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Strong support pledged for hospice plan


A CAMPAIGN to build a hospice for the Blackburn health district has made a flying start in the Ribble' Valley. About 130 people at­


must be paid for by public subscriptions ana the Ribble Valley is being asked to c o n t r ib u te £40,000. ■ Events to raise the


tended a meeting in Clitheroe Parish Hall on- Monday evening to elect a committee, which now hopes to raise £40,000 in 12 months towards • the cost of the planned unit. The 10-bed hospice, to


be built at Park Lee Hos­ pital, Blackburn, .will cater for the ' needs of people in Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley who are mainly suffering from a terminal illness, such as cancer. Special types of nursing care will also be available. Although the unit’s run­


search into pain-control has developed over the past 14 years. Good wishes for the


money will be organised by a committee set up at Monday’s meeting, which was opened by the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. John Walmsley. Elected chairman was


project were conveyed by Wiswell man Mr Campbell Hopwood, who is appeals director for St Anne’s Hospice, Manchester. Elected secretary of the


Mr Stanley Westhead, of C 1 a-r e m o n t , D r i v e , Clitheroe/ who said after­ wards: “There was great enthusiasm and I am very optimistic about achieving our target. It’s early days yet, but the response oft Monday was most en­ couraging." A film was shown by


ning costs will be met by the health authority’s dis­ trict management team/ the actual cost o? the building — £200,000 —


Ribble Valley committee was Mrs Joyce Kenyon, of L a n g s h aw D r i v e , C litheroe, and treasurer is Mr Ernest Tolson, of


Claremont Drive. Other members of the


the chairman of the area steering committee for the fund, Mr William Woolley, about work done at St Christopher’s Hos­ pice, London, where re-


Not all that wet a May!


MAY was certainly a depressing month as far as weather was concerned, but it wasn’t quite as wet as everyone seems to believe.


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First cook at CRGS dies (94)


pinall, who was known as Pinder until her second marriage in the late 1950s, was born in Clitheroe and started her working life as a house­ hold cook. Later she worked at the Swan and Royal Hotel, again as a cook, for 13 years. . In 1920, she and her


A FORMER Clitheroe woman who was the first cook at the Royal Gram­ mar School when meals were prepared and served on the premises has died in hospital, aged 94. Mrs Mary Elizabeth As-


first husband emigrated with their family to Au­ stralia, but returned after five years. Their two oldest chil­


According to figures re­


Boden, a total of 3.42 inches of rain fell during the month, over an inch less than the correspond­ ing period in both 1979 and 1976. In fact, this year’s


weather pattern is still following that of five years ago, when freak snowfalls in April were followed by a very wet May (4.49in.) and then that celebrated long hot summer. Rain fell in the Ribble


committee are: Mr Lewis Gollop, of Billington; Mr Geoffrey Braithwaite, of Downham; Cl ith e ro e Mayor Coun. Bob Ains­ worth; Mrs M. Charnley, of Wilpshire; Miss Lucy Jones, of Longridge; Mr John King-Wilkinson, of Slaidburn, and Miss Grace Kidd, of Whalley, Coun. Walmsley and Mr John Clayton, of Clitheroe. Local bookshop owner


Grindleton vicar says farewell


AFTER 18 years as Vicar of Grindleton, the Rev. Ernest Sidebottom and his wife,. Doris, etired this week to Gargrave. • ° During his final service


letters to the editor


Mission answers


many


Mr Roy Dewhurst, of Twiston, who is chairman of the Blackburn and Dis­ trict Community Health Council, was “absolutely delighted” by the turnout. • He added: '“If that is an


Gemma’s dancing earns a trophy


indication of the support we are going to receive, it looks as though we shall h av e - a trem en d o u s effort.”


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Valley on 20 days last month the heaviest coming on the 2nd (0.44in.). Max­ imum tem p e ra tu re s ranged from 72 deg. F to 48 deg. F., with the minimum overnight temp­ erature only dropping to freezing point twice in the early part of the month.


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dren, Mr Aiden Pinder and Mrs Annie Cutts, still live Down Under and their mother spent six months visiting them in 1952. During the second


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world war, Mrs Aspinall worked at the Bristol air­ craft factory in Lowergate and lived for many years in Shawbridge Street. After her second mar­


riage she moved to Ac­ crington and for the past seven years had lived with her daughter, Ger­ trude, in Hood Street. A service will be held


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PERFECT weather on Saturday afternoon helped members of Langho, Bil­ lington and Dinckley Con servative Association boost party funds by about £230. Their summer fete — at


Collision leads to


£50 fine


Laycock Farm, Langho, the home of County Coun. George Nickson — at­ trac ted h u n d red s of people. Among th em was


A COLLISION with another car at the junc­ tion of Longsight Road and Lovely Hall 'Lane, Clayton-le-Dale, ended a 75-year-old Bil'lington man’s unblemished driv­ ing record. James Alexan­ der Thomson, of Pasture- lands Drive, admitted driving without due care and attention. Thomson, who said he had driven for many years without any previous offence, was fined £50, with £5 costs!


Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. John Walmsley, who perfomed the opening ceremony and handed out


prizes. One, in fact, went to his


wife, Dorothy, who won a competition to guess the weight of a cake, There was a tug-of-war


NO DRINKS ON SUNDAY


contest and a display of Scottish dancing by mem­ bers of Clitheroe and dis­ trict Caledonian Society as well as numerous sideshows and stalls. Children’s races and


pony rides k ep t the y o u n g e r co n t in g en t


tappy.


