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THURSDAY, APRIL 17th, 1980 No. 8,896 Price 12p
Pat’s Marche de 1
CLITHEROE ram bler Mrs Pat Par rott arrived home^
in Green Drive early on Monday 'after a tiring, but emot ional tr ek along 100 miles of European roads — and a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
fessed “walking fana tic,” was one of apart^
Mrs Parrott, a con gian people who joined io loine
de l’Europe” to prom ote unity m the EEC. Sponsored by many
local organisations, she
the week-long “Marche of 20 English and Bel
hectic programme of walking about 20 miles
gian party set off from Canterbury a f te r a blessing and a chat with the Archbishop, Dr Robert Runcie. Then foil owed a
French and Italian wal kers, Mrs Parrott vis ited a military cemet
Town library set up
under fire CLITHE ROE’S “woefully inadequate” library facilities have
. Advisory Council would like to see the relocation of the present library with separate sections for adult borrowers and chil dren and a more easily accessible reading room. It suggests that the
Sports and Recreational
classes. The criticism of the lib
present library building should be used for public meetings, exhibitions and
rary is contained in a report setting out the Sports Council’s views on the Clitheroe District Plan for the Eighties. It is disappointed at no
come in for criticism in a report to be presented to a public meeting tonight. The Ribble Valley
an important aspect of many people’s leisure.
for a good turnout at to night’s special meeting called to discuss the plan. The meeting, at the Swan and Royal Hotel, starts at 8-30 p.m.
The council is hoping Complaints
reference to libraries in the plan, considering them
cil, Mr Chris Roberts, said his executive had re ceived numerous com plaints about the woefully inadequate library* facilities for borrowers and for users of the read ing room at Clitheroe. Whi l e the di s t r i c t boasts an excellent library
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FIFTEEN former pupils of Clitheroe’s Ribbles- dale School beat the heat on Sunday to suc cessfully complete a marathon 40-mile spon sored run. Despite, the warm weather, the youngsters,
aged between 16 and 21, had; no problems covering the distance from Blackpool Tower to
people who began training, for the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award while studying at Rib- blesdale. They alBO raised £150 to be spent on new -
The group, “Clitheroe Gold,” are young : ... ' i
the library clock in Clitheroe in five and a half hours.
equipment and to finance a hiking and climb
miles, were: Chris and Nick Tomlinson, Ber nard Gilmour,' Christine Ogden, Gaye Andrews, Sian Bamford,. John Walker, Joe Unsworth, Jackie Pearce, Terence Mason, Anthony
ing expedition to Snowdonia in September. The runners, who each covered about three
Whelan, Barry Townson (all Clitheroe); John Gladwin, of Barrow; and Roger Singer and Robert Wildman, both of Read.
Reid and driver of the coach which transported the party was'Mr Angus Proud, a teacher at the school.
The organiser was Clitheroe man Mr Kevin , >■ _ \ '
at Whalley, this serves only a limited population and pensioners and stu dents from the Clitheroe side could not afford to go there by bus.
be done about the awk ward staircase which is depriving older people of
MEMBERS of the Ribble Valley Coun c i l ’s Planning and Transportation Com mittee will be airing their views on the Clitheroe District Plan at a special meeting on Monday (7 p.m.). Before the debate,
- “We feel that the lib rary in Clitheroe must be expanded to cope with this situation,” he said. “Also something has to
the chance to read news papers and magazines at the Clitheroe library.”
. visitors to St Helen’s Sunday School, Waddington, on Friday.
Chief Architect and Planning Officer, Mr Philip Bailey, will present a report, out lining the public re sponse to the plan during the 12 weeks of consultation.
that the executive felt ac commodation to be vac ated following the opening of the new council offices could be converted into a library. This would free the cur
Mr Roberts explained
rent library for public meetings, exhibitions and
• continued on page 8
the Sunday School Committee arranged the event and served the wine, while others helped with the cheese and biscuits.
