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12 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Afa?/ 10th,, 1S7P Sabden
‘Special’ dies in crash
A YOUNG special const
year-old bachelor, lived with his parents Mr and Mrs William Campbell, in Thorn Street, Sabden. The tragedy occurred
able frm Sabden died when his sports car crashed into a wall as he was driving home in the early hours of Friday from election-night duty. Mr Neil Campbell, a 23-
THE Nab gr oup of • • ' ' he
about, “The lighter side of journalism” when they met at the Methodist Church
Mrs J. K. Laprell, features editor of Lanc a shi r e Magazine, who told mem bers of amusing incidents in her career and_ per sonalities she had inter
Hall, Whalley. The talk was given by
shortly before 5 a.m. on Friday in Whalley Road, Sabden, outside Green- bank Farm. No other vehi cle was involved. Mr Campbell, who was a
lithographic printer with the Accrington textile manufacturers Highams Ltd., had been a special constable at Great Har wood for almost a year. His sister Mrs Carolyn
Close fight at Billington I - MaiUMB^rtWKT
also Clitheroe town mayor. “More than 10,000 people signed a petition against the offices scheme, but they were denied a voice in the council. Now they have given th e i r a n sw e r through the ballot box. The Tories are reaping the harvest they have sown.”
ward the net gains and los ses position was compli cated by the switch from Conservative to Indepen
In Clitheroe’s Edisford
but as an Independent, Coun. Bert Jones was re elected for Labour, and Tory Brian Eastwood took the third seat, previously held by Labour’s Geoff Jackson.
dent of Coun. Mrs Beryl Cassidy in protest over the offices project. She retained her seat,
Protest
vatives “lost” Mrs Cas sidy’s seat, her return was at the expense of Labour.
So although the Conser
Labour’s poor showing, Coun. Jones, the local party chairman said: “I
up for this loss in St James’s where former Clitheroe Borough Council official Brian Braithwaite polled the greatest number of votes. Elected with him, as an Independent, was Peter Nuttall, a solicitor and Clerk to the Clitheroe magistrates. Conserva tives previously held both seats, but did not seek re- election. C o m m e n t i n g on
However, Labour made
five come from Longridge. There, four seats went to retiring members, among them the Mayor, Harry Riding. The fifth, previ ously held by Independent Mrs Joyce Reese, who did not seek re-election, was gained by the Ribble Val ley’s first Mayor, Fred Singleton, who was voted off at the previous elec tion.
think the result reflects a protest vote. But, instead of going to us, it has gone to the Independents. I am disappointed because I think we could have done better. Of the 24 Conservatives,
Re-count
towns the drama was- reserved for Billington, where council leaders Bill Fleming, Housing Com mittee chairman Terence Yates and Parish Council Liaison Committee chair man Mrs Jean Vickers all sought re-election. With three seats at
Outside the two main
to the rate levy and the fact there is an unequal distribution of recrea tional facilities in the Rib ble Valley. “There is a lot of resent
“I think it is due in part
dent P e te r Hey, co proprietor of the Hark to Bounty Inn, Slaidburn, and a keen promoter of tourism. But Coun. Newhouse
Three talk success
ters, Angela Kay, Mark Leonard and Fiona Murray talked their way to success at Blackburn Festival.
Watson School of Dramatic Art, Clitheroe.
They are pupils of the
View, gained a first prize and a certificate of merit for verse speaking a sec ond prize and a certificate for story telling and a cer tificate of merit for sight reading.
Angela (10), of Kemple
Park Drive, won a trophy and certificate for first place in the 13 and 14 years verse speaking class.
Park Drive, was placed third and awarded certifi cates in both verse speak ing and a speech from Shakespeare class.
Fiona (13), of Chatburn
Butterworth (11), of Lan- gho, and Claire Leonard (9), of Chatburn Park Drive, gained certificates of merit in verse speaking classes.
Two other pupils, Helen
Road, passed Grade 3 in Speech and Drama at the Guildhall School of Music examinations.
