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LIKE ••many other film fans, Mr .Tom O’Neill and his wife Mar in ao fte n dreamed of .visiting the beautiful Swiss countryside they ad­ mired in “The Sound of Music.” But that’s all it was—


■ a dream. For Mr O’Neill (64) is legless and his wife has also been an


.invalid for most of her' adult life. They have never been abroad to­ gether. Their world, they believed, was con­ fined to the walls of their home in Union Street, Low Moor, and outings to local clubs. But .early, next year


Tom and Marina will step into the sparkling land that before they had seen only on film. Thanks to the fund


travelling in a specially .


: equipped “Jumbulance” ■ to Switzerland. . . The; giant ambulance


. equipped- with an hyd­ raulic lift,- toilet and a fitted kitchen with hot-


carries 24 passengers, eight1 on beds and 16 in , reclining seats. I t is.


; and cold running water. There is respiratory _


• regularly, used to trans­ port the most severely,


equipment and medical ' supplies on board, for the Jumbulances are


• handicapped on holidays and pilgrimages. And as Tom and"


when Karen-Avino,; of Brownlow S t r e e t , Glitheroe, 'and Ivor Ed-'* wardson, of- Accrington,-: who both - work; at • Cal- : derstones, formed an appeal team to raise : . money to send local dis­ abled on one of the spe­ cial holidays.


I t all came about. , -. Money, for this, first


Marina and the other' passengers .bowl through the picturesque Swiss countryside they will be looked, after by a team of volunteer helpers who - pay their own 'expenses. Said Mrs O’Neill: “We


raising efforts of a group of young people at Cal- derstones, they will be


couldn’t believe it when we were told we had been chosen to go on the trip."


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THE Ribble Valley Coun-. cil’s Policy and Resources Committee has given the Planning and Transporta­ tion Committee permis­ sion to submit a planning application for a lorry park at Salthill.


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A SPECIAL meeting to help Ribble Valley teenagers beat the dole queue blues has been called by youth workers, alarmed at the'fiigh number of recent' school leavers unable


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youngsters; 0n the unem­ ployment register in the Ribble Valley, compared with last year’s -total of 15.


T h e re a r e ; now 50


this figure is likely- to be swollen by those finishing


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temporary work expe: ence programmes.


With the 'jobs outlook


so bleak, concerned youth workers Mr Geoff Jackson and. Glenda Calvert and area youth adviser Mr Denis Lewis have decided to' call the meeting to offer advice and help on how to cope with the problems of being out of work. • It ,will be held on Tues­


a.m. A letter has ;gone out to


all teenagers on the regis­ ter inviting them to the meeting, where they will be able to exchange job ideas.


Said Mr Jackson: “Basi­ -


cally we want to explore ways in which kwe can help young people facing the predicament of end­ less months on the dole.”


The Ribble Valley’s job­


can be strained and the youngsters have to learn to adapt ,to both a shor­ tage of ; money and a sur­ plus of time. “Being out of work is a


personal crisis for these teenagers.


someone cares about their p l ig h t and can help combat, the problems that unemployment brings,” adds Mr Jackson.


'“We want to show that


day at Trinity^ Youth C lu b , - P a r so n L an e , Clitheroe, starting at 10


; In bed At the meeting he will


be putting forward ideas such as s h o r t te rm courses, recreational pas­ times and voluntary work as - solutions to endless days of boredom.


less total is nothing like as bad as other districts, but Mr Jackson points out that it is still more than three times the previous. on people, year’s figure: .


crington and Chorley have met with a-good response from teenagers on the dole and, Mr-Jackson is confident that the meeting in Clitheroe, with the help of careers: officers and social workers, will be success. “These days everyone is


Similar projects in Ac­


fighting’for a job because firms are just not taking


’ “Teenagers can -soon


a number of problems for in bed, _unless -they are teenagers, he says.


.Relations with parents finding work,” he says. Watch out


campaign to track down television licence evaders, TV detector vans will be


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• IT was certainly a spe­ cial event when; the Clark family’s- cow “Swanside Barome 35” gave. birth' to triplets recently


for, in


. more, than 60 years of. farming in the Ribble Valley, successive gen-


:' T h e y , had se en plenty of twin calves — in fact,’/the ‘same , cow gave b ir th to


: erations ofi the’-family ’ had;- never ■ witnessed;; . such an- - o cc as io n before, v - / .


operating in the Clitheroe a re a d ur ing the two w eek s s t a r t in g on .Monday.


