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PARENTS through­ out NE Lancashire are being invited to send their children to


Bolton-by-Bowland School in a deter­


mined bid to save it from closure under Lancashire County Council economy proposals.


cedented step of making places ava ilab le to youngsters from outside the village is being taken by a newly-formed action committee of four parents, two prospective parents, a school man­ ager and a teacher. Advertisements will


The apparently unpre­


county education com­ mittee and Ribble Valley councillors have been in­ vited and brochures will be available giving full details of what the school has to offer. Interested parents can


also contact the school direct by ringing Bolton- by-Bowland 632. In the next step of the


appear in local newspap­ ers all over the area this week and parents who would like to know more about the school, par­ ticularly those with pre-. school age children, are invited to go along to an open afternoon being held there on Sunday, between 2 and 4 p.m. Members of the


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campaign, a coachload of more than 40 parents, governors, teachers and pre-school age children, as well as a number of young farmers' in Land Rovers, will be making the journey to County Hall, P re s to n , on Tuesday.


the education committee will consider the future of the 369-year-old school. Less than three weeks ago, the county’s education sub-committee chose to save Tosside School at the expense of the Bolton-by-Bowland establishment which, like Tosside, currently has 18 pupils on the re­


That is the day when


Controversy over new junction


A _ NEW junction designed to divert heavy traffic from Clitheroe town centre has met with strong opposition from traders in the Salford area of town. County council work­


' the inner bypass — two years after the idea was f i r s t su g g e s te d by Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade.


Crazy


pilot traffic island in Whalley Road and laying down of temporary kerb­ stones round the new junction have led to some confusion among local motorists.


But the resiting of the


This is because those coming from the town


men have been busy alter­ ing the Whalley ^ oad- Queensway junction to en­ courage motorists to use


.newsagent’s shop, has labelled the scheme as “crazy”.


cently spent £4,500 impro­ ving my shop front if I had known that this was going to happen. There has been no consultation. The whole thing appears cut and dried,” he said.


danger to children at Rib- blesdale School and old people from Castleford, and claims the alterations have affected his Whalley Road business. “I would not have re­


He is worried about the


centre must now give way to traffic on the inner bypass and Whalley Road. indeed Mr Eric Swins- coe, who runs a nearby


that pedestrians crossing the junction now have to watch for traffic from four directions.


sweeping bend had re­ sulted in drivers “putting their foot down” and speeding round.


The creation of a big, a ;,..;


ly for the old folk. In fact, the whole scheme is crazy and a waste of public money.”


Speeding


tested about the altera­ tions to Mr Richard Wordsworth, the County Surveyor at Whalley, and also to County Hall, and to local councillors Bob Ainsworth and Brian Braithwaite.


Mr Swinscoe has pro­


the safety aspect is sub postmaster Mr W. G Lawson,'who says a number of his older cus­


Also concerned about


tomers are anxious about the speed of traffic round the junction.


needs one driver to take the bend too fast and he’ll end up in my shop. There could soon be a nasty acci­ dent.”


He added: “ I t only Ii


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ism, Mr Wordsworth stressed that the kerb­ stones were temporary and would be adjusted if it was felt necessary.


Patience


next few days he will be seeking permission to make the new scheme permanent. He still wants to put “some reasonable shape” into the junction and it would then have to be resurfaced.


However, within the


tions has come from the local Chamber of Trade’s new president, Mr Sid Moore who pleads “Give it a chance.”


able that any new project would be opposed and someone might have to suffer for the greater good.


be of Clitheroe town centre free from a great deal of heavy traffic and therefore a lot safer for pedestrians there,” he added.


Clitheroe was different in character to many other shopping centres and the diversion of heavy traffic


With no precincts,


to the inner bypass would help to keep it that way, said Mr Moore.


A MOTORIST’S view of the new-look junction from Whal­ ley Road wi th Queensway : to the right andl the town centre turn off left. -..


“The overall effect will He said it was inevit­ Support for the altera­ Replying to the critic­ “It’s a poor do, especial­


Little Alison dances to a gold medal


A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Sabden girl danced her way to a gold medal in her first competition at Nelson Ballet Festival on Saturday.


Retires as governor of school


A LONG-SERVING gov­ ernor of St James’s Prim­ ary School, Clitheroe, Mr Thomas Heyes has retired from the post after more than 40 years.


