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Footballers pool ideas to boost


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A HOST of fund-raising efforts are planned by Clitheroe Football Club to. try and ease its mounting financial problems. With th e p o s it io n


which at present has ex­ penses outweighing its income — would very shortly be back on an even keel. Since the club’s plight was spotlighted in the Ad­


Mr Cyril Whiteside said the air had been cleared and everyone now knew where they and the club stood. He hoped the club —


has been made by FC Clitheroe French Connec­ tion and Pat Brown Insur­ ance Broker, Blackburn. In addition, the club


vertiser and Times, a total of £75 sponsorship


also expects to receive soon a number of grants


clude a sponsored swim by the players, a weekly bingo night, a Christmas social, the sale of Christ­ mas cards, a fashion show by the ladies’ section and a cheese and wine evening at Standen Hall, home of club president Mr John Aspinall. The club also hopes to


sell lottery tickets from a town centre store or shop. A big worry at Shaw-


totalling about £2,000. Fund-raising ideas in­


“giving cause for con­ cern,” the 10 members of the club’s committee held a special meeting to pool their ideas. Afterwards, chairman


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Roefield sports hall challenge


A BIG fund-raising drive will take place in Clitheroe in the coming months as the first step towards building a £220,000 sports hall at the ■ Roefield recreation area. The ef fo rt will be


bridge is falling attend­ ances, with this season’s average gate of 57 the lowest for four years. Mr Whiteside urges anyone interested in football to go along to the ground on Saturdays and enjoy themselves. Anyone with “a genuine


interest and affiliation” to the club, who has ideas to put forward, is asked to contact tre a su re r Mr Keith Wilkinson (Clitheroe 26390).


spearheaded by a co-or­ dinating committee, to be set up shortly, and an appeal has been made to local organisations to think of ideas to help raise £55,000. That is 25 per cent of


Council has agreed to meet the balance of


the total cost, which the Ribble Valley Sports Council must raise in order to apply for a £40,000 grant from the National Sports Council. The Ribble Valley


Fund is launched to raise £55,000


£125,000, though a final decision has been deferred until the local sports coun­ cil ra ise s a sizeable amount of cash.


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about 50 people, including local councillors and Mrs Gill Waddington, wife of Clitheroe MP Mr David Waddington.


at Roefield was explained at a public meeting at Clitheroe Parish Hall, chaired by Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg. I t was attended by


Just what is envisaged


Forged notes warning


SHOPKEEPERS in the Ribble Valley have been warned to be on their guard against a well-man­ nered stranger who has been passing forged £20 notes.


other parts of the county, but Sgt Jim Oldcom, head of Clitheroe CID, said that he could well move into the area.


He has been active in


tended to concentrate on off-licences, but he could easily try and pass off the notes in other types of shop,” he said.


“At present he has


er and glossier than legal notes, the printing is slightly blurred and there is no watermark.


seeking to interview is aged between 20 and 30, 5ft. 9in. tall, and of stocky build, with fair collar- length hair. He is de­ scribed as “well-mannered and plausible”.


The man police are The forgeries are thick­


changing facilities and services, would be built at the back of the present Roefield barn, with which there would be a link. It would be the setting


The hall, together with


for a wide range of indoor sports — from basketball and badminton to archery and the martial arts. The sports council is al­


more and more leisure time. “We agree with the


plan in principle, but at the end of the day it comes down to money and we need to see whether there is sufficient re­ sponse in Clitheroe to this fund-raising appeal,” he said.


whose Mayoral theme is sport, offered to stage a coffee morning to start off the fund raising. ■


Coun. Mrs Clegg, Support


ready in the. process of setting up a charitable trust to control the run­ ning of the centre.


Action


idea is the sports council vice-chairman Mrs Doreen Euinton, who told the meeting she had been in­ undated with requests for such a facility. She said: “We have


A keen supporter of the


been talking about this sports hall idea for long enough and i t ’s time something was done. This area is described by the North West Sports Coun­ cil as recreationally dep­ rived and that’s a great pity. “ I t ’s an ambitious


sion came from Billington borough councillor Jack Can-. He pointed out that the


scheme, but if it does not happen, the only alterna­ tive is the dual use of school premises, which has its disadvantages,” she said.


Money


Mrs Kathleen Rawlinson described the scheme as th e mos t economic, though she admitted £220,000 was “rather a lot of money”. The borough council’s


Sports council treasurer


meeting had reservations about whether the sur­ rounding villages would support the project. But Mrs Euinton disclosed she had received messages of encouragement from West Bradford, Chatburn, Mellor and Downham. The sole, voice of dissen­


osed site was right be­ cause there were already other recreational attrac­ tions there, such as the baths, football pitches and the caravan site. Some of those at the


She thought the prop­


A MAN who joined Clitheroe Moms Men less than 12 months ago has - been voted “Man of the year” by his team-mates. He is Robin Cassey


who, in the words of a fellow Moms man, “rep­ resents more than anyone the sense of fun and joy that Morris dancing is all


Ribble Valley already had a sports centre at Lon- gridge, though he claimed it was of little use to people living on' the Clitheroe side of Hurst Green. He argued that, the Roefield centre’s running


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and lives in Whalley, is the first Ribble Valley man to win the title for a number of years. He is a musician in the 16-strong team, playing the ac­ cordion.


about.” Robin, who is single


More than 100 people turned up to see Robin,


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who works for the local parks department, receive his trophy at the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe, on


Saturday. The day was marked


particularly successful, was a concert for resi­ dents of Castleford. A special guest during the day was Mr Stephen Jones, who is 82 and was a Clitheroe Moms dancer many years ago.


