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FELLOWSHIP ON Prayer and Bible Study WEDNESDAY at 7-45 p.m. Ineals (except
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WHALLEY, WISWELL AND BARROW BRANCH
LADIES’ CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION
To be held at THE OLD GRAMMAR
JUM B L E SALE
SCHOOL, WHALLEY on SATURDAY,
APRIL 3rd at 2 p.m.________
B0LT0N-BY-B0WLAND WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
FOOD ALLERGIES by Dr D. J. Maberly
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on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th / Open meeting
Everyone welcome RIBBLE VALLEY CONCERT CUP SOCCER AT SHAWBRIDGE
SAT 3rd APRIL
Lancashire Combination Cup — Quarter Final (Sponsored by Dentyne)
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EASTER PRIZE BINGO and Draw
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LANCASHIRE LIBRARY RIBBLE VALLEY DISTRICT
presents an
Clitheroe Parish Church Players pre sen t
“EVERYWOMAN”
Hugh Steadman Williams Produced by Margaret Smith
A Verse Drama by
on Wednesday, 7th and Thursday, 8th April in Church at 8 p.m.
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Thursday April 1 st, 1982, will be held in the
Clitheroe
SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd
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a.ni. — 8-30 p.m. Sunday, April 4th, .104)0,a.m. -—5-30 p.m.
MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION Town Hall, Accrington ;
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SATURDAY the 3rd to SATURDAY the 17th APRIL OPEN NORMAL LIBRARY HOURS
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SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd
NELSON CIVIC LADIES CHOIR
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RIBBLE VLLEY S.D.P. A
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FRIDAY, APRIL 2nd 6-30 p.m. ADMISSION: 5p
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erything with plastic and canvas sheets, leaving very little mess behind them. Each man was most
MAY we shy what a splendid fire service we have in Clitheroe. .Recent-, ly we had to call the brigade because the wall in our s i t t in g room became very hot. The firemen had to break into the wall by the fireplace to extinguish the blaze. Firstly they covered ev
CLITHEROE PARISH CHURCH ORGAN SOCIETY
- C O N C E R T Saturday, April 3rd at 8 p.m.
Clare McFarlane Violin Charles Myers
' Organ
Music to include Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Admission: Non-members £1.00 Students and OAPs 60p
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NOVELTIES ’ An exhibition by
MARJORIE STILSBURY (Manchester)
Open shop hours (not Wed.) and taster Monday
APRIL 3rd — MAY 8th DAY COURSES IN
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WHIST and
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SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd
Pie and Peas Supper
Admission 70p and 40p children .
6p.m. Clitheroe Parish Church “76 Group” JUM B L E
SALE in the' , :
UPPER HALL
Friday, April 2nd ADMISSION 5p
Refreshments
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A TEAM from Bowland County Secondary School finished 17th out of 36 entries in Gl'anada TV’s “Power Game” competi tion, to be screened tonight. Object of the competi
Clithefoe Advertiser and Times, April 1st, 1982 3
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tion was to design an elas tic-band powered machine which - went round in cir cles and fired a ping pong ball accurately. The Bowland team, led
• Firstly, no parish coun cil is a planning authority. Therefore to blame the local council because there- are no shops on the cent ral car park is both unjust and unfair. : The parish council is to
YOUR correspondent E. A. Slater displayed a la mentable ignorance of the facts in the assertions,, made against Whalley Parish Council in your last issue. ,
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by Daniel Purkiss, of Seedall’s Farm, Cowark, was up against teams of pupils from all over the Granada area,. It was the second year
the machine was around 11 seconds, although it
in succession a team from Bowland has won through to the finals. As well as Daniel, this year’s line-up included David Bamford and Derek Clark. They were accompanied by a fourth-year pupil Adrian Oldroyd and teacher Mr Andrew Walmsley. The best time they managed to record with
had completed the circle and fired the ball in as little < as 7.58 seconds in the previous round.
nice hill” was not put there by the parish coun cil. It was built in 1975 to hide the car park, then very unsightly, which it partially conceals. It was “built” at the
tally without powers in these matters. Secondly, the “rather
Councils’meetings undemocratic
.as an Independent to the Ribble Valley Council three years ago,' the main issue was the proposed new council offices. ’ At that time I-felt the
WHEN I. was,elected h^ electorate, and events
D isc rep an cy of s a la r ie s s a d d en s me
request of the Festival Committee when Whalley7 was honoured to be the representative of Lanca shire in the nationwide Festival of Villages prom oted by the British Tour ist Authority. Whalley did not pay for
t the hill, which was placed
very fierce and the win-; ning time was about four ; seconds,” said Mr Walm- ; sley, “But the lads did ! very well and we are al- ! ready looking forward to ; en te r in g the “Power ’ Game” again next year.
