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category could have the chance to take part in a national final in London, as " the competition is being staged by many Round Table organisa­


the chairman • of the Clitheroe Round Table,


starts at 10 a.m. but en­ tries will be accepted until 1 p.m. two hours before the finish. Entry is free and, as


tions throughout the country. On Saturday, the fun


Mr Roland Hailwood, says, it is sure to be a


fun-p a c k e d d ay fo r everyone.


Two months to object


tion Officer, Mr Peter Evans, said that notices should be on view by mid- March and interested par­ ties would have until mid- May to object.


education officer, said: “The chairman and vice- chairman of the governors have s ig n ed p u b lic notices, which are being printed and will be pub­ lished shortly.” The new District Educa­


ANOTHER step in the p r o c e s s o f m e rg in g Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (Boys) with the Girls’ Grammar School in Chatburn Road has taken place, it was reported at the meeting of the Ribble Valley District Liaison Committee for Education. Mr Jack Lord, assistant


THE scene on Saturday morning as engineers bring order out of chaos.


T E L E PH O NE services for the' whole of the Ribble Valley are expected to be


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Telephones in chaos


back to normal today after a fire at Whalley cut links to 8,600 sub­ scribers . . . re­ su lt in g in the worst blackout the area has e-ver known.


British Telecom en­


gineers have been work­ ing non-stop since early Saturday to repair the damage, but it has been a frustrating time for sub­ scribers as dialling proved much of a hit-or-miss affair.


where the service to 1,700 subscribers was complete­ ly disrupted.


Worst hit was Whalley,


Nalgo ban on private cars


MORE than 60 Ribble


Valley Council Nalgo workers this week refused to use their cars on local authority business and took to the buses instead.


A nationwide ban on


private cars came into effect on Tuesday follow­ ing a move by employers to cut allowances.


Yesterday the workers


were waiting for the re­ sults of a top level meet­ ing between Tinion and employers’ representa­ tives which, it is hoped, will solve the dispute.


President of the Ribble


Valley branch of Nalgo, Mrs Beryl Inman, said th a t under th e new system an essential user driving an average 3,750 miles a year in an 1100 c.c. car would lose £16.60 a month.


“Staff are not seeking


to make a profit .out of running their: ears for the council — they only, want


a reasonable payment in the face; of rising’ costs,” she said.


“We have made certain


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concessions, but if the outcome of the joint meet­ ing is not-favourable then it could be a different pic­ ture at the end of the week; •


Mr Gordon Onslow said that emergency arrange­ ments had been made in respect of certain staff and it was hoped that there would be - an early settlement.


Deputy chief executive , -. The fire was in a trench


in ffing Street, where en­ gineers are laying cables to the village’s new ex­ change on Mitton Road.


Vandals


- Police are investigating reports that the fire, at about 2-30 a.m., was • started by vandals, who threw a roadworks’ warn­ ing lamp into a manhole, igniting a gas main.


out by firemen from Great Harwood.


The flames were put


area it was possible to make local calls, but everywhere outside was cut off.


In most parts of the Nearly 50 engineers


were brought in to re­ place the burnt cables and extra staff at Clitheroe t e l e p h o n e e x c h a n g e helped to divert calls.


Destroyed


least 30 cables, each cap­ able of handling up to 3,000 calls at a time.


The fire destroyed at


cated by the fact that each thread of cable -had to be individually recon­ nected.


This stopped Ribble


Valley people from con­ tacting the operator at Blackburn or making STD calls.


There was considerable confusion on Saturday


Decision day for youth centre


TRINITY Youth and C ommu n ity C en tr e , Clitheroe, is poised on a £49,000 extension scheme.


been given but fingers are being kept crossed that today the County Council


Planning permission has


■ will sanction a grant of £36,750 from the public purse.


being carried out under th e a u sp ic e s o f the


The Trinity project ■ is


'Methodist Association of Youth Clubs- and some £12,250 will have to be raised locdlly over the next 18 months.


new floor and the provi­ sion of showers, toilets for the disabled, a craft work­ shop and offices, and up­ grading of the gym­ nasium.


