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ILLNESS-has pre­ vented, a. fo rm e r Clitheroe woman from attending a spe­ cial ceremony next month in honour of her first husband and 22 of his fellow ser: vicemen, who died in a wartime flying acci­ dent over Bristol. Mrs Dorothy Brown


(5 7 ) lived in. Whipp Avenue- and Bolland Prospect, before moving to Oswaldtwistle seven years ago. She was hop­ ing to be present at tne


unveilingof a memorial in • the field where the: men /


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fell to. their death from a glider..which exploded in. mid-air.


loved to go down to Bris­ tol, but I am not well enough to travel,” said


Mrs Brown. Although the disaster


happened 35 years ago Mrs Brown says it is still fresh in her mind. She had been married only six months when he r . hus- band, Sapper Eddie: Sheppard, set off with troops from England for Arnhem in the biggest


. , . “ I would dearly have.' airborne operation of the


' Second’World War. Mr Sheppard, whom


> she met at Low Moor during the war, was one of 23 men in a large glider


i c a r ry in g troops and equipment towed by Stirling bombers.


Tragically the glider exploded over a Bristol


‘ field and the men hurtled ■ to their death. The crash was' witnessed by a 14- year-old boy who was p l a y i n g w i t h h i s friends. . . and that is the reason a memorial has been built 35 years later. For'' the memory of


t h a t t e r r ib l e s i gh t ' haunted the youngster ’ long a f t e r the wai;. finished. Many years- later. Mr.' Keith Ford' decided to try and trace the names of the men. who died.


A fte r much research’


he managed to track down their surviving


' relatives and tell them of his desire to build a per­ manent memorial on Double Hills — the site of the tragedy.


He was helped in his


quest for-information about Mr Sheppard' by


• W-'h-ite w e l l .'.Driv.e; Clitheroe. ■


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Mr Brin Joynson, of ;.-■■ .. -..


A f o r m e r , s t a f f •


sergeant in the Airborne Royal Engineers, ,Mr - Joynson fought through- o u t th e B a t t l e of


Arnhem. A year or so ago he.:


spotted a service number, he recognised among those listed in a military journal by Mr Ford in his efforts to track down details of the dead men. After some inquiries


Mr Joynson was able to ■ contact Mr Ford with


- details about Sapper Eddie Sheppard, .who


l had been in Clitheroe for some time- during -the war.


Mr Joynson offered to. take Mrs Brown to the


, unveiling of : the plaque and memorial at Double Hills. Although she was unable to accept his offer of a lift, he will be attend­ ing the ceremony.


Mrs .Brown- , , who


maiden name was Gel- dard, has two daughters living in Clitheroe and a n o t h e r in G r e a t Harwood..


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A BARBECUE, competitions and sunshine_ all helped visitors enjoy a family fun day organised by Guides from the newly-formed 6th Clitheroe (St James) company. More than £100 was raised which will go towards buying colours for the


company. The day was organised by Guide captain Mrs


E. Edwards, of Shays Drive, Clitheroe. Enjoying herself at the “Ring-a-ding"compet­


ition is eight-year-old Beverley Moss, of the Victoria Hotel, Clitheroe, watched by her


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Fun weekend A fun, fellowship and


friendship weekend at Salem Congregational


Chapel, Ma r t in T op , attracted about 50 young people, many from outside churches. On Friday evening they


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were joined by 55 mem­ bers of the Pendle Christ­ ian Fellowship for an even­ ing’s entertainment at Great Todber Farm. A meeting was led by Mr


3 e r ‘t C h amb e r s , o f Morecambe, who provided accordion accompaniment for the choruses. The evening was rounded off with a barbecue supper. Sa turda y morning’s


theme was “What is a Christian,” the speaker


being Mr Keith Wills, of Burnley. I t ’s a Knockout competitions were held in the afternoon. , After tea a number of


parables were mimed and party., games arranged by Mr H. K. Moorhouse. The Rev.Richard Cleaves, of Harden,, closed the even­ ing with Benediction. The ' Sunday morning


session, based on “Christ-, ian living,” was led by the Rev. J. D. Cullingford and Mr Howe l Jones, of


Clitheroe. Later the youngsters


joined the family group service led by Mr Jones, whose theme was “Are you making excuses for not accepting Jesus as your personal Saviour?” The weekend’ s programme ended'with a buffet tea.