CLITHEROE magis­ trates have refused drinks application for a country fair which Clitheroe Con­ servative Association is to hold at Leagram Hall, Chipping, on August 2nd. The application was


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FRIDAY the 13th was unlucky for a Clitheroe motorist — he allowed his passengers to persuade him to leave the scene after he had collided with a parked car. David James Brian Mil­


THE dancing of Billington youngster Gemma Har­ greaves gained two gold medals and a trophy at the Skegness Festival at the weekend. Six-year-old Gemma, of


Sunnyside Avenue, won the cup with a display of Bohemian dancing in the novice under-10 class. She attends Whalley


needs THE evangelistic tent mission held recently on th e C a s tle F ie ld , Clitheroe, aroused consid­ erable interest in the com­ munity and through it many people found an answer to their spiritual needs. As chairman of. the or­


he attended at St Am­ brose’s, a cheque was handed over on behalf of the parishioners by vicar’s warden Mr F. G. Jackson. Mr Sidebottom’s depar­


DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY


ture from Grindleton now means that five of the eight parishes that made up the old Bolland Dean­ ery — Hurst Green, Mitton, Bolton-by-Bow- land, Tosside and Grindle­ ton — are without a vicar. After doing several


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jobs, including agricultur­ al work and accountancy, Mr Sidebottom gained BA ant* M. Lit. degrees at Durham University and s tu d ied theology at Queen’s College, Birmin­ gham. He spent 10 years in


ganising committee, I would like to express, through your paper, my grateful thanks to the scores of local people who helped and supported the mission. Without their faith —


CE School and the Clitheroe class of the Margaret Sandham School of.Dancing. The daughter of Mr


REV. G. A. VICKERS 1 Brookes Lane, Whalley


Vernon Hargreaves and his wife, Annie, she has been dancing since she was three and has won a total of 36 medals and five trophies. She also does ballet.


ligan (18), of Pimlico Road, was fined £50 at Clitheroe -for not stopping after an accident and £25 in each case for driving without due care and at­ tention and failing to report an accident. He was ordered to pay £5 costs. Mulligan told the town’s


Windows left open attract thieves


HOUSEHOLDERS in Clitheroe have been warned to close down­ stairs windows at night or run the risk of having


magistrates that he had not Been drinking but his three passengers had. The accident was partly due to the noise they were making; he had not seen the pai’ked car. They had persuaded him to drive on. He had paid for the damage to the car.. Prosecutor Mr Graham


.their homes raided. Early on Monday morn­


ing, thieves entered three houses in the Henthorn area and escaped with £40 in cash and a number of personal items, while the occupants were asleep. In all three incidents


Gertson said a witness heard screaming and shouting coming from Mulligan’s car in Henth- orn Road. Mulligan over­ shot the entrance to Cent­ ral Avenue; reversed and hit an unattended car. He then drove away.


the thieves gained entry by leaning through trans­ om windows left open in the warm weather and loosening the catches on large side windows. The break-ins took


place at Kemple View, Stirling Close and Henth­ orn Road. “Until the people re­


sponsible are caught it would be wise for every­ one to keep downstairs windows closed, no matter how mild the weather," said a Clitheroe police spokesman. In a fourth incident in


.the same area, thieves raided»a house in Conway Avenue at lunchtime on Sunday, They entered through a


A PROUD DAY


MAY I, through your columns, express my sincere thanks to the thousands of people who gave H.R.H. the Prince of Wales such a magnificent wel­ come to Clitheroe. Proud though I was


OPEN MON. TO FRI. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.


various parts of Durham before moving to Grindle­ ton. Mr Sidebottom res­ igned the office of the Rural Dean of Bolland in 1969 because of pressure of parish work. A prolific writer on


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theological matters, he has had two major works published, which have been used for educational purposes in universities throughout the world. One feature of life in


G r in d le to n th a t Mr Sidebottom particularly regrets he will miss are his regular visits to the village CE School.


Round glens


to be presented to the Prince, no less was my p r id e when I looked around and saw the wonderful way in which he was received.' You did Clitheroe


proud and my thanks to you all for such loyalty.


COUN. BOB AINSWORTH, Mayor of Clitheroe.


President’s service


THE annual president service for Clitneroe Lady Farmers’ Social Section was held at All Saints Church, Pendleton, on Sunday evening. The president is Mrs


Susan Nelson, of Wy- mondhouses- Farm, Pend­ leton, and the service was well attended by members and guests. They included count,


AN area of outstanding natural beauty was visited by Clitheroe Naturalists on Saturday, when joint leaders Mr A. Dixon and Mr J. Dugdale took the party round the glens and falls at Ingleton. After the recent heavy


rain, Thornton Force and Beesley Falls were seen to advantage in sunshine.


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vice-president. Mrs Rut! Pearson and her husband and Clitheroe and Bow- land NFU chairman Mr Brian Bristol and Mrs Bristol. The service was con­


rear door and took £31 from an electricity meter, a further £4 in cash, shirt and a pair of train­ ing shoes.


the disappearance of a Flymo mower from a shed at the back of a house in Whitewell Drive Henthorn. The orange painted


Police are investigating


ducted by the Rev. John Cole and lessons were read by Mr Bristol and Mrs Nelson.


Mystery ‘flag” .


machine, which has white handles, had been used only four times and is worth £46.


WHILE speaking to motorist a policeman noticed that four wheel trims inside the car were similar to some taken from a vehicle at the side of Bawdlands Garage Clitheroe magistrates


Fined £25


made by the -. Percheron Bar, of Lancaster. An­ nouncing the bench’s deci­ sion Mr James Parker (presiding) said: “It is not our custom to grant Sunday applications.”


A MYSTERY black “flag” found fluttering at the top of Clitheroe Castle flag­ pole set a poser® for the town’s police. For they do not know


what it was supposed to symbolise or who set it flying over the town. It was spotted by a passer­ by who thought that, it had IRA connections and the police were contacted However, when the


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