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■ on Tuesday. The Lams and the


. families of Vietnam­ ese refugees said goodbye to Clitheroe


T h a n k s f o r t h e THE final two


•Leeds and Blackburn. Now the Lams and


. families have settled. Their departure will


Hieps have left their council houses in Henth- orn Road and- Mytton View to move to a hous­ ing association in Leeds, where 60 : Vietnamese


be reported to tonight’s meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s Housing Committee, but it is not yet known whether any further homes will be made available for re­ fugees. The other- two Vie­


FAREWELL Clitheroe . . . Mr Lam and five of his children bound for Leeds.


Old radio is vital to plot


A RADIO 1930s-style is


n eed ed by Whalley Church Players for its next production. The group is perform­


ing J . B. P rie s tley ’s psychological th r i l le r “Dangerous Corner” at Whalley CE School on March 17th to 20th and everything is going well except for one thing.— members cannot find one of those big and boxy pre­ war wireless sets. Players’ secretary Mrs


tnamese families who came to Clitheroe have previously moved to


Hieps feel they wall be more at- home among their fellow counti-ymen in -Leeds, where there might also be better job and further education opportunities. Both Mr Lam (36),


wife, Dang, have two young children Phuong and Quoc. Mr. Hiep’s 16- year-old brother Hoa, who has been.a pupil at Ribblesdale Schod,- also lived with them.


Mr Ngo Hiep , and his


and 32-year-old Mr Hiep, a photographer and goldsmith Respec­ tively, have been'out of work for two years. Mr Sam Lam and his


wife, Pham, have three sons, Kuong, Hao and Son, and daughter Thuy, who have attended Edis- ford County Primary School. The two youngest


joyed th e ir time in Clitheroe and are very grateful to the town­ speople for their help.


Both: families have en­


ly like to thank helpers led by the,Rev. Graham Vickers, of Whalley; staff at Clitheroe Health Centre, and teachers at Edisford school.


members of the family are two-year-old Flower and Dawn, who is foui- months.


They would particular­


had weekly tuition, and. with obtaining' our kind of food,” he said.


gest difference th ey ' nave discovered between Vietnam and Britain has been the weather.


Undoubtedly the, big­


- While in ' Clitheroe, they have seen snow for the first time and have had to tackle the strange problem of frozen pipes!


th e y have- enjoyed watching colour televi­ sion and reading library books. Says Mr Lam: “It was


On the bright side,


Lam, the families have felt lonely and isolated. “There have also been difficulties with the lan­ guage, although we have


But, explained Mr


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Sylvia Ireland said: “The radio is absolutely essen­ tial to the plot and so far we have had "no luck in finding a suitable one. “We also need one of


A SCHEME is being considered' to merge the Ribble Valley’s long-awaited new district library headquarters with the present cinema and theatre at Clitheroe’s Civic Hall. A county architect has


those old-fashioned tele­ phones like the ones used in the silent screen com­


'2325. Knit and spell


edies.”Anyone who may be able to help can contact Mrs Ireland at Whalley


A SPONSORED knit and spelling contest by girls of Bowland County Secon­ dary School, Grindleton, raised £170 for the Pat Seed Cancer Relief Fund.


ween the Ribble Valley and county councils would solve two problems. , It would guarantee the future of the cinema and theatre, where £100,000 worth of repairs to the structure are heeded. It would also end the


Such a joint project bet­ carried out an appraisal of


the York Street site and says that both the needs of district central library headquarters and the pre­ sent cinema and. theatre can be accommodated. •


county council’s long and so far fruitless search,for a suitable site in Clith'eroe for a new library.


'but County Librarian Mr Michael Dolan described the proposal as “very in­ teresting and exciting.”


No costings or detailed plans are yet available,


would be able to provide excellent library facilities, which would greatly im­ prove’ the present ser­ vice.”


Says Mr Dolan: “We


Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee has backed the idea, which will be discussed a week today by the county Lib­ rary and Leisure Com­ mittee.


The Ribble Valley


Members agreed with th e i r v ice-chairman,


Court Ted Boden (Chat- bum), in hoping that the county council would give it high priority.


new library scheme for Clitheroe is not included in the county council’s


The main snag is that a


Ribblesdale old pupils ^ sought


THE first pupils of Rib­ blesdale County Secon­ dary School,. Clitheroe, in 1932 are invited to a grand reunion. • Head of mathematics


Chris Roberts is organis­ ing the reunion as part of the. school’s golden jubilee celebrations. He hopes to form' a


committee to arrange a social event of some kind.


former pupil who tells me there are many people in the Clitheroe district now in their sixties who were among the first pupils at the school,” he said: Mr. Roberts may be


“The idea came from a


Family ' swim


•Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale pool.