Emily Hill, of Pimlico Mark (14), of Chatburn Three Clitheroe youngs
THE cucumber way to beauty is demonstrated to Clitheroe Townwo- men’s Guild by Mrs Val Huddleston. Mrs Huddleston, a far
Bargains galore
mer’s wife from Chip ping, trained in London as a beautician. She feels that treat
ment has its lighter side and that it can be prac tised as effectively, and more cheaply, using materials found in most households. After listening to Mrs
the a p p l i c a t i o n of cucumber rings to the eyelids is Mrs Ann Mus- son, the Guild’s press sec retary. The treatment, she said was “marvell ously effective." Mrs Joan Hi t chen
Huddleston and seeing some of her treatments, G^lild members f el t rejuvenated. Seated as she awaits
HARGAIS hunters were out in force for the wide variety of articles put under the auctioneer's hammer a t t h e U n i t e d Reformed Church, Clitheroe. The sale, organised
by the Pendle Scouts parents' committee, raised £204 for group funds. Auctioneer was Mr
went three more Indepen dent — Mrs Olga Leach, who is chairman of Billing ton Sports and Social Com mittee, Frederick Ellis who has a family hardware and plumbing business in Blackburn and butcher Jack Carr, retiring chair man of the parish council. Afterwards Mr Flem
result of the second count was announced around midnight, it still showed the Tory leader in fourth spot. So, on to the council
tion for the most decora tive plate were: Miss Hilda Hanson, Mrs Mar jorie Sadler, and Mrs Alma Cheetham. The Guild’s open meet
t h a n k e d Mr s Huddleston. Winners of a competi
floral art demonstration, and members are asked to bring home-made bis cuits as refreshments.
WALLPAPERS ; :
WALLPAPERS and MATCHING FABRIC COLLECTIONS
FOR THE FINEST SELECTION
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KF. A. SOUTH & CO. TRADE DEPARTMENT TRADE CASH & CARRY
ING LANE, CLITHEROE. Tel. 24066. CLOSED WEDNESDAY
1 CALDER STREET, BURNLEY. Tel. 25511 F. A. SOUTH & CO
VINYLS and FLOCKS,
ing on June 7th will be in the Parish Church hall. Mr Gordon, of Todmor- den, will be giving a
up to the sale Scout leader David Sharp and group chairman John Hemingway took the group van to people’s houses to pick up donated goods.
Talk on moths
“AN hour with a natural ist” was Mr Reuben Jack son’s subj'ect when he addressed Clitheroe and District Probus Club. Mr Jackson, who is from
Reedley, illustrated his talk with slides showing the life-cycle of moths and b u t te r f l ie s . He was thanked by Mr Joe Platts. Mr H. Creaser, who
Chris Silverwood, of Slaidburn. Television sets, a suite, a fridge and an Indian carpet were among the items snapped up. In the days leading
ing, a strong supporter of the offices project, denied that this had been a major influencing factor in the election. “If that was the case, then Mr Carr, who topped the poll at Billing ton, would have been in the same position, as he is completely in favour of the offices,” said Mr Fleming.
stake, and lying in fourth place against a trio of Inde pendents, Mr Fleming cal led for a recount. However, when the
Mrs Joyce Lilburn (Con.). She wrested the seat for Bo!ton-by-Bowland from local su b -p o s tm a s te r Albert Astley (Ind. Con.) Another newcomer is
Clara Horsfall stood as an Independent, the incoming Mayor, Jimmy Fell (Ind.), topped the poll and will represent the village with Conservative Mrs Sheila Maw. Among new faces will be
was not bitter about the result. “In a way I am glad, I only hope Mr Hey will do as good a job as I tried to do” said Coun. Newhouse, who served on the old Bowland RDC before being elected to the Ribble Valley Council on its formation. At Whalley, where Mrs
Conservatives was the defeat at Bolton-by- Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn of Edward Newhouse, Ribble Valley Mayor during Jubilee year. His seat fell to Indepen
ment about so many of th e se facilities being centred in Clitheroe and the Town Council has not taken its share in running them,” he said. Another shock for the
ALL set for a day in the Dales. Walkers and countryside lovers from the Clitheroe a r e a w a it for the Dalesrail excursion at Clitheroe Station on Saturday. The special service
their own walk or join one of the organised rambles with experi enced leaders.
to s ta tio n s in th e Yorkshire Dales is being run by British Rail throughout the summer on various weekends. Travellers can plan
Air show
WORLD War I aircraft took to the air again at Clitheroe on Sunday when Blackburn Model Aerop lane Club staged a national flying competition. It attracted 27 entries
demonstrations, including one by a rocket-firing Mustang.
