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WEST BRADFORD pensioner. Mr Joe Case has been reun­ ited with a sister he last saw nearly 30 years ago.


The nostalgic reunion


“NAUGHTY but nice” was the verdict of the ecclesiastical gentle­ men gathered at the Spring Mill Hotel, Lan- gho, when they met • thjs-^brazen bevy of


b i ta c k - s to c k in g e d ladies.


Mor| thpn one customer in 'the* bar raised a doubting eyebrow as c le r ic s of various unsteady le an in g s emerged noisily from the pub’s concert room on Friday night in the company of saucy, giggling girls.


But this close encounter of the less than rever­ end kind was no chance meeting. The “Vicars and Tarts” night was organised by Whalley Lions to raise money for charity.


P r e s id e n t H a r v e y S u tc l i f fe (he’s the “bishop” second from the right in the back row) and his ribald reverends raised £90 for Lions’ charities at the clerical rave-up.


The only fellow who did not dress as a vicar was Geoff Duerden — and he won the prize for the tartiest tart.


T h e h e a r ty th ro n g danced to a band rejoic­ ing in the name of the “Ialeburgers" and was sustained by steak pie and ch ip s w h ich , despite the presence of more than 40 clerics, was eaten without a word of grace being said.


took place at Joe’s home in Hillside Drive and brought memories flood­ ing back for them both.


Joe (70) and his sister,


Mrs Mary Bazley (68), now a widow, of Run­ corn, became orphans with five other children in/the Case family, who were then sent from Widnes to different parts of North West England.


A former fitter's mate


with the E le c t r ic i ty Board, Joe, who moved from S a l th i l l Ro ad , Clitheroe, 10 years ago, has never seen his other, three sisters and two brothers since that day, although he visited Mary about 28 years ago.


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WARNINGS in a national report this week that pubs in rural areas could be driven out of business in the next 10 years, because of the increasing popularity of working


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TAKING their partners to trip a brisk measure on the slohesare 'thfr Clitheroe Moms Men and ladies of Country Fayre:'


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last call, after dancing on Saturday at Clitheroe Castle gates outside the New Inn, on the Market and in Market Place.


through their full repertoire and were rewarded with collections totalling £40.


:thThis money is to swell the fund set up to finance the day of-dance ey are, arranging, in Clitheroe on May 24th I '■ ■ ' "


TheSwanand Royal courtyard; where they are pictured was their ’


Accompanied by. accordion, violin find snare drum 1they went L;


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’dancing, they hang invited companies from,Coventry,:.Saddlewofth, •Manchester and Derbyshire. ’■


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-To'give townspeople the opportunity .-to see other slyles'of Morris * ,


■ Dancing. ivill take place in'many parts of the town,' before all join in a mass'dancing session in the Castle grounds. ’ "■ >' ’ .The wsilprs travelling-expenses will be paid and. they f wilt. b e . , entertained. To help foot the bill,' the Morris men are planning fund


.raising visits to three other, towns.'1 . . .


' • ff. all are as well supported as that in Clitheroe, no,financial problem.should arise.


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man of the' Ribble' Valley ’' Licensed V ic tu a l le r s ’ Association," said: “There ' are those .who prefer to drink in a pub and those who like clubs — and there always will be.” ' • Mr Burgess, who is ten-


. ant of the Eagle and Child Hotel, Hurst Green, is con­ vinced that local hostelries have a bright future.


Gloomy The report, compiled by


the National Union of Licensed Victuallers, says pubs cannot match either the beer prices in clubs — up to 15p per .Dint cheaper — or the £50 to £200 jack­ pots offered by their gam­ ing machines. A c c o rd in g to th e


NULV, trade analysts predict that 5,000 pubs in England and Wales will close before 1985, and it places a large slice of the blame for this gloomy fore­ cast on the limit of £1 max­ imum payout on “bandits” in pubs. But Mr Derek Moss, of


Clitheroe’s Victoria Hotel, maintains that people go to a pub primarily for a drink


Mr Jack Burgess; chair- ■


and not to play,on gaming: machines, though these


were admittedly an attrac- tiornto some;customers.’ -■ Unlikfe most clubs, pubs


could also offer a range of hot and cold snacks in a bid to tempt people inside. Some pubs were struggl­ ing at the moment, how­ ever, and they would really face the crunch if beer prices rise as a result of the Budget, he said..


The Brewers' Society,


too, dismisses any threat to the traditional pubs and points out that £750,000 a day is being spent on improving them.


An opposing view was


put by Mr Trevor Stock, of the Commercial Hotel, Clitheroe.