'paying to go in. ,*“A family of four would


.Committee},agreed that one adult should be admit­ ted'free' with every child


Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure


' ' ■''• ,


,be,able to go to." the pool for the price of two chil­


dren’s' tickets,” Deputy Town Clerk Mr Brian Manning told councillors. It was agreld to intro­


a n d 8 p .m .


•A GROUP of 19 youngsters from Bowland County Secondary School set off on Saturday '.for a week’s ski-ing holiday in the Swiss mountain village of Ovronnaz.


duce the scheme on an experimental basis on Wednesdays between ' 5


organised at the school, although pupils have been making regular trips to the Rossendale .ski slope


for the. past four years. .• ' • ' . . , It is the first time that such a holiday jias been -


The holiday has been combined with the school’s annual French trip — which explains why a


introduced ski-ing instruction at the school, is accompanying the children, along with three other staff members — French mistress' Mrs Rosemary Dewhurst, Miss Elizabeth Wilde and Mr. Peter Hodbod. •


French-speaking resort was chosen. PE master Mr ..Frank .Saddington, who first


• ‘ ' . f- ' ' ' - •


IN a bid to'encourage pa­ rents to go swimming with .their: children, spe­ cial “family nights” are to be v? ‘ in t ro d u c e d a t


capital programme until 1983-84. Mr Dolan admits that


.with the library project.” The joint scheme satis­


this time lapse is “criti­ cal.” but adds: “I believe this scheme is urgently needed in Clitheroe and that a strong case can be made for going ahead


- Mr Dolan went on: “I


fied both councils’ require­ ments aiid would provide a very useful amenity for residents and visitors alike,, he said.


honestly think the present library set-up in Clitheroe


Saving


busy town and catchment area and-deserves a much b e t te r se rv ic e . This scheme would provide .a service for which Ribble Valley’ people have been waiting a long time.” In a report to the Re­


“But Clitheroe is a very


has worked very well in extremely difficult cir­ cumstances.


Estate bans


hunting THE C o -o p e ra t iv e Wholesale Society’s ban on bloodsports on its land throughout the country will nit, among others, the newly-formed Bow- land Mink Hounds pack. For it will not be al­


joint master of the Bow- land pack, Mr Miles Field­ ing, it has plenty of other areas in which to operate. Mr Fielding considers


lowed on the societyls. Withgill Estate which in­ cludes stretches of the Hodder. But according' to the


the ban a great shame. “Speaking as a farmer, I know that mink cause hundreds of pounds worth of damage to farms in this area. I only hope the soci­ ety makes its own ar­ ran g em en ts to keep vermin under~control.” A spokesman for the


creation and Leisure Committee, Chief Execu­ tive Mr Michael Jackson said that an inquiry into the Civic Hall’s future should soon be complete. The committee previ­


ously agreed to keep open the, hall until March next year, pending the results of the inquiry. The joint scheme would


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not easy for us leaving Vietnam as Boat People, but we have received kindness and. will have very happy ‘memories of C l i th e ro e and i ts people.”


Schools’ plan under scrutiny


A CLARION call has gone out to parents in the Ribble Valley to unite in a demand for a rethink over prop­ osed reorganisation plans for Clitheroe’s secondary schools. They have been urged


IT wasn’t only Old King Cole who was a merry old soul. Judging from our picture of Chatbum Play­ ing Fields pantomime of the same name, the rest of the characters were a happy lot, too.


run begins tonight in Chatbum Institute, at 7- 30.


The panto’s three-night


to attend two approaching public meetings to show the strength of opposition to four options put for­ ward for discussion by the county council. “If you care, come and


tickets available from Burgess’s or Hudson’s shops in Chatburn; Mor­ timer, Gorse and Ross, Ker r and Woodward, Clitheroe; or any commit­ tee member.


There are still a few


share in the decision­ making process” is the


1 support of' the 'Association


message from an action c om m i t te e s e t tip w i th th e


of Friends of GRGS. The four options put


forward are: 9 Two ll-to-18 mixed


schools, each with its own sixth form, one at Rib­ blesdale and the other an amalgamation of the two grammar schools. ©Two ll-to-18 mixed


.grammar school premises. • One ll-to-18 mixed


. R ic a r do) :-a n d . .Diane, F ra n k lan d (P r in c e s s Viola); front — fiddlers Marilyn Fletcher, Brian Jones and Anne Jackson.


are, from the left: back — Paul Whittaker, (Albert, Lord C h am b e r la in ) , Rodney Read (Old King Cole), Ian Joyce (Princess Sonatina), Madeline Har­ greaves (Queen Coke), Bridget Stewart (Prince


