. V f 10 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, October 9th, 1980


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Pavements like obstacle course


THE sight of workmen jumping up and clown on freshly-laid tarmac to make a repair to a- town centre footpath in Clitheroe was so ridicu­ lous it was unbelievable, said a Ribble Valley councillor.


• Coun. John Cowgill


(Clitheroe) was illustrat­ ing the poor standard of temporary repair carried


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out to footpaths in the town by contractors work­ ing for the Gas Board.


meeting of the council’s Public Works and Health Committee at which Coun. B e r t Jones (Clitheroe) compared the broken flagstones in. town to a patchwork quilt.


His complaint came at a


pavements is like trying to negotiate an obstacle course,” he declared.


“Walking Clitheroe


the Borough Engineer’s department, said he had complained to the Gas Board about the standard of temporary reinstate­ ment of footpaths carried out by its contractors. He had received an apology from the Board and an explanation that there had been problems with plant and • machinery used to carry out the work.


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before the county council took responsibility after the Board had finished a job, Mr Turner said it de­ pended on the time taken for the work to “settle.” I t varied from three months to two years.


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Faulty boiler


C L IT H E R O E F i re Brigade dealt with a faulty heating boiler at Low Moor Club. The boiler was disconnected and no. damage caused. Workmen later put right the fault.


AN autumn dance or­ ganised by. Hurst Green Football Club in the vil­ lage hall was attended by about 250 youngsters and made a profit of £240 for club funds.


local group Casino; and to the J.D. Disco. The organisers, thanked all who helped to make the event a success.


Dancing was to the


T i d y u p a t C h a t b u r n


A SCHEME to tidy up a filled-in rubbish tip in Clitheroe Old Road, Chat- burn, has been approved by the county council’s Highway and Transporta­ tion Committee.


and cover the tijj, before planting trees, erecting fencing and building a boundary wall round the site, which is owned by the county.


It is proposed to grade


the- work will enhance Chatburn and satisfy planning; conditions over restoration. The total esti­ mated cost is £10,100, with £3,600 of it coming from a Countryside Com­ mission grant.


The committee believes LIVELY


of the season, Clitheroe Civic Society had a talk by one of its members, Mr Eric Haslam. For 12 years he was a


FOR. its opening meeting l


Drugs pushed at Whalley youth club


A WHALLEY youth club was one of three outlets used for, pushing drugs, Preston Crown Court was told on Friday.1 ,


- At the Crown Court,- .the organiser of the ring, Nicholas Robert Stan- worth (18), a baker, of Park Lane, Great Har­ wood, was jailed for three years for handling and supplying the-drugs.


. For assisting-ill- the sale of drugs, his wife, June Elizabeth Staiiworth (21), of the same address, was jailed for six months. •For similar offences a


Blackburn man, Gary Brian


Place (18), of Croydon Street, was sent to bors­ tal and Charles Foster Geldart (21), of Burnley, Road, Padiham, \vas jailed for six months. According to Det. Sgt


worth £385 were stolen by a Sheffield' boy of. 16 from a warehouse and sold at three for £1 at the Golden Palms, Blackburn; Wigan- Casino and Whalley. ,'


The barbiturate tablets


Newlyweds honeymoon in Majorca


Penny Lynne Daniels was married to lorry driver Mr Peter E. Singleton, at Trinity Methodist Church, .Clitheroe.


Student nur.se. Miss


daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Daniels, of Ennerdale.


Road,. Clitheroe, and the bridegroom is the. only


son of Mr and Mrs , A. Singleton, of Grimshaw Street, Great Harwood.


Harry Hargreaves; who led the drug; squad in­ quiries, Whalley Catholic Youth Club, the Golden Palms and contacts on Blackburn Boulevard were the main outlets. The gang sold drugs as


member of the consortium, “Onward”, which’was con­ cerned with local authori­ ty building in the North West.


his talk “Housing — the' alternative approach”,; spoke of his work, which included ■ both • material, and social aspects.


Mr Haslam, who called Chairman Mr Ed Hill


thanked him and a lively question-time followed.


Parish p r ie s t at the Church of the English ^Martyrs, Whalley, ;• told a reporter that he was una­ ware of anything wrong. The youth club, now closed, once had a mem-


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by her father, wore a gown of nylon organza' trimmed with lace. She had a short veil and car­ ried a bouquet of white ro s e s , f r e e s ia and stephanotis, intermingled witn'blue and white silk flowers.


