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.their, way to a new home on the - outskirts of the town by the middle of next .year.
PROBLEM industries lo cated in the • centre of Clitheroe could be on
Carpeted . before
the head!
A CALL to the head’s study has been received by Mr Gerald Hood; a, rather strange request, it m&y seem, to the' headmaster of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
more than' fiVfcm. should have been completed on the development of the second of two quarry sites at Salthill which will pro vide 10 valuable acres of land for industry.
By then, work costing'
•Technical Officer Mr Philip'Bailey
said.that no final decision- could be made until the cost per acre of the scheme had been ' worked -out. 'This would form the basis-of negotiations with prospec tive clients. - However, we have cer
based in the town. “The site, with its close
proximity to the A59, should prove an attraction to haulage firms which have been'receiving com plaints for some consider able'time
tain priorities in mind for the new site,” he said. “Firstly, we would like" to relocate firms which have been causing environmen tal problems by being
Council, which has1 plan- .ned the development, has still, to draw1 up a'list of prospective clients, haul age firms are likely to get high priority.
Although Ribble Valley At a meeting of the
The “head” is Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob Ains worth, whose “study”, next Wednesday even ing will be Waddow HaU.
The occasion is a very special one — an infor-
. mal gathering to mark Mr Hood’s completion of
' ing body , and represen t a t i v e s of th e . Old Clitheronians’ Associa^ tion, a number too large
Coun. Ainsworth is' an old boy of the school and he has also invited to,join him, on this auspicious occasion members of the teaching staff, govem-
• 25 years as headmaster. He succeeded the late Mr Laurence Hardy, in July 1956.
to be accommodated in the Mayor’s Parlour.
council’s ■ Planning and Transportation Committee on Thursday, members were told that reclamation work on the. quarry cost ing about £400,000 would be finished' within the next few weeks. .
. They then accepted a
,ro a d : 'an d d ra in a g e facilities already ’ on the site by mid-1982.
tender of £116,000 from a Skipton firm to complete
A further £58,000 will
. consider site promotion and relocation of industry at Salthill. A fter th e meeting,
■ The committee went into private session to
Borough Planning and One he didn’t throw back
, dens, Billington, fishing on a private stretch of the Ribble at Brockhall Farm,, caught a seven-pound
•IT WAS a catch every fisherman dreams of — and it was made on the 13th of the month. Mr George Thistlethwaite, of Billington Gar-
\ salmon. I t was his fir s t ever, and he thought he ' had hit the jackpot. .
; j 20 minutes fought a terrific battle\tq bring the f ish ashore. Helped by Peter Simpson/ of Dinckley, he-:
■ But he carried on spinning, felt a terrific puli' on his’;10lb-breaking-strain -line, and for the next
- finally landed a magnificent cock salmon. The fish -was .weighed in by Mr Tony Wright, of the Swan Hotel, Whalley; at 20lb.
fishing, said it .was-his most exciting morning ever.
Mr Thistlethwaite, whose retirement hobby is '
\ But he had a confession to make — he does not ■ - like salmon. ;
be spent on laying water mains and telephone cables and supplying elec tricity.
Call for action to end misery of flooding
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ANXIOUS residents in .Bolton-by-Bowland are pressing for a public meeting to sort out “oncfe and for. all,r the village’s flooding problems. •
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were flooded during a. recent storm, they fear an approaching bad winter could bring repeated heartbreak and misery
A f te r two cottages
unless action is taken quickly..
tion to the flooding, the- Parish Council. and the Ribble Valley Council rep resentative, Coun. Mrs Joyce Lilburn, are' hoping to have a meeting before Christmas with borough and county planners, offi cials from the North-West Water Authority and the local estate owner.
To try and . find a solu
bum: “I really,
feel.it is. time that everyone 'con cerned got together and thrashed this problem out. ' “The buck has got to
Said Coun. Mrs Lil-
at worst, Bolton-by-Bow- land could be cut off from
th e , emergency services because of the floods. The villagers are anxious for action to be taken as soon as possible, bearing in -mind
that
• p a r ts Valley.
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saw ' severe ■ flooding in of
last October the-,.Ribble
' broken sewerage pipes,” she said.
• “But that’s not good enough. Bblton-by-^Bow-i, land should be at the fop- of the repairs list.” Theiastest flooding .did1
only received the usual stereotyped 'reply about the matter being looked into.
stop somewhere because' it’s always the villagers who are left to cope.” She is concerned, that,
■ but at Skirden • Beck, at the entrance to the village from Sawley.
