Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, November 15th, 1979 11


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Parents press for danger


road warden


THERE is to be an investigation into the traffic dangers facing children crossing Moor Lane, Clitneroe, at' its junction with Lowergate ana Woone Lane.


Connell house tenants show interest


in buying


SOME 150 inquiries have been received by Ribble Valley Council from people wishing to take advantage of the Government’s new discount scheme to help council house tenants buy their own homes.


asked for their house to be valued, said Deputy Trea­ surer Mr' Les Pickering this week.


Of these, 36 people have


the Government proposals before legislation making them obligatory is intro­ duced. Under the scheme, a tenant who has' paid a council house rent for more than 20 years will be able to buy his house for half its market value. This is the maximum discount, but big reductions are also avail­ able to tenants from the moment they pay their first, week’s rent. Added Mr Pickering: “A


The council has adopted


lot of interest has been shown, but we shall have to wait and see whether th is will mean council house sales.” • The' council has about


1,800 homes that can be bought by sitting-tenants.


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A police spokesman said


vehicles and people usinj the roads in the area am extra safety measures would be brought in if the results showed tliey were required. Just over a week ago,


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seven-year-old Shane Dewhurst of The Cres­ cent, Clitheroe, needed hospital treatment after being involved in a road accident near to the junc­ tion while walking to SS Michael and John’s Prim­ ary School. To prevent similar acci-


d e n ts , many worried parents feel there should


be a special crossing on Moor Lane or warden emp­


.in the mornings, at lunch times and during the even­ ings.


loyed there. At present a warden is on duty outside St John’s


ble Valley road safety officer Mr Neil Cunliffe will be visiting the school to give a talk and show


slides to pupils. “I will be backing up the


efforts of teachers to make children aware of the proper way to cross the roads,” said Mr Cunliffe. Headmaster Mr Bernard


War ren spoke of the hazards encountered by some pupils. “Many of them have to walk a long way to school and have to negotiate a variety of roads," he said.


Family awaits repairs


A CHATBURN family of four soon hope to move back into th e ir home nearly two weeks after it was damaged by fire.


Ribble Valley Council


workmen are still carrying our repairs to the three bedroomed council house at 16 St Chad’s Avenue.


Since the fire Mr and


Mrs John Bridge have been staying with friends Mr and Mrs Gordon Ken­ nedy and their 10 month


old son Ma tthew, at nearby Darkwood Cres­ cent. The Bridge’s two chil­


the house when the acci­ dent happened as he tried to light a fire using a canis­ ter of petrol. It exploded and set fire to the hallway and stairs. He escaped with burns to his arm and hand.


dren Terence (10) and Sha­ ron (9) are staying with an uncle in Warrington. . Mr Bridge was alone in


This afternoon, the Rib­ ,


Firm wants more storage space


A GLITHEROE textile firm is seeking to extend its premises. The firm, James Dewhurst and Sons, wants to put up a 120ft. x 47ft. extension behind its Penale Mill in Pendle Road. A planning application


(number 1337) lias been received by the Ribble Valley Council. The extra room is wanted for more production and storage space.


Shopping trips are planned


AT the fortnightly meet­ ing of the Ribble Valley Red Cross (Disabled) Club, members enjoyed bingo and a tombola, fol­ lowed by afternoon tea.


for disabled people in the Ribble Valley, meets every other Tuesday in St Paul’s Church Hall, Low Moor. T ran sp o r t and refreshments are provded by a team of volunteers.


The club, which caters


be having two evening out­ ings, one this month to Blackburn Co-op and one in December to Marks and Spencer in Accrington, to enable members to do their Christmas shopping with ease.


The group will shortly


have been received from Clitheroe. One is for an enclosed garage for taxis for Bridge’s Taxis, Woone Lane (1331); another is for front and rear porches at 9 Mayfield Avenue (1313),


Three other applications


and the third is for an extension behind 51 Edis- ford Road (1340).


In Barrow, Whiteacre


School wishes to alter an entrance to allow a bus to turn round (1342), and the CE School wants a vehicle entrance co n s tru c te d (1343).


