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THURSDAY, APRIL 21st, 1983 No. 5,051 Price 19p
Save on schools’ staff, county told]
shire) felt that the cost of employing the many part-time and auxiliary staff , was “astronomical” and a “colossal waste.” He suggested that several schools could
from Ribble Valley coun cillor Fred Green when the Policy and Re sources Committee put forward “alternatives” to the proposed axing or merger of six local schools. Coun. Green (Wilp-
LA N C A S H I R E C o u n ty Council should consider cut ting its par t- time school staff as a way . of sav in g R ibble V a l le y p r im a ry schools threatened with closure. That was the message
' savings. But the Ribble Valley
share one secretary in a bid to achieve big
district education officer, Mr Peter Evans, who addressed the meeting, warned th a t Coun. Green’s proposal would have major implications because of the county’s policy of no redundan cies, and because of ex pected union opposition.
The county council’s proposals for closure and amalgamation were an attempt to tackle the costly problem of too many places for too few children, he said.__
. The proposals, which have aroused consider-' able protest from villa gers, are to close, in summer 1984, the Church of England
• Barrow, Hurst Green and Balderstone, and one or two of those at Chatburn, Downham and Grindleton.
schools at Wiswell-
headmaster of one of the schools named, at Chat- burn, considered the cost of keeping open the schools would be well worthwhile.
(Clitheroe) argued that the school closure policy would lead to the ruina tion of rural life. But he hit back at th a t
stage of a child’s educa tion is the primary stage because this is where the foundations are laid down,” he said. Coun. John Cowgill
“The most important su g g e s tio n s Clitheroe could bear Youngsters* bleak future
‘Create a job’ plea to local firms
MANY Ribble Valley fifth-formers will leave their classroom for the last time next month and face the worst-ever battle
for jobs. The situation is so seri
ous that local Careers’ Of ficer Mr Jack Atkinson and his staff are joining in a national appeal next week to employers to find a permanent job for’ a school leaver. About 700 letters are to
be sent to bosses through out the Ribble Valley highlighting the youngs ters’ plight and they will
that up to 350 teenagers will come on the jobs market next month, but only about one third will find full-time work. “There is no disguising
be ^backed up by personal visits to premises. Mr Atkinson estimates
the fact that the situation is serious — possibly the worst it has ever been,” said Mr Atkinson.
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tremely large number of youngsters looking for jobs and it will be a mam moth task to find work for them. “I would appeal to any employer who can help to give a teenager a start to contact me. “We have already been
“We will have an ex
jobs.” Mr Atkinson said that
in touch with all fifth-year pupils who will be leaving school and we are in a position to identify and submit suitable young people for particular
those who fail to find a permanent job immediate ly will be offered a place in the Government’s Youth Training Scheme, which takes over from the old Youth Opportunities’ Programme later this summer.
Skills
young person can move about, through different
week if they are paying a wage of under £40 or £7.50 if it is between £40 and £45 during the first year of employment.
APPEAL IS
CONTINUING THE Ribble Valley Hos pice Appeal is to continue until the autumn, despite reaching its £40,000 target in January.
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the Ribble Valley organis ing committee has raised a further £2,500 and is hopeful that £50,000 will be. reached by the time the appeal closes.
During the last quarter,
ful to everyone who has supported' the appeal. Any further donations will be acknowledged by the treasurer, Mr E. Tolson, 4 Claremont Avenue, Clitheroe.
• ; The committee is grate
WHEN the Guides of the 1st Sabden Company decided to have a belated Easter bonnet com petition, they made their headwear the econom ical way . . . using paper and cardboard.
patrol leader Sarah Graham (13). She received a necklace from the judges, Mrs Dorothy Britc- liffe and Mrs Eileen Lockett.
The winner (pictured centre front) was poppy
young people to their first permanent job can also qualify for a subsidy under the.“Young Work ers’ Scheme." They can receive £15 a
that he will be applying for over 200 places in the YTS scheme. Employers who recruit
off-the-job training at a technical college or a training department." Mr Atkinson estimated
departments’ in a firm gaining additional skills and knowledge. “There is also 13 weeks
far more flexible,” said Mr Atkinson. “Instead of doing the same job all the time a
ager with a job for a year instead of six months under the old scheme and pays a wage of £25. “The new project is also
It will provide a teen Coun. Ted Boden,
more of the brunt in an effort to save one or two village schools. All except one Clitheroe school was virtually full, and that, Brook- side, was the area of future housing develop ment.
led to local schools, then not one would have to close, he said.
