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New life for old


CLITHEROE taxi firms have banded together in a bid to control fare-cutting, which is threatening to put them out of business in the face of spiralling costs. From Sunday they will


introduce an increased standardised fare aimed at stopping clients “shop­ ping around” for the cheapest ride. They also plan to: • Impose a waiting time


charge on passengers who turn up late for an ordered car. • Compile a blacklist of


people who hit or argue with drivers. • Crack down on “pirate” motorists who ply


for hire without a licence or insurance. : The moves follow the


formation of Clitheroe Private Hire Association which includes Bridge Taxis, Station Taxis, Castle Car Hire, Town Car Hire and Sawley


Taxis. Their new rates have


been fixed at £1 for the first mile of a journey and 50p for each succeeding mile. This compares with the present charge of 70p to £1 per mile and an average o f :40p for each additional mile. “With firms imposing


different fares, people are shopping around to get the cheapest run,” said an


association spokesman.


‘Under-cutting is obviously taking place and if. it was


allowed to go on, some would have priced them­ selves out of business." ■ Despite'the increases,


however, taxis could turn out cheaper for people travelling to different des- ■ t in a t io n s in s id e the Glitheroe boundary. 1 Under the p r e sen t


system a party of four is charged a basic 70p, with 20p surcharge for each person dropped off before the vehicle reaches its final destination — a total of £1.30.


Under the new system, ' -


the charge will be £1, if the journey is under one


mile. The decision to impose


waiting time is aimed at improving services to the public.


■ ■ “At the moment, if'


anyone phones for a taxi from a pub, we go in and tell them that the vehicle is w a itin g ,” said the spokesman. “However, we may wait


up to 10 minutes before the customer comes out. On a night when we are fully booked, we could be up to 30 minutes late for the last fare.” On the subject of a


blacklist, the spokesman said that if any driver was struck or encountered a difficult passenger, the


matter would be reported to the association and the p a s s en g e r would be banned , from using mem­ bers’ taxis.


be reported in the, same way.


' The. association is also keeping a strict ey e. on parties travelling from Clitheroe to neighbouring large towns. “I can recall booking a


Pirate drivers would ..


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taxi to Accrington town centre and having to drop the last passenger near Baxenden,” he said. “In future,- the town


centre will mean exactly that. Passengers travel-


l in g beyond w ill be charged extra.”


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Denise shows her class


TOP of her class — that’s Glitheroe nurse: Mrs Denise Northover.


to have achieved-the best results.in the 1979-80 final examfhatidns'af Brockhall Hospital. Now a Registered Nurse of the Mentally-Sub-


Mrs Northover, of Woone Lane, was adjudged .


nonnal, Mrs Northover received her certificate at a presentation evening on Thursday for the Black­ burn district school of nursing. The prizes were handed over in Blackburn by


the Rt. Hon. Lord Taylor. He was thanked by . Mrs Northover and the


evening continued with dancing and a buffet. ■


A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of four more Ribble V a lley v i l la g e schools due to come under the scrutiny of Lanca­ shire County


Council. They are the 75-pupil


Gisburn County School,


Brennand’s Endowed School, Slaidbuyn, which has 45 pupils, tne 30-pupil Grindleton CE School, and the tiny Tosside Parochial School with 16 pupils.


The county has already


decided to close schools at: Pendleton and Bashall Eaves next summer, but before making a final deci­ sion on the closure of Bolton-by-Bowland CE School, it is to look closely


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to ask Chief Architect and Planning Officer Mr Philip Bailey to make a drawing of a less ambitious stand and apply for tenders. The results would then go to the Policy Committee for its comments.


Originally, the commit­


tee wanted to restore the stand to its former glory. H ow e v e r , m em b ers agreed that a cheaper, less ornate version could be built, which would comprise a stage, roof and electricity supply, and would be less liable to at­ tacks of vandalism.


In favour of rebuilding


a stand, Coun. Ted Boden (Chatburn) described it as p a r t of C l i th e r o e ’s heritage.


Elected


to Synod A LOCAL clergyman has been e le c ted to the Church of England’s “par­ liament”.


: The Rev. Papl Warren, Vicar of St Leonard’s Church, Langho, was one of 11 clergy in the Diocese of Blackburn competing for five seats on the Gen­ eral Synod of the Church of England. .


