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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, 1981' v.


No. 8,978 Price 15p


Car park-, not for lorries


INCONSIDERATE lorry d r iv e r s are causing headaches for contractors working on the £800,000 Booth’s supermarket de- velopment at Clitheroe’s


/ former ' railway, sidings site.


Part of the car park


adjoining the development site has been allocated specifically for use by auc­ tion mart vehicles on three days a week, under a special agreement with the Ribble Valley Council. ,


But Booth’s company


secretary, Mr Neil Stand­ ing, feels that the agree­ ment is being abused by drivers of agricultural and other heavy vehicles who are parking on all parts of the site and making life difficult for car drivers.


“The park is . designed


specifically for the use of shoppers and until the supermarket is built a


‘ large proportion of the site will be given over for use by the. general town centre motorist,” said ’Mr Standing.


“Only a portion of the


. site over by the old sta­ tion building is intended for use by. heavy vehicles and that is only’’on three


. days a week wheh the auction mart is in.opera­ tion. It is,not a general lorry park.”


Mr Standing said the


situation was being made more difficult because the site was not yet perma­ nently marked out.


“We will not be able to


mark out the site until a top surface has been laid and in the meantime the park is being temporarily sectioned off by tape. “But there have been


one or two instances of drivers of heavy vehicles straying through the tape and blocking in motorists. “We would appreciate it if there could be a little


‘more thought and co-oper­ ation.”


S ' The new supermarket is


due to open around the end of next year and Mr Standing said that the building work was right on schedule.


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THE Royal Sodiety for . Mentally Handicapped. Children and Adults — MEN CAP — has pre­ pared a scheme to turn the old. W h ite a c r e School, Barrow, into a residential' training- unit and is ready to put in a cash bid for the site. News . of MENCAP’s interest comes a week


,'after an Advertiser and Times story outlining the dream of a group of local people to transform


.the site into a holiday and training centre for the physically hand­


icapped. The group of volun­


teers, headed' by Mr Jack Haworth, of Old


Tree marks the Royal Wedding


A TREE to celebrate the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer was planted in Clitheroe’s C a s t le g rou nd s on Tuesday.


■ . The ash tree is the


Ribble Valley Council’s way of commemorating the Royal occasion and the planting, ceremony was performed by the Mayor, Coun. John I.


Walmsley. Mayoress Mrs Doris


Walmsley and Planning .and .Transportation Com­ mittee chairman Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg also at­ tended the ceremony, along with Chief Execu- tive"and Town Clerk Mr Michael Jackson and Borough Planning and Technical Officer Mr


Philip Bailey. The tree has been


planted close to a number of other ash trees next to the bandstand and it is hoped to add a com­ memorative plate at a later date.


Record sum


THE Clitheroe Ladies’ Lifeboat Guild raised a record £710 at their, annual coffee morning at Winckley Hall, ■ Stony- hurst. The money will go to the funds of the RNLI.


Langho, and Barrow.


■ .woman Mrs Elizabeth 'Hope, feel their project would attract grants and donations — provided that. Lancashire County Council, was willing to lease the land..


. But the authority’s policy is to try to sell surplus property and this week, MENCAP’s regional director Mr Don


; Gittins told our reporter, that he was all set to make an offer for the Whiteacre land. Within- the next couple of weeks he would be applying to the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil for planning permis­ sion for such a residen­ tial unit.


'• “The society has the


funds and we are ciuite determined to purchase this s i te ,” said Mr Gittins; who is based at Manchester.


. would stay at .the unit, which could possibly also be used by the sort of . physically handicapped


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, MENCAP, which has nine homes and 450 groups throughout the country.including one in Clitheroe — would not alter the present ap­ pearance of the site. , .. . It would be" an* ideal


s ite in MENCA P’ s strategy to set up de-. partments for rural pur- , suits and horticultural


' training and a national centre for more than 500 associated “gateway” or social groups. Fewer than 100 people


Mr . Haworth and Mrs Hope had in mind. Referring to the men­


tally handicapped resi­ dents who would stay at Whiteacre, Mr Gittins : said: “These people-are in hospital because there is nowhere else for them to go. They would settle in without any problems


at all.” . The county council re­


cently submitted three ap plicat ions to .the Ribble: Valley authority for various uses of the site so that it would be in a position to offer the


land for sale with the. benefit' of planning per - ; mission. Mr/Gittins maintains


that any attempt to split up the site- would b'e foolish and to sell it,by. “blind auction” would be silly, short-sighted and unfair.


