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house on tne corner of Princess Avenue and Chatburn Road could be forgiven for im­ agining there has been an earth tremor in Clitheroe.


Some perhaps think the


house has been propped up by a sturdy wooden support because of subsi­ dence caused by an old coal mine they never dreamed existed.


Whether the gable end


of the house will, or will not fall down, is a sore point. The chouse has been


shored up with beams on the direction of Mr David Kershaw, the Ribble Valley Council’s senior building control officer.


But 72-year-old pen­ sioner Mr George Cliffe,


who lives there, claims there was no need for the work to have been carried out. Mr Kershaw visited the


house following an anony­ mous telephone call to the council claiming that the gable was dangerous and could fall on an innocent passer-by. Said Mr Kershaw:


“After inspecting the house I decided tnat it was'dangerous enough to require immediate / atten­ tion. I authorised the emergency work to be carried out under the powers I have under the Public Health Act.” He added that his sole


concern had been for the safety of the public,


though he had talked the matter over with Mr Cliffe and solicitors in­ volved.1 The solicitors come into


MR CLIFFE outside his shored-up house.


ANOTHER HAPPY DAY IN STORE


aisle of St Leonard’s Church, Langho, have the opportunity to revive memories of the nappy day


■ on Sunday afternoon. For the vicar of Langho, the Rev. Paul


nary year celebrations and Fr Brian Noble, RC chaplain at Lancaster University, will be guest preacher. Mr Warren has been trying /to contact all


couples in the Langho area but he also wants to contact others elsewhere in the Kibble Valley who were married at the church.


“The service starts' at 3 p.m. and we hope many couples will come and join us,” he said:


...


Warren, is holding a marriage thanksgiving ser­ vice for all couples who have ever tied the nuptial knot in his church. The unusual service is for the church’s cente­


ALL the blushing brides who walked walked down the


Street fair revives century of tradition


afternoon in Clitheroe is transformed by all the colour and crowds of a tradition­ al country fair.


air with music and life as merry-making crowds tour the stalls and enjoy street entertainments. O rg an ised by th e


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Ribble Valley Sports and Recreational Council, the event promises to provide a picturesque glimpse of what life was like before the motor car. The town must have had its prob­ lems with horse-drawn traffic in days past, for the streets are being closed on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. by the Ribble Valley Council- under an Act that is 143


years old. FUN The “ Town P o l ice


Clauses Act” of 1847 em­ powers the. council to close certain streets,” which will be thronged on the occasions of local car­


nivals and fairs.” The day will start just


before noon with a short procession from the Swan and Royal Hotel to the library, where the boom­ ing tones of a town cryer


Attempt to beat the flag thieves


FLAG-STEALING hooli­ gans have driven officials of Low Moor Club up the


wall. After losing two Union


Jacks from the flagpole in


front of the club, they de­ cided it was time some­ thing was done. So they have bought a


THE town centre streets will be closed to traffic for seven hours this weekend when the quiet of a normal Sunday


will announce the fair in traditional style.


open by Clitheroe MP Mr David Waddington. The Mayors of C l ith e ro e I


It will then be declared


(Coun. Leo Wells) and the Ribble Valley (Coun. Miss Agnes Melling) will join in


the fun. BANDS


vice-chairman o f tne Sports Council: "Clitheroe is an ideal town for this sort of event. Its size and traditions encourage a spirit of communal ac­ tivity.”


Said Mrs Mary Bridge, ,


SOME people might turn tail and run at the sight of a one-ton bull. But not Mrs Mabel Clayton, of Laneside


Farm, Chatburn. Although she can’t literally take the bull by the horns — the Clayton’s herd of Pendleside Hercfords are de-horned — she leads him up and down the farm for exercise. Three-year-old Pen-y-Park is used by Mr


Police hunt for getaway vehicle


Frank Clayton as his stock bull, and the calves Pen-y-Park has sired have been valuable additions to the herd, which has won a prolific number of prizes throughout the country. The bull isn’t the only animal to be exercised


— all the show animals are taken for regular _ walks.


