V Clitlieroe AdveHiser and Times, January 2nd, 1981 5 Blents which made the headlines in 1980 Vietnam


refugees welcomed


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RIBBLE VALLEY firms express business optimism despite high interest rates and gloomy economic prospects nationally. C l i th e ro e V en tu re


Brooks Wordsworth, County Divisional Survey­ or at Whalley, is awarded MBE in New Year’s Hon­ ours List.


Mr Joe Myers loses entire stock of 500 pigs in out­ break of swine vesicular disease at his farm. ' Local parents draw up


Stonyhurst pig breeder


the Hiep family, the town’s first Vietnamese refugees, marked by “wel­ come” cards, a roaring fire and cups of tea at


. their new home in Henth- orn Road.


home of Hindley family at Gisburne Park, Gisburn, and steal silver valued at £20,000.


turns down “free gift” of Castle House because of high maintenance costs and lack of grant aid. Thieves break into


Alice Collingridge as n u r s in g o f f ic e r at Clitheroe Hospital marks end of quarter of a cen­ tury in nursing. Clitheroe Town Council


Re tirem en t of Mrs


Scout Andrew Carpenter performs Eskimo rolls in a canoe 100ft. down a Sel- side pothole while practis­ ing speleo canoeing. Mr Richard George


Fielding, of Fairfield Drive, both 17, receive awards as Ribble Valley boy and girl of the year. Ribblesdale School


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pupils win £120 prize in science competition spon­ sored by Granada TV and ICI. Clitheroe market trad­


Green Drive, is given civic send off on leaving Clitheroe to walk from Canterbury to Strasbourg to raise money for Sports Association for Disabled.


pointed Deputy Lieuten­ ants for Lancashire is Mr Christopher Parker, of Browsholme Hall. Mrs Pat Parrott, of


of St Mary’s RC School, Langho, announces retire­ ment after 32 years at school. ; One of five newly ap­


ers and footballers protest to council at higher' charges for facilities. Mr Joseph Ripley, head


V WELL, it was certain- ) ly the rainy season in October, when storms lashed the area and the Ribble overflowed its banks in many


1 our picture shows, the ■


parts of the district, causing widespread flooding of homes and I agricultural land. As


picnic area at Edis- ford bore more re­ semblance to a boat­ ing lake.


signs contra cts with Danish company for con­ struction of new unit in £22m. modernisation programme. Clitheroe teenager Jane


action plan against Gov­ ernment proposals to end free school transport. Arrival in Clitheroe of


Queen’s award winner


burn company which de­ veloped an advanced auto­ matic saw, is given per­ mission to build new pre­ mises on Pendle trading estate, despite objections on en v iro nm en ta l grounds. Ribble Valley Mayor


Rivesaltes, Southern France, spend Easter in Clitheroe and their foot­ ball team plays charity match at Shawbridge. Timbermatic, a Chat-


Fire appeal launched by church


NATIONAL Press critic­ ism of Calderstones Hos­ pital policy of sending se­ verely handicapped resi­ dents on overseas holi­ days is strongly rebutted by hospital staff. Ribble Valley Council


area manager, Mr Horace Morgan, receives canteen of cutlery to mark 25 years’ service. Clitheroe Parish Church


calls meeting of people concerned with tourism in a t tem p t to in c re ase number of visitors to area. Milk Marketing Board’s


Operatic and Dramatic Society plays to packed houses with “White Horse Inn.” Appeal for £20,000


launched to repair fire damage a t Clitheroe Parish Church. Trutex export sales


Fielding, Derek Mercer, P au l Winckley and Thomas Walmsley gain highest honour in Scout­ ing, the Chief Scout’s Award. The 75th anniversary of


team wins £550,000 con­ tract in Libya. Clitheroe teenagers Ian


founding of Rotary move­ ment celebrated by mem­ bers of Clitheroe and Rib­ blesdale clubs in thank­ sgiving service at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor. Michael Morton, of


Waddington, wins junior title in national cross­ country championships.


