Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 3rd, 1983 Missificd) Clitlieroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


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ceremony ON Sunday afternoon over 1,000 members of. the Scout movement from East Lancashire will g a th e r in Blackburn


Cathedral at a service of thanksgiving for 75 years


of Scouting. They will be joined by


Scout of the UK. About 100 Cubs,


Gen. Michael Walsh, re­ cently appointed Chief


Scouts, Venture Scouts and leaders from every unit in the Clitheroe Dis­ trict have been invited to take part and transport by special bus has been arranged. This will enable the leaders to stay behind


Missing gate is part of Whalley’s heritage


THIEVES who made off with an ancient iron gate may not realise that they have stolen an important piece of Whalley’s herit­ age, says Ribble Valleys Coun. Jimmy Fell. He is appealing for


Ribble Valley residents to help trace the 258-year- old black wrought-iron gate, taken from the King Street entrance to Whal­ ley Adult Centre during the past few weeks. Coun. Fell, of Limefield


after the service to meet Gen. Walsh, who wishes to speak to as many of


them as possible. As an ex-professional


soldier he has said that he would like to see Scouts look rather smarter when they are in uniform, so it would behove the local contingent to. make sure that they are reasonable correctly attired when they attend the service.


Pool for salmon


AN application to deepen a section of the River Hodder to create a hold­ ing pool for salmon has been received by the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning Department. The plan (number


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Ring Bolton-by-Bowland 678 or Slaidburn 235 Admission: Adults £1


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THURSDAY, March 10th


KINGS ARMS at 8 p.m.


THE funds of the Meteor Club, Clitheroe, were given a boost at a wine and cheese evening at the Sun Inn, Wad- dington.Not only was about £200 made at the event, but a cheque, also for £200, was handed over by the Ribble Valley


Scott Laithe tip reprieve on the cards


Rotaract Club. Rotaract president Mr


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THE • much-criticised move by Lancashire County Council to close Scott Laithe refuse tip, Bolton-by-Bowland, could be shelved for at


money — raised by members throughout the veav — to Meteor Club chairman. Mr Mike


_______ _____ ,_________ This is the outcome ot least another three years.


Oldest ‘born and bred’ in Sabden


A MAN whose memories of Sabden went back to the 1890s, Mr Milton Par­ sons, died suddenly at his home last week. Mr Parsons, who lived


with his daughter in Whalley Road, would have been 91 in May and was proud of being the oldest “born and bred” Sabdener.


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Admission by programme available from the School from March 3rd, 1983


ADULTS £1.00 Children and O AP’s 75p


ing member of a family of six brothers and sisters. He loved walking and


He was the only surviv­ ;


spent many happy retire­ ment hours in the Sabden and Ribble Valley areas, making many friends on


his travels.Mr Parsons began his working life as a 12-year- old part-timer in the warehouse at the former Cobden’s cotton mill in Sabden, later moving into the office. He - retired, aged 67, as chief cashier. His wife, Annie, died 16


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discussions between county and Ribble Valley Council officials over the future of the tip — one of only two remaining in the area.


the borough council’s Public Works and Health Committee, on Tuesday, just two months after it had been shocked to hear that Scott Laithe was to be closed on economy grounds. Health and Housing Of­


The news was given to Sdorts hall cost unjustified j frakeaload dfFyou7mln * *


THE r eque s t by Ribble Valley Sports Council that the Borough Council builds a new sports hall at Roefield is un­ justified. It is also morally, practically and financially wrong. I would like to give the


following facts and figures relating to the Ribble Valley in 1981-82. It is mainly rural, there


carried out by the Sports Council cost the ratepay­ ers £1,500. .The study sug­ gests a bare minimum, usable building,, with an unfinished outside, at a cost of £250,000. The cost would be met as fol­ lows: £50,000 raised by the Sports Council from ef­ forts supported by the public, £40,000 from grants, and £160,000 from the ratepayers. I believe that a more


are 32 parish councils, two town councils and seven parish meetings. The population is 51,750. A sum of £395,490 was spent on recreation and leisure — £375,490 in the two towns and £20,000 on the rest. The feasibility study


