Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, April 21st, 1983 3 tied) Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) WHALLEY PARISH CHURCH
The vicar and church council invite parishioners to an
MONDAY, APRIL 25th — 7-30 p.m. at the SANDPIPER
OPEN MEETING
To discuss the proposals for the reordering of the Church
MERRY GO ROUND SATURDAY
APRIL 23rd at 2-30 p.m.
in St Catherine’s Sunday School, West Bradford
SALE OF GOOD AS NEW
CHILDREN’S CLOTHES AND BABYWEAR, NURSERY EQUIPMENT, MATERNITY CLOTHES, etc., etc.
ADMISSION: 25p; CHILDREN 5p
OLD PEOPLES WELFARE COMMITTEE
EER
THURSDAY, APRIL 21st, 7-30 p.m. atTHEPENDLECLUB, LOWERGATE
CHEESE and WINE EVENING Tombola, Bring and Buy
Tic k e ts £1 Includes glass of wine Proceeds towards the running of PE Club
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APRIL 22nd
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E V E R Y F R I . , S A T . , 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. FRI., DJ HOWIE
SAT., DJ's ANDY and KEIRON Bowie, funk, |azz, romantic, commarclal, disco
£1.30 (C1 with this Invite) All drinks at pub pries
ADMISSION 50p
CONTEMPORARY FOLK PROCEEDS IN AID OF CHARITY
RAFFLE
PRICE INCLUDES CUP OF COFFEE AND HOME MADE BISCUITS
CAKE STALL - RAFFLE - HANDICRAFTS
Local pub hours ensures already flexible reaiistic
IT would be interesting to know how the Ribble Valley Licensed Victuallers’ Association intends to apply its proposed application of flexible opening hours, as it would appear that it already operates a flexi scheme.
Tribute
to the young
G IA N T
SUNDAY MARKET AND FAMILY DAY OUT
in LONG PRESTON
SUNDAY, APRIL 24th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at THE LONG PRESTON AUCTION MARKET
Well signposted from Glsburn Hundreds of Stalls from all over England.
Thousands of Bargains, Kiddles Entertainments, Attractions, Snacks, Lunch at The Boars Head
A D M IS S IO N F R E E
TRADE SPACE INQUIRIES. TEL. BLACKBURN 672466
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Speranza String Quartet' 7-30 p.m.
_____BY THE Admission by Programme
Sat., April 23rd (IN THE CHURCH)
Adults £1
Proceeds in aid of Heating Appeal
Children 75p
AN EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC
CLITHEROE
THERE are so many de rogatory statements about the youth of today, that I feel I should say some thing in their praise. I felt a great sense of
pride on Sunday after watching the St George’s Day parade through Clitheroe — all the chil dren resplendent in their uniforms marching in an orderly and controlled way to the Parish Church for a united service. Later I looked in on the
in various areas of the town to open at different times for both afternoon and evening sessions. It would make more
It is common for pubs open?
sense if a proper or better service was provided, for I cannot think of a Clitheroe pub which pro vides a decent or quiet drink with the emphasis
juke boxes, bandits, pool tables and space invaders operating at blasting
on quiet. Nearly all pubs have
volume. This, coupled with
gassy, frothy liquid called beer, makes one wonder where the service has
Gang Show rehearsals, and once again saw many of the Cubs and Scouts practising so hard for what obviously promises to be an excellent show. It lifted my spirits and made everything seem worthwhile. How easy i t is to
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CLITHEROE PARISH CHURCH ORGAN SOCIETY present a
SATURDAY, APRIL 23rd, 1983 at 8 p.m.
RAHAM MATTHEWS (Sheffield Cathedral)
Popular programme All ivelcome
Programme non-members £1, students and OAP 60p
Selective school
DAVID WADDINGTON says none of the village schools should he closed,, a nice sentiment, but where does the money come from to keep.'them all
Selective closures would be more realistic. If a vil
lage needs the school as a centre of social activity, let us fight to keep it open and at the same time fight for government money to help to meet the cost of keeping it open.
/ example, two schools and a Memorial Hall, one of the schools 50 per cent under-pupilled.