MARCH


Walker’s civic


send-off NNOUNCEMENT of


.5), of Fairfield Drive, ins place in English chools cross-country •am by finishing eighth i national schools’ champ- inships in field of 252. Parish priest at St


id to “zoning” policy, in- •oduced in early 70s, ives Clitheroe parents loice of primary school ir their child. Deborah Hammonds


[ubert’s RC Church) lunsop Bridge, Fr Joseph, rancis Stoker, celebrates. 3 years in priesthood. Economic measures an-


ounced by Ribble Valley louncil leader in budget ddress include increase i all council charges. Alison B rew e r , of reen Drive, and ' Peter


LONG-ESTABLISHED Clitheroe animal-feed manufacturer s B. Dugdale and Son were busy in 1980. Pictured is the new “micro chip” works at


Salthill Industrial Estate, where production of (


bulk dog food and animal-feed recently moved


and office and transport staff are being retained , at Well Terrace.


into full swing. For the moment, the firm’s packing operation


export won by Lamcoat Papers, a subsidiary of the Re ctella Group, Queensway, Clitheroe. Provincial newspaper


dispute by printers halts publication of Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and other newspapers for two weeks.


cricket club, Clitheroe rugby club and West Bradford ladies’ hockey team announce amalgama­ tion into one organisation, Ribblesdale Park. Queen’s Award for


opens council’s £250,000 sheltered housing scheme at Sabden. Ribblesdale Wanderers


KIDNEY transplant from Mr Richard Martin, a Low Moor lorry driver, to his brother Bernard, of Billington, is carried out at Dulwich Hospital, London. P a r ty of 48 from


down after quarter of a century as president of Clitheroe and District Scout Executive, ending 53 years of continuous leadership by his family.


weather cause moorland fires which occupy fire­ men for several days. Lord Clitheroe steps


Bridge is chosen as Ribble Valley Sports Queen. Several weeks of fine


as senior partner of his practice at the Health Centre, after 40 years of g e n e ra l p ra c t ic e in Clitheroe. Ribblesdale Cement


ers are praised for their help in providing work ex­ perience opportunities for jobless school leavers. The Poppy Appeal in


Chatburn and district raises a record £770. . A claim by Coun. Bob


Michael Jackson, Elector­ al Registration Officer for the Clitheroe Division, in bailing 745 Calderstones residents from voting in elections is to be tested in the county court. Ribble Valley employ­


dairymen will no longer ■ be able to obtain bulk supplies of untreated “green top” milk for bottl­ ing and will have to deal with registered suppliers. The ac tion of Mr


. In the New Year,


Clitheroe Parish Church Restoration Appeal tops' £25,000 — £5,0*00 over the target.


“back to normal” after the settlement of a national pay dispute.


Clitheroe firemen are


for 13 years, the Rev. Alec Harpur is to retire after Christmas. He and his wife are to live at Heysham.


The vicar of Whalley


tee of the Ribble Valley Council announces the provision of sheltered housing for Whalley.


Ainsworth that “a stupid oversight” by council em­ ployees in not opening a sluice gate led to the recent Taylor S tre et floods is denied by Borough Engineer Mr Dennis Black, who says it would have had no effect. Mrs Dorothy Clayton,


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Crossing on inner bypass


choir pew at St John’s Church, Hurst Green, where c h o r is te r Mr Robert Wilson has sung for 50 years. Waddington Hospital


woman, has lucky escape when struck by lightning in her kitchen. Ribble Valley Council’s


Policy and Resources Committee decides that Clitheroe’s Castle House should become a museum. After 20 years’ service,


celebrates 300 years as a haven in which widows from surrounding parishes have ended their days in peace. Bolton-by-Bowland


NEARLY 150 pupils of the Mary Waddington School of Dancing present “The Snow Queen” to celebrate the school’s 25th anniversary. Brass plate is fixed in


cil by-elections Mr Henry Can- regains Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn ward for Tories and Mr Jerome Riechel success­ fully defends Read seat for Tories. NFU spokesman pre­


Dr Randal Stalker, of Clitheroe Road, Whalley, retires as consultant chest physician to Blackburn Hospital District. Streets in Clitheroe


Council offices open


CHATBURN firm of Luke Smalley sends Mr Fred Pollard and his wife Kathleen on a three week holiday to Vancouver to mark his 50 years as a sawyer in their employ­ ment. Ribble Valley Council


holds “open day” to allow the public to look round the new offices in Church Walk. First woman Mayor of


Ribble Valley, Coun. Miss Agnes Melling, is in­ stalled.