God’s word The usual Sunday even­


ing service at Martin Top Chapel was conducted by Miss. Melanie Starkie,. of Clitheroe, whose message was “The word of God." Miss - Helen Jones led


prayers and sang choruses to herl own guitar accom­ paniment. Organist was Miss Alice Parkinson. - ■ The: day’s collections of


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the WI stall at the village’s recent fe te day. Mrs Young reported on her visit to the W I annual meeting earlier this year. Names were taken forthis month’s trip to Simohstone W I ’ s meeting, and for other forthcoming events.


Gr ea t int e r e s t was


shown by many in the cur­ rent nature quiz, set by Ribble Vall e y Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, to raise money in aid of the Inter­ national Year of the Child. Competition winners


were Mrs E. Mather, Mrs M. Duxbury, Mr s -R .


Wilson. Pendleton


Place names The origin of local place


names was the subject of a talk given to Pendleton WI by Mr Hugh Sherdley. He traced names from


Anglo-Saxon and Roman times and interpreted their meanings. -Mrs B. Berry


thanked him. President' Mrs M. Ire­


land drew attention to the new curtains, in place for the first time, which have been given to the village hall Dy the WI . She thanked everyone who had - helped to make them. She also announced the1.


increase in subscriptions to £2.25 and showed the new list for Denman College. Mrs J. Storey is no longer able to give demonstra­ tions, owing to other com­ mitments. A list of events was read


out, including a coffee evening at West Bradford, ’


a chance to see Jessica Lofthouse at Clitheroe Parish Hall, and an Inter-


• national evening at Pre- . stori Guild Hall. The Nab group of WI ’s


has been reorganised and now includes Standfast, instead of Whalley. Arrangements we r e made for the annual “after­


£28 will go-to the Ribble Valley T alk ing N ew s ­ paper; .


Hurst Green Tasty - • Memb e r s - o f Hur s t


Green. WI spent most of their meeting licking their lips, while-watching-how


rtising' ends


handy a food mixer can be in the kitchen. A f t e r ­ wards;'however, they had


the chance to sample.


- and approve,— prepared food and fruit drinks. • Everyone was thanKeq


; for the support given, to


noon teas” effort by the W I in Pendleton village hall on Saturday. Members


• were asked to bring any garden or home-made pro­ duce in addition to the


: usual cakes. A handicraft exhibition will also be held. New programme sec­


retaries are Mrs P. Nutter and Mrs A. Slinger. Mrs


■ M. Wallbank is taking over from Mrs B.. Collinge in distributing copies of “Hot P o t ” a n d / ‘Home and


Country.” ... The competition was won by;-Mrs:"J'. Wilson.


■ Teas were served by Mrs B. Collinge, Mrs P. Gould


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Reminder A competition at Stand­


fast WI, Whalley, for, the prettiest cup or mug was won by Mrs Kathleen Bond. Runner-up was Miss Sarah Shannon. Members heard that Mrs


Bond and Mrs Elaine Emme r s o n r e c e n t l y attended a preliminary group meeting at the home of Mrs Jelly, at Simon-


stone. A yoga demonstration


was given by Mrs J. Dal­ ton, who was thanked by Mrs Harrison. Members were reminded of next Monday’s trip to Blackpool illuminations, which will include supper.


Right cards Winners at the Abbey


senior citizens’ whist and domino drive in Whalley were; Whist*. Ladies — _ Miss M. Hudson, Mrs Jolly, Mrs Kelly. Gents — Miss Knowles, Mrs E. Haworth. Domino e s ; Mrs D.


McVie, Mrs Eddleston, Miss N. Wolstenholme.


Read Dance time


• A disco , organised by Read Scouts and Guides’ P a r e n t s .Commi t t e e attracted 215 youngsters to St John’s School on Saturday evening and raised almost £40 for group funds.


