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CLITHEROE: shops; will: be •. closing their,, shutters : tonight after ; a-late Christmas rush/ which has been just .as - hectic as ever. .»:.■■


larly .1 busy, with' house- , wives having to stock up for a four-day holiday, as most shops will not reopen until Monday., As usual, turkey looks


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CHRISTMAS EVE 10 a.m. - 9 p .m .


BOXING DAY 12 noon — 2 p.m., " 7 P-m. — 9 p.m.


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NEW YEAR’S EVE 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.


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Harrop Methodist Chapel: bn Sunday evening was well attended. Worship Was led by Mr F. Ash­ worth, of Clitheroe, and Mrs Ashworth gave two solos. Lessons were read by


Solos A carol service at


Joan Robinson and Elizabeth Robinson.


Neville Harrison, Sheila Harrison, David Harrison,


under-privileged teena­ gers.


Downham


May we take this opportunity to


wish you a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year


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decorations had been made by the children. After tea they sang carols and received gifts from a bran tub. Among the special


guests invited were Lady Clitheroe and the Rev. and Mrs F. E. Chard.


nativity play, entitled "Brothers of Bethlehem,” was performed in St Leonard’s Church. The infant class played


raditional The school’s traditional


Downham CE School had their Christmas party, teachers and friends en­ te r ta in e d them with games and a party tea. All the party hats and


Bran tub When the children of


ance were presented by Mr Ashworth to David Harrison, Elaine Barton and Helen Barton. Mr R. Winckley was organist. The collection was for


Books for good attend­


. teachers served * tea and - mince pies to everyone.


■ of toys and other items: for the National ChiU dren’s Home. A f t e rw a r d s th e


.played an active part in- many organisations' in Grindleton after moving to the village in .1962, has ■ died in hospital at the age of 90. ■


Moors councillor who


. ton UDC for many, years and was a very active worker for the peace movement in the 1930s. After her dentist hus-.


Mrs Catherine Holmes; of Whinside, was on Clay-


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Active life A former Clayton-le-


' freshments. About _ £20 : was raised for club funds.


provided by' NooKies .Disco :and there were re-


WI members toured the village by moonlight sing­ ing carols. They were well received and called at sev­ eral houses for warming cups of coffee. ,


Moonlight : A party of Rimington


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.Valley and became a member of Grindleton WI, the Mothers’ Union , and the Methodist. Fellow- , ship. She also played the


band Charles died, she moved to the Ribble.


piano regularly at the vil­ lage Methodist Sunday'


St Ambrose Church; .Grindleton, was followed by interment at Dill Hall Cemetery, Clayton-le- Moors.


vis ited many places'-' around the world, includ-.! ing the Arctic Circle. She leaves a son and a daughter. A service yesterday, at


honour on the occasion of , her 90th birthday. A keen. traveller,, she'


School. Grindleton WI gave a,: in Mrs Holmes’


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1 After dinner, presents were; given to each member.; '


Langho;-held.their Christ­ mas party at Hillock Vale Restaurant in the village.


MU dinner St , L eo n a rd ’s MU,


were thanked by Mrs M. Holt. She also ' thanked Barbara and Jennifer for organising the hilarious; games.


arranged by Mrs J. Smith and Mrs M.“ Carter, who


! The' evening had been


members of St Leonard’s Pram Club for a carol ser­ vice conducted by the Rev. Paul Warren. MU members were the hostes­ ses and the children were given toys. The next meeting will be held on January 19th.


In the warm A warm church greeted


Arrangements A. demonstration of ■


the main characters and mimed the story told in the carols which were sung and accompanied on . various musical instru­ ments by the seniors. Taking p a r t were:


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Sharon Lister (Mary), Mark Taylor (Joseph), Philip Hughes (innk- eper), Andrea Lister,


Lorraine and Sharon Flit- croft (angels). Richard Palmer (Herod), Richard Oldfield (chief officer), Ben Moyle, Wayne Eccles and Andrew Birtwell (Roman soldiers), Michelle Clement, Jason Birtwell, Mark Hall (kingsL Steven Scott, Robert Flitcroft, A nne B r a i th w a i t e (shepherds). The choir and musicians


Mrs Spensley, Mrs P. Towler and members of staff. Producer was head­ mistress Mrs V. Hall.


on recorders, xylophones, autoharp, drum and triangle were: Rachel Hall, Kirsteen Scott, Emma Spensley, Nicola Derbyshire, Catherine Hughes, Nicola Butter- worth and Jackie Scott. They were trained by


Leonard’s Church, Dow­ nham, and friends set out after, Evensong to sing carols in Twiston. Tney are visiting the Downham side of the parish tonight.


