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Council staff’s dedication is


RIBBLE Valley Council staff were praised at the - council meeting for the way they coped", with the Arctic weather. ‘ .


chairman Coun. . Fred . Green (Wilphsire) said that the housing mainte­ nance department had re-, ceived 165 urgent re­ quests for repairs.in the' nine days after the fierce blizzard struck the area.; Some 70 .of- these had


Choice is ‘Oklahoma’


Iba and the 40 ; ” , now r e -


id for January 15th.


k


IQNCILLOR lomes should


I


hill Industrial ite (Clitheroe)


le of lorry parking li, which should 1 priority.”


I Henry Chapman


|e) also urged the of lorries from


I


i centre as soon ble. They were co n s id e ra b le to pavements, he


tier C l i th e ro e •, Coun. B e r t ondered if any-


CALDERSTONES Revue and Dramatic Society is to stage the ever-popular “Oklahoma" for five nights in May, and offers a warm welcome to all amateur' stage enthusiasts who would like to lend a hand.


Colin Duckworth, of Blackburn. He takes over from Mr Brian Townend, who has had to step down on health grounds after being 'the society’s pro­ ducer for- the past 12 years.


Producer will be Mr


Rehearsals will begin in Ribble Lodge, Calder-


•stones, on’ Monday (8 p;m.). Production dates are Tuesday, May 11th to Saturday, May 15th.


- Advance bookings are being taken on Whalley 3564 and further informa­ tion is obtainable from the society’s secretary, Mrs M. Lehmann, at the hos­ pital.


Housing Committee •


been received during' the weekend 'before Christ­ mas and maintenance'staff had worked into the early, hours, in some cases, to1,; complete all the work. •“ Th ese : men have


worked very hard arid should be praised for their; effort and dedication;”: said Coun. Green?- P u b l ic Works a r id 1


Health chairman Coun. ; Mrs Margai-et Mayes said that when .the blizzards1: first struck; a number of: refuse collectors helped to- c le a r c a r p a rk s i n , Clitheroe and their ser­ vices were later offered to the county council to ’ assist in general snow clearance. “The county council ac­


cepted our offer and the refuse men worked very hard,” said Coun. Mrs Mayes. * “Of course, we are not a highway authority and the work these men did was in place of their usual duties while the dustbin wagons were off the road.”' Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw


(Whalley) praised the dustbin men for collecting the rubbish from her home, despite haying to carry the, bins by hand along a 200-yard path of sheet ice. But Clitheroe member


Coun. Mrs Barbara Speak expressed concern that many of the pavements in C l i th e ro e were s t i l l icebound days after the roads had been cleared.


Nursing home planning veto under fire


'CLITHERdEicduncillors made an unsuccessful attempt? to- have 'a;?planning-decision: of the Ribble Valley Gouncifs: Development .Sub-Com­ mittee reversed.'/.


} ' ■ '■ ■'


x A proposal to . convert a ,, semi-detached 'house in Chatburn Road into a home for the elderly was: turned down by Develop­ ment Sub-Committee members a t a recent meeting ’.because it was felt that i the1 home would bring- too much extra traffic. •, But at a- council meet-; ing, Coun. Mi's Beryl Gas-,


.sidy wondered why ■ the,; plan had been turned down when the premises


LAN OHO pre-school , playgroup’s' Christmas party a t . the . Spring Mill Hotel went with a , bang. More than -20 chil­


dren attended w i th their mums and enjoy­ ed a magician’s dis­ play, games and a. lunch. Later, Father Christ­


mas called in and gave each child a present.


Burst pipes


.Clitheroe, are counting the cost of damage caused by two bui-st water pipes. Water was about three


HOLMES Mill owners F. W. B ram w e ll, , of


inches deep on the ground floor and th e re was d am age to s to c k . Clitheroe Fire Brigade spent over an hour pump­ ing water away. The extent of the damage is still being assessed.