' . ‘ : One.of the leaders of'


the ■ MENCAP group in . Clitheroe, Mr Michael Haworth’, . is most en­ thusiastic about Mr. Git­ t in s ’ plans


for


Whiteacre. Mr Haworth said it


would be a tremendous boost 'for his 42 mem­ bers who at present have' to meet in “made-- quate” premises.:


CLITHEROE will be plugging into-Christmas on Monday' afternoon when town centre festive decorations are due to be switched on. Members of Clitheroe


and district Chamber of Trade spent the weekend erecting coloured lanterns outside shops and busines­ ses 'to give the town a, festive look. Monday’s big switch-on


will be heralded by a peal of bells from the Parish Church, which will be floodlit at the same time. Traders decided to


‘Ailin’ schools back


• ! ‘ ' 1 ' in melting pot


THREE ways of r e o r g a n i s i n g Clitheroe’s secon­ dary schools are being looked into by . the county council and if all goes smoothly a new. set-up could be inv operation from September, 1983.


and ChatbumRoad and. Bowland County Secon­ dary School will now go before the Ribble Valley District Education Liaison. Committee, governors, teachers and parents for further investigation. They are being re­


garded as a starting point for discussion and do not preclude other ideas. But the council is insisting that the eventual, scheme


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Bull’s eye!


THE darting ladies of Grindleton WI met their match when they played Hurst Green WI in the first round of a regional darts knockout competi­


tion. In the previous com­


petition two years ago, Grindleton went on to the final and won the champions’ rosebowl. But at the Duke of


York Hotel on Monday it wasn’t their night and the three-woman team was beaten in a very close finish by Hurst Green, who now go for­ ward to the next round. ; The Grindleton B;


team is still in the run-/ ning,. however, meeting Downham on December1 8th.


. . , • Slaidbum also have a .


7 team; in the contest run; 7 by. the .Lancs’ Federation / ofWIs.


. Aiming -. for j bull's-eye; >re (from; the left): Mrs ’ Greta Moir, Mrs Hazel Read and,.Mrs Hilda Simpson, ' of Grindleton/- •;witn opponents, Mrs; • Teresa Crotty, Mrs.- • Eleanor Jacques and Mrs / Margaret Ecde’s. > ;


must cater for falling


rolls. Total intakes at age 11


are likely to fall from 1982 onwards from the present level of 430 pupils to about 270 by 1987 and continue at little more than this number at least


until 1991. Ideas The options have been '


framed by officers of the county, education depart­ ment. When they were put: before the county’s


R f f i^ sd S l f t te S S G en e ra l ' Purposes Sub- Committee on .Tuesday,


there was ho discussion on them. The aim of the council


is to' complete the reor­ ganisation of secondary education in District 3 (Ribble Valley) as soon as p o s s ib le , the Roman Catholic side, St Augus­ tine’s, Billington, . having gone comprehensive in 1978.


Ideas now in the - melting pot are: s • Two ll-to-18 mixed


schools with sixth form centre at the boys’ , grammar. school pre­ mises. • One ll-to-18 mixed


school on three sites — ll-to-16s split between Ribblesdale and the


spi


school. • One ll-to-18 mixed


school, again on three sites, but with the 11- :


' to-16s divided into .a lower school at ’Rib­ blesdale and an upper school at the girls*.pre- /


v mises.


: . In it ially , >11, three Clitheroe sites'would be used*' with the replace-' ment of the. boys’ gram­ mar school premises on the present girls’ site as soon as practicable. Adaptations would be


needed to enable both grammar schools to be used for boys and girls. A fourth option was ex­ plored, but is now not


considered viable. This, was to have two


sixth-form entry mixed schools, each with sixth- forms, one at Ribblesdale


. and the other an amalga­ mation of the two gram­ mar schools.- But this is not a new


girls’ school and sixth- , idea and when suggested' formers at the boys’ two years ago it was op^


posed by .the governors o.f , Technicai o f f ic e r Mr the grammar ' schools.!.


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They felt the extension of the girls’ building was es­ sential to avoid .' any split-1 site arrangements. Bowland : School is in­


cluded in all four:.options: as a two-form entry 11-to- 16 mixed school. ,


Desirable' According to the report


presented on Tuesday, the proposal ■ for two schools and a sixth-form centre would need a posi­ tive and sustained effort


by heads and staff. Any lack , o f , commit­


ment could jeopardise the project. However, the report added, one mixed, school would be educa­ tionally desirable and make' good use of re- cnnvpp^


Two parallel ll-to-16


-groups1 would involve little movement by‘ staff between the two sites. The report reiterated


the view of two years ago that present numbers


would; be insufficient to


■support'a sixth-form college. It went on: “What is


fundamental to any debate .about secondary r e o rg a n isa t ion in Clitheroe is the need to


; develop a comprehensive • system which can with­ stand the problems of fal­ ling rolls.


' ...“ It has to be recognised Continued on page 14.


Council’s Planning and Transportation Committee i has asked • Planning and


Philip Bailey to seek Ministry of Transport per­ mission to put up the signs. ; : They’ have to be so word,ed-because only, signs referring to a place’s heritage are allowed beside trunk roads. How­ ever, this ruling is cur­ rently being looked at by the. Ministry. ■ Coun. John Cowgill


(Clitheroe), himself a trader in the town, said the signs would be pro­ vided with rib cost to the council. - The plan has the back­ ing of Clitheroe Town


Council. Coun. Fred Singleton


(Longridge) said that in view of the number of ac­ cidents on the bypass, the fewer words the better on the signs


1 The Chamber first sug­ gested signs more than two years ago : because members fe l t many motorists were bypassing Clitheroe without know­


ing about its facilities.


