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A HIDDEN corner of old Clitheroe, where birds have sung and flowers have grown in profu sion over the years, will soon be lost for ever — to meet the increasing demand for houses.
acre plot behind the high wall in Church Brow has been rented as a retail flow e r c e n t re and wreath business by Mr
The th re e -q u a r te r
Aidan Bertram Wolfen- den Cooper since 1937.
. But Mr Cooper, who will be, 65 next year, was forced into early re- t irem e n t when the owner of the land de cided to sell and outline planning permission for houses was granted.
winding down the busi ness, Mr Cooper, whose home is in Church Brow, has plenty of memories to look back on — like the time h e ,
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 1980 - No,8,917 ' . '*• ■ Price 12p
Good Selection of PYREX at
THEd’S
YORK STREET; CLITHEROE Tel. 25142
Goodbye to a sanctuary
first rented the land, for the purpose of keeping poultry. He had an aver age of 288 laying hens, but numbers .were‘re-, duced during the war as food for them became in creasingly unobtainable.
replaced by a green house and flowers.
They were eventually
Mr Cooper and his' father ware in the Home. Guard. His father was made “pigeon officer,” and commandeered a
During the war both,
hen cabin on the land to house and breed pigeons for^conveying messages in the. event of an emergency.. - The birds were never
. Clitheroe area with his parents , in 1918. While his. father served as an officer in the' firstWorld war, Mr Cooper and his mother lived at Brook- side Cottage, Worston.
needed, of course, but they won plenty of prizes at local shows. Mr Cooper was born in Salford, coming to the
Later, with his father, he moved to Hurst Green. Bachelor Mr Cooper believes his outdoor life has kept him healthy and he cannot recall ever having: been con fined to bed through illness. -•■ ; Mr Cooper’s other in
terests are stamp col lecting and photography, especially cine. He was a member of the Ribbles dale Camera Club until it moved its headquar ters to Chatburn.
Another local firm feels the pinch
A SPECIAL unemployment benefit unit is to be set up in Clitheroe tomorrow to cope with an expected flood of claims from employees of a West Bradford textile company which has mysteriously ceased, production.
No rise in reward <v<v
, ing a case of vandalism in . public-spirited .enough-/to: the borbuglTTea'ding to 'report an act of vandalism court proceedings. ’
THERE is to be no in- But after some'discus- crease in the Ribble sion they agreed with Valley council’s £50 Coun. Tom Robinson, who reward for anyone report- ' said: “If people are not
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cil’s Policy and Resources Committee considered • in creasing the reward to £100.
Members of the coun
it for £100.” In 1979 the reward was
for £50, they won’t report
increased from £25 to £50 but no cases were re ported by the public in the past 12 months;
WANTED FOR CASH GOLD, SILVER AND ANTIQUES
TWO DAYS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th and
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27th, 10 a.m. to 5-30 p.m. at CLITHEROE
PARISH CHURCH HALL, CHURCH STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS.
We pay from £75 to £85 (9 ct gold)' from £150 to £170 g act gold) from £180 to £210 (22
ctgold) f or any -
amount large or small quantities
Silver £5.50 per Troy oz.
SCRAP GOLD AND SILVER URGENTLY REQUIRED
Large or Small Amounts Also required: SILVER
CUTLERY TEA SERVICES, CANDELABRA Etc.
GOLD COINS. GOLD SOVEREIGNS Up to £65
HALF SOVEREIGNS Up to £45
SILVER and GOLD JEWELLERY Wedding Rings
Engagement Rings Dress Rings
Brooches and. any broken GOLD JEWELLERY
GOLD POCKET WATCHES working or not, £60 to £200
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ANTIQUES, SILVER FRAMES, SILVER CANDLESTICKS, BUTTON HOOKS, SEALS, BROOCHES, DIAMOND RING PENDANTS Etc. , • / Etc.’ Etc.' ''
CIGARETTE CASES ★ WATCHES. Gold and-Silver POCKET-WATCHES,
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WALL ’ CLOCKS, ■ CARRIAGE CLOCKS, , ANTIQUE' "FURNITURE ;
(Any Condition)/ ■ _
% If unable to attend please telephone ^for personal icaUji ' cottage ANTIQUES, BROOKSIDE BARN «
'^ 6 y E ^K E l lE T ? IC A R N FO in 1 l .^ eL $ ^ ^ 4; GOLD & SILVER SUBJECT TO THE SPOT PRICE'"
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A really cold
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STAFF have been at work all the week at the Edisford Pool trying to keep it open Tor swim ming and .on Tuesday the manager made4 a dash to Stockport for a part needed to repair a faulty motor.
learned that a malfunction in a water circulating motor and pump ..had made it impossible to heat the water since Thursday. Manager Mr", David
Weekend b a th e r s •
turned up at Ribblesdale Fashions on Monday and were shocked when in formed there was no work for them.