Mr Heyes, of Cardigan


Avenue, Clitheroe, was one of those responsible for the school building an infant department 14 Years ago and for the later kitchen and hall ex­ tension.


the school and church, where he has also served as treasurer and chur­ chwarden, Mr Heyes used to run a grocery business in Castle View.


A lifelong worker for


continue to serve the school in the role of con­ sultative governor.


He has been asked to


ton, of Penvale, Simon- stone Road, was the youngest of 20 com­ petitors in her class — the open ballet section for six and seven-year-olds. And to take the gold


Alison Clare Warbur-


when she was three and is a pupil of the Kay Thur­ ston School of Dancing in Whalley, where she also learns tap and modern se­ quence dancing.


medal at the first attempt was quite an achievement for Alison, a pupil at Sabden County Primary School. She began dancing


Alison is the only


daughter of Peter and- Valerie Warburton. Her father said: “We think she has done very well. She has already entered for festivals in Blackburn and Clitheroe later this year.” A Czechoslovakian


the festival’s junior novice section. Louise is the youngest


daughter of Mr and Mrs Stuart Kerr.


dance performed by another pupil at the danc­ ing school — eight-year- old Louise Kerr, of Whal­ ley — won first prize in


Mr Swinscoe points out


and television companies have already been told of the villagers’ inten­ tions and it is hoped that the “bombshell” decision to close the school in August 1982 can be overturned, at least for a few years.


gister. National newspapers


believes that the school re g is te r could well double within the next five years or so.


The action committee


a reprieve until at least 1985, by which time, say villagers, the local birth­ rate should have picked up sufficiently . to give the school the 30 or so


It intends to press for


pupils it needs to make it viable.


tend ■ to go in cycles,” said action committee spokesman Mr John Murray, “ and there are up to 20 young men in their teens and early twenties on farms in the area.


“Village populations


them marry and have one child within the next four or five years, it would increase the school population to 30 and go a long way to making it viable again.


empty houses in the area and these need time to be filled.”


“If just a dozen of “There are also many


lute tragedy if the school closed and we are deter­ mined to do everything in our power to overturn the decision.”


Waddow’s Royal visitor


August 15th, 24 youngs­ ters in need of a holiday, not necessarily uniformed members, will be staying at the hall. Some 200 Guides,


Brownies and Rangers from local divisions will be at Waddow on the day, with another 400 already camping there. Visits from princesses


still being finalised, but a spokesman at the associa­ tion’s London headquar­ ters said the Princess's visit would fall during a special month at Waddow. Between July 17th and


Brownies and Rangers are expected to pack Waddow, which cele­ brated its golden jubilee four years ago. Details of the day are


WADDOW Hall, the training centre of the Girl Guides’ Association, is to have a Royal visitor — Princess Margaret, the Association’s president — on July 23rd. About 600 Guides,


against us yet again, we will be left with a two- month period in which to lodge 'an objection with the Secretary of State,” said Mr Murray, who runs the village shop with his wife Mai, and has a daughter, Alison, due to start school in a couple of years’ time. “It would be an abso­


education committee votes to go ahead with the closure, the villagers will continue their fight “to the bitter end”. “If the decision goes


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PUPILS of St Augus­ tine’s High School, Bil- lington, are hoping to make the charts with their record, “The Stuart Hall Song,” launched at the weekend. The 130 strong school


choir and band featured on the record has already appeared on BBC televi­


sion when the song was privately recorded in January. But now it has been


wearing new shirts and ties each night.


launched commercially and is available at record shops. The song is a pen-por­


trait of the television per­ sonality and makes fun of his apparent habit of


“adopted” the school and members of the band wel­ comed him to Reidy’s Home of Music. Black­ burn, to promote the record. ■ They spent two hours at the shop while Stuart


Stuart has virtually


Councillor quits Tories to join new party


RIBBLE VALLEY coun­ cillor Mr Michael Carr, of Sabden, is resigning from the Conservative party to join the new Social Demo­ crats. Coun. Carr, a teacher,


the Social Democrats, who are officially forming their new party today. Coun. Carr, who has


of Eightacre Avenue, has been considering the move for some time. It follows his “growing dis­ satisfaction with national Conservative policies”. He intends to approach


are nothing new to the hall, which was opened in 1927 by Princess Mary, then president of the As­ sociation.


