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A bomb scare at council


offices A LAPSE of memory by Ribble Valley Council Chief Execu tiv e Mr Michael Jackson sparked off a bomb scare at the council offices Clitheroe.


papers in the boot of his car Mr Jackson drove off, leaving his attache case in the car park under the building.


After putting some


caretaker Mr Joe Bimey, who thought it might con­ tain explosives; and the police were summoned.


It was discovered by


action was taken, Mr Jackson was contacted at his Blackburn home and he confirmed that the case belonged to him.


However, before any


close to my parking space it was thought that it be­ longed to me and I was able to describe it to everyone’s satisfaction,”


‘Because it was lying so


said Mr Jackson. “When I left the office I


put the case on the ground while I put some bits and pieces into the boot and drove off with­ out it.” At the height of the


Club says thank you to local organisations


REPRESENTATIVES of numerous local organisa­ tions which .have helped to raise more than £4,000 for new' ' to i l e t s at Clitheroe’s Pendle Club e invited to the pre­ mises to see the com­


pleted w’ork. They were welcomed by


scare people working in an office immediately above the car park were- moved out.


FOLKLORE


“SUPERSTITIONS and folklore” was the title of a talk given to Clitheroe Soroptimist Club ,by Mrs F. Blades. She was thanked by


Miss K. Hanson. The raffle prize was won by Mrs D. Dent. Preparations are still


the chairman of the Old People’s Welfare Commit­ tee, Mr Brian Haig, who said the new facilities would enable some people to use the club who might otherwise have been pre­ vented from doing so be­ cause of disability. The club, which has a


membership of 350, is open to anyone in the town over 60. The scheme involved


providing facilities for dis­ abled people downstairs and two more sets of toilets upstairs. Mr Haig said the bill


be used for other work on the premises which had cropped up during the alt­ erations. Mr Haig also referred


The extra money w'as to tion’s contribution-of £700


to Miss Rushton and Mr Robinson. On the extreme right are the Mayor and


to a donation of £250 from th e Royal Wedding Souvenir Fund. Thanking everyone for


Mr Clegg. Donations to the toilet im­


their generosity, he said it had been a marvellous effort to have raised the money in under a year and to have earned out the work without affect­ ing the day-to-day run­ ning of the club. During the evening, the


contractors, Mr Russell Cowking and Mr Brian Dixon, of Dunsop Bridge, handed over the keys to Mr Joe Robinson, vice- chairman of the Old Peo­ ple’s Welfare Committee, and Miss Dorothy - Rush- ton, a trustee. On behalf of the club,


being made to organise a produce stall at Clitheroe Hospital open day. Recently the club cele­


for these, plus £500 for repainting other parts of the premises, had come to £5,101. Towards this the various organisations and the public contributed £4,381 and there had been interest-free loan of


brated its 36th birthday with a party at Thor- neyholme Hotel, Dunsop Bridge. President Mrs Margaret Garnett cut a


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cluded bring-and-buy, cake and plant stalls. The raffle was won by Mrs C. Cherry and Mrs


E. Hanson and winners of guessing games were Mrs E. Edwards, Mrs E. Lambert, Mrs L. Jones


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office THE new president of Whalley Lions, Mr Ron Aspden, received his chain of office on Sunday from his immediate pre­ decessor Mr Brian Whit­ taker. Other officers appointed


the setting when the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg, entertained 100 ladies to an “At home.” The guests included


Whalley, gave a talk on the history of the Abbey and tea was served. A raffle raised more


during the lunch, at the S p r in g Mill H o tel, Langho, were: Secretary — Mr Ian Lloyd; trea­ surer — Mr Bill Edmund- son; “lion tamer” — Mr Lawrence Rushton; “tail twister” — Mr Brian


M ay o re s ses or lady Mayors from districts in Lancashire, chairmen of parish councils or their wives, lady councillors and wives of chief offic­ ers, councillors and MPs, representatives of the council departments and personal friends. Coun. Jimmy Fell, of


Cushing. Afterwards, two £100


FOR using a tipper vehi­ cle without an excise li­ cence, Thomas Hickey (39), of Cross Street Garage, Clitheroe. was


cheques were handed over to representatives of Lepra and the Ribble Valley Hospice Fund. The money was raised by Clitheroe athlete Len Farnsworth when he ran in the London Marathon.


WINNERS at Clitheroe’s Pendle Club bridge ses­ sion were Mrs E. Bush and Mrs A. Barker, Mrs S. Cowperthwaite and Mr T. Adey.