Warden did ev e ry th in g e x p e c te d of her


ficer Mr Peter Gladwin said in a report that ex­ perience had shown it was necessary to have an un­ manned tip to cover emergencies. They could be used after manned- tips, similar to the one at Henthorn, had closed for


I UNDERSTAND from Mrs Lewis, warden of the Garnett Road Sheltered Housing Scheme, that the report of an inquest at Chorley, in your issue of February 24th, about two of her residents being taken ill, may have given the impression that she did not give the necessary attention to the residents in question.


son of the residents, Mi­ ami Mrs Alfred Ingham, had called in, the doctor over Christmas, when the


The facts are that the


the night. It was admitted that, as


warden was off duty. On returning to duty


far as the county was con­ cerned, money would be saved by closing Scott Laithe, but the Ribble Valley would have to find more cash if refuse vehi­ cles had to travel all the way to Henthorn. Mr Gladwin added that,


years ago, but he leaves a daughter, Mrs Mary Frankland, and a son, Mr Clifford Parsons, who also lives in Sabden. The funeral service was


a f te r Christmas Mrs Lewis, while checking her residents, was informed that the curtains were drawn at the Ingham’s bungalow. Mrs Ingham’s son then arrived and could not get in.


held on Friday, followed by cremation at Burnley


after long discussions, county officials agreed to recommend to their coun­ cillors that the tip should be retained for three years on an emergency basis.It was also anticipated that this period could be extended.


Mrs Ingham did not wish the warden to have a spare key to their bun­ galow, therefore no-one


Unfortunately,- Mr and


could gain access. The warden, unable to


Sabden and Read, or along the valley to Mellor and Balderstone — most of them in high-rated


t?onrl nr There were 49,680 1 R I IR R IC H a n d B U IL D E R S dmissions (roughly 1,000


a There were 49,680


property. Because of the high-


honest realistic figure for a finished, fully-equipped hall would be nearer £500,000 . . . and 96 per cent of the population will


never use it. It certainly will not be


of much use to the 20,000 who live in the parishes from Whalley over to


running costs, most local authorities have to be content with one sports centre, as do Burnley, Hyndburn and Blackburn. We, however, are being asked to run two. The capital cost is nothing to the high, ever-increasing running costs. The usage does no.t justify the


a week).Not all the patrons .were using the sports hall — some were using the hard courts outside. Every single admittance cost the ratepayers 71p. .


expense. For example, the Lon-


gridge Sports Centre, funded jointly by the County . Council and Ribble Valiev CounciL cost the borough £83.527 in 1981-82.


j Letters to the Editor \


Unique among local schools


CHIPPING and Longridge schools are still in the Ribble Valley, which has to consider closing


more small primaries. Chipping St Mary’s is


one of the 10 Roman Catholic primaries which are being reviewed by the Diocesan authorities.


But before there is any sort of discussion about


the two Chipping schools, everyone must under­ stand that Chipping Bra- bin’s Endowed is not any sort of church school. It is- quite different in charac­ ter from any other school in the Ribble Valley.


facts about this school which are not generally known and are not in the Brabin’s glossy informa­


Their are three basic


tion booklet. Firstly, Brabin’s is


owned by the Official Cus­ todian of Charity Lands on behalf of all residents of Chipping, Thornley- with-Wheatley and Bow-, land-with-Leagram.


contact the tenants, in­ structed her (the war­ den’s) son to break in, whereupon they found the tenants unable to help themselves. The warden contacted the doctor and subsequently visited the tenants five or six times a day until they were taken to hospital.


Lewis did everything — and more — that could be expected of her, which is so often the case with our wardens, who do a tre­ mendous job.


It is apparent that Mrs


MR P. GLADWIN, Ribble Valley Council’s Health and Housing Officer.


Keeping


the plans flowing


Avenue, said: “ The Centre is in the old gram­ mar school and the gate lias probably been there since it was built in 1125. “It is just another ex­


DURING the last two years, the Rihble Valley Council has dealt with about 1,500 planning ap­


ample of vandalism in this area and the complete dis­ regard which is shown today for other people’s


property.” Coun. Fell said that the


gate was very heavy. “On the odd occasion when people lifted it off for a prank, I lifted. it back myself and it took me all


plications. In the period January,


1981, to December, 1982, 75 per cent of all applica­ tions were dealt with within the statutory 56 day determination period.


