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Sports centre is costing


£100 > a day


THE Lonpridge- Sports AT way a tear


just over, £38,000-in the next 12 months.


more than £100 a day, a figure . which was men-; tioned by Coun. Edwin Gretton (West Bradford) at a meeting of the Policy


This works out at a little


gestion that the centre staff‘should be increased, he declared: , “We shall


ring' @u8ii


added,, there were severe problems because twd staff were absent through illness. The su


' increase Ice nd MPAA, 2


made by the Personnel Committee, and will be dis­ cussed at a later date.


u g g e s t io n :to tn


Come to the fair


RS FAIR RANT


LASS, CHINA. DS, PEWTER, etc., etc.


th S, BRASS.


ge something for


NY INQUIRIES N 65730.


T CLUB


RIBBLE Valley clubs and organisations have a chance to join in the fun of the fair on June 8th and earn money for their cof­ fers at the same time.


of Clitheroe will be takenj over by a country fair organised by the Ribble Valley Sports and Recrea­ tion Advisory Council which wants local groups to support it. Part of the event,will be a “Petticoat Lane” style market with stalls being rented out at


hoped that all sellers will appear in costume.


any profits. However, it is officer


fixed prices and organisa- t0 W


v n r S u ‘le


there will be display areas! where bands and other local bodies such as Morris Men will entertain spec­ tators.


m e *<! ch) GUIDES WING


nue fietherlngton


r9p.m. uy— Raffle


hiring a stall or putting on a show should contact the / sports council’s secretary, [


Mrs Doreen ’Euinton*(Tel. | Clitheroe 41823).


Palace guests Any groups interested in I Away from the stalls, I That’s when the centre I he _ s___taff was


Walmsley (Mellor) pointed out that , there were only three full-time staff and if the number, was increased, there would be less need for overtime to be worked. On one occasion, he


have to th in k very hard before'agreeing to that.” However?. Coun. John


and Resources Committee this week.'; Commenting on a sug­


Centre will probably cost Ribble Valley ratepayers


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PC Craig holds back the voters


CHATBURN police- mai? P e te r C ra ig received the shock or his life when he opened


amazed at the state of the Rhodesian countryside.


Aqua club says thanks


to Frank ford Bridge Inn, Clitheroe.


from retiring chairman Mr man), Mr Neville Wardle club’s AGM' at


ip


receiv­ b


the Edis- at the


to Mr Thompson’s dedica­ tion to the club and men­ tioned how it had grown from a dozen members in 1973 to an organisation with more than 40 mem­ bers and a junior section for the under-16 age group.


dr iv er


Mr Thompson, a lorry a t Ribblesdale


Cement, is to continue as a member,‘ but''Stev ’e"Hei


hwell takes over as i diiving


e Hel- ving


dlngton ^pfrtumfrecdv" 0ther elections were: “Mr ing an inscribed shin’s hell


THE man who started the flourishing Ribble Valley. Sub-Aqua Club gave up his position as diving officer this week, after nearly, eight years as the driving force behind this friendly and. successful local club. Mr Frank Thompson Wad-


(secretary), Mr Malcolm' Linford


Terence Pickersgill (chair, John Almond


Ray Keith (safety officer), (treasurer), Mr


Mr Wardle paid tribute Mr Stanley Waterhouse (training officer) and Mr


Bernard Donley (equip­ ment officer).


Wednesday night at the Ribblesdale Pool and guarantees a warm wel­ come to any new members. They will be taught to dive . . . but they must be com­ petent swimmers. The junior section meets


The club meets every FRANKLAND — BREWER


on Tuesday evenings and is open to young people from 12 to 16.


Mothers’ Union s ta lw a r t is


9 0 tom o r ro w


A FOUNDER member of St/Paul’s, Low Moor, Mothers’ Union, Mrs Betty Booth, celebrates her


; 90th birthday tomorrow — and she has received a card marking th e special occasion from the movement’s headquarters in London.


IN addition to the new Mayor, Coun. Miss Agnes Melling, the Ribble Valley Council will be r e p ­ resented at this years Royal Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace by | Goun. Geoffrey Ainsworth i


(Clayton-le-Dale) and by Mr Dennis Black, Borough Engineer.


CHIPPING BRANCH CONSERVATIVE


ASSOCIATION


WHIST and DOMINO DRIVE


MONDAY, MARCH 10th, HODDER


BRIDGE HOTEL 7-45 p.m.


