkie Arms. Mr Tolson’s father, Percy, also lives at the hotel. Cremation is at Accring­


ton today.


Valley to host national


festival CLITHEROE will host th e f in a l s of th e National Association of Drama's annual com­ petition next year. The announcement


was made by chairman of the Ribble Valley Drama Festival commit­ tee chairman, Coun. Jimmy Fell at the close of the festival on Satur­ day night. Coun. Fell said the


a disco afterwards, and each competitor received a medallion.


It’s the Sabden spruce-up kids


right to stage the final in the autumn had been secured against compet­ ition from several sea­ side resorts. He added that he


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The search is on for a sports queen


THE lucky girl who wins the Ribble Valley “Sports Queen" beauty contest a week tomorrow will later have a one-in-four chance of winning £500.


Ribble Valley Sports and Recreation Council's dis­ co-dance at the Swan and Royal, Clitheroe, will compete in June against three other girls for the title of Red Rose Festival Queen.


carries a £500 first prize. The contest at the Swan and Royal will be worth


This contest, at King George’s Hall, Blackburn,


£60 to the winner. As ivell as being the major annual beauty queen contest in the Ribble Valley the disco evening is certain to attract many young people from the Clitheroe area who will be cheering for their favourites.


will be headed by Coun. and Mrs J. Fell, incoming Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley. Helping them will be former England and Lancashire rugby union player Mr Richard Greenwood, Bob Shepherd of the Ribble Valley Sports and Recreation Council and Mrs Jane Shaw, manageress of the Swan and Royal.


The panel of judges for the Sports Queen contest The closing date for entries is Tuesday. For the girl who ivins the Sports Queen title at the 1


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Clitheroe was c o n ­ firmed by the quarterly meeting of the national association at Clithcroe Town Hall.


Duchess to open fair


A DUCHESS is coming to Whalley on Saturday . . . to open a spring fair. Margaret, Duchess of


"clear up and cheer up”, youngsters from Sabaen County Primary School


AN army of Sabden children spent elec­ tion day not on the trail of litter louts. Under the banner of


were doing their- bit for Environmental Improve­ ment Week, sponsored by the Association for the International Year of the Child and the Keep Bri­


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Shorrock was delighted by the effort. "If we can educate children at an early age to appreciate their environment, it can be a great benefit for the future,” he said.


( The young cleaners,


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