THE snow has been caus­ ing endless problems for most of us. But the chil-


Dies at 101


A FORMER Barrow woman, Mrs Grace Exton, has died aged 101.' Mi's Exton, who was a


iuld be done to p the process o f . g Smith’s from one Lane site, s vehicles are r e - . id maintained.


ng ago as May, a of Transport, in- said that there way the Woone


1


Jte could be used I ’y vehicles,” he King for an assur- jiat the council pomplain to the about nothing


>een done to stop ie site.


P lan n in g and rtation Committee


i Coun. Mrs Myra kked councillors to nt for another’two e months. “The is currently the of an appeal and w how long these


ares take,” she Ve have done ev- ; we can.”


Ided that the only ternative open to ncil would be to smith’s with a’ equiring them to' ing the site im- ly.


i


hief Executive Mr Jackson explained •


iis were done and happened to_ win eal, the council i liable for all the ncurred by the the intervening


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SB '■ : ' DB


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SALE 49.99 69.99


. , 89.99


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103.50 ’ 132.50'


SUPER HOI I OFIBRE 10.5 Toq a non allergic tuny washapie duvet. .IncredibleValue RRP-'.


King Size - 39.99


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39.99 52.99 69.99


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As usual we have 1,000’s perfects and seconds in Poly/Cotton. This year we have some really knockout


bargains. Examples:-Single Quilt Covers


Single Covers Horrockses & Osman Latest Designs.


When Perfect Slight Imperfects 16.50


, ,


different designs, superb prints. -


, . 7.99 Perfect quality SB Covers over 25 -


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■ 59.99 77.99


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Single Bed ’ ’ 24.99 . ’ 14.99 ‘ Double Bed 31.99-


19-99 25.99


SALE 19.99


33.99 38.99


Super Value Complete Duvet Sets Printed Cover + pillowcases and Plain Dyed sheet Valance.


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Deep Dyes, Poly/Cotton. . When


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• Perfect 15.95


18.95 ’ 20.95


FLANNELETTE SHEETS 9.99 ’


7 0 x 100 90 x 100


12.99


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9 0 x 100 14.99. • 19.99 ■ .


Lancashire made Multi Stripe 70 x 100 90 X 100


Slight


8.99 9.99


7.99 pair


Hiqhams Polychromatic Lovely Shades - a


12.99; . ; 9.99 pair Were -. ’ SALE


. 9.99 pair 15.99 ' 11.99 pair,


■ ■ , _■ SALE


13.99 17.99


Massive selection, a few examples;- Osman Bassetti RRP SB Pastels DB Pastels


SB Deep Dyes 11.50 DB Deep Dyes 14.95


OUTSTANDING VALUE IN SHEETSETS 50/50 Poly Cotton Plain Colours or


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,


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, 9 99 .1 1 .9 9


FGYPTIAN COTTON SHEETS


These luxury quality sneets are renuwr ied for comfort and hard wear. Vat Dyed.


2 row corded , Were • SALE 70X 108 '


90 x ■!08 Pillowcases


TFRRY TOWELLING FITTED SHEETS ^


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SALE


,.’ 4.99, 5.99 5-99 7.99


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Seconds : . 7-99


HOSPITAL SHEETING PILLOWCASES Slight. Seconds t 75peach


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PRINTED POLY COTTON PILLOWCASES RRP2.99. ; 95peach


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SB BLANKETS 60% WOOL : 63 x 90 Attractive Woyen check. A Bargain At


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70 x 90 CELLULAR" Blue or Chocolate-


PURE NEW WOOL _________


RRP- SALE 15.99


RRP SALE


K S 104X 108 . . 34 25 '19.99 Traditionally woven Harvest Gold Only


Pride of the Valiev Yorkshire Blankets 7 0 x 9 0


Plus Big Discounts of All Our Regular Ranges


EIDERDOWNS Printed Top Brushed Nylon, t, - Non Slip Back. ICi Teryfene Filled, • Were


SB - DB


7 6.99 ' • 8.99


RRP 8 7,5 ‘ 3.99 ’


