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^EUPILS^’from^eyeiy^s^ool^in^GUtheroe.^prfh Vided an entertaining"'evening " to 1 tea t the


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.winter gloom when they performed.the, musical *“The Sea,” coupled with‘seasonal'music.-'',f


>moon the


odist 1 ser-


with


given con-


holars


Is, ac- guitar duet Ann


•oline ■


’ill be usual


taken n and


mince after-


I Tinsmith \ Tommy ■


They (. received 1 an- en­ thusiastic response from


: dies ,(78) ■


/called, died at his- home: on Saturday, aged 78. . :


A POPULAR Clitheroe man Mr Tommy Smith-— ‘or’ “Tommy the ■ tinsmith” as he was generally


- lost one of its most skilful and dedicated craftsmen. ,


•/ When Tommy retired from his life’s work as a tinsmith in 1976,: the town


' his flat cap and overalls in his small workshop' just off North Street car park.


. For 40 years he had been: a familiar figure in


s tree at St


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isburn ed by and Gis-


anist. 1 Mrs


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Ladies’ invited a St nd the Christ-


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ness begun by his/father, h f making hand-made metal objects of every


sburn, nnual


ted by Miss


; During those years he carried on - the/ family busi­


. decorated in the true ■ 'style of a craftsman. • . ■


' Smith, in Chatbum Road, was a native of the town


.Tommy, who lived, with his s is te r Miss Alice


-;b’eing born only a- few .yards from the workshop in North Street. *


.- ..Some of the tools he used in his art were more


: -pleted a brass and copper money box in the shape of Clitheroe Castle. ■ A-service and cremation


Than 70 years old and his .favourite , creations with • them included a brass and copper prayer book. , ; Just before. his retire- ■ment- he had also - com-


..will take place at Accring­ ton this moriiing. • •


; C o l l is io n v .


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CYCLIST Colin Ashton (16), of Grindleton ■ Road, West Bradford, was re­ leased from Blackburn Royal Infirmary after treatment for slight in­ juries, following a collision with a car in Whalley R o ad , C l i th e ro e , on ■Friday. The driver of the car, Mr Peter Hilton, of Whalley Road, Sabden was unhurt.


■conceivable kind, .each ■meticulously shaped and


the.large audience at "'the' two’ . performances ' in : St: Paul’s, Church, Low Moor. /At" the' ■


last.! moment,


Mrs;: Jean.;-Brennan,pa teacher at Pendle County; Primary School, took over’ the electronic piano when the -accompanist, was unable to attend. The >. audience ■


/appreciated was Mrs Mac­ Donald’s seagull mobile which. hung above ■ the choir:


ated the. mime,; particular­ ly .the -sailor section ;by the boys of: Clitheroe Royal Grammar. School, trained by Mrs Valerie MacDonald. Also much


appreci­


u-’Ai variety, of unusual carols preceded “The Sea.” Soloists'were Sarah White,5 of;-. Chipping; Ian Parker," a" pupil of CRGS; and Ian Dixon, of Park Avenue. ; '/ / , ’


' ' The':,quartet: of Sarah


■Helen Davey. • ^ • • ■ The work was scored


Whitev Catherine Cox, Leon King and' Edward Longstaff, all members of the Lancashire Schools Symphony.Orchestra, also performed. Other local musicians : were Paul: Haig, Susan Fielding, Hilary Jones, Susan and


and conducted by Mrs; Marie Tomlinson, county area" music adviser. She said “It was a'wonderful co-operative activity.”.


Did not pay for lodgings


.£110 for board and lodg­ ings . in Waddington was put on probation for two years by . magistrates at Clitheroe.- ■-■-.


