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SODDEN carpets in the sun to dry tell the sorrry story of the residents in Taylor Street.


NEIGHBOURS help to clear up at the Bawd- lands home of Mrs Jessie Thornber (80).


Storms throughout Valley


VIOLENT thun­ derstorms in many parts of the Ribble Valley on' Sunday brought flooding — and criticism of motorists whose speed caused waves of water to flood into homes. Taylor Street,. Bawd-


lands, Whalley Road and Railway View Road in


Clitheroe and half of King Street, Whalley, were among the areas most af-


* fectsd. Matters were made


worse by the speed of traffic. Mrs E. Whitham, of Railway View Road, said: “Drivers would not slow down and they sent


waves crashing up to my house as they passed through the flood water.”


out sooner to slow down traffic, it would not have been as bad.”


“If the police had been


problem in King Street, Whalley, where residents complained to parish councillor Mrs Ada Smith- son about thoughtless


There was the same


motorists. She feels drivers should


have been made to use the Whalley bypass and


intends to raise the sub­ ject of flooding at' the n e x t p arish council


meeting. Insp. Bill Moore, of


Clitheroe police, said they had more than 50 calls for help in thfe space of 15. minutes on Sunday after­


AN early learning flood system — Operation Albion —


is being introduced to the Ribble Valley,


probably by the anitumn. A similar flood warning system, involving the


use of radar capable of detecting rain clouds, is


used on the rivers Severn and Trent. When the water authority has received a warn­


ing, it contacts the police, who make the necessary arrangements, members of the Ribble Valley Parish Councils’ Liaison Committee were told at last Thursday’s meeting.


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the lads did a very good job giving what help they could,” he said. “Hun­ dreds of tourists were re­


noon. “In the circumstances


turning home through Clitheroe and the roads were very busy.” .


Clitheroe, a spokesman for Swincoe’s newsagents phoned the. police when water began spurting out


In Wh a lley Road, of a burst sewer. At bay As water; started to


pour into his shop and the neighbouring post office, a band of willing helpers armed with mops and buc­ kets managed to keep it


at bay. No so lucky was Mr


Vincent Mulhern, a few doors away, who returned to his motor spares shop on Monday morning to find floodwater ankle deep


in places and £1,000 of stock affected.


burst, the-sewer pipe near the inner bypass and tore an eight foot square hole


The force of the .water


in the road. Nearby .Wellgate was


also flooded and under the railway bridge in Wad-


dington Road the water was three feet deep after a sewer pipe burst there.


\ The bridge behind Richard Moorhouse' buil­ ders .was flooded for the first time in 50 years, as


. far as Chester Avenue Re­ sident Mrs M. Hudson can remember. “The water swept down


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Chester Avenue in one filthy black wave, but for-


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Taylor Street in wake of


THE deluge which drenched Chtheroe on Sunday afternoon brought fresh misery for residents in Taylor Street.


As th e h ea v en s


opened, a sewer flooded, spewing its contents into about 20 houses — the fourth timev in two years that residents have had to mop up.


After a morning sunba­


thing, they were given li­ terally qnly a minute’s warning as grids were lifted into the air by foun­ tains of sewage.


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gushed down the backs of the houses — sometimes as much as two feet deep — bringing a double dose of misery, submerging carpets and soaking furn­ ishings and clothes.


The ‘ sew a g e also As the all-too-regular


cleaning-up operation con­ tinued on Monday, resi­ dents were bitter at the Ribble Valley Council’s attitude.


critical that only 20 sand­ bags were delivered on Sunday evening and it took the authority until Monday afternoon to pro­ vide ju s t, two containers of disinfectant.


They were particularly Clitheroe Mayor Coun.


John Cowgill and his deputy, Coun. Bob Ains­ worth, who are both Ribble Valley councillors, examined the aftermath on Monday afternoon, to­ gether with the council’s Planning and Technical Officer, Mr Philip Bailey.


ble were, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, when torrential rain began ■ to buil'd up


The first signs of trou­ |< ^V


along the street. Mrs Elsie- Grooby, at


T


No: 24, immediately began knotting her cur­ tains and moving- things


upstairs, but the water was soon pouring in through both .front and


back doors. ' “The whole business is


upsetting,” she said.' “It’s going to take months to dry out because the houses have not really re­ covered .from the- last flooding.”-


AN emu mascot was the star1 attraction at two challenge matches staged by St Mary’s Cubs, Clitheroe, on Sunday af­ ternoon.


. 1 ' At .


though, to Akela Mrs Anne Pietrzak, who was- out first time:.while play­ ing for the mums against the .younger - Cubs at


It -was not much-help,


rounders.. U n fo r tu n a te ly , the


storm. About 2Q


oldervCubs’- bid for. a double by -beating the dads at football -was washed out by a thunder-


their parents


fancy dress - in the annual ternoon.


Cubs and — most in


— took part challenge af-


Welch finished decorating only a-week ago.


