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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 20th, 1980 9 fie Editor must


t in iture


ently as ignorant of the interests of his


Stop the go slow


is a ratepayer I object Irongly to the idea that [algo members should be lowed to “go slow” at [ark and draw their full llary.


I l’heir action will, in the lig run, be to the detri- nt of ratepayers who ready have to pay larly for services which |e already much eroded.


(These people should not | allowed to have their Ike and their ha’penny, lev already have enough Irks — cheap car loans, — and should be told


If you don’t do a full ly ’s work, you will not


|t a full day’s pay."


51) IT RATEPAYER addington


Song time


1 MISERS of Low Moor | kI Companions enjoyed leral knowledge and |nbled word games, [ipy birthday was sung |one of the members.


|lr J. Parker and Miss Braithwaite enter- led with songs and


Imunity singing, ac- lpanied on the Ivtr J. Scott.


piano |>ks.


(elpers with refresh­ e s were Mr E. Bush, S. Seedall, Mrs A. •gess and Mrs S.


lext Thursday there [be an Easter competi- ] judged by the May- of Clitheroe, Mrs


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Westminster Viewpoint


I STAND before you as a perfect example of a politician with egg on his face.


side to it all. After the debacle, Neil Kinnock, the Labour spokesman on education went into hiding because of the impossibili­ ty of his being able to say anything to the Press


which would not have brought forth gales of mirth! It cannot be much fun


for a chap dedicated to the complete destruction of the Second Chamber to have to face the fact that Peers and Tory Peers, at that have won his battle for him.- The Lords, who according to the left are at best an anachronism and at worst a threat to democracy are- now, if Kinnock be right, reflect­ ing the popular will when the elected Chamber is not.'yKp


ter in one of Aldous Hux­ ley’s novels-whol-isaid “No-one seems to realise that the House of Lords is right simply because it is


I; think it was a charac­


have thrown out the prop­ osal and I would be a sight better off if .1 had kept my big mouth shut. Still, there is a funny


stoutly defended the Gov­ ernment’s proposal to give county councils discretion to charge for school trans­ port ana have come in for a fair battering as a result. Now their Lordships


For months I have


by DAVID WADDINGTON, Clitheroe Division MP


and who could have given the Government a mas­ sive majority, demons­ trated an independence of mind and a refusal to accept the conventional wisdom of the establish­ ment which is far too r a r e ly s e en in the Commons.


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ago the prospects of a set­ tlement seemed remote ■ AFTER the. very first-of • irideedi and.'eyenl:the' most^'::the8e5;artieles0«;,Was-5,re-!


the Conservative Party was overjoyed at Mr Mugabe emerging as the outright winner but there is much for which ,we ought to be thankful. As recently as a year


to. concede th a t th a t Lusaka Conference, the Lancaster House talks


stupid. This chance body of ordinary men drawn to­ gether by accident of birth is a great democra­ tic protest against the ap­ palling arrogance of tne aristocracy of intellect.” Huxley’s c h a ra c te r


meant it as a joke but like all good jokes it has a grain of truth. Certainly the Upper House, where there are over 400 Peers who take the Tory whip


and the conduct of the election itself have been a major triumph for the Prime Minister and Lord Carrington. There really is now a


s o ,h e '-seemed to think that I was taking some? sort of unfair advantage of my -position as a politi­


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prospect of an end to the appalling bloodshed of recent years. Although after our own General Election I was much at­ tracted by the idea of our granting immediate recog­ nition to the Muzorewa


Three jailed for Chatburn garage raid


AN unemployed steeplejack 'who planned armed robberies at Chatburn and Colne was jailed for a total of 10 years at Preston Crown


Court.


scribed Terence Fletcher (25) as “a nasty young man”.


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/Council ordering them to stop making concrete pro­ ducts- on land at “High- field,’’ Garstang Road.


TWO Chipping men are appealing against an en­ forcement' notice served by .the ‘ Ribble Valley


Mr H. Gornall ana Mr P. Holton have, used land


The council alleges that


‘and buildings for making concrete products without the. necessary..,-planning, permission.


y v- The notice requires the :, removal: fromt the .land - of all:': materials,iplant ? and


machinery.' / A; 'public\inquiry into;


’■ the/appeal is to be held at


•the/Town; Hall,'Clitheroe,' • on April 22nd; •


dress, was found guilty of an armed raid at Cnat- burn filling station and of fobbing the trainee man­ ager of a Colne supermar­ ket of £1,090.


Fletcher, of no fixed ad­


Fletcher: “The public is entitled to be protected


T h e j u d g e t o l d


Date for • inquiry.


Mr Justice Mais de­


from the likes of you. You are still a young man, but a nasty young man who is prepared to do violence and live by dishonest means.”


guilty of aggravated burg­ lary, the theft of 35 igni­ tion keys and taking a car without consent.


Fletcher was also found -i r v


Also in the dock were Fletcher ’s br o th er , Stephen (20), of Shipley and Mark Vickers (20), of Keighley. They admitted the same set of offences save one of aggravate! burglary, which Stephen Fletcher denied. The charge was allowed to lie on the file.