.not occur at the . usual troublesome beck near the Coach and Horses Inn,
This meant that the ' . -
was flooded six times-last year and always seems to • have p ro b lem s with crumbling river banks and
“I have protested, but. “ Bolton-by-Bowland <•
were-Keith'and Barbara Maher, of Main Street, and their children, Patrick . (14) and Catherine (13). They spent two nights the Coach arid Horses while the mopping up was done.
effect of an overflow chan nel was reversed and could have made matters worse. One family flooded out
at Puzzled
' Said Mrs Maher, , who is expecting a baby at the end of .December: “The water came through the floor and the walls. We are sick ' of the whole thing."
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• The'county council’s Di visional S.urveyor at Whalley, Mr :Richard Wordsworth, said he was puzzled b y ' the lates t floodirig' and was working >vith the NWWA’s rivers division to find a solution.
depressing experience and I hope to sort this prob lem out,” he said. “I would be pleased to join in any discussions with
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CLITHEROE Physiotherapy Centre was' offi cially handed over to the National Health Ser vice on Tuesday with the assurance that busi ness will carry on'as normal.
could even be extended in: the future, as7 staff and funds permit, according to Dr Peter Grime, Com munity Health Physician for the Blackburn; Health District.
Services at the centre The centre, which first
opened in a rented room in- King Street in ‘ 1954,' has actually operated as part of the NHS since the beginning of this month.
for treatment, though pa tients must be referred to the centre now off New market Street by a con sultant or GP. ' Full-time physiotherap
There is now no charge
ist Mr-Tony Hollings, who helped to first open , the centre, is staying, on to en su re , a ■
changeover before retir ing in about a month. The centre was handed
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over to Dr Grime by Dr Cyril Royle, chairman of the trustees, watched by. fellow trustees, members' of the. management com mittee*, staff and NHS of ficials'
thank all those who have helped with the centre in the past, particularly. Mr Hollings. and Dr Joseph Fairweather,, and on ■ the, financial side,' Mr' Jim Fielding and Mr ' Frank Moon. >. .
Dr Royle would like to ,
; - Said Dr Royle: “The trustees were- very reluc-' tant to let the-centre-go,-,
! but- feel it is .in'- the best interests of the people of Clitheroe.” . , 'v. / ' :.However;' the.'trustees
are retaining the. building, donated by the late • Mr Sidney Whiteside; and re-; nting itito the NHS..: -' >Dr Grime*- said' this
week that: there was still; a 1 great need for a? phy-' siotherapy'- .serv ice. in Clithbroe. At was .very im
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portant to have such a facility available/ both for preventative.? measures and treatment. The . centre would now
'committee for their work at the centre. •
He thanked the staff, .trustees and management
be part of the primary care team operating from Clitheroe Health Centre and its staff would work alongside other paramedi cal services.
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the villagers and council officials.” The Ribble Valley
Council’s Borough .Plan ning and: Technical Of ficer, Mr Philip:: Bailey, admitted tha t. Bolton-by- Bowland' seemed to have suffered more than most
problem, soon, with the NWWA and thought public irieeting would be helpful as a way of pas sing- out information -and offering moral support to the villagers. A NWWA spokeswo
with flooding. . He hopes to discuss the
: Skirden Beck. “If the vil lagers contact us, I’m sure we would be glad to go along to any meeting and- offer what help we can,” she said.’
man said she was aware of the problems caused by
time the local work force has been 'depending on a small number of firms,” he said.
-“For some considerable
chance’ to attract outsid ers and, at the same time,
“-This will give us a ‘ -
industries which have choice of jobs. - been stagnating on small sites a chance to expand.” Mr Bailey added th a t'it
' was hoped the quarry site might also attract indus try from outside. ' '
’ “In addition, it will give ,, give local people a wider
. . The .final costing of the 'Salthill scheme, is likely to be'announced at the next meeting of tHe-Planning and Transportation. Com mittee on'November 19th.
Marathon sponsors wanted by RE. teacher
RIBBLESDALE School PE instructor Miss Mau reen Hurst wall be run ning in the 26 mile New. York mara th o n th is month and hopes to help charity as a result. She is paying all • her
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travel and accommodation expenses, but appeals for sponsors whose contribu tions will go to charity. She favours those which help the aged or disabled. The marathon, to' be
THIRTY-THREE ■
at St James’s School,: Clitheroe, gave up part of : their summer holidays to- learn how to be.. better cyclists . . . and at a pre sentation evening they re ceived certificates to prove it.
pupils
rents were at the school to watch proficiency cer tificates being handed out by Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob Ainsworth. The youngsters, aged
More than 60 proud pa TOWN PLAN INQUIRY *
Three-cornered fight for land
between nine and 11, at tended five daily sessions during: the holidays under the eye of District Road Safety Officer Mr Dennis Ravell, helped by five stu dents from Ribblesdale School who were taking their Duke of Edinburgh silver award.