(Whalley) said parents would prefer to pay an extra rate for education rather than see the schools close. They would save on bus fares what they paid on the rates, he maintained.
Coun. Jimmy Fell
was “up to its job” it could find other ways to
T r a c to r b u s in e s s w a n ts to e x p a n d
Townson and Sons has been offered the franchise to sell Ford tractors and machinery for part of North East Lancashire and North Yorkshire and wants to set up business near the village auction mart.
ever, that the project was a departure from the policies of the NE Lancs
‘Gandhi’ is coming
of achievement through non-violence, is expected to bring a welcome in crease to the cinema’s box-office takings, which have already been boosted recently by “E.T.” ’ •
THE B r i t ish film “Gandhi,” which scooped eight Oscars at the Holly wood Academy Awards, will begin a run at the Civic Hall Cinema in Clitheroe on May 12th, the Ribble Valley Council has confirmed. The film, an epic study
Townsons had stated that they must give an early commitment to Ford and he had written to every one affected in view of the urgency of the situation. He pointed out, how
“urgent” application from the Ribble Valley tractor dealers and exporters to build a single-storey building with hard stand ing for the development on a three-acre site at the edge of the village. Mr Bailey said that
ment was given in a report to the Ribble Valley Council’s Develop ment Sub-Committee on Tuesday by Planning and Technical Officer Mr Philip Bailey. I t accompanied an
News of the develop
GISBURN could be in line for a major new en terprise with a labour force which could ulti mately exceed the 30- mark. Newton-based J. A.
If the county council
government- bolstered urban aid was channel
If only 10 per cent of
economise than close schools, he suggested.
cise would go away was a “non-starter,” but the education committee would listen to “reason able alternatives.” Mr Evans revealed that 500 to 600 letters about
ments included the public transport factor and a suggestion to merge schools or certain head teaching posts. 4 The county, he said, was being asked to cut 16,000-odd of its 40,000 surplus primary school places by 1985-86. It would not achieve that target even if it now closed every primary school in the Ribble Valley and Hyndbum. To pretend the exer
executive Mr Michael Jackson said after wards that this could include amalgamation to ensure that one vil lage retained at least one school.
been arranged with vil lagers, including one at Barrow this week.
the closure proposals had been received at the district education office. Further meetings had
committee is due to con sider the closure recom mendations at its July meeting.
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More talks on church plans
Michael Ackroyd says: “We hope there will be a representative attendance and a good discussion on the various aspects and implications of the prop osals.”
ous meetings in the vil lage which were called to test public opinion. The vicar, the Rev.
VILLAGERS in Whalley have another opportunity to discuss proposed changes to the inside of the Parish Church, at an open meeting on Monday at the Sandpiper at 7-30 p.m. This follows two previ
sources Committee reaf firmed its previous deci sion to object in the strongest possible terms to the closure sugges tions in the consultation document. The county education
• The Policy and Re
AFTER a closed ses sion of the committee it was decided to write to the Roman Catholic and Church of England authorities urging them to consider ways of “working together” on the schools issue. The council’s chief
addressed the meeting on arguments that could c a r ry some weight against school closures, and ones which would prove fruitless. The positive argu
(Whalley) asked if the county could reconsider its no redundancy policy to make savings where teachers were not “satis factory.” Mr Evans had earlier
Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw
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Threat to Low Moor lunch club
ELDERLY people at Low Moor face the loss of their luncheon club at the end of the month.
says it can no longer pro vide staff for the club at St Ann’s Court sheltered accommodation for the el derly, because of in creased pressure of work on the home help service.
For the county council
tre a su re r Mr Gordon Onslow, who informed the Finance and General Pur poses sub-committee of the . threat, is to ask the county to reconsider its decision.
Ribble Valley Borough
cooked meals on Mondays and Thursdays for an av erage of 30 elderly people.
The club provides
wood, warden at St Ann’s Court, told our reporter: “I will be extremely sorry if the luncheon club goes.”
socially for St Ann’s ten ants and elderly people in Low Moor, apart from providing a two-course meal for 50p, she said.
The club was a boon
that every effort would be made to save the club.
Mr Onslow said later
(Whalley) praised the council, saying that one of the new residents had re marked it was “like stay ing at a first class hotel”.
