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three of Ribblesdale’s best known clubs is expected to make Clitheroe a powerful force in East Lanca shire sport.
AMALGAMATION of
Cricket Club, Clitheroe Rugby Club and West Bradford Ladies’ Hockey Club are joining together in one organisation — Ribblesdale Park — which will have the final say in future development and all capital commitment.
Ribblesdale Wanderers
clubs use at Church Meadow- will be brought into one complex. Chang ing facilities and the club house will be refurbished and enlarged. More attractive pre
The grounds the three
mises will help the indi vidual clubs to develop fund-raising activities, and younger supporters should be attracted. In considering financial
aid, the Sports Council is likely to be more helpful to a sports complex rather than to individual clubs. L an c a sh ire Rugby
Union has promised sup port, and it is hoped Ribble Valley Council will continue the helpful at titude it has shown in negotiations leading to the merger.
Advertiser and Times, Mr Nicholas Hopwood, the rugby club’s president, said:
In a statement to the
Swan and Royal Hotel on Monday, senior officers of the three clubs resolved to amalgamate under the name Ribblesdale Park,
,“At a meeting at the
each club preserving its own identity.
be formed, the chairman coming from Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket Club.
“A new executive wjll
the result of 18 months’ protracted negotiation be tween the three clubs. It is hoped the new club will be a great success for all three partners and the Clitheroe area. “Subject-to legal re
“The amalgamation is
quirements, the date for amalgamation will be June
1st. The occasion will be
marked by a lunch at Church Meadow.
to extend and improve all plaving facilities, and to refurbish and enlarge the changing accommodation and clubhouse.
"It is hoped eventually
Clitheroe sporting his tory. All three clubs ex pressed at the meeting their gratitude for thq practical help and encour agement given them by the local councils.’ Ribble Valley Council has given a 21-year lease
“This is a major step in Clitheroe
ment... The . award is not a per
export . . . and toaay a blue and gold f lag f l i es proudly over Re- ctella Internation al, marking its tre mendous achieve
A CLITHEROE wallcoverings com- any has won a ueen’s Award for
ible for the export drive are joint managing direc tor Mr Leon Eventhall and sales director Mr Ken Woolley. Looking back on the
effort that went into the export sales, Mr Even thall remarked wryly: "The insignia on the flag should have been in blood, not gold.” Behind the company’s
• management and employ ees working as a team. Said joint managing'di-
sonal honour. It was made to the entire workforce —
RAYMOND DEWHURST LEON EVENTHALL
rector Mr Raymond De- whurst, of Martin Top Farm, Rimington: “We have a good, friendly rela tionship here; at every level we seem to have the. right ingredients for suc cess.” The award was made to
on the ground the rugby club uses. This is along side the cricket clubV ground. The hedge divid- re lng the two is to be
"’oo at present play on the cricket ground out-
moved. West Bradford Ladies,
neld, will obtain a better pitch. Ground improvements
are being undertaken im mediately. The changing facilities will be upgraded 'vithin months, and club house improvement's will be the next priority.
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flies the for exports [Michael races against
DIG out those whites and rackets 'and head for the ncw-look tennis
courts at Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. The tennis section of
biggest and best cus
tomers! Later this year three
representatives of Reetel- la will attend a reception for award winners given by the Queen at BueKing- ham Palace.
Lesson
will be a local presenta tion of the formal grant of. appointment,. symbolised by a model of the emblem '
But before this, there
in stainless steel. This ceremony , will be carried out by the Lord Lieuten ant of Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley. The firm is allowed to
fly the award's flag for five years. The company, whose
THE design on the flag
export successes lies another story of technical achievement.
Lamcoat Papers, a sub sidiary of the Rectella group in Queensway, which manufactures a wide range of textile wall coverings and sells to 25 countries. The company was one, of only 87 British firms to
receive awards for export achievement this year and already it had been inun dated with congratulatory messsages from all over the world. It is an amazing success
Mr Dewhurst, £he com pany has developed unique machinery which enables it to produce con tinuous pattern lengths of wallcoverings fas te r , wider and cheaper than anyone else in Europe. The machinery is so
Under the guidance of
own symbol is the flying witch of Pendle, has another big “plus" going for it with overseas cus tomers — a well-earned reputation for meeting de livery dates. One German client who
KEN WOOLLEY Moscow time barrier
WADDINGTON athlete Michael Morton is battling against the clock to reach the Olympic qualifying time in the 5,000m — which could be the first step to land him a place in the British team that goes to Moscow. If Michael (20), of
leaving for a training spell in Europe, which he hopes will put him within striking distance of that time.
So, this week Michael is
Queensway, can finish inside 1-1 min. in a com petitive race before June 21st, it will enable him to se take ■ part in the Olympic
lection trials at Edin burgh on that day.