More than 80 women
; The position, they were told, would, be explained to them by letter. ;.
cided with the news that the jobless total in the Ribble . Valley was the highest since the war, with 407 males and females seeking work.
The development coin
whole' seems ""to" be up against it at the moment.”
to the. workforce, Mr Gaukroger and other com- pany chiefs held lengthy meetings with auditors to discuss the'firm’s affairs.
After his announcement
his meetings to issue a statement on the possible future of the company.
He declined to interrupt
September’s total! and is largely the result of people who work outside the area losing their jobs.
: It is almost double last
Phillips said the water temperature was 25° cen tigrade, compared with the normal 28°. This was around the temperature favoured by Olympic swimmers, but not low enough to cause discom fort .The faulty equipment
was returned to the pool on Monday after repair at Accrington, b u t4 still did not work properly when reconnected. The manager-rushed to
workers, who make chil dren’s dresses and sepa rates, the shut-down came “like a bolt from the blue.”
For the West Bradford Cash-flow
celebrated its first birth day with a £lm turnover and a forecast of superb prospects.
In January the-company ,
Stockport for a new seal and then took it to Ac crington for fitting to the motor. Engineers returned to
been worked and some staff reported for duty during tne 'July and Sep tember holidays. The bad news was
Since then overtime has
broken to the workers by managing-director Mr
the pool' with the motor and everything was back to normal by Tuesday night.
Slow... march!
A TORTOISE stopped , p la y in a football match at Roefield, Clitheroe, on Sunday and had to be given , the red card, j , End to end play: by
: Roefield4 on) Saturday!: ?
Igame. •'■' / v;* v ^Atithepolicestation,
from s the. pitch and, put in. ^spectatorr eus- tody.until Mr) Barker i picked it up after "the '
i It had to be carried >
— blocking the.way.
-I he ‘was \ told it4 was: not on thej. “missing” (-Iist.
and took 'it ; home, to' 16/ Eastfieldv Drive, iWest .Bradford, .where; jit Y,can<i:be^'.claimed;. ('without;/transfer j fee'
torproofjofJdentity.Si
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.— thought- to be the. left back of one of the teams .'playing .a t ;
Dugdale’s and . Red Rose was suddenly halted and there was a complaint of ’ ob struction • to ’the re feree, ;Mr Campbell Barker. ’ ' > - He found a .tortoise
. office and maintenance workers was to be re tained. C o m m e n t e d - o n e'
Malcolm Gaukroger, who told them that the firm was facing a cash-flow problem and not a shor tage of orders; ■ Only a skeleton staff of
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worker, who did not wish to be named: “The boss said that he wanted to keep the firm going, but I honestly don’t think he knows if he will be able to or not; ■
. Meanwhile confused employees called fo r advice at the Clitheroe Employment Office.
the .company failed to elicit any further informa tion ana the Unemploy ment Benefits Office which is now based at Blackburn, decided to send over a special team to Clitheroe.
Telephone inquiries to
man said: “We only oper ate at Clitheroe on two mornings a week and if it came to a question of re dundancy we would need a special team to handle claims from a workforce as large as that employed at Ribblesdale Fashions.
Not alone
Mill, formerly, owned by Trutex, was; taken over by Ribblesdale Fashions in November, 1978 and £250,000 was spent on equipping it. The bulk of its products are sold in major chain stores and multiples throughout the UK.
The West Bradford
. the third company in the Clitheroe area to be: hit- by job difficulties since-
Ribblesdale Fashions vis
‘ dustry; redundancies have already taken place at the Stalwart Dyeing Company and Lancaster Hosiery.
