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THE bridegroom will' wear an all-in-one jumpsuit in French


: navy, trimmed with a white collar and belt, blue and white frills and silver and whi te epaule t t e s


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starters at what prom­ ises to be Whalley’s whackiest wedding of the year. Together, 20-year-old


Carol Elizabeth Walm- s l e y , of H a y h u r s t Street, Clitheroe, and Philip Spencer Johnson (25), of The Grove, Whalley, have planned to sweep aside conven­ tion.


i At noon on Saturday


the centuries-old Parish Church of Whalley, steeped in tradition and history, will echo to the sound of pop. music, not the Bridal March. The bride will not be


given away and the couple will enter the


church at the same time


■ and walk down the aisle together, to the tune made popular by Simon and Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” But that’s not all. The


couple’s plans include: • The playing of the


Elvis Presley hit “Love Me Tender” during the signing of the register. No bridesmaids,


groomsmen or best man — the Vicar, the Rev. Alec Harpur, will keep the rings on the le c t e r n u n t i l th e moment th e y are placed on the couple’s fingers. • The sound of “A


Whiter Shade of Pale,” a smash hit of the 60s, instead of the final wedding anthem. Philip, a regular wor­


shipper and sidesman at the church, said the marriage service would . follow the new Church of England Series III book w ith modern wording.


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■ “We’ve chosen modern music, to. go with it be­ cause this will make the service more meaningful ■ to us," he explained. ■ The organist will be


John Cowking, the young conductor of Slaidburn Silver Band. Philip, a former CRGS


pupil who. is now a plan­ ning technician with B r it ish Telecom in Blackburn, admits he has a taste for the un­ conventional and does not go for “all this busi­ ness of people having to sit on one side of the aisle or the other at a wedding.” It was not long after


their engagement, a year ago, that he de­


cided he was not' going to w ea r th e u su a l sombre wedding suit.


He admired the one


piece stretch suits worn by professional ice ska­ ters and found a tailor in Buckinghamshire who makes them. “It was. surprisingly


USE it, or lose it — that is the warning from Mr Jeff Smith, District .Prin­ cipal for adult education in the Ribble Valley.


On Monday when enrol-


m en t s s ta r t e d at Clitheroe, 30 per cent fewer people turned up


compared with last year and Mr Smith was very apprehensive about the immediate outlook for many classes.


Enrolments in the dis­


tricts have also been dis­ appointing, although it is.’ conceded that the weather may have discouraged would-be pupils from set­ ting out. Surprisingly, there has been a drop in support for English Lan­ guage and mathematics


classes but there was an: initial surge for O-level and other courses leading


to qualifications, keep-fit and specialist cookery.


People queued. to sign


up for badminton, but Mr Smith’s advice to those in­ tending to make use of the varied facilities is — enrol right away; it will be no use coming along in a couple of months’ time.


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•held at Whalley Adult Centre, with Canon G. A. Williams as tutor.


Parents will up


BITTERLY disappointed Ribble Valley'-parents vowed-on- Tuesday to carry on their fight to save the tiny Bashall Eaves Village School by appealing to the Secretary of State for Education, Mark Carlisle. They had just heard the


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death sentence passed on the 18-pupil school by Lancashire County’s Edu­ cation Committee, which agreed to its closure next July.


I But parents’ spokesman


Mrs Jean Peacock, of Browsholme Cotes, Brow-, sholme, who has a seven- year-old daughter at the school, said: “We won’t give up. “We don’t think we’ve


been given a fair chance,” she said.


’ “We hoped they would defer making a decision today, so that we could prepare our case and we are very disappointed. . “Now we are going to


appeal to the Secretary of State and ask the help of our local Ombudsman." The committee’s deci­


sion means that closure notices will be issued during the next month. Parents then have a two


test was backed by members o f the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Policy and Re­ sources Committee at th e ir m e e t in g on Tuesday night (see page 5).


. • The parents’-pro­


month period to make representations to the Secretary of State, who will probably announce his final decision in the New Year.


’ Before the meeting at


County Hall, more than a dozen villagers demons- tr a te d o u t s id e with placards saying “Save Bashall School.” They were allowed into the meeting but not permitted to speak. The decision to close the


school “because it is no longer viable” was taken despite letters of opposi­ tion from MPs John- Watson and David -Wad-


' dington, Ribble Valley Council, the Parish Coun­ cil’s Liaison Committee, school governors and parents.,- - There was1 also an im-' passioned pleavby Canon; Brian;Beaumont, the CE. Schools’ representative,v who''asked- the-committee to defer ■ making a final; decision'? because the ..pa-l rents had no-one to speak ; on their behalf. ,-!