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tion of. £135,' to contribute £50 towards the cost of legal aid: and .to' pay. £25 costs. The court was told that


./ David Charles Rowe (35), of Tredo Close, asked for two other off­ ences to 1 be taken into consideration. He was or­ dered to make compensa­


’Christmas shopper. The coffee morning was


he had already paid £10 of the compensation: ■


COFFEE and mince pies on-sale at the Clitheroe Mayor’s Parlour on Satur­ day morning proved an in­ viting treat for many a


■organised by the Rotary Club of Clitheroe’s Com­ munity Services Commit­


tee,; chaired by Rtn Peter


Nuttall. In addition to tempting


refreshments, there was a bring-and-buy stall. About £130 was raised; to help pay for Christmas parcels which wiir .bedistributed to old people in the town. In attendance were club


president Rtn Donald Hartley, Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob Ainsworth and Mrs Elizabeth Ablett, president of Clitheroe


Inner Wheel. Pictured are Rtn Nut-


tall (back left) and Rtn Hartley with some of the visitors'and helpers.


A BUCKINGHAM man who. admitted leaving .without paying a bill of


1 ; ; - 7 ; ■ if..; *VvV.'^‘


^Taughtat ^primary schools


THE ; funeral’..took place: on- Tuesday; of Mrs - Alice, Bretherton;wife ..ofr Mr; Kenneth Breth er to n ,o f High field, Pendle ton, Road, Wiswell.


.> Mrs : Bretherton-was>


formerly a; teacher.. in’ ■Blackburn,...chiefly- at! Intack.- and'/Roe /Lee county.primary schools,', .-;;


t- The - family moved/.to Wiswell' from Wilpshire, six years ago,, when.-,she- retired on health giounds.j


main- leisure-interesf .and. she* competed ;;in j the' flower . arranging,- section at Whalley : and . District Horticultural.;, Society’s


^Gardening . was,,,her, show's. ,


band, Mrs Bretherton leaves two sons and two daughters... .; . ,


■.:In;.addition to her hus­


;- The 'Rev. Graham • Vic­ kers conducted a service in ‘ Whalley.; Methodist Church and interment at Whalley and' Wiswell Cemetery.


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(THE; other night I in­ vited the House'to ap- proveothe -Transfer ;,of Undertakings (Protec-,; tion of Employment) Regulations 1981- and / came in . for, a bat- / tering. ■ k Facing a hostile Opposi-:


THERE -.was1 some- excel-':- farmer MivAlan Laycock lent stock. on offer at landing the. champion


Clitheroe Auction Mart’s trophy. Christmas show and sale ; . Despite the .weather, on Monday- with Whalley, more than, ,40 animals


Mince pies go down a treat


competed in nine classes. The top price of 158p


per live kilo was paid for the champion Charolais cross bullock, -owned by Mr Laycock, of Mitton Hall Farm. . It was bought by Burn­


ley and Padiham butchers K. and M. Berkins. Local butcher Mr Denis


Gorrill bought the best. heavy weight steer and reserve champion — a Limousin cross exhibited by Mr L. Yates, of Fence. The animal weighed in at 670 kilos and cost Mr Gor­ rill 121p per live kilo. Judges' were Mr K.


- The ch am p io n sh ip money, donated by the National ■ Westminster/ Bank, was presented by Clitheroe branch manager Mr Jim Fielding.-. - '• The silver trophy was


Ashworth, of Rossendale, and T. Bolton,, of Langho.


handed over , to Mr Lay­ cock (left) by. Mr Hill Speak, the Mart’s manag­ ing director. Looking on are the. runners-up and


judges.


Drove without due care


STATED to - have pulled into the path of a motor­ cyclist in Church Street, Clitheroe, car driver Geoffrey Smith (37), of Victoria Street, was fined £50 at Clitheroe for driv­ ing without due care and attention.;He was ordered to pay £5 costs.


Helpers keep the wheels


turning RIBBLE Valley folk have rallied round to ensure the future of the area’s meals-on-wheels service and provide helpers at Clitheroe Hospital.


lighted with the response and have1 received calls from plenty/of volunteers Said one organiser , Mrs Sadie Baker: “It'really is nice to think that every one has rallied round to help.” • . . „.