Male members of
won a competition to find the buried treasure, which turned out to be a cheese, and Mrs Cox won a box of fruit in a raffle.
Mr John Spencer
about £30 towards the Sunday School improvement fund.
The evening raised
lunch is to be held at noon on Sunday in the Sunday School, this time for the church tower improvement fund.
A ploughman’s
ENGLISH cheeses and pickles with wine served tinder Continental-style >' coloured umbrellas - were enjoyed by .
staff ready for the big move
THE doors of the Ribble. Valley Coun cil’s new offices will open to the public for the first time at two o’clock a week on Monday. Employees at the au
been a delay of a few weeks in the expected completion date, the £lm project has been finished in under a year. One last-minute prob
Although there has
thority’s six scattered premises in Clitheroe will be busy packing next week in final preparation for the removal contrac tors, who will work over the weekend of April 26th and 27th.' The afternoon opening
ved and .we can get on with the job.”
lem has been the installa tion of telephone equip ment . A temp or a ry manual exchange has been fitted by the GPO until the new system can be completed — hopefully before the official opening date. The council’s Chief Ex
has been planned to allow council staff time to settle in on Monday morning and find out where every thing is after the big move; The official opening
ceremony, by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley, will be on May 9th, at 7 p.m.
the contract had been so tight, it had not been possible for many of the staff to have a preview of their new “home,” al though they had been able to study the plans.
ecutive, Mr Michael Jack- son, said the move had been planned as carefully as possible, but no doubt there would be some ini tial problems. “I hope the public will
bear with us at first,” he said. “I am looking for ward to the time when the inevitable early dif ficulties have been resol-
Golden miles from Blackpool
of the existing offices, Mr Jackson said that the feasibility study on the use of the Castle offices as a museum was well advanced. As part of the investigation, discussions had taken place with Clitheroe Civic Society about the future use of the exi st ing museum building.
Regarding the. disposal
of the Envi ronmental Health offices in Church Brow was proceeding, and an acceptable offer had been received for the Pimlico Road borough en gineer’s offices, but Lan cashire County Council had not yet made a deci sion on the lease of the land occupied by the plan ning department in Prin cess Avenue.
He added that the sale
moving into the new of fices will be the borough treasurer’s and the tourist information service.
Other depa r tment s
employed at the new of fices — including part- time workers — and there will be 45 car-parking spaces for staff who need cars in their work. The remaining 22 spaces will be available for council lors, visitors and other staff.
About 135 staff will be
Railway View car park will remain for general use on a limited time basis — as now.
Public parking on the
Aid to grass cutting
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Policy and Resources Committee has ai the spending of £3,450 oi. a carrying device to move grass mowers to' various sites in the district. ' Borough engineer Mr Dennis Black told -mem bers that there was a six- week waiting list for the equipment. .
Mr Jackson said that as;
each day, as well as giving speeches at re ceptions at 12 points along the route. Accompanied by
is hoping to have raised £500 for the British Sports Associa tion for the Disabled. The English and Bel
kers reached the Euro pean Parliament build ing in Strasbourg, where Mrs Parrott —
strenuous and done at a rapid rate. But at every meal we were given magnificent food and wine and always made welcome,” said Mrs Parrott. Eventually the wal
they had to sleep on the floor in school halls and’ they actually en countered snow in the Vosges mountains. “ The wa lk was
ery and a memorial to a concentration camp. On two occasions
raises £500
at short notice — 'vas asked to greet the as sembly on oehalf of the
greet and present a letter, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canter bury to the Bishop of Strasbourg.
honoured again when she was nominated to
she presented a plaque from the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, to his counterpart in Strasbourg. Mrs P a r ro tt was
brought tears to the eyes of many listeners. At a later reception
English party. Her short address
ria ted another memo- iial where Mrs Par rott carried the leading
viXoa "’alkers then She described her
hnn as, “fantastic” and hopes to take part in
i SS? }’ear.s walk, poss
bly starting from Ger- many 0n a different
giving talks about the walk.
busy writing about her experiences — also re corded on slides — which will enable her to tour local groups
Mrs Parrott is now
OUT of the 400-strong force of Special Const ables in Lancashire only f ive ar e f rom the Clitheroe sub-division.
police division which covers Clitheroe there are only 34 p a r t - t ime policemen.
