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IT was a proud day on Sunday for the resi­ dents of a Billington terrace.


For o v e rn ig h t th ey changed their image.


Down came the name­ plate Industrial Ter­ race and up went a new one . . . Fe lls View.


It is just two years since they asked the council i f the name could be


changed.


They wanted to get away from the grimy cloth- cap image of Industrial Terrace.


They even agreed to pay the cost of the new nameplate themselves.


One person who is glad about the change is Mrs Christine Foster, of No. 9.


“The new name is much nicer — it doesn’t sug­ gest the smoke that outs iders a s so c ia te with Industrial Ter­ race,” she said.


see across to Lon- gridge Fell.


“On a clear day you can


Neighbour Mrs Alice Wilson agreed. “It’s all ch a n g ed w ith th e cotton mill gone. We need a brighter image for the 1980s.”


. B a rn e s was not ashamed of Lanca­ shire’s industrial past.


But at No. 13, Mr Harry


“I don’t think the cotton trade or the hard work that went with it is anything to look down on,” he said.


“But I’m pleased to go along with the rest of the people.


“Fell View is a name we


Industrial Terrace was built in two parts in the 1890s and early 1900s.


can take pride in,” he added.


The nameplate is being h anded in to th e Ribble Valley Council and a spokesman said there was a chance it might be offered to the C a s t le Museum in Clitheroe.


Popular villager dies in crash


A WEST BRADFORD businessman


who saved his son with the kiss of life two years ago has been killed in a car accident while returning home from work. Mr Brian Shackleton'


on Saturday.


THERE was no shortage of things to do at Ribblesdale Wanderers’ gala bonfire, firework display and barbecue


started at two o'clock with games and attractions for everyone.


Although the bonfire was not lit until 6 p.m. the event , ,


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goalie,” pottery smashing stalls and the "pick a full egg stall shown in our picture.


Particularly popular were the coconut shy, beat the , .


. . . . ,, The club is hoping to have raised about £150 for funds. Decorations


MEMBERS of St Paul’s tio'ns after a demonstra- ,,


Mothers Union, Lo an(j Mrs Barbara Leem- Moor, spent an evening ;ng. Thanks were expre­ making Christmas decora- ssed by Mrs Eileen Wood.


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Borrowed photos row


A COMPLAINT has been sen t to the BBC in London after two old


ducer' Mr Peter Manuira, visited Clitheroe last month to film for a BBC 2 programme


take away for copying three photographs, all about 80 years old, from the library’s illustrated collection, which is avail­ able to researchers. Library staff were as­


“Timewatch” on the weav­ ing industry at Low Moor. They were allowed to


ca lled


photographs borrowed from. Clitheroe library by a television camera crew were returned damaged. The crew, led by pro­


(38) was driving between Ripon and Dishforth on a narrow country lane when his Ford Cortina estate car left the road and hit a tree.


involved and North York­ shire police have appealed


No other vehicle was


for witnesses to the acci­ dent, which happened about 10 p.m. last Thurs­


day, with the area appa­ rently shrouded in fog.


dren, Mr Shackleton had only recently moved from Orchard Close, Grindle- ton, to a cottage at East View, West Bradford. A do-it-yourself en­


DIY enthusiast Married with three chil­


thusiast, he had spent the past 12 months transform­ ing the derelict cottage. Mr Shackleton made


sured the photographs would be returned the same day, but it was over a week later before they arrived through the post. The damaged photo­


headlines in April 1980 when he dashed into a field to give his elder son David the kiss of life after a kite he was flying struck power cables trans­ mitting a killer 11,000 volt shock.


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graphs were of Waddow Hall and of Mr James Garnett, one of the Gar­ nett family which owned Low Moor Mill at the time featured in the prog­ ramme. Mr Garnett’s pic­ ture had, in fact, been folded in half. A spokesman at the


Originally from Batley, Mr Shackleton had lived


in the Ribble Valley since 1977, after starting a Sabden company, Pendle Tea, which made teabags.


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county library headquar­ ters at Preston said staff at Clitheroe were very annoyed at the way the photographs were re turned. A letter has now gone from Preston to Mr Manuira asking for an ex­ planation. Meanwhile, the two photographs will be copied for public use, while the originals are re­ paired.


. For the past two years he had worked for amuse­ ment machine suppliers AFM Leisure, which has its headquarters in Black-


bum. He was North-East re­


gional manager, covering an area from Thirsk to Newcastle, though more recently after a reshuffle at the firm he had been given responsibility for additional parts of York­ shire.


He was returning from


Middlesbrough when the accident happened.


David, now 15, and 12- year-old Paul — attend Bowland County Secon­ dary School and Kirsti (10) is a pupil at Grindle- ton CE School, where Mr Shackleton’s wife, Olwyn, is caretaker.


Two of his children —


Grindleton area, he was a regular at the Duke of York Hotel, where he often helped out behind the bar.


A popular figure in the Tribute


in local cricket, football, h o ck ey or n e tb a l l matches, and helped or­ ganise a host of social events to raise money for charity.


He was also involved


Morris, of Grindleton, de­ scribed Mr Shackleton as “a dynamic personality. Said Mr Morris: “After running the Sabden firm, Brian’s nickname was “Teabag” and that’s how his friends will remember him. “Above all, he had the


Close friend Mr Vic


amazing gift of being able to make people laugh surely there can be no better epitaph.”


A CLITHEROE firm’s success, after less than two years of trading, hassled to big expansion plans and a chance of up to 80 jobs.for NE Lancashire.


