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Opportunity-, to rock around


the Castle


CLITHEROE Castle grounds will reverber­ ate to the sounds of rock and “new wave” music on Sunday af­ ternoon.


cillors have given the go-ahead for a trial concert at the band­ stand, for which there will be no admission charge.


proves a success, more modern musical sessions could be ar­ ranged next summer, depending on the av­ ailability of bands.


And if the idea


between2and4p.m. will fe a tu re local band “Turn for the w o rs e ” and ro ck group “Badger” who come from the Ac­ crington area.


Sunday’s concert,


offered to accept only their travelling ex­ penses for appearing.


Both groups have


the council said the police were far hap­ pier at the prospect of staging the concert in the afternoon rather than at night.


A spokesman for


Boys' jumble sale in


good cause


YOUNGSTERS with good intentions . . . that’s eight-year-old Guy Wad- dington and his pal David Stretch (11), of Bawd- lands, Clitheroe.


jumble sale on behalf of the RSPCA.


summer holidays in a good cause . ... staging a


They spent part of their


tising, they managed to attract more than 80 cus­ tomers who dipped into their pockets to help the boys raise £14.48.


With very little adver­


Bill retiring from hospital -but only just


THIRTY-FOUR years working at Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, has seemed “like 34 mi­ nutes” for senior nursing officer Mi’ Bill Ed- wardson,who retires on Monday. Bill (56), of Mitton


Road, has had a life-long association with the hospi­ tal, and at one time there were 11 of his relatives working there. His mother and father


caretaker for the ’73 club there, his sister, Mrs Josephine Stirling is a nursing sister, as is his daughter, Pat. Son Billy is also a nurse at the hos­ pital and his other daugh­ te r, Elaine, works at Burnley General Hospital. Bill first became a stu­


were employed there, and Bill was born in the grounds of the hospital. Bill’s brother, Ivor, is a


Breakthrough at Gisbum


First advance factory is


THE first of four new advance factories at Gisburn has been occupied — nearly two years after the £200,000 block was completed.


(UK) Ltd, which manufac­ turers household scales, this week delighted offi­ cials in charge of letting the premises and they hope this successful first tenancy might “spark off’ interest in the rural de­ velopment, which has so far been very disap­ pointing.


The move by Libra


gional estates manager of the English Industrial Es­ tates Corporation, which built the units: “I’m very happy with Libra’s move and confident that, in due course, other tenants will be found. But these are difficult times and we will have to be patient.’1 The block of factories


Said Mr Bill Locke, re­


£3,000 a year in rent, have been sought in vain


by both the Estates Cor­ poration and CoSIRA — The Council for Small In­ dustries in Rural Areas.


appointing response so far from firms, Mr Locke added: “I know Gisbum is a bit out of the way, but we have built factories in far more remote places. The idea is, after all, to stem the depopulation of rural areas.”


Commenting on the dis­ Rents


covering a total area of almost 8,000 sq. ft. was finished in September. Tenants, who must pay


apparent lack of interest in the units is Mr Harry Shaw, senior organiser in Lancashire for CoSIRA, which provides advice, training and finance to help regenerate rural areas.


Also concerned at the


being the main problem, particularly as the fac­ tories were completed as


He sees the rental as WI show grows


THERE is the promise of keen competition at Saturday’s Clitheroe area WI show for which en­ tries are up 20 per cent on last year. A new and unusual


dent nurse at Calder­ stones in 1947 after serv­ ing in the South Lanca­ shire Regiment during the Second World War. He did general nursing


class for a “ Tussie mussie” (a herb posy) has attracted 18 competitors and the children’s entries are up by nearly 40 to about 140. Other popular classes


training at Burnley Gen­ eral before returning to Whalley. Bill has derived ■ much