Collection


. Take your waste paper to St John’s School, Read, and boost the funds of the village’s uniformed organ­


isations! The school will be man­


ned by Scouts, Guides and parents between 8-30 and 10-30 on Saturday morning for- this month’s waste paper collection.


Trumps At Monday’s whist drive


in Read-Consti tut ional Club, winne r s were: Ladies — Mrs- R. Har- g r e a v e s , M r s M . Holdsworth. Gents— Miss ; E. Ennis, Mr F. Pickles. A special prize was won by Mrs M.- .Redpath. MC : was Miss Ennis. - , i:


Langho


Break over The monthly whist


drives .at St Leonard’s , School,- Langho, - begin/


and Mrs E.' Lister. The p again a week .today at 7-30 bring-and-buy stall, raised y p.m. after..the summer £4.63.*


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PREPARING to ferret out the clues leading - to treasure at the end. of the trail are these drivers from .Chat-... burn.


The: amateur sleuths -.


scoured the: area bet­ ween Rimington qnd.


Gisburn in a car trea-: sure hunt to raise funds for the Chatburn- - Playing- Fields Com­ mittee. .


: :i • •The -46- entrants >


started- from th e. Brown- Cow- at- Chat--,' burn- and - eventually


i finished — after much i head-scratching — at the Copy Nook Hotel, ! Bolton-by-Bowland.


. The ..winners were Susie,'Owen, • Julie ■ Frankland, Stephen


-T aylo r and -Robin ' Knowles. The consola­


. • ; Sabden


St Mary’s Sabden pensioners met


for - their Thursday night whist and domino drive in St Mary’s Club when the


.following were prizewin­ ners. Whist: Ladies — Mrs


Woodend, Mrs M. Keam. Gents — Mrs M. Procter, M r E . F l a n n a g a n . Dominoes:- Mrs Newby, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Cottam. Raffle: Mrs I. Flannagan.


Popular Sabden proved to be a


p o p u l a r p l a c e l a s t weekend, with a party of visitors from Morecambe staying at the Baptist Church and a coachload from Liverpool settling down for Bank Holiday in St Nicholas’s Church Hall. The Morecambe party of


eight adults and 12 chil­ dren from Sion Baptist Church were the guests of Sabden Baptist members and spent the weekend hiking and swimming; They attended Sunday ser-


' vice and returned home in the evening. The Liverpool party of nearly 30 from St Cleopas


accommodated in the parish church hall. They took part in teach-


*-r y . , retreat and. were ?.S*.


ins and g ame s and attended Sunday service, when the guest preacher was the Rev. Arthur Sid- dall, of St Paul’s, Low Moor.


Money spinner ' A jumble sale in Sabden


Baptist Church Hall at 6- 30 tonight is to raise money for Sunday School funds.


Early Morning service in St


Nicholas’s Church, Sab­ den, on Sunday will be 15 minutes early, at 9-15. Guest preacher and celeb-


’rant is the Rev. Stuart Timbrel], curate of All Saints’ Church, Clayton-le- Moors.


Postponed Last week’s proposed


cricket match between St N icholas’s Church mem­ bers and their link parish in Preston was postponed because o f weather.


the bad


Regalia Mr John Whittle, of


Colne, will be the guest of St Nicholas’s Church Women’s Guild next Wed­ nesday, when he will speak on “Royal .:Regalia.”


Church, Dingle, chose Sab- M O R E D I S T R I C ' den as their weekend coun- iW-Un-E/


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(2) “We don’t talk-anymore” — Clff Richard.


(3) “ Bang, bang” — B. A. Robertson. (1) “ I don’t like Mondays” — Boomtown Rats. (10) “Gangsters” — The Specials.


5. (— ) „.


“ Angel eyes” — Roxy Music.


7. (8) “ Duke of Earl” — Darts. 8. (7) “ Hersham boys” — Sham 69.


10. (6) “ Reasons to be cheerful” — Ian Dury and the j Blockheads.


9. (4) “ After the love has gone” — Earth, Wind and : , Fire.


