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Education Bill does not mean that there will be no more com p reh en s iv e schools. What it does mean is that the Government will no longer be able to make local education authorities go comprehen­ sive against their will. Clitheroe Royal Gram­


mar School therefore is not saved, but it has won a reprieve. It is now up to those who would hate to


the practice of answering (or rather not answering) questions with just a jolly laugh or a sniff. A surpris­ ingly large number of the questioners seem to go'on tneir way satisfied. Mark Carlisle’s new


like people being horrid to him and if verbally assailed looks so pitiful that even political opponents find their protective instincts aroused. John Biffen, on the other hand, has adopted


rather different. The Sec­ retary of State for Educa­ tion is a tall and weighty man with an encouragingly agricultural complexion and he is quite capable of looking after himself. He does not, however,


regard that as a disastrous development.” Mark Carlisle’s style is


ter was in Tokyo the other day, Willie Whitelaw stood in for her at question time. At one stage he was accused (with some jus­ tice) of having a voice like a foghorn ana then asked (again from the Labour benches) whether “in view of Mrs Thatcher’s disastr­ ous policies” he would con­ sider becoming Prime Minister on a more perma­ nent basis. Willie replied: “I would


ever, are so obviously nice that it is almost impossible to be beastly to them. In this category come Willie Whitelaw, Mark Carlisle and John Biffen on the Government benches and • (who says my. reports are biased?) Roy Mason, Joel Barnett and Bob Sheldon across the way. When the Prime Minis­


Other Members,, how­


Reprieve for CRGS Westminster


i After a Bill has received


see the Grammar School go to make their views known to their county councillors.


f Tor Plymouth, Drake. Just before the commit­


„ need to assert her author­ ity and maintain order, she quickly pointed o u t / to Rhodes Boyson for the Government that flattery would get him nowhere and she had only promised


( to be kind to animals. Far more important


tem of Select Committees has been set up in an attempt to make the House


than all this is th'e fact that since the General Election (and in furtherance of a very important election pledge which was hardly mentioned during the cam­ paign) the Government has set about encouraging the House to reform its own procedures. As a result, a new sys­


. ably fulsome congratula­ tions were paid to her. Mindful, however, of the


tee first sat, Miss Fookes was elected to high office in the RSPCA and inevit-


' committee of about 20 members: That is what has been happening during the last week or two to the Education Bill and the chairman of the committee is Miss Janet Fookes, MP


floor of the House it is then considered in detail by a


ts second reading on the i \ - by David Waddington QC MP of Commons a more effec­


Whitehall and the bureauc­ racy have grown while the influence of Westminster has diminished, and this is an attempt to redress the balance.


not be completed, the seal could not be set on the


the setting up of these Select Committees — which will have oversight of almost every aspect of Government — was a real House of Commons occa­ sion. No three line whips, but the benches filled and hardly a hint of party strife. Even so, the work could


The debate, leading to


tive instrument for super­ vising the Executive. For too long the power of


details of the scheme, without a total of 10 divi­ sions on detailed amend­ ments. That meant two solid hours of trooping through the lobbies with tHe last division at 2-35 a.m.


part in every one. In a way it is ridiculous that a Prime Minister, with so many burdens to bear, should be hanging around the House of Commons at that hour of the night instead of tucked up in bed getting up steam for the next day.


The Prime Minister took


mons become a more effec­ tive check on her own Gov­ ernment? I think so.


received the following communication from 12 Downing Street, the office of the Chief Whip:'


Finally, I have ju s t VENISON


Thatcher should have been battling through the night


not rather marvellous and typically English that Mrs


On the other hand, is it


Parks. The cost of this is £4.” So this is what is meant


by getting on the gravy train?


Environment has asked me to get in touch with you and ask you whether, as a Lords Commissioner of the Treasury, you would like to be supplied with a quar­ ter of buck from the Royal


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only son of Mr and Mrs L. Coates,, of Lancaster Drive, Clitheroe, and the bride is the youngest- daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Singleton, of Langho Newsagency, Whalley Road, Langho.


David Coates was married to graphic designer Miss Julie. Singleton a t St L e o n a r d ’s C h u rc h , Langho. The bridegroom is the


by her father, wore a white gown of French watermarked satin with - puff sleeVes and a long full train. She had a Juliet cap


The bride, given away


Ladies get together for first reunion / • a


Science graduate Mr


COATES — SINGLETON /


Ann Bolton, the bride’s sis­ te r , ; and bridesmaid Miss Judith Heap, the bride’s niece, wore white dresses- with a green floral design and carried matching bou­ quets. Best man was Mr Gerald


with a short veil and car­ ried a bouquet of red roses, white carnations and cornflowers. Matron of honour Mrs


Longworth Road, Bil- Iington. P h o to g r a p h : P a u l Deaville, Blackburn.