£160,000 scheme at Stocks
to improve access , for farmers.
light bridge is to be con structed over the spillway
man said the widening will prevent overtopping of the earth dam which occurs at least once in most winters. At the same time, a
allows water to flow into the River Hodder, is to be widened by the giant Bovis Construction Com pany and the cost is being met by the North West Water Authority. An authority spokes
IMPROVEMENTS cost ing £160,000 are to be car ried- out to a concrete spillway at Stocks Reser voir to prevent water seeping over the top of the reservoir in severe rainstorms. The spillway, which
Officer Mr Philip Bailey told the Housing Commit tee that the communal block and 14 flats had been completed and the only outstanding things were external drains and other minor items ex pected to be finished shortly. Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw
THE new sheltered hous ing scheme at Whalley is to be officially opened a week on Friday — with the full council attending. Planning and Technical
Whalley’s /hotel home’
G R I N D L E T O N mothers have . got to gether to form a pre school playgroup for the children in the village. The opening meeting
of the group, at Grind leton School, ivas at tended by 12 children
aged between two and four.
Mrs C. Read have taken on the task of running the group and it looks as though it ivill prove a success with the kids.
Mrs P. Toivler and
THERE was a jobs-security boost this week for the 100-strong workforce of a Clitheroe engineering company.
Clitheroecompany diversifies
their boots for action will be such former crowd favourites as Ronnie Clayton, Ray Pointer, Jimmy Robson, Bobby Saxton and Johnny Byrom. The game kicks off at
will be on sale, price lOp.
Smiles beneath the bonnets
the Mayor’s Fund and the Clitheroe FC Build ing appeal. A souvenir programme
2-30 p.m., just after the new facilities are opened by Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg. All cash raised is for
IT’S back to soccer’s good old days at Shaw- bridge on Sunday, when former footballers of Burnley and Blackburn Rovers will be playing to celebrate the official opening of Clitheroe FC’s clubhouse and changing rooms. Among those lacing up
Stars on Sunday
larging its agricultural di vision at the Kendal Street works with the takeover of one of the country’s leading man ufacturers of agricultural machinery, L. & K. Sprayers.
last year had a turnover of £1 million, will continue to manufacture sprayers at its plant at Ingham and the Clitheroe works will be chiefly concerned with the administrative side.
sales management team will handle all aspects of marketing with the sup port of the Econ Atkinson salesmen.
The existing L. & K.
have already moved into- the units, and the sale of the others is nearing com pletion:' •
follows an efficiency drive by the company, in which the Clitheroe site was reorganised to speed up production and half the factory space vacated to be sold or let as 14 nurse ry industrial units. Two’ small businesses
A CHIMNEY fire at Hurst Green -Vicarage was quickly dealt with by Clitheroe Fire Brigade. L i t t le .damage, was caused. •
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manager, Mr Mike Drew, has been appointed to look after the day-to-day running of the Clitheroe site. • L. & K. products will complement those of Econ Atkinson, which will be launching new rear and side discharge spreaders later this year to further increase its range. This latest expansion
difficult to forecast if the expansion would create new jobs at Clitheroe. “It’s more of a safeguard for our present employ ees,” he said. However, a general
when a Department of Transport contract was completed shortly., Mr Taylor said it was
help built up new pro ducts and fill the gap left
Managing director at Clitheroe, Mr Don Taylor said the move reinforces the company’s intention to increase its presence in the agricultural market. The acquisition would
The Lincoln firm, which Econ Atkinson is en
would continue providing the staff short term, and that a long-term solution for running the club could be found.
He hoped the county
with the WRVS, to see if it could help.
He had been in touch Cash aid
RIBBLE Valley agricul tural shows being staged this year will each receive £100 from the Borough Council.
al Purposes Sub-commit tee approved donations for Goosnargh and Lon- gridge show and Chipping show, both in August, and the Hodder Valley Show in September.
The Finance and Gener Mrs Marjorie Holly
Marching through the town
THE band of the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment will be
the band will march from Station Road to Castle- gate at 12-30 p.m. and then give a finale in Market Place. The Ribble Valley
Clitheroe tomorrow, prior to a reception by the Mayor, Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg. In full military uniform,
per forming in
Council has arranged the performance and will pro vide lunch for the band smen. There has been a good relationship between the town and the band over the years, and the band offered to play in Clitheroe before a further appointment in Preston. If the weather is wet,
the band will play in the Civic Hall instead.
Interest is blossoming
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Waddington and Clitheroe Town Council are in terested in the competi tion, which will be judged in June. Ribble Valley Council’s
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