from as far afield as Bris tol and hundreds of spec ta to rs watched special
Bywater, also of Thorn Street, Sabden, described her brother as a popular and likeable young man who had many friends and who lived life to the full. She said he had booked a
holiday in Corfu only a day or so before his death. Mrs By water said on the
night of the accident her brother had been out at the Court School of Dancing at Blackburn before return ing home to change into his uniform to go on duty at the polls. Mr Campbell was a
Triumph Spitfire sports car enthusiast and the hol- der of a black belt at karate. A former pupil of St
tisedkarate at the Brass Band Club, Great Har wood, where he last year won a trophy for the most outstanding pupil of 1978. In a second election
Augustine’s secondary school, Billington, he prac-
Fawcett — Sidebottom
Ernest Sidebottom, Vicar of Grindleton, performed the ceremony, and she was given away by her brother, M r N o e l D a v i d Sidebottom. The bride, an assistant
Sidebottom was married at St. Ambrose’s Church, Grindleton, on Saturday, it was very much a family affair. Her father, the Rev.
Whe n Mi ss Ha z e l
Miss Karen Marshall, who wore a beige chiffon dress with matching hat and spray. Other bridesmaids were
at the Anchor Inn, Gar- grave, is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Sidebottom, of the Vicarage, Grind leton. The bridegroom, Mr
Miss Rachel Fawcett, the bridegroom’s niece, and Miss Clare and Miss Zoe Knights, who wore beige printed cotton dresses with small flower head dr e s s e s and carr ied pomanders. Bes t man wa s Mr
Andrew Cartwright, and organist was Miss E. Carr. Following the reception
Geoffrey Fawcett, a haul age contractor, is the sec ond son of Mrs J. E. Faw cett, of River Place, Gar- grave, and the late Mr Fawcett. The br ide wore an
at th e Pl ough I nn, Wigglesworth, the couple left for a honeymoon in the Lake District. They are to live in Hellfield. Photogr aph: Pye’s,
Clitheroe.
Edwardian style model gown with bishop sleeves and flounced hemline in magnolia French lace. She also wore an Edwar
of Wiswell WI secretary Mrs J. Carter, presented posies of spring flowers to the presidents and sec retaries of visiting insti tutes, Pendleton, Simon- stone and Whalley, and to the area convenor Miss Hanson, on behalf of- hos tess institute Wiswell. The 140 guests were
viewed. Julie Carter, daughter
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welcomed by Wiswell’s president Mrs J. Fenlon whose members prepared and served the buffet sup per, entertainment was provided by Whalley mem bers, assisted by Guides. Their theme was, “Songs from the Countries,” with dancing and mime. They were thanked by
Mrs Ireland, president of Pendleton; thanks to Wis well WI were expressed by the president of Simon- stone. The guest speaker was thanked by Mrs Anderson of Pendleton WI.
dian boater with face veil and carried a parasol trim med with flowers. Chief bridesmaid was
Tosside
night fatality, Mr Gordon Standing (42), of Pennine Grove, Padiham, died in Burnley Victoria Hospital after his car was in colli sion with a van at Sawley Brow. The driver of the van,
Mr John Myers (49) of Gis- b u r n S t r e e t , Ba r - noldswick, was not hurt.
raised for the Multiple Sclerosis Fund at an old time dance at Tosside Institute. Dancing was to the Dalesman Band, who were tha nke d by Mr W. Kenyon. Raffle winners were J. Saver, A. Lund, H. Metcalfe, F. Peel.
Dance cash More than £40 was
Village news Hurst Green
farmer Matthew Huddles ton, who retained Chip ping for the Conservatives against Hugh Gornall (Ind.) who, we have been asked to point out, is not a member of the parish council as stated in a recent edition. Of the 14 unopposed
men and women, three will be having their first taste of council duties — Rodney Bradley (Wilpshire), Peter Cryer (Read) and Michael Carr (Sabden).
Bridge Club
WINNERS at last week’s d u p l i c a t e game at Clitheroe Bridge Club, when 14 tables were in play were: NS Mrs Snow
den and Mrs Pickles; Mr Spencer and Mr Grayson. EW Mrs Brenton and Mrs Garde; Mrs Catlow and Mr Woollin.