Pictured during a scene


ICI plans to spend £5m. on improving its catalyst production plant at Clitheroe . . . a move which will pro­ vide job security for the 200 workers at the Pimlico plant and boost output to meet increasing worldwide demand. Planning approval has


I C I ’ s £ 5m to k e n of faith


and adhesives — and am­ monia for fertiliser man­ ufacture. Like other industries,


yet to be sought from the Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Com­


mittee. The plan, to install


- - The objective is sto-in- crease the output of catal­ ysts used in the produc­ tion of methanol — the raw material for plastics


new, high-output machin­ ery in the old north sec­ tion of the works, will in­ volve very few external changes. Everything will be contained in buildings already in use on the site.


schools, with a joint sixth form centre at the boys’


Pendle F o re s t Hunt, whose secretary, Mr John


society said that its mem­ bers wanted foxes and other vermin to be dealt with more humanely. The ban also affects the


Henderson, said: “I see no practical reason for this decision. Local hunts have always taken the greatest care to co-operate with farmers.”


save money on running costs and repairs and would retain the hall’s best, architectural fea­ tures. The committee agreed


to further investigate and discuss the project with the county council.


seeking a buyer for its 1,760 acre estate and sev- " era! people have shown an


The Co-op is currently


interest. The society is deter­


school initially on three sites — ll-to-16s split be­ tween Ribblesdale and the girls’ school and sixth for­ mers at the boys’ school, pending extensions at the girls’ school. 9 One ll-to-18 mixed


Cafe asks young customers not to linger


A CLITHEROE cafe proprietor is making a determined bid to prevent teenagers from using her premises as a “youth centre,” follow­ ing complaints from customers.


school, initially on three sites, with all 11-year-olds in a lower school at Rib­ blesdale, transferr ing after three years to an upper school at the girls’ premises. But according to a


member of the aCtion committee, Mrs Audrey Smith, of Langho, there are enormous holes in these options. “We must unite to


mined ■ that the ban on' hunting will remain at least until the estate is sold.


, Mrs Ruth Swales, of Swales said she felt they were successful.- “I t , isn’t that we don’t


the Colbourne House Cafe, Wellgate, has intro­ duced measures • designed to control the amount of. time that young people spend in che cafe on, Saturdays, traditionally; the busiest day for the business.


demand adequate good reorganisation, not hasty p o l i t ic a l ly - motivated ideas. The only way to do


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21 are being encouraged to leave the premises, after they have spent “a' reasonable amount of time” over their meal or snack. vThe measures were em­ ployed for the first time at the weekend and Mrs


People under the age of Off to the Swiss ski slopes


contacted at the school or at home on Clitheroe 25065.


sympathise With the young people,” she said. “They really need some kind of youth centre where they can all meet and chat, which is what a lot of them have been doing here recently. . “ The problem '-has


ICI has been hit by reces­ sion, but works manager Jim Johnstone said the company is confident that world markets for catal­ ysts are now expanding. ICI wants to be ready to tak e a slicfe of th a t market. ' “The new machinery


extra jobs, but local con­ tractors will be given an opportunity to tender for installation work. If all goes according to


plan, work should start at Pimlico before the end of the summer and will take a year to complete. The project will be car­


ried out in phases so that production is not affected. The Pimlico works was


has been tried and tested and there will be. no in­ convenience to, people living nearby,” said Mr Johnstone. He described the in­


built by ICI in 1940 for the Ministry of Aircraft Production and through­ out the second world war it produced catalysts for the manufacture of avia­


vestment'" as' a'“tokeh'" of ICI’s faith in the future of the catalyst business which would provide sec­ urity for the workforce. The new plant will not provide “very many”


tion fuel. “ Later it was bought by


a t


ICI and enlarged in 1956- 57 at a cost of £500,000. Since then the industrial giant has spent £5m. on d ev e lo pm en ts Clitheroe. •


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grown steadily worse over the past few months and there have been com­ plaints' from customers about the behaviour of some of them.” Mrs Swales said there


had. been instances of cigarettes being stubbed out in sugar bowls and one youngster taking two- and-'a-half hours to finish a glass of lemonade. “But I was finally


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prompted . to take some positive action ' when a regular customer told me that she had walked out of . th e cafe halfway through her lunch because of the bad language coming from a comer of the cafe. “It is not a matter of


banning young people — we just want to be able to control them and make sure there are enough seats for all our genuine Customers. “There have been inst­


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ances, in recent weeks of crowds of up to 20 youngsters coming into the cafe at once and scat­ tering all over the place, which .makes it impossible for them.to be controlled. “We want the cafe to be


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used for its intended pur­ pose :—: and n o t. as a meeting place or youth centre,” she said.,


Unpaid rates ON f application by the


Ribble Valley Council, Clitheroe magistrates


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