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' School: teacher Mrs Alison: ( Lesczynsky, of, Clitheroe,


the • minister, the Re v: 'A. -Ward-Jones. Before being presented with their.' prizes by former. Sunday:


* There, was a special Christmas service at Griridleton Methodist Church, when pupils'of the Sunday School gave a demonstration with, fes­ tive readings and. formed , anativity tableau, 4 : The service was led by-


Christmas arrangements ■ was given' by Mrs Rose’ Ormerod to members of Grindleton WI. Two new members were welcomed by president Mrs G. Moir. . A coach has been . ar­


ranged to leave Preston at 9 a.m. bn March 7th for anyone wishing to attend “Scene ’80” at Stratford- on-Avon.


council meeting is to be held at Longridge on January ‘ 14th ‘and 'the spring council meeting at Bolton in March. An invitation has been


.. ■ u A mini . consultative'/' .senior citizens Had a very,


Enjoyable . Langho and . Billington


enjoyable Christmas dinner, thanks to Whalley and District Age. Concern Committeev'ana, other or­ ganisations Responsible for arranging the meal at.Cal-; derstoiies' Hospital.' :.


received from Shut- tlewofth WI asking mem-', bers to join them at their March meeting. Mrs' Moil- thanked Mrs C. Read for preparing programmes for 1981.


Christmas arrangement in a potato was won by Miss M. Brennand, Mrs Bate and Mrs H. Read.


A competition for ;a : Newton


.1 s t Dunsop • Br idge Guides; .


Church at Newton held its. c a ro l . service on Sunday, along with the


Nine lessons The United Reformed


the Rev.. J. D. Salsbury and lessons were read by Mr D. Bagshaw," Mrs H. Metcalfe (Guide . leader), Mrs N. Eastwood, Mrs E. Haslewood, Mrs M. Pinder, Miss ; A ■ Beattie. Mi s s W„ H 0 w a r cl (Guides), Miss A. Rushton ■ and Mr Salsbury.'.


sang two carols, with Mr: D.' Bagshaw at the organ.,:


The Guide company: 'V Rimington


-/Thursday.’ .They:'played : games and - had, a,: Jacob’s join supper.' : ' , ‘ f.;-


Youth- Group had an,end of term party ',in ; the 'Memorial. In s t i tu te5: on


Par*y Members of Rimington'


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'pupils .past:.and pre- " sent joined in the


r The following,;;night they held an' open'disco in the Institute.. Music ’was


:arnnual Christmas - tcarol. servic,e ‘'cpn-| ducted. byi'Jhei Minis-” ter, Rev. • Graham’Vic-'


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LOW MOOR Method­ ist Sunday S c h o o l :


kers and his wife, : Pam. After the * service;


:: the1 Sunday School ' prizes were , distri- -. buted >by church '■ ste- ■ [ ward Mr Alan Braith- t; v.4 waite’ and the - children *


:: Christmas • story writ­ ing also received their prizes. .A report of the


who took part in1 -the ( Sunday School’s work '


$ overt the past year was. ^ * given by superintend


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' ‘round the Christmas >4 tree. 1 *!• V • 5 •


. School pupils, who took part in the ser- " vice,; are; p ic tu r ed n-


A-group of’Sunday - , The service was led.by,


B 0110 n - b y - B b w 1 a n d , played for 50-50 dancing and club members pro- vided a; plate buffet supper. Prizewinners were Mrs S. Baron and MrMi'Alpe.