- Vickers was. jailed for Uiree years and Stephen Fletcher for five years.


burn robbery in August 1978, the. court was tok how the three men burst into a bungalow near the fifling station where prop­ rietor Mr George Wood


Concerning the Chat­


' was .-entertaining three friends. . -


:dent bore all the hall marks of a - robbery Colne the previous month


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All four were tied up


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cian. More recently I was rapped over the knuckles for making frivolous re­ marks about people bath­ ing in the House of Com­ mons cisterns. Now I have received a


very kindly letter from a reader who, thank good­ ness, , is amused rather than disgusted by the story about my search for an office in the Lord Chancellor’s Department and my coming across a wizened old lady who was delighted at receiving her first visitor for decades. By an appalling stroke


of ill-luck it turns out that my correspondent was ac­ tually employed in the Department at the mate­ rial time and he insists that there certainly wasn't any wizened bid lady there. From now on I think I’ll stick to bees!


'IT:


ON March 4th Sir Ian Gil- mour, the Lord Privy Seal, made his statement on the resu lt of the Rhodesian election. I cannot pretend that


Government, I can see now that such recognition would not have brought peace but an intensifica­


tion of the war. I have mentioned Ian


Giimour and he himself has played no small part in this matter and is enti­ tled to much praise. His quiet manner is mislead­ ing and no-one is better able in debate to deliver the devastating ripost. When, on the day of the


statement, Julian Amery asked him to recognise that Mr Mugabe’s victory rep re s e n ted a major defeat for the west he re­ plied: “To say that free and fair elections are a major defeat for the west is surely not a very West­ ern attitude.” Michael Brotherton


then had a shot, claiming the result of the election th rea ten ed our trade route around the Cape, and he received the fol­ lowing broadside: “My Honourable Friend will be aware that Rhodesia is land-locked."


PARISH priest at- St Hubert’s RC Church, Uunsop Bridge, Fr Joseph Francis Stoker, was overwhelmed by the celebrations that took place at the weekend to mark his Golden Jubilee.


.The popular priest had been exactly 50 years in the priesthood on Sunday and St Hubert’s was packed to the door for a special Mass.


This was followed by a meal and a party in the (


village hajl attended by most of the villagers, (luring which Fr Stoker received a cheque for £190 ky a collection. It was handed over by Shepherd, Christine Collinson and


Christine Marsaen. The church and village hall were decorated with


flowers arranged by Mr and Mrs Peter Devlin.


Mr A. Marsden presented Fr Stoker with a spiritual bouquet on behalf of SS Michael and John’s RC Church, Clitheroe.


Neville Shaw, a member of St Hubert’s. In reply, Fr Stoker thanked everyone for their' donations and the meal, which was provided by parishioners of St Hubert's.


Tribute to the work of the priest was paid by Mr Village celebrates priest’s 50 years


Tops on first aid


contest A SCOUT first-aid- team formed only last month has won the East Lanca­ shire County Scout Am­ bulance Shield. - The four members of


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the C l ith e ro e Royal Grammar School troop, will represent the county in the Lord Derby Ambu­ lance Shield competition, at Barrow-in-Furness, on April 19th. Teams from Cheshire, Greater Man­ c h e s te r , 1 Merseyside, West Lancashire and Cumbria will be com­ peting.. The boys, are: Anthony


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tion, organised by Mrs McKenna and Miss News holme, of the Clitheroe St John Ambulance Division, each team member had a practical and theoretical test. The team also had a 10-minute practical test attending to a realistic- looking "casualty". With top marks in both


1 were unable to attend. Fr Stoker also thanked Mr Jim Dowle and the


, Letters were read from the Rev George Gaze, Rector of St Andrew’s, Slaidburn, and the Rev Arthur Higginson, former priest-in-charge at Mitton, Whitewell and Hurst Green, both of whom


Hodder Valley branch of the Royal British Legion for their good wishes and gift.


the attendance at the service and the party after­ wards was really marvellous.” The celebrations started on Thursday with a


Afterwards Fr Stoker said: “I was amazed by


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brother, nephew and eight other Catholic priests | from the area for Concelebrated Mass at St Hubert’s and a lunch at Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn. Pictured at. Sunday’s meal in Dunsop Bridge


village hall are some of the villagers with Fr Stoker (seated, left). Next to him is Fr Edmund Willoughby, priest at SS Michael and John’s Church.


Dancers’ marathon


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managed to stay on then- feet for the full 12-hour session. The others flaked out at various intervals and rested their sore feet.


Only five youngsters The disco was super­


vised by eight adults and the records were played by David Hothersall and Peter Moon.


Dinner dance


THE Hodder Valley Bad­ minton Cldb held its annual dinner 'dance at the Falcon Manor, Settle. Arrangements were made by secretary Mr John Barber.


Hand brake faulty


-• FOR using a car with , a


'George-'Metcalf Simpson '(18)',-; o f . Swallow Sc a r F a rm , ' Slaidburn, was', fined £30 at Clitheroe. .


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Imeson, prosecuting, sajd Simpson was stopped in Waodington Roan, West Bradford. The car had a makeshift silencer box, and the hand brake was faulty. .


Chief Insp. Geoffrey Cleared


CLITHEROE magis­ trates cleared Norman Burgess (55), of Seedall Avenue, Clitheroe, on a summons alleging- that he parked a car within the limits of the double white line system in Eshton Terrace.


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