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pass through the town on July 23rd on her way to carry out a private visit to the Girl Guide Training Centre at Waddow Hall. There will be a double


WITH flags and bunt­ ing barely folded away after Prince Charles’ visit, Clitheroe can look forward to a second Royal visitor next month. Princess Margaret will


ranged to give as many people as possible a clear view of the Princess.


bonus for sightseers lining the route, as tour plan­ ners have arranged for the Royal car to travel through 'the town centre on its way from Samles- b u ry ae ro d rom e to Waddow and to make the return journey along the inner bypass four hours later.


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PORTRAIT


(Diana Spencer — in our free to enter com­ petition. The gilt-framed


(measures 30in. by 18in. and is currently on show in our front office window. All you have to do


(compose a telegram of /congratulations to the (engaged couple.'


I— Fund booster


A FLAG day in aid of the Clitheroe branch of the St John Ambulance raised £179 for funds.


TODAY is your1 second chance to win. a magnificent prize — a superb Royal por­ tra it o f Prince Charles and Lady


photographic portrait of the Prince and his/ bride-to-be will en­ hance any home. It


Samlesbury at 12-05 p.m. and will turn off the A59 near Clitheroe Golf Club. It will then travel along Whalley Road, Moor Lane, Castle Gate, Castle Street, Market Place and York Street, before turn­ ing left at the Chatbum Road roundabout to head for Waddington Road.


The Royal car will leave


pected to reach the entr­ ance of Waddow Hall at 12-30. There she will be met by the Lord Lieuten­ ant of Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley, who will present the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble


The Princess is ex­ The route has been ar­


Valley, Coun. and Mrs John Walmsley; Chief Ex­ ecutive Mr Michael Jack- son and Mrs Jackson: and Skipton Division MP Mr John Watson.


"


Lady Badeh-Powell, the Guides’ Association Chief Commissioner, will pre­ sent Miss Mabel Howarth, chairman of Waddow House Committee, and Miss M. Walker, Guider- in-charge at Waddow.


also meet invited rep­ r e s e n ta t iv e s of th e Guides’ Association and o th e r g u es ts , before lunch.


Princess Margaret will


board a Land-Rover and tour camp sites in the hall grounds, to see some of the 400 Guides and Brow­


At 2 p.m. she will


nies who are travelling from all over the North of England for the occasion.


with a camp fire sing­ song, followed by tea in the training hut, along with a group of invited guests.


The visit will culminate


the hall at 4-30 and head back to Samlesbury via Waddington Road, the inner bypass and Whalley Road.


The Princess will leave


best possible view of the Royal visitor no parking will be allowed on any of the streets and roads on the Royal route between the A59 and Waddow Hall from early morning on the day of the visit until after 4-30.-


To allow spectators the


apply to the stretch of road between the hall en­ trance and Waddington and no spectators will be allowed bn Brungerley Bridge. .


The restriction will also


ists will co-operate in the way which made Prince Charles’ ' visit such a smooth one,” said Insp. Bill Moore, of Clitheroe Police.


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. at junctions as the Royal car passes through, but delays will'be kept to an absolute minimum.”


“Traffic will be stopped


. He added that because the visit was private, no members of the public would be allowed into the hall grounds.


Clitheroe man’s 4,000-mile dash


to son’s bedside


is to turn to page 9, f answer our true or .false questions and


jured in a weekend road acci­ dent.


'Mr Barrie Dean arrived at Preston Royal Infir­ mary neuro-surgical unit, he was relieved to learn that the youngster was conscious and improving.


But when a distraught


The drama began on Friday night, when 12-


year-old Warren Dean, of Riverside, Low Moor, was involved in a collision' with a motor cycle in Edisford Road, while cycl­ ing home from a friend’s house in Chatbum Road, Clitheroe.


blesdale School, received massive head injuries as well as neck, leg and wrist fractures.


• He was taken to Black­ burn Royal Infirmary, but his condition was so seri­ ous it was decided to transfer him to Preston immediately, where he underwent an emergency operation.


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MORE- than £220 was raised .for Overseas' Missions when St James's Sunday School, Clitheroe, held' a barbecue" and fancy, dress parade.


The weather, surprisingly, stayed fine for the event on the school field on ■


colourful characters in the fancy dress.