Dunsop Bridge Village Hall on Saturday,when Bowland 'Forest;'Young Farmers held "their annual party,: .The, Nookies Disco, of


Carnival night , It was carnival night at


Dunsop Bridge 1


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"member and trustee of the village hall, who will be sadly missed. Also missing were Mr


.and Mrs N. Barton, who did a lot of good work for the hall but have now left the district. ,, Secretary Mrs ■


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’ providing music; - Arrangements were


' January 31st, '• with the Parker Brothers .Band


will be on' January 24th, with a beetle. drive and Ja co b’s join supper. “Come Dancing” is on


back in action after major surgery in hospital and hoped for their continued good health. The next.,family night


expressed the committee’s pleasure to 1 have both chairman Mr J. Dowle and treasurer Mr J. Peel


M. Pye


Bridge village hall com­ mittee stood in silence before their meeting in memory of the late Mr James Leedham, a very re sp e c te d founder


Silence Members of Dunsop


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, “We’ve certainly been as 'busy as ever. Turkey ..is the most popular buy, but pork seems to be coming


Cowman’s butchers in Castle Street, said trade had been, pretty good.-


FATHER Christmas; not surprisingly ar- . rived aboard his fire engine when he enter­ tained these children at Clitheroe Fire Station.


; children of Clitheroe , firemen gave the men and their wives a


. corated with balloons ahd: trimmings and the party for about 30


The station was de-


busier "than' usual Sunday afternoon.


, ised party games and their wives provided a slap-up tea which was


The..firemen organ-


, youngsters. The highlight of the


soon consumed by the


afternoon was when Father Christmas ar­ rived , with gifts for everyone. ■


back into fashion,” he said.


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Morton’s, Clitheroe, re­ ported a rush of shoppei’s over the weekend. “Every year people say they’re


Volunteers answer


luncheon club call


heon Club provides a hot meal there each week for about 60 pensioners, many of whom are house­ bound, and volunteer drivers ferry them to the premises in Lowergate.


.. be opened at 2;30 p.m. by c 89-year-old , resident Mrs Margaret Eccles. Enter­ tainment in the evening will take the. form of a ; family night. '■


made for the 10th an­ niversary bring-and-buy sale bn February 14th, to


' guitars. Teacher Mrs S. Rushton gave backing on the guitar and autoharp.. ' - Parents then joined the


Killeen (Mary), Phillip Leedham (Joseph), Joseph Purkis (king), Peter Wood (shepherd) and Joanna Roscoe (angel). The various classes sang-songs illustrating the nativity story and some played" recorders and


Whitewell. were special guests, but the parish


priest of St Hubert’s and St Mary’s, Fr J. F. Stoker, was unable to attend.


Shaw, of. Slaidburn, and Mr J . P o r te r , of


children to sing carols. Refreshments followed. School governors Mr N.


neyholrhe RC School gave a concert for parents and friends on Thursday. The infants were dressed in seasonal; costume and reader of the nativity story was Cain Pyrie. The cast included Alex


Concert The children of Thor-


iser Mrs Phyllis Todd, who appealed in the Ad­ vertiser and Times for extra help, said: “We now have two new drivers, an existing driver has agreed to work: stand-by and we also have an extra server for the meals.”


Luncheon Club organ­


another server to ease the path and anyone in­ terested should write to her at Lynwood, Whalley Road, Clitheroe.


Mrs Todd still needs New Year post


NEW Year Post Office counter services will be as follows:


post offices will close on their usual half day. Re­ maining sub-post offices and general post offices will be open until 4 p.m. .


December 31st: Sub­


the boxes at general post offices will be 4 p.m. There will be no collec­ tions on New Year’s Day.


31st, final collections from street post boxes will be at noon; counter collec­ tions will continue up to 4 p.m. depending on the post office. Final collections from


31st — Normal service. January 1st — none. Collections: December


closed. Pensions and allo­ wances payments, due on January 1st, can be paid on or after Monday, De­ cember 29th. Deliveries: December


January 1st: All "offices


at Clitheroe’s Pendle Club. The Wednesday Lunc­


MORE people have volun­ teered to help the old folk


demurely dressed counter tellers — they are all female —• the customers were met, by “Mother Christmas,” “Aladdin,” two Christmas fairies and other members of staff in fancy dress depicting the festive season. Taped carol music


was the sight of Father Christmas, on the custom­ ers’ side of the counter, doling out sweets to the kiddies. ■ Santa was in fact, the


caressed the ear. Most startling of all.