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* Four of the five chosen to 'represent.-the Diocese, have previously served the Synod; ;Mr Warren (39> is the only newcomer. ■ Members ' are' 'elected


for a period of five years. The Synod,-the main par­ liament .o f the Church,, meets' in 'London three’ times a year.' , Mr. Warren,.: who is


.-. -He ' was "ordained in'


, 1967. after;, training for the ■ ministry-, .at. Cuddesdon


C o llege, Oxford.' His father had / -parishes ;,in Liverpool and Wigan.


chaplain of BrockhalLHos- pital.i- was.r inducted- at Langho just ' over, two years ago.,'- , v j < , ,


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Investigations continue


THE explosive : device which caused £1,000. damage to-^the Ribble Valley Council offices , in


• Clitheroe last, week is still being examined by fore-


insic experts.. .. .- Inquiries into the blast are continuing and 'the head of , Clitheroe CID Det. Sgt. Jim "‘Oldcorn has again .appealed; for anyone in the area of the offices just,'before 8-30


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IN these (liberated times it’s .themani who,dohs the apron when his wife decides to hold a social*; event, - ,* >


alarming trend when his wife Marjorie. put. outs thexwelcome mat for nearly 100: guests at. their home in Limefield Avenue, Whalley. -


Couh. Jimmy Fell .was no ^exception to., this . 1 '


; she organised with Mrs O. Barrott made^i^f for^ '■...................................n ‘


The coffee evening and bring-and-buy which :■ ' -


’ cleanestpair.of.hands in the Ribble. Valley: ;■*. He 'was 'helped Yin . the ■ kitchen",.by, Mr .Sam Barrott, who made the coffee. •


the Whalley, Methodist ‘ Church Christmas fair , . .- and, washer-up Jimmy FelhnoWi-has the'


washing-up; to’serve' cakes', to Kieran Davenport, Kathleen Whipp/Mrs A. Hopwoodf Mrs A. Walne and Mrs A. Stanley.


Coun. -.Fell is pictured taking a break from • . * ■ > \ . , - v •„ *


;p.m. on Sunday, October 5th, to contact* him (Tel 23818).


’ ' Chimney fire


'CLITHEROE firemen put out a chimney fire in Brown 1 ow;:Str.ee.t on Monday morning. * -


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V Coun. Jimmy F e l l


(Whalley) said that a decent bandstand would be an asset to the district. A great deal of work was spent attracting people to the Ribble Valley and it was important that the effort was not lost.


Coun. Mrs Bei-yl Cas­


sidy (Clitheroe) felt that in the present economic climate it was not wise to rebuild the stand — the money could be used in better ways.


Coun. Brian Braith-


waite (Clitheroe), consi­ dered that a new band­ stand would attract more usage and it. should be promoted.


The final decision on


whether, a bandstand is built lies with the Policy and R e sou r c e s Com­ mittee.


at all the schools in the same area.


■ A special sub-commit­


tee, which was appointed in April to discuss the future of eight small Lan­ cashire primary schools with the parents, gover­ nors and staff involved at each, has now been given the go-ahead to look at th e fou r a d d it io n a l schools.


Storms A report to Tuesday’s


meeting of the county’s General Purposes Sub- Committee said the aim was to take account of the overall; provision in the .area^fprt-primary-.teduca-;: tion, 'rather than make a recommendation in isola­ tion about the future of B o 1 to n - b y - B o w 1 a n d School, which has 16 pupils. The closure of rural


sch o o ls has brought storms of protest from pa­ rents, governors, staff and village school suppor­ ters throughout the area, who fear that the closures — as well as being disrup­ tive to the pupils — are sounding the death knell on their communities.


Since 1975, five other


vil la g e schools — at Paythorne, Sawley, Lane Ends, Thornley and Read — have been forced to c lo s e for economy reasons. • At Bolton-by-Bowland


last week, parents, gover­ nors and school staff were not optimistic about the school’s chances after a “noisy -and hectic” two- and-a-half hour meeting with county council rep­ resentatives. But they have been


given two weeks to send the county council pro­ jected figures for the


Television focus on Tarmac


CLITHEROE’S Tarmac Roadstone plant has in­ stalled a -closed-circuit television system to help its stone processing oper­ ation run smoothly.' Eleven cameras and


school roll over the next few years.


Said , Ribble Valley


councillor Mrs Joyce LiD burn, of Bolton-by-Bow- land: “We. were not .satis­ fied with the.reasons they gave us for closing the school. • “We don’t accept that


children’s education suf­ fers in a small school and we are as determined as ever to fight on.” In the meantime the


Ribble Valley Council which is also strongly op­ posed to the closures, is


.ito.discuss,the. whole-issue.^


■ waiting for a meeting to be arranged with mem­ bers of the county council


Help for rural


economy


FORMER . m i lls and schools in the remoter parts of the Ribble Valley could be given a new lease of life. The Development Com­


mission, which last year failed to persuade the De­ partment of the Environ­ ment to back plans for an advance factory at Whal­ ley, is now looking at the possibility of setting uf) small workshops in the area.’ In a letter'to the Ribble


Valley. Council’s Planning and Transportation Com­ mittee, the county, council says the workshops could . be looked on favourably by the,D. of E. This would depend on


whether a good case could be made about a loss of population or deprivation of rural economy. Members of the com­


mittee are to report back with : ideas for suitable sites for the workshops.


four monitors, costing £7,000, relay pictures to a control room where opera­ tions can be stopped at the flick of a switch. ' Regional electrical en­ gineer at the plant, Mr Jack Blakely, says the system- saves time by spotting blockages and spillages before they cause serious hold-ups. “The television system


could pay for itself in a day, because blockages can cause serious damage to equipment very quick­ ly,” he explained. “If one limestone screen


was badly damaged, it could cost £10,000 to re­ place.”


