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heroe when the Town Mayor. n-le-Dale) told ouncil’s Policy


ssing, he men- lat the Abbevfield a trust for build- modation for the were understood


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hd Coun. Peter. 1 (C l i th e ro e ) that Clitheroe


,te to think of the being pulled


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t was given the formation, ort by the Offic- ing Group, the


ouncil was not be very helpful


Executive, Mr e l J a c k s o n , d that the best solution would


la n s fe r of th e The p resen t


If Castle House by ■ogre


j Heritage Centre. I s possible that |> Town Council willing to make


I premises could


Id contnbution to lcosts in view of [i interest in the I and the benefits Iwn generally, leneral Purposes ee approved the proposal for a v report on the


Is views and the I of financial sup- lould be willing to


>rry of


intidy *oads


Jidy state of some ■the Ribble Valley ling many of the lish councils, ieeting of the Par- |cils’ Liaison Com- t was decided to


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ly cleaning to the |ial parishes. Jmgh villages such Idington and Whal- le lengthsmen to lu t these duties, ther parishes could ird to do this and nmittee felt the i Council should ver the responsi-


. Ribble Valley u to reconsider its


to leave,Wghway


lommittee is also to t the county council


fine concern at the of not employing


Linen on roads in reas.


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evening magic


L and


j music ming of magic and y local entertainers / ie held in Trinity list Schoolroom, re, on Saturday.


concert, to raise y for Laneside , Calderstones, has


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haw, of De Lacy Clitheroe.


|e Mr David Down- Mr Roger Dugdale,


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riendiy ... ^ u| g J 3 “Mi88 fe. Hitchen (former.president, Canoni John x enclal events and Hudson (vicar), Miss N. Hitchen (president), the Rev. Stanley


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Vets’ bid to use offices refused


THE proposed use of 32 Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, as veterinary premises was refused by Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Committee at its meeting on Monday night. - 1 .


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I Business as usual at Clifton i I St, Burnley until then.


Saturday. In the gallery is a dis­


play of watercolours by Philip J. Glynn, of Bever­ ley Drive. He is a char­ tered surveyor who finds the Ribble Valley scenery


an ideal painting.


su b je c t for


is showing hand-turned wooden furniture made by Frank Peters, of Wadding- ton Road. He has been interested in woodwork as a hobby for many years, making fu rn i tu re for friends and relatives.


The lending department


'The exhibitions close on March 22nd.


I ‘ dential flat above. The p rem ise s have


' sion to use the.premises as consulting rooms, and later to include, an operating suite and kennels on ■the1 ground floor, with a resi-


hitherto Seen used as coun­ cil offices, and Clitheroe Town Council suggested th a t th e y should be returned to residential use


when vacated. The County Council said


the Highway Authority would support opposition to the vets’ proposal, and of 27 nearby residents con­ sulted, 16 objected.


T h e ap pl ic a n ts


expressed awareness of the need to avoid nuisance to surrounding neighbours and said every ef fort would be made to provide a sound-proof and hygienic


kennel area. The Planning Depart-


m e n t re c om m en d e d refusal of the application on the grounds that use of the ^premises for veteri­ nary purposes in a predo­ minantly residential area would be seriously detri­ mental to the amenities and privacy of adjoining residents.


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Car parking by those surgery would


also present problems. tne The recommendation


was agreed without discus­ sion.


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Mary’s devotion earns an award


SABDEN woman' Mrs Mary Cottam has been awarded a prize from1 Cal­


Street / has won the Flor­ ence Haywood memorial prize, awarded each year to the employee who has given care over and above the normal call of duty.-: By coincidence,. she is


Mrs Cottam, of Wesley • ■


given. Mrs C o t tam , who


retired in February, had been a house mother at the hospital for nearly eight years. Prior to that, she had done domestic work


there for two years. She still returns to Cal­


derstones two days a week on a voluntary basis. Those little extras which


helped her to win the award included baking cakes for parties and gen­ erally making the resi­ dents’ lives happier. The prize included £25


derstones Hospital,,\yhal-,- ley, for her care of resi­ dents.


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A DECISION will be made at Calderstones Hospital today on whether to - fight a test case in the High ■ Court to try to estaD- lish voting rights for m e n t a 1 1 y- handicapped r e s i ­ dents.


; The hospital wanted 660 of its residents included on the Ribble Valley register of elec­ tors. Their names were omitted by the council’s Chief Executive and , Returning Officer, Mr


, the election laws under which the residents had been excluded from the register as “archaic.” He said the 1949 Represen­ tation of the People Act barred anyone resident in a mental institution from voting.


senior nursing'officer at Galderstones, is meeting Mr David Brandon of MIND — the campaign­ ing mental health associa­ tion — to discuss taking' action in the High Court. Mr Stones described


Michael Jackson, after he had taken legal advice. Today Mr Tony Stones,


' ‘‘Since this act there have been tremendous


advances in the treat­


ment and approach to tne mentally-handicapped, said Mr Stones. He acknowledged that


Mr Jackson had_ acted within his authority in refusing to accept the fabU names the hospital had submitted.