Admission 50p Mrs Booth, of .Waddow than 30 years they lived in


Green, has enjoyed a long association with St Paul s. In addition to helping form the MU branch, she and her late husband, Percy, were members of the choir


for 35 years. The couple moved from


Blackburn to Clitheroe in the 1930s and for more


SAWLEY


MANAGEMENT TEL.


CLITHEROE UNDER NEW


TAXI NOWAT


26826 HENTHORN


GOSPEL CHURCH Jesus said: "Igive unto my


sheep eternal life" ✓ ■ John 10v28


Sunday 6-30 p.m.


Preacher: H. Haynes, Burnley


Wednesday, 7-45 p.m. Prayer and Bible


Reading PRELIMINARY NOTICE


Clitheroe Cricket, Bowling and Tennis Club


JUMBLE SALE


Saturday, March 15th In the


CONSERVATIVE CLUB 1. (4) “Atomic” — Blondie. (18) “Take that look off your face —Marti Webb. ' .. „


I (2) “So good to be back home” — Tourists. 4 '(10) “Together we are beautiful” — Fern Kinney. 5 (1) “Coward of the county" - Kenny Rogers. 6. (8) “I can’t stand up for falling down — Elvis


7. (7) “Carrie” - Cliff Richard. 8 (14) “Ghost riders in the sky — Shadows. 9 (9) “And the beat goes on” — Whispers. -


Costello. ; ,


10'. (5) “Captain Beaky” - Keith Michell. ' II (6) “I’m in the mood for dancing — Nolans. 12! (19) “Games without frontiers" — Peter Gabriel. 13’ (_ ) “So lonely" — Police. 14. (20) “At the edge" — Stiff Little Fingers. 15 (.!_) “Turning Japanese" — The Vapours. ie' (—) “Baby, I love you” — Ramones. 17 (13) “Rock with you” — Michael Jackson. 18. _(3) “Someone’s looking at _ you” — Boomtown ■ / ■ .".Rats:: ■ '■ •' ■ ■


High Street; Low Moor, before moving to.Waddow. Green four years ago. . Mrs Booth worked for many years as a weaver at Shawbridge Mill and then as a canteen assistant at the Old School, now the site of the St Ann’s Court sheltered accommodation. In recent years, she has become housebound due to severe arthritis, but still does all her own cookin, and likes reading an watching television. Her shopping is done by


a neighbour, Mrs Marie Macquarrie, who calls in


daily to see her. As Mrs Booth is unable


to go out to celebrate tomorrow, Mrs Macquar­ rie has arranged for two birthday cakes to be deli­ vered and anyone who fan­ cies a slice and a cuppa is welcome to call in. Despite being a strict


Gail Brewer was married to service manager Mr Gary Frankland at Christ Church, Chatburn, on Saturday.


Chatburn nurse Miss


daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Brewer, of Sawley Road, Chatburn, and the brideg­ room is the elder son of Mr and Mrs M. Frankland, of Pendle Avenue, Chatburn.


The bride is the elder


by her father, wore a . crinoline in French-voile, with lace trimming on the yoke, skirt and sleeves. Her full circular veil was held in place by a Juliet cap


. The bride, given away


decorated with flowers and rhinestones and <


ried a shower bouquet-of pink • roses, ” stephanotis', lily:of-the-valley and spray carnations. Matron of honour was


> she.: car­


Mrs Diana Wearden and o th e r attendants were Miss Della Brewer, the


bride’s sister, and Miss


crinoline-style dresses of strawberry pink silk and headdresses and bouquets of mixed silk flowers. Stephanie had a white silk crinoline-style dress. Page was Master Robert


Stephanie Mitchell, the bridegroom’s cousin. T h e a d u l t s w o re


Mitchell, the bridegroom’s cousin.


ii The ceremony was con­ ' '


ducted by the Rev. C. R. -Butlin and organist was Mr G. Hitchen. ‘


s! Following a reception at the Castle Restaurant, Clitheroe, the couple' left for a honeymoon in Por­ tugal. They are to live in Sabden. Photograph: P y e ’s';


" Clitheroe.


Memorial service to former Rimington man


FORMER Rimington man Mr Robin Anderson, who emigrated to Australia two years ago, col­ lapsed and died while playing cricket on a works


45, lived in Victoria with his wife, Eileen, and two teenage children, Timothy and Samantha. Rimington villagers this


outing. Mr Anderson, who was


teetotaller, Mrs Booth con­ fessed yesterday that she might even break open a bottle of sherry to make the party go smoothly.


