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Consult people before changing the Grammar School set-up


Whalley prepares for appraisal


TWO Whalley parish councillors are among nine people from all walks of life who have volunteered to become members of a village appraisal steering committee.


for August 3rd, the com­ mittee will elect a chair­ man and secretary and then set about compiling a comprehensive appraisal ofr Whalley, which will eventually be presented in document form to the Ribble Valley Council as a basis for the forthcoming Whalley District Plan.


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The idea for the apprai­


stressed that it would like as many independent vil­ lager’s on the committee as possible.


public meeting in Whalley CE School on Monday, villagers felt that the expert knowledge and guidance of parish council­ lors would be of-great ad­ vantage to the project and Couns, Michael Green and Mrs Kathleen Sharpies were voted on to the com­ mittee.


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Miss Pauline Wilkinson said she was delighted with the attendance at the public meeting and felt that most sections of the population of Whalley were represented on the committee. “We were determined


Parish council chairman


NINETEEN local chil­ dren took their first step towards becoming experi­ enced cyclists when they received National Cycling Proficiency Awards from the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Bob Ainsworth. The children, aged bet­


ween nine and 11, are pupils of SS Michael and J o h n ’s RC S ch o o l, Clitheroe. To gain the awards


meeting in June, a Ribble Valley Committee was set up. Already a number of organisations and indi­ viduals have intimated their support and it is confidently anticipated that many others will do so.


Hospital Friends raise


£1,000


they undertook a course of training and instruction led by Area Road Safety Officer Mr Dennis Ravell assisted by one of the pa­ rents, Mrs D. O’Hagan. At' Monday’s presenta­


CLITHEROE Hospital’s annual open day proved a big success on Saturday, thanks to the efforts of the Friends of the hospi­ tal, who hope to have raised about £1,000. Another helpful .factor


tion Mr Ravelf showed two films and spoke about read safety to about 70 parents and children who attended. They were wel­ comed by the headmaster Mr Bernard Warren. , The pupils who received


was the sunshine, which b ro u g h t out a large number of visitors, and almost all the stalls 'run by local organisations and hospital staff soon sold out. The only cloud on the


awaras were: Angela Marsden, Angela Geelan,. Sharon Burgess, Yvonne H a r tleb u ry , Geralyn S h ep h e rd , Catherine Mercer, Joanna Water- worth, Jane Southworth, Helen Wilkinson, Helen Dearden, Sheila Dean, Anne Newman, and Jen­ n ifer Leckey. Damien W a te rw o r th , M a rc Holmes, Christopher Gel-


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O’Hagan. They are pictured with


the Mayor (back centre) the Mayoress and Mr Warren.


Praise by chairman


young, the elderly and even the disabled are represented on the com­ mittee and I am sure the project will be a success.”


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TODAY and tomorrow, Boots, Castle Street, Clitheroe, will be open from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday: Derrick Green, Railway View, Clitheroe, noon to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday, 6 to 7 p.m. .


RECENT fund-raising ef­ forts of members of the Ribblesdale Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild, were praised by chairman Mrs P e d d e r a t th e meeting. Clitheroe Hospital be­


nefited by £136.50 on the open day and the market stall raised £137.75, part of which will be given to the IYDP Fund. Miss Ruth Mundy was


the various efforts to the b e s t advantage and, where possible, to avoid the dashing of dates, the committee would appreci­ ate notification of these events, so that details may from time to time be published in the local papers of the Ribble Valley district. A target of £200,000 has been set for the pro-


In order to co-ordinate


“WHO’S for the old order?” Who does the so- called county education committee chairman Mrs Josephine Farrington think she is. coming out with the bitter attack on Clitheroe’s educa­ tion system? She labels the Grammar schools as being


anachronisms and intends to change them come what may to suit her Labour group’s manifesto.


History of academic success


ject, of which it is hoped that the Ribble Valley will contribute £40,000. A formidable task, no doubt, but in view of the popular support for the scheme ana the obvious need for a Hospice, it is considered to be well within our capabilities. Donations may be sent


day was the absence of the Friends’ chairman, Mrs Alice Simpson, who was in hospital herself re­ covering from injuries re­ ceived in a road accident on Friday. Visitors to the open day included the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs John Walmsley, and Clitheroe’s Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and Mrs Bob Ainsworth. They toured the hospi­


youth groups manned stalls and sideshows and as well as running stalls on the day, the hospital staff made a contribution- earlier in the week with a fund-raising sale. It was a lucky day for


tal meeting patients and enjoyed the entertainment provided by Slaidburn Silver Band and the Lon- gridge Rosettes, a coun­ try dancing group. Local organisations and


nursing auxiliary Mrs Eva Velvick, who won the raffle prize of a-souvenir cricket bat autographed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire players.


the guest speaker, her subject being “Chuckles in my career.” A vote of thanks was given by Mrs G. Grange. S e c r e ta ry Mrs . E .


Windle gave the financial report in the treasurer’s absence.