“The competition was , Tribute
MEMBERS of the Ribble Valley District Liaison Committee for Education stood in silent tribute to the late Mgr John Guerin, former parish priest of St M a ry ’s RC, Church, Langho, at the start of their meeting. Mgr Guerin, who died
in January, was a member of the Committee from its inception in 1975.
: here with the permission
of the private owners of the site. The reason there has
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been no building develop ment on the site (for which certain planning permission exists) is be cause no developer or fi nancial organisation con siders the necessary capi tal outlay would be jus tified by results; no other reason — the owners have advertised the site several times. Finally, the planning in
quiry to which reference was made was not paid for by Whalley ratepayers in isolation. Any neces sary (and very limited) outlay was met by the ratepayers of the Ribble Valley as a whole.
Coun. JIMMY FELL, 7’Limefield Avenue, Whalley.
I HOPE it will not cause Mr Broughton to shudder if I sug gest there is much we nave in common — to begin with, the micro chip. The British workman
example — British Ley- land. At last, with up dated automation, the ef ficiency’ of the shopfloor
to a wage increase of about four per cent — against an inflation rate that has been about 12 per -cent. But the same executives who say there is no money left to pay higher wages accept for themselves salaries up to £100,000. Whenever I return to
discrepancy in Britain. In Europe, .managerial and union co-operation usually leads to a harmonious ag reement of profit sharing. In Britain the worker has to subsidise the invest ment. The BL worker is tied
worker will increase 200 per cent; it will equal and possibly be higher than the best in Europe. , But there is a hideous
have been too eager to prosper from profits so that they have lacked the foresight and integrity to invest adequately in mod ernisation programmes in their own industries — as the Continental countries and, of course, Japan, have done.- We have now a positive
periences here, and obser vations in other countries, the fault has principally been with the ignorance or indolence, or sheer selfish greed, of manage rial and executive per sonnel. In many cases they
has been much unjustifi ably maligned and abused for his lack of produc tivity. From my part-time ex
have proved this venture _
to be a costly one to the ratepayers.
timing - and the .way the decision was put into t effect to be a betrayal of
priorities correct and spent on other projects in the Ribble Valley part of the cost of the offices, the interest’ charges alone, or even monies - taken from
not put into effect im mediately after reorgan isation in 1974, , when probably the cost could have been halved? - If the council had its
Why was the scheme
. to be implemented. This in turn would have
reserves in 1979, then we would have been on the, receiving end of larger grants from Central Gov- ; ernment when cuts began
presented the-opportunity to carry out much-needed projects at less cost to ratepayers and tenants: alike. I do not subscribe to
the view that the new of fices have benefited me as a councillor or as a
GS supporters have only status to lose
DEAR me, the Musson family, along with others, and one not even having the guts to identify themselves, were in a lather in last week’s edition.
Charles Musson expound ing his "usual patriotic quota, but young Christ opher working himself into a sweat over com prehensive education. I suppose when -some
Not only had we
one like Keith Fawcett hits the nail on the head with such firmness, it has this effect. Anyone impartial who
Spend on Bowland school
staff were seen to be ap palled at the behaviour of some parents. Don’t take my word for it, ask them. I ' have a child at the
Grammar School and obvi ously hope he does well, but this does not automat ically determine that I should shout down all op position to comprehensive education. On the contrary, I con
witnessed the parents’ meeting at the Grammar School, or the public meeting at the Parish Hall,’ would consider the behaviour of many in favour of the retention of the Grammar School as rude and ill-mannered in the extreme, with their own self-interests as their primary argument. Even Grammar School
I WISH to be included with the vast number of people who do not want to see Bowland County Sec ondary School closed and would like to raise the following points. Is it really so essential
climate should we be spending almost £lm to replace the boys grammar school? Capital costs will be
offset by the sale of any premises. Would anyone care to give us some idea of the current value of the boys’ grammar school site?
that our schools go com prehensive? In the present economic
has delivered little to the ratepayers of the parish of Billington, the third largest part of the Ribble Valley Borough.
Coun. FRED ELLIS, Whalley Road, Langho.
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suppose I have to blaine the failure of local Gov ernment- reorganisation which allows many man oeuvres and manipulations to take place. It promised much but
Ribble Valley Council and Billington Parish Council meetings I am amazed at the lack of equity and the absence of true democra tic principles of some of the members. At the end of the day I
tricks department” of the controlling group on the Ribble Valley Council and their associates in the parish of Billington. Having attended the
my disapproval, of what I consider to be the “dirty
ratepayer. I also wish to -convey
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KATII AND ERIC DIXON, 29 Salthill Road, Clitheroe.
