'Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, April 10th, 1980 9 G O R -K A Y ■of*c Night out for Gisburn parents


Choice of book! on Nazism


is defended


Night of nostalgia


AN evening of nostalgia is in store for Ribble Valley people when the Whalley Methodist and Anglican churches run a


in Whalley CE School on April 15th, starting at 7- 30p.m.


available from Mrs S. Ire­ land, 3 Woodfield View, Whalley (Tel. Whalley 2325) or at the door. All proceeds are for the Brit­ ish and Foreign Bible Society. The Ribble Valley


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BALLET AWARD


PUPILS of the Margaret Sandham School of Danc­ ing in Clitheroe have won the Louise Kay Banner — the highest award for graduate ballet examina­ tion results in England and Wales. The school has won the


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Rent owed


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil is owed just over £8,000 in rent arrears — £2,500 from former ten­ ants — Borough Trea­ surer Mr Gordon Onslow told the Finance and Gen­ eral Purposes Committee.


AN a p p l ic a t io n by Norweb to erect a 98ft. radio mast at Bowland Knotts, Easington, - was given the “thumbs down" at a meeting of the Ribbie Valley Council’s Develop­ ment Control Sub-Com­ mittee. It was considered that


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THE inclusion in the children’s section of Clitheroe Library of book on Nazism, in which pictures of at­ rocities are shown, has been strongly con­ demned by two Kibble Valley councillors. Their criticism came


PARENTS of children at Gisburn primary school, friends and mem­ bers of the staff — nearly 100 in all — at­ tended the school’s annual dinner at the Coronation Hotel Headmaster Mr D. I.


rents contributed over 100 gifts.,


Packer organised the event and the chairman


to buy extra school books and equipment, also benefited recently from a sponsored spell at the school, which brought in £300.


The fund, which helps


of the school managers, Mr H. Thistlethwaite, and members of his com­ mittee, ran a tombola which raised £73. Pa-


pupils each had to spell 20 words. • The tests were organised by the new deputy head, Mrs Jackie Hargreaves.


About 70 of the 90


Village topics in the spotlight


IMPROVEMENTS to street lighting are the main reason why Waddington Parish Council’s precept for the coming year has increased to 4p in the £, chairman Coun. Eric Edmondson told the annual meeting.


carried out at the Twitter Lane recreation ground, by the Playing Fields As­ sociation, he added that it was also hoped to provide an all-weather playing a r e a in the coming months.


Reporting on the work BURNUY22331 F O R B U Y IN G A N D S E L L IN G


highway drainage in the village was one problem raised by many of the 26


Lack of attention to


members of the public present. Parish council clerk Mr"


Eric Lucas is to ask the County Divisional Survey­ or if the village’s gully emptier could pay more attention to cleaning grates. One feature of the vil­


Bright Hour’s parting gift


during a debate at the council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee on cuts in library services. Coun. Brian Braith-(


waite, Clitheroe, declared that, to make the £2,000 saving required of them by the county council, the committee should dis­ pense with the services of whoever selected such books for young children. This, he. said, would be better than cutting open­ ing hours. Coun. Barbara Speak,


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Clitheroe, brought the hook to the notice of the committee following com- palints from parents. In her opinion it was totally wrong that it should be on the shelves of the chil­ dren’s section. “We seem to becoming


indifferent to the effect of violent books like this on young children. I would not like my son to read it,” she said. But Coun. Ted Boden,


Car park landscaping scheme under fire


Clitheroe, was a condition of planning permis­ sion, a council committee was told, following


LANDSCAPING of Edisford car park,


complaints about the cost of the scheme. ^ h e explanation came


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lage soon to be improved is a cobbled area at Back­ fold. Recobbling, which has been delayed for some time, is due to be done during the spring. The Ribble Valley Council will foot the bill. More good news, re­


rejected THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Recreation and Lei­ su re Committee has turned down a plea to re­ consider the new charges for hiring football pitches. The cost of pitches with


Robert Coar, who lives in the village, would trim


had offered to cut grass at Twitter Lane free of charge, but. the parish council was hoping to use its triple mower to keep a planned cricket pitch at the ground in good shape.


The Borough Council ..... Fracture


MOTOR cyclist John Shields, of Wigan, frac­ tured his right shoulder- blade when his machine hit a grass embankment on the Whitewell - Chip­ ping road on Friday. No other vehicle was in­


volved.


ported Coun, Edmondson, was that a number of al­ lotments would be avail­ able behind Waddington Old Hall, following agree­ ment with the owner, Mr Walter Dewhurst. mOn grass cutting, the


eeting was told that Mr


the banks of the stream with a mower bought , by the parish council.


from the Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, replying to Coun. Mrs Barbara Speak at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s Recrea­ tion and Leisure Commit­ tee. She said several leople had complained to ler about the landscaping


WEST BRADFORD Ladies’ Bright Hour ;ave their retiring presi-


ie n t , Mrs Margaret Knowles, a flying send- off at the group’s annual meeting.


h u sb an d , the Rev. G e o rg e Kn owl e s , Clitheroe Methodist Cir­ cuit Superintendent, are moving to the Preston area in September, so the ladies said their goodbye with a special presentation.