Town Council and many town organisations join new Mayor, Coun. Leo Wells, at annual civic service. Ribble Valley’s assis­


Members of Clitheroe ,


tant Education Officer, Mr John Pilkington, retires. Dr W. D. Oliver retires


workers, before starting their annual summer holi­ day, hear that owing to the industrial recession there will be no jobs to return to. Presentations to six


town centre are closed for a Sunday country fair or­ ganised by Ribble Valley Sports and Recreational Council. Castleford residents Mr


Alfred Green (81) and Mrs Edith Cain (75) walk down aisle. Golden jubilee of Fr


Francis Tierney in the priesthood is celebrated at Church of the English Martyrs, Whalley. Pedestrian crossing is


dicts that some , Ribble Valley dairy and marginal land farmers may lose fight against inflation by the end of the year, if Government help is not forthcoming. L an c a s te r Hosiery


Coun. Mrs Mary Brown and her husband Fre­ derick is celebrated - by Ribble Valley councillors and staff at party after council meeting. In Ribble Valley Coun­


bin’s Endowed School, Chipping, c e le b ra te school’s centenary. Golden wedding of


Valley rural areas, ac­ cording to new County. Council regulation, have to pay up to £20 a term to send a child to school by bus. Pupils and staff at Bra-


Scout Ken Moore returns home after helping to crew boat in Tall Ships race from Germany to Sweden. Ribble Valley Council


Insp. Tom Sumner an­ nounces retirement from the Force. Clither'oe V en tu re


Stephen Dent and Mark Mashiter are members of British White Water under-18 racing team in international fixture in Austria. Clitheroe Parish Church


plans to further develop Upbrooks in d u s t r ia l estate at cost of £45,000. Clitheroe canoeists


reaches £20,000 target in restoration fund appeal, started after fire. More than 200 workers


Clitheroe Mountaineering Club carry injured moun­ taineer more than'3,000ft. down Welsh mountain while on walking and camping holiday. F a rm e r ’s wife Mrs


at Sabden’s Pendle Furni­ ture factory take cut in pay rather than lose jobs. F o u r members of


staff at Clitheroe Girls Grammar School to mark their retirements from teaching. County Co u n c il’s


Sheila Little, of Abbey Terrace, Barrow, scores record 519 points for Pendleton at Clitheroe Area WI Show.


Imeson appointed head of new Colne Rural Sub-divi­ sion of County Police, which includes Clitheroe. A four day festival of


flowers at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, helps raise money for the repair of tower and steeple, esti­ mated to cost £5,000. Bolland Gardening Club


jections to the suggested move of a haulage firm into the area.. ’ . a , New Vicar of Chipping


announced as the Rev. George Robert Wood, who will also take charge of St Mich ae l’s, Whitewell.


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te x t i le s , Mr Stanley Westhead, managing di­ rector of William Westh­ ead and Sons, retires. A long service and good


After half-a-century in


economy axe falls on 143- year-old school at Pend­ leton.


Fashions firm


installed on the Queens­ way inner by pass follow­ ing pressure by public and Ribble Valley Council.


Industrial estate plans


Economy axe hits school


IMPENDING retirement announced of Mr Leslie Telford, Clitheroe Town Council’s part-time clerk. P a re n ts in Ribble


FOUR Ribble Valley youngsters are members of Lancashire Schools Symphony Orchestra which tours Argentina and joins in 400th an­ niversary celebrations of Buenos Aires. Ribble Valley Council


told by Treasurer that its planned ex p en d itu re target of £1,463,000 al­ ready met and within £10,000 of Government’s guideline. After more than a


closes


HELP to rescue a man from drowning in the sea at Blackpool is given by Ian Vickers (19), son of the Whalley Methodist minister. Wiswell Parish Council


Horticultural Society holds 24th annual show in the Methodist Hall. Coun. Jimmy Fell, of


completes purchase of land in Barrow for chil­ dren’s playing field. Whalley and District


Whalle.v, wins trophy for Lancashire dialect verse at Fylde Folk Festival. Residents of Chester


decade in charge of Clitheroe Police, Chief


Avenue, Clitheroe, comp­ lain that--heavy vehicles using the nearby car park are a nuisance. - Ribble Valley’s Coun.