• SALE 5.99


. 7.50


SUPER DUSTERS DISHCLOTHS 5 for 1.25


BATH MATS Larqe Size 100% Cotton Were 6.99


TABLECLOTHS 10.99 8-90


.Poly Cotton by Bassetti really lovely quality and designs. Perfects. Round Approx 67 dia. 8.99 Approx 5 2 x 7 0 Oval


8.99 - • 11.99


TOWELS Heavy Quality Jacquards. Perfects


Hand Were 1.99 Bath


' 3 99


OSMANJACQUARDS Hand


Bath * Sheet


if.Were 2.99 ’ 5 99


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5.99 5.99 8.99


not we stock over 3,000


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suites in our warehouse


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Sale 4.99


DRALON LOUNGE


SUITES FROM


£199


ODD CHAIRS, SETTEES, BEDROOM UNITS, etc. ^ ALL TO BE CLEARED


card for our Trade ' Only Warehouse.


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sho wroom ask for an admittance,


If you don’t get fit up in the


A DEPOSIT SECURES ANY ITEM


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-.••Bronteland'' <n addition to Homo Linen, | • Bargains we'aiso have the.


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stock all at discount prices


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. - 11.50 Were 5.99


RRP 16.50


Were SALE 1.99 2.99


2.99 4.50


4.99 11.50


Were 8.50 Now 7.50 Printed Poly/Cotton pillowcases . 2.50


civil servant, lived at Bramley View before moving to Wellfield Pri­ vate Nursing Home for the Elderly at Accrington, about'10 years ago. . The last survivor of a


family of 12, she was bom in -Wigtownshire, 'Scot-


lan d .


.dren. of Sabden County ■


Penlee fund


A GIANT kangaroo raf­ fled at,the Black Horse Hotel, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, raised £117 -for the Penlee Lifeboat Disas­ ter Fund. . i People *of Pimlico , vil­ lage and pati'ons of the pub bought-tickets, sold with the help of licensees Jim and Jill Henvey. The winner of the: kangai’oo was Mrs Verena -Barnes, of Chatburn.


Primary School think it is just great, judging from


our picture. Playing in the. snow


during a break in their Christmas party are some of the 101 youngsters who attended.


'were given sweets with a request to fill the empty packets with pennies during the Christmas holi­ days to raise money for school funds. The fun was organised by the PTA.


three to 11, including nursery and. day school pupils, played games and enjoyed a .party tea. All


The children, aged from Chemists’ rota


TODAY, Derrick Gi-een, Railway. View, Clitheroe, 6-7 p.m. New Yeai-’s Day,- Selles, Church Street, noon to 1 p.m. Sunday, R N; and M. Read, Moor Lane, nbon to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday, 5-30 — 6-30 p.rri.


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Snow is great fun fox some


were already being used for business purposes.


I “It is not a semi-de­ tached house in the modern sense of the term,” she said, “It-is a vei;y large property and very suitable as a nursing home.” ........


. Coun. Bob -Ainsworth said that, despite a popu­ lation of; more than 13,000, * Clitheroe didn’t have a single nursing home for the elderly.


’ ■ .


. “Here is an ideal oppor­ tunity for. one to be set up,” : he said, asking if there was any chance the committee decision could be rescinded..


pointed out that the coun­ cil had already given the go-ahead to a terraced house in Eshton Terrace being used as a home for mentally-handicapped chil­ dren and wondered why the plan for the semi-de­ tached property should have been turned down.


Coun. B e r t Jo n e s


com m ittee chairman Coun. Mi-s, Myra Clegg said, th a t such views should be aired at com­ mittee meetings, not in full council.


But development sub­


down unanimously by the committee. Only proposals which involve detached properties are encouraged for this purpose,” ■ she said. “The best thing for the applicant to do will be to resubmit the proposal.”


“The plan 'was turned at


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SIX MONTHS’ SHARE 11.57% net = 16.53% gross


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