Transport Engineer­ ing, of the Upbrooks


Industrial Estate, this week moved into new 27,000 sq. ft. premises at Susan Mill, Burnley.


tion employing 22 people will continue as normal. Earlier this year the firm secured a three-year agreement to become the sole dis-


The Clitheroe opera­ It’s a very safe bonfire night


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puller was the bonfire and firework display on the Castle field, staged jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Ribblesdale and Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley Rotaract Club. It attracted about 2,000


people and raised more than £300, to be shared


between Christie Hospi­ tal, the British Heart


Foundation and local


charities. H ig h l ig h t of the


firework display was a galleon in the shape of the Mary Rose, which fired rockets in all directions. The Rotarians super­


vised the 18ft. high bon­ fire and firework display and the Rotaracts did the catering, serving jacket potatoes and treacle toffee.


AT the Castle field Rotaract members David and Mary Brass serve jacket p o ta to e s to h u n g ry cu s tom e rs .


tributors m the UK and Ireland of a Bava­ rian company’s winter maintenance equip­ ment.


deal, Transport’s range of gritters is being sold on the Continent by the Bavarians. This es­ tablished the company as one of the major suppliers of winter maintenance equip­


In return for that


ment. According to the


firm’s managing direc­ tor, Mr Jeff Cowling, the new' purpose-built engineering shop will enable them to do man­ ufacturing w'ork at pre­ sent sub-contracted.


tremendous success and a major factor in this has been the pa­ tenting of a special type of rear grit dis­ tributor which is fitted to other companies’ vehicles.


The firm has had


small factory near Glasgow’ employing six people on repair and maintenance work.


There is also another


ing was formed by two former directors of At­ kinson’s, of Clitheroe.


years’ experience in the engineering indus­ try and was technical and production director for Atkinson’s for two- and-a-half years.


Mr Cowling has 25


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WITESIDES


School's appeal to dog owners


THE governors of Edis- ford County Primary School, Clitheroe, have appealed to dog ow’ners to keep their animals out of the school grounds in case a pupil is savaged. Matters came to a head


w’hen a child was scratched by a stray dog on the playing field during a break from lessons. This is the first incident


of its kind at the school and although it was not serious the governors are concerned about an in­ creasing number of dogs straying into the grounds. Coun. Bert Jones, chairman of the gover­


Morris men say


thanks


THERE was a foot­ tapping farewell from Cliiheroe Morris men and their feminine counterparts, Country Fay re, to mark the re­ tirement of Ribble Valley landlady Mrs Muriel Thome. Mrs Thorne, ivho


Cinema ticket winners


PUT on your thinking cap s fo r a n o th e r “What’s My Line?” competition on page two of today’s issue. “Actor” was the


runs the Dog and Par­ tridge Hotel in Well- gate, Clitheroe, pro­ vided a base for the Moms men to practise when the group was re­ vived in 1977, and they were anxious to shoiv their appreciation in the ivay they knew best. For further details of


Mrs Thorne’s impend­ ing retirement, turn to


page U.


Churning up past


ITEMS from two Ribble Valley farms are among those included in a new museum about the dairy industry at the West Marton Creamery. Among the vast collec­


tion of items, mainly from the Yorkshire Dales, are earthenware cream pots from James A sp in ’s Greenbank Dairy, Grinds leton, and Bleazard’s Farm, Waddington. All the items have been


correct answer to lust week’s competition and six free cinema tickets for the Civic Hall Cinema have been won by the fol­ lowing: Andrew Faulkner,


of 39 Seedall Avenue, Clitheroe; Mrs M. Layfield, of 6 Tower Hill, Clitheroe; N. Robinson, of 2 Ribble View, West Bradford Ro ad, Cl i t h e r o e ; Mark Allman, of 63 Ca s t l e


Clitheroe; Mrs Pat Vi ew,


Jacques, of 20 Chapel Street, Slaidburn, and Miss Amanda Tingle,


- o f '6 8 - S a l t h i l l R o a d , Clitheroe. The tickets do not


have to be used im mediately.


nors, said: “We have been lucky this time, w'ith merely a playful scratch. Next time it could be a serious bite, and I appeal to all dog owners to ensure that there is no next time.” Fen c in g is bein g


erected round the playing fields to keep out dogs. Some are strays — others follow the children to school from the nearby


estate. Concern has also been


expressed about people al­ lowing their pets to foul the playing fields. Teachers who complain


have met with abuse and pupils are continually get­ ting their clothes fouled and running the risk of disease.


Know-how


A TREAT is in store for all computer fans next week. For on Tuesday and Wednesday an articu­ lated lorry will be parked on the Ribble Valley Council’s Church Walk car


park exhibiting various kinds of computers. The exhibition, called


“Information Technology ’82,” will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4- 30 p.m. on both days.


collected over 25 years by Associated Fresh Foods head cheesemaker Mr


Fred Taylor. The opening ceremony was performed by Associated Dairies chairman, Mr Noel Stock- dale.


THESE two impish characters in a scene from “Oliver” captured the hearts of Monday night’s audience at the Clitheroe Methodist Cir­ cuit’s 15th Festival of


Youth. Ribblesdale School pupils Paula Marshall, of


iM


Billington and Harriet Roberts, of Wlialley, both 14, gave such an excellent piece of acting th a t th ey won the dramatisation class at the festival. For more results and


a report of the festival, please see page 6.


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