Fred Talbot, Ribchester, dies at 68. He was parish


conduct medal is pre­ sented to PC Norman Ire­ land, of Clitheroe, for 22 years’ service, 13 of them in the town. The annual Hodder


Eaves are up in arms against a County Educa­ tion Committee decision to close the village school. More than 80 women


Valley Show is lashed by rain, which greatly re­ duces attendances. P a ren ts at Bashall


Joanna Jackson (10), of Chatburn, wins working hunter pony championship of Great Britain with Welsh mountain pony Twyford Cracker. Residents in Woone Lane, Clitheroe, voice ob­


holds its annual show in the Village Hall. Young horsewoman


council chairman for 22 years and the longest serving director of Pre­ ston Farmers. Chief Insp. Geoffrey


£1,000 is caused to the Ribble Valley Council’s new offices by an explo­ sive device outside the main entrance doors. Forensic experts are called in, but the reason for the outrage remains unknown. Trutex, the Grindleton


footballer Martin Bialecki, who died in tragic cir­ cumstances. Damage of around


Orrell, of Cow Ark, is ap­ pointed Tovrn Clerk of Clitheroe.


new housing estate at Riverside, Low Moor, are particularly affected. Mr James Charles


and club for 50 residents at Calderstones Hospital, Whalley — said to be the first of its kind in Europe — is described as “an in­ credible step forward in mental health.” C l i th e ro e firemen


cook-in-charge at Wad­ dington and West Brad­ ford CE School, retires after 12 years’ service. The opening.of a bar


bank puts the kitchen of the Whitewell Hotel in grave danger of falling into the Hodder, as hap­ pened with the hotel’s 500-gallon oil tank.


Collapse of the river


wheels service is saved by four volunteers offering to run it.


Clitheroe’s meals-on-


-first phase of adaptations to turn Clitheroe Hospital into a community hospital.


Work begins on the


Education Officer Mr Fred Calvert announces his retirement at Christ­ mas. His service to educa­ tion spans 44 years. Local taxi firms form


the Clitheroe Private Hire Association and introduce standard fares. Lancashire Education


based schoolwear firm, announces the capture of a huge contract from Libya for boys’ wear. Ribble Valley District


Hospital bar for


patients


Brook House Farm, Whalley, rec eiv e s a jockey trainer’s licence under National Hunt rules.


employed at Ribblesdale Fashions, West Bradford, turn up for work to find they are out of jobs. Clitheroe bookseller Mr


Roy Dewhurst is new chairman of the Blackburn and District Community Health Council. A drop in enrolments at


clamp dowrn on young cyc­ lists who contravene the law. They also w’arned el­ derly people to be on guard against plausible rogues. Birthday presentations


Clitheroe police begin a


Advertiser and Times and later of Blackburn Times, Mr Arthur Whiteside, of Waddington Road, Clitheroe, retires after 50 years in journalism. Mr John Townson, of


Council is reported to be looking for possible sites in Clitheroe for a new central District Library. A former editor of the


Committee decides to take a closer look at sev­ e ra l v illag e schools threatened with closure. Lancashire County 1


WADDINGTON man Mr James Herd marks 55 years as a bellringer at St Helen’s Church with a gift day and auction, raising more than £500 for funds. . A dispute over seeding leads to rally'driver John Thompson, of Slaidburn, and c o -d r iv e r Mrs Caroline Simpson, of West Bradford, withdraw­ ing from the Lombard RAC Rally. In a by-election, Mr


Horace Cook, of Clitheroe, a prominent naturalist, is opened at Stocks by the Lancashire Naturalists’ Trust. Mr Cook contributed a coun­ tryside feature to the Ad­ vertiser and Times for many years. The Ribble Valley


preservation of a 16th- century barn at Whalley. A hide in memory of Mr


Anthony Edward Jackson is elected to succeed the late Mr Fred Talbot as Ribble Valley councillor for Ribchester. A plea is made for the


adult education evening classes in the Ribble Valley brings a warning that many may close. An idea suggested by


Miss Helen Garnett (87), of Low Moor; is accepted by BBC -TV as a basis for a new children’s series. Presentation made to


jewellery worth £3,500 from a Slaidburn shop. Mr John Smalley,


are made to Mrs Ann ' Walker, of Union Street, at 90, the oldest member of Low Moor Club. Sneak thieves steal


Clitheroe Town Mayor’s attendant, relinquishes the post after 34 years’ connection with civic af­ fairs in the town. Mr A. D. C. Coombes,


of Chatburn, retires after 12 years as magistrate. A s ilv e r sa lv er in


auctioneer Mr Robin Ad- dyman marks his 25' y e a r s ’ s e rv ic e with Clitheroe Auction Mart.


memory of Mr Henry Eden is presented to Rimington Cricket. Club by his widow,- to be awarded to the player of the year. A fire at Waterloo


Flooding worst in memory


■years. His successor is Dr Anne Huson.