Did not stop


FOR failing to comply with a stop sign in .Wellgate, motorist Neil Robinson, of Standen Road, Clitheroe,


was fined £35 by the town’s magistrates. He admitted the offence in a


letter.


week said they were stun­ ned by the death of the popular resident who had been a keen sportsman and involved with almost all the village activities. They packed Gisburn


and other relatives from his native Bramhope, near Leeds, attended the memo­ rial service.


Mr Anderson was a member of the Gisburn


. Church choir and also of the Rimington singing


Parish Church on Sunday evening for a memorial service conducted' by


Canon S. A. Selby. During the se rv ic e


Canon Selby said, “He was always ready to help in village activities. He was a s te a d y , d e te rm in e d courageous man of very sound principles. He was very interested in sport and his enthusiasm was an incentive to others.” ,


member of Rimington Recreation Association and worked hard to pro­ vide the present jubilee sports field. He was also treasurer of the village football club and tribute w’as paid to him during a social event run by the club


group “The Glee CIud.” He was a fo u n d e r


at the weekend. Clitheroe Round Table


members obse rved a minute’s silence at their meeting in memory of Mr Anderson who had been an


active member. Mr Anderson and his


family, who had lived m Rimington for about jive years, first left the village m 1976 when- his job took him to the Pacific Island of


Fiji.


later for a short stay and Fiji,


, T! jy r u.--------r „ - hey returned twp years ,


th e n em ig r a t e d to A u s t ra l ia , where Mr


Anderson continued to tie


an active sportsman. _ He was playing cricket


for his works team when he suddenly collapsed ana


died.


Wearden, the brideg­ room’s cousin, groomsmen were Mr Tony Frankland and Mr Paul Brewer and ushers were Mr Carl Bre­ wer and Mr S tep h en Wearden.


Best man was Mr Glen


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


Whalley needs light industry


IN the only election address I saw by,a member of Whalley Parish Council last May, it was stated tha t the candidate was in favour of encouraging light industry in the village


Come off it, Mr


|T must be lovely being Mr Barton. If the sums don’t fit your argument, what does it matter? “Govern-


Barton! mfents donlt have to


balance . their ebooks,” he says. ..We all know, that every,


workers which is 'not earned' by higher;produc­


pativity .would have ( to be


Arthur Scargill, the Com­ munist miners’ leader who has been busy organising mobs to prevent people from getting to work and plotting ag a in s t Roy Mason in the. Barnsley con- 8 King Street stituency, is “astute" and 1 Whalley “right” to support the steel workers. At least we know which


id by the taxpayer. ‘ According to Mr Barton,


Labour party Mr Barton belongs to.


P. J. MAWSON Oakleigh, Barrgw


Mr Anderson’s mother Helen’s


success AT Clitheroe YFC’s meet­ ing last week Helen Cow- perthwaite was congratu­ lated on gaining the place of runner-up for the girls in the Lancashire YFC quiz.


an application by British Rail to utilise the derelict Station House as offices was turned down by the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning Office on the grounds that “in a residen­ tia l area, work is not encouraged.?’


Two or three weeks ago,


penny paid to the; :steel: : ;May.-47remind, the Plan- i.iLi/tk: l o 'n n f ' ri ling OfflCG t n i i t .nOt


4 p a r k i n g - .w a s ;t h o problem.”


everyone has a car, nor is one needed to walk 200 yanis from the village, where there is a car park. The Judge Walmesley


Mill has closed: Abbey Mill, Billington, also. Bus fares to surrounding firms are well over £1 return.


J. G. HARTLEY


LETTERS for publica: tion are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at the Editor’s discretion.


I questioned the council­ ‘lor concerned, who said


son, pictured with a bou­ quet, also steps down. She was presented with the flowers in recognition of her work as social sec­ retary.


Mrs Kathleen Thomp­


Her position was taken by Mrs Gwen Pickersgill.


smashed in the chaos and 30 soldiers had to be called in to help PC Craig and four Rhodesian police officers restore order. PC Craig (36), who


morning he was confronted by a crowd of about 7,000, who were so keen to cast their votes that they charged the station. A gate and fencing whre


the rural polling sta­ tion he was supervis- Rig m the Rhodesian elections. For at 7 o’clock in the


houses and schools have been destroyed; the roads are full of mine craters and the perimeter of the base was full of mortar and bul­ let holes,” he added. But it was the extensive


"Most of the brick-built


travelling that made the trip demanding. After changing planes at


PC PINDER


arrived back in Downham Road on Monday night, exhausted after the trip, described that opening morning as “a Horrifying experience.”


