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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


EDITORIAL................TEL. CLITHEROE 22324 ADVERTISING..........TEL. CLITHEROE 22323 CLASSIFIED.................TEL. BURNLEY 22331


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1983 No. 5,073


Price 19p Action campaigns at town's black-spots


CAMPAIGNING re­ sidents in two of Clitheroe’s traffic black -sp o ts are hoping that action will soon be taken to make their areas safer. At West View, Lanca­


streets onto the mam


road. They are also comp­


laining about heavy veh­ icles using Whalley Road instead of the bypass. The initial West View


survey covered a half- hour period during the


shire County Council has already responded to the pleas of residents. A li­ mited road survey has already been carried out and a more detailed one is to take place shortly.


women have collected 214 signatures from local residents, protesting about the danger of cars emerging from side


At Whalley Road, two


morning rush-hour. This showed that only 14 cars used the street during the 30 minutes and that just one car, out of 10 which were checked, reached a speed of 30 m.p.h. But local residents felt


down three months ago, said: “I know