;: ;Their “ representative! county . councillor, :.was on; holiday,‘i th e y ,-’had: no;;1 leader r! in f the'. community' ‘


'■ V .4 t*> ,.T , ■ hit1 . •; 1 - v 4 , Villages ‘will die ’


A PROTEST letter is to be sent to the County Council condemning the closure of village schools. At a meeting of the Ribble Valley Parish


Councils’ Liaison Committee, Coun.,W. H. Hoi- gate (Pendleton) said that villages would die without their schools. Families who wished to move into villages


village schools was often better than in the larger town schools. Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe) told members that eventually the only people left would be commuters who had ho local background and .no .real sense of be­ longing. If this happened, community life would disappear. Members agreed to oppose the closures and to send'a protest to the county council. '


would be deterred if there were no local schools for their children and young people would move out if facilities such as transport and shops were taken away, he said. Committee members agreed that education in


because there was' no vicar at Bashall Eaves, and the chairman of the school governors had been out of the country at a crucial time in the consul­ tations, he said. Proposing the resolu­


tion to is su e closure notices, the Schools Sub- C ommitte e chairman Coun. James Wyld said consultations over the school’s future had been going on for two-and-a- half years and “little useful purpose would be served by. further consul­ tations. “Numbers are the cru­


cial factor and there are only 18 children ■ a t , the school now, with possibly one or two admissions at Christmas.” ■ He said there were


possibly five other schools to which the pupils could be transferred and. he1 in­


cluded in the resolution a provision that the authori­ ty would pay any trans­ port costs incurred, by present pupils transfer­ ring to another school. Afterwards one of the


organisers of the parents’ demonstration, Mrs Phyl­ lis Robinson, of Home Farm, Browsholme, said she was “very disap­ pointed”, by the decision. Another parent, Mr


Nigel Birtwistle, of Manor Cottage, Bashall Eaves, said “It’s an excellent school and we’ll do all we can to save it.” He has two sons there and two younger daughters who


■ are prospective pupils. ; School governor Mrs


Joan Bullock, of Chaigley, also attended the meeting with the parents.


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One of the main cam- • continued on page 5


. inexpensive,” he said. "I ; thought' it would cost


. twice,as much.” To com­ plete the outfit, he has bought a pair of white pointed-toe shoes.


He would not reveal ’


the price of the suit, but added that in these days of women’s lib and sexual'equality he saw no reason why he should not “get a bit of a look- in ” .


. sartorially


speaking . . . on the big day.


Some things, how­


ever, will follow custom. There will be a reception at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe, the couple will honeymoon on the Isle of Man and Carol-will be married in a traditional lace over s i lk . ■ g ow n , com­ plemented by a tiara and full-length veil.


“ A f te r a l l ,” said


Philip, a romantic at heart, “i t ’s still the bride’s day.”


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Blisters pay off


A SPONSORED 20-mile walk by Bolton-by-Bow- land YFC realised £800 for the Gtiide Dog Society — £300 more than their target.


Twenty-nine members


took part, the youngest being Simon Moorhouse (8), of Baygate Farm, Lane Ends. He stood in for his sister, who could not take part- due to illness.


“Apart from a few blis­


ters and aching legs, everyone was jubilant,” said Mr Brian Booth,’ the


club leader. The money will be used


to train , a guide dog, who will be named by, the club.


Open day


CLITH EROE F ir e Brigade is holding an open day on Sunday, from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be fire engines on display, sideshows, hot dog and cake stalls, a raffle and a treasure-hunt. :: ;•


Admission; i s . lOp, in­


cluding refreshments, and proceeds will go to , the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund. ?


PC Norman pounds his way to an award


. troying” t beats - have been'," re warded, for Clitheroe: PC; Norman Ireland. 1 '/


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• time . on - foot/ patrol ■


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) -He received an award ■for. long’fservice’ and good conduct — all the


from; :tKe?;High;,Sheriff of Lancashire, Mr E., Ai’Nickson.


TWENTY-TWO years of pounding “sole des-


■' The,ceremony took places at: the. county


PC,; Irelaridji'of Peel; -


_ police ; headquarters , at Hutton on, Friday! ■


- /before’. coming/to..;.the? ' town’13 years Ago..', ! '’’’'Being' on' continuous ‘foot*'patrol! has",1


Park; Close, Clitheroe, served ,i'at; Lancaster,/ ■ Colne’ ‘and ;L’e ig h ,


,himra,familiar figure in ^ ’and one stilPat school. v 'W ; ’


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Clitheroe. a; pleasant station: land :vits:>;resi-. dents hel pful?.1,.-, :■ ; , Born; in ‘ Sunderland; hedid -National ^Service inthe Royal Engineers,' joining the police; force


the district. > He finds


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Mar jorie'l'1 have two daughters,4; one-married i


