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Clitheroe 1 Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) 14 Clitheroe Advertiser mid Times, May 27th, 1982 at the


celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it is .interest­ ing to' take a nos­ talgic look back at pupils in its early days. ‘


pupils now have their own children at the s chool , which has grown considerably in . numbers.


Many' former


[photograph of three senior boys, aged about 15, in the motor cycle club. It teas taken about 1958.


THE motor cycle gives a clue to the age of this


IN 1948,' these pupils, believed to be in the third year, lined up to face the camera. No doubt time has changed them.


AS Ribblesdale School, '‘Clitheroe,-


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SECOND year pupils in 1958 ivorking in the old metalwork room, now used for domestic science.


Merging li services move to save cash .


councillors this afternoon, will be asked to consider setting up a special sub­ committee to investigate all ideas for a major re­ shuffle. At present, the county


library service is divided into 14 districts. But a


report to the I ibrar" and Leisure Committee says that £75,000 a year could be saved by creating seven new larger dis­ tricts.


Active in Falkland Islands


mouth on April 9th on the 20,000 ton earner HMS Invincible, which has Prince Andrew as one of its helicopter pilots.


at Johnsons the cleaners in Castle Street, thinks he may already be on the Falklands.


His mother, who works


been in the Commandos for three years and has served in Ulster. He is a former pupil of Edisford Primary School and' Rib­ blesdale School.


Dean, who is single, has Transferred


ton wrote to his mother, Doris, saying that he had transferred to the assault ship HMS Sir Bedivere after reaching Ascension Island in an airliner. He, too, may well be on the Falklands. : A former pupil of Rib- .blesdale School, he has


Marine Robert Parking-


A 'MERGER of the library services in the Ribble Valley and Blackburn boroughs is being contemplated by the county council. A meeting -of county


join with more than 140,000 people in Black­ burn.


The Ribble Valley’s population of 52,800 would


the present pattern of lib­ rary services has worked well since 1974, preserv­ ing a strong local identity.


The report says that


■ cepted by book borrowers and staff and by outside bodies with which the ser­ vice has connections.


The existing structure was understood and ac-


“Financial restrictions re­ cently have had a serious impact on the levels of L an c a sh i re ’s l ib ra ry


But the report adds:


ing need for economies, particularly in manpower, it may be now appropriate to review the administra­ tion of the library ser­ vice.”


service. “In view of the continu­


that the new districts should still be manageable and follow a sensible natural pattern.


The report appreciates


of districts — the Ribble Valley is actually the smallest of the present 14 — would involve the least disruption of the service. • Such a r e sh u f f le , though, would clearly have a major impact on staffing. Referring to this, the report- stresses there must be the fullest consul­ tation and any changes must be brought in with the greatest care. It also points out the


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THE highlight of a dance held by the Moorcock Gun Club at Ye Moorcock Inne, Waddington, was watching Kevin Knight, of St Paul’s Street, Low Moor, drink a yard of ale in two minutes. Kevin accepted a chal­


lenge to down two-and-a- half pints of bitter to help boost club funds and won £10 for himself. , The dance, which was a


big success, attracted more than 150 people.


James (6) wins £10 book token


importance of early dis­ cussions with all the re: spective borough coun­


been in the Marines for three years and has five brothers and three, sis­ ters. He is married and his wife lives in Kent. Also in the war zone is


■ gineer on the North Sea oil rig supply vessel Stella Seaspread. which has been requisitioned for war service. • He joined the Navy in


former CRGS pupil Lt Cdr Michael Townson, who celebrated his 42nd birthday in the South At­ lantic earlier this month. He is serving as an en-


ju s t started a week’s, leave, at Easter when he was recalled to Portland.


1970. His wife, Pat. lives in .Great Harwood arid they have two children. Lt Cdr Townson had


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change could have disad­ vantages and among those listed are lack of stability, a reduction in career pros­ pects for librarians, the effect on the • quality of service, a more remote service with local identity diminished and the abs­ ence of an obvious re­ grouping pattern. • To help solve the staff


A DRAWING of his favourite nursery rhyme' has won James Taylor (6) a £10 book token in a competition organised by the county library service as part of Children’s Book Week. James, who lives in


Trial pop concert planned at Castle


A “POP” concert on a limited scale for teena­ gers is to be held at Clitheroe Castle on a. date


to be arranged.


Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee after-debating possible problems which could arise. The original idea was to


This was decided by the


were largely supported by Coun. Mrs Olga Leach (Billington), Coun. Mrs Mary Bridge (Clitheroe) and Coun. Henry Chap­ man (Clitheroe).