The Father Christmas bank manager was not doling out those little plastic bags full of money for the Christmas stock­ ings.


Lowest in county


number in Lancashire and is. 13.2 per cent of the total number of house­ holds in the borough. The average rebate is £49 and the average household rate bill is £123.


Help


WHALLEY Parish Coun­ cil has donated £60 to Whalley and district Age Concern towards the cost of its annual Christmas party.


THERE are 2,400 people in Ribble Valley Borough receiving rate rebates, ac­ cording to the Govern­ ment. This is the lowest


want to let the public know that bank managers and their staffs are human — not impersonal robots.” • One disappointment.


branch’s deputy manager, Mr Brian Whittaker, who dreamed up the idea. Mr Whittaker said: “We


CUSTOMERS popping into the Whalley branch of the National Westminster bank this week could be forgiven for wondering if they had a pre-Christmas hangover.,. For. instead of quietly,


Housing scheme outlined


Woodlands Drive a t­ tended the meeting to hear the scheme — which will provide accommoda­ tion for 36 people — out­ lined by a member of the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning Department. Residents gave their


ment have had to be re­ vised, owing to the pre­ sent economic recession, and the car parking facilities have been axed.


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dren, he teaches at Park- lee County Primary School, Atherton, near Wigan. '


For food parcels


SOME 200 people at­ tended a coffee morning in the Mayor’s . Parlour which raised more , than £140 towards Christmas food parcels for needy


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Rotary Clubs of Ribbles­ dale and : Clitheroe, 'the coffee morning included a raffle for a bottle of whisky. , ,


Organised jointly by the


Rotarians’;wives helped to serve refreshments.


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Members ■ of Clitheroe Inner Wheel .Club and


son of Mrs and Mrs Frank Harrop, of Brownlow Street, Clitheroe. Married with two chil­


success A FORMER pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar- School has gained a Bachelor of Education Honours degree at the City of . Manchester Col­ lege of Higher Education. Mr David Harrop is the


views and expressed some concern that the develop­ ment might cause prob­ lems with sewerage facilities. Plans for the develop­


PLANS for the proposed sheltered housing scheme on the south side of Woodlands Drive, Whal­ ley, were on display at Whalley Parish Council meeting. Seven residents of


had the usual last-minute rush, of present buyers, but there have been few problems as the shops have been well stocked. Mrs Janet Baker, of


trying to stock up, but with most having fridges or freezers it doesn’t seem to present much of a problem.” Toy and gift shops have


“ People have been


..B u tc h e r s and food- shops have been particu­


■'Christmas shopping, but they--, always,; do when it - gets ,to the last minute.” She had two particular--


not going to ■ bother with


like being the housewives’ top choice for Christmas dinner.


Mr Ted Cowburn, of


cerned that; the couple might not open the toys again until Christmas morning, so she contacted our reporters and after the story appeared, the couple returned for the handle. “ I ’m so grateful. I


two expensive , radio-con­ trolled toys the previous week but, unfortunately, the control handle for one of them was left in the shop. Mrs Baker was con­


ly welcome customers last week, after her SOS was printed in the Advertiser and Times.' The couple had bought


/particularly busy Christ­ m a s ,’ d e a lin g ; with 2,100,000 letters in one day alone last week.