■


duty in rural areas to pre­ vent intimidation, PC Craig was stationed at' Muchakapa base camp, in Victoria’s tribal trust- la n d s of S o u th e r n Rhodesia. In the three days of vot­


One of 500 volunteers on


ing, which he supervised, about 7,700 people called at the'station.


• entirely confident that the election procedure had been fair, in the face of possible intimidation from rival political interests. “The high turnout of


because, in the absence of an electoral reg is te r , everyone who voted had to dip their hands into a sub­ stance that showed up for the next few days unaer a light ray. This prevented people from voting twice. PC Craig said he was


The process was slow


more than 90 per cent, though, surprised me,” he admitted. The voting apart, he was


Salisbury, PC Craig flew to Victoria’s provincial capital, Fort Victoria. The journey to the base camp was then by convoy, escorted by armed troop carriers. “Nevertheless, it was all


Clitheroe-Advertiser and Times, March 6th, 1980 3


QUALITY EXHAUSTS


CONSULT THE LEADING EXPERTS


very enjoyable and cer­ tainly an experience,” he added. One familiar face he


came across on the journey


was an old friend and former Clitheronian, PC Nicholas Pinder. The pair bumped into


each other while waiting to be dispersed from Salis­ bury airport. PC Pinder (30) now lives


at Irlam and serves on the G r e a te r Man ch e s ter Force. His mother, Mrs Eileen Pinder, still lives in P r in c e s s A v e n u e , Clitheroe.


Bungalow for golf steward


ERECTION of a detached three-bedroomed bun­ galow near the clubhouse at Clitheroe Golf Club to accommodate the steward was approved by Ribble Valley Council’s Develop­ ment Sub-Committee. ” . The committee was told


that first-floor modifica­ tions to the clubhouse to provide enlarged accom­ modation for the steward, which had been approved,


PREPARE FOR SPRING THEEASYWAY BY HIRING IT


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had not proved financially and structurally possible. The proposed bungalow


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would be located in an area well screened from Whal­ ley Road and existing resi­


dential properties. The w a te r authority


expressed re s e rv a t io n s about septic tank sewage disposal, but the commit­


(


the resewering which was . to , take'Tplacc all ■ the' way


this point. ■ A condition ol approval was that within six months from the date of the bun­ galow being occupied, the existing steward’s accom­ modation w ith in th e clubhouse should be taken out of domestic use.


No licence


LANGHO motorist David Orrell, of York Lane, York,. was fined £25 and ordered to pay £33.33 back duty by Clitheroe magis­ trates, for using a car with no excise licence.


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tee chairman, Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg (Wiswell) said


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Farm, Pendleton, is a pupil of Clitheroe Grammar School. Her brother, Edward, was in th e Clitheroe team with her. The speaker at the meet­


Helen (13), of Schofield


ing was Mr Stanley Westh- ead, who talked about the geology of Clitheroe and the surrounding district. The vote of thanks was proposed by Margaret Col- linge and . seconded by James Parkinson.


SEEKING TO RAISE FEES


THE Ribble Valley. Coun­ cil is calling for an increase in dog licence fees. A notice of motion being


sent to the annual. confer­ ence of the Association of District Councils by the Public Works and Health Committee says, licence fees should be raised suffi­ ciently to enable local authorities to be able to a f f o rd dog w a rd e n schemes.


- Delay in finishing DELAY in the supply 0]


heating panels has resu[l in the expected compteti date for the new KiM>‘°


19 (12) “Too much, too young” —: Specials. 20'. (—) “All .night long’.’ -t-; Rainbow. Last: week’s placings in brackets. Tip for the top:


“Echo'beach” —.Martha and the Muffins. LP of the week: “Light up the night"— Brothers Johnson. Chart compiled by Ames Record' Bar.


Valley Council .Offices being put back for t weeks to March 31st. , It is estimated' that cost of the main build* • likely to be within the


tract price, with up.to an extra £6,000 for screening. Contract payments to


date total £586,542. Of this th e coifncil has paid £123,895 and £462,647 has been paid by Morgan Gren­ fell, tne merchant,bankers who are helping to finance the project.: ■


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