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THURSDAY, MARCH 6th, 1980 No. 8,890 Price 12p


ELEVEN young people have ju st; over a week to wait before it is known which two of them earn the accolade of Ribble Valley boy and girl of the year.


contest, sponsored by th e Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, will be announced at a special ceremony in the town hall attended by the nominees and their parents.


The winners of the


The awards are being made by Coun. Fell to


encourage youn . . to help others Dy par­ ticipation in public and social services. They will go to the


boy and girl who have made the finest con­ tribution to the welfare or reputation of the Ribble Valley, either by personal achievement, social or voluntary service. To help decide the


winners, the Mayor has been assisted by a group of fellow council­ lors who were highly impressed by the stan­ dard of the entrants.


The winners will each.


nominees are from Clitheroe. They are Patrick Anderton, of N ew to n S t r e e t ; A ndrew Dent and Gwendoline Hook, both of Whalley Road; Geof­ f re y F ie ld in g and Deborah Hammonds, both of Fairfield Drive; Graham Patten, of Shireburri Avenue; and Alison Brewer, of Green Drive. Completing the list


receive an inscribed glass goblet. ‘ S e v e n of


t h e


Chard, of The Vicar­ age, Downham; Susan Tnurogood, of the The Old Vicarage, Gisburn; and Susan Catlow, of Stoneygate Lane, Rib­ chester.


Three of the boys


-old John is a cricketer. Patrick (14) is a pupil


are John Wharton, of R ib c h e s te r Road, Clayton-le- Dale; Helen


attend Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Geof­ frey (17) plays for the Lancashire Schools Symphony Orchestra, Graham’ (17) is a keen orienteer and 13-year-


of Ribblesdale School, Clitheroe, whose main hobby is a th le t ic s .


Andrew(17) is a keen canoeist and is cui- re n t ly studying at agricultural college. Tw o 1 of the girls


attend Ribblesdale — Deborah (l'-), who is an athlete, and Gwen­ doline (17), an active Guide.


keen community service worker; Helen (17), who also keeps busy with community service work and sport; Susan Thurogood (17), who is interested in athletics; and the other Susan (18), a hockey player.


Grammar School i are Alison (17), a


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rimary school their child, attends with the announcement iday that the “zoning” policy introduced m the early 70s is to id immediately.


iwn has been divided into >ur parts, which meant hildren had to go to the chool designated for their one, ir re sp e ctiv e of whether it was the nearest


For several years the one to home.


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v The four schools invol-.. ’ '■ - ■


James’s CE, Pendle and I Brookside. SS Michael and John’s was never zoned because it has always been | able to cope with the number of Roman Catholic children in the town. It was necessary in the


ed are Edisford, ..St I


70s to regulate admission to prevent overcrowding. The most acute problem was in the area between St James’s and Edisford. schools. Due to very heavy pressure on Edisford, some ch i ld ren living nearby had to attend St


James’s. But the fall in birth rate


in recent years means it is now possible to abandon this policy — which in its early days met with strong opposition from some


parents.


d iv is io n al e d u c a t io n officer, said th a t the number of children start­ ing school had been falling for some time. It had been agreed with the headmas­ ters of the four primary schools involved that there was no longer any need for


Mr Fred Calvert, the


zoning. Said Mr Calvert: “We


have always tr ied to accede to parents’ wishes. Now we shall generally be able to admit children to the school their parents


prefer.” Mr Calvert said the situ­


ation in the area between St James’s and Edisford had changed since zoning began. Edisford could now


take more pupils. St James’s had a very


large number of applica­


1 able to apply for their child’s admission wherever


tions, partly b£caVseJ being a Church of England school, parents had been


they lived in the town. He added that Brook-


1 drop in birth rate and because expected housing developments in the Pen­


side, built in 1974, had never reached its full capacity of 280. The number of pupils hud failed to build up because of the


dle Road area had so far


failed to take place. Mr Calvert pointed out,


however, that the educa­ tion authority could not allow one school to become half-empty while another


was overcrowded. “These matters can best


I child’B third birthday,” he I said. ■


be arranged if parents give early nofice-to the schools about the time o f ' the


•ARENTS in Clitheroe will again be free to choose which


have free choice of schools


ANGRY scenes involving a Ribble Valley football team broke a leg in a tackle led to the match being abandoned just after half-


time \ v V 'Ts rJ-, '


Waddington’s away clash with Hoghton on Saturday in the Blackburn Combina­


It: happened during


tion.; But such is the “bad


blood’’ between the two sides that Waddington


manager Mr John Lund is considering asking the police to a t te n d the rematch and the other


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DEBORAH is seen sharing the news of her success ■ > rurt8.\


,


.■ The* trouble s tarted whdn; Hoghton defender


with her father, who accompanies her on training ,■ ■


Deborah to run- for England


’ A DREAM came tru e for Clitheroe teenager*! Deborah Hammonds on Saturday when she; clinched a place in the English Schools , C r o s s - c o u n t r y te a m . Deborah (15), of Fairfield Drive, earned one of the


coveted England running vests by comingeighthin the nationalgschools’ championships at Telford out of a field of 352 starters. The event was held on an fnter-county basis and Deborah, a memher of Ribble


Valley Harriers, was the first Lancashire but unfortunately the side did not land one of the top


PlHer performance was all the more creditable because she was taking part in the intermediate hracket against many older girls.


At one itage it looked as if Deborah was going to , m i t out on finishing among the first eight and


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thereby Qualify for the national tcain. But she rallied magnificently to f'ght her way


through the field and come home m that magical


I e'$eborahwas thrilled with the result which sets up a tremendous climax to her season when tlw English


team take part in the four-nations championships at Dublin on March 29th.