The scheme includes a


A TOTAL of £55 was: raised when the doors at Wiswell-Barrow School were opened for a “getting to know you” coffee evening. The event gave’parents of pupils a chance to meet the new headmaster, Mr David Brooks, who took over in January. Attractions included a raffle as well as cake, clothing and fancy goods stalls. Proceeds are for school funds.-


. Repairs • were compli­ Praise The main problem by


then was in restoring cir­ cuits with insufficient of these to handle all the calls people wanted to make. It was the luck of the draw whether callers got their number straight away or the engaged tone. There has been much


praise for the way British Telecom tackled the crisis and for the men who car­ ried on working in the cold and wet. A Telecom spokesman


to those people who heeded our call to use the phone sparingly, for bear­ ing with u s . during the repairs,” he said.


said the hardest part for the men was working in the narrow confines of the manhole, especially in the dark. • “We are very grateful


tests, there will be crea­ tive (drawing) and mental (tasting) rounds. The winners of each


for the under eights, eight to 11-year-olds and 11 to 15 years. As well as physical


ARE vou a superkid? If you think you are and are under 16, there’s a chance to prove it on Saturday in a com p e t it io n b eing s ta g ed by C l ith e ro e Round Table at Ribbles- dale School Sports Hall. There will be sections


committee he said that the schools were at • the heart of the villages and


AN impassioned plea for the retention of the six Ribble Valley village schools sug­ gested for closure or amalgamation by Lan­ cashire County Coun­ cil came this week from Coun. J.immy Fell, chairman of the District Liaison Com­ mittee for Education. At a meeting of the


‘Consternation’ at school closures


proposals to close them had caused great conster­ nation and unhappiness. The fact that they are all Church of England


• schools was described by members as “totally unac­ ceptable.” However, the new Dis­


trict Education Officer, Mr Peter Evans, said that the County Council was looking at Lancashire as a whole and there would be areas where CE closures w o u 1 d p r e d o in i n a t e , whereas in others there might be closures of


that in some villages, such as Hurst Green, where there are two small schools — one RC and one CE — it might be


Coun. Fell that the Ribble Valley review must be seen to be completely im­ partial, Mr Evans said he would report members’ views to the Salford Diocesan Commission, which is discussing the possibility of RC school closures: Coun. Fell suggested


county schools. After a comment by


possible to share facilities. Mr Evans warned, vil­


lage action committees not to plead for the reten­


tion of their schools be­ cause they were used as village halls.


mittee will not wear that. It is willing to help vil­ lages with adult classes and the like, but feels that other village organ­ isations should contribute towards keeping a village hall going,” he said. Ribble Valley councillor Mi’s Joyce Liiburn, who


“The Education Com­


' land, said she had already heard comments that the village was not going to be very popular because, in the view of some people, the reprieve of its school had led to the pre­ sent closure suggestions.


lives at Bolton-b.v-Bow-


. other as to which school survives,” she said. “We must oppose all six clo­ sures and not let one


lages do not begin to feel aggressive towards each


O Continued on page (i.


Deborah weighs in without a call


scribers in Whalley re­ mained cut off, even though most of the junc­ tion cable had been re­ paired.


tions, radio links were in­ stalled to handle emergen­ cies, but there were no life or death problems. By Monday, 5,000 sub­


when the situation was a t . its worst, but fortunately there were no serious emergencies and by Tues­ day things were almost back to normal every­ where. At village police sta­


back to Clitheroe to tele­ phone our doctor from home,” said Mr Ellison.- But all ended happily


bonus, and worth all the worry and rushing about,” said proud dad Mr Elli­ son, who was present at the birth. For Mrs Bond though,


when at 11-17 on Sunday morning Mrs Ellison gave birth to a bouncing baby girl — Deborah Anne, weighing 71b. 5oz. “She is lovely, a real


who could not ring the hospital for news of her


“I was awake all night


bothered little Shaun, aged two. “He is already saying his new sister’s name,” said Mrs Bond. .


E.T. here at last


pecting a huge influx of excited youngsters to view the much acclaimed film which tonight starts a fortnight’s run.


“E .T .” is coming :to Clitheroe at last. The Civic Hall is ex­


wondering how Catherine was and of course I heard nothing until Brian re­ turned with the news next morning,” she said. All the fuss has not


daughter, the night was a sleepless one.


there, however. Bramley Meade, could..not .contact; Mrs Ellison’s doctor in Clitheroe. ' “I then had to rush


shortly afterwards and after trying unsuccessfully to contact the hospital", gave up in despair and decided to take his wife in himself. Problems did not end


Ellison, who is a foreman at Berry’s Chair Works, Chipping, was visiting his mother, Mrs Margaret El­ lison, of Kirklands, Chip­ ping. He r e tu rn ed home


her and look after her little boy Shaun,” said Mrs Bond. Father-to-be Mr Brian


the rescue, when she managed to coiitact her mother, Mrs Pat Bond, of West View, Clitheroe. “I rushed round to help


labour on Saturday, she could neither get in touch with her husband nor Bramley Meade Maternity Home, Whalley. It was a case of gran to


THE weekend 'phone chaos brought special p rob lem s for you n g Clitheroe mother-to-be Mrs Catherine Ellison, of Park Street. For when she went into


Brown ies who are going on to join the Guides — Sally-Ann Corlett, Becky Green and Helen Cosgrove — it was their last meet­ ing and they were each presented with a gift.