But he said: “I am sur­


prised on moral grounds that their names were excluded. Our people are residents, not patients. “People with the same . mental ability who are


Jiving at home or in a hostel are allowed to vote. So why should people be discriminated against purely because they live in a place such as Calderstones?”


reason for the 660 resi­ dents whose names I put forward being in Calaer- slones is because there is nowhere else for them to go."


He added: “The only


told Mr Stones he would be prepared to accept residents for the register — providing he could fur­


Mr Jackson said he had


-Charity-— shop’s appeal refused


A R E Q U E S T b y Clitheroe’s Oxfam shop to be let off paying rates, so that more money could go to charity, was turned down by Ribble Valley Council’s Finance and Gen­ eral Purposes Committee. The shop a l re a d y


nish a doctor’s certificate , for each patient stating Mr X or Mrs Ywas not a patient suffering from a m ental d iso rd e r as defined in the 1959 Men­


tal Health Act. He said: “We have to


decide who is eligible for the register in law as it stands today.” Mr Stones said that


that today’s meeting with the . MIND north-west regional organiser will result in voting rights being gained through the


But his main hope is


High Court. ‘T want automatic vot­


obtaining individual cer­ tif ic ate s and. sending them off would mean a monumental clerical exercise which the hospi­ tal would, however, be prepared to undertake “if it comes to that.”


ing rights for residents. It concerns me that there is this blanket exclusion for anyone living in a mental hospital,” said Mr


Stones. Mr Brandon com­


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. Borough Treasurer Mr Gordon ..Onslow said the shop bad made' the same application in past years. It already, received man­ datory ra te re l ie f of £188.90 and was ' asking the committee to grant dis­ cretionary relief from pay­ ing 1 the remaining 50 per


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POCKLINGTON NEAR neighbours in Whalley, Miss Lynne Pocklington and Mr Paul


cent:. ’ "1 /Debate on ? the applica­ tion was brief. Councillors rejected it, agreeing with Coun. Edwin 'Gretton (West1 Bradford) who said it would be


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which charities should be granted


awful'. precedent!’. 'i f council


started relief.


the third person from Sab- den to win the award in the four years it has been


Picnic in spring


sunshine


SIGNS of an early spring were noticed by Clitneroe walkers at the weekend. Local members of the


towards a gift of Mary’s choice and she decided to add some money for a gold watch. She also received a gold locket and chain from colleagues in her unit. She was presented with


Ramblers Association vis­ ited the Hodder Valley, where they noted that cur­ lews had already returned, lapwings were performing spectacular aerobatic dis­ plays and the coltsfoot was In bloom. From Bashall Eaves, the


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Anthony Anderton were' married at the Methodist Church in : the: village on


Saturday. ; The bride, a .domestic


assistant;'- is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs M. PocKlingtdni' of . Mitton


Road;',-


dent nurse, who lived just a few doors away in Bridge Terrace, Mitton Road, is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs G. Anderton. The bride, given away


The bridegroom, a stu­ ‘


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Steam heat at the


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by her father, wore a- white full-length gown with a full veil and carried a b o uquet of spring


flowers. Bridesmaids were Miss


Julie and Miss Dianne Pocklington, the bride’s sisters. They wore blue satin dresses trimmed with lace and carried spring flowers. Best man was Mr Peter


- According to the centre’s principal, Mr Jeff Smith, the prob­ lem is caused' by the cellar flooding. “Our boiler is housed down there and the atmos­ phere becomes like a sauna!” he said. The water occasion­


ally rises to nearly three feet and firemen have been called sev­ eral times to pump it


away. In an attempt to dis­


Anderton, the brideg­ room’s brother, and ushers were Mr Nigel Anderton and Mr Adrian Taylor. The ceremony was con­


ducted by the Rev. G. Vic­ kers and organist was Mr


the award, which was for last year, by Mr Fred Parr, Burnley Health Dis trict administrator, at the annual birthday party of the Calderstones’ social group, the 73 Club. Mrs Cottam and her hus


band, Stanley, have a son David, who lives in Low Moor, and grandchildren


Paul (8) and mark (2).


party strolled througl Paper Mill Wood to tn banks of the : Hodder before taking a picnic lunch in the sun besiae Mill Brook. The route home was by


Yates. Following a reception at


the Spread Eagle Hotel, Barrow, the couple left for a honeymoon in Paris. T h ey a re to live in Whalley. Photograph: Westmins­


Micklehurst, Bashall Moor Wood, Talbot Bridge, Clough Bo ttom anci BashalT Hall, ending at Edisford. It was a pleasing end to


ter Studios, Langho. P a r k i n g f in e


the group’s season of winter walks. The next outing is a car ramble to Boulsworth on March 23rd.


FOR parking a lorry in a no-waiting area'in Preston Road, Longridge, John Hindle (29), of Hodder Grove, Clitheroe, was fined £15 at Clitheroe.


cover the cause of the f l o o d i n g , d ra i n - clearance specialists were recently called in to look for blockages. They cleaned several drains but Mr Smith will not know until the next spell of heavy rain whether they have solved the problem. He joked: “If the cel­


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