Unemployment creates start spending half a day shown How to go about


CLITHEROE bus driver Mrs Betty' Gray has had the honour of having the bus she; drives officially named; after her.


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Prospect; has become ' so well, known driving the midirbus — which provides a daily rural service linking, Ribble V a lley v i l la g e s to Clitheroe'— that' the new bus, Ribble has bought for the run has a board'' on the; front reading “Betty’s Bits.”


Mrs Gray, of Bolland. For the' past, two


years Ribble has used an orange and cream vehicle"'on hire- from Greater, Manchester Transport. ■


Betty was at the wheel of her 35-seater Ribble red midi-bus ■ for ‘the first,time.


But on Monday, Betty, pictured plac­


ing the. name plate. on her bus, took delivery of the vehicle from her boss, district superin­ tendent; Coun. Leo Wells, who set the civic seal of approval on the venture' in his role, as Mayor of Clitheroe.


Betty first began


work on the buses more than 30 years ago as a conductress. She has been driving buses of all s iz es for seven years.


Councillor ‘comfortable ’


CHIPPING member of the Ribble Valley Council, Mr Matthew Huddleston, is in Blackburn -Royal In­ firmary recovering after a thrombosis. Coun. Huddleston was


admitted on Sunday and earlier this week Mrs Huddleston said he was comfortable. Coun; ’.Huddleston;' a


prominent farmer, moved to, Glitheroe; a year ago, on retirement after 40 years in the industry. He has close links with


Chipping Parish Council and the village’s Congre­ gational Church, and is a past president and chair­ man of Chipping Show.


L IT UP '


NEW s tre e t lights in West Bradford Road, Waddington,1 are now in


use and lights in Waddow View should be connected


in the next few weeks. The County Council has


promised to erect new l ig h t in g columns in Clitheroe Road in the im­ mediate future. ■., „ The Parish. Council will


be considering erecting two additional lighting columns in the next finan cial year.


trip was raised from a sponsored 'wheelchair push from Whalley to Glitheroe and back. The appeal team asked for ' Clitheroe Advertiser;, re ad e rs , to. nominate ; someone for the trip — ; and Mr and- Mrs O’Neill were selected.


Valley disabled may follow them to Switzer­ land later.


But; o th e r Ribble ' , ; . Said Karen: “We don’t


intend to stop now.; We are . planning loads of other' events to raise . money to send other handicapped or ill people


on holiday.” -The O’Neills- were;


nominated for this f irs t. trip by Mrs «.:> Far- quhar, of Taylor Street, - . Chtheroe, who said -that despite the couple’s disa­ bility . they ■


th'e most cheerful. per- , sons anyone could wish to meet." - . . /


were “two of


; The couple’s • sense of humour -in: the, face of their difficulties ,is .well known in Low .Moor, where their uncomplain- , ing attitude to' life has long been admired.' • - -• Tom and Marina are.


now counting the days to their holiday. They will have a preview of what is in store with a ■ short film show at their home’of a similar trip on the Jumbulance.


;. Soon afterwards the film will become , reality and they will’be able to find out if the hills really are alive with the sound of music.


Girls’ school earmarked for £lm. extension


A PLANNED extension costing more than £998,000 at Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School has been included in Lancashire County Council Education Committee’s proposed building prog­ ramme for 1982-83.


If and when completed,


the extension will provide facilities for the extra 30 pupils” a year who will be admitted to the school fol­ lowing the building of a £130,000 sixth-form unit


Leisure firm


takes


advance factory


ONE ’of four advance fac- to'ry;r units 'which' have been. built at ■ the Salthill I n d u s t r ia l E s ta te , Clitheroe, has been let to an amusement company which carries out business throughout the United Kingdom. Ribble Valley Leisure,


at the school. This is due to start soon and be com­ pleted next autumn.


District Educatiori Of­


ficer Mr Fred Calvert said the school governors recognised that under the selective system there, was a shortage of gram­ mar school places, espe­ cially for girls. -


will enable the governors to increase the school’s capacity from two to three-form entry — a 50 per cent jump in new pupils.


The £130,000 extension


plained Mr Calvert, this meant that classrooms, laboratories and facilities for art and other special­ ised, subjects would have to be increased • accord­


In the near future, ex­


ingly. “The £998,000 extension


at present based in Black­ burn will switch a large part o f 'its operation.: to Glitheroe. This will involve the


plan before the county education committee is a natural progression from the smaller plan which is due to start very soon,” he said.


