«?.c-r.'.-icv.uv-i Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, February 28th ', 1980 3


bk b a ck farming


I rS of Clitheroe |nt back in time • C. MacFall, of Bridge, spoke rming 25 years


ne Clitheroe team led the semi-finals anty senior debat- petition. The A lalified for Tues- mi by defeating .2-138.


litheroe B and C ochdale (139-159) Rawcliffe (141-


lectively. litheroe girls have arded their profi- 5rtificates in soft ng. They are Ann


( e l l , A n g e la iy, Julie Parkin-


nda Jones and owperthwaite.


Sub-post offices


‘could disappear’


RIBBLE Valley council­ lors are putting their weight behind the growing opposition to Government proposals for changing methods of paying pen­ sions and benefits.


The Government is con­


sidering making payments at longer intervals instead of weekly. It means that people in rural areas might have to travel to main offices to collect their allo-


The council’s Finance


and General Purposes Committee is worried that the proposals, could lead to widespread closure of sub­ post offices in the villages.


Committee chairman


ICLUB 3E


1st


«INI id


AES


BINGO fcDAY


ALCHURCH 0 IEROE


J.m. Iheroe


i p.m. ING


ES


kes to God. nnd one Mediator fcsus."1Tlm. 2-5.


IRE


j)R HIRE ROE


0 4 8 3 In Lane


GEORGE’S HALL


BLACKBURN• l , March 4 th 7-30 p.m.


RAGUE MPHONY CHESTRA


RIVAL OVERTURE DVORAK


CHAIKOVSKY ILIH CONCERTO . DVORAK


MPHOHY Ho. 9 m Ike New World)


AOIMIR VALEK in IVAN STRAUS


Conductor t 3,0.50, £2.11.50 &75p


ible from Box Office, ligate. Blackburn. EL. 5 1 8 8 7


SSTLE AXIS


b.m. — 5 p.m- |teed Fast Efficient Service


60, 16000 TEL.


MINGTON IEMORIAL ISTITUTE


LD LIKE TO OGISE OWING JFORSEEN CIR- 5TANCES, WE D NOT SERVE ND PEAS SUP- ON SATURDAY, RUARY 23rd


>


* + * * * ifififififififififif


i THINK WHITFORD’S CARAVANS


A CARAVAN TO SUIT EVERYONE 10ft. to 17ft.


£300 to £4,500 SELF-TOW HIRE


Booking now for Easter 12ft. to 15ft. 4-berth caravans still available. RING NOW!


• below roundabout Into the ■ Healey Wood Industrial Estate


HOW TO FIND US WHITFORD * Turn o il Manchester Road


CARAVANS* MARLBOROUGH STREET * BURNLEY


Tel. 20029


1 *


* *


Coun Fred Singleton (Lon- gridge) said the Ribble Valley was “very vulner­ able,” being a rural area. It would be a considerable handicap for people draw­ ing pensions to have to travel into town to pick up their money. There were grave implications too, for sub-post offices — many could disappear through the fall in custom.


The committee heard


that the Government esti­ mated £20m could be saved in administrative costs as a result of the changes.


with Coun. Ted Boden (Chatburn) that the effect on village life would be so severe that the council should put its full weight behind protest against the changes.


But members aereed Rate* meeting


: THE proposed date for the Ribble Valley Council’s meeting to consider this ear’s rate estimates is arch 10th. The meeting


will start at 7-30 p.m. ana is open to the public.