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“It’s always been one of my wishes to represent England at cross-country and I just hope I can keep


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uo the good work,” said Deborah. There will be no let-up in Deborah s punishing


training routine after the Dublin run,for she hopes to he busv with track events in the summer.


Another Clitheroe girl who ran at Telford was


Miranda Wightman (13), of Chatburn Avenue, who came 45th in the junior class.


Temporary


A SCHEME to provide two temporary classrooms,


a cloakroom and a store at R ib b le s d a le S c h o o l , C l i th e ro e , has b e e n approved by the county council. The work, costing £26,400, is due to start next month.


■ : According to Mr Lund, a “ oght’on player picked up „ jomer. flag- ana went for <Kirk. “It was like Italy out


Phil Isherwooil broke a' leg in a tackle with the Waddington skipper John Kirk."'


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THE Lord Lieutenant of L an c a sh ire , Mr Simon Towneley,' has accepted the Ribble Valley Council’s invit­ ation to open the new council offices. Reporting this to the


scheduled game between the teams later in the sea­ son at Twitter ,Lane.


there,” said Mr Lund, who added that before the ambulance arrived some of the Hoghton p la y e r s seemed more concerned m trying to sort out Kirk than attending to their


team mate. Mr Lund said Hoghton


p l a y e r s h a d to be restrained by their man­ ager and supporters. “ I was relieved when the referee abandoned the game. Had it gone on, there could have been vio­


lence,” he said. Of the actual incident,


; breaking people's legs and he is very upset about the


Mr Lund said it was a pure accident; .“Kirk is not the sort of player to go around ,


incident. “It could have easily been John who came out injured,” he said. “There has always been


a bit of needle between W a d d i n g t o n a n d


Hoghton,” said Mr Lund. “But it is very sad that a thing like this had to


happen.” But Hoghton secretary


Mr Russell Rigby, who was running the fine, had a different version of the tackle. “As far as I am concerned, and some of the players, too, it was a delib


THE seasons of the year were portrayed with a difference on Saturday night, when Whalley Methodist ' Church members took to the stage with their third annual variety concert.


hiccups, the cast sang, danced and joked their way through “A dash of seasoning,” depict­ ing the seasons in a lighthearted way.


With no first-night


church members of all ages — right down to the Sunday School pupils.


The cast are regular


rep e ated tomorrow and Saturday night in


The concert will be


the church hall at 7-30, when producer Mavis Chaddock, of Mitton Road, Whalley, is hop­ ing for capacity audi­ ences.


erate kick,” he said. The refe re e Mr J e f f Richardson, of Accrington,


A case bf smoke without fire


THE super-efficient new boiler at a Clitheroe church is proving something of an embarrass­


ment.


Policy and Resources Committee, chairman Coun. Fred Green (Wilpshire) said the acceptance was condi­ tional on the date and time being suitable. The council would pre­ fer a date early in May.


huge clouds from the flue housed in the tower of St James’s that passers-by believe the church is on


It proudly puffs out such


fire. The Rector, the Rev.


Kenneth Broadhurst, this week pleaded to people to resist the urge to call the fire brigade if they see the church tower shrouded m what looks like smoke.


th e re c en t b la z e a t Clitheroe Parish Church, it seems local people are extra-swift to react to the sight of “smoke” from a church. .


With fresh memories of


while he appreciated the calls were made by well- meaning passers-by, fire­


Mr Broadhurst said that ,


men had been called out unnecessarily. It was rattier embarras­


sing having to explain to them that it was simply the zealous nature of the new


boiler. He said the vapour let


off from the flue and con­ densation in the chimney did appear alarming. At first sight many people might be convinced the top of the church tower had become an inferno. Mr Broadhurst feels the


reason the new boiler emits huge clouds of vap­ our from time to time is probably because it is more efficient than the old one. He is however waiting for some parts to be fitted to


the flue. “I don’t know whether


this will cure the problem,” he said. “Until then I would just like to ask people not to dial 999 if th e y se e our tow er


wreathed in ‘smoke’.” Tabler Rodney is th e fall guy ___ ______ ■■ ” « - -


MEMBERS of Clitheroe Round Table had the


chance to throw each other about at their sports night. For when they were


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invited to undertake sport- ing pursuits that they would not, normally con- s ider, eight members gamely went along to receive initial instruction in the martial art.of Judo at Trinity Youth Club. None of them suffered


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serious injury practising throws ana falls, but they felt aches and pains for days afterwards. Past chajrman John


Newberry did see stars when one of the organisers became a little too energetic in showing members how to render someone totally helpless, but he soon reco­


vered. Other members sampled


the advantages of the new floodlit'football pitch at Clitheroe Cricket Club and nearby at Empress Squash Club the final of the inter-, nal squash competition was


held. This year it was between


John Beggs and Raymond Bennett, with table sports officer John winning the trophy for the second year running.


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i J j '& W e ay*-- *. ae*- Hutchinsohgave members The evening ended with meeting.


Fnllhwine the maten, who had watched the final' , supper at du: Red Pump- match, j i f f k i t i


.. P ic tu re : ' Pino Pozzi ; shows how to throw Tabler


^Rodney -Hailwood without ■ breaking any bones.


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bers of the cast at last week’s dress rehearsal.


Seen here are mem­


has reported the affair to th e ; Blackbum - Combina­ tion Executive Committee.


i in c o s t ume behind ■ t h em p r e s e n t e d a : * f P i n k. P a n t h e r ’ : routine. ’■


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