Coun. C a r r ’s views


hold the concert on June 27th, with four to five bands and disco and light­ ing effects from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Instead the concert will


Mitton Road, Whalley, earlier came first in a nursery rhyme competi­ tion for children in the Ribble Valley district. His winning entry went


be a “low key” affair bet­ ween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. as a trial, with probably a couple of local bands pro­ viding the music. During the debate, the


Manning, Deputy Town Clerk, pointed out that nobody had suggested the “pop”concert should not be held. .That was a deci­ sion for the committee. Coun. F red Green


However, Mr Brian '


forward to be judged with winning entries . from other parts of Lancashire and again he came first in his section. Sylvia Haworth, acting


headache, the report makes an additional sug­ gestion — a review of the roles of professional libra­ rians and other staff to achieve most economy and a better career structure. Above all, the report


police were criticised by Coun. Michael C a r r (Sabden) 'for their nega­ tive attitude towards this kind of entertainment for young people. The police had voiced


THE original school building. Extensions now cover most of the spare land seen in the photograph.


A le c h a l le n g e b o o s t s c lu b fu n d s


In stock at the


library


RECENT additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library


include: FICTION Have a nice night” — J.


t H. Chase. A further detective


gambling resort of Paradise City.“Red dragon” —


hriller set in the Florida


Harris. By the author of “Black. Sunday,” a novel about a man who has the ability to project himself into the mind of a jsvehopath and is called on to iclp solve the murders of two families. ■ A cargo of tin ” — T.


— Thomas


Henege. When his employer, A Norwegian ship owner, is sunned down, John Henriken is


and discovers that the murder is connected with a mysterious


eft in charge of the-company


trade plied by a tramp steamer in the Far East.


NON-FICTION


BANDS’ MUSIC —1


BRASS band concerts are to be given at Clitheroe, Dunsop Bridge, Gisburn and Slaidburn in the next three months, with, the backing of the Ribble Valley Council.


Band will play at Clitheroe Castle and in the town centre on June 13th, when the Country Fair is taking place. Longridge Band will


. St Augustine’s School


J. Fletcher-Watson. The author draws on his experience as a landscape artist in water eol- our§, to introduce the techni­ ques and processes of water­ colour painting directly from nature.“The technique of Bucks Point lace” — P. Nottingham. An illustrated and comprehen­ sive guide to the most impor­ tant of the English laces. “The bitter end: the fall of


Water colour painting” — HARD at work — a classroom in 1934.


SABDEN’S MIXED


FORTUNE


SABDEN cricketers had a t week of mixed fortunes when


Flexible, Reinforcements, in a league game but lost an excit­ ing match with Catholic Social Centre A in the first round of the Grindleton Cup. ,In their first home match the


hey . convincingly defeated


villagers knocked up 85 for 4, ich Flexible replied with


out for 97, Dorman hitting 37 before being caught off the last ball of the innings. Sabden ran out of overs in their race for runs and finished at 80 for 0. Sabden: J. Wright 9, Balmb­


52 for 8. Bob Wright scored 33 n.o., and Denis Balmbra 24. In the cup match league lead­ ers Catholic SC A wT


ere bowled Stephen Pym


ra 24, Bob Wright 33 n.o., J. Bywater 2, Meakin 10, Frank- land n.o. 1, extras 6, total (4


wkts) 85. Bowling: Geldard 3-0-1S-0:


McKenzie 7-2-35-2; J. Wood- worth 5-1-26-2. Flexible: Hall 6, Geldard 1,


Lancashire life-saver


Woodworth 0, McKenzie 6, Wigg 16, Hamer 10, Jervis 0, N. Watson n.o. 0, S. Watson 1, North n.o. 5, extras 7, total (8 w’kts) 52. Bowiing: Bibby 8-3-26-3;


Meakin 7-1 19,4. Grindleton Cup. CSC A:


Singapore, 1942” — R. Holmes and A. Kempt. Based on inter­ view's with survivors, an ac­ count of the surrender of Sin­ gapore.


Rejected


gested the holding of an afternoon event; one that . could be easily controlled.


children’s librarian for the Ribble Valley District, will present James with his prize at Whalley' CE School tomorrow..


