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lose their jobs through cash cut-backs will be told shortly afterwards and it is expected that they will leave on "early retirement a t the beginning of June. This was confirmed by
THE results of a Ribble Valley Council staffing review will be known by the middle of next month. Any employees who may
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think that it isfairatthis stage to mention individu als or departments.” Mr Jackson could give
local branch of Nalgo said the union had co-operated in the review and it was hoped that any cuts would be taken care of by early retirement.
Holiday — ideas —
HOLIDAY ideas for all parts of Great Britain and abroad are fea tured in an attractive 20-page colour supple ment delivered with each copy of today’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. We hope you enjoy reading it and come up with ideas for your 1981 holiday.
no indication of likely numbers involved. A spokesman for the
ture from chief officers down is being consi dered,” said Mr Jackson. “Bearing in mind that we are now under one roof, there are possibilities of achieving savings' which did not exist under the previous system, when we were spread over five dif ferent locations. “However. I do not
departments is also being contemplated. “The whole staff struc
Chief E x e cu tiv e Mr Michael Jackson, who yes terday presented a prog ress report to the coun cil’s Personnel Committee on moves aimed to reduce the payroll. Restructuring of certain
■ place at Waddington Social Club. Christine said: “It was a surprise to be nominated and I was a little nervous at first, but now I’m look ing forward to the events ahead.” The ceremony was
Date is set for lorry park ban
— But there may he snag
RESIDENTS of Clitheroe’s Chester Avenue — delighted that an end to their prolonged fight against a lorry park near to their homes is in sight — now face a further delay before the cul-de-sac is finally officially closed to heavy traffic. Permission for the lorry
park runs out on Febru ary 3rd, the day that the Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Com mittee discusses an appli cation to use the former Albion Mill site, Water-
loo, as a temporary re placement. But although the Ches
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local highway authority — confirms an enforcement order submitted by the Ribble Valley Council for a barrier, double yellow lines and other measures to restrict the weight of
ter Avenue site will be closed on that day, it will probably be about six months before Lancashire County Council — the
limit order is confirmed, there is a danger th a t. vehicles may be left on the street there.
proposes to put up tem porary signs informing drivers th a t Chester Avenue has been closed. But until the weight
vehicles entering the street. The council therefore
Query
the vehicles to a new lorry park on the site of the former Albion Mill. But the council’s applica tion for a change of use has still to be considered by the Development Sub- Committee. This, too, will be on February 3rd. Meanwhile, the council
It is proposed to divert
Transportation Committee met on Monday, members queried an estimate of £2,000 for the work.
ton (Gisburn) described the amount . as “quite a lo t ,” while Clitheroe member Coun. Brian
Coun. Hairy Wadding-
A week to view
COPIES of the Clitheroe District Plan will be available for public inspection in the Ribble Valley Council’s "Planning Department until January 31st and anyone with any ob servations should inform the council before that date.
Bedding damaged
SLIGHT damage was caused to bedding and clo thing when there was a fire in an airing cupboard at a house in Chatbum Road, Clitheroe. Two pumps from Clitheroe Fire Brigade attended.
is considering just what needs to be spent on pre paring the old mill site for lorries. When the Planning and
Albion Mill site applica tion for change of use did not go through, the coun cil would find itself in a “limbo” situation with no where for the lorries to park from February 4th.
Architect and Planning Officer Mr Philip Bailey stressed to the Advertiser and Times that this was purely hypothetical and he hoped there would not be any premature adverse reaction to the latest de velopment.
who has lived in Chester Avenue for 17 years, said he would be “very re lieved” to see the closure of the lorry park.
Mr Horace Jackson,
street, I am sure they will be told to go away in no uncertain terms,” she said.
Glenys Forrest, whose husband John has been an active campaigner against the lorry park, said that although she sympathised with the lorry drivers, the closure of the park would mean the end of many months of misery. “If they park on the
And his neighbour, Mrs But yesterday, Chief
decision until February 3rd when it will have before it a detailed report from the Borough En gineer’s department. If for any reason the
Braithwaite" said he had often driven his car on the site and did not think there was much need for improvement. The committee put off a
Commended for good
police work
was responsible for many arrests for crime and similar offences. His previous commen
at Clitheroe since 1965 and is at present attached to the Juvenile Bureau. He is married, with
three children.
