Ash tree planted in rain


rL £ he Castle Mound, Chtheroe, last week to watch the Lord Lieuten-


°t the county’s national iree Campaign. The Mayor of Clitheroe,


g°,u,n.- Leo Wells, his ^'bble Valley counter-


Melling, Chief Executive Mr Miehad Jackson and Ribble Valley Council P lan n in g Committee chairman Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg were all in attend­ ance at the ceremony,


Coun. Miss Agnes


Uitheroe, also watched the ceremony, held in honour of the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday.


P r im a ry School, Parson’s life Fairey’s


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the firm takes


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11.


THE speaker at Read and Whalley Luncheon Club’s final meeting of the season, held in the Star- kie Arms H o te l , Clitheroe, was the Rev. Alan Reid, vicar of Read.


talk on the lighter side of a parson’s life to a good attendance of members and guests. The chairman was Mrs S. Barnes.


He gave an. amusing


DESPITE bad weather, a sizeable.crowd,turned out


S- ofm Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley, plant an ash tree to mark the start


votes issue 14fn. TELETON........


which took place in pour­ ing rain. Pupils of St James’s CE


On safari .


A SLIDE show on holi­ days in South Africa was given to members of the Wednesday Club by Mrs Audrey Stretch, of Chat- bum.


Sun Inn, Waddington, she described how one of her visits to the country had been spent in a wild life park,- which some mem­ bers found rather too close for comfort. She was thanked by Mrs Pamela Bury.


At the meeting at the


—Four retire after- century with ICI


Clitheroe works after serving more than 100 years between them. All were presented with gifts from the company


FOUR employees of ICI retired recently from the


as well as a wallet of notes each from their colleagues.


Waddington, said farewell to his workmates after 28 years’ service and was presented with a radio­ cassette recorder.


Fitter Mr Bill Boothman, . of Waddow View,


Hilton, of Trafford Gardens, Barrow, received a portable television and welder Mr Walter Robin­ son, of Chapel Brow, Downham, was given an American rocker chair as a memento of his 26 years at the Pimlico Road plant. Lagger Mr Clifford Thornber, of Waddow Green, Low Moor, with 25 years* service to his


After 27 years as a fitter’s mate, Mr Jackie


credit, was presented with a radio-cassette re­ corder.


WHALLEY branch of the Friends of Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary has taken a step nearer its pledge to provide £2,000 for facilities at the sanc­ tuary.


ing at the Dog and Par­ tridge, Clitheroe, a total


Following a bingo even­


of £106 was raised, leav­ ing members only £300 short of their target.


and members attended the event and money raised from raffles helped to boost the proceeds to three figures. Refreshments were


Around 70 supporters


served during the even­ ing. The event was organ­ ised by the secretary, Mrs Sallie Carlyon, with the help of her committee and friends.


ters are pictured with Muffin the Mule, the Whalley branch mascot.


Members and suppor­


THE mental health action group MIND is to appeal against the decision by Ribble Valley Chief Execu­ tive Mr Michael Jack- son to again bar Cal- derstones patients from the electoral roll.


Of 745 names originally


submitted by officials at the Whalley hospital for inclusion on the roll, Mr Jackson, as electoral re­ gistrations officer for the Clitheroe division, has de­ cided that just 47 patients are fit to vote — and they will be eligible to take part in the county council elections on -May 7th.


He has reserved judge­ ment on a further 80 pa-


A night out for badminton club


tients until their fitness under the terms of the Mental Health Act has been fully scrutinised.


to inform MIND’s legal d i r e c to r , Mr L a r ry Gostin, that he proposes to - reject the remaining 618 because of doubts about their' fitness to vote.


Mr Jackson has written


year said it would take the case to the Court of Human Rights in Stras­ bourg, if necessary, has given notice that it wants a local hearing on the de­ cision.


And MIND, which last


■ electoral registrations of­ ficer, said he expected it to be held, probably in the council chamber, before the end of April. “The hearing will not be


Mr Jackson, who will preside at the hearing as


electoral registrations of­ ficer to interpret the law impartially.”


vertiser and Times that although MIND intends to go ahead with a local hearing, it fully appreci­ ates that Mr Jackson is “only doing his job.” “I feel that the rejec­


Mr Gostin told the Ad­


eventual outcome, we can understand Mr Jackson’s position. What needs to be changed is the inequit­ able and outdated law contained in 1949 Rep­ resentation of the Peoples Act." Mr Gostin said the 47


avenue open to the claim­ ants will be an appeal before an independent court.” In the letter to Mr


Gostin, Mr Jackson stres­ sed that “in considering the claim it is my duty as


MEMBERS of the Clitheroe Parish Church Bad­ minton Society took a rest from their matches to hold a dinner a t the Castle Restaurant, Clitheroe.


About 60 people attended, including members,


visitors from local clubs who play the Parish Church in friendly matches and guests Canon John Hudson (club president) and his wife. After the meal there was disco dancing and each lady was presented with a rose.


.meeting and everyone is invited to attend.


the local title and go on to the area and hopefully district and national finals are Messrs Brian Allison, Arthur Chappel, John Hunt, Geoff Leaver and Chris Roberts. The contest is an open


LAST year’s winner Mr Stan Blackburn will be among six competitors in Clitheroe Speakers’ Club annual speech contest at> the Conservative Club next Tuesday. Others hoping to take


an appeal as such,” said Mr Jackson, “but MIND will have the chance to give evidence and call wit­ nesses as they try to per­ suade me to change my original decision. “If they fail, the next


Calderstones residents ac­ cepted on the roll had all been the subject of de­ tailed evaluation by mem­ bers of the hospital staff to determine their fitness to vote.


outstanding 80 will be for­ mulated soon and it is hoped they will be eligible to vote at the earliest possible opportunity,” he said, adding that MIND was being helped by a number of MPs in pressing for Parliamen­ tary reform of the rights of patients in mental health institutions to vote.


“Information on the Speakers aim for a title


chaired by Mr Lionel Pat­ terson, education director, and main' speakers were Mr Stan Blackburn, on “Conduct of meetings” and Mr Geoff Leaver and Mr Allan Ross, who joint­


ly chose “Taking , the chair.”-


which took the form of a seminar for chairmen, members were joined by Mr John Davies, presi­ dent of the Preston club, and Mr Pat Munro, a past district president. The m e e tin g was


At the last meeting,


tion of more than 600 peo­ ple’s claims to join the electoral roll is unlawful,” said Mr Gostin. “But regardless of the


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