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THURSDAY, JUNE 12th, 1980 No. 8,902 Price 12p


half hour hearing at Man­


chester Crown Court, an application for. a new te­ nancy b y Smith Trans-


He ruled that Smith’s was not entitled to a new


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by Vice-Chancellor Judge Blackett-Ord.


Port, which occupies part of the site, was rejected


THE Preston grocery firm of E. H. Booth has been given the legal all clear to build an £800,000 supermar­ ket at the old railway sidings in S ta t io n Road, Chtheroe. After an eight-and-a-


would be given a 125 year lease.


Woman escapes lightning blast in kitchen


u


woman had a lucky escape ’’thousands of pounds ” l'iehtnfmr


THE Ribble Valley had its own share of inci- stormsreSU tlng fr°m laSt week’s thunder A Bolton-by-Bowland. lo s t stock valued a


vhile working in her 50 st; " kitchen.


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not injured by the blast but described it as “a nasty experience.”


to taking a really hard tumble. “I was kneeling, so took most of the impact- on my knee,” she said. “But when I looked, there' was no sign of bruising, though it hurt like mad ,p


and was given the all- clear. She likened the strike


dent, Mrs Dinsdale was alone in the house, but when her husband Frank returned, she went for a check-up by her doctor


wondered what had hap­ pened, but I sat down for a few minutes and every­ thing was fine,” she said. At the time of the inci­


“For a moment or two I


Mrs Sheila Dinsdale, of Alder House Farm, was


l" Thursday, to be written off. About staff were sent home


y whi£h was soake^ and had


•I have lived in the vil­ lage,” he-said. Clitheroe firemen were


"It was the worst I have seen in the 30 years


kept busy at the Royal Oak,i in Waterloo, where three hours from the


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IT was all happening at Barrow on Saturday.


Teams from the Dog


and Partridge and the Bay Horse pulled so hard in the annual sports tug- of-war that they broke the. rope; there -was. may- pole’] daheing and a sports


village children all the af­ ternoon.


programme occupied the


^ The United Reformed Church has asked the or­ ganisers — Mr Roy Cap- stick and Mrs Birtwistle —i fbr.a special effort to help pay for Repairs to the


church' ceiling and organ after flood damage from a burst cistern.'


when all7 donations have been received'it is Hoped the total may be £200.


Cash flowed in and


The maypole .'dancers, trained by Mrs Sheila


formance raised the possi­ bility of Barrow having its own pole next year. .,


each side had had one sue-.


^S-of-war rope. occurred , th.°, third pull,, after


breaking of the


Pole loaned by Whalley c l School. ,Their per­


tiancetl round a


cess. .The'team vihanagers, landlords of the)two pubs, reached amicable “agree­


ment o n ', p a y m e n t ' f o r - t h e protagonists’ pints.7, .


petitors in the sports programme organised by Mr and Mrs A. Bettess. Results on page 9. ■


], Our picture, shows com­


man, of Eagle House, who described the storm as “horrific.”


aerial of Mr Jeffrey True­


were without electricity for a time after lightning struck a transformer. It also hit the television


roof troughings could not cope,” said works and fi­ nancial director Mr K. J. Harwood. “Some of the electrics were affected and as we were not sure whether conditions were safe, we sent staff home.” In Sawley, residents


early. “There was a lot of water leaking in because


Andrew goes on parade


CLITHEROE guardsman Andrew Pietrzak will be


will be marching outside Buckingham Palace with his regiment in the Troop­ ing of the Colour to cele­ brate the Queen’s official birthday.


Augustine’s School, Bil- lington, Andrew (18) has been with the Guards for two years and is stationed at Caterham. - ,


. .A former pupil at St


also be a proud moment for Andrew’s- parents,' Mr


The colourful evenCwill Zdzislav Pietrzak and his


television and Mrs Pietr­ zak says she and her hus­ band will both be watch­ ing closely, just in case


wife Margaret, of Standen Road. It is to be screened on


they catch a quick glimpse of their son.


