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Sports hall can’t be self- supporting


THE chairman of the Ribble Valley Sports Council and the chairman of the Appeals Com­ mittee know full well that I have never been undercover in the matter of the proposed


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THE correspondence over the sports complex is be­ coming ridiculous. Nobody is questioning whether this building is really needed; by a process of a t tr i t io n it has now become accepted. In 20 years of living


Imaginative approach needed


. every possible occasion, and also at the public meeting at Clitheroe where at least 12 mem­ bers of the general , public were present, the rest being councillors, council officials, sports council committee members and their advisers. I, too, am please’d that


I have attacked the scheme in council on


here I have never known the council to take either a courageous or an im­ aginative decision (plenty


. tion would be to approach | the Education Committee and collaborate .on the provision of a' good run­ ning track on either the Ribblesdale or Grammar School (High Moor) play­


of daft ones, though). An example of imagina-


sports hall, nor do I have any misconceptions. ■ *


letters to the editor


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school • closures • was not prepared by the present Labour administration but by the previous Tory one and school closures have been taking place in vari­ ous ' parts of Lancashire for the past six years. Unfortunately, people


the Sports Council will do the job and raise the whole £300,000 required and not ask the ratepay­ ers to foot the bill. • If the borough council is


CLITHEROE Parish Church Badminton Club’s . annual dinner-dance, at the Castle Restaurant,


only make a noise when they themselves are di­ rectly affected. In this case they are six years too late. At present the opera­


tive word is viability. If a thing i§ not viable, you


asked to pay, then the parishes whose represen­ ta tiv e s vote for the scheme should pay for it. Why cannot the Civic


ing fields.Finance for such a facil­ ity and its associated pavilion would come froth the Sports, Council and public subscription,, and administration could be carried out by a Ribble Valley Athletics Club. Athletics facilities are


Hall be used for communi­ ty purposes particularly as i t . is currently losing £10,000 a year and needs £50,000 spending on it for repairs?The council is also com­ mitted to £31,000 for re­ pairs to Castle House and a further £5,000 for re­ pairs to the roof of the


badly needed all over the country, this area being no exception — at least it is something' which, is clearly needed. Who knows whether Clitheroe has a budding Coe or


baths.As a member of the Re­ creation and Leisure Committee I do have knowledge of the cost of running these leisure ser­


Ovett?I would gladly sub­ scribe, but I hope.that no collector calls for the pre­ sent complex. To spend all that money on an open space to stretch a badmin­ ton net across, when there are sufficient vil­ lage, church and school halls around, is just ludicrous. I have every sympathy


for the correspondents from Longridge.


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vices.With costs like these Coun. Mrs Cassidy does' ■not need to worry about anybody building new banqueting halls. The public should be


aware that of the 21p rate levied by the council, 10'/zp is spent on recreation and leisure. This new sports hall can only add to it. It is naive to suggest


close it. That is not my id e a , bu t M a rg a re t Thatcher’s. I am sure that she would not blame the county administration for what it is doing. She would call it good house­ keeping. In fact, the Prime


Clitheroe, on Friday was also attended by friends from Newton, Sabden and Ribblesdale badminton clubs. The vicar, Canon J. C. Hudson and Mrs Hudson were among the guests. Music was provided


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Woman broke arm in struggle with police


Minister now believes, and expects the nation to believe with her that, un­ employment, bankruptcy, the closure of schools,' hospitals and factories, are not the ingredients of


.prosperity. If the Rev. Brian Cave,


failure but of success and


of Hurst Green, or anyone else wants to apportion blame, they should put it where it really belongs . ., . on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street.


CLARIE GERRARD, Agent, Clitheroe Constituency Labour Party, Longridge.


that a sports hall can be kept open by volunteer labour 10 to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, Bank Holidays included. There is no such thing


COUN. JACK CARR, Billington Gardens, Billington.


No wish to cause distress


I HAVE seen the article in the Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times of Febru­ ary 17th relating to the proposed Church Youth Centre in Pendleton. I was at the meeting of


the Parish Council which is referred to and am una­ ware that a vote was taken at that meeting. Further, the article


Consultation lacking


MY attention has been drawn to correspondence


as a self-supporting sports hall and it is deceptive to suggest it.


in your columns about the amount of consultation be­ tween the Lancashire Education Committee and the Church of England Diocesan Authorities over proposed school closures. • I was invited to attend


WHEN police accompanied a man to his home to discuss damage'to a gas meter they were obstructed by his wife whose arm was broken in an ensuing struggle, Clitheroe magistrates were told.