Great era of the


Victorians


THE Victorian age was a time of progress and change, Mr W. M. John­ ston told members of Clitheroe Townswomen’s Guild. It was an era of great


I SEE from your article in last week’s Advertiser and Times that the sub­ ject of comprehensive education in Clitheroe is being pushed by the new County Council Education Committee. Mrs Farrington speaks


. the system. I don’t think there has been anybody in Clitheroe who has been asked. Also, I cannot ever re­


remember anybody asking members of my household if we would like to change


First of all, I cannot


Sweep this new b r o o m


aside


HERE we go again, a new broom in the form of Mrs Josephine Farrington sweeping in ana announcing that our education policy in Clitheroe is ’“unsound and archaic” and that she intends to change all this.


to the tre a su re r , Mr E r n e s t T o l s f o n , Whiteholme, 4 Claremont Avenue, Clitheroe (Tel. 22132) and information re­ garding proposed events either to the secretary, Mrs Joyce Kenyon, 12 L a n g s h a w D r i v e , Clitheroe (Tel. 23078) or to the undersigned.


S. WESTHEAD, Chairman, Ribble Valley Hospice Appeal, Crossal, 7 Claremont Drive, Clitheroe.


Probation for two years


DRINK and drugs led to a girl stealing £1.55 from Ames ’ Re co rd B a r , Clitheroe magistrates were told.


(17), of Mayfield Avenue, Clitheroe, told the magis­ trates that she was under the influence of drink and drugs and it just hap­ pened. Mr1 Peter Tidey, pro­


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secuting, outlining the facts of the case, which had been adjourned for social inquiry reports, said that the defendant had been in the shop with two other girls, in the absence of the man­ ageress. Long had taken a bank


Prime Ministers, architec­ ture and furniture made for the home, i it saw the introduction of matches, paraffin, chloroform and, thanks to John Ruskin, the cleansing department. It was also a time when


children were exploited, working long hours with one meal a day. Mr Johnston illustrated


his talk with many Victo­ rian antiques, including china dogs and orna­ ments, a marriage plate, a mother of pearl card case and a hand cooler. He was th a n k e d by Mrs B. Brown. The winners of “My


tion for two years and ordered to pay £25 costs and 76p compensation. The other girls in the


of not going against the wishes of a "democratical­ ly-elected” council, but omits to metion that the democratically-elected member for Clitheroe of that council, Coun. Clif­ ford Chatburn, is against the idea — is this perhaps one of the reasons why the people of Clitheroe voted for him? Mrs Farrington also


people most likely to have a “vested interest” in forcing Clitheroe to accept comprehensive education are the people with politi­ cal motivations. Has anyone taken the


trouble to find out what the parents of this school age group really want? C lithe roe Grammar


School- has a long and w o r t h y h is t o ry of academic success and if one looks back over the years, the people who have derived the great benefits have been from every walk of life. No one has proved


member voting for this lady to be in the position she is in, or for her Labour manifesto. So how someone from outside the area can tell us what is to be done or what is not to be done puzzles me. How about the state­


in its wake — to all in­ tents and purposes it ap­ pears to me to be a “Hob­ son’s Choice.” In the Clitheroe area we are to be granted two mixed non-selective schools each accommodating 1,000 to 1,200 pupils and what else — nothing. So what choice is there in that?


And what will she offer


ments about giving assur­ ance that no attempts to bypass reasonable consul­ tative procedure will be taken, followed by the Labour group’s warning that nobody will stand in their way. This to me smells of the


speaks of those “with vested interests” not hold­ ing up reorganisation. It seems to me that the


a t h e i s t Communi s t system, which we all know does not work.


They rely on our anac­ hronisms system to help them out of their troubles (Labour voters, please note well) stating “you will do as we say, or else”. My advice to Mrs Far­


rington is not to come the heavy glove tactics in this part of Lancashire.


R. LOEBELL, 3 Derwent Crescent, Clitheroe.


Feeling of shame


beyond reasonable doubt that the comprehensive system is superior, so let us not accept blindly change for change’s sake.


MRS J. HITCHEN, 16 Shireburn Avenue, Clitheroe.


bag from the till contain­ ing £1.55. She was put on proba­


,1s accused of stealing £3, and together with De: whurst stealing £5.


Baptism


prettiest small piece of pottery” were Mrs - K. Ward (vase). Mrs F. Wilson (jug) and. .Mrs J. Braithwaite (plate).


BETWEEN 40 and 50 people attended Henthorn Gospel Church. Clitheroe, for a baptismal service on Sunday, when Mr R. Lord was the speaker. Mr B. Fullerton con­


ducted the baptism and Mr F. Blackburn spoke on believer’s baptism. Mrs F. Marsden was organist.


Councillors’ no to play area


CLITHEROE Town proposal by Clitheroe a children’s play area on the Taylor Street ground.


council offering to sub-let the land at a nominal rent for use as a play area, adding that access could be worked out and a boundary fence or netting erected.


The club wrote to the


would be a mistake to become involved in the. project.