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Friday night and there was a good 'entry of


Winnersfwere: Helen Robinson (6) — Wgrzel Guinmidge, Shelley Hardman (6) —


'The barbecue fare included hot dogs, hamburgers and baked


It teas judged by church members Mr and Mrs Dawson. Hot Gossip and Andrew Kent (2) surprise pea.


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companied him in the am­ bulance and kept a vigil by his bedside as doctors fought for his life.


Snags


his family tided to contact Mr Dean in Saudi Arabia, where he has worked for the past three years in­ structing Saudi Air Force warrant officers on diesel fitting. His sister, Mrs Pauline


Wood, of Barker Terrace, Clitheroe, finally managed


Meanwhile, members of Warren, a pupil at Rib-


A CLITHEROE engineer made a 4,000-mile flight home from Saudi Arabia on Monday to be at the bed­ side of his son who was seriously in­


to telephone his American employers, Lockheed In­ ternational, at their com­ pound near the Jordanian border on Saturday' and asked them to pass' on the news of Warren’s acci­ dent.


at a base 60 miles away and asked to return to the compound where he was told about his son’s in­ juries.


Mr Dean was contacted


good and told me that I could fly home immediate­ ly,” he said. “However, I hit a few snags.


“My bosses were very Nerves


office was closed for the day and I could not get an exit permit to leave the country.


“The local passport


bag of nerves worrying about my son.”


couldn’t get a flight to England, so I had to wait until Monday morning for a plane. “By this time I was a


“The following day I


at Heathrow Airport on Monday afternoon and caught a shuttle service to Manchester Airp o rt, where he was met by his father, Mr Horace Dean and brother Steven, of Sid- daws Avenue.


Mr Dean finally arrived Worried


and asking questions and seems to know what is going on,” said Mr Dean. “However, there is still some exploratory surgery to be done. Doctors are also worried about infec­ tion setting in and it will be tomorrow before they give the all-clear.”


“Warren is talking now


to complete his contract on July 9th, has been told that he does not have to return. In his dash to reach England he left some belongings behind, but workmates are ar­ ranging to return them.


Mr Dean, who was due Warren’s condition yes­


terday was stated to be “comfortable”.


“We hope that motor­


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LO V E L Y g ru b ! Clitheroe and District Chamber o f Trade p r e s id e n t Mr S id Moore serves up some black pudding at the Countrg Fair for Mrs J e a n S h e p h e r d , w a tc h e d bg h e r daughter-in-law Mrs Karen Shepherd, of M i tc h e l l S t r e e t , C l i th e r o e , and Chamber o f Trade members. • For a full report


and more pictures of the fair, turn to-page 7.


THIEVES AT WORK


Auction Mart office at Clitheroe, where a Sanyo cassette recorder was taken. It carries the serial number 07750220 and is valued at £20. Thieves also broke into


tigating.


the auction mart cafe and chocolate and soft drinks worth £2 were taken. Clitheroe CID is inves­


the Swan Hotel, Whalley, where they entered tjie servants’ quarters and took a digital clock and radio and a Calibri cigarette lighter worth a total of £47. Another target was the


SNEAK thieves escaped with property valued at £67 in two separate inci­ dents in Whalley and Clitheroe last week. Their major haul was at


MBE ‘ a great honour for Calderstones’


DIVISIONAL Nurs­ ing Officer in charge of wards and clinical matters at Calder­ stones Hospital, Mr Tom McLean, feels that his MBE award announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list is an ack­ nowledgement of the advances made in the care and treatment of patients at the hospi­ tal in recent years.


honour and I am happy to share it with all the nurs­ ing staff at Calderstones,” he said.


“Obviously, it is a great


Ings End Barn, Skeleron Lane, Rimington, took up the post of principal nurs­ ing officer at Calderstones in April 1972, after three years as senior nursing of­ ficer at Stone Park Hospi­ tal, Bristol. In 1974, under Local


Health Authority .reorgan­ isation, his desienation


some important advances in the nursing of the men­ tally handicapped over the last few years and this award recognises that fact.” Mr McLean (43), of


“We feel we have made


welcomes the modern de­ velopments and is in fact often consulted on the best local solutions to the problems of the mentally handicapped. “If there is a feasible


alternative to bringing a patient to Calderstones,


A CLITHEROE couple — childless since their marriage five years ago — are saving up for a baby.


of Curzon Street, have sacrificed everything, in­ cluding holidays and the family car, to raise the £1,900 they need for a test-tube miracle.


