Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, July 10th, 1081 1


Girls prepare to meet a princess


GUIDES and Brownies from Ribble Valley troops will be lining the route outside the main entrance to Waddow Hall as Princess Margaret arrives for her tour of the Girl Guides’ Associa­ tion Training Centre next Thursday. Up„„


will line up from Brunger- ley Bridge to the main gates of the hall on both sides of the Clitheroe- Waddington road. The Princess will be


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driven through Clitheroe town centre and is ex­ pected to reach Waddow at 12-30 p.m. There she will be met


Progress at Bawdlands


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WORK is progressing well on the Bawdlands General Improvement Area, Clitheroe, and p ro b lem s which had arisen have been sorted out, members of the Ribble Valley Council’s Housing Committee were told. Mr David Quarterman,


for Rod Hackney, the con­ sultant architects, told members that problems, including rights of access being blocked, had been tidied up and communica­ tions with the residents, which had broken down i little, had been re-estab


lished. Some concern had been


voiced about garages being knocked down, but


• The committee a p ­ proved completion of work in the Cross and Whalley Street areas. The sub-committee set


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ing list.


le wanting others be put on the wait­


Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley, who will pre­ sent the Mayor and May­ oress of th e Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs John I. Walmsley; Chief Executive Mr Michael Jackson and Mrs Jackson, Clitheroe Division MP Mr David Waddington and Skipton Division MP Mr John Watson. Lady Baden-Powell, the


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Study into Hurst Green i houses plan


I A FEASIBILITY study is to be carried out by the Ribble Valley Council before plans are drawn up for a housing scheme at Hurst Green. Borough Planning and


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I tial that a study be car­ ried out to look into items such as the type of houses needed arid the cost. Mr Bailey reported on a


Technical Officer Mr Philip Bailey said it was essen-


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Guides’ ‘ Association Chief Commissioner, will pre­ sent Miss Mabel Howarth, chairman" of Waddow House Committee, and Miss Moira Walker, G u id e r - in -c h a rg e a t Waddow. Princess Margaret will


also meet invited rep­ r e s e n ta t iv e s of th e Guides’ Association and other guests and after lunch will tour camp sites in the hall grounds to see some of the 400 Guides and Brownies who are travelling from all over the North of England for the occasion. The afternoon ends


Retires after 31 years at village school


BOLTON-BY-BOW- LAND CE School pupils past and present joined in paying tribute to retiring acting headmistress Mrs Eileen Wood at an even­ ing held to raise funds for the action group which is fighting plans to close the


with the Princess joining a camp fire gathering, leaving at 4-30 p.m.


HONOURS


FORMER C l ith e ro e Royal Grammar School pupil Mr Timothy David Anderson has gained an honours degree in elec­ tronic engineering from Liverpool University. The awards ceremony


up to negotiate with Rod Hackney will meet in the near future to look into the costs of work at the back of Moss and Corpo­ ration Streets and the garage site to the rear of Bawdlands.


took place in Liverpool’s Philarmonic Hall Friday. Mr A n d erso n , th e


eldest son of Mr and Mrs D. J. Anderson, of War­ wick Drive, Clitheroe, has taken up an appointment with Dextralog Ltd, of Blackburn.


Will your Old TV Match The Glory of the Great Occasion?


village school. Mrs Wood (61) retires


today after a 31-year spell at the school, which was broken only by th ree years teaching in New Zealand in the early


1950s. She returned to the


Extension scheme


proceeds


ALTHOUGH still short of th e ir £20,600 ta rg e t , members of Chipping Public Hall Committee are to press ahead with their extension plans. Building work will start


1 in the f ir s t week of August and the project will include, an additional room, changing and shower facilities. The committee has


school in her former post of assistant teacher in


January 1956 and was ap­ pointed. acting headmis­ tress two and a half years


ago. A native of Clitheroe


and former pupil of the grammar school, Mrs Wood took up her first teaching post at Salford in 1940 and, after being evacuated to Silverdale, came “back home” to teach at St'James’s Prim­ ary School, Clitheroe, before moving to Bolton- by-Bowland. She and her husband,


Victor, who live at St Paul’s Close, Low Moor, have two sons, Nicholas


(35) and Christopher (32), both former pupils' of Clitheroe Royal Grammar


School. Christopher, a systems


analyst, is in fact all set to help boost the closure action group’s funds. A member of Blackburn Harriers, he is to under­ take a sponsored run in September.


present pupils and many friends contributed to farewell gifts of a cheque, a Lladro figure and flowers.