RETIREMENT an ­ nounced of Dr A. D. Cas­ sidy, a general prac­ titioner in Clitheroe for 32


; A cake marking the centenary of St Leonard’s Church, Langho, is cut by


ish All Winners Drama Festival, held at the Civic Hall, Clitheroe, is de­ scribed as the best yet. Waddington FC opens memorial fund to local'


Bashall Eaves, is taken over by Mr and Mrs Keith Hardy. The; 7th National Brit­


93-year-old Mrs Bertha' Rushton. The Red Pump Inn,


Timber Company causes damage estimated at £50,000. The wrorst floods in


living memory hit the Ribble Valley. The Ribble, Hodder and Calder burst their banks and many roads are closed. In Clitheroe,' Taylor Street, and the


£500,000 reclamation scheme at Salthill. B. Dugdale and Sons, animal feed manufacturers, begin full production at their new works, and the keys of the first of four adv­ ance factory units are handed over to Ribble Valley Leisure. Mr Alec Lupton, of


decide to support the Na­ tional Fire Brigades’ Union in its fight over a national pay claim. Work begins on a


Trinity Methodist Church, Glitheroe, celebrates its golden jubilee. County assistant educa­


have four instead of three electoral divisions, thus providing an extra county councillor. The Guide Company at


Waddington, retires as chairman and managing director of the family firm of Lupton Brothers, Ac­ crington, established more than 100 years ago. C h a tb u rn P a r ish


steer owned by R. Yatep and Sons, Stonyhurst, is overall champion at Clitheroe Auction Mart’s Christmas Show. It is sold for a Clitheroe record price of 174p per live kilo. The Ribble Valley is to


Robert Wood is inducted to the joint benefices of St Bartholomew, Chipping, a n d S t Mi c h a e l , Whitewell. A calf tooth Charolais


The Rev. George The Housing Commit­


tion officer for Communi­ ty Education, Mr David Staton is appointed Dis­ trict Education Officer for the Ribble Valley. Residents of Chester


Smith’s Transport, of Clitheroe, loses its appeal against British Rail’s re­ fusal of a new tenancy for the firm’s haulage depot.


join Clitheroe Parish Church’s special shopping train to London — the last major effort for the restoration fund. In the Court of Appeal,


Church’s annual sale of work raises £1,500. More than 400 people


Avenue, Clitheroe, win their fight to have heavy lorries banned from the adjoining car park. .After being flooded for


Ban on heavy lorries


Council decides to have a feasibility study made of Mytton House, Clitheroe, with a view to its adapta­ tion as a civic suite. Lancashire Education


TWO founder-members of Clitheroe Soroptimist Club, Miss Dorothy Rush- ton and Mrs Phyllis Todd, are made honorary mem­ bers in recognition of their work for the club and town. Clitheroe Round Tab:


Committee includes a £ lm . ex ten s io n to Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School in its projected building programme for 1982-83. The committee also agrees to consult the Ribble Valley Council about any future propos­ als to close village schools. Ribble Motors name a


midi-bus serving the rural area, “Betty’s Bus”, after its driver, Mrs Betty Gray, of Clitheroe. Remembrance Sunday


is observed at churches and cen o tap h s in Clitheroe and the villages. Bonfire night in the


Ribble Valley passes safely and 3,000 people attend a Rotary bonfire on the Castle Field at Clitheroe. Ribblesdale Cement


lers despatch 63 sacks of clothing, blankets, foot­ wear and utensils to aid victims of the earthquake in Italy. The final figure for the


£130,000 Bawdlands im­ provement scheme in Clitheroe, halted because of the Ribble Valley Council’s concern about rising costs.


possible merger of Bolton- oy-Bowland and Tosside schools at the County Education Committee’s March meeting. Work resumes on the


Clitheroe is allocated to blind man Mr Stanley Snape.


F irs t guide dog in


stalled at Clitheroe Castle crib in a bid to halt vand­ alism.


Closed-circuit TV is in­


■ Chairman of Clitheroe magistrates, Mr Stanley Westhead, retires from the bench after 20 years.


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Ribble Valley Council’s staff agree to a scheme of voluntary redundancy should cuts be necessary. Proposal to discuss the


firm to demolish part of the former Judge Wal- mesley Mill, Billington, and build a workshop are opposed by residents in a petition. Nalgo members of the


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