John will hit the high spots


A WHOLE day’s running, mile after lung­ bursting mile, is the masochistic mountain marathon in store for a Clitheroe man this


weekend. For the aim of 30-year-


old development engineer John Wilmot is to jog round Yorkshire’s highest hills — the famous “Three Peaks” — not once, but twice! The distance is about 50


miles and. includes 9,000 feet of ascent. As John wends' his lonely way up


the steep tracks his inspi­ ration will be the £500 he is hoping to raise in spon­ sorship money, for the Jimmy Savile appeal fund for Stoke Mandeville hos­ pital. > “The idea came to me after reading about Yhe


’appear’in a"daily’ paper’,”’ said Mr Wilmot, who is a keen walker and runner but does not belong to an athletics club. He has pre­ viously completed the Three Peaks — ,but only once round. He lives in Victoria


Street with his wife Ann and children, David (3) and Sharon (1). The family will be stay­


in g in a caravan at Horton-in-Ribblesdale to­ morrow night before John sets'Off on Saturday at 6 a.m. If the weather is bad and there is mist on the tops the attempt will be postponed until Sunday. Come rain or shine,


John who weighs only nine-and-a-half stones will have to guard against de­ hydration during his stamina-sapping slog. His wife will drive round to various . points where his route crosses roads and supply him with gallons of special mixture of glucose, salts and water. “I can’t guarantee that’s


the drink I shall be celeb­ rating with if the Crown Inn at Horton is open when I finish on Saturday evening,’’.said John with a : pint-sized grin.


Tarmac feels the pinch


FOUR workers have been made redundant at Tar­ mac’s Clitheroe-based plant, following a cut-back ,in orders. The men were told on


Friday that they were to lose their,jobs following closure of an asphalt pro­ ducing section. ' ? The plant provides


road-covering material for local authorities''in the region.! It is understood that the closure is’a direct result of a cut-back in town hall spending. - ?


Mammoth cement project starts


PREPARATIONS for the £22m modernisation prog­ ramme at Clitheroe’s Rib- blesdale Cement are going smoothly. More than 130,000 tons


of material have been re­ moved to level a site to the east , of the present plant off-. Westr-Bradford- Road. The main contractors


are now busy moving in and over the next two years extens ions will gradually take shape, making the cement works the second largest in Britain. , The new extensions —


replacing some of the out­ dated “wet” process plant — will include a 70m high tower, a rotary kiln and a cooler. General manager Mr


John Adderley is keeping the work under close scrutiny from an office and. conference room set up on the site. “We'have spent a lot of


time preparing this opera­ tion. and everything is going very smoothly,” he


said. Another new feature


will be improvements to the plant’s rail facilities with two new silos and two additional tracks. Mr Adderley stressed


installations will increase the company’s annual cement output of one mil­ lion tonnes by 350,000 tonnes. The new development


that the thinking behind the work was to keep all new buildings on as low a level as possible to minim­ ise intrusions on the skyline. When operational, the


will not mean an increase in the. present workforce of 700, neither is it likely to result in any redundan­ cies.


I n t h e p i n k


IT’S a healthy life in the Ribble Valley and a public exhibition now open at the coun­ cil’s offices in Church Walk shows how the Environmental Health Department keeps it so.


The Department’s


Chief Officer, Mr Peter/Gladwin-, -hopes the exhibition,; one of


; a.series to be;held up to October? 20th, will help to’show how the rqtes are 'spent.


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EVEN with our British i sum m e r doing i ts 1 worst, it was a shock to see a snowman at C h a tb u rn in Sep­ tember. In fact he tvas part of the scenery at an evening’s enter­ tainment organised by Chatburn Girls’ Friday Club called “Tea and allsoiis." The girls sang and


danced and recited a poem, about the four ' seasons. This was fol­ lowed by a perform­ ance of "Dr Who and the Daleks." Proceeds totalled £55. For further details


please timi to our vil­ lage news page.


TOWN HALL HEATING


RIBBLE Valley Council’s Finance and General Pur­ poses Committee has asked for a scheme, to be prepared for the replace-


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"meht'"6f the ''central' heat­ ing in the town hall at a probable cost of £30,000, thus reaffirming that for the next few years, at least, the present council chamber and mayor’s par­ lour will be retained.


Sabden’s new


vicar


THE new vicar of St N i c h o l a s ’s Ch u r ch , Sabden, is'to be the Rev. Charles Denis McWilliam, who is currently a teacher in Switzerland. Mr McWilliam, who is


married with a grown-up family, is expected to come to Sabden within the next few months. Born in 1924, he gradu­


ated in theology from Clare College, Cam­ bridge, before training for ordination at Cuddesdon. He was ordained at Oxford in 1951. In 1954 he went to


Cape Town, South Africa, in a variety of hosts in­ cluding Precentor of St George’s Cathedral and Chaplain at the Universi-


■ ty of Cape Town. He re­ turned to this country in 1986 before taking up his teaching post in Switzer­ land. He succeeds Fr Trevor


Vaughan, who left Sabden last month to become vicar o f . St George’s, Chorley.


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