More than 40 local or­ [ FISHING HAVEN


ganisations have taken stalls to raise money for their own particular cause or charity. Stall-holders will be dressed in old-time costume and there will be a prize for the most at­ tractive stall. Music will be provided


THE Rotary Club of Rib­ blesdale is this weekend hoping to tie up the loose ends in its plan to create a free fishing haven for youngsters on the River


at various points around the town by the Ribbles- dale School brass band, the Riverside Jazzmen and the Ribblesdale Big Band. There'will be Punch


libble. Negotiations with the


various parties involved are in the final stages and the club is hopeful that it will be able to announce full details soon.


and Judy shows at regular intervals at the Parson Lane end of the market and an inflatable castle and roundabouts near


• Continued on page 3. The stretch of river in­


volved is on the down­ stream left bank from the old Mill Wall, Low Moor, to the boundary fence of Roefield Bungalow, a dis­ tance of about 230 yards.


A full set of rules will


be prepared to make things as safe for youngs- as possible and aTs


ters


to ensure etiiquette


...


bank is observed. Before


Iso


that the usual of the river


any youngsters


can take advantage of the free fishing offer, they and one parent must read all the rules set down and fill in an application form. These will be available


from Mr Barry Dearing, Yorkshire Bank Cham­ bers, King Lane (Tel. Clitheroe 25645) or any other member of the Rotary Club of Ribbles­ dale.


CLITHEROE police step­ ped up their search this


week for a stolen car be­ lieved to have been used in a £3,000 smash and grab raid at a town centre shop. Target for the thieves,


early on Friday, was Jack Eglin’s showroom, Well- gate. A metal bar was thrown through a window before the raiders escaped with three portable televi­ sions and two combined television and radio cas­ sette units; total value £966. Damage estimated at


£2,000 was also done to other goods in the shop. Yesterday, head of


Clitheroe CID Det. Sgt. Jim Oldcom, said it was thought four men in a stolen oyster gold Ford Granada were respons­


ible. The car, registration


GHD 360S, was taken from Mellor Brook on the same day and was almost certainly the vehicle used. He appealed for anyone


who has spotted the car to contact the police at Clitheroe 23818.


School celebrates 25th birthday


smaller pole and bolted it into the brickwork 20 feet on the front of the


building. Has the move beaten


the flag thieves? “ It is too early to say,


as we have not had any cause to fly the flag since,” said chairman Mr Bryn Joynson, who car­ ried out the operation with treasurer Mr Cyril Clements and member Mr Guy Johnson. “Normally we put up'


the flag on a special occa­ sion or when a member dies. The thieves have cost us quite a bit of money and we hope this new measure will do the


trick.” Mr Joynson thinks the


stolen flags may ■ have ended up as bedspreads or been used by over-en­ thusiastic supporters at football matches.


the story because the house was in fact owned by the late Mrs Cliffe, who did not leave it to. her husband. It appears that the cost


of shoring up the house will come out of her estate, when her will is eventually sorted out. Mr Cliffe is not particu­


larly concerned about the cost . . . but he does feel the council has "panicked” unnecessarily. He said the gable end


of the house had’ been leaning slightly outwards for many years. It had worsened 10 years ago, but had been in that state ever since. “ I don’t consider it pre­


sents much of a danger,” he said. He though the council


had over-reacted by roping off the whole side o f the house, forcing


people to walk in the road or cross to the other side. The support is anchored


in a hole dug in the road m Princess Avenue. This, says Mr Cliffe, makes it difficult for traffic turning m and out of the street. Mr Cliffe, a retired ICI


process worker who now drives a mini-bus part- time for the Spread Eagle Hotel at Sawley, says there'"is no movement of the wall noticeable inside the house. He does not know what


has caused the wall to rival the leaning tower of Pisa — which he points out is still standing with­ out1 being shored up —


but suspects heavy traffic has contributed.


