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Two MPs step up battle against school res
A THREE-PRONGED campaign is being mounted to safeguard the future of the Ribble Valley’s village schools.
■ county council’s rural schools policy.
•Mr John Watson have joined forces in a call for an overall review of the
This has seen schools at Bashall Eaves, Pendleton
and Bolton-by-Bowland under threat of closure, and , although Tosside< School has been r e prieved, concern is still being expressed about future numbers of pupils there.
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Conservative MPs Mr' David Waddington and
Local councillors and
Friday, five councillors are now pressing ahead with their, request for a meeting with the Secret ary of State for Education Mr Mark Carlisle.
Mr Waddington of the Clitheroe Division and Skipton Division rep resentative Mr Watson — are to make their own protests.
In addition, the MPs —
bers of the county’s Edu cation Committee who voted to shut the three Ribble Valley schools.
to form a delegation of concerned Conservative MPs who will meet Baro ness Young, the Educa tion Minister responsible for primary schools.
They are also planning
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lieves that such a group of MPs has a far better chance of making a suc cessful protest, rather than campaigns by indi viduals.
Mr Waddington be
whole question of the county council’s crafty policy of picking off indi vidual schools.
“We want to raise the
hope of saving the clo sure-threatened schools in the Ribble Valley because some well-organised argu ments for their retention were put forward,” he added.
“There must still be a
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of other local authorities in Lancashire before making a firm decision. In a report to the com
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Policy and. Resources Committee has adopted a softly, softly approach to the idea of rating empty property in the borough. It is testing the opinion
that the bill for court pro ceedings .might also add su b s ta n t ia l ly to the scheme’s cost. He added: “No other
rating of empty' property was expensive to adminis ter,, discouraged property developers and caused re sentment among owners of houses which under went extensive repairs. Mr Onslow pointed out
council’s income, prevent properties standing empty for long periods while owners hold out for higher prices, stop owners enjoying free benefits of local services and see fewer eyesores blotting the area. On the other hand, the
mittee, Borough Trea surer Mr Gordon Onslow outlined the advantages of such a scheme. I t would boost the
They are to lobby mem
Clitheroe AdveHiser and Times, April 30th, 1981 7
Falls to death
in quarry A BURNLEY climber fell 30 feet to his death in Lowergate Quarry, Twis- ton, on Thursday..
rapidly raised the alarm, he was dead on arrival at Clitheroe Health Centre. Derek, an experienced climber, was the only son of Mr and Mrs G. Patter son, who have a cooked meats shop at Park Lane, Padiham Road, Burnley. An inquest is to be held
(27), of Padiham Road, was alone when he appa rently slipped down the rock face in the quarry, commonly known by clim bers as “The Witches.” Although other climbers
Mr Derek Patterson
shortly in Blackburn. High scoring
TWO teams of local citi zens’ band radio suppor ters raised more than
PENDLETON Village Hall resounded with the sound of clicking knitting needles when the \VI held a spon sored knit-in in aid of rheumatism and arth ritis research. About 30 members knitted with great
gusto for half-an-hour to produce squares to be, made into blan kets. Now they will be
chasing up their spon sors to collect the money, ready for the count-up at the May meeting.
Councillor warns: ‘don’t dabble with ratepayers’ cash’
A WARNING not to dabble with ratepayers’ money was made at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s Policy and Resources Com mittee.
It came from Clitheroe EASTER
CONTESTS FLOWERS, fruit and vegetables were all used to great effect by mem bers of the Ribble Valley Red Cross Club for the Disabled to decorate their hats for an Easter bonnet competition.
Hayden, Miss W. Brad shaw and Mrs E. Lindsay. There was also a deco
Winners were Mrs
authority in Lancashire levies a rate on' empty property. If we decided to , th en ra te p a y e r s throughout the .county would benefit at the ex pense of those in the Ribble Valley.”
rated egg competition during the meeting in St Paul’s Church Hall, Low Moor, -and prizes went to Mr T. O’Neill, Mr S. Nadin and Mrs L. Hoyle.
will be in Bolton-by-Bow land Village Hall.