Red Rose Festival
LOCAL organisations holding events in June are invited to have them in cluded in this year’s Red Rose Festival. The festival, organised
and Pendle councils, is held each June. Anyone wishing to have
by the Ribble Valley, Blackburn, Rossendale
an event publicised in the Red Rose brochure should contact Mr Brian Manning, Senior Adminis tration officer, Council Of fices, Church Walk, Clitheroe (Tel. 25111), before March 1st.
Peel Park Close, is 39 and began his police service in Middleton. He has been stationed
dation was four years ago. PC Cox, who lives in
CLITHEROE policeman Norman Cox has been commended for a second time by the Chief Const able of Lancashire for “consistently good police work over a period of 12 months.” During that time he
farm before setting off on the shoot are (from the left): Jeffrey Rich, Ken Dickinson, Maurice Airey, Teddy Rich, Phil Dickinson, Frank Marsden, Bill Hoyle, Alf Bolton and Harry Bolton.
organised by Wolfen Hall Farm manager and keeper Mr Ken Dickinson, involved keepers and beaters- who had helped him to look after the Heyes family farm during the past year. Pictured outside the
A GROUP of gamekeepers and beaters from the- Chipping area bagged an impressive haul of 13 pheasants, six hares and a woodcock on the annual Wolfen Hall Farm keepers’ shoot at the weekend. The shoot,
Waddow Grove, Wad- dington, was - nominated for the title by a neigh bour. and on Saturday the Royal British Legion sash was officially handed over by her pre decessor, Alison Nevett, of Grindleton. The ceremony took
AN 18-year-old Clitheroe hairdresser has been chosen as Wad- dington’s Miss Royal British Legion 1981. • . Christine Taylor, of
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Summer trains again
THE Dalesrail service, which passes through the Ribble Valley on its way between Blackpool and Carlisle, will be running once again this summer.
operation last year, it again proved very popu lar, Chief Architect and Planning Officer Mr Philip Bailey told members of the Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Planning and Trans portation Committee.
ated had attracted a total of 220 adults and 80 chil dren, said Mr Bailey.
Myra Clegg (Wiswell) said she was pleased the ser vice was continuing to run, because it proved that the line through Whalley, Clitheroe and Gisburn to Hellifield was still viable.
Chairman Coun. Mrs
at the Sissors salon in Wellgate since it opened a year ago and is so interested in her work that she doesn’t find time for many other in terests. Before th a t , she
Waddington from North ampton three years ago and she a t te n d e d Riversmead School for a short time. Her sister, Adele, is now a pupil there.
Youngsters distribute guide
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guide are the addresses and telephone numbers of all the borough and county council depart ments in the area, as well as contacts for the consumer services and
Clitheroe is being under taken by members of Trinity Youth Centre, supervised by their leader, Mr Geoff Jack- son. With 17,500 houses in the Ribble Valley, this will represent a sub stantial saving in deliv ery costs for the council. Included, in the A to Z
from a number of parish councils for a perma nent, handy guide to local services. D is tr ib u t io n in
YOUNGSTERS are helping to distribute free copies of a guide to es sential services to every house in the Ribble Valley. The guide has been produced by the Ribble Valley Council with the Community Council of Lancashire and is being paid for partly by the Development Commis sion. It follows requests
Antiques raid at Bashall
CLITHEROE CID is ap pealing for public help in the hunt for thieves who stole antiques worth £1,000 from a house at Bashall Eaves on Monday. The raid took place bet
that anyone seeing any strange men or vehicles in the area at the time of the break-in should telephone Clitheroe 23818.
Judging
Whitaker. Winners were Peter Marsden, George Alpe and Margaret Mars den. Mrs Carr provided supper.