Specials in final


Highfield Road, was,.part of the four-man team which finished behind Fleetwood and Preston' in the county final and Mr Donald Hook, of Whalley Road, was reserve. All questions were based on police law and operational work.


on duty at Saturday’s Conservative fete at Stan­ den Hall, where the Spe­ cial Constabulary will have a recruiting stall and exhibition.


Local volunteers will be


TWO Clitheroe men were in the squad of special constables from the Colne Division which went down in the final of a quiz or-' ganised by the Lancashire Constabulary. Mr Brian Haig, of


.


country’s major state oc­ casions on Saturday. Andrew, a member of the Coldstream Guards,


involved in one of the


Wood QC, for British Rail, said Booth’s would receive a licence to enter and clear the site at its own expense. When BR was happy with the finished building, Booth’s


js hoping to start building in November. At the hearing, Mr D.


already been approved by the Kibble Valley Council and as a result of the Judge’s decision, Booth’s


Tenant Act, 1954. Plans for the store have


tion, Mr Peter Noakes, regional surveyor for BR’s property board in the North-West, said he was under instructions to make the best use of BR’s surplus land and another tenant would be found for the Station Road sidings if Booth’s pulled out.


Wood claimed BR was en­ titled to terminate Smith’s tenancy because there was an intention to demol­ ish and replace the pre­ sent buildings. This could not be done u n le s s Smith’s left its base. Under cross examina­


Under the 1954 Act, Mr


coal merchants and a calor gas store — had promised to move by/the autumn. In return for their co-op­ eration, the coalmen were not now paying rent.


mitted he had not yet in­ spected details of Booth’s specifications and mate­ rials to be used.


£300,000 to £800,000.


chitects, Mr William Cow- burn, said the cost of the project had arisen bv


One of Booth’s a r ­ But Mr Cartwright ad­


e.nce, Cartwright, dis­ closed that other tenants on the site — k number of


His assistant. Mr Lawr-


ary, Mr Neil Standing, said he was confident tne project was


Council has agreed in cor­ respondence


the Ribble Valley to


sell the present Station Road car


deal with the local author-. ity,


nanced. As part


sound soundly of


the fi


molition, foundations and drains — would take six and a half months, with the store being finished within two years. He went on to say that the specifications and bills of quantity had not yet been drawn up. Bootlrs company secret­


The first phase — de­


specifications should be drawn up in the next few days, he said.


with the conditions of the Act.


°ut a shadow of a doubt ..a,t BR has complied


B R is legally and physi- ® Continued on page 3


‘Near perfect’ solution for Castle House


,^LJpfHfEIi 0E'S CastIe House, empty for nearly two months building th“ e


mfIoorS


perfect solution, or as near perfect as the council could hope for.


Monday, th e Ribble Valley Council’s Policy and Resources Committee decided unanimously to press ahead with the scheme after Clitheroe councillor Peter Nuttall had declared it was the


the present museum at ■ the Castle could be trans­ ferred to the house is to be prepared by the coun­ cils Chief Executive, Mr Michael Jackson, ready for the .coinmittee’s next meeting in-early August. Members were told on


A report on how best,


Monday by. '.County Museums .Officer Mr John


At i ts meeting on


Blundell th a t Castle House, vacated when the new council offices were completed in April, had the potential to become a bigger and better museum for Clitheroe and the rest of the Ribble Valley.


ould be displayed at the same time and some


material had to be stored at Preston. By contrast, Mr Blun­ dell considered Castle


House a very suitable re­ placement. The ground floor would be ideal for a curator’s


Shorter river route proposed


suggested, a smaller, piecemeal network as a more realistic alternative.


riyer>.-to c re a te the “Ribble'Way.” This would ■ S ta r t from Paythorne


rtuary in the Irish Sea near Preston.


.^access agreements would . need to be negotiated with landowners, and the Hodder and many smaller tributaries of the Ribble would have to be bridged.. The county council’s


..JBut before the walk (SouId be opened, many


project , impractical at the moment:


Planning and Industrial Development Committee feels,-.the likely opposition fromyandowners, plus the cost’-pf-bridging makes the


Bridge, near Gisburn, and follow the river to its es-


ri tion wants new public feels a much better idea


. The Ramblers' Associa- ghts-ToL- way along the


Instead, the committee


— likely to receive the blessing of farmers, ang­ lers and wild life en­ thusiasts — would be the creation of a number of shorter routes on either side of the river.


to Preston, Clitheroe and Ribchester, would be based on existing rights of way and could be de­ veloped as funds became available.