Kate plans to join peace campaign


case was put by Coun. Ted Boden, chairman of the Recreation and Lei­ sure Committee. He said that his committee was doing all it could to prom­ ote recreation and recog­ nised the need for more indoor facilities, especially as people were enjoying


join the long-running women’s campaign against a plan to site 96 Cruise missiles there.


A CLITHEROE mother is hoping to rally consid­ erable support for a two- day trip to the US air b a s e a t Greenham Common, Berkshire, to


Alleys, Pimlico Road, is having a meeting at her home on Monday to which all interested women are invited.


Mrs Kate Hill, of The


■been outside the base since September last year. Organisers intend to carry on pressing the gov­ ernment to change its


The Greenham Women’s Peace Camp has


mind over siting the Cruise missiles there in December 1983.


Hill is a lecturer in com­ munity health studies at Preston Polytechnic.


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dren, she considers this particular disarmament campaign extremely im­ portant. ■


Manned with five chil­ “Women have under­


gone great hardship and sacrifice to cany on this protest,” she said. “Many have left their homes to live in tents outside the base.”


to go to the camp and when I have been I may well decide that I want to become more involved by going down during holi­ days.”


“I have always wanted


her husband, Edward, who has offered to take a party to the two days of “non-violent demonstra­ tion” on December 12th and 13th.


alone, but I think many women would welcome the chance to make a pro­ test against something which th re a te n s the future of their families,” said Mrs Hill.


“If necessary I will go Gift time


WITH Christmas just around the. corner, Whalley. Adult Centre took the opportunity to stage a pottery work­ shop — an ideal way of making gifts.


The 10 potters who at­ tended the two-day


d e r s , jugs, pots and miniature houses. P o t te ry workshop


course made all kinds of items, such as plant hol­


leader Mrs Enid English (extreme right) is pic­ tured with pupils at the „ potter’s wheel.


She has the support of


by the Morris men’s “ale” or traditional end of season dancing. Dancers from as far away as Hampshire joined the local contingent at various venues around Clitheroe. One of these, which was


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Town centre parking


clampdown


Ribble Valley Council is clamping down on people who abuse the two-in-any- three-hour restriction on three town centre car


THE honeymoon is over for motorists parking in Clitheroe. From Wednesday, the


parks. A new part-time en­


Cinema ticket


forcement officer has been appointed to make regular checks and drivers who outstay their welcome will face fines of up to £20 in the magistrates’ court. The “get tough” policy


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will apply to Booth’s park, Station Road (except for an area set aside for Auc­ tion Mart users); the Rail­ way View park and the Lowergate park. Car parks in North


OUR new “What’s my line?” competition for six tickets to the Civic Hall, Clitheroe, cer­ ta in ly had readers p u t t in g on th e i r thinking caps. The firs t correct


e c u t iv e Off icer , Mr Michael Jackson explained th a t the enforcement action was necessary to control public parking when the Booth’s super­ market opened. There had also been


Street, Queensway, Peel Street, Chester Avenue and Holden Street will' still be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An area in Waterloo re­ mains designated for lor­ ries only. The council’s Chief Ex­


of £400 w o r th of fireworks, plus all the usual Guy Fawkes’ night trappings, should make it a spectacular treat. It will be the fourth


Clitheroe, tomorrow A huge fire, a display


bonfire evening organ­ ised by the Rotary Clubs of Clitheroe and Ribbles- dale. Members of the Ribble Valley Rotaract Club will be in charge of catering. Again, the accent will


be very much on safety and Rtn. John Myers, community sendee chair­ man of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, asks people not to bring their own fireworks. “There will be ample fireworks for everyone to see,” he said. The organisers have


answers — Boxer — were sent by the fol­ lowing: Mrs Christine Whitaker, of Ashnott F a rm , Newton-in- Bowland; William Southworth, of 12 C h u rc h S t r e e t , Clitheroe; J. Burgess, of 5 Derby Street, Clitheroe; Miss I. King, of 19 Faraday Avenue, Clitheroe; Mrs B. Rushton, of 26 V ic to r ia S t r e e t , Clitheroe; and Paul S te v e n so n , o f 12 Whipp Avenue, Clitheroe. There is another


pressure from the local Chamber of Trade anxious to ensure that the short- stay areas were used properly. Said Mr Jackson: “We


been busy this week am­ assing material for the fire, which will be lit at 6-30 p.m. Said Rtn. Myers: “We hope people will bring material down to the field, though we will try to pick up any­ thing from old people who have no transport.” The fireworks will be


set off at about 7-15 p.m. from the banking over­ looking the Castle field near the tennis courts. For hungry spectators,


chance to win tickets in this week’s compet­ ition on page 2.


reasonable long-stay car parks not far away from the centre.” There will also be a clampdown on members of the public who use the council staff park during office hours, though this area is available for gen­ eral use at nights and at weekends.


Applying to use


land for industry


TWO planning applica­ tions to use land off Woone Lane, Clitheroe, for industry have been lodged with the Ribble Valley Council. Clitheroe firm Stead-


plan wants to use the site of the Primrose Metal Works for the repair, manufacture and sale of vehicles. It is also seeking per­


mission to build light in­ dustrial units on land behind the DHSS build­ ing, at Primrose. Steadplan already uses


people will comply with the orders, but if neces­ sary we will prosecute of­ fenders. “ T h e re a re q u i te


have had a couple of years of gentle reminders on windscreens, but there are still a specific number of people who unfortu­ nately regularly abuse the system. “We very much hope


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