; • / Headmaster : Mr John
Hindmoor introduced the Mayor, who stressed the importance of road safety arid said he was sure these courses were the right approach to the problems caused by busy roads. He added that he was
PEOPLE living in. Pimlico Road and Princess Avenue, Clitheroe,• would be willing to buy a plot of land next to their homes in a bid to prevent it being used, for housing: or as'the site of a new fire station, , a public inquiry was told.
Pimlico Road, told the in-, quiry into the .Clitheroe district plan that the resi dents .wanted
to.see the 1.4 acres of land con verted into a recreation area, . after it was rio
longer needed as the. site of temporary council offices.
" Afterwards,"[ two’ ‘road safety .’films were- shown •— the- firs t explained what the children • had been taught and the other was a cartoon. •
delighted to see-so many children receiving certifi cates; and such a., large number of parents provid ing encouragement.;
■ that is not possible,” he said. . “It really is an essential
the scheme, which is vol untary, is an excellent idea. “I almost fee
l.it should be obligatory, but
Mr Hindmoor believes . . •
. P ic tu re d w ith the 'Mayor and Mr Hindmoor are the successful pupils and “trainee officers.”
part Qf the normal process of education arid it’s the least we can do for chil dren; who are particularly vulnerable,” he said. .
At museum
MORE than 6,000 people visited Clitheroe’s Castle Museum d u r in g th e summer opening from April 17th to September 30th. ■ The total income from
' 6,187 visitors in admission charges arid sales was £1,425.98, according to a re p o r t .submitted by Ribble Valley Council’s Chief E x e c u t iv e Mr
- Michael Jackson to the Recreation and Leisure
Committee.
“quality of life".would be diminished if the site were given over to hous ing, as suggested by the Ribble . Valley Council in the District Plan. E q u a l ly , . sa id Mr
They feel that their ...... [. ' Mr Peter Moore,: of tial road, rather than a
major highway. “There are obvious dan
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gers with emergency traf fic coriling, in .and out of the building down a road which also serves a prim ary school.
“The Borough Council
feels that if the station is to be relocated, it would be better sited on one of the main distributor roads in the town away from residential properties: “This would benefit
both the-fire service and the people
of.Clitheroe.” Mr .Moore said it
Moore, who has lived in the area. for. 15 years,’the residents regard; Lanca-
■ piaris'to build a new ; fire ; ciently. ' station on'the land as a severe, threat to: safety, because of the envisaged increase-in traffic.- T h e .' t h r e e - c o r n e r e d fight for the future use of
shire. County .Council, - not, beep ^.explored suffi- 'The site; is next to ri
seemed that the safety aspect of: building a new fire station on the site had
primary , school and a new station there would pre sent a great danger to the children,”-he said. ; “We always understood
.before Department 'of'.the! ; needed; for the temporary Environment inspector • offices and'some residents Mr P.. J. Roberts at the • would* be. quite wiljing to inquiry in Clitheroe coun- 1 buy the? land-if it, would
the land was one of seven ' that the [site would revert aspects of the
district.plan ' back to a public amenity objected to and presented after it was no longer
cil. chamber this week. , 1 . help to make a play area County council officials —^something . which is
claimed that [the existing ;
ba.dJy--”v?Aed ln 0U1 fire station site — built in neighbourhood.
1935 and; attached to the- (“The; nearest open area town’s fire station at the; for the youngsters is the opposite end of. Princess . Castle grounds and i t . is Avenue.— wris inadequ- ; not r ight;to?*expect four ate, - for the needs of a and five-year-olds to walk modern fire-fighting force [ all the way .across, town to
and [ there was no real room for expansion. 7 -But to move any furth
play.” Another controversial
Council, however, feels that the site-is totally un suitable for a fire station. ■ Deputy Planning and Technical Officer Mr Peter Nock said: ; “Access to the station would con tinue to be off a residen-
Boys tackle a ballad opera
er- away would be imprac-: tical, because all the fire men were retained and needed quick and ■ easy, access to the station. The Ribble Valley
aspect of the district plan which: came tinder the spotlight at the inquiry was the intention to allo cate 10 acres of land at Knunck Knowles, off Waddington Road; for the building of some 60 “higher-class” homes.
Mr John - Houldsworth,
representing objector Mr K. M. -Whiteside; of Eas- tham Street, • which ad
joins the site in question, said that such a develop ment would be detrimen tal to a “very individual” part of Clitheroe.
| jority of the land had ’’ been allocated for housing . since the 1950s and a I series of legal wrangles ;' had prevented it being de veloped earlier.