These networks, linked


gestions are to be- for­ warded to the Ramblers’


fore, a reasonably direct route would emerge along the Ribble. The committee’s sug­


Association and the Coun­ tryside Commission.


Over the years, there­


THE•• proposed 42-mile, riverside mecca for rarnmersvalong the banks of the Ribble has been vetoed-by the county council. But it has


chat not all the exhibits


crowded and • dangerous. t Lack of space also meant


museum was very tight and indeed at times it was


Space in the present mUSeUm ‘hat make W1 use ot th*


the geological, agricultur­ al and-industrial trends of the- Ribble Valley.


Significant


son on the future of Castle House agreed that the continued develop­ ment of the museum could make a very significant contribution to Clitheroe’s e co n om y . With en ­ thusiasm and at a small cost, the museum could be developed as a major asset to the heritage of the Ribble Valley.


Clitheroe Civic Soci­ ety was prepared to manage th e p re s e n t museum as a heritage centre, subject to financial a r ra n g em e n ts “This solution would


H e s a i d t h a t


lutely first-class solution to the future of the Castle keep and adjacent build­ ings.”


outlined the options over Castle House open to the council.


In addition, Mr Jackson


, He rejected a sugges­ tion to demolish the build­ ing and clear the site — an operation that would cost £5,000 — and dis­ counted a proposal for a community centre, be­ cause there had been little support for the.idea.


House as a guesthouse, small hotel or restaurant might not be acceptable to the people of Clitheroe, for the grounds and con­ tents had been bought as a war memorial.


Plans to develop Castle


seem to be the final piece in the jigsaw of an abso­


A report from Mr Jack-


possibly displaying mate­ rial that - would . illustrate


therefore be available for expansion of the service,


display in the present museum. The first floor would


office, strongroom, sales area and reception count­ er, while still leaving enough space to accommo­ date all the exhibits on


Mr Wood declared: “It has been established with-


Summing up for BR,


about the supermarket, details of- materials and


ri,®.1 Parker, was adamant Jy-Pt that. B-R and Book’s had


lr* constant touch


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SHOW’S PROFIT TOPS £800


Mary Waddington School of Dancing’s production of


than £800 from the pro­ duction, based on the musical by Hans Christian Andersen, were for the Parish Church Restora­ tion Appeal.


“The Snow Queen.” The proceeds of more


pictures of Sunday’s fair, turn to page 10.


School wants


se co n d -h an d pieces such as tenor horns and basses t6 offer var­ iations for the players, who use mostly trum­ pets.


school (Tel. Clitheroe 22563).


Ambulances overworked


asked to reduce use of ambulances so they are ! available for day patients i at hospitals such as that i at Clitneroe.


and the dual-purpose veh- I icle based at Clitheroe I have to cover the whole of I the Ribble Valley and | some outlying villages.


The three ambulances | marks for Barrow sports :


burn Health District said I on Monday that the ambu- i lances were too over- ! worked to cope with in- j creasing demand and money was not available | to strengthen the service. ! O u t-p a t ie n ts w e r e ]


of the Ambulance Service will enable it to meet priorities. A spokesman for Black- i


ONLY more careful use


able to help should con­ tact music teacher Mrs Audrey Barrett at the


sing well in its work and won many admir­ ers for its playing at Sunday’s Country Fair in Clitheroe. Anyone who may be


The band is progres­


- I t w o u ld be in ­ terested in any large


wanted instruments to extend its range of per­ formance.


on the look-out for un­


your brass! RIBBLES DA LE School’s brass band is


Strickland, of Downham Road. For a report and more


togs :are (from the left): Paul Whittaker and Ian Joyce, both of Downham Road; Roger Harrison and Rodney Read, both of Pendle Avenue; and John ! R i d g wa y , o f P a r k Av e n u e ; wi th Mavis


GADZOOKS! I t ’s ye. m e r r y men and ije maiden of Chatburn Playing Fields’ Commit­ tee taking a break from running their stall at Clitheroe’s country fair. Showing off their Tudor


quets were presented to Miss Waddington on behalf of the restoration appeal committee and the cast. Canon J. C. Hudson


Setback for Salthill


quarry plan


jndus nal sites in Clitheroe by redeveloping *


Lalthill quarry has received a setback from the Government.


phases of the scheme nearing completion, the Ribble Valley Council wanted to press on with the next stage to provide a 12-acre site for light in­ dustry and haulage firms.