The bride, given away ,


a matter of routine to 14 and 15-year-olds, he said. Fr Thomas Murray,


bership of 300, most of .whom travelled from out­ side the area. , ; As. numbers dwindled through increases , in bus fares, it was decided: to close the club in ' May, membership having been reduced to 10. There are no plans to re-open.'


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Interest adult education


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ENROLMENTS for Ribble Valley adult educa­ tion courses are still trickling in, but the overall decline in interest in classes is already appa­ rent.


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have enrolled, compared with '3,400 last year. Dis­ trict principal Mr Jeff Smith expects there to be about 2,900 by'the middle of this month. - At the moment there


So far, 2,500 people


Saved from car blaze


; to increase to 185 com­ pared with 220 last year. The main drop has been


are 176 classes . and 'Mr Smith , hopes the number


,m -fee-paying pensioners who, because of increased charges, have opted for fewer classes.


had rushed to. enrol:1 at first, but the numbers had now dropped off. - However, Mr Smith be­


Unemployed youngsters, '


lieves it is important to maintain and provide clas­ ses, particularly for the young unemployed. . Commenting on a sug­


,a Salesbury woman from a blazing car parked on* a track leading, tq»Whalley Nab on Friday morning.


(to .her face and arms. She was ■ ment.


Peter’s' Close, > was. taken to Blackburn Royal Infir­ mary suffering from,burns


Mrs Joyce Gank, of St


releasedafter, treat­ ■


A 17-YEAR-OLD Burn­ ley motor cyclist dragged


.' boleros.'?They' had4 blue' picture hats with match­ ing ties :and carried clutch b ag s 'trimmed with flowers. Best man was Mr Paul


. Carol Robinson wore blue dresses with flowered overdresses andr-matching


Cahill, groomsman Yvas Mr John S. Daniels, the bride’s brother, and usher wasfMr- Peter A. Daniels, the bride’s brother. -The ceremony was con­


ducted by the Rev. J. Needham and organist was Mr Peter Wrigley.; After a reception at the


They are to live in Great Harwood. .


:• Lorry ban


RIBBLE - Valley Public Works and Health Com­ mittee is supporting- county counci} proposals to ' ban heavy lorries in two local “zones.” Members backed prop­


"zones. ' . It was reported that no


re s tr ic tio n would be placed on the Waddington


, extensively by quarry lorries. •


Fell road which is ' used


- When- the ban begins, on vehicles over th re e


■ tons unladen weight, the • roads in-question will be - signposted.


osals to prohibit heavy wagons' in - the “Bashall” and the “Pendle Hill”


Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe, the couple left- for a honeymoon in Majorca.


Singleton, the brideg­ room’s sister, and Miss


Bridesmaids Miss Janet The bride is the only,


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•GLITHEROE; Naturalists', ■'•are .to.-try? a -new-path ;by; s continuing their mature;


-■walks during„ thevwinter; i The:. walks’”, will be' local and ‘ held on : the third Saturday in'the month. The innovation 'was


agreed atv; the annual meeting, at; which; Mr


John Simpson thanked the society’s , officers 'for their work. He also referred to the g r e a t p le a s u r e younger • members had given and he hoped they would • maintain their, in­ terest. -


dent,, Mrs Anne Bleazard; chairman, Mr G. ■ Friend; vice-chairman, Mr F. Dakin; . secretary, Mr Armstrong; assistant sec­ retary, Mrs C. Seagar; treasurer, Mrs F. Blades; assistant treasurer, Mrs G. Robinson; Press-cor­ respondent, Mr J. Gre­ gory; auditors, Mrs C. Course, Mrs Friend; pro­ jectionist, Mr A. Dixon. ■Committee: Mrs G.


of lectures will open next Thursday at Ribblesdale School, • at 7-30 p.m. Speaker will be Mr G. Yates, of Rochdale. Officers elected: Presi­


The winter programme


Bishop, Mrs Wilson, Mr R. Blades,' Mr Gregory, Mr R. Wilson, Mr Dixon.


Prices at Gisburn


FORWARD in the dairy sec­ tion at Gisburn Auction Mart on Thursday were 148 accre­ dited newly-calved cows and heifers. Prizes for accredited cows: 1,


H. Southwell £630: 2, J. Shut- tleworth £570. Heifer: 1, J. VV. Horner £570; 2, R. Murray £515. Accredited Friesian cows


of 375 accredited calves. Frie­ sian bull calves made , to £76, average £38.80; heifer calves to £64 (34.30): Hereford X bull calves to £108 (£66.50); heifer calves to £661 (£32). Weaned calv».; Friesian bull


made to £630, average £462; heifers to £585 (£458). The calf section had an entry


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Putting over ‘Save school’ message


FIVE keen supporters of the campaign to keep ' open tiny Bashall Eaves school publicised its plight by taking to the streets of Clitheroe on Saturday morning.


donkey Jasmin, driven by Mrs-Jean Peacock, of Browsholme Cotes, Stonyhurst, wife of/ Mr Donald Peacock, who is leading the fight to


Showing the way was


stave off closure of the. school.


has been recommended for closure as an ' economy measure . . . a final decision being , due ' this afternoon at a meet­ ing of Lanc a shire County Council.