Take Hurst Green as an
gone.Come flexi hours with the saving on staff and overheads, would prices be correspondingly re duced or service provided for afternoon shift work drinkers? It is obvious this prop
SOCIAL DRINKER.
generalise and say, on hearing a bad report on youth “they are all the
same, today.” Far from it! Judging by
what I saw on Sunday and the number of young people involved — those “baddies” must be in the minority.
MRS CAROLE D. TAYLOR, “Lyndhurst,” Park Avenue, Clitheroe.
Marathon cyclists’
ASSOCIATION
CLITHEROE RAMBLERS
MONDAY, APRIL 25th lO O L I5 p
GERRY and the PACEMAKERS TEL. ACCRINGTON 37519;
IT’S INCREDIBLE
on SATURDAY, APRIL 23rd, 1983, at 7-30 p.m.' in TRINITY
THE SAVOYARDS ofBumley (in aid of the 1st Pendle Scout Group)
Musical Evening by
CHURCH SCHOOL HALL, CLITHEROE.
Tickets: Adults £1.20, Children and.OAPs.80p
Tickets at the door or from: Mr A. Ragnall Tel. 22872
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Mrs S. Dewhurst; Boothurst Farm, Dilworth, Longridge
Mrs S. Aspin; Grlmshaw Terrace, Sabden, Blackburn
Mr D. Wymer; Chester Avenue, Clitheroe
Mrs B. Wilkinson; Victoria Street, Clitheroe
BO NLTO-BY-BOLANW D VILLAG ALL COME
E H DANCING
MARKKITTO and his band
on Friday, April 29th 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
(Supper 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.) Admission £2.50 Licensed Bar
To book ring Bolton by Bowland 6S5 or 277
BIBLE SOCIETY ACTION GROUP
SATURDAY, APRIL 23rd
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Monday, May 2nd Westly Hall Farm, Glsburn
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B A X E N D E N Ball sponsored by
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41 CHATBURN ROAD, CLITHEROE
Hyndbum Model Railway Group
MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION TOWN HALL, ACCRINGTON Friday, April 22nd 6-30 p.m. — 9-30 p.m.
Saturday, April 23rd 10 a.m. — 8-30 p.m.
Sunday, April 24th 10 o.m. — 5-30 p.m.
Children and Senior Citizens 25p, Family £1.25
Refreshments available Admission: Adults 50p,
WEDNESDAY EVENING WALKS
April 27th meet West Bradford 6-45 p.m.
May 4th meet Sprlngwood 6-45 p.m.
4-6 MILgS..
IN DISTRESS! SUICIDAL!
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PARISH ROOMS CHIPPING
EASTER Domino Drive
Whist and SATURDAY
APRIL 23rd Admission 50p, 7-30 p'.m.
FLOWER CLUB CLITHEROE
DEMONSTRATION By Joan Wallbank
John’s Social Centre, Lowergate on Friday, April 22nd, 1983
“SPRINGTIME at St Michael and St
105 NEW PARK STREET BLACKBURN
15 MARKET SQUARE NELSON
Call or write to
ride tops £1,000
- ■ The pedal pushers were taking part in a sponsored ride organised by the Clitheroe and District Mentally Handicapped As sociation to raise money
WHILE eager runners were tackling the punish ing London marathon, 80 people in the Ribble Valley were putting all their efforts into cyling a course of a similar length.
for the Meteor Club. Clitheroe Mayor Coun.
John Cowgill gave the riders an added boost as he started the race by donating £50 to the cause from the Mayor’s Welfare Fund. There were cyclists of
various ages and everyone completed the 26-mile course.
branch of the Mentally Handicapped Association, Mr Michael Haworth, also
Chairman of the local
took part.He said that between £1,000 and £1,500 had been raised by the event, and praised the generosi ty of Ribble Valley people.“I am very pleased with the way local people re spond to these events,” he said. _________
Explaining
work of Red Cross
CLITHEROE Red Cross workers will be out in force at Ribble Valley re staurants in May, as part of a nationwide campaign. Under the direction of
local organiser Mrs Olive Perry, of Riverside Cot tage, Stonyhurst, they will be visiting as many restaurants as possible, between May 2nd and 8th, to explain the move ment’s work and receive donations. .