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11. (12) “ Angel Eyes/Voulcz vous” — Abba. 12. ( ID “ The diary of Horace Wimp” — ELO. 13. (15) “Oh,' what a life” — Gibson Brothers. 14. (—) “ Street life” — Crusaders. 15. (—) “ Morning dance” — Spiro Gyra. 16. (—) “When you are young” — The Jam. 17. ( _ ) “ Duchess” — The Stranglers.


19. (19) “ Lost in music” — Sister Sledge. 20. (—) “ Spiral scratch” — Buzzeocks.


. Last week’s placings in brackets. Tip for the top:


“Cars" — Gary-Numan. LP of the week: “Slow train coming” — Bob Dylan. Chart compiled by Ames Record Bar.


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tion prize went to Alan Hodgson . and Sandra and-Heather Harrison.- The committee’s fund-raising efforts : continue with a'coffee


; evening, a-week this evening, at the Crow, -(Trees Brow home of- ; Mrs Hall.


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A FARM valuation com­ petition and a talk on how to make gipsy caravans kept Clitheroe Young Far­ mers busy.


The hoys looked round


Withgill Estate, Chaigley, by permission of the man­ ager, Mr Barrett. After valuation o f the farm equipment by Mr Barrett, Mr S. Bullock, John Hart­ ley and John Moorhouse, the hoys tested their skill. Winners were John Cow- perthwaite and James Thornber. The vote of thanks was given by Mark Thoriiber and seconded by Timothy Hartley.


At Mitton Village Hall,


Mr Don Elliot, of Slaid- burn, gave a talk on mak­ ing gipsy caravans to the girls. Jackie Mason prop­ osed thanks, seconded by Heather Buckle.


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Tories‘turning back clock’


NEWLY-ELECTED North West Tory MPs who backed the Government’s expenditure cuts have been strongly criticised by Mr Lindsay Sutton, the Clitheroe constituency Labour candidate at the last General Election.


Speaking at the consti­ tuency’s annual general


meeting, he said that the area would feel the full. blast of the new policy.


Despite this, its newly-


elected MPs backed Indus­ try Minister Sir Keith Joseph, by voting in favour of cuts in cash and ser-


“These cuts will hit par­


ticularly hard in our neck of the woods and if they are the watchdogs of our ea, then something is


gravely wrong,” he said. “They seem all too ready


to throw our well being to the walls — in some cases without so much as a mur­ mur of protest or dissent. The electorate should take note of this.”


Mr Sutton also accused


the Tories of taking a 19th century approach to the country’s problems. They were threatening to ruin Britain’s economy and were turning back the clock on their attitude to social problems.


( The meeting passed a


resolution condemning the Gove rnment’s “ savage health service cuts” and backed the,London author­ ity which was resisting


them. Officials elected were:


Chairman, Mr D. Roebuck ( L o n g r i d g e ) ; v i c e - chairmen, Mrs R. Shaw (Great Harwood); and Mr T. Lamb (Longridge); sec­ retary, Mr G. Harris (Padiham); treasurer, Mrs L. Acker (Clitheroe).


HOLLINGSWORTH — BLEZARD A Pendleton teacher,


Miss Susan J enni f e r Blezard, of Town Farm, was married at All Saints’ Church,. Pendleton, to Mr Stephen Hollihgsworth, an agricultural engineer.


Miss Blezard is the


youngest daughter of Mrs P. I. Blezard and the late Mr Fred Blezard. The b r i d e g r o om is t h e youngest son of Mrs E.


Milson, of Stable Cottage, Rossley Manor,- Andovers- ford, and the late Mr Hol­ lingsworth. Given awa y 'b y her


eldest brother, Mr Gordon Blezard, the bride wore a gown and hat created by a dress designer friend. The gown, of water-marked chiffon, had a deep frill and was trimmed with flower motifs. Her bou­ quet was of pink roses and stephanotis. Miss Catherine Kings­


ton, niece of the brideg­ room, and Miss Jacqueline Scott, niece and god­ daughter of the bride, were bridesmaids.- They wore long pink and lilac floral dresses, with match­ ing headdresses, and car­ ried posies of sweet peas. Mr Bruce Mitchell was


best man. Mr G. T. Blezard, brother of the bride, was groomsman, and Mr B. Scott and Mr V. Robinson the ushers. The Rev. John Cole per­


formed the ceremony and Miss Bannister was the organist.