LADIES’ OPEN
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NEWTON Village Hall was the venue for the annual open night of the Clitheroe branch of the NFU (Ladies’ Section).
rep re se n ta t iv e s from branches in Burnley, Nelson, Longridge, Pre ston, Gt Harwood and Westhoughton. Clitheroe members provided a buffet suppdr.
The 120 guests included
Harry Gordon, of Tod- morden, who gave a flower arranging demonst ration on a South Ameri can theme e n t i t le d “Fiesta.” He made nine arrangements which were raffled.
The speaker was Mr
Susan Nelson welcomed the guests, who included county president Mrs Heavyside and treasurer Mrs Waterworth.
Exchange visit
•visit to East Lancashire. , The teenagers, from the
SEVERAL Ribble Valley families have been hosts to a party of German stu dents on an exchange
F u r s t Johan Ludwig School, Hadamaar, will return home tomorrow. This is the second ex
change visit between the German students and p u p ils from Queen E liz ab e th ’s Grammar School, Blackburn. During their stay some
• West Bradford and their outings have included visits to Blackpool and York.
of the students have been with families in Clitheroe, Whalley, Grindleton and
Clitheroe president Mrs
were Mrs Esther Clarke and Mrs M a rg a re t McKenna, who recently went on a sponsored walk to help the disabled. Next Tuesday’s meeting
Judging the competition
tee has recommended that the condition should be changed, requiring that only the last 10 of the 20 years be served with the Ribble Valley authority. • But this was rejected
was narrowly defeated. Commenting on opposition to the Personnel Commit- tde’s idea, chairman Mrs Sheila Maw (Whalley), re marked: “If we presented a gold watch, we would surely not remove the strap!”
suggested that all local government experience should be taken into ac count, but that the Ribble Valley Council should pay for only the service it had been given. However, his proposal
by Coun. Robinson, who said: “We should not be d ab b l in g with the ratepayers’ money in this way.” As a compromise', he
ficers who have clocked up 20 years’ continuous service with the council or a former constituent au thority receive £3 for each year of completed service. The Personnel Commit
member Coun. Tom Robinson, during discus sion on whether to alter the authority’s long ser vice award scheme. At present, retiring of
Leisure centre ready
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Sports and Recreational Advisory Council, which will supervise a wide range of activities at the barn, is setting its sights on the barn being in use by then, although the offi cial opening ceremony has been set for May 16th. • At the barn, on six
CLITHEROE’S Roefield Barn begins its life as a sports and leisure centre on Monday. The Ribble Valley
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evenings and some after noons each week, will be badminton, land training for swimmers and the Adult Education service’s “Earlybirds” class, as well as the activities of many other organisations. Taking place at the offi
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Adventures of Superman
THE Superman adven tu r e co n t in u e s at Clitheroe’s Civic Hall next week when three outlaws from Krypton confront the man of steel in a cosmic battle for world supremacy, in the film Superman II. Christopher Reeve stars as Superman Clark Kent.
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THE bad weather which affected roads and power supplies all over the area at the weekend also caused the annual St George’s Day parade through Clitheroe town centre to be cut short.
Cared for invalid sister
Paul’s Terrace, had - not worked for many -years after giving up his job as a night watchman at the former Brooke Bond works in Clitheroe to look after his invalid sister Grace. ' A bachelor, Mr Birtwis
ONE of Low Moor’s best known and best loved characters, Mr Walter Birtwistle,; died at the weekend, aged 68. Mr Birtwistle, of St
tle also leaves a brother William and widowed sister Ruth. Born in Clitheroe, he
member of St Paul’s Church, and a ‘keen cyclist. Service and cremation
He was’ a 'lifelong ’ Peridle Club
WINNERS at the Pendle Club’s bridge game were Mr J. Lynch and Mrs P. Adey, Mr T. Adey and Mrs A. Barker.
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