The 18-pupil school


are hoping to attend the meeting, which will hear a save-the-school plea


A group of parents Models on show


calves to £123 £123); Charolais X bull calves to £135 (£105.80); heifer calves to £133 (£73.50);- Angus bull calves to £50 (£29.50), heifer calves to £52- (£28.20); beef X heifer calves to £102 (£102). There were 24 entries at a


tion • were 362 cattle, 2,777 sheep and, 16 pigs. Certifiedtclgan,cattle: tliight :ee‘rs made "to S2p’ Kilo’ and


averaged 74.4p; medium to 84p (73.1p); heavy to 74.2p (71.4p); light heifers to 75.5p (68.5p); medium to 77.5p (69.5p); heavy to 74.5p (66.2p). Uncertified and previously


(113,9p): overweight - to. lOOp. (104p). light shearlings to; 88p (88p); heavy to 81.5p (78p): Fat ewes to £18 (£11.76). Pigs: Cutters made' to 64p


134.5p, average 120.9p; stan­ dard 136.5p (126.4p); medium to 129p (119.2p); heavy to 120p


certified cattle: Light steers made to 78.2p (73. Ip);! light h e ife rs to 67.2p (61.Ip); medium to 77.5p (69.5p); heavy to 69.5p (62.4p). Fat cows to 67.8p (53p). Sheep: Light lambs made to


(63.2 p ) ; . Baconers to 63p (26.4p ) : fat sows to £76 (£67.60).


Grim jobs outlook


THERE is still a -very-


severe shortage of perma­ nent employment for young people in the Ribble -Valley, District Careers Officer Mr Jack Atkinson reported to the District Education Liaison Committee this week; • He said 100 young-


people were employed in special temporary job schemes but there was no guarantee that their, jobs would become permanent. Employers were sym­


sale of in-pig gilts, sows and store pigs. Store pigs made to £26. Forward in the fatstock sec­


LOVERS of miniature railways, aircraft, ships and cars, should head for Clitheroe Parish Hall on O c to b e r . 3 1 s t and November. 1st for a model. exhibition in aid of the Restoration Fund.' -


30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and 10 a. m. to 6- 30 p.m. on Saturday.


It will be open from 6-


(20p for children and pen­ sioners).


' Admission will be 4Op


from County Coun. David Coulston, . who represents the area. But Mrs Peacock felt


a good way.to publicise the school’s fight would be to tour . Clitheroe- town centre with' the ., donkey and trap. She was accompanied


by' placard-carrying pupils — her daughter Sarah (8), (pictured on the right) and Susan, Mawdesley (10), of The ■ Lodge, Browsholme . Hall: Bringing up the rear was; the Peacocks’ Jack Russell; Tiffany. . Response to the tour


was very encouraging with the ; party meeting several former pupils of Bashall' Eaves school. / Two elderly ladies they.', talked with were pupils' there more than'- 50 years ago


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Mr. Smith said .that be-,v Taking bver-r''


vCharles ;Denis McWilliam, 'takes place at St Nicholas’ • Church next Thursday. ; Mr McWilliam, is; coming;


i THE induction of .'the new Vicar of Sabden, the Rev. -.


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MANAGER of (the. .Peter- Harrison ? tyre:;; company, i C h a tb u rn , ; Mr;!-Jack; Barnes,-.handed- over * two? strips for1,-the , village, club’s- two teams; at the ■: Brown Cow Inn. >,. j ■


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q Liverpoolv-FO’s ./red 'and ’ :;Swhite colours;; were, given • /to'. Chatburn FC’s ’ chair- iman Mr-.Eric Bolton. H; ’'


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EMERGENCY pairs at Chippi| been completed of £2,436. Furtll will be necesl another length of[ the village which! damaged by trj and remedial wj be put in hand.


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AN audio-visual I tion on plants ail is to be heldl Clitheroe Parisll hall, in aid of thef tion fund.


November 12th [ is being given I Wilmore, of (|


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