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than £100 for Coun. Mrs Clegg’s main charity, Christie Hospital, Man­ chester. P ic tu re d with the


Choir’s concert


Mayor-and Coun. Fell are some of the local Christie cancer committee mem­ bers — from the left, Mrs Nina P ick th a ll, Mrs Dorothy Briggs, Mrs Isabel Dawson, Mrs Ethel Thomas and Mrs Norma Hoyle.


No licence


with £5 costs, for permit­ ting the vehicle to be used without a tachograph, and Joseph Alderson (52), of Barden Lane, Burnley, was similarly fined for using the vehicle without a tachograph.


fined £30 by the town’s magistrates. He was or­ dered to pay £66.25 back duty. He was also fined £20,


A NEW set of Commun­ ion trays made by local craftsman Mr David Frost are to be dedicated and used for the first time at Clitheroe United Re­ formed Church on Sunday morning. On the following Tues­


day at the church, people will have a chance to hear the C lithe roe Music Centre choir in a concert to raise funds for the church’s new heating system.


Summer social


- eluded a beetle drive, won by Mrs Christine Wood- worth. Mrs Jean Foulkes, an ex-president of the club, recited poetry.


FORTY members of Edis­ ford L a d ie s ’ Club, Clitheroe, attended the summer social, which in-


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£1,000 from the Ribble Valley Council.


. Souvenir Trust Fund^ £137 — Cheese and wine evening; £101 — Clitheroe Central Working Men’s Club; £100 — Friends of Clitheroe Hospital, Rectella, Ribblesdale Cement, Ribble Valley Women’s Auxiliary of the Licensed Trade, St Mary’s 76 Group, Whalley Lions.


provements include: £800 — Ribble Valley Rotaract Club; £700 — R o ta ry Club of Clitheroe; £500 — Ribble Valley Year of Disabled People; £381 — Knights of St Columba; £350 — Clitheroe Round Table. £250 — Royal Wedding


ists; £50 — Clitheroe Probus Club; Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle, National Farmers’ Union, Rib­ blesdale Afternoon Townswo­ men’s Guild, Trinity Sunday School.


£60 — Clitheroe Soroptim-


the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg, presented a tankard to Mr Rob Moffat, who de­ signed the new facilities. Our picture shows the


lowship; £30 — SS Michael and John’s Church; £25 — Catholic Ladies’ Guild, ICI, Trutex, Mrs E. S. Wilkinson; £21 — Pendle Club bridge section; £16 — Sounds Festival.


£41 — Trinity Ladies’ Fel­


president of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, Mr Donald Hartley (left) handing over his organisa­


P a r ish Church Am a teur Dramatic Society, St Michael in Castro Lodge.


£10 — Edisford Ladies’ Club,


Scout Executive, Mrs C. Harri­ son, Clitheroe United Re­ formed Church Women’s Guild.


£5 — Clitheroe and District Lucy’s courage


inspired all at h ospital


A WOMAN who was known as “Little Miss Courage” to residents and friends of Clitheroe Hospital, Miss Lucy Booth has died at the age


of 76. Multiple sclerosis struck


her in middle age and began to gradually paraly­ se her body until she could only move her head.


Clitheroe Hospital in 1954 and had been there ever since, accepting her fate cheerfully and without complaint.


She was admitted to


spiration to us all and in a sense her death is the end


“Her courage was an in­


of an era for the hospital,” said a spokesman.


smile became a familiar sight to hospital visitors and she was always ready to help people with their problems.


Miss Booth’s happy


LEONARD — BAUER


firm friendships and after 25 years there, staff and patients held a party for her and the Friends of Clitheroe Hospital pre­ sented her with a bed- jacket.


She developed many


her best friends, Mrs Hilda Sharpies, who has visited her regularly for nearly 30 years.


used to live in Well Ter­ race and started as a half- timer at a local mill when she was 11. After 10 years she became a clerk a t th e Employm ent Office.


Bom in Clitheroe, Lucy


s is te r , Mrs Margaret Wrigley, who is at Cast- leford.


She is survived by a


terday at Trinity Method­ ist Church was followed by cremation at Ac­ crington.


WI helps the hospice fund A funeral service yes­ Visitors included one of


James’s Church followed the wedding at Clitheroe reg is ter office of Mr Aidan James Leonard and Mrs Winifred Margaret


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by her father, wore a cream classic-style gown with a lace yoke, sleeves with a deep frill and a short train. She had a cream lace hat and carried a bouquet of cream roses, gold rosebuds, ivy leaves, adiantum fern, lilies and freesia.


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