K


Golden couple keep busy


a long and happy marriage, say Clitheroe couple TOLERANCE and understanding are the key to


ig i


Charfes and Anne Vear.~And they should know, for on Saturday they celebrate their golden wedding.


long courtship also


helps, say the couple who met at a Saturday night hop when Mrs Vear was a sweet 16-year-old and her husband two years older. They married four years


later and this week have been recalling many happy memories of the past 50 years together. On Saturday it will be en house at the couple’s ighfield Road home when


■ they will be celebrating with family and friends. During the party Mr


ope Hie


Vear (73) will be keeping some of his grandchildren happy by his favourite pas­ time — telling tall tales! He has become quite an


expert during the past few years and spends a lot of nis spare time putting pen


. to paper and writing short stories. Tales of mystery and science fiction are his favourite themes but he also writes about romance and some children's stories'. He has never wanted to have them pub­ lished, but it has always been his ambition to ^ hear them used on television. While Mr Vear is busy


with his writing, his wife occupies herself pottery


painting and dressing dolls to make beautiful crinoline ladies. Their home is full of


examples of her skill. Her hand-painted wall plaques make popular presents for relatives and friends and her dolls are in great demand and have been sent all over the world. She has made 300 crinoline ladies in the past three years but just recently has had to slow down through ill-health. The couple also find time


to be keen gardeners and Mr Vear is a member of the Pendle Club and the Conservative Club where he enjoys a game of snooker and cards in the afternoon. Mr and Mr^ Vear’spent


most of their working life in the Rossendale Valley, having lived in Crawshaw- booth until they moved to Clitheroe 14 years ago. “We didn’t know anyone


when we came here, but we’ve made a lot of friends and set tled down and wouldn’t like to leave,” said Mrs Vear. Her husband worked as


iup the business because.ih' those days most people couldn’t even afford _to have their shoes repaired,(


it cost 2s 6d (12V6p) to sole and heel a pair of shoes! “That was just after our marriage but I had to give


he said.


in Rawtenstall and worked for many years as a design examiner in a textile mill.' During their busy life


Mrs Vear (71) was born , ■ .


they have brought up three sons and a daughter and have eight granachil dren.


Newspaper postage rates for your paper vary according to the size of the,issue and whether first or second class service is used. 18 to 24 pages... 16%p 22p


NEWSPAPER RATES


a steam and boilerman at factories in Bacup for about 30 years. Before that he had tried a variety of jobs- including shoe salesman,- painter and decorator, and for a while ran his own shoe repair business in the days when


Letters to the Editor


Government ‘ seeking confrontation


with the unions’ , His confused mixture of


grocer’s shop economics and crude monetarism would have us become, the Hong Kong of the Western World — a notion which appeals to Milton Fried­ man— the guru of Mrs Thatcher’s cabinet. Modern governments do


not “balance books” like some corner-shop accoun-. tant. It is the Govern­ ment’s job to ensure that we use the talents and resources available to us to create wealth for all bur people, not ju s t th e privileged few. Governments do this by


creating jobs in time of depression, not by des­ troying them. Perhaps our MP can


explain to us how we can be better off with two mill­ ion people doing nothing


The best wood in the church THANK YOU very much


■ for printing a full account of plans for Clitheroe Par­ ish Church Restoration


please print one correction to this. We are not replac­ ing the present oak choir- stalls, but have been given an oak pulpit to match them. This was purchased by a parishioner from a redundant church at Darwen. The choirstalls were not


damaged in the fire and are in fact the best wood­ work in the church. They were made' by Mr John Higson whom olde^r


were working — °*' e^ . r! how the Government will


pay out benefit to an increasing number of


find it easier to b£Ian^ the books" when it has to


unemployed. The steelworkers (who


are claiming jess Gmn the rate of inflation) ai e right to fight for their jobs — for that is what the steel


strike is about. When the strike started,


the difference between the two sides was one per cent,, and BSC’s desire to ‘ shuf­ fle work and drop jobs without.fuss” (Economist,


January 12th). The truth is that the


Government wanted a con­


frontation with the unions, one which it thought it would win, and which would create pressure for anti-union laws. “The eventual battle


should be on ground cho­ sen by the Tories in a field they think could be won -railways, British Leyland, the Civil Service or steel ” (Economist, May 27t’n, 1979, reviewing the Ridley Report, a Tory policy document). The Government is not even fighting fair, misleading figures


Apr ' -owever, could you ^be


those quotted by our MP. The ISTC estimates


192 tonnes, that


productivity per man in the British Steel industry is


compared than we would be if they with 200 tonnes in Ger-


™any; BSC figures for Germany do not include workers involved in tube- making and cold-rolling, . research s ta f fs ' and apprentices.