Permission is also being


sought for a car park for •visitors licensed to fish in Browsholme Hall lake. This will be at Bashall Moor Wood, Rabbit Lane, Bashall Eaves (1347).


O th e r ap p l ic a t io n s


received during the past week include: A septic tank behind Smithy Cot­ tag e Ba rn , Chaigley (1348); a single-storey office, toilets, garage, store and paint booths at Wyndyates Farm, Newton (1341), and outline permis­ sion for a house behind Ribblesdale F a b r ic s , Clitheroe Road, West Bradford (1336).


BARGAIN hunters queued for an hour to be first at Whalley Lions jumble sale held in the Methodist School. > Within an hour they


members enjoying a funny moment before the sale. In readiness for coffee — presumably Turkish — one member dons a lampshade, the. nearest he could find to a fez.


handbags met a steady trade and one visitor bought all the jewellery on the _ bric-a-brac stall in a single swoop. Pictured are club


had cleared the stalls of most of the goods, leaving the Lions with £77 for their charity fund. Woollens and


CASTLES


BRIElF summaries on cas­ tles and abbeys in North Wales and North York­ shire accompanied slides shown by the Rev. A. Ward Jones to Trinity Ladies Afternoon Fellow­ ship. Mrs Ji Wilkinson presided.


On Wednesday the


annual meeting of the joint Ladies Fellowships is to take place at Trinity. Attendance is usually good, especially from the United Reformed Church and St James’s,'but mem­ bers of all church fellow­ ships are welcome.


Missing woman found drowned


AN elderly. Grindleton woman who went missing from her home was found drowned at Hesketn


discovered by workmen on the banks of the River Douglas, a tributary of the Ribble. Miss Heaton (69), of


Syke Cottage, Foxley Bank, was found on Thurs­ day, 13 days after vanish­ ing from her home.


A spokesman for Burs-


cough police said there had • been exceptionally high tides in that area and it seemed likely that her body had been washed into the River Douglas by the tide.


appearance, police mobile patrols, dog handlers and frogmen began an inten­ sive search along the River Ribble. They were alerted by her nephew Mr Charles Sutcliffe, who farms Fox- ley Bank.


After Miss Heaton’s dis­


a well-known Bolton-by- Bowland farming family and was a member of Grindleton CE Church.


Miss Heaton came from Pendle Club


WINNERS at Pendle Club’s bridge session were Mrs A. Barker and Mr T. Adey, and Miss R. Holland and Mr P. Strange.


Dog leash proposal


Clitheroe Town Council


is to meet representatives of the Ribble Valley and Lancashire County Coun­ cils to discuss the introduc­ tion of a by-law to have dogs kept on leads in cer­ tain areas of the town.


drew up a list of streets to be included in the order. However, before th e county highways and transportation committee can consider the proposal a number of points have to be clarified.


In July, the town council They include consulta­


tions with the police and the Ribble Valley Council which would have to deal with an en fo rcem en t order. Another question which will have to be consi­ dered is the cost of impos­ ing the order.


to know if Ribble Valley Council would pay half the cost.


The town council wants


Bank 50 miles away. The body of Miss Elsie Margaret Heaton was


ANYONE interested in art and crafts has a treat in store.


Beginning on Saturday


and running for two weeks at Whalley Library is an exhibition of work by three


North East Lancashire people. One of the exhibitors is


Clitheroe-born Mrs Helen Lawless, who now lives in Sabden. A former secret­ ary of Sabden Women’s Institute and a teacher of wine-making at evening classes, Mrs Lawless will be displaying country crafts.


Brierfield and Dr C. S. Parker, of Goosnargh, are the other two exhibitors.


known for his prizewining films of North East Lanca­ shire, but it is his water­ colour paintings of the area that will be on show.


Mr Rickard is well ’ Dr Parker, a retired con­


sultant psychiatrist, will be showing his hobby of lapidary. His costume jewellery is made from polished stones hand- fabricated through various stages from rough stone.


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