Mr Nock said the ma-
i “Any development at the site will be of higher price housing designed to complement the homes al ready there."
were the allocation of the Albion Mill site for indus- ! try, the use of land out- | side the,, two quarries at i Salthill for industry and i the (failure of a number of sites -to be allocated for housing-development. .. ■ . The i inspector: .reserved his decision, to ■ a later date. 1
Other items objected to 1 1 : j
' A?BALLAD.'bpera ’set'in’ i sented nat.vRibblesdalea Elizabethan' times 'and**'School tonight,’.tomorrow,..
' first performed: on, televi- :sioh - four., years ago has ■been chosen
as.this year’s; dram a’ production fori Clitheroe. Royal Grammar, .School
for.Boys.
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> “The Ballad - of Salomon - ?Pavey;’’ '.an entertaining
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1 and Saturday,*: at. .7-30', ,P -m - , - 0'.H.
■ played by Dermot Finch, ■ is: a member of
the.fiction-. s at- - cast' who suffers’ from •
' The ’ t i t le ' character, ' tuberculosis.
’ Othermembers - of1 the ^ t joy able work .with-some 25-strong, cast!play,,male? .’d e l ig h tfu lso n g s ,” ' She 'and female students of the1
Musson, as?the Earl, otfj large’scale as-“Oliver,” it .Oxford. . y ,
.two.wElizabethanvdramal: , Tickets-;,for,pthe show, ,schools.h"-’\ -T/y ? ip*,w >r p r ic e ,£1, are ■ available
’-, .said. „sY .^Leading roles- are lalso--; herthusband-Brqin,-said ibs| are .(.(front,
-fr.om ,left),: - (who;isJ -co-producer)iwithi::[:';Pictured^t?reheafsals
Elizabeth I."'will be pre- Giles and” Christopher “AiHinno-h nn nmh a and Colin Dunn. ■ , . r vt * h t fc,/
“Altlimigh not on such a ■ ^ j, _ 1 . . - > .o. » v-'-J !•> A ,4- .,‘VsV f i r ' . I fisv - • f .u l* »-»■> -1 O ' * ; , /inch; ;iKeith Edwards
,tale of two drama schools ,, taken by .ColinJ'Dunn;aV;" is '.very;.different>to:-any-'''rChrist,o>her ;'Mussqn', twhichs -amalgamate : and ; .William - Hunnis, '-Keith ; ,thing,the school?ha^ per- ;-*.-.Ehilip;’,.^cles', ^Dermot perform before Queen Edwards as - Nathaniel formed before.;'
■ •Mrs:*Vaierie'',McDonald;‘- the .dooi,.... ; . ,, K is, a very amusing'and, en- * L ' A l Yellow lines * ’ V l w> « »
i At the request of a resi-! 1 dent^ the .iRibble
..Valley , r Councirsii-'Public .-Works { ’and-1 .'Health" Committee j - wi 1f t re commend' th e f i County Council to put idown double yellow lines ( to prevent parking in the ■ (narrow? portion .of Wesley-,
* an Row;; Parson'? Lane? i-Glitheroe;* .where; it? gives raccess to'th'e'Castle' Field.’
Thirteen was not unlucky
THE number 13 certainly didn’t prove unlucky for Clitheroe climber Mike Haslam on Saturday. For the 31-year-old co
just that many munutes to complete- his first as sault on the awesome face of Witches Quarry, Twis- ton, since he broke his back; there .10 years, ago. . Even in his wildest
founder. of the town’s mountaineering club took
such a short'time. ' “I honestly thought that
it would take at least an hour,” said a delighted Mike as he relaxed with a very welcome cigarette after completing his “ap pointment with fear.” “It is easily the fastest
run a week on Sunday, attracts worldwide inter est. The entry is 16,000 — 1,000 more; than last year. Before f inishing. in
Central Park, competitors run through some of the best-known areas of New York, including Manhat tan and the Bronx. Roger Westhead, of
Clitheroe, had planned to take part, but a knee injury caused his with drawal. Miss Hurs t, with
dreams; [Mike, of High- field Road, never im agined that he could com plete the vital climb: in
friends, decided to com pete in New York after she had finished 633rd in a field of 12,250 com petitors in the Great North run from Newcas tle-upon-Tyne to South Shields, in June. She was the fourth woman home. In a recent Blackburn
charity race — a 17 mile event — she was the first woman home, ' so those who answer her appeal for sponsors are guaran teed a run for their money.
Saw stolen
time I have ever taken to climb the .quarry and it is all the more pleasing be cause the conditions were far from ideal. : Heavy overnight rain had left the quarry’iface - very: damp and: it was like climbing ori a skating rink.'
. “The final few feet were particularly difficult but thankfully everything went without a hitch.”
CHEEKY thieves who broke into a Gisbum saw mill at the weekend took, only one item; — the 24- inch diameter circular saw, valued at about £100.
is estimated that .they took about 20 minutes to free the blade from its mounting at the Railside . Trading Company.
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