this country from posts abroad, once from New Zealand and more recent ly from a six-year stay in Germany, I am saddened in this country by the ob vious discrepancy of salaries: the . managerial and executive elite who prescribe for themselves generous salary increases and profitable perks, but deny the minimal in creases to the workforce that has just as arduously contributed to the profit able functioning of the society, we live in. ■ It is love of my country
^not the ability to obtain a ' Grammar School place is not the best one. I would hardly consider such a system democratic. I wonder how many pa
brands an 11-year-old child as a failure if he has
sider that equal opportun ity for all children can be nothing else but a good\ thing. Please note, Chris, equal opportunity, not un iformity or supposed equality; there is a vast difference. Surely a system which
spend £lm to save £26,000 oi' less? . Is big really so beautiful and efficient; the national ised industries aren’t a very convincing example. Bowland School is con
Does it make sense to
stantly referred to as very small, yet it is about three-quarters the size of the grammar schools. Since when is three-quar ters of anything very small? Let us save a great deal
that makes me wish Bri tain to emulate the best in other countries and not be content with the smug in dulgent comparison with the Britain of the 30s. But I do share Mr
Broughton’s suspicion of the propaganda of the Left. However, just as millions of the Party faith ful in Russia slavishly — and unthinkingly — en dorse the dominance ol the Communist hierarchy, so just as many of the faithful in our own coun try, with equally unthink ing subservience, sub tscribe with fanatical loyal
sive education will be streamed in varying de grees of child ability, en suring that O and A-level subjects will still be taught in the same way as at the present Grammar School, the only difference being that all the children will be under one umbrel la, doing away with the present bigoted “us”' and “them” attitude. What have all the sup
rents consider this when they shout from the roof tops in favour of the Grammar School, moti vated only by their own selfish self-interests. Of course, comprehen
school in such a state that it requires replacement? With falling rolls surely m o d if ic a tio n s would suffice. Because of falling rolls
of money by spending a little on Bowland school instead of a lot elsewhere. ' Is the boys’ grammar
it is expected that the intake at Bowland will fall.' With the current publicity many more pa rents will realise what an excellent' school it- is and its intake will rise. Bowland school must
not be closed.
PETER COWKING, Beatrix Farm, Dunsop Bridge.
Lorry left on
y (as the letters in your-, newspaper- illustrate) to
the Party of privilege and wealth in this country. A confusing paradox. It is interesting that
the comprehensive system of education, reviled by most of your correspon dents, provides in the United States a technical and scientific brilliance that leads the world. Ad mittedly my visit to a US comprehensive school was' short,- but it was impres sive and convincing. But my original queries
. Parliament of our consti tuency who is supposed to represent the interest's of the nation in Government. I have accepted the
myth that comprehensive education is politically motivated by the so-called Left of this country. If this were so,- why
porters of the retention of the Grammar School to fear then? I suggest no thing, save their own loss of “status” — the middle class, old school tie, my child is at the Grammar School attitude. Finally, let’s squash the
layby
A CLITHEROE driver who left an articulated trailer without lights in a lay-by on the Whalley- Clitheroe bypass on two occasions was fined by the
have so many Tory local' authorities implemented and re ta in ed such a system under an educa tional supremo, Sir Keith Joseph, who regularly ex presses his views in favour of comprehensive schools.
were to the Member of ; Clitheroe
B. PARKER, 66 Fairfield Drive,
- terms, the industrial output of this country has slumped 2() per cent since this Government. came to power three years ago. Mr Waddington con
advent of the micro-chip computer that has given the British worker — at last — the means to equal the efficiency of his collea gues abroad. But no one has yet ans wered why, in national
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tinues to woo the gullibili ty of the faithful with his benign platitudes, .but I would prefer his letter from Wesminster to be more' substantially infor mative. v 1 It. A. PARKER, 7 St Chad’s Avenue, Chatburn.
(38), of Bolland Prospect, was fined £15 on each summons and £10 each for two cases of causing un necessary obstruction. He was- ordered to pay £5 costs. Mr Peter Warboys, pro
town’s magistrates. Keith Ralph ■ Goldsmith
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'. Ribble Valley for the post town — in Whalley’s case,
I NOTE from your edition of March 18th that the GPO has given the “thumbs down” to Coun. James Fell’s suggestion to s u b s t i tu te the name
f Blackburn. .1 adopted Coun. Fell’s
suggestion and letters have been • delivered promptly to my address — including one from the Speaker of the House of Commons. I shall .continue to use Coun." Fell’s sug gestion. ■
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ALAN G. BOWLES, 17 Whittam Crescent,
the defendant said he had tried to put the trailer on th e lo r ry p a rk in Clitheroe, but because of the- amount of snow on the road it had not been possible. ~ ' He had to park some
In a letter to the court, .
where and, would not have left the trailer in the lay by under normal circumst ances.
' M-cyclist hurt
i ’ machine was . in collision ! with a car in the village. ; ,He, was allowed, home : after treatment. The driver of the car,
! Eric Hardcastle (35), of St ■ James’s Street, Clitheroe, I was unhurt. .
WEST Bradford, motor cyclist Paul Stevenson (19) of Bucks Farm', was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary with a , slight foot injury' af te r his-
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