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conducted by the Rev. P. Warren, a reception was held at the Hodaer Bridge Hotel. The couple are to live in


Craven, the bridegroom’s brother-in-law, and ushers were Mr Phil McEntee and Mr Glen Wright. Following'the ceremony,


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• put Clitheroe’s Community ' Hospital scheme months behind schedule.


changeover delayed CASH cutbacks have


geriatric to a community hospital, was due to take place last year. But eight


months la te r . Clitheroe Hospital is still operating as a geriatric unit only.


transferred from Clitheroe to a new geriatric unit in Ribchester last October as the first stage of the con­ version.


Staff and patients were


- munity Hospital operating on a ’■small scale a month later, enabling patients to be treated nearer home by their own doctors.


Grime, says essential work is still being done in one of the hospital’s blocks.


D is tr ic t Community P h y s ic ia n , Dr P e te r


for Blackburn Health Dis­ trict, Mr Jack Armitage, explained that the project had been affected by a cut­ back in this year’s cash allocation for the District Management Team.


General Administrator


Clitheroe Community Hos­ pital was, th e re fo re , limited and officials could only wait to see if more money would become available, he said.


Progress in schemes like


Whalley station plan thrown out


AN application to turn the Old Station House, Whalley, into a licensed club was thrown out by Ribble Valley Borough Council’s development sub-committee without debate.


accepted the recommenda­ tion of its officers that the club would be detrimetal to nearby residents, through noise, disturbance and car parking.


Committee members


tors to the club plan in Whalley.


f tile bar. It was the first such social evening since the group was ormed 30-years ago.


PASTand present members of Ribble Valley Ladies’ Auxiliary relived tales from the taproom and yams from the lounge when they met for a reunion at the Starkie Amis, Clilheroe. About 100 members and friends enjoyed life at the other side of


Hotel, Hurst Green, and North-west chairman Mrs Eileen Poulton both made speeches.


Our picture shows some of the ladies who attended the function.


prizes were presented to raffle winners. Nibble Valley chairman Mrs Flo Burgess of the Eagle and Child


There was a buffet supper and dancing to disco sounds, before


the village was fu lly covered for the needs of drinkers and the club would be totally out of k e e p i n g w i t h t h e immediate area.


The parish council said There were many objec­


received which protested that the property had always been a private house until it became empty last year. The let­ ters mentioned late night disturbance and parking problems.


Thirty-four letters were


pointed ,out that there were proposals to re-open the railway station at some future date. If this occured the property could be put to a much more approp­ riate use.


Coun. J. Fell (Whalley)


It was intended to have the 30-bed .Clitheroe Com- .


The changeover from a


Village sho fight for survival


He was speaking di a brief discussion on si


THE price of a lo. bread is 4p or 5p mo Waddington thai Clitheroe, claimed Ci John I. Walmsley (’ dington) at the Ribble ley Council’s Planning Transportation Comm meeting.


markets and village sh Coun. John Cov


(Clitheroe) had wai that supermarkets causing village shop close.


that to a certain ex! village shops had bro the situation on th selves 'by high prices, told members that in X dington a loaf was 4p < more than in the town a bag of sugar abou dearer.


Coun. Walmsley


the Clitheroe conserv: programme was disci and a member asked i council had a policj supermarkets. Mr Charles Wil


The debate arose v


Jubilei plan


RIBBLE Valley I scrapped its plan youth groups and


Chief Architect and I ning Officer, said ,t! was no set policy. Coun. Edwin Gre


(West Bradford) cfl mented that the r if costs of petrol woulcl doubt help village show survive.


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to be five and these l | been disposed of.” During World War!


Pendle Hill was used :E mortar and anti-tank fiif range.


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A TALK on “Our herit| — the Ribble Valley” given to Clitheroe and ! trict Probus Club by | Joe Robinson Slides showed part:l


the town which the chaff ter of the buildings ml worth preserving. Otl slides were of the t i l wells which once suppl Clitheroe with water, r K. Williamson thanked | speaker. On July 20th Mr Cai|


bell Hopwood, of WiswJ will describe the workf St Ann’s Hospice.


CLITHEROE magistral dismissed a summc alleging that motor-cycg Stuart Greatorex (18), r Alma Place, Clitheroe, not obey the stop sigr| the junction of Tnij Street and HenthcJ Road.


‘‘reasonable doubt” afl Greatorex had said that! stopped, but a motl cyclist in front of him jj not, Greatorex was i'|j resented by Mr J. Lumley.


They found there \ |


THE amount of concesij nary bus tokens issued I the Ribble Valley Com! has already reached 11 year’s figure.


p o r ta t io n Committj heard at its meeting tl £41,000 worth of tokl had been given out to 5,!| people.


The Planning and Tral


Council’s- meeting, Co(l Patrick Murphy (EdisfoS Low Moor and Triniff pointed out that the al round the garages had 1 been tidied and the grg had not been cut.


A COMPLAINT aboutl appearance of council gL ages in Hen thorn - Rog Clitheroe,' is to be madtji the Ribble Valley Counlj At Clitheroe Tolr


MOTOR CYCLIST Christopher Hartley \« admitted to Burnley \l toria Hospital for, tre l ment to leg injuries af| being involved m an afl dent at the junction Pendle Road and Lim Drive, Clitheroe,


Tuesday.


- Mr Hartley (31), of F son, hit a wall when bike went off the road


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