Mrs Knowles and her


at a time when the council was putting up charges for most of its services. Deputy Borough En­


changing facilities went up from £4-26 to £6 on


letter from Ribble Valley youth leader Mr Geoff Jackson protesting that the increase was unac­ ceptable..But it was pointed out by deputy borough en- in e e r , Mr Norman


April 1st. The committee heard a


Jurner, that neighbouring a u t h o r i t i e s a lre ad y charged more than the


Ribble Valley. Committee chairman


Coun. John Walmsley (Mellor) said prices had gone up in accordance with inflation. Coun. Ian Taylor (Longridge) pro­ tested, however, tha t with insurance and fees for match officials to pay it would now be costing players about £1 a game. Goun. Mrs Olga Leach


gineer Mr Norman Turner told members that the re­ surfacing and re-kerbing of the car park was cost­ ing about £12,000 and the landscaping £2,000. Members decided that


when the work is com­ pleted a “Pay and display’ parking system should be adopted with the installa­ tion of a ticket machine costing £1,800. The old barrier control is broken. Mr Turner said that


a t W e s t B rad fo rd Methodist Church, Mrs Knowles received a handbag and a cut-glass flower vase with a bunch of daffodils.


During the meeting,


some of the members at the presentation, with Bright Hour secretary Mrs Sarah Dobson (left, centre) giving Mrs Knowles her gifts.


Our picture shows Faulty brakes


this scheme relied on the honesty of the motorist


and was used with consid­ erable success, by other


authorities. It. was decided to retain


the present admission charge of 20p and con tinue with the arrange­ ment of refunding the fee to users of the swimming


pool.


(Billington) retorted that most men would spend £1 on two or three pints of beer and think nothing of it. The charge was not excessive.


Test map reading


skills


THREE Clitheroe Ven­ ture Scouts formed a team for a national com­ petition, “Icelander SO”.


Je rem y B a rk e r and Andrew Carpenter com­ peted against 29 other teams in a test of their map reading and walking skills.


An d r ew F o u 1 g e r,


n e a r 1 Troutbeck, the Scouts were given map references for 11 check points over a course of about 20 miles. Points were lost for checking in early or late.


Starting from a point


Fairfield Horseshoe, a climb of more than 2,000 feet. A midway check point was an overnight camp for the competitors. Of the 30 starters, 16 teams were eliminated during the first day.


The course included the


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Fawcett, “son of Mr and Mrs B: F aw c e tt, of Middle Banks Farm, Bolton-by-.Bowland, was


married at St Peter’s Church, Burnley, on Saturday, to dispensing as sistant Miss Denise


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I Her short circular veil was held in place by a Juliet cap of. seed pearls and she carried a shower bouquet of yellow roses and mixed white, flowers. Chief : bridesmaid', Miss


gown with a train, featur­ ing a bodice and sleeve insets Of guipure lace.


She wore a white crepe :


of Mrs M. ■ Howe, of Browhead Road, Burnley, was given •' away by her godfather;, Mr W. Ed-


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finally defeated on the penultimate check. After having trekked through deep snow, they arrived


The Clitheroe team was


just 20 minutes late. Only five teams com


Troutbeck. In arrears


COUNCIL house rent ar­ rears at the end of March t ot al l ed £8,000, Mr Gordon Onslow, Borough Treasurer, told the Ribole Valley Council’s Housing


Committee. He described this as


“ higher than I would like, but said extra ef­ forts were being made to reduce the amount. Coun. Fr e d' Green


pleted the course in the allotted time, the final check point being back at


with defective brakes was fined £30 at Clitheroe. John Keith Wareing


(40), of P asturelands Drive, collided with the re a r .of another car, said Ch i e f I ns p Thomas Sumner. A check revealed that


A BILLINGTON man who admitted using a car


Chatburn, who is head­ master of Chatburn CE School, said the council­ lors should study the book properly. It was against violence: the writer's in­ tention was to tell chil dren what had taken place under the Nazis so that it should never happen again. He said: “A good parent


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would use the book to ex­ plain the evils of Nazism


to his child.” District Librarian Miss


Barbara Snell, said she believed the book was ac c e p ta b le c h i ld r e n ’s reading. After hearing about the


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that the £2,000 had to be saved in staff hours, not


• The closure of Chat­


burn library. • Reduction in th e


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Sabden. • Reduction in evening


Clitheroe, Whalley and Longridge. O Closure of Clitheroe


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the footbrake was ineffi­ cient, due to a broken feed pipe. Wareing said the brakes had failed without warning.


the county that in its opinion the saving of £2,000 could best be achieved in cuts in hours at Clitheroe, Whalley and Longridge


with Coun. Jimmy Fell that it would be unfair to penalise the rural services which were already “very poor.” The committee is to tell


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