Defective tyres


advocates a cautious ap­ proach to any change, concluding: "The propos­ als have, a, fundamental and far reaching effect on the library service and re­ quire detailed considera- tion. and careful .planning if they are to be suc­ cessful.” •


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FOR using a car with a defective front offside tyre and a defective front nearside tyre, on the Whalley by-pass, Ian George Slater, of Standen Road,- Clitheroe, was fined £20 for each offence at Clitheroe. He admitted the offences arid was or­ dered to pay £5 costs.


strong reservations about the original proposal. They favoured an aftei- noon concert with Coun­ try and Western ■ music which, they felt, would appeal to a wider age range without causing the problems usually associ­ ated with “pop”. Coun. Carr thought


(Wilpshire) referred to the poor image of “pop” concerts in general. They attracted undesirables and one could understand the police attitude. Coun. Carr then sug­


.• Balderstone Band will occupy the Castle band stand on August 8th and will play near, the’Ribbles­ dale Arms] Gisburn, on August 15th. Slaidburn Band has


give a performance at the Castle on July 11th and on Slaidburn village green on July 25th.


jected an application to build a dwelling on land near Hadleigh House, Hurst Green. The committee was told


six years Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Committee has re­


For the second time in


Simmons 2, Hargreaves 1, Barker 22, Stirzaker 20, O'Neill 1, Dorman 37, Bithell 1, Leach 1, Thompson 4, Blackledge 3, Ray Hargreaves n.o. 1, extras


4, total 97. Bowiing: Meakin 3-0-10-2;


IT was third time lucky for C l i th e ro e ASC member Stephen Pym when he won the Lancashire Life-Saving Champ­ ionships at Preston on Friday. Stephen (20), of Conway Avenue, has entered the championships for the past two years and came fourth on each occasion. But this time he emerged triumphant from a field of 15 people of all ages who have passed their life­ saving badge over the past three years. The competition involved


Bibby 3-0-19-2; Parsons 3-0-10- 1; E. Bywater 3-0-20-2; J. By- w’ater 3-0-34-1. Sabden: J. Wright 5, Balmb­


ra 19, Bob Wright 17, Meakin 13, J. Bywater 4 n.o., Frank- land 14, Parsons 6, Bibby 0 n.o., extras 2, total (6 wkts) 80. Bowling: Thompson 3-0-22-1; Leach 3-0-19-2; Blackledge 3-1-


11-1; Hargreaves 3-0-18-1; Dorman 3-1-8-1.


that to build on the site would extend the limits of development in the village beyond those necessary to secure the proper plan­ ning of the area.


Guitarists


been. engaged to play at the Castle on August 22nd and on the village green at ■ Dunsop Bridge on August 29th'.


TOURIST GUIDE


LANCASHIRE County Council has published its first tourist guide cover­ ing the whole, of the county. The full-cplour guide


many youngsters were not interested in Country and W e s te rn , music. Young people in the Ribble Valley were get­ ting a raw deal where en­ tertainment' was con­ cerned. They received very little and had little to look forward to from the local authority. ■ He was yery sorry that the idea of a “pop” concert, had been knocked on the head.


lations Officer, Mr Ron Glasgow, describes it as an important new venture for Lancashire.. “For the first time vis­


entitled “ Lancashire, County of Contrasts” in­


cludes a map and covers various attractions such as the holiday coast, the rural scene, parks and countryside, historic houses; museums and events.'. Some 50,000 copies will


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be distributed to informa-;- tion outlets., throughout Britain and; overseas through the British Tour­ ist-Authority. ■ The County Public. Re-


'.write- for specialist guides . from the districts. “We. also hope it will


itors will be given an in­ troduction to the whole of Lancashire,” he says “Obviously shortage of space means that the leaf­ let can give only a taste of the county but we hope it will act as a signpost and encourage visitors, to


persuade visitors to range futher in their trips to the county and enjoy more of our 'wide selection; of at­ tractions.”


ALL six p u p i ls of Nicholas Mackey, at the Clitheroe Guitar Studios, who entered the Trinity College of Music Grade One guitar exam were successful. Results: Honours — Mr


A. Wood;‘Merit — Mr I. Thornton-Bryar, Miss J.


Pollard, Mr S.' Berry, Miss P. Pawson; Pass — Mrs D. Barlow.


‘No’ again


AN application for an ag­ ricultural , worker’s house at Great Todber Farm, Gisburn, has been turned down for the second time


in six years. , The Ribble Valley


that an additional dwel­ ling at the. farm was not


Council’s Development Sub-Committee . agreed with a report from the county estates’ surveyor


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Play-off for league title


THE championship of the Grccnacrc Garage Division of the Ribblc Valley Football League will be decided to­ night by a play-off between Catholic Social Centre and Lord Nelson. The match will be played on West Bradford’s pitch, kick-off 6-30 p.m. It had been expected that


‘tes t and Stephen’s success qualifies him for the Northern Counties -final later this year, with a national final, to follow if lie is successful in that. A building management stu­


speed swimming, resuscitation, rope throwing and an initiative


Car push ends in delight


* ceremony was over having been delayed when their mini­ bus ran out of petrol and they had had to push it from Wis- well Lane to a garage in Whalley. Clitheroe did not feature in


journeyed to Leyland Civic Hall for the North West Ladies’ Football , League pre­ sentation evening. They arrived after the official