For your next outdoor event hire your
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good way of meeting people. Mrs Perry said: “Proprietors have given us every encouragement and any money will go. towards local projects, such as helping ' disabled people who meet at St Paul’s Church Hall, Low Moor.”In Clitheroe, workers will be out on the streets meeting people.
Organisers feel this is a . . ,
Allocation of tokens unjust
WHEN is a senior citizen not a senior citizen? When you live in the Ribble Valley/ and go for your bus tokens as I did. The criteria seems to
controlled county council decided to close a school in Hurst Green. They did not, although there was no valid reason, unless it was a political one!
Six years ago the Tory-
osal is solely for the be nefit of the licensees and not the customers.
. mained open. The suggestion that
Bashall Eaves would have taken the pupils from Hurst Green and the school, which they needed far more than Hurst Green, would have re-
If it had been closed,
families in towns should be actively encouraged to use village schools is full of ambiguity. Actively en couraged could mean any thing from paying them to go to the schools to chas ing them there with a big stick.
be, if you don’t get a full pension you don’t qualify. Some of us who only re ceive a reduced pension are not, according to the Rihble Valley, eligible for bus tokens even though we arp senior citizens. ;How niggardly can you
Evidence Bill is concerned I feel sure that, if David Waddington was still practising in the law courts instead of the House of Commons, he would be opposing the bill and opposing it for the same valid reasons that many of his legal friends have done.
As far as the Criminal
get? I would have thought it was those on small pen sions who needed them more. Perhaps senior citi zens in a similar position as me will remember this when being canvassed by their respective candi dates in next month’s elections, and ask what is their policy on this issue. 1 Tokens for all senior citizens or just some of them?
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
CLARIS GERRARD, Agent, Ribble ValleyConstituency Labour
Party, Longridge.
Bridget takes cover at kick- off time
EVERY time the re feree’s whistle blows for Saturday after noon football at Clitheroe’s Roefield pitches, some resi dents of the neigh bouring St Ann’s Court sheltered hous ing accommodation complex run for cover.
lies a few yards from their homes and the only
For one of the pitches
Best stock in demand at mart
I of 72 spring, summer and autumn calving cows and heif-
THERE was an excellent entry
I e r s from local farms a t Clitheroe Auction Mart’s spring sale of in-calf cattle on Friday. There was a good attendance
i of buyers ana demand was very good for best quality stock, but secondary sorts found a more reluctant trade.
| In the judging ring, competi tion was keen, with all three classes being well contested. The champion, chosen by
the top figure by some £100 when it changed hands for £910. Purchaser was Mr J. Fai-
This beast beat all rivals to . ,
thing stopping wayward footballs from smashing windows is a flimsy string net.
high and spanning 25 yards — was provided re cently after the kitchen window at Mrs Bridget Kerr’s home was smashed . . . seconds after she had made a cup of tea and gone into her living room. Had she stayed in the
The net — about 14ft.
placed with plate glass, but Mrs Ken- is against that. The only way would be to close the particular pitch, she says. But because of the
shortage of pitches, that idea does not find favour with the Ribble Valley Football League. Chairman Mr Peter
kitchen a second longer, the chances are she would have been injured either by flying glass or the foot ball, whieh damaged her refrigerator. She told our reporter:
Dawber said that now the matter had been brought to his attention he could see the residents’ point of view.
“I’ve nothing against lads enjoying a game of foot ball, but the pitch is too close for comfort. I dread it when matches start and I don’t hang about to see what might happen. I either go to the communal reading room or some times visit my daughter.” Mrs Kerr’s next-door-
something for the council to solve. The league would be happy to co-op erate, but it would be dis astrous if the pitch was closed.
However, it was really Barrow plan
neighbour, Mr William Trotter, is also driven out of his home on Saturdays. “It isn’t safe to stop in,”
judges F. Wrathall, of Gisbum, and C. Wilkinson, of Bacup, was a fine Friesian cow exhi bited by Mr W. Peel, of Bar- noldswick.
shaw, of Gisbum. Prize awards for best cow to
: writer\ wishes to use a nom-de-plume.