. Next door, Mr Brian “Our washing machine,


stereo unit and suite are damaged,” he said. “It’s


time the council sorted out this problem once and


for all.” Among the carpets


drying out\ in the street on Monday afternoon was a Persian wool one, worth £500.


Its owners, Mrs Mar­


lene Lynch, was so in­ censed at the council’s at­ titude that she went up to the Church Walk Offices to demand some help.


“After this, you haven’t the heart to think about


improving your house. The' whole place stinks,” she said.


Mrs Eveline Naylor (71) ■


— one of the street’s oldest residents — has seen it all before. “It’s a


continual worry every time it rains,” she said. • Her son, Kevin, . was


fuming at the council’s ap­ proach to the problem. • “My mother’s house is


filthy and will need more than disinfectant to clean it,” he said.


worse was that council of­ ficials came down on Monday and s ta r ted joking about it.”


“What made matters


dents’ complaints and in­ specting the damage, Coun. Cowgill said he would be raising some questions at the next council meeting.


After listening to resi­ . He was concerned that


the recently modernised houses had downspouts leading nowhere and that gardens appeared to have concrete bases. “Something is wrong


Help strike up the band


a full investigation and in the meantime the coun­ cil will be providing more sandbags in case there are


small to cope with present day demands,” he said. , Mr Bailey has promised


further flash floods. It had always been


thought that Mearley Brook was the source of the trouble, but that was cleared after the last flooding. “We will' be checking


ARE' you a young musician feeling that y ou d o n ’t have enough opportunities to play a lo n g s id e other people? " If so, why not go


Along to the Clitheroe branch of the . Royal British Legion’s head­ quarters in Whalley Road • at 8 p.m. to­ morrow.


everything and let’s hope we can find out the prob­ lem to ease these people’s minds,” he said. Replying to criticism of


the council’s attitude, Mr Bailey maintained that of­ ficers had visited Taylor Street at the time of the-


when a sewer' blows and it may be that it is too


flooding to check the brook which, in the past, had always been the trou­ ble. The officers had acted as. quickly as they could and had tried to be


■ helpful.


to start a junior milit­ ary band and besides normal band members w a n t s c la r in e t , French horn and sax­ ophone players. Mem­ bership is open to anybody between the ages of 10 and 18 and girls can join too. The m e s sa g e is clear . . . so why not


The legion is hoping -


-polish up that instru­ ment and join the


band?


Heroes’ welcome awaits sailors


THERE will be a‘ hero’s welcome for the two Ribble Valley seamen who survived the Argentian attack on the destroyer HMS Coventry when they arrive back in Britain on the QE2 tomorrow lun­


Tyson (20), of Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, and lead­ ing weapons electronic mechanic Jimmy Mason (22), a former pupil of Ribblesdale School, were among 750 seamen from the ill-fated .trio Coven­ try, Ardent and Antelope being ferried home on the luxury liner came as a complete surprise to de­


chtime. News that, cook David


lighted relatives. The QE2 is expected to


dock at Southampton at noon tomorrow and 13 of David’s family and friends as well as Jimmy’s wife Christine, father Colin, mother Barbara and younger sister Helen (13) will be there to greet them.


It is understood that


the crews will have two weeks leave before being given new assignments. David’s family plan to, mark his return in style by holding an “ open house” party at _ their home on Saturday. '


As well as his mother, .Yi. M x r


father and two brothers, the 13-strong party going down to meet David and bring him home will in­ clude his. girlfriend Carol and her family, who will be making the trip from their home in Ayr.


Jimmy .will'be his wife' Christine (22), his father Colin,, mother- Barbara and younger sister Helen (13).


At the dockside to meet The Masons will be


travelling down to South ampton from their Ac­


crington hoitie on Thurs­ day night and plan to return north the following evening. Looking forward' .to


Valley team’s a knock-out •THE Clitheroe-based


Ribble Valley team have w’on the Red Rose Festi­ val “Its a Knockout” com­


the Seedhill Athletic Track, Nelson.


petition. The event was held at


IT was all hands to the mops for staff at the Clitheroe Conservative offices in Railway View Road and some of their neighbours.


Mick sits up 27.051 times!


EVER done any sit-ups to trim the flab from


Clitheroe man Mick Tyne (20) to become the new world record holder . . . with 27,051. The staggering total came after 25 hours’ con­


your figure? Then-yon may have some idea what it took for


tinuous activity, the only breaks coming when Mick, of Kenilworth Drive, had to answer the call of nature. The new record is one thousand sit-ups clear of


the previous best and as a result Mick, a physi­ cal training instructor with the Royal Engineers, lost half a stone. A former pupil at Ribblesdale School, he has


feat as a “one off.’’


Although Mick has always kept in good shape; he spent three months training with weights


.


before making the attempt. Naturally all his friends in Aldershot, where


dren.


no plans to try and belter his record if it ever comes under threat. He just refers to the amazing


he is based, arc delighted and as the effort was sponsored he is hoping to have raised several thousand pounds for an incubator for deaf chil­


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