1 The reception was at the


Black Bull Hotel, Riming- ton, and the honeymoon is in Paris. The couple will live in Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe. Photograph: Westmins­ ter Studios, Langho.


A ‘- i r THE sun shone on a Whalley street market held to


raise funds for the Queen Elizabeth II.playing field. Visitors flocked to the event, entering competi­


tions and picking up bargains at the various stalls.


; The market, organised by the playing fields fund raising, committee, made more than £300. Smiling in the sunshine, youngsters are pictured ling up to face the camera at tin of


holder Ian Whittaker (13), Whalley, 'is in the centre.


he book stall. Stall Woodlands Drive,


Circle aims for entente cordiale


FANCY sampling the French way of life? Then Whalley Adult Centre is the place to head for on Monday, when a “cercle Francais de Ribbles- dale” holds its first meeting.


The newly formed circle


has drawn up a series of monthly meetings which will give people the chance to see how the French live. Sl ides and speeches


from guests from other cir­ cles will illustrate various aspects of the country and its people. There will also be cheese and wine tasting. All the time, of course,


members will be encour­ aged to speak and improve their knowledge of the lan­ guage. The idea of a French


circle in the Ribble Valley originated from the suc-


Sad day


for local parishes


THERE was a touch of sadness in the parishes of Mitton, Hurst Green and Whitewell on Sunday, when the vicar and priest- in-charge, the Rev. Arthur


S


nson, conducted his services in the three


churches. Each parish held a social


event to say goodbye to their popular clergyman. A t Mitton, Mr Austin


Porter and Mr Richard Birtwistle wished Mr Hig- ginson a long and happy retirement. Churchwarden Mr John


Howarth paid Whitewell’s tribute to Mr Higginson and at Hurst Green thanks were expressed by Mr T. Woodcock, vice-chairman of the PCC and churchwar­ den Mr John Peel. AH the parishes pre­ sented cheques to Mr Hig-


f


inson, who will live in Ireston when he officially


retires tomorrow. “ I feel very sad,” he


said. “My work has been my life for 43 years. Now I have to find a new life in my retirement.” He will be taking a holi-


d a y in Canad a and America before settling down to a well-earned rest.


cess of adult education classes at the centre ear­ lier this year. Teacher and secretary of


the circle, Mrs Joel le Smith, explained that stu­ dents had been keen to continue practising the lan­ guage, but on a more infor­ mal basis. “There has been a lot of


interest shown locally,” said Mrs Smith, of Eas- tham Street, Clitheroe, who came to this country from France eight years


ago. “ T h a t ’ s p r o b a b l y


because the nearest circles to this area are in Preston, Bolton and Manchester. “We want everyone to


try to mix and use the language as much as poss­ ible.” I can guarantee that all members will improve their French, no matter how bad they are!” The Mayor of Clitheroe,


Coun. Bob Ainsworth, has accepted an invitation to become the circle’s honor­ ary president. President is Mr Ernest


Tolson, of Claremont Avenue, -Clitheroe, and treasurer is Mrs Liz Lam­ bert, of Berkeley Drive, Read.


Committee members


include Mr Michael Burke, o f Wi swe l l ; Mr John Fagan, of Stirling Close, Clitheroe; and Mrs Ann Hamilton, of Ribblesdale Avenue, Clitheroe. Monda y ’ s me e t ing ,


which will include a wine tasting by “Ricard,” starts at 7-30 p.m. Admission is 50p and a year's member­ ship costs £3; Anyone wanting further informa­ tion can contact Mrs Smith. Tel. Clitheroe 23992.


No L-plates A LEARNER-DRIVER,


Paul Brunskill (22), of Pen­ dle View, Grindleton, was fined £20 at Clitheroe for using a motor-cycle with­ out L-plates. In a letter to the court he said only the rear L-plate was missing and it had fal len off because of the bumpy state of the road.


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