. Far from being subsid­ ised by the taxpayer, BSC, before the strike, esti­ mated an operating profit of £243m, and in 1978-1979 BSC and the steelmen paid out £486m in taxes — *177m more than the accounting loss.


Since the traditionally


moderate steel workers, who had not previously been on strike since 1926, have been provoked into fighting a battle on behalf of the whole Labour move­ ment, astute union leaders like Arthur Scargill are right to support them. In any ca se , it i l l


behoves anyone from this Government to condemn anyone for denying others “the right to work . If our MP will send me a stamped addressed envelope, I will explain to him the meaning of the word “solidarity”. And he still has not


using like


explained why parents have to pay more to send their children to school, while the better-off have had their tax bill cut.


ALAN BARTON.


Press Officer, Ciithcroc Constituency Labour Party.


Who is denying who the right to work?


d S H 'in " !* S ? IT ,WJ t o u t in g t . read Mr.David Wadding. guidebook as then the old- ton’s defence of his -Government s disastrous


CAN.ON^J.r G^HyUoUN, |.48 ^V,car of .eiitheroc.


TURN


,1 SHOULD like to thank the kind person who found


. my pension book and con­ tents and handed them in intact. This good turn was much appreciated. MISS C. MOVERLEY, 12 Spring Gardens, Waddington


Belonged to old


!\ina the changed this Sprina See our super range of [A L T R I P S


READY MADE


curtains - PLAINS, choice of many colours


PRINTS....................... EASY CARE ACRYLICS


COTTON VELVET FULLY LINED


100% £ 3 1 . 3 5 pair Prices quoted are lor 4Bin. x 54in. slight seconds, THE STAFF SHOP .from £5.65 pair


....................... ....from only £6.25 pair £7.95 pair


DRALON £ 1 7 . 3 5


Whalley family


A LARGE congregation filled Whalley Parish Church on Monday for the funeral of a popular and well-respected member of the c om m u n ity , Mr Richard (Dick) Hindle, who died last week. Mr Hindle (67), of


Abbots Croft, was born and brought up in the vil­ lage and belonged to an old Whalley family. Up to his retirement


three years ago, he had worked at Calderstones Hospital for 28 years, first in tne stores and then as the hospital’s senior driver for many years. Before that he worked


at the former Co-op George Street for 22 years, after leaving Whal ley CE School. Mr Hindle was a lifelong


member of Whalley Paris! Church and a very keen sportsman. He belonged to Whalley


Cricket Club and played league snooker and bowls for Calderstones Social Club teams. He also played bowls for the cricket'club team. • Mr Hindle, who died at


pair


home' after being ill for several months, leaves wife Margaret, two sons and a daughter. Cremation was at Accrington.


Collided


ADMITTING driving a car without due care and attention in Whalley Road, Pendleton, Leslie Baker


.(35), of Chatburn Old Road, Clitheroe, was fined £60 by the town’s magis­ trates. • Chief Insp.. Thomas


Sumner, prosecuting, said Baker overtook a bus and collided with another car.


TH E f ir s t ecumenical


sports service to be held in the Ribble- Valley to?k


place at Trinity Methodist Church,’Clitheroe, on Sunday.'


Conducted by the Rev.


G. W. S.- Knowles, it attracted a congregation ot


Waddington, niurh and io


about 300; ’Among them, were the constituency. Mr, Mr David .


Mayors, Coun. Jimmy Fell and Coun. Bob Ainsworth, and their wives. -


Some of the many sportsmen and women are pictured be f o r e the service.


At the back, from the


left, are: Alan Bradshaw, Blackburn Rovers’ youth team coach; Howard Ken­ dall, Rovers’.’ p la y e r - manager; Mr Raymond.