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Girls’ Grammar School, will be officially opened at 2 p.m. by past-president Mrs Margaret Williamson. On the platform with


units were built in adv­ ance of demand and cir­ cumstances have now changed. Quite a number of industrial premises have since.become vacant in urban areas and other firms have moved in and are paying much lower


the recession was starting to bite. “Unfortunately, the


“But hopefully, Libra’s move will spark off inter­


Council’s Deputy Planning Officer Mr Peter Nock is mystified by the lack of interest in the Gisburn factories. “Obviously we would


est and more inquiries will follows,” he said. The Ribble Valley


Homes and jobs plea from Tosside


WE want homes and jobs for our young people — that’s the cry that has gone out this week from villagers at Tosside.


parish meeting on Monday to discuss the plight of the youngsters, it was' agreed to organise a peti-


Organist’s new post


like to see them filled, but we have very little control over them,” he said. Mr Nock felt that Gis­


burn should be capable of supporting the units, being one of the Ribble Valley’s larger villages.


predict where there was greatest demand for such units, other premises at Clitheroe and Chipping having been occupied rela­ tively quickly. Mr Nock said the e


It was very difficult to


among members from the 14 institutes taking part include the fruit pie sec­ tion (50 entries) and the


enjoyment from his time at the hospital. In latter years he has been allowed to implement a lot of the things he has wanted, in­ cluding “Across” holidays for the residents, which he started in 1979. “ I ’ve tried, to give


people as much freedom as possible,” he said. Wien he first started,


Calderstones was very re­ gimented. But in recent years the residents have been given more flexibili­ ty, which Bill thinks is very good thing. Obviously the hospital


her will be her successor, Mrs Pam Jelly, of Simon- stone WI, the chairman of the Lancashire County Federation of WIs, Mrs F. Smithies and the civic leaders of the Ribble Valley and Clitheroe councils.


AFTER nearly 20 years assisting on the musical side at Clitheroe Parish Church, Mrs Linda Car­ rington is leaving to become organist at St Paul’s, Warton. Mrs Carrington , —


Following a special tiongalling for action from


organising a survey of the area so that the Borough’s Planning Committee will know more about Tosside when faced with planning applications from the loc­ ality.


the Ribble Valley Council. The villagers are also


they felt that the planners had never been to Tosside and were unfamiliar with its problems, wanting to keep the area a rural backwater devoid of jobs.


Several villagers said


Linda Thompson before h er marriage — has helped out services since 1963 and been assistant organist for a number of years. Now that she lives at


Lytham St Annes, she has found the travelling


cil would soon be arrdi ing a meeting with Estates Corporation to see if the Gisbum block could be promoted even more. Anyone interested in


difficult. Her last service at


Clitheroe will be on the morning of September 12th, although she has of­ fered to help out at spe­ cial events. ■At Warton, she will be


renting a unit should con­ tact marketing surveyor Mr Rob Bennett. (Tel. Liverpool 933 2020).


teaming up with the Rev. Harry Brown, the former Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School master.


Clitheroe team’s a knock-out


CLITHEROE’S “I t’s a Knockout” team com­ pleted a memorable hat- trick on Sunday.


teams from around the county and won the Lepra trophy for the third suc­


They took on seven


cessive year. But it was a real cliff-


has played a very big part of his life, and when he retires he will not be saying goodbye complete­ ly, for he has been offered a part-time job there.


Disco date is near


YOUNGSTERS, don’t f o r g e t o u r g r e a t


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including Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg — at Blackpool’s Stanley P ark sp o r ts stadium.


which already has won the Red Rose Festival contest this summer, needed maximum points from the final game to keep their title.


The Clitheroe team,


ence gained in the past two years — and a train­ ing session the previous evening — paid off hand­ somely, despite the tricky conditions underfoot. In the victorious team


That’s when the experi­


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Progress on community hospital


PREPARATIONS are s t i l l going ahead at Clitheroe’s long-awaited community hospital which should be ready for use by the autumn. Earlier this year it was


feared that it could be months before the com­ munity hospital was fully operational because of delays with contractors and an apparent lack of back-up services including physiotherapists. But contractor prob­


were: Bill Slack, David Dobson, Tony Bush, David Bush, Ann Smith, Mary Brass, Carole White and Susan Bush. They re­ ceived their trophy after­ wards from Coun. Mrs Clegg. Said Mary Brass: “The


chairman of Tosside Parish Council, said the Borough’s refusal of so many planning applica­ tions was causing a lot of difficulty.