John’s day school, a short service of hymns and prayers was held in St John’s Church, led by the Hurst Green enrolling member, Mrs G. Pen nington. The party next travelled
to All Hallows Church at Mi t ton, where Mr J. Entwistle talked about the history of the building. Mrs Pennington was thanked by tne visiting party for “an excellent day.”
College, members of St John’s MU, Hurst Green, were shown round by Fr Turner and Fr Shuf- flebotham. They also saw items from the college archives.
College visit On a visit to Stonyhurst
Mothers' Union, Hurst Green, were hosts to mem bers of St Margaret’s, Thornbury, Bradford. A f t e r m e e t i n g in Clitheroe, the combined party went to Whitewell Church where the Vicar, the Rev. A. R. Higginson spoke on the history of tile 600-year-old church. Later, after tea at St
Visitors Members of St John’s
The party was accom panied by vicar of St John’s, the Rev. A. R. Higginson, who thanked the two priests.
and buns were baked by pupi ls of St Joseph’s School, Hurst Green, for their coffee evening. More than £210 was
Bun bake Great batches of cakes
raised at the event, which will go to school funds. The tombola was filled
with nearly 100 prizes, and the bring and buy stall was popular. The lucky winner in the raffle was Diane Holden, who won a large kangaroo.
Sabden
Over-60s whist and domino drive on Monday were: Whist — Ladies: Mrs F. Hargreaves, Mrs N. Mar shall. Gents: Mrs G. Law- s o n , Mr J. Simm. Dominoes — Mrs N. Har greaves, Miss E. Brown, Mr W. Brown. Raffle: Mr F. Cottam. Winners on Thursday
Right cards Winne r s at Sabden
Miss M. Wood, Mr W. Brown. Raffle: Mrs Green.
tine’s School, Billington, led the procession, fol lowed by the parish priest, Fr L. Morris, the statue bearers and banner car riers.
Chipping
wide area will be shooting for major prizes at the annual clay bird meet at Chipping on Sunday. Tne shoot, organised by
School Compet i tors from a
Mr Danny Lovett, is to raise money for Chipping village hall funds. It begins at 1 p.m., at Mr Peter S to tt’s Clarke House Farm.
were: Whist — Ladies: Mrs Proctor, Miss Hayes. Gents: Mr Flannagan, Mrs Flannagan. Dominoes —
Fashion parade proves popular
Chipping Vicarage raised £56 towards the cost of the church barbecue to be held at Black Moss Farm, on May 25th. There was a bring and
Coffee A coffee evening held at
were shown by Mrs Irene Green, wife of the Vicar of Chipping, at a meeting of the Mothers’ Union on Tuesday.
Slides Slides of the Holy Land
tee meeting on May 11th, and on May 18th Miss Joyce Moore will give an illustrated talk about an American journey.
Welfare Committee’s house-to-house collection and flag day raised £337.88 for group funds.
Welfare cash Clitheroe Old People’s
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SIXTY changes of cos tume were made at a fashion show given by Mr and Mrs Peter Field, of “ Out of Doors,” Clitheroe, at St Helen’s Sunday School, Wad- dington.
ised by the Play Group Committee and raised £78 for the Sunday School improvement fund. The models, men and women customers of the
The show was organ
made and set up by Mr Robin Nel son, and
shop, were introduced by Mrs.B. Barlow. The cat-walk was
f lor a l de c o r a ti o n s enhanced the whole effect.
served by playgroup members.
gift voucher from “Out of Doors” and Mrs C. Taylor a gateau given by Mrs Barbara Harrison. Refreshments were
Miss E. Bishop won a
presided, introduced a new member, Mr J. Sadler. There will be a commit
the Rev. T. Green, with wardens and sidesmen, a t t ended the annual Archdeacon’s visitation for churches in the Preston deanery. The service was at Pre
Visitation The Vicar of Chipping,
ston Parish Church, on Tuesday.
gregationalists celebrated their anniversary at the weekend with a visit by friends from Lidderdale, Caton, on Friday evening. The gathering took the form of a rally and one of the Lidderdale members, Mr Donald Dixon, led the s ervi ce and gave an address. S u n d a y ’s vis iting
Rally C h i p p i n g Co n -
garet and Joyce Hodge sang at the afternoon ser vice, and David Cornall was the evening soloist.