More recently, that has


increased to just over 83 per cent, and only Black­ burn has a better record.


my time to do it.” He added that many


people pass through the gate on a short-cut from King Street to the'back, of the old grammar school. Coun. Fell has asked


0104) comes ' from Chat- burn - based businessmen the Townson Brothers, who have acquired a stretch of the Hodder .which formerly belonged to the Co-op estate. It is proposed to use


69 planning appeals were processed of which' 55 were dismissed.


In the two-year period,


the adult education princi­ pal Mr Jeff Smith, at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Liaison District Liaison Committee for Education, about the


gate.


entrance and didn’t know that the gate was , mis­ sing,” he explained.


“But he uses the other , ■


explosives to deepen the pool by six feet at North Bagars Wood, near the Hodder Bridge. The North West Water


Extension


Authority has agreed to the work, which, it is hoped, will be carried out in the summer when the river is low.


CONVERSION of a barn and garage at Gib Hey, Chipping, for use as an extension to the existing house, has been approved by the Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Committee.


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Bride of the year


A YOUNG Grindleton bride-to-be was chosen as “Bride of the Year” in a competition staged ' by Red Rose Radio, at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool,


on Sunday. Miss Susan Nelson (20),


daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Nelson, of Ribble Avenue, waxed lyrical as she described her fiancee, in verse, to the panel of judges led by the. Mayor of Blackpool. She won prizes to the value of £500. ■


• Country Club, Wadding- ton, is to marry The1 under-manager, Mr Paul Marlow, at St Helens Church,. Waddington, on


Susan, assistant man­ ageress at Eaves Hall


May 7th. . ... .


the fee system the en­ forcement of planning con­ trol has become increas­ ingly important resulting in the investigation of 1,500 alleged unauthorised activities.


With the introduction of


have an equal share and interest in Brabin’s En­ dowed, quite regardless of their religious opinions or the colour of their hair. There ai-e only 20 primary schools of this type in all England.


About 2,0.00 people


parents may request that their children have two periods a week of instruc­ tion in their own faith. Until now, only CE pa­ rents have ■ made this re- q u e s t , b u t Roman Catholics or any other de­ nomination could make it and have their sectarian teaching on exactly the same terms as the CE has enjoyed. The school will remain unattached to any


Secondly, at Brabin’s, church.


CE Parochial Church Council has been allowed to nominate one of the Brabin’s Endowed gover­ nors. MP Christopher Price who specialises in education and fair play has taken an active inter­ est in this conundrum.


Thirdly, since 1953 the If you are looking


the Department of Educa­ tion and Science agreed that this PCC privilege has been “misleading and inappropriate,” and asked the Brabin’s Endowed governors to allow it to be abolished “with all poss­


More than a year ago


ible speed.” They refused and the


DES has not yet over­ ruled them. Mr Price has referred this DES delay to the Parliamentary Om- bundsman.


ARTHUR R. LORD, Nan King’s Farm, Chipping.


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Villages depend on the schools


which children have to attend the school in then-


IS it not time that we returned to the system in


own catchment areas. This would immediately increase attendances in all village schools.


for the family with cars to travel miles to a town school when the village has one minutes away. The genuine villagers with no transport, who’s families have for years been educated in the vil­


Maybe it is no problem


lage school, are the ones most affected by closure.


schools to keep our vil­ lages alive. They must never be allowed to close!


We depend on the


P. SHARPLES. Meadow Side, Grindleton.


• LETTERS for publica­ tion must be accom­ panied by name and, ad­ dress as an indication of good faith, even if the uniter wishes to use a nom-de-plume.


•per cent of those attend­ ing lived outside the borough. From these figures it


is 1.92 per cent of the population, less than two persons in 100, and even that is not truly represen­ tative, because when a spot survey was done, 15


A thousand admissions


would seem that to run another sports hall, with­ out the help of the county, the cost must be doubled — £1-40 for each admission plus 71p at Longridge — a total of £2.10 each for less than 1 four per cent of the popu­ lation. Any money of this mag­


nitude should be spent in the parishes struggling to pay for their sports fields and village halls; those having to levy special rates of 3p or 4p and beg


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