Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 26tli, 1981 3
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION ; . Whalley Rd, Clitheroe
THURSDAY AND SATURDAY S U N D A Y
PINK CHAMPAGNE GROUP GUESTS AND NON MEMBERS 50p
WHALLEY CHURCH PLAYERS PRESENT
THE MAN WITH A LOAD
OF MISCHIEF by ASHLEY DUKES ON
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY
2nd, 3rd and 4th APRIL IN THE
WHALLEY C of E SCHOOL at 7-30 p.m. TICKETS 80p, CHILDREN 50p
Available from Whittakers, King Street, Whalley and Members of Cast and Committee
, Need for give and take
I AM- sorry that the Ribble Valley Council, having acknowledged “a •genuine mistake” .on the !part of Harrison En gineering,' did not at least go part 'of ■ the way to wards settling, the excess cost involved in the erec-: tion of grilles and gates at the council, offices.
extra labour and materials for nothing. The “short comings” of, the firm was in a mistaken quotation, and not in the standard of workmanship. -.
The council has had the
would-be-done by” should have -been applied in' this situation. Even a council can make a mistake!
The precept “Do as you DUNSOP BRIDGE VILLAGE HALL COME DANCING
THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 28th, 8 p.m. to 11-45 p.m.
PARKER BROS BAND ADMISSION £1.25 INCLUDING SUPPER Too fa s t
FOR exceeding the 30 m.p.h. speed limit in a car on Lower Lane, Lon- gridge, Carol Booth (37), of Shire Lane, Hurst Green, was -fined £25 with £5 costs a t1 Clitheroe Magisti-ates Court. She was said to have travelled at just over 45 m.p.h. . In a letter to the court,
PENDLE FOREST and CRAVEN HUNT
Point-To-Point Steeplechases
GISBURN RACES 1st RACE NOW 1-30 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28th PLEASE NOTE:
THE BOAR’S HEAD LONG PRESTON Tel. 217 « (Near Settle on the AG5)
will be open the following times on
MOTHERING SUNDAY 10 a.m. — 12 NOON FOR MORNING COFFEE 12 NOON — 3 p.m. FOR LUNCH
3 p.m.— 4-30 p.m. FOR AFTERNOON TEA 4-30 — 6 p.m. FOR HIGH TEA EVENING MEALS AS USUAL
JUNIOR ROVERS UNDER 14’s WILPSHIRE WANDERERS FO UNDER 14's
Manager: Mick McGrath (ex-Rovers) Coach: Keith Newton
at RIBBLESDALE PARK FOOTBALL GROUND BEHIND CRAVEN HEIFER, WHALLEY ROAD Kick-off 11-30 a.m., SUNDAY, MARCH 29th
In aid of the ACROSS JUMBLULANCE Fund to send local disabled people on Holidays.
MRS J. E: FOULKES, 13 Lancaster Drive, Clitheroe.'
Prospects of a ‘ ghost ’ village
IT-would appear that in deciding to close Bolton- by-Bowland School, Lan cashire County Council has' failed to - realise the effect this will eventually
'have on the village com munity.
■ important amenity. . ■ It will also be one more, factor in the rural depopu
-would be offered to young, married couples with' a; family to move here, as obviously a school is an
■Even less : incentive ■ v- ■
lation' that the farming community here is already •experiencing. ■ I appreciate that the
high prices commanded for properties have contri- • buted, but,why, at pre sent, are there no fewer than 12 dwellings -stand ing empty, in the village and surrounding area?
•Many of these could easily » be re-let and local young couples would be glad of the opportunity. ■' . There are also several, farming families where it ; can be assumed that at least the eldest son is likely to remain in the area, marry and have a family.,' •
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into this category and as prospective parents we: feel it is far more, benefi cial to the community if the ’ children can be edu-; cated at the village school.
My husband and I come ;
many of the village’s social functions would suffer, drastically without the support of the pupils.
in familiar surroundings. ; The school ;acts as an
Letters to the Editor
Preserve this happy school
l FEEL that Lancashire, County Council has not given enough thought to what it is doing to our village by closing our school, which has been going for nearly 400 y'ears.
RAISE REVENUE OTHER
she said she did not know the area very well .and was unaware of the speed limit.
SALVATION ARMY THE
, LOWERGATE SUNDAY NEXT, MARCH 29th
at 2-15 p.m.
MOTHER’S DAY SERVICE
Conducted by Mrs Cooney of Preston Salvation Army
Items by Sunday School Scholars who will receive flowers and cards' for their mothers during the service. ALL MOTHERS WELCOME
SINGLE PARENTS
JUMBLE SALE
St Mary’s Parish Sunday School Institute
SATURDAY, MARCH 28th at 2 p.m.