July. ^ Because of general re cession; in the textile in-
A department spokes
Chairman of Health Council
NEW chairman of Black burn , and District, Com-;
munity..Health Council is Mr Roy Dewhurst, of Wil- kirison'Fold, Twiston. "
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Mr Dewhurst has been in partnership with his wife as 'retail stationer and charter bookseller in Clitheroe and Accrington.
council since 1974. v During the last 25 years
He has been on the
' Centre, where he has been a member of the management committee for the past 12 years.
fices, ini the voluntary sector and been involved in youth clubs, the Methodist Church, Rib blesdale Table-Tennis -As sociation, Round Table, the Rotary Club and Clitheroe Physiotherapy
He has• held' many of
CHURCHES in ' the • C lith e ro e - d is t r ic t •joined'forces on Satur day to raise'. £250 for the' funds'of the Bible Society. Hosts for this year’s
effort, a “September, surprise” , were St Paul’s, Low Moor, whose parish hall housed the hustle and bustle of a variety of stalls opened by Chat-
' Jones. Members of the
burn Methodist minis ter the Rev. Ward;
United Reformed- Church sold . yellow items, churches from the .Chatburn and Downham d is t r ic t g ro c e r ie s , Trinity Methodists items for the kitchen, St James’s and Henthorn Gospel Church a selection of
cakes, with St Paul’s providing teas. . . ."
■ with some of the hel pers at the fair, includ ing the vicar of St P a u l ’s, the Rev. Arthur Siddall.
s ta l l manned by C lith e ro e Pa r ish Church is pictured
On the far right is his wife, Susan,'chair-
The white elephant
man , of the Clitheroe and district branch of the society, who said the afternoon was a huge and happy success. The local branch has
organised a service of intercession, a fort night today, to be led by Mrs Siddall, at Clitheroe’s United Re-, formed Church, Moor, Lane.
Town will be a mecca for theatregoers
I Civic Hall will be the first of five' full-length plays competing for the prestige championship of the Brit ish All Winners Invitation Festival.
AN opportunity to see the highest standard of amateur drama in Britain is offered to local theatregoers to morrow night. On stage at Clitheroe
be devoted to three one- act, plays, also chasing a national title and trophy. The plays on the bill for
The following night will : '
■thrillers, with Shakes peare and , modem play wrights Ayckbourn and. Pinter among those rep resented. : ' ' The companies, all
two consecutive weekends are an intriguing mixture of drama, comedy and
of both Clitheroe and Hyndburn Chambers of Trade.
. He is a past president
whurst has ’.chaired the health council’s working group on primary and acute services and he has a'wide knowledge of prob lems within " the health service.
For 18 months, Mr De Saving
IT cost the Ribble Valley Council less to collect the rates for 1979-80. For every £1. collected ■ from the ratepayers it cost 2.23p compared with 2.47p the previous year. It cost £89,481 to collect
^festivals o rg an ised throughout the British Isles, are travelling from as far away as Tonbridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Wrexham and Cleethorpes, which explains the necessity for weekend performances. ■ The only Lancashire r e p r e s e n ta t iv e s are Formby Theatre Club
recent winners of some of the hundreds of drama
• In previous years the events are available at the festival has been held in Civic Hall. , _ •leading tourist and sea-'
-Vv.The festival, which has side . re sorts and , the./already received generous choice of Clitheroe for the"/support., from local indus- venue is certainly a feath- try and the • North West er in the cap of the Ribble Association for the , Arts, Valley organisers.
Youth, Merseyside — the supper at the Swan and first youth group ever to Royal Hotel following the appear in the national final Sunday performance, finals.