Parents, staff, past and The evening, which in­


cluded bring-and-buy and cake stalls and a demonst­ ration of country dancing, raised about £150 for the school closure action group funds.


New headmistress of


the school, which is due to close next summer, will be Mrs Peggie Tetlow, whose current school, Pendleton CE, opens its doors today for the last time.


Mrs Wood (centre, holding a basket of flow­ ers) is pictured with past and present pupils, staff and parents.


£385 raised for hospice fund


visit by Housing Com­ mittee chairman Coun. Fred Green (Wilpshire), Coun. Mrs Mary Brown (Hurst Green), a consul­ tant quantity surveyor and himself to a scheme by Wrekin District Coun­ cil, Shropshire, for “star­ ter homes” for young families. Mr Bailey said it was


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an interesting experiment but many o f the aspects could not be carried out at Hurst Green, because it was in a conservation area and an area of outstand­


ing natural beauty. At Hurst Green it is


proposed to build about 20 houses opposite the Eagle


and Child, Whalley Road. Villagers will be given


preference and when that demand is met, people from the Ribble Valley will be considered. Prefer­ ence ■ will be given to families with children in an effort .to increase num­ bers at the village school.


Plans in pipeline


AN application to convert a barn adjoining Cause­ way House and garage. Sawley, to form a house and garage, has been re­ ceived by the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning Department (number


0758). Clitheroe: Use of 36-38


raised £7,000 towards the extension and grants from the Ribble Valley Council, L an c a sh ire County Council and the North West Council for Sports and Recreation bring the total to £18,600. After consultations with


the change of use of rear and first floor into office accom­ modation at 41 Moor Lane (0756); the extension of hours on Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the 1st Floor offices, Railway View (0609); fascia signs on two elevations at Burnley Building Society, Castle Street (0759); reduction of the size of an out­ building to form a storm porch at 19 York Street (0750). Aighton, Bailey and Chatg- ley: Proposed lounge extension


Whalley Road as an upholstery fabric merchants office (0751);


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. .. .. . A musical treat by pupils


A LARGE audience of pa­ rents, friends and . mem­ bers of the village Over 60s Club packed St M a ry ’s RC S ch o o l, Sabden, for the children’s summer concert.


children gave a program­ me of music and song ar­ ranged by' music teacher Mrs Elizabeth Wadding­ ton. I t included a solo violin performance by Charlotte Camm and .a flute solo by Marcus


For over an hour the .Doxey.


songs and the juniors’ programme included “Annie’s Song,” “ In- chworm” and “Bright


Theinfantssang various


Eyes.” The recorder groups


played and the concert concluded with “Jonah Man Jazz”, a cantata for voice and piano.


was presented to the re­ tiring school cook, Mrs Pat Ainsworth, by' pupil Judith Pickup. Louise Prendergast presented


Afterwards a bouquet


Mrs Ainsworth with farewell cards made by every pupil in the school. All the pupils and staff


of Pendleton Primary School were invited to the concert, together with Mr Owen Kennedy, the Ribble Valley’s principal primary school adviser, Parish priest Fr Leon Morris and the Rev. Denis McWilliam of St Nicholas’s Church. Our picture shows those


who took part in the con­ cert, with Mrs Ainsworth at the back on the right.


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Chipping Parish Council, committee chairman Mr Jeff Rich said: “It was felt that if we did not go ahead now, we would be hit by increased costs. “We hope to make up


THE burn


Hospice Appeal Fund be­ nefited by £385 thanks to a coffee morning run by Clitheroe Mayoress Mrs Doris Ainsworth.