- "ADM IS S IO N 5p * Toys! Cakes!
WAYS I FAIL to see how Clitheroe Division MP Mr David Waddington" can defend the Budget and say that he is concerned about unemployment and inflation, as reported in last week’s Advertiser and Times. Firstly, inflation. Sir
Geoffrey Howe has in creased the price of ev erything we buy that has to be transported — and that is everything, includ ing food — by increasing the price of petrol and diesel by 20p a gallon. If extra revenue has to
has always been' a very big interest in our village and whenever I called at the school during working hours, the happiness of the children greeted me as I came through the door.
The life of the school
this happy atmosphere at the school ever since I came to live in the village nearly 50 years ago.
There has always been
dren have always acquit ted themselves well and the school has had great successes and results.
Educationally, the chil
Pleas from the
heart
A NUMBER of letters have been received about the ■ closure of Bolton-by- Bowland School, many of necessity making the
same points. To avoid repetition, we publish the following ex tracts:
be raised, then surely there are less inflationary means. Increases in gambling
land school, it has always given a very good religi ous grounding, which is a great foundation for life. Knowing r ig h t from wrong, especially these days, is important in help ing to turn out good citi zens for the future.
Being a Church of Eng
tax and dog licence fees are two methods. Another would be to in
crease the higher rates of income tax. It must be remembered that many people in the top income brackets receive perks as well as their salaries and these could have been taxed much more. By not raising the level
wants the children to go to other schools, perhaps at Grindleton, Gisburn or Chatbum. Naturally they will lose touch with each other and make friends elsewhere.
Now the county council Bolton-by-Bowland
of money earned before tax, the Chancellor has, in fact, discriminated against the lower income groups and put pressure on wage claims — this in itself is inflationary. Secondly, unemploy
CHRIST CHURCH CHATBURN
MOTHERING SUNDAY
1981
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND MOTOR SERVICES LTD AND HODDER MOTOR SERVICES . 8-Day Holiday Tours by Coach ■
May 2nd - 9th Majf 9th - 16th ' May 9th - 16th May 23rd - 30th July 18th - 25th Sept. 19th - 26th
Sept. 26th - Oct 3rd Gt Yarmouth
Paignton Gt Yarmouth Clacton-on-Sea Cliftonville Cilftonvilie Cliftonville
£82.00 £79.50 £75.00 £86.50
£89.50 (Half-board) £76.50 £75.00
Excepting July Tour, costs include full board and 3 half-day excursions.
SERVICE
March 29th at 3 p.m.
Speaker? Mrs Anne Roberts
(No 6-30 p.m. service this .Sunday)
ment. The benefits to small businesses, although welcome, will hardly make an impact on those without a job. It is the big firms that
School ha§ been through hard times on several oc casions, but with the help of the staff, governors, parents and villagers all working together, we have always kept the flag flying.
need help to create many of the jobs that have been lost through the policies of the present Tory gov ernment. GKN, ICI, ICL, Bowa-
ters and Shell . . . the list of companies losing money is seemingly never ending. Finally, Mr Waddington
world .war the Govern ment found village schools very useful when children from the big cities were evacuated. We opened our arms to them and did all we could to help them and this is our thanks.
During the second
M. MILNE-REDHEAD, (Governor), Glen Roy, 5 Brookside, Bolton-by-Bowland.
is reported as saying that there has been no in crease in productivity. Bearing in mind that
CLAIMING DATE NEWTON VILLAGE HALL
SALISBURY COTTAGE NEWTON-IN-BOWLAND
COFFEE
OPEN EVERY WEEKEND AFTERNOON TEAS
Tel. SLAIDBURN 259 ROAD SHOW
THE DISCO DANCING
The Best in entertainment for WEDDINGS,
PARTIES, etc. Telephone
BARNOLDSWICK 8 1 4 4 4 4
West Bradford
Methodist Church GRAND
JUMBLE SALE and
POUND STALL ON SATURDAY,
MARCH 28th, 1981 at 2-30 p.m. '
Admission 3p Refreshments available
RE-OPENING OF CLITHEROE Wl MARKET
TUESDAY, MARCH 31st, 1981
10-30 a.m. to 11-45 a.m. ST MARY'S LOWER
SCHOOL (York Street . entrance)
Produce, Crafts, etc. Meet your .friends for coffee
WEST BRADFORD PARISH COUNCIL
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 6th, AT 8 p.m. IN THE ROOM AT THE REAR OF THE
METHODIST CHAPEL Refreshments available
ST MARY’S PLAYGROUP
MORNING ON FRIDAY, MARCH
COFFEE
27th IN THE LOWER HALL (York Street) 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Branded Seconds Cake Stall
Beauty Preparations etc. Prints of most
photographs in this issue are available to order
8in. x 6in. — £ 1
LIGHT MEALS FLEA MARKET
MONDAY, MAY 5th 11 a.m. to 5-30 p.m.