•moves on to Yugoslavia for two invitation races.
stint on the French Rivi era in Nice, Michael
After a six day training
or two years ago, as a junior, he put in a career
He knows tha t the f target is not beyond him,
Father’s kiss of life saves David
GRINDLETON father Mr Brian Shackleton
story, particularly at a time when exporting is difficult because of the ar tificially high exchange rate of the £ created by ligh interest rates. In the past three years
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secret — it was custom built — that following an attempt at industrial es pionage by a competitor two years ago, no out sider is allowed to see the machinery in operation. That includes the firm's
placed a large order for wallcoverings had an ex pensive lesson, because he did not believe a British firm would deliver on time. When the large orcle r a r r i ved f ro m Clitheroe on the dot he had nowhere to put the goods — and was forced to spend a lot of money hiring warehousing.
porters ncprlv foundered . . . sec page 3.
• How the firm’s ex
dashed into a field to give his son, David, the kiss of life after a kite he was flying struck [lower cables transmitting a k ille r 11,000 volt shock.
saving move paid off, for Mr Shackleton, of Back Lane, managed to revive 12-year-old David, who was unconscious and had stopped breathing.
The d e sp e ra te life
police escort took David to C l ith e ro e Health
An ambulance with a
the company has exported nearly 90 per cent of its total production — adding up to five million metres wallcoverings each
year. The two men respons-
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County offices stay put
WHILE officers of Ribble Valley Council are prepar ing for the big move to their new offices on Monday, a group of Lan cashire County Council employees in Clitheroe will be w o rk in g as normal, For workers at the Re
gister Officer, the Social Services Department and the Education Offices are not moving ;— because they are employees of Lancashire County Coun cil, not Ribble Valley
Coins in panel aid charity
Centre for pain killing in jections. Later, he was taken to Blackburn Royal
Infirmary with severe burns on his hands.
‘
“David is a very lucky boy. He would have been dead if the accident had happened further away from home.”
Said Mr Shaekleton:
borrowed kite with a length of metal lined card in a field opposite his home on Saturday morn ing. The kite belongs to an eight-year-old friend, Anna Bialecki, who lives nearby.
David was flying the ITT 14in.
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and stayed like that for five hours,” said \Mr Shackleton. “I was very concerned about starting him. breathing before he s u f f e r e d a n y b r a i n damage." The journey by ambu
best time of 13min sec. over 5,000m. However, he will only
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be eligible to compete at Edinburgh if he break: the 14min. barrier this year. Michael’s best so far is 14min. 22see., which he achieved this week run ning in an invitation event on a bumpy track Wigan. Clearly there is a lot of hard work to be done, but
if Michael can use hi Continental break reach peak form, he could J make it to Moscow in
uly.
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Clitheroe Cricket Bowl ing and Tennis Club has been revitalised and new
members are welcome. In recent weeks u
to join the club should sign soon to save theni- selvcs £2.50.
Anyone now wishing
up from £12.50 to £15 from May 1st. Umicr- IGs pay only £2.50, while IB to
lS-ye.ar-olds have to find £!t .
Full membership goes
hojung to arrange coach ing sessions. Further details of the
The club is shortly
club and membership can be provided by trea surer Airs Janet Hcm- mim/way (Tel. Ctithcrae 2.34761. Our picture shows the
facilities, watched by other enthusiasts.
club chairman's wife, Mrs Avril Chaplin, oj Shays Drive, taking full advantage of the new
bard core of fanatics have been busg tidying and marking the three couris for the season.
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other children, Paul (9) and Kirsti (7), were full'of praise for the efforts of the police and ambulance men. “They did a fantastic job,” said Mr Shackleton. He hopes, his son’s
Council. Superintendent Regis
-many phone calls asking if the Register Office willbe in the new offices. But the position is that the Register, Social Services ana Education offices will remain, at the present venue — off Pimlico
trar Mrs Valerie Crooks explained: “I have had
LANDLORD of the Duke of York, Grindleton, Mr Eddie Atkinson (second
right) busily helps cus tomers collect coins piled up behind a glass panel in the pub.
Road.” . : v The money, which has
been donated by regulars, d u r in g ' the past few
months, is to go to the Clitheroe Meteor Club
and about £50 was raised. But there were also
some rather unusual coins thrown , in,' including an
American silver dollar and
These were sold in a mock auction Which ; raised a fu r th e r £30. ■
other foreign currency.
being opened, locals de cided to make a day of it, by organising a hockey
And with the1 panel ,
match. • ■ •• ■ ■ 1'
\T A men’s side beat the
* potato pje lunch, while Mr Atkinson, with a little
help from his friends, took down the panel.
ladies 4-2 and then it was off to the pub for some tipple and to tuck into a
brush with death will serve ’as a warning to other kite . flyers, al though, he points out, the overhead power cables in the field where David was playing looked more like telephone wires. “It is not until you are
ducting 11,000 volts,” he said.
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