Winckley, chairman of Clitheroe Referees’. Soci­ ety; Mr. Knowles and beside him, Chris Roberts, chairman of Ribble Valley Sports and Recreational


Advisory Council. On behalf of: the Sports


acted as organising secret­ a r y !


the Referees’ Society, Mr Peter Wrigley; .was the organist.


Council, Mr Winckley, The vice-chairman of


rn r v r \T A : provocation,' urged' on by t industrial base, the.closure . (L j r U v U


■{•cent offer was '.deliberate'-1;'w.Ulf?bei\aii'd aij d e v a s ta ted Sir.Keith Josepfi. announced at


ration’s" original two per te s t in g of


time as the 52,000 redun­ dancies.'It has back-fired.


th e w,ater- the


lt was a same


It is worth remembering


that much of the tax­ payers’ money given over the last few years has been wasted by imprudent investment (i.e. wrong sort of plant) by incompe­ tent management. The los-


Steel workers in Britain


have always been moder­ ate — there has been no national strike since 1926. They are also the lowest paid in Europe, and each of our Western competitors subsidises its steel indus­ try more than does the


British. Mr Waddington goes on


to talk about “restrictive, practices.” Well, well! It seems to me that this Gov- ernment’s strategy is based on the twin “restric­ tive practices” of de­ industrialisation and the dismantling of the welfare


state. The mad monetarists .


and the 19th-century economists of the Cabinet have shocked even'the


.


British car, textile and engineering industries.


t the steel corpo.- cates..


est surviving member of handling of the s t e e l , strike,.; 'ri Tiun'cnv :: WitH'ififlation running r.t" most free-market . advo- . If thoy .conticontinue, there,


of piits, steelworks, docks, and the annihilation of the


The unemployed will be spied on by social security sn o op e r s . Nurseries, schools and hospitals will


close. The Government is


attempting to prevent resistance by emasculating the trade union movement.


ses that B§C are making are Every section of society mainly due to interest pay- which dares to resist is ment on this money.


However, every cloud


has a silver lining. If you happen to earn over £12,000 a year, you will have benefited from tax cuts. The profits of the banks ana the m u lti­ national companies are soaring. Any self-respecting


wh i z z - k i d or Ci t y speculator will have had a bonanza with increased interest rates, the gold and silver boom and the oppor­ tunity to export capital without restriction. ■, Think again, Mr Wad­


dington. Who is denying who the right to work? MR M. A. RICHARDSON Nelson Street, Low Moor. •


isolated by the media, and scorn is poured upon them.


'Scandalous waste'


; denied


•refused the £12 a week mobility allowahce because he managed to struggle up | the 28 steps on crutches to the . room where the tri­ bunal sat in judgement. Where is the justice and


TO judge by his reply to my letter of Februaiy Hth, our Conservative MP humanity when mentally had better continue to write about his cistern at the House of Commons. *" •T


’m‘rnn npnn p w nR


sub-normal people, whose every need is catered for in a progressive institution like Calderstones, can be given the £12 and save it for many weeks to make trips to America? , 1 suggest that it is the


P


trip of a lifetime for the accompanying nursing officers — ana, inciden­ tally, I’ve never heard of a nursing officer going on holiday to Blackpool or I Southport with patients, | yet ordinary ward staff do this year, after year. I think this way of using


mobility allowances is a scan d alou s w a s te of resources in a poverty- stricken country. PLEASE do not print my name and address. I work at Calderstones.


• DIVISIONAL nursing officer at Calderstones, Mr T o n y S t o n e s , described criticism of the trips abroad as “sour grapes.” He pointed out that any


•panied patients, on the five trips to date. These comprised a doctor, two senior nursing officers, five nursing officers, five charge nurses, a staff nurse, five e n r o l le d nurses, a pupil nurse, five nursing assistants and two parents Going with patients


of the nine grades of staff at the hospital could vol unteer for the trips and that 27 people had accom-


soon on three other trips are a nursing officer, four charge nurses, two enrol­ led nurses, two student nurses and two nursing assistants. “It’s complete nonsense to say the trips are holidays of a lifetime for the staff. In fact, they can be a tr a um a t ic e x p e r ie n c e as th ey involve being on duty 24 hours a day for most of the time.