Stall inauiries Slaidbur'n 3 1 2
THE UNITED
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP will meet
SATURDAY
MARCH 28th 7-30 p.m. at
4 SOMERSET AVENUE ★ ★ ★
Speaker
MRS MOIRE, Grlndleton All are welcome
RIBBLE VALLEY SNORKEL CLUB FR ID A Y ,
M A R C H 2 7 th at St Helen’s Sunday DISCO
School, Waddington 7-30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dancing'to Mr DJ Disco
No pass outs after 9 p.m.
We reserve the right to refuse admission
M-cyclists use this
many firms, including local ones, have been forced to make redundan cies or are working on short time, does he find this remarkable?
G. PARKER, Clitheroe.
Topics for foster
parents
A WIDE range of topics was discussed at a lively and varied meeting of the Ribble Valley Foster Pa rents Association, held in the form of an open dis cussion. It covered many as
footpath I READ with interest the letter in last week’s Ad vertiser and Times about cyclists using the footpath across Henthorn Park. However, the problem
is not only confined to bikes, as I have seen motor cycles being driven on the path. Also, paper boys are
MRS D. WRIGHT, School governor, o f . Stocks House, Bolton- by-Bowland: “Please, county councillors, listen to your conscience and do not be ■. responsible for carving off parts of our heritage. Our school has a history of achievements and has produced chem ists, MPs, a doctor, a Mayor, a borough survey or, RN officers, a compu ter analyst, a hank man ager, a BBC organist, missionaries, founders of a Quaker movement and an order of monk's, the founder of a local bus ser vice, teachers, civil ser vants, nurses, secretaries and owners of local businesses.”
MRS D. G. KELSALL, ■'
Lords Farm, Bolton-by- Bowland: “When we came to live on a farm three miles out of Bolton- by-Bowland we knew no- one. But because of the villagers’ community at mosphere and friendli ness, we willingly sent our children to the school — it has been our life line and has helped us to make friends.”
J . C. WATSON, Treetops, Pinder Close, W ad d in g to n : “A fter taking into account the added cost of transporting the children to other schools, the net saving to the county will be minimal in relation to its overall expenditure. This saving could be achieved else where with a minimum of disruption.”
D. MILNE-REDHEAD, 4 New Row, Holden: “Our children have been used to a good, almost individual education. They are not just a number in a large class trying to keep up with the brighter members. They have manners, respect and unity, one with another.”
riding their bikes on the pavement in Henthorn Road and one or two old people have been involved in “near misses." The boys only give you
bikes on the road, then they .should not have them.
GRANDMA.
pects of foster care, from children with special prob lems to children with spe cial talents, the availabili ty of grants for school un iforms, holiday arrange ments and routine health check-ups. The m e e t in g , at
Clitheroe Social Services office, was well attended and several prospective foster parents were wel comed by chairman Mrs V. Gibson. On April.5th, the meet
ing will include films pro vided by the NSPCC; Tea and biscuits will he avail able and all foster parents are invited to come along.
COACH HIRE
TEL. GISBURN 394 20*45 str. :-r-
AVAILABLE ESTIMATES FREE- . Fined £30 ■
Court. He was said to have travelled at just over 46 m.p'.h.
FOR exceeding the 30 m.p.h. speed limit in a car on-Preston Road, Grim- sargh; Timothy ( Proctor (45), of Dobson Hall Farm,-- Chipping, was fined £30 with £5 costs at Clitheroe Magistrates
Lived in Langho
THE funeral service took place, at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, yesterday, of Mrs Barbara Elizabeth Hawkins, of Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe. Mrs Hawkins, who died
on Friday, was the wife of Mr Ernest Hawkins and before coming to live in Clitheroe two years ; ago the couple had spent; 20 years in Langho. Mrs Hawkins had been-
a member of the Mothers’ Union at St Leonard’s Church, for which she did a great deal of work. She was also a collector for Cancer Research and took an active interest in the life of the village gener ally.-' During her time in
Clitheroe Mrs Hawkins helped the Red Cross Dis abled Club, of, which her husband is a member. Cremation was at Ac ;
crington.