But councillors felt it Coun. Brian Braith­


waite pointed out that such use of the land might not meet with the approv­ al of all Taylor Street re- s id en ts , while Coun. Peter Nuttall warned that


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Council has rejected a Football Club to provide on a strip of spare land side of the Shawbridge


gested that the football club should carry out full consultations with the Taylor Street residents before proceeding with such a project. “We are committed to


the land could become “a bit of a liability.” Coun. Bert Jones sug­


shop, Amanda Jane Ed- wardson (17), of Queen Mary Terrace, Whalley, and Michelle Dewhurst (19), of Billington Gar­ dens, Billington, were sent for trial to Preston Crown Court. Edwardson


MORO — COOPER


the licensees of the Join­ ers Arms, Whalley Road, Clitheroe, Miss Elaine Julie Cooper, was married at Holy Souls Church’; Blackburn, on Saturday, to Mr Arturo Giovanni Moro. The bride, an accounts


The eldest daughter of


of?- Muggings or burg­ laries? Working as I do in a probation office, I can assure you that you have more to fear from normal children. • Noise? All children make a noise. Why not at least be honest and say you don’t want these chil­ dren among you because they are abnormal — t hough I somet imes wonder who really are the normal ones among us. Yes, I have a mentally


handicapped child and I assure you he feels only love towards others, though he will be unable to understand that it is not returned. I


clerk, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Cooper, and the brideg­ room, a production plan­ ner, is the only son of Mi­ ami Mrs Giuliano Moro, of Umkomaas, Natal, South Africa. The bride, given away


by her father, wore a white lace gown with a scoop neckline and a train edged witli guipure lace. She had a short veil and a Juliet cap and carried a spray of silk roses and carnations, lily-of-the- valley and stephanotis. Bridesmaids were her


you — thank God your own children were lucky and feel ashamed of yourselves.


Clitheroe’s contribution towards the International Year of Disabled People. To the parents among


take i t • t hi s is Mrs MARIAN HIPWELL,


79 Wellfield Drive, Burnley.


Hard to


sister, Miss Carol Cooper, Miss'Charlotte Lisa Moul- den and Miss Rebecca Louise Moulden, the bride’s cousins, and Miss Lesley Shepherd, of South Africa. They wore lilac high-


stephanotis and lily-of- the-valley. Best man was Mr G.


c a r na t i ons ,


understand AFTER reading about th e p e t i t i o n some Clitheroe people are sign­ ing, against the proposed Eshton Terrace centre, I just cannot get over it.


waisted dresses with small capes and Juliet caps and carried posies of si lk


providing a play area at Salthill and that is not too far for the Shawbridge youngsters to go to play," he said. Coun. Nuttall added


Ricquebourg, of South Africa, and Mr Martin David Cooper, the bride’s brother was groomsman. Ushers were Mr Peter Harrison and Mr Brian Moran. , The ceremony, per­ formed by Fr Walsh, was followed by a reception at the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe. The couple, who will


that the possibility of a further play area at Ches­ ter Avenue was also being looked into.,


honeymoon in London later in the year, are to live in Stanhill Village, OswaldtwistJe. P hotograph: P ye’s, .


Clitheroe. .


Year of Disabled People. I just cannot understand how some people can sign anything that will prevent some children having a home of their own, prob­ ably the first home for some of them.


It is supposed to be the


is mentally ■ handicapped and I would not like to think someone was sign­ ing a petition to prevent Janice f rom having a home.


She is lucky, she has a


home and a family.' If a home for handicapped children was to be opened in Low Moor, I hope people would not go round with a petition — ^ ce r ­ tainly would not sign it! The people who do sign it should thank ..God that their families are-well.


Mrs P. SHEARS, 7 St Anne’s Square, Low Moor.


CONGRATULATIONS, Clitheroe councillors and residents, on proving yourselves as prejudiced and ignorant as Burnley, who turned down an appl- cation for premises made to them by Mencap some time ago, though nearby Brierfield made them welcome. What are you' so afraid


excuses about the larger the groups of children the wider the ranges of courses is ludicrous. In my experience the more children the greater the chance of hooliganism and the increase in boredom due to lack of supervision coupled with laxity of dis­ cipline. What a pity that Mrs


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Farrington’s scheme for a brave new world includes the herding of our chil­ dren together like cattle under the auspices of “making them all equal and if some can’t rise to others achievements — then lets drag them all down.” So we are to have


courses leading to GCE and CSE — and what grades are they expected to attain or are they all to be granted “passes” in the future so that none shall feel “failures” in our


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fact that areas which have been “comprehensive” during the last 10 years have a gradual falling away in the academic achievements of, the chil­ dren. Are these the hopes


nance of permanent staff can any form of school tradition to be formed and continued. Small classes, selected staff and schools peopled to a reasonable level all give stability to the growing child — a supermarket of human lives is merely a tinselled replacement and will prove to be a very tawdry and unacceptable substi­ tute in the years to come — but not if Mrs Farring­ ton has her way — before the price has been paid in the education of the youth of Clitheroe. I can only speak from


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degree courses. 66 candi­ dates took O-level and gained an average of just over seven subjects. What is educationally


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unsound in that Mrs Far­ rington? I am sure other parents in the alternative Cl i theroe schools are equally satisfied with the current education system. No, Mrs Farrington,


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M R S P A U L I N E BROWN, Chapel House, Tosside.


, I have 'a daughter who All change!


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