' Tickets for all the
: Jimmy Fell. “We aim t o '■ provide
of people to the district, Valley Mayor Coun. Miss some of whom have never Agnes Melling. heard of the Ribble Valley ; Advance booking has before,” said local commit-. been, extremely good, but te e chairmaii Coun. there are still seats avail-
“It is bringing hundreds (tomorrow by Ribble
really first-class theatre and to prove that Lanca shire : has much more to offer than slag heaps, mill chimneys and Coronation Streets." . In order to put the
jwill be officially opened
able for all performances. The programme is:
F r id ay , “ Stevie” by Grove P a rk L i t t le Theatre, Wrexham. S a tu rd ay (One-act
night), “Us and them” by Formby Theatre Club Youth; “The room” by De wsbury) Arts Group; and “Between mouthfuus” by Midland Bank Sheffield Dramatic Society. Sunday, “Sleuth” by
Wakefield Little Theatre. Friday, October 3rd,
“In praise of love” by continued on page 9
Valley’firmly on the tour ist map, conducted coach tours of local beauty spots have been arranged for the second Sunday after noon. I t . follows the annual conference - of the National Association of Drama Festivals. Other social events in
clude a buffet supper on Saturday night in the Ribble Valley Mayor’s Parlour and a buffet
Adult classes in danger of closure
ENROLMENTS for courses under the Ribble Valley Adult Education programme, have left District Principal Mr Jeff Smith bemused.
£4,008,129 .from - the ratepayers in the borough compared with amounts of £76,084 arid £3,075,624 in 1978-79.
likely to close soon — some ^because . they , are full, others due to lack of interest. : “I just cannot under-
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TOO MANY OFFICES IN TOWN CENTRE’
• from. the Ribble (Valley Council’s•(Development';:;: Sub-Committee. ,< ] .
AN application to .con vert a . former ironmon- . ; gers "Shop/ in )Clitheroe town; centre into a re- - staurant i.'receivediva;; : firm / ‘thumbs; down” /
>. The majority 'of members sfelt there-;,, were,ttoo'‘ many ^ non-1« • retail/premises; already
4 killed, off as' af shopping. ■ : fi'i . j:?t- »»
centre. [:,)}' V,.'. ' The . "application was'
Res tauraii t plan ve toed
in Castle Street,’ which"'4” the aims * ‘o f ’ the'- ''resisted. fAlthbugh/it;js v ':‘ there(/already'/too was in. danger.,of,jbeing:
' Street- was; the {‘prime S retail .frontage” in the _ towh, and; it was one of
submitted 'by/Mr-»'K..H-A surrounding Hartley,/for ‘premises^.., y ‘{.This formerly./occupied by/' • when .retail ArthuraW. „.Whitaker’s‘ . become'
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that it'shouldretainits /attractiveness s and
me'Tac’3 , i- 7 N * ^ 1 » f " Z'*' i S / / / f i t " / 4|^ *S . . . -
shop;4 which closed.: some months ago. • ;* . . Recommending refus al, Chief Architect; and ? Planning Officer/Mr. • Philip Bailey said, in'a : report that:'Castle1
■ local authority should : ■ encourage . other-: retail- ^ ers to move in,” h e" said., '. ,*' ' - J/
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-'..of; its: frontage in rion-’ ’ , retail use and it is irri-?^ operative that? any, furth- - ~ ' er/erosion1-'is' strongly^.- ,-viewi of/members/that
p “Castle Street has :al-.«| ready over 30, percent
f think -that :a; restaurant, • would be “injurious’? to? the;town. , , !
i-Street s had :; remained :, >empty • for ' quite* a: few- years and he did not
f RoBinson'f (Clitheroe); echoed//the majorityt
However, Coun'. Tom'
, Clitheroe District Plan - recognised,that'restaurv ,,r’many-.,building/ society ♦to* :*_oi,o„ia mfoin'ik.’'11 ants do provide a facili- • ! ‘and 'estate; agentsj' of-
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Goun.-vEdwin Gretton /(West;r;Bradford) said • ,some, shops in Castle
A4 number of-classes are stand the pattern.. It is most peculiar,” said Mr . Smith.
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; A- wealth‘ of inquiries' for vocational course's from teenagers- facing a jobs /fariiine4 'have riot materialised.'
; interested in ;• improving .their job prospects to in- ‘quire about 'courses. He reminds -people, registered
Mr Smith urges anyone
, at the uneiriployment ex change that they do not have to pay for courses.
tracted^/surprisingly v high /numbers. „•/
•"‘yoga a t . Wlialley, a bridge; /class at' Sawley arid danc- i iing at 'Chipping;have; at-;
/• Sonie classes,such' as
* dass/atfWhalleyhas'been (closed -after/just one eri- | rblriient/arid 5 a / shorthand4
; / But' •: a ^Tuesday typing, • :
- tracted little interest. _' /situation/will/improye
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