ireacher was Mr Jim ope, of Preston. Mar
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joined the annual May pro- cessiqn at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Sabden. Starting from the school, it went along Watt Street and through the vil lage before returning to the church for a snort service. The band of St Augus
May walk Many pa r i shione r s
Defeat closes sad chapter
RECENT months have been a chapter of woe for
day’s 3-2 defeat at Daisy Hill was sad, and yet almost predictable. For after pulling back a two- goal half-time deficit, the
Clitheroe sack
manager
CLITHEROE FC have sacked manager Ray Hob son. He was told after the 3-2 defeat at Daisy Hill on Tuesday night, which con demned Clitheroe to apply ing for re-election to the Lancashire Combination. The sacking was a bitter
appointed, but we have had some terrible results towards the end of the season. “At the half-way mark
were fourth from the top of the league but they have won only one of their last 18 matches. Mr Hobson blamed the
that we were beginning to reverse the depressing trend of recent years. “But at the moment
decline on “a terrible crop of injuries which spoiled the team’s rhythm.” He added: “I thought
appointed in June last year following the resignation of ex-Burnley goalkeeper Ad am B 1 a c k 1 a w as Clitheroe manager. He had been a great
favourite with the Clitheroe supporters as a player with the club in the early 1960s. Mr Hobson lives in
Blackburn and works at BAC Samlesbury.
buy and cake stall and a raffle.
CRICKET TEAMS
h, Monday): N. Weaver, D. Jo n e s , M. H o r s fa l l , R. Crowther, C. Musson, R. Thornton, D. Bames, M. Scott, T. Bleazard, D. Whittaker, A. Rowson. Res: A. Tomlinson and N. MacNab.
a, Sat): J. Pye, R. Wiggies- worth, R. Sharp, G. Bennett, W. Briggs, M. Blackburn, G. Dixon, R. Thornton, K. Fel lows, C. Musson, T. Bleazard. 12th man: M. Scott. Scorer: fi. Hardcastle. Clitheroe Under-18 (v Read,
Sat): J. Boden, C. Ward, N. Duckworth, J. Hindmoor, S. Westhead, S. Bennett, P. Sim mons, G. Sutcliffe, M. Walker, K. Fawcett, B. Fielding, Scorer: A. Musson. Clitheroe 2nd (v Baxenden,
Clitheroe (v Baxenden, h,
Clitheroe have not the money nor resources to compete with the ‘big guns’ of tne league.” Mr Ho b s o n wa s
blow to Mr Hobson. He said: “I am very dis
Clitheroe. And the manner of Tues
Shawbridge men were sunk when Daisy Hill grab bed the spoils with virtu ally the last kick.
CR1 hopi akir
The result “leap-frogs” Daisy Hill above Clitheroe in the Lancashire Combi nation table, and means Clitheroe have to apply for
re-election. In muddy conditions with the rain lashing down, Clitheroe showed great
spirit. A Wayne Haddock solo effort and an equaliser by Keith Jones looked to have done the trick.
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we were going very well.” In December, Clitheroe
Clitheroe when they went in at half time 1-0 up. The goal came after only three minutes when Trevor Wor rell was brought down by the Nelson goalkeeper, and Glen Wright converted the spot kick. Clitheroe dominated the
they had won at Shaw- bridge four days earlier. It looked good for
levelled the score and then Cl i theroe fell for two sucker punches when they conceded a couple of goals from corner kicks to return home pointless.
Casual play costs cup record
Wuddington 2, Skipton Bull dogs 3
half time, and the writing was on the wall for Wad dington, missing Graham Walker, and with goal ke epe r Mike Church- Taylor making his first team debut in place of the injured Dennis Under wood. After the restart, Skip-
was never quite right, and after Simon Whiteside gave them an 11th minute lead, they fell in to an over casual approach. Skipton equalised before
LMS ground, at Skipton, Waddington have to pick themselves up in time for next Tuesday’s Birtwistle Cup Final at Ewood Park. Waddington’s attitude
the Craven Cup for the fourth successive time and so missed out on the chance to write them selves into the history books. After this defeat at the
Waddington failed to lift
rest of the half, but again lack of punch up front let them down. After the break Nelson
success gave them the dou- ble over Clitheroe, for
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minutes from time stirred Waddington into a final onslaught and they began to look more themselves. Roger Walker pulled one
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mer, Walker (R), Whiteside (S), Kirk. Sub: Spencer.
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