Anne and Derek Smith,


25-year-old husband,, works at Trutex’s Henth- orn factory, has taken extra work as a barmaid


Anne (28), who, like her


• one last hope at the Cam­ bridge clinic run by test tube baby pioneer Dr Pat­ rick Steptoe.


to supplement their wages so they can afford their


problems, Anne has been told that she has little or no chance of conceiving naturally and is deter­ mined to try the test-tube me th o d , which was pioneered by Dr Steptoe with the birth of Louise Brown at Oldham General Hospital in 1978.,


Because of medical


ously considered adoption but were advised that there were no babies av­ ailable, and decided they would rather have a baby of their own than adopt a child of five years or more. The couple had heard


The couple, had previ­


about the first test tube baby but never seriously considered they would have a chance of a similar miracle. Anne took a newspaper


cutting to her GP and the subject was mentioned,


but she never thought about it again until an in­ vitation arrived from Dr Steptoe.


him earlier this year and after being told that he saw no major difficulties, they immediately started saving for the “miracle” which means so much to them.


Anne and Derek met


of Ribblesdale School and manned Londoner Derek a t C l ith e ro e P a r ish Church in 1976.'


Fancy dress helps mission funds Anne is a former pupil


K e e p w a t c h o n c h i ld r e n w a r n p o l ic e


young man committing an assault and, having so far gone undetected, he could try the same thing again." The teenager is be­


dren should be on their guard,” said a Clitheroe CID spokesman. “They should have an idea where they are at. all times and not allow them to wander. “This is a case of a


lieved to be aged between 14 and 17, . slimly built, with short black hair and sporting traces of a mous­ tache. He was wearing a short


black plastic jacket and blue jeans. The attacker was also in possession of a silver-framed bicycle.


Palace date


CLITHEROE teenager Judith Dixon has a date at Buckingham Palace a week today to receive her Duke of Edinburgh Gold award certificate from Prince Philip. Judith (18), of Chatburn


Road, will be watched by proud parents Alan, and Brenda Dixon. Normally, only one parent is invited, but Mrs Dixon will be there as youth leader of Judith’s award training group.


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near a swing at the Edis­ ford Recreation Area and a hunt is still going on for a teenage youth’ seen in the vicinity at the time. “Parents of small chil­


PARENTS in the Clitheroe area are being warned to keep a close watch on their children following an indecent as­ sault on a four-year-old girl in the town last week. The incident took place


the emphasis has shifted from custodial care to­ wards the community in­ volvement of residents. Mr McLean very much


Whalley hospital, how­ ever, he has seen many changes in the manner of care. Over the last few. years,


was changed to Divisional Nursing Officer, although his responsibilities re­ mained la rg e ly u n ­ changed. During his time at the


particularly from some miles away, we try to find it,” he said. “Advice on the best care for patients is always available."


' up by the Government to advise health authorities and local councils on the development of care for the mentally handicapped. A member of Downham


has been a member of the National Development Team for the Mentally Handicapped, a body set


PCG, Mr McLean lists his other spare-time interests as gardening and reading.


have a da.ughter Zoe (12), a pupil at Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School. Since 1979, Mr McLean


but brought up in Surrey, Mr McLean did his train­ ing at Cell Bams Hospi­ tal, St Albans, and Barnet General Hospital. He and his wife Jane


Born in the North-East,


ENTER NOW


IF you fancy flaunting yourself on a float in Sep­ tember’s torchlight pro­ cession, entry forms are1, now available at the Clitheroe Mayor’s Parlour and the library. Forms have already


been sent to those who took part in the last pro­ cession, but the organis­ ers are looking for new entries for floats and indi­ viduals. There will be cash


prizes for the most humorous, most original and most attractive floats and a number of individu­ al prizes. Clitheroe Town Clerk


for people to roll up on the day and make the event a success,” he said.


SHOOT DOWN PRICES!


Mr James Orrell is also looking for subscribers to the ' torchlight procession programme. Anyone with any original entries, stories or cartoons is in­ vited to submit them. “But the main thing is


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