.. haven’t Arthur Scargill supporting us.” , i
a load of cheek if you say anything to them. . If they cannot ride their
FREDA TOWNSON, Hyles Moor Farm, Wig- glesworth: “On the finan cial aspect, only last week the Government rescued a computer company for £200m and the mines, steel works and British Leyland have all been • given massive handouts, yet small country schools are closed to save paltry sums —What a pity we
N. POPE, Bolton-by- Bowlaiid: “Ask yourself, how you would feel if your child’s school was closed and your five-year- old" had to travel a great number of miles to an o th e r school. The thought is very disturb ing, as I like to see my children actually walk through the school door in the knowledge that they are safe.”
G . , C. WOLFENDEN, Bolton-by-Bowland: “We must fight to' get; a re prieve for the school for the sake of the next gen eration. After all, once a school’is closed it is never reopened.” ■ .
Out of quiz
CLITHEROE Young Farmers, winners of the area senior debate final for the last two years, went , down 159 to 151 to Brindle, Hoghton and Walton YFC in the last stage of this year's com petition.
in Ribblesdale School, guest speaker, Mr Mark Kent, a Ministry of-Ag
At the weekly .meeting
■ were proposed by Michael Fox and Timothy Hartley.
riculture building adviser, gave an illustrated talk on the buildings required1 for different types of farm stock. Votes of thanks
important “binder’.’ for; young ..and old alike and’>
will i t become ju s t another building left empty and eventually cause Bolton-by-Bowland to be little more than a “ghost”village?
If the, school is closed, * RSi f
S. METCALFE, Hall Bank, Holden.
Why the silence over rent rises?
I HAVE waited for the last few weeks to see if anyone would question the big increases in rents for council properties, particularly at Billington. Gardens.
that my rent is to be in creased by 67 per cent — and that does not include general rate, water , and sewerage charges. Looking at the dilapi
I have been notified
Borough Council been in business, it would have been bankrupt long ago.
PUZZLED . Billington Gardens
dated condition of the houses, it is difficult to understand how the coun cil can charge the existing rent, let alone justify the new one being levied from April. If anyone can explain
Mr Gordon Onslow said that council house rents were related to their gross value, which was determined by an inde p e n d e n t v a lu a t io n officer. Rents in the Ribble
• ' Borough Treasurer
this to me, then perhaps they can also explain why I should be asked more rent and rates for an un- modernised te r ra c ed house in ' Billington Gar dens than the tenants of fully modernised, central ly-heated semi-detached houses on the Henthorn estate. Perhaps if we did not
have the massive debt of the new council offices, now estimated at, more than double .the amount the council told us it would cost, the rents might have been kept within reasonable limits. Is it -possible, that the
Valley; he said, would rise by an average £4.30 a week from April 1st and that amount was made up' of £2.30 to cover the loss of Govern ment subsidy, £1 to cover the iricreased cost of re pairs and £1 to cover in c re a s e s in wages salaries and running costs. He added that in the
TOWNSON — MARSDEN
Great Mitton, was the setting on Saturday for the wedding of student nurse Miss Patricia Anne Marsden and fitter Mr Peter Francis Townson. The bride is the daugh
All Hallows' Church,
te r of Mr and Mrs Thomas Marsden, of New Lane Cottages, Withgill. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr and Mrs Fran cis Townson, of Burnley. The bride, given away
carnations, stephanotis, hyacinth petals and pink carnations. Also in attendance were
Miss Nicola Jane Hill, the bride’s cousin, and Miss Rachel Mary Stowell, the bridegroom’s niece. They wore spotted
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by her father, wore a floaty tricot chiffon gown with a high neckline, lace yoke, bishop sleeves and waterfall tiers of chiffon and lace. She carried white roses, carnations, hyacinth petals, pink <car- nations and stephanotis with pink satin ribbon. • Chief bridesmaid was
next financial- year, the amount of cash spent on both repairs and im provements to council houses would be increas ing in accordance with the rise in rents. - As for the comparison
council knows' we will have to pay up whatever they choose to charge and so the effort to keep down costs is not made as strenuously as it ought to be? • I am aware that the Government has withheld money from all local au> thorities, but I .cannot help comparingrthe Ribble Valley increases with those of the Hyndburn au thority. ' I .would suggest .that ha'd the, Ribble Valley
The true facts about housing
account COUN. JONES’ letter, “an injustice to tenants of council houses” (March 12th) is rather mischiev ous and misleading. • May I therefore be per
mitted to set out the time facts regarding the hous- ing account to which Coun. Jones refers. The estimated total ex
penditure for manage ment, maintenance and
loan charges (including the welfare costs) is £1,860,000 and the income from rents, investments and other charges is £1,420,000, le av in g £440,000 to balance the books. The authority requires
white crinoline-style dres ses with sashes and pink daisy • trimmings and car ried white dolly bags trimmed with daisies. Best man was L/Cpl
Kevin Reynolds, grooms man was Mr Robert Ken dall and ushers were Mr David Townson, the bridegroom’s brother, and Mr Keith Hill. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Alan Taylor. After a reception at the
Miss Christine Mary Marsden, the bride’s sister' who wore a soft pink chiffon dress, with a round yoke and short cape sleeves. She carried white
between Billington Gar dens and the -Henthorn estate, Mr Onslow said that our correspondent was comparing pre-war and post-war properties.