After closing' at jun. •


a long break, with several firms closing down for n e a r ly a fo r tn ig h t . Trutex, Atkinson’s and Approved Electronics will all stay closed until Janu­ ary 5th. Smith and Nephew, of


Stonebridge Mill, Chat- burn, will be taking a six- day break, but business at IC I . will be largely as normal.


stretched to the ’limit working right through Saturday and Sunday, but head pos tma s te r Mr James: Moran said they had coped very well with­ out having to take on extra staff.


too, will be breathing a sigh of relief after dealing with the usual last-minute rush of Christmas mail. The postmen have been


didn’t want to think of a child heartbroken when the toy was opened on Christmas morning,” she said. Clitheroe’s postmen,


open today instead of Saturday. The Ribble Valley Council offices close today until January 2nd, but the refuse collec­ tion service will not be affected. The Civic Hall cinema


be operating at reduced production throughout the holiday to p re v e n t damage to machinery. ClitheroA market is


is closed all this .week and the Ribblesdale Pool will remain closed until noon on January 2nd. Whalley and Clitheroe libraries are closed today,


chtime today, Clitheroe’s head post office in King Street will not reopen until Monday. . Local industry is having


: '-iThe- area’s main sorting office in Preston has had a


■ week , they will be closed on . New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.. -


lying on public transport will have to make the most of a much reduced service.


’ Ribblesdale Cement will


same schedule applied on that route and th e . only other service operating will be a Sunday service on the Clitheroe-Burnley route.


Clitheroe’s filling stations closed tomorrow. A few will be open on Boxing Day and Saturday will .be as normal.


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£150,000 co s t o f f lo o d


damagfe


flooded — including those at Riverside, Low Moor, and Taylor S t r e e t , Clitheroe — though that figure could have been much greater but for the county council implement­ ing its major emergency scheme.


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Whalley streets left out


PARISH councillors at Wh'alley are disappointed by a Ribble Valley Coun­ cil committee’s decision not to include Queen S t re e t and Princess Street in the Whalley Conservation Area." ' The parish council was


told at its meeting that a req u e s t for the two


Ribble Valley Council’s Chief Architect and Plan­ ning Officer, Mr. Philip Bailey, said that while having charm and charac­ te r of their own, the streets were not of such historical or architectural quality as to warrant being included in a con­ servation area.


streets to be included had been turned down. A le t te r from the


Charter night


THE first charter an­ niversary of the • Ribble Valley Rotaract Club was celebrated at Eaves Hall Country Club, West Bradford. ;


guests attended the even­ ing, including district vice-chairman Mr Philip Gray • and ■ district chair­ man of Rotaract Mr Lyn Trafford, who wished the club success-in the future. After the meal there


About 85 members and


was a disco. •'MU dinner


Peter appeal. . , , ’ > F in e d £ 1 0 u


■Union held their Christ­ mas dinner at the 'Edis- fordBridge Inn, - and as the- result of their-bring, and-buy sale the children attending the, church‘have sent £70 to the BBC Blue


St ..Paul’s Mothers’


flooding one tenth of Lan­ cashire was under water, with about 300 miles of road submerged. Some 900 homes were


sary will be repairs to the Trough of Bowland Road, near Smelt Mill1'Cottages and south of High- Cross Moor (£120,000); Dinckley su spen s ion;' bridge (£45,000) and Holme, Head footbridge, near Dunsop Bridge (£2,000). At the height of the


REPAIRS to roads and bridges in the Ribble Valley after the severe flooding two months ago will cost the county, coun­ cil more than £150,000. : Among the work, neces­


some changes to schedules after 10 p.m. On Saturday there will be a Sunday service on most routes and the Clitheroe-Preston route will not run. ' Motorists will find all


Tonight, there; -will I be


hospital service will be the only route operated by Ribble Motors in the Ribble Valley tomorrow. Buses will leave Clitheroe at 0623 and 1910, return­ ing from Brockhall at 0713 and 2005. On ; Boxing ; Day,, the


The Clitheroe-Brockhall


only opens on Wednesday, will be in operation as usual, but only between 2 and 5 p.m. Christmas travellers re­


Chatburn library, wh'ich .


tomorrow and Boxing Day, but will open as usual on Saturday. Next


AT,'.Clitheroe magistrates’; court, Christopher Gold-, smi th (20),’ .of: Kirk Avenue,: Low, Moor,r, was.


9 ispaaqdoqg ‘1 issojoy '"


t;fined'_£10, ’with’£5 costs/ 'for‘urinating in the street.*1.


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