“Instead of admitting 60


construction of home pool tables, the renovation of commercial coin ’ and slot pool tables arid other am­ usement machines. Further work will also


be undertaken on the fin­ ishing of quality copper- topped ..and Tudor-leg tables for public houses. It is anticipated that, in


pupils a year, as at pre sent, the plan is to admit 90 a year and the 50 per cent increase in girls will absorb the number of extra classrooms made av­ ailable in a very short space of time. •


“ So eventually the


the future the company will expand into electrical assembly for amusement machines which will in­ volve the adaptation, and u p d a t in g of ex is tin g machines. The new, larger pre­


school will have to build extra space to house the extra pupils and it is very good news that this has been placed ,on the prog­ ramme for 1982-83.”


has.a temporary office.in Pimlico Road, will receive the key for the premises on November 25th. ■ The advance factories have been built by Engl ish Industrial Estates Corporation in conjunction with the Department of . Industry..


mises will allow the 'ex­ pansion of the business which, 'it is hoped, will eventually employ 10 people at Clitheroe. The company, which


triple event at Sawley


Insurance will cover cost of


bandstand


INSURANCE payments will fully cover the cost of replacing the bandstand in Clitheroe Castle grounds which was destroyed by fire last year, Borough Treasurer Mr Gordon Onslow told members of Ribble Valley Council’s Policy and Resources .Committee. A. sch em e co s t in g


£13,000, which will consist of repairs; to the stage, retention of the existing steelwork with minor re- ; pairs, ■ the building of a felt-covered .roof, possibly in exterior plywood and the chair-store acting as a hackstand,, has been sug­ gested, by council officials and .was welcomed by


■ committee members., . -Mr 'Onslow- said:1 “There


is no doubt: that the origi­ nal : bandstand was fully


; insured : and. the- cost of the replacement now. proposed, plus:the cost. of electricity connection, will be: covered;by, the insur-


■Ktwins only last. year. i • But triplets were de­ finitely something new


, at Greenhead South Farm, Sawley, which •is farmed fby* brothers


ADonald -and (;Kenneth. ' Clark.- -.A


* -The' Clark1 brothers’ father farmed at.Dow-


- family’s dairy herd now ^ ‘


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k nham before . moving to' • * Sawley in ;£1937. The


-'consists * of^about.^O; , beasts. - - '


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. dard as those destroyed by fire, r V ' > ’ ' “This , new scheme - will not ..be,, asv good as the previous^ one, but;will not, costf the' council '■ a,' penny


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BABY Jonathan Davies was the centre of-attrac­ tion afa Clitheroe ivorks the other day.


Tmtex Hehthorn factory by his grandmother for the handing over of a


He ivas taken to the


£200 cheque, for the special care baby unit at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester.


Jonathan’s' grand­


mother, Mrs Mary Davies, of The Crescent, Manchester, who is a supervisor at the ivorks, raised the money by or­ ganising raffles and tombolas among her col­ leagues.


saying thank you for the care la v ish ed on Jonathan when he ivas born 13 weeks prema­ turely.


I t was her way of


rents Marilyn and Alan Davies live in Warmden Terrace, - Accrington,


/ Jonathan, whose pa­


weighed. 2lb. at blrih.- Now, at 2i weeks, he tips the scales at just over Sib.


handed over to the unit’s senior sister, Joan McGuiness, and techni­ cian Mr Ray Bates by Trutex manager Mr Peter Rush.


The cheque was In our picture are


Mrs' Mary Davies ' with Jonathan, Sister McGui­ ness, Mr Rush, Mrs Davies and Mr Davies, with members of the staff .


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Traffic flows


v again


THE road from Dunsop B r id g e th ro u g h th e Trough of Bowland was open again this week, but only to light traffic. The stretch between


Smelt Mill Cottages and Hareden Hall entrance, about three-quarters of a mile north of Dunsop Bridge, was blocked by' landslides after severe • flooding. The heavy rain caused


the “sodden” road to slip between six inches and. two feet in places, said divisional surveyor Mr Richard Wordsworth. Drivers from Clitheroe


and Waddington heading for the Trough were di­ v e r te d to L an c a s te r through Chipping and Longridge. However, by Tuesday,


the road was open to light vehicles, although it could be weeks before a perma­ nent surface can be laid.


• Elsewhere in the Ribble Valley, Mr Wordsworth’s staff found surprisingly little damage in the wake of the extensive flooding — the worst in living memory in some parts of the Ribble, Valley. • Said Mr Wordsworth:


“Despite two prolonged storms within four days, damage 'was less than I feared, with earth banks and culverts .coming off worst.” ,


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