©’ LETTERS for publica tion must be accom-. panied by name and ad dress as an indication of • good faith, even i f the
Parked vehicles hold up sweeping
PARKED vehicles are, posing a problem for automatic street sweeping machines in parts ot
Clitheroe.
Television presenter
is guest
THE Clitheroe Lady Far mers’ social section ' in vited 70 members from other clubs, along with county officials, to an open night at Newton Vil
lage Hall. The sp e a k e r , Bob Smithies, of Granada tele
vision, talked about the programme “Down to E a r th” and answered questions from the audi ence covering a variety of
topics.A buffet supper' was provided by the hostesses and a raffle for plants was drawn by county presi dent Mrs McDonald, as sisted by the Clitheroe president, • Mrs Sylvia
Berry.Winners were: Mrs Heap (Colne), Mrs Pear son (Wilpshire), Mrs Makinson (Clitheroe), Mrs Hindle (Accrington), Mrs M. Gill (Clitheroe), Mrs Eccles (Nelson), Mrs Watson (Nelson), Mrs Coar (Wilpshire), Mrs Waterworth- (Bolton).
Chemists’ rota
TODAY and tomorrow, R. N. and M. Read. Moor Lane, Clitheroe, will open until , 6-30 p.m. Sunday: Boots, Castle Street, noon to ,1 p.m. Monday to. Friday until 6-30 p.m.
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lighted by the county’s di visional surveyor Mr Ian Robertson following a complaint to the Adver tiser and Times by a Mitchell Street resident who wants to see a big “clean-up” of the town. She claimed that ac cumulated dirt and litter in s tre e t channels in Mitchell Street made an unsightly “mess” of part of the street and that there was “litter every where” in Clitheroe. She said she could not
The difficulty was high
remember the last time Mitchell S t re e t was
cleaned. According to Mr
Robertson the mechanical sweepers went down the street at “regular inter vals.” But the machines could not reach the chan nels when' vehicles were in the way, he said. The county council de
A PLAN to build two de tached houses on land off Whalley Road, Barrow, has been given the thumbs-up by the Ribble Valley Council’s Develop ment Sub-Committee. The site was formerly
he said. “Not only is there the chance of windows being smashed, but it is also quite noisy with play ers coming out with a lot of strong language.” Neither are satisfied
calf before July 31st went to W. Peel, of Barnoldswick (£910) and M. Hill (£755) and for best cow to calve between August 1st and October 31st to G. Gomall, of Chipping (£710) and Huntroyde Estates, of
Read (£690).
Prizes for the best in-calf heifer went to C. R. Wilson, of
. „
May cows made to £910 (£675) June 11th cows to £710 (£527), July 19th — August cows to £755 (£567), September 8th cows to £725 (£546). In-calf heifers made to £75d
Ribchester (£550), Of calving cows, A^nl jjLba
(£522). On Monday, forward were 82
similar to the previous week, but all classes or sheep realisec
fat cattle including 27 fat cows, 129 ewes, 67 lambs and 243
° I f f fat cattle held to prices
slightly less money. Light, steers made to 109.8p
c VICTORIAnSTREET ,
per live kilo (average 99.9p), medium to 109.8p (95.8p), heavy to lOOp (95p). Light heifers made to l l lp (104.4p) and medium to 112p
(102.92p). Calf bulls made to 124.4p
(111. 9p), fat cows to 84p
(73.6p). In the sheep section, light
lambs made to 256.5p (242.4p), standard to 244.6p (230.7p), medium to 227.5p (222.6p). Half-bred ewes made to £30
per head (£23.40), horned ewes to £27 (£17.40),
occupied by a pair of semi-detached houses, owned by the council, which have been de molished.
that the net — provided by the parks department — is the answer. Children are damaging it and balls still seem to get through. One suggestion is that the windows should be re-
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18ct. — Up to £180 paid 22ct. — Up to £200 paid
partment which is respons ible for general highway cleansing, had put out n o tic e s in p a r ts of Clitheroe asking motorists to park out of the way when the sweeper was at work, but people tended to ingore these, said Mr Robertson. He : said the readers
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Guest house
PLANNING approval has been given for the change of use of residential ac commodation in Parson Lane, Clitheroe, to
guest house. It is proposed to use
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