In the whole Colne
A welcome neighbour for Albert
IT WAS more than 20 years since 79-year-old Albert Wilkinson had seen his younger sister Lizzie, although she only lived three miles away from his Sabden home “over the hill” in Padiham.
been reunited, thanks to the opening of Sabden’s new sheltered housing
But the two have finally
compl ex for elder ly people. For when Albert sec
had the lowest recruiting figures in the county for the past four years, at tracting only four new re cruits in the past 12 months out of a total of 92.
And the division has
Lancashire Police HQ at Hutton said: “Clitheroe is one of the most disap pointing areas in the county for Specials.
A spokesman at the
look-out for new recruits, but a recruiting campaign
“We are always on the
we held in Clitheroe last year was very disap pointing.
able holds no financial re wards, but there is a great sense of satisfaction and achievement.”
“Being a Special Const
ured a flat in the new- complex, he found his sister Mrs Lizzie Whit taker was coming too, so she could be nearer her daught er , Mrs Hazel Davies, and her family, who live in Whalley Road, Sabden. Albert was the first
becoming a Special should contact any police station. Would-be recruits should be aged between 19 and 50, physically fit, with men not less than 5ft. 6in. tall and women not less than 5ft. 4in.
Anyone interested in
tenant to move in and a few days later his sister arrived to a welcome re ception from her brother. p. Mrs Whittaker (70) is
Sabden from Padiham in 1924, has not been in good health for many years, so they have both been unfit to travel to visit each other.
rother, who came to
new lease of life and he and his sister are busily- making up for lost time, getting to know each other again and catching up on all their news of the past 20 years.
• The “happiest place in Sabden” . . . see Page 10.
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From Boots to shoes
A CHANGE of use from Boots to shoes is' planned for the Castle Street shop until re cently occupied by the Clitheroe branch of the multiple chemists.
F r e ema n Ha rdy Willis, is currently: negotiating the lease •with Boots,' who left the shop to move to larger premises in the same street. . •
A British Shoe Cor poration company,
chief executive direc tor, Mr David Franks, said that terms had been.'agreed wi th Boots, but the lease had not yet been for mally signed.
The .shoe f i rm’s ' HITESIDE’S £ 2 .8 3 t W __ _ CLITHEROE * •t:vK=>£>.
C l i t h e r o e P h ij - siotherapy Centre’s phirst phund-raising phare to be held on the premises since it opened 26 years ago. Tickets, price £1.50, supper
competitions is being laid on. I t ’s al l par t of
Mary Alice, two years ago and his only son Ronnie lives in Burnley, so life in his Padiham Road home had become rather lonely. Now he has found a
Albert lost his wife,
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For my next
trick!
been appointed president of the Northern Magic- Circle. It has branches as far apart as Scotland and the Midlands, so it will be a busy year for John, attending func tions throughout the area. He will also continue
as the Circle’s secretary — an office he has held
for the past decade. “The schedule could be pretty hectic but the
presidency is quite an honour and I am really
GRINDLETON magi cian John Pye has landed a top honour in the world of tricks, illu sions and mystery. For John, of “Lazy Acres,” The Croft, has
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On display
have a display of hand made enamel jewellery.
the “Lancashire Life” magazine, wall be showing some of his paintings in the gallery and Elizabeth Banks, of Leyland, will
TWO widely differing ex hibitions open at Whalley Library on Saturday and run for a fortnight. Mr Eddie Scott Jones, one of the illustrators of
Clitheroe, John has been interested in magic for nearly 30 years.
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