Kemple View, Clitheroe. denied assaulting DC Robert Bennett, wilfully obstructing a policeman in the course of his duty and damaging'a pair of hand cuffs worth £8.80. The cases were found


Susan Pinch (28), of i


Camera Club


proved and adjourned until April 12th for social inquiry reports. DC Bennett said that


AT a meeting of Ribbles­ dale Camera Club, mem­ bers were given the re­ sults of their annual com­ petition. The judge was Mr D.


when • he asked Mr Pinch to accompany him to the police station his wife came out of the house, shouting, threatening and being generally aggres­ sive.There was a scuffle in which his face was scratched and Pinch had to be handcuffed. She broke fi'ee, ran into the house and locked the doors. The police entered the house using Mr Pinch’s key and saw Pinch holding a broken axe with which she “had severed the chain of the hand­


cuffs.” There was a struggle


a meeting at County Hall together with the Direc­ tor of Education for Brad­ ford CE Diocesan on Feb- ruary 21st at 10-30 a.m. We were presented


with the already printed booklet reviewing primary education provision in the Ribble Valley. The book­ let was distributed to pa­ rents the same evening by children taking the book­ lets home from school. To that extent my col­


CANON B. M. BEAUMONT,.


might have given the im­ pression that I have stated that people ap­ proached by those prom­ oting the petition who are in opposition to the plan have been under some


duress.Nothing is further from the true position]; I have not intended to make any adverse criticism of the promoters of the petition or the way in which they have proceeded and I am sorry -if my previous' com­ ments have caused dis tress to those concerned.


REV. JOHN COLE, The Vicarage, Pendleton, Clitheroe.


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WHATEVER support the Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. Michael 'Ackroyd, has for altering the inside of Whalley Parish Church, nothing' can alter the fact that his plan, if earned through, would result in the wanton destruction of part of Whalley’s history. I t does not really


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two places as she was yanked outside. Mr John Lumley, de­ fending, said there was no love lost between Pinch and the local police and an investigation of ■ harrass- ment by five officers was under way. The defendant, who suf­


Concert aids sports barn


THE visit of St .Augus­ tine’s School Band to Clitheroe Civic Hall on Sunday attracted an audi­ ence of 300.


first fund-raising event for the Roefield Barn Re­ creation' and Leisure Appeal raised the en­ couraging amount of


More importantly this ;


around £200. The band was under the


baton of Mr Peter Rose. Guests included the


grant.Mr Westhead claimed that the council was disre­ garding, the appeal be­ cause it had already been so successful. He pointed out that Blackburn and Hyndburn had contri­ buted £25,000 and £10,000


Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg, and her consort, Mr Charles Clegg; and Mayor elect Coun. Ted Boden -and Mrs Boden. Coun. Mrs Clegg made the draw in a raffle which raised £43.


respectively. Suggesting the £5,000


matter if the kage is in a slightly inconvenient posi­ tion or whether it is now thought in some way to with


Christ’s teaching. W'hat does matter


that it'has been there for a very long time. It was there before Mr Ackroyd was. bom’- and it should still be there when he has


gone., . D. G. SWINDELLS, Ridings,


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grant, Coun. Bill Fleming said that it was probably one of . the most worth­ while causes the commit­ tee had been asked to


support. “I understand that the


hospice now intends to provide a lot more after­ care than was originally intended, and this all costs extra money,” he said. •


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fined ■ £30,', with. £5. costs, at Clitheroe. Sandra Lim- bert,- of' Park Avenue, Ghatburn, was fined £50, with £5 costs, for a simi­ lar offence, and Peter. Ad- croft, • of Mytton View,


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from . the . efforts of Mr Mike Brown, a member of Clitheroe Mountaineering Club, who plans to take part in the Wolverhamp­ ton Marathon a week on Sunday. He is inviting sponsorship in support of the Roefield Barn project.


The appeal is to benefit ' Savings on oil


ADVICE from a financial company has . saved the Ribble Valley Council £3,000 on the cost of heat­ ing oil and derv. But 50 per cent of the


THE following pupils were successful in the Royal Academy of Danc­ ing ballet examinations at the ‘ Kay Thurston Dance School, Clitheroe. ■ Key. H — honours, HC —


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FISHING from the wrong bank of the Ribble at' Mitton led to ■ a Preston man being fined £20, with £30 costs, at~ Clitheroe, for attempting to take


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