Jumbulance on show


AN “alligator” jumbulance used by the Across organ-' isation will be on show tomorrow on Clitheroe market between 8-30 a.m. and 4 p.m. It is used, to convey disabled people on holiday to such places as; •Lourdes and Rome:


Warm gift -.front the playing field


A TREE on Grindleton • playing fields, which had ", to be fe l led at the weekend because it was , unsafe, has been warming - up the village pensioners. ’For members of the1'


playing fields committee .- who .organised the felling and chopping up operation have been delivering free sacks-of logs to househol- , ders, particularly : pen- sioners. Mr Adrian Nowell, com­


mittee; secretary, said: ; “We gave pensioners the ■ first chance of the. - logs because they don’t benefit ■ from the playing fields as much as everyone else, yet they always support - our fund-raising efforts.” • On Tuesday., children,


from Grindleto'n^CE r School: with .the help’ of ay - sturdy > wheelbarrow ■


» also',


lent a hand ,with therde-/ liveries. . .


-' Seen at the Stonehill <


Cottage home of Mrs-May ;:; Green are, from’ the left,, Anna Bialecki. (10),\ piv Back Lane,/Joseph ;Harn-;i; son (8),‘ of--Well House,’,' Colin r Sutcliffe (10), ,,of:/ Foxb'ank ( Farm \andi’ Andrea’ ‘Carney. (9), of, Threeways. • -


brighten up the town fol­ lowing a virtual absence • of festive decorations and • window displays last year. Chamber of Trade pres­


ident Mr Sid Moore said they were hoping the


'town’s crib and trees would be switched on as soon as possible to add to the atmosphere. The Chamber organised


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Town signs a step nearer


‘V IS IT H is to r ic


Clitheroe” signs could soon be appearing on the town’s ; bypass . . i ' with Clitheroe and District Chamber of-Trade footing,


the bill. • ' The Ribble Valley


Skeleton key to success


IF you have a skeleton in your, cupboard — preferably ] of the plas­ tic variety — the head­ master of\d Sabden primary school would like to hear from you, For Mr Thomas Pre-


Warden Sabden


NEW warden at Sabden’s Littlemoor House shel­ tered housing scheme is Mrs Sarah Harwood.


Mrs Harwood, who


first-ever pantomime being staged next month. Rehearsalsare/ well


ndergast, head of St Mary’s RC School, needs a "skeleton as a prop in the school’s


under way for: "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves” : in which every child in the school plays a part. Staff and parents


are busy making cos­ tumes and props but


finding a skeleton has proved ratlier a skull­ t e a s in g l p r ob l em. Anyone who can help should contact Mr Pre-' ndergast at the school (tel. Padiham‘71009). The panto, the‘ first


hails from Co. Durham, has moved from Black­ burn where she has worked for the Social Ser­ vices Department for the past eight years. ■>


She and her husband,


Leslie, - a self-employed woodturner. and cabinet­ maker, have four chil­ dren, Leslie (22)/Andrew (20), Helen (18) and Karen (14). • >


Mrs Harwood lias taken


over from Mrs' Dorothy Thoburn, who is now warden at Clitheroe’s Maple Avenue-Manor Road sheltered scheme.


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in the village for many years, will be in St Nicholas's Hall on De­ cember 17th.and 18th.


Office’s extension vetoed


A PROPOSAL to extend the Skipton Building Soci­ ety office in Clitheroe’s Market Place into the former jeweller’s . shop next door has been turned down following protests from traders and the town council. The Clitheroe and Dis­


trict Chamber-of Trade wrote to the Ribble


•Valley, Council objecting because it feels that shop premises on main streets should not be converted into offices. The town council’s view


is that enough town centre space is already devoted to “non-shopping activity” and if expansion was required, it should be outside the town centre. The borough council’s


Development Sub-Corn- mittee turned down the proposal after hearing from Planning and Techni­ cal, Officer Mr/Philip Bailey that the Clitheroe District Plan did not permit changes of ;.use •from- retail -to, non-retail on a; main, shopping


street. .


The ; committee also: turned down an applica­


tion’ : from the • society to ■erect an illuminated fascia ■sign at its Clitheroe office because it would .intrude; on the visual amenities of


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Euro MP. Mi; Edward Kel-' lett-Bowman has. been elected vice-chairman ’ of; theY1979-‘Backbenchers, Committee — 'a similar,


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the purchase of 130 . sets of lights, financed by the traders themselves, and a team of men began put­ ting them up on Sunday. They were at work again yesterday and 'will com­ plete the job this-Sunday. Some of those in • the


working party were Roland Hailwood (top of ( the ladder) and, from the le ft , Barry Stevens, David Lancaster, John' Bailey, Harry Capstick, Cliff Cowburn, Stuart Larraway and Geoff Burton.


. Jobless


THE jobless total in Clitheroe fell during November for the second successful month.


- According to figures from the town’s'- Employ­ ment.Office, on.Tuesday, a total of 555 males and females were out of work. This represents 4.7 per


cent of the local workforce and compares with 4.8 last month and 5.2 in-Sep­ tember, the 'peak unem­ ployment month.


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