Blackburn, and Ribble


the amount outstanding through borrowing or fund-raising over the next six months.” It is hoped that the ex­


i December in time for the Christmas fair.


TV fines


THE following people were fined £50 with £5 costs at Clitheroe for using colour television sets without a licence: R e g in a ld J a m e s


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Strsfit Lorraine. Townsend, of


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ised by her committee. Stalls offered cakes, spe­ cial hospice rock and there was a bring-and-


The event was organ­ buy. Permitted


use of car A DUNSOP BRIDGE man had to pay fines


and costs totalling £116 when he appeared before Clitheroe magistrates on two motoring summonses. Eric Fenwick (31), of


Holme Head Cottage, was found guilty. He was fined £30 for permitting the use of an unlicensed car and £25 for permitting its use without a test cer­ tificate. He had to pay £16 wit­


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School at the top


AFTER several postpone­ ments because of poor weather, 50 juniors from Pendle County Primary School set off for a day on Pendle Hill.


The youngsters, accom­


panied by three s ta f f members, walked from Downham up the “Big end” and had lunch at the summit.


the steep path leading to Little Mearley and then back to school via public footpaths and the link


They returned down


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Duff said the car was being driven by David Greenwood, of Chipping, when police at Longridge noticed that the excise li­ cence had expired. He had Fenwick’s per­


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Buying back


houses


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Housing Committee has decided to buy back any houses which it is


offered. Under the 1957 Hous­


ing Act, owners are ob­ liged to offer houses in the first instance to the council at the original sel­ ling price, with account being taken of any im­ provements since the purchase. The Housing Act 1980


servatory at the rear of 25 Pastureland Drive (0760). Downham: A window to . place the old hoist door at the


Post Office (0760). Sabdcn: First-floor bedroom


extension over the kitchen at 26 Wesley Street (0765). Waddington: New entrance


drive and car narking area for two cars and a caravan at “Selebia", Fell Road (0764). West Bradford: A radio


aerial at Croft Cottage (0757). Barrow: Alterations to the


house at Barrow Farm Gardens (0753).


Arrears


has no such restriction. It entails the owner of the property selling it on the open market and repaying 100 per cent of the dis­ count allowed by the council, falling by 20 per ,cent for every year since the original purchase. Under the 1980 Act,


RIBBLE VALLEY rent arrears at the end of June to ta l le d more than £25,000, member's of the Council’s Housing Com­ mittee were told. Borough Health and


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182 “notices to buy” have been served on the council by existing tenants.


Housing Officer Mr Peter Gladwin said that more notices seeking possession of property (formerly known as notices to quit) were being served than ever before. Of the £25,038 total,


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ACCIDENT A BLANK


- Mason, said Mr Graham Duff, - prosecuting, partly demolished a brick wall near the Petre Arms Hotel. H e was fined . £30


LANGHO motorist Carl Trevor Mason (22), of The Lodge, Langho Centre, told Clitheroe magistrates that he could, remember nothing of an accident in which * he had been in­ volved, because of the in­ juries he received.


for driving without due care and attention and was ordered to pay £5


costs.


THE new rose queen of St Leonard’s Church, Langho, 12-year-old Gil­ lian “Phillips, was crowned by retiring queen Pamela Chadwick on Saturday.


was spoiled by rain and a procession round the vil­ lage had to be cancelled.


Unfortunately the day


procession into church from the school led by Balderstone Brass Band, followed by the 1st and 2nd Langho Guides and B row n ie s , th e new Ranger group and the


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church Cubs and Scouts. The crowning was also


attended by visiting rose queens from St Gabriel’s, Brownhill, and St Peter’s, Salesbury.


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entertainment on the school field including chil­ dren’s races organised by the Cubmaster Mr Brian Williams. MU members served strawberry teas in the school.


lian with page Russell Foster (5) and attendants Kirsty L am b e r t (9), Donna Parker (9), Joanne Foster (8), Helen Simpson (6), Kirsty Scott (7), Gail Alexander . (6), Sandra Lee (4) and Sarah Shora-


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