With the f irs t two


mation of another part of the old quarry at a cost of


This involved the recla­


£547,000, for which it was hoped there would be a


[ £330,000 must be repaid. In addition, the council


must meet a quarter of some tunnelling expenses.


council’s team of chief of­ ficers disagreed with some information used by i the Department in making


amined the council’s posi­ tion.


i Michael Jackson should be j


1 ible on the scheme with- | o u t com mitting any : money, said Mr Onslow, j Mr Jackson added that ! he did not think the posi- 1 tion was too black at this I stage and he was “reason- | ably confident” the matter


[ could be resolved satisfac­ torily. But two Clitheroe coun­


as possible on.phase three of the quarry develop­ ment, which embraces land to the south of Dug- dale’s animal feed factory, now in the course of con­ struction.


pointed out ..that no plan­ ning permission for a lorry park at the quarry


]' • > .


chitect and Planning Of­ ficer Mr Philip Bailey


said the quarry redevelop­ ment was a matter of great priority. He did not want the scheme slipping through the council’s fin­ gers at this stage. However, Chief Ar­


Bawdlands. -Unless .the firms were relocated soon, the general improvements already started in ' that area could not be finished. Coun. Peter Nuttali


council found sites for the two haulage firms now in


as important that the w Coun. Bert Jones said it


cillors stressed the urgen­ cy of starting as quickly


I proaeh would enab........_ I council to complete as much paperwork as poss-


: August 4th. j


This “softly, softl


| ing of the Policy and Re­ sources Committee on


ready for the next meet- ap-


! sions and a report from I Chief E x e cu tiv e Mr


; A sub-committee was j set up to monitor the progress of the discus-


to invite tenders for the work on the third phase, while the officers re-ex­


the council’s land reclama­ tion team should proceed


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Gordon Onslow admitted to the cpuncil’s Policy and Resources Committee on Monday that this condi­ tion attached to the grant changed the complexion of the situation. However, he said the


Borough Treasurer Mr


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that once industrial de­ velopment takes place and plots are sold, a total of


Environment has ap­ proved the grant, but said


100 per cent Government grant. The Department of the


had yet been given. In any case, the redevelop­


sewers and other services for use by industry, at a cost of £235,000 — some of which will rank for


mation work, the council wants to put in roads,


ment programme would take, two years. In addition to the recla­


t.0 relieve the serious shortage of


— conveyed across the footlights. "The costumes were so colourful, as was the scen- .ery, and I am sure that


chairman Mr John Clay­ ton: “In these austere days it was a breath of spring air which the cast — some very young, others not quite so young


received a lead crystal cut-glass rose bowl from parents and pupils for the work she has done for them and for charity. Said appeal committee


proposed a vote of thanks. Miss Waddington also


ing its 25th birthday this year. After the show, bou­


nearly 150 pupils of the school, aged from three to 39. The school is celebrat­


The c a s t in c lu d ed


MORE than 1,000 people flocked to C l i th e ro e Parish Hall to watch the


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everyone who had the ple­ asure of seeing a perform­


tribution has now taken our figure over £16,000 and we are grateful to Miss Waddington and everyone concerned.”


by a bridge over Mearley Brook.


would be set aside for the fourth and final phase — another 15-acre industrial site linking up with the existing Upbrooks estate


Government and. county council grants. A f u r t h e r £ 2 0 9 ; 0 0 0


Smash windows


last week. Police are in­ vestigating.


They struck between Wednesday and Friday


VAND,ALS caused £40 worth of damage, mainly to windows'at a' Ribbles- dale School sports pavi­ lion, off Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe.


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