‘Eaves last week." Thieves kicked down the door of the old Bashall Eaves School, part of which is being converted into flats, before making off with the equipment.


A DRILL and an angieg- rinder were stolen from a building site at .Bashall


Old school broken into


well attended, was or­ ganised by Brown Owl Mrs Ann Wilson, to­ gether with parents, and £US was made. For three o f the


mums — who provided home-made biscuits — m a n n ed cake and bring-and-bwy stalls and served cups of coffee. There was also a raffle and various competitions. The event, which was


AN old time music hall act was presented by Gisburu Brownies at their coffee evening in the Festival Hall. Brownies and their


Cold shoulder for off-peak deliveries


PROPOSALS that lorries delivering goods to Clitheroe town centre shops should call at off- peak times to relieve traffic congestion have been shown the “red light” by Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade.


Mr Barry Horne sug­ gested, in a letter to the Ribble Valley Council's Public Works and Health Committee, that shops without rear access in Castle Street should take deliveries on Mondays or Wednesday afternoons. ‘


Waddington resident


Close, claimed that, along with parked cars, station­ ary lorries were a hazard to passing traffic and pedestrians.


Mr Horne, of Pinder


also tabled a letter reject­ ing Mr Horne’s proposals.


The Chamber, however,


It claimed that Monday deliveries were not practi-


Water supplies back to normal


longer need to boil water used in the prepara tion of food.


Joy-riders take fpur cars


CLITHEROE police are trying to trace joy-riders who used four cars for circular tour of the Ribble Valley on Friday evening. A car removed from


Blackburn was discovered at Newton, from,where a Ford Cortina disappeared. This was traced to Bawd lands, Clitheroe, where the joy-riders switched to a Reliant car for the third stage of their trip to Whalley. A Hillman Hunter car


which then disappeared from Whalley, has not yet been traced, although police think it will prob­ ably' turn up. at Black­ burn.


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HOUSEHOLDERS in the Ribble Valley no ►


Although local water workers were back on


duty on Thursday after their month-long strike, it took all weekend for chlorine .replenishment supplies to filter through the system and the “boil water” warning was kept until Monday as a safety precaution. One of the first jobs


was at Billington where repairs were completed to a burst main which re­ sulted in nearly 30 resi­ dents having to draw water from a standpipe.


A w a te r au th o r ity


spokesman said everyone was glad to make a fresh start' and there had been no bitterness or recrimi­ nation.


. At the Henthorn ef­


fluent treatment works things were quickly back to normal and no more untreated sewage is going into the River Ribble. A group of Ribble


■Ministry of Agriculture to start proceedings over pollution of the Ribble. - - ' This follows the discov­


Valley anglers have been given permission by the


sociation said: “We don’t know whether the worst is over and we will be liaising with the North West Water - Authority before ■ deciding on our next action.” ;


ery by representatives of the Ribble Fisheries As­ sociation of 20 dead trout in the river at Clitheroe and the collection of water samples for analysis. A spokesman for the as­


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Officer Mr Philip Bailey said that' there appeared to be no short-term solu­ t ion to th e tr a f f ic problem. However, in the future,


thqClitheroe District Plan would be looked at in con­ sultation with all in­ teres ted . parties over possible traffic manage­ ment in the centre.


day also seemed ah unfair solution as it would mean shopkeepers and their as­ sistants giving up their half-day closing period. Planning and Technical


Visit our cinema campaign


Council, which runs the Clitheroe cinema, is con­ sidering a publicity cam­ paign in Burnley pointing out to cinemagoers there that one of the country’s best cinemas is within easy travelling distance. A spokesman for the


hoped to inform Burnley people, with posters and advertising, that there is no need to miss their favourite film.


No jobs


SOME 221 boys and 138 girls who left Ribble Valley schools last year are still without a job


council said: “We are one of the best and have an excellent line-up with films such as ‘E.T.’ and ‘Gandhi’ coming." He added that it was


WITH Burnley’s last cinema due to close at the end of March, Clitheroe’s Civic Hall is hoping to reap some benefits. The Ribble Valley


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