Short time at Trutex


TRUTEX is putting all its production units on short time, including the Henth- orn works at Clitheroe. A spokesman for the


Grindleton-based firm said that, as with the rest of the clothing industry, the recession was having its effect on the Trutex order book. To keep down stocks it


been involved with the Conservative party since his student days in 1971, told the Advertiser and Times: “The Government appears to be ignoring the social effects of some of its policies. “I think we are about to see an exciting phase in


Rates rebel (69) goes to jail


CLITHEROE rates rebel Stephen Pryle (69)


has been jailed for 30 days for refusing to pay his bill.


Let’s have festive look


had been felt prudent to restrict production levels for a short time. “We will return to full-time work­ ing as soon as possible,” said the spokesman.


MENTIONED IN GUIDE


A CLITHEROE cafe has


been included in Egon Ronay’s “Just a Bite” guide for the third succes­ sive year. The Colbourne House


Cafe, Wellgate — just four years on its present site — receives special mention for its “quite irres­ istible” cakes and gateaux and its “excellent coffee.” Owner Mrs Ruth


Swales said she was de­ lighted to see the cafe in­ cluded in the guide again.


CLITHEROE Chamber of Trade — disturbed at the general lack of decora­ tions in the town centre last Christmas — is deter­ mined to see that this year’s festive season is celehrated in style. Plans to brighten up


of the public with ideas on how to inexpensively brighten up Clitheroe’s main streets at Christmas is invited to contact the Chamber. Incoming president, Mr


the town centre this Christmas, possibly With festive lighting and shop window displays, were an­ nounced at the Chamber’s annual meeting. Any trader or member


Valley Council £73 for the rates on his terraced house in Curzon Street, where he lives alone. But he will not pay, because he objects to the council renewing planning per­ mission for a vehicle repair shop to continue business opposite his home.


He owes the Ribble


from the building makes his life a misery.


He claims that the noise Pryle failed to appear


at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court last week to answer a summons for non-pay­ ment of rates for 1980- 1981 and a warrant was issued for his arrest.


bench he had the money to pay, but had come “prepared to go to prison" rather than do sol


On Tuesday he told the


whip up interest among traders and the public and make sure that Clitheroe celebrates Christmas .in style.”


corations, such as they were, reflected the depre­ ssed mood of the coun­ try," he said. “It is our intention to


Sid Moore, said it was hoped to promote a more optimistic, mood in the town at Christmas. “Last year’s festive de­


Peter Nuttall told Pryle that while he might have a fair grievance' against the council, it was no de­ fence to the proceedings.


Magistrates clerk Mr


to decide was whether he had the money to pay.


All that the court had


Mrs Margaret Lupton gave Pryle one last chance to pay, but he again refused and was committed to prison.


Presiding magistrate


the hearing that his com­ plaint was not directly against the garage but the council.


Mr Pryle said before


garage being given plan­ ning permission in Febru­ ary to calory on for another 12/ months, in spite of the town council and the county' surveyor recommending against it.


He objected to the f M Mr Pryle said: “If the


.places like this.” The garage, owners


Ribble Valley Council had set about completing the industrial estate at Salth- ill, instead . of building itself a new office block, these people wouldn’t have to do business in


have denied that they cause a nuisance and say J that they have sought j other premises., without success.


STILL MANY ITEMS AT PRE-BUDGET PRICES


British politics. For a long time I have felt we needed a new force in politics and I think the Social Democratic party is it, particularly. if there is a good working arrange­ ment with the Liberals.' “At the moment we


have two parties which are both veering to the extreme in different direc­ tions. This is not what the country needs.” .Coun. Carr, who was


b ran ch chairman of S’


from 1976 to 1979, says he does not intend to resign from the Ribble Valley Council — “although some people may say I should.”


abden Conservatives


the first three forms, are all pictured on the sleeve which also includes a “translation” of the Lan­ cashire dialect song. It was written by the


au to g ra p h ed record sleeves. The pupils, from


hoping it is going to do well. The children have done it all at lunchtime and after school and have gained a lot from it educa­ tionally.”


been out for a few days, but who knows, it may make “Top of the Pops” yet!


The record has only CLOCKS ON


DON’T forget to alter y o u r c lo ck s th is weekend. B r i t ish Summer Time starts at 1 a.m. on Sunday and clocks should be advanced by one hour.


towards general school funds, the music depart­ ment and the Stuart Hall d isabled c h i ld re n ’s charity. Mr Rose said: “We’re


school’s head of music Mr Peter Rose and the lyrics are by his father. All the proceeds will go


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