BOWLAND Forest YFC held a stock-judging com p e t itio n at Langden Holme Farm, the home of Mr and Mrs J. Carr. Master judge was Mr
a garage window, the thieves smashed an inter nal door and ransacked the house. They left with an 18-inch high French Boule clock valued at £850, as well as a pair of silver Georgian candles ticks and a silver cigaret te box with a combined value of £140. A police spokesman said
ween 11 a.m. and 3-45 p.m. when Mr and Mrs George Clayton of Mick- lehurst Barn, Clitheroe Road, were out. After entering through
worked at the Nelson branch and attended a day-release course at Nelson and Colne College. Her family came to
watched by her parents, Roland and Sylvia Taylor and her boy friend, Tony Walmsley, of Waddington, who will be her escort during the year of office. Christirife has worked
Judgement to BR in battle over sidings tenancy
A CLITHEROE haulage firm has lost the latest round in the fight to save its Station Road depot — which stands in the way of an £800,000 supermarket development.
been conducting a legal battle to keep the tenancy since British Rail gave notice to quit the depot on the old railway sidings, to make way for a new supermarket for Preston, based E. H. Booth.
Smith’s Transport has
hearing in Manchester this week, the judge’s de cision went against the firm and in favour of Brit ish Rail.
But at a county court
Chancery Division of the High Court took place last Wednesday to decide whether the original notice to quit served on Smith’s by BR in De cember, 1979, had been obsolete. • Smith’s claimed it was, because the form was out-of-date.
The hearing in the
uphold the .validity of the notice and to also establ ish that it was then enti tled to possession Of the premises.
BR asked the court to
decision until Monday, when he upheld that the notice to quit was valid and granted the declara tion sought by BR.
The judge reserved his The company is entitled
to appeal against the deci sion and its solicitor Mr John Lumley, is to meet counsel in London early next month to decide on the next step.
It was two years ago
that Booth’s first revealed plans to build a supermar ket on the sidings. It was hoped to have made a start early last year.
Lancashire comedy goes down well
for residents of St Ann's Court, Low Moor, Pictured in the Lanca
shire comedy, set in the 1920s, are, from the left: Front: Kathleen Byrne (17), Ruth England (11,),
Judith Paliga (11,); back —
first venture into drama •and it went so well that there are hopes of further productions in the future. The initial performance was given at a recent senior citizens’ party at SS Michael and John’s.
Ian Parkes, Sarah Byrne and Caroline Weaver and producer ivas Mrs Mar garet Weaver. The play was the club’s
Phillip Hutchinson (U) and Arnold Marsden (17). They were helped by
Graham Jackson (W,
MEMBERS of Clitkeroe Catholic Senior youth club proved a hit when they presented a play en titled “The dear departed”
given notice to quit, but Smith’s appealed against BR’s refusal to renegoti ate a tenancy.
All the tenants were
sed, but afterwards it was" discovered that the notice could have been served on an out-of-date form, which led to the latest action.
The appeal was dismis
Panto hits a snag
from February 26th to 28th, in Chatburn village institute. •
should contact Lawrence Whittaker, who is in charge of special effects. Tel. Clitheroe 41550. The performances are
REHEARSALS for Chat- burn Playing Fields Com mi t t e e ■' pantomime “Humpty Dumpty” have hit a slight snag — a snare drum and a Swan- nee whistle are needed for the special effects on which many of Humpty’s hilarious antics depend. Anyone who can help
v Health studio
OUTLINE planning per mission for the conversion of buildings
at.the rear, of 4 Castle Street, Clitheroe, into a health studio with living accommodation has been granted by the Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Com mittee.
Ainsworth (Clayton-le- Dale) questioned whether a service which was “for pleasure” should be sub sidised.
But Coun. Geoffrey
services which are laid on for pleasure being subsid-. ised,” he said. “I feel, in the case of baths and other sports facilities, too, that if someone wants to use a pleasure service, he should pay the full amount.”
“I do not agree with
(Sabden) felt that the Dalesrail service per formed an entirely diffe rent function for the resi dents of small villages close to the line than it did for East Lancashire townspeople.
But Coun. Michael Carr
say, Blackburn or Ac crington use .the line as a means of visiting some beautiful villages and en joying the countryside, the villagers themselves look forward to the ser vice operating because it gives them a rare chance to visit the bigger towns and pick up their shop ping at much cheaper prices,” he said.
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