IT was an example of "All’s well that ends well” when Clitheroe Ladies’ Football Club


back pending their arrival. So there was surprise and


the Honours’ list — or so they thought — but part of the offi­ cial ceremony nad been held


• “player of the year” which went to Dianna Barton. The ladies’ team is now


delight when two trophies were handed to them, one for being the most sporting team of the year in Division Two, which was received by Mary Turner (captain). The. other award was for the players’ nominee for


f irm ly e s ta b l is h e d with Clithefoe FC at Shawbridge and a pool of players for next season is being formed. Lady footballers interested in


taking part are invited to a tten d a t Shawbridge on Sunday and the following Sunday (2 p.m.).


TEAMS


Sat.) K. Fawcett (capt.), J. Hill, D. Barnes, C. "Sims, P. Hall, C. Foulds, S. Westhead. S. Morgan, B. Keating, R. Booth, Townsley. Scorer: R.


Clithcroe (v Cherrv Tree. h.


dent at Preston Polytechnic and former pupil of Ribblesdale School. Stephen has been a member of Clitheroe ASC of the past* nine years and. is coached by Mr Derek Gardner. He gained a distinction hi life saving in 1979.


Fastest canoeist


FASTEST time of the day in Scout and Guide canoe races held at Rudyard Lake on Sunday was re tu rn ed by Michael Bentley, of Clitheroe Venture Scouts. Michael, aged 18, won the


Lord Nelson Would clinch the title when they met Waggon and Horses in their final match last week. Instead they went down 6-4 after leading 4- 2 until late in the game. Lowly Waggon sprang a


surprise by calling upon the sendees of two Clithcroe FC


players who are also regis­ tered with them and their skill and experience told in the last 10 minutes. The annual League presen­


John Rovle (15) came fourth, and Stephen Lord (15), fifth, iq the Senior Scout slalom class. Richard Frost (14), of St


11-mile Venture Scout touring class. Andrew Tomlinson (15) came second among the senior scouts. He is’a member of St Mary’s Scout Troop. • Also from St Mary’s . Scouts,


Mary’s Scouts, was fifth in the Junior Scout- slalom class over 5 miles.


tations will be made at a social event at the Stirk H o u se H o te l tom o r row (Friday) evening. The hon­ ours will be done by Burnley goalkeeper Alan Stevenson, whose testimonial year this is.


\* Bobbin Mill


RIBBLE Valley Council's Development Sub-Gom- mittee has approved a de­ tailed planning application for the conversion of a storage building at the Old' Bobbin Mill, Hurst Green, to a ‘ dwelling house.


Chipping


tonight’s spring fair in Brabin’s School, Chipping, will be accepted at' the school anytime up to G-30 •p.m:, when the event is due tobegin.


Spring fair Donations of items for


. p.m: and all local organ­ isations and interested members of the public'are


' Next Tuesday, there will be a general meeting of the village hall commit­ tee at tlfe hall at 7-30


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. invited to attend. 1'


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• Rigby. C lith e ro e 3rd (v Ribb.


Tree, a, Sat.) P. C. Bishop (capt.), A. Henderson, R. Thornton, J. Bodcn, A.'Rigby, S. Rush, R. Banks, J. Burke, J. Pye, T. Bleazard, R. Sharp. Scorer: P. Atkinson. ^ Ie e t Chatburn Road 1 p.m. Same team v Rolls Royce, a, Sun., except G. Sutcliffe for A.


Hardcastle. Clithcroe 2nd (v Cherry


Wands., a. Sun.) W. Briggs (capt.), J. Coulter, G. Bennett,


• S. Rush for C. Seed. Clithcroe Youth (v Read, a, Mon.) D. Barnes (capt.),. S.


M. Booth, G. Cartledge, J. Furnell; K. Driver, D. Whit­ taker, A. Blackburn, C. Seed, A. Kine. Res. P. Rushton. Scorer: Alison Hogg. Meet Church Meadow. Same team v Feniseowles, h, Mon., except M. Blackburn for A. Kine, G. Sutcliffe for A. Blackburn and


Blackburn (vice-capt.), A. King, C. Seed, A. Blackburn, G. Speak, G. Woodworth, P, Rushton, A. Hamilton, C. Marsden, S. Amin. Res. R. Parsons. Same team v Read, h, Wed., except S. Miller for G. Woodworth and R. Parsons for P. Rushton.


In person


DAILY Express colum­ nist Jean Rook will be making a personal appear­ ance today at the. NFU Ladies’ Social Section county president’s day at


Calderstones Hospital, Whalley. •


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