Coun. Jack Winnard,


ween villagers and Ribble Borough officials ended


Tosside was an exception­ al case in that it had no holiday homes, but houses occupied by people who work locally.


One councillor said that


new homes and for this reason the village should be a special case he said. The meeting expressed


Their families needed


hope that it would be con­ sidered for a cheap homes scheme as proposed by Ribble Borough Council for Hurst Green. Under this scheme, the


council builds homes and sells them to young p eo p le, c u t t in g out speculative building costs.


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a re Ann Smith and mascot, three-year-old John Slack on the wheel­


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IT was definitely an afternoon for anoraks and w e l l ie s at Clitheroe Conserva­ t iv e A s so c ia t io n ’s summer fair at Stony- h u r s t College on Sunday.


not stop the fun for young Bibhy Hodson, of Mill House, Dunsop Bridge, who had a ride to remember on an 1878 P e n n y Farthing.


But the showers did


c y c le ’s owner, Mr Barry Parkinson, of Knowle Green.


With her is the


more pictures, please turn to page 10.


For a full story and Ribble Valley coun­ r- Wiswell and Read vie for titles


THE Ribble Valley has a double chance of success in this year’s Best-Kept Vil­ lage Competition with Wiswell and Read having made the finals in their respec­ tive classes.


session due in the next fortnight, villagers will be making an extra effort to keep their areas spick and span.


With the last judging


even harder to win the coveted award for the small village section. Last year they were


Wiswell will be trying


pipped at the post by Little Eccleston. Their rivals this year are Bils- boiTow. Parish Council chair­


man Coun. A lb e r t Fenlon is delighted to see the village in the final again. “This time we hope


we can pull off the championship,” he said.


the local WI for its ef­ forts in seeing that there is no litter lying about. “They always give the telephone box an extra polish,” he said. Coun. Fenlon also


The chairman praised


as they compete against Great Eccleston in the


holders in the large vil­ lage class in 1979.


champion section. Read were the title


paid tribute to the work of Miss Hilda Barwell, of Clegg Cottage, who spends hours looking after the Coronation Gardens. Villagers in Read will


Shaw said there'would be a meeting this week to discuss what- extra ef­ forts should be made to give the village that added sparkle.


Parish councillor Jack


also be making sure ev­ erything is neat and tidy


v illage section are Heskin and Grimsargh;


Finalists in the large


William Amos, editor of L a n c a sh i re Life magazine, who will be accompanied by Mr Jeremy Fennell, coun­ tryside officer with the Community Council of Lancashire, which runs the competition.


Finals judge is Mr l i l i i i i i i i l


known in September. This year 10 Ribble Valley villages were among 53 entrants in the contest.


The results should be


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CLITHEROE kitchen furniture manufacturers Bowker Brothers have taken over the neighbour­ ing Sun Street mill, for­ merly occupied by William Westhead and Sons. Bowker’s managing di­


rector Mr Chris Bolton has no immediate plans to use the mill, but hopes to start production there in 12 months time. The 34,000 sq. ft. of


space at Sun S treet became available 16 months ago when Westh- ead’s, which had been in business since the begin­ ning of the century in Clitheroe, was forced to close because of the severe recession in the fashion industry. Mr Bolton explained


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Judges


PENDLETON farmer Richard Whitwell rep­ re s e n te d Lancashire Young Farmers’ Clubs in last week’s Isle of Man sheep-judging competi­ tion. Richard (26), of Pendle­


judging section at the Lancashire field day.


ton Hall, together with te am -m a te Andrew Taylor, from the Vale of Lune, came seventh in the contest. Richard qual­ ified by winning the sheep


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