Chairman *s evening at club
CHAIRMAN Mr Joe Robinson gave ..fellow members of Ribblesdale Camera Club a detailed insight into how 120 slides were taken and also pro vided refreshments. He was thanked for, the
annual com petition judged by Mr John Shor- rock, of Blackburn Camera Club,' were: Black and white prints: 'pictorial — J. West, C. Walmsley; portraiture — R. Green wood; record — J. West Colour p r in ts : G Fletcher, H. Eccles. . Colour slides: pictorial — Mrs A. Stretch, J West; portraiture — Mrs A. Stretch; record — J West, B. Strickland; na tional history — C. Walm sley, Miss M. J. Shaw- cross, Mrs B. Parkinson. Among those with com
“chairman’s evening” by president Mr Harold Eccles. Results of the club’s
a subsidy from the tax payer of about £440,000 which, together with the subsidy from the ratepay ers of £20,000 for the rent rebate proportion, allows for a small surplus to be carried forward. V How can Coun.- Jones
say, therefore, th a t. the cost of the welfare aspect of sheltered accommoda tion is met by the other tenants? Why doesn’t he say that the cost of the welfare aspects is met by the taxpayer? The reason is because the f irs t answer suits him. Not only does Coun.
mended, slides and prints were: Mrs B. Parkinson, D. Lloyd, R. E. Frank- land, J. West and B Strickland.
SIGNS OF SPRING
CLITHEROE Natural ists’ final winter walk took them to the Pendle ton, Mearley and Worston area on Saturday. Despite persistent rain
swollen streams and waterlogged fields, they saw many welcome signs of spring. In bloom were dog mer-
Jones mislead your read ers in his philosophy, but he also misleads your readers with the facts, be cause he' has got them wrong.
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the welfare aspects of the sheltered housing schemes amount to £141,200 (if he looks on page 116 of his estimates' booklet it is set out for him). Coun. Jones also seems
The estimated cost of
Spread Eagle. Hotel, Barrow, the couple left for a honeymoon in Major ca. They are to live in Padiham. Photograph: Pye’s,
Clitheroe.
OPENDAY at
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND C of E SCHOOL on
MOTHER’S DAY, MARCH 29th 2 p.m. — 4 p.m.
Tea and biscuits available
Come along this Sunday and see this lovely school set amidst one of the prettiest villages in England. The ideal school to send your child, as he or she would enjoy a very personal education.
A BROCHURE ON THE SCHOOL IS A VAILABLE ON REQUEST
Tel. BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND 632 SAVE OUR SCHOOL Placed by the School Action Committee
IT’S WELL WORTH A VISIT TO OUR. . .
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cury, celandine and golden saxifrage, while elm, alder, hazel- and willow displayed their re spective catkins. Rook curlew and lapwing were also seen. The availability of many
different footpaths round Clitheroe and district has been noticed on these walks and the leaders ar thanked for the enjoy ment and companionship,
to forget that ratepayers pay the largest part of their rates? to the Lanca shire County Council; and the County Council, with ratepayers’ money, makes a contribution of £32,000 towards the welfare as pects (the details are set out for him on pages 111 to 117 of his. estimates booklet).
surely you can do better than that!
Gome on, Coun. Jones, :
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COUN. F. E. GREEN, Chairman, Housing Committee.:
gained. — The first summer walk is On Good Friday to Bashall Eaves.
Cinema'
BILLED as the latest and g rea tes t James Bond movie, “Moonraker,” star ring Roger Moore, is showing at Clitheroe Civic Hall next week. Based;on Ian Fleming's book,-the film features all
; the usual bizarre Bond gadgets ;and what. has been described by the crew as “the ultimate stunt.” , .
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