He said that big wagons'


used Princess Avenue a great deal before the


Clitheroe bypass was built and vibrations from


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the vehicles as they braked at the junction with Chatburn Road might have contributed to the problem. “rm not putting the


blame entirely on them; it could have been a building error when the house was put up in 1890,” he added. Mr Cliffe said he had


not refused point blank to have the gable end mended when approached by Mr Kershaw. “But there was no need for this emergency work.


I explained that I would have the wall repaired when the ownership of the house was settled in my wife’s will,” he said. Until then, Mr Cliffe is


year CLITHEROE teenager Michael Anderson has been awarded an appren­ tice of the year prize at Accrington College. Michael (17), of War­


wick Drive, works at P r im r o s e G a r a g e , Clitheroe. His prizes for the best


apprentice in the 1st year motor vehicle apprentice course included tne Grey­ hound-Ford Challenge Trophy, a replica to keep and a socket set, which is proving useful in his work.


reluctant to have a per­ manent repair made to the building, so the shored up house might be here for many months to come.


Hospital plan step nearer to fruition


CLITHEROE Community Hospital should be a reality within the next year, bringing general hospital facilities to the Kibble Valley. ■


The present geriatric hospital in Chatburn Road


has been earmarked fpr a community hospital since 1978, and this week Mr Lionel Bamford, District Administrator fo r the Blackburn Health Dis­


trict, said he would be d is a p p o in t e d i f the changeover had not taken


place .within the next 12 months. The latest phase of the scheme, alterations to the


kitchen area, is expected to go out to tender within the next few weeks. This will leave only


m in or improvements to one of the hospital blocks to complete the whole scheme. The changeover will


mean that in addition to jeriatric patients, the lospital will cater for gen­


eral medical cases, re­ habilitation and day care. It is aimed at giving


Ribble Valley people hos­ pital care nearer their own homes and by their own doctors, who will have beds at the hospital to treat general medical cases. It will provide medical


and nursing care to pa­ tients who could not reasonably be treated at home, but whose condi­ tion does not necessarily require full general hospi­ tal treatment. The cut in the number


been transferred so that the improvements, par­


ticularly to the heating system, could be carried out. “The scheme is being


done in phases in accord­ ance with a timetable of works and the amount of money we have avail able.” . He said the actual changeover of the hospital


would be done gradually. “There won’t be a par­


ticular opening day but for instance, when da care facilities are avai. able, we will start taking in day patients and go on from there.”


second year of the four- year block release course. The award is a notable


Michael is now in his


double fo r Primrose G a ra g e . L a s t y e a r another of its apprentices, Simon S to ck ton , o f Padiham, won the trophy.


CARRY ON WAITING


R E S ID EN T S at 30 houses in Edisford Road and Faraday Avenue, Clitheroe, who are still waiting for improvements to their properties to be completed, need not worry.


For the Ribble Valley


Council’s Housing Com­ m it te e heard from Borough Engineer Mr Dennis Black that a letter has been sent to the con­ tractors involved, telling them to return and finish the work.


that unless they return, no further payments for


“We have warned then


the job will be made to them and they will be de­


leted from the council’s list of approved contrac­ tors,” said Mr Black.


lems in the past and I am sure there will be a satis­ factory outcome.”


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Farm land brings in £ 110,000


CLITHEROE business­ man Mr Brian Dootson has paid £110,000 for Low Moor Top Farm and 15.6


acres of land. The farm, adjoining cot­


tage, farm buildings and land were sold at auction by Clitheroe auctioneer John Pallister. Mr Dootson has an auto electrical engineering bus­ iness in Victoria Street and a garage at Low Moor which adjoins the


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. The;: p r o d u c t i o n , ’ : based' .on. the - musical


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Clitheroe Parish Hall last- night. Seats are still available for to­


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Saturday. : The production has


been devised and di­ rected by Miss Mary Waddington, whose school of • dancing is


celebrating its 25th birthday. There is a. cast of


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fo r £56,000; the farm buildings and 2.05 acres realised £29,000; and 11.31 acres of first class farmland made £25,000. A further 18/ acres,


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