■ Stones.


otherwise is welcome to try th em ,” added Mr


“Anyone who thinks , . ,


Price of hoggs climbs


FAT cows were dearer and hoggs made a further upward movement in price as numbers on offer dwindle, but steers and heifers found little change at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Monday. There were 68 fat cattle


(including 17 fat cows), 28 ewes and 171 hoggs forward. Light steers made to 87p per


Queen’s Guide award for best friends


B E S T f ' r i ' e n d s Catherine Butter- worth and Jeannette Pat ton have both ained the Queen’s uide award, tne most


coveted badge and cer­ tificate of the move­ ment.


The school friends from


Langho received their awards from Miss Jane M a r g in s o n , R oman Catholic Adviser for East Lancashire Guides, ..and Miss Elizabeth Bromley, County Press and public relations adviser.


The ceremony was held


in St Mary’s Church, Lan­ gho, on Friday, after a special service conducted by Mgr J. Guerin.


The service had an inter­


national slant, as it was Thinking Day, and the Guide laws were read in five languages.


Catherine (15) and Jean­


nette (14), both pupils of St Augustine’s School, Bil- lington, are members of the 3rd Langho Guides.


They have worked hard


for their achievements, covering all aspects of Guiding from first-aid to outdoor activities, includ­


£35 FINE


ADMITTING infringing the double white line sys­ tem in Station Road, Whal ley, with a van, Raymond Dryden (27), of West


View, Clitheroe, was fined £35 by,.the town’s magis , 'trates.. .


;


... 'Chief Insp. Thomas Sumner said the van’s nearside wheels were on the footpath. The defen- dent said in a letter that he had parked for the con­ venience of unloading.


for the best deals in I TV. Rentals


T.I.G.E.R. stand* lot The


Independent Gtoup ol Electronic Renter*—an entirely new association lormed horn established independent renters who combine all th e advantages ot your local high street dealer in terms ol choice, service and reliability with tremendous value and unbeatable rental terms-


T T gu n, far a better deal Because ol th e combined


x merchandising power T I G E R is


able to give its members, they can oiler you iantastic low rental terms


on a whole range ol Colour sets. And there's a h e e stand with every


Decca Colour TV Irom 20”-26".


T.T q/K Ti. for better service Your TI.G.E.R. dealer is your local


dealer who control* his own business who you know and trust, and can ittlyon lot superior service. * Outstanding TV Rental Service and terms


a Money back guarantee , il not - completely satisfied (within 2 weeks).


* Change set a t any lime. • Minimum 12months contract.


Th » n *w D « c c a 701 14” c o lo u r p o r to b lo Twolutwrs, on« push button on« rotary togiva aasiar salection'ot programmes wh sn v rt you may bo O iu p p b e i t with


protective cover 9 DIN socket lot


headphone* elc — "


♦ cool f uniting. low wattage


c h a p t e r


reliable Jow coel viewing


ing camping and cycling, and extensive research into the British Common­ wealth. They have been assisted by Guiders Mrs Jennifer Matthews and Mrs Yvonne White.


Jeannette is the daugh­


ter of Mr and Mrs Alec Patton, of York village. Her mother, Cecilia, helps


with the Langho Brow­ nies.


Catherine is the daugh­


ter of Mr and Mrs Clive Butterworth, of Kirkdale Road. She-plays the cornet in her school band and e n jo y s r e a d in g and walking. Another Queen’s Guide, Pamela Smith, of Mitton,


received her award at a party shared by three com­ panies- from Langho, one from Read and one from Whalley, on the eve of Thinking Day. The certificate and


badge were presented by Mrs J. Taylor, a former Guider with whom Pamela


began her early days in the movement.