He claimed he could


drop his beer prices by up to 5p if he was allowed to have a £100 maximum pay­ out “bandit" On the pre­ mises.


He said he could not


blame people for opting to drink in a club where the beer was much cheaper. “It ’s about time anyway


that the taxman stopped • continued on page 14


A new look inside the parish church


THE floor of Clitheroe P a r ish Church soon looked like the setting for a rousing version of “The Desert Song” when sand­ blasters began cleaning the interior stonework.


. The sand-blasting is one of the f irst steps being taken towards r e s to r in g th e f i r e - damaged building. The nave roof and


stonework have already been transformed by the process. Now work is being carried out on the pews and floor.


Some idea of how the


pews’ appearance will be altered a f t e r ' sand ­ blasting can be seen from our picture. The small pew on the left has been treated: the wood is light­ ened and the grain in the pine revealed. The vicar, Canon John


Hudson, seen in our pic­ ture, says that the clean­ ing of the stonework has also highlighted the red standstone on the arches. The first major fund­


raising effort for the Par­ ish Church £20,000 resto­


ration appeal is being held this weekend. Canon Hudson is hop­


ing for a good response to a gift day on Saturday,


. when he and the appeal committee chairman, Mr John Clayton, and chur­ chwardens will sit out­ side the Vicarage from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to receive contributions. The aim is to raise


£20,000 by the end of November to carry out extra improvements not covered Dy fire insur­ ance.


Morris dancers trip the light fantastic


As Joe and his sister


began catching up on the events of the past 30 years, Mary admitted she had not recognised her brother when she arrived at his house.


“I thought we had cal­


led at the wrong house, because I was sure the man standing at the door was not Joe. But I was mistaken,” she added. “I would not have known him if we had passed in the street.”


T h e ' reunion between


Joe and his sister was made possible after pain­ staking inquiries carried out by Mary’s daughter, Mrs Mary Jo n e s , in whose home she now lives.


Mrs Jones managed to


trace the other brothers and sisters and bring them together for a tear­ ful party 12 months ago, but Joe missed the celeb­ rations through illness.


Said Mrs Jones: “ I


thought it would be a good idea to try and reun­ ite all seven brothers and sisters. After all, they were only toddlers when they were split up and now they are all pen­ sioners.”


Jo e now knows the


addresses of his other brothers and sisters and intends to write to them and perhaps even pay them a visit.


“It must be about 60


years since I last saw most of them,” he said.


ITS good to see you again, sis . . . Joe gives Mary a hug on their reunion.


Saving


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil saved more than £100 in postal costs by delivering, most of this year’s 2,300 rate rebate application


forms by . hand, it was reported to the Finance and General Purposes Committee.


Valley in line for extra county council seat


-four Lancashire county councillors instead of the present three emerges from the Local Govern­ ment Boundary Commission’s draft electoral proposals for the county.


Mr Michael Jackson, the


Borough Council’s Chief Executive, told the Adver­ tiser and Times that in a complete recasting of elec­ toral divisions, the Ribble Valley had been divided into four instead of three.


The proposals were in


line with those the borough council had submitted to the county. I t had felt there were too many vot­ ers to be represented by only three councillors. Additionally, they had the problem of covering very large areas.


The council hopes that


the proposals will be unal­ tered through future pro­ cedures ana, in time, be applied at the 1981 elec­ tions. The four proposed elec­


toral divisions and the wards comprising them are:


C l i th e ro e : Edisford,


Low Moor and Trinity, Grammar School, Ribbles- dale, St James’s.


Longridge: Aighton,


Bailey and Ch a ig ley , Alston, Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn, Chipping, Dilworth, Ribchester.


Ribble Valley North


East: Bolton-by-Bowland, C h a tb u rn , G i s b u rn , Rimington, Grindleton and West Bradford, Read, S abd en , Waddington, Whalley, Wiswell and Pendleton.


Ribble Valley South


West: Billington, Clayton- le-Dale ana Salesbury, Mellor, Wilpshire. The Boundary Commis­


sion’s proposals are being pu b lish ed to pe rmi t further public comment, which should reach it by April 14 th. Final proposals will then


be made to the Home Sec­ retary.


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SPENDING cuts have forced Lancashire County Council to shelve a decision on a site for a new sub- divisional police headquar­ ters in Clitheroevfor at least three years.,- However, a : scheme, to


provide a new? rubbish tip in the s Bolton-by-Bowland area has been included in the councils 1982-83 draft capital programme. This would replace' the;present tip at Scott Laithi


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COUNCIL tenants in the Ribble Valley were given a pat on the back this week by Mr Gor- don Ons low,


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