• One camera monitors


the amount of stone in the primary. ..crusher,_ telling^


:'7the'; (]rive'r pf a’ rear-tip­ ping dumper truck exactly when to tip. ' Other cameras monitor the progress" of limestone


• on conveyor belts, check for spillages and focus into surge bins.


WHALLEY Library has been a hive of activity for children's book week.


Many Ribble Valley


youngsters have visited the library to view exhibi­ tions and listen to stories.


The highlight of the


week for six Ribble Valley youngsters was the pre­ sentation of prizes by children’s authoress Miss


Joan Cass for a drawing competition.


Winners were: Under 7


— Mandy Phoenix, Alex Killeen, Catherine Mary Cayley. 7-11 —


Carole


Walton, Dominic Hester, Stewaii Hoyle.


children’s librarian Mrs K. Aherne (left), Miss Cass, district librarian Miss Barbara Snell and Ribble'• Valley Mayor Conn. Mi s s Agne s Melting.


They are pictured with


fants: The Mayor and Miss Cass later viewed .the ~


Afterwards Miss Cass told, stories to local in­


and spells” — a display of books and work done by local children.


Also on view were the


winning drawings and other entries by Whalley children.


Value for money counts the most


HOW would you like to have a freesheet ir place of your Clitheroe Advertiser and Times?


A much smaller /paper,


full of adverts, with only a.fraction of our.tradition­ al news coverage, pictures or articles on local affairs? Readers, take it from


us — you wouldn’t. And take it from us that is


.isn’t likely to'happen. The Clitheroe Advert


tiser and Times is one of the best local newspapers in the country. This week, a Radio


Blackburn interviewee in-’ ferred that many weekly, papers were likely to-be turned into freesheets during the next five


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tional, paid-for publication like ours can give you the wide coverage of tne area that we have maintained for so many years. “We have no plans at


all to turn the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times or its s is te r papers into fr e e sh e e ts , says Mr Ernest Leah, director and chief executive; of the Clitheroe, Advertiser and Times, Burnley Express and N e ls o n L eader


Series. “We will continue to


produce in fo rm a t iv e , value-for-money weekly papers, which we believe are the real life-blood of the community.” How many things in life


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Notice to quit canteen


CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School for Boys will have to find a site for a new canteen bv early 1982.


The le a s e on th e


school’s present canteen, in Waterloo Road, is to be terminated by the Ribble V a l le y ' Council, which wants the land developed with the nearby site of the former Albion Mill. The council’s Plan­


ning and Transportation Committee agreed to give ’ the county council notice to quit the canteen site by March 31st, 1982. District Education Of­


ficer Mr Fred Calvert said this week that the county council had known for some time that it would eventually have to move the canteen from Waterloo Road.. In anticipation of this,


Mr Calvert has included a new canteen for the school .on a list of future buildirijr projects' in: the" Ribble Valley. “An extension to the


school would be difficult, though. We will have to consider how to provide a new canteen, but it is too early yet to say where it could be built,” he said.'


planning offices


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s former planning of­ fices in Princess Avenue, Clitheroe — left empty when the new .offices were opened — have been sold to Ribblesdale Park, to be used as changing rooms, a bar and lounge. The sale, for an undis­


closed fee, to the recently formed sporting amalga-' mation, was approved by the council’s Planning and Transportation Com­ mittee. The portable . buildings


should be moved to Lit- tlemoor within a few weeks. Ribblesdale Park’s sec­


retary Mr Nicholas Hop- wood said his organisation had been talking with the council about the offices for some time. " The buildings, in an L-


shape, will extend the present cricket pavilion with the other backing on to the Milk Marketing ■ Board’s depot. The larger one will


become the' lounge and bar, the small one chang­ ing rooms, with showers eventually being installed in the present bar area. “The buildings will be a


big boost to Ribblesdale Park. “We will now be able to


hold our own social func­ tions at the ground, cater­ ing for large numbers,”


• said Mr Hopwood. He invited anyone in­


terested in cricket, rugby, hockey or bowls, to con­ tact him at T-ufflink House, Chatburn.


Keep repairs


REPAIRS to Clitheroe Castle keep have been completed by the Depart­ ment of the Environment. However, Borough En­


gineer Mr Dennis Black told members of the Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee that it will be necessary to provide for a good deal of routine maintenance over the coming years.


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