The daughter of Dr and


Mrs B. Smith, of The Old Vicarage, Pamela (15) is a pupil at Westholme School, Blackburn.


refreshments, about 60 Guides and their leaders watched the ceremonial cutting of a cake made in the shape of a trefoil. Guests from Whalley


Following games and


Trefoil Guild included sec­ retary Mrs J. Webb and Miss M. Wilson, of Church Lane, Whalley, who spoke about the beginnings of Guiding. Following the party,


Whalley Guides took gifts of home-made sweets to some older residents of the village. Pictured at the Langho


ceremony, from the left are: Mrs Pat Houldsworth, Ribble Valley division commissioner, Jeannette, M i s s M a r g i n s o n , Catherine, and Mrs White.


I READ in the national I Press last week that a man who, -has lost a leg was


live Kilo (average Sip), medium to 85p (SO.op), light heifers to 82.8p (77.7p) and medium to 83p (78.6p). Overall average for steers and heifers was 79.6p. Uncertified steers made to


DECORATIVE LIGHTING


SELECTION OF THE FINEST


76p (74.5p), heifers to 71p (G9.2p) ana fat cows to G5.8p


(G0.7p). Light lambs made to 176.5p


(164.8p), standard to 170.5p (156.2op), and medium to 170p


(164p). Overall average for lambs was


£21.50 per head (£19.40) and horned ewes to £18.60 (£15.61). There was a very good trade


164p, 8p up on last week. Half-bred ewes made to


for all casses of stock at Friday’s sale of in-calf and store cattle. There were 164 store cattle and 18-in-calf animals forward. F ebruary-Ma rch calvers


made to £510 (£458), in-calf heif­ ers to £442, Friesian bullocks to £300, Hereford bullocks to £348, Charolais bullocks to £298, Frie­ sian heifers to £308, Hereford heifers to £244' and Charolais


heifers to £264. Welsh black cows and calves


made to £455. Prizes for in-calf cows went to E. W. Gorst (£520) and B. M. Booth (£482).


SPORTSMEN JOIN IN WORSHIP IN THE AREA


WHEN YOU RENT ONE OF OUR


FREE C


' NEWTOWN, BARNOLOSWICK TELEPHONE 812105


THE LIGHTING SHOP


OPEN until 5 p.m. Sat CLOSED all day Tues


? * + * + * + + * * * ■ ¥ ■ * LOK RDC AIO


NO DEPOSIT RECONDITIONED COLOUR SETS


I WILLIE IRVINE ! DIY LTD


I Street, j Burnley I opening March 21st.


Are moving to Curzon


Business as usual at Clltton St, Burnley until then.


_ _


The IV Centre Telephone 22661/2


c m m


2 SWAN COURTYARD, CLITHEROE


COLOUR TV—HI-FI—AND VIDEO SPECIALISTS________


■"1 MINI-CRUISE T O DENMARK


3-DAY ESCORTED TOUR by MS DANA ANGLIA 14,000 tons


• Leave Blackburn morning, Tuesday, April 15th. Return evening, Thursday, April 17th . Harwick to Esbjerg (two nights on board)


■ accommodation on board plus excursions to Ribe (Old Danish Capital) with Danish afternoon tea - and shopping in Esbjerg on the Wednesday.


PRICE FROM


£43.50 PER PERSON Full details from : v


GUFF WARD, COMPANION TRAVEL 24 Stanley Avenue,; Birkdale, Southport, PR8 4RU. ... Tel: Southport 67083 day or evening STD 0704


Accommodation in luxury air conditioned 2,3,4-berth cabins, shower/toilet, fully stabilised. Lounge bats, dancing to live music nightly in the forward lounge and the compass club disco aft. Shipboard shops. Fine food and first class service. Pnce includes all your travel from Blackburn and


TSGm


HURRY!LIMITED NUMBER ONLY 20in., 22in., 26in.


REMEMBER IT'S THE AFTER SALES SERVICE THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE


Docca 2CT T.V. CT901


Modern slyled cabinet. Rotary controls with 8channe! touch tuning.


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24