The organisers are de: . Following appeals in


the Advertiser and Times more than-a dozen offers of assistance came in for distributing meals from both Clitheroe-and Broc- khall hospitals. In , addition, .a new


tion- is no'trouble at all. The more they , shout the more one can shout back: but a barrage,of interrup­ tions .- from behind one’s , right shoulder is distinctly unnerving. V • The Opposition certain­ ly had nothing to complain, about (although they all eventually voted against the motion) because the regulations had been tabled to put into effect a European Community Di­ rective agreed by the Labour Government in 1977. The Tories present, led


by the anti-Market Teddy Taylor, were not, how­ ever,'at all impressed by


Bill is -joined, much fur


.will fly and we will go through the ritual of sit­ tings of th e . Committee through the ' night ‘and noisy lobbies through .the day. It will not be com­ fortable but I think it will be worthwhile. No responsible Govern­


ment could have, failed to react to the closed shop dismissals at: Sandwell and Walsall and, so far as trade union immunities are concerned, it is surely hard to justify in this day


my assertion that, we had / and age leaving unions no option but to legislate, with legal privilege^ grea-


and when I said that I did not think much of the reg­ ulations and was recom­ mending them with a re­ markable lack of en­ thusiasm, T only made matters worse. The vote went all right, but it was not one of my b e s t efforts.


MICHAEL Foot once de­ scribed Norman Tebbitt as a-/ semi-housetrained pole /cat,: and; Eric Varley the other day called him a street comer thug and a “bit of a bovver boy.”


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ter than those afforded even to the crown.


RECENTLY I visited the Docks at Tilbury. The day before I had been in Liverpool in connection with the Heseltine initia­ tive and to attend a meet-, ing of the area board chaired by the Bishop of Liverpool which approves or disap p ro v e s YOP schemes. .


I also went to look at one p a r t ic u la r YOP


; ■


.scheme near the mouth of the Mersey and there was


able side,” said Varley, “I In 1953 I came home to have not noticed it.” Well, I have, and, in


“If he has got an agree- not a single ship in sight, y


meals-on-wheels organiser for Langho and Billington is being appointed soon.


. . Several volunteers have come forward, too, to help with a trolley used to convey food and toiletries round Clitheroe Hospital,


. Someone has also • indi­ cated they will- take son the task of organising summer holidays for chil­ dren from inner cities w ith Rib b le Valley families.


- tradition of Ministers of ' Labour , like Walter Monc- kton and Ian Macleod who were great conciliators,’ but conciliation is not always the recipe for success. /Remember the Social


fact he is a very charming man. But he is tough and, we need a tough man in his job. He is not in the


Contract! And there is no hope of conciliation being the name of the game when one comes to the necessary reforms in in­ dustrial relations law. So, after Christmas, when battle over the new


Liverpool in a troopship, the SS Georgic, and we queued up for hours at the river mouth with what seemed like a mass of other ships waiting for the tide, It is sad to see what


By David Waddington MP for Clitheroe Division


city, whose original pros­ perity,. unlike Manches­ ter’s, was based on com­ merce and the port and , not on manufacturing in­ dustry, really are frigh­ teningly immense.


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AMIDST all the trouble and strife over the Chan­ cellor’s statement, Ian . Lloyd, the Member for


Havant and Waterloo, raised the question of the Christmas Tree in Trafal­ gar Square. As everyone knows,


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one is sent each year by the City of Oslo as an expression of goodwill and gratitude for. British help to Norway during the Second World War. But what every one


does not know is that the generosity of the Norwe­ gians is not matched by the Department of the Environment who always send a bill to the City of Westminster to cover the cost of erection. Last year it came to


£4,457, including £320 for carriage by road from Felixstowe.- Ian Lloyd argued with


passion that it was not so much the principle of the thing as the fact that a hydraulic platform could have been used for the erection and decoration of the tree at very much less cost. The Minister announced


has happened to the port since. Where . has the trade gone? A lot certain­ ly to Tilbury and the East Coast ports. Liverpool’s bad record of industrial relations must certainly have hastened the decline, but the whole pattern of trade has changed in recent years and bad labour relations cannot be blamed for that.' The problems of the


'■ would have stopped the traffic, that this year the bill would only be £4,300 and that he dreaded to think how much the Member for Havant and


triumphantly that putting a platform on the Square


/ Waterloo had cost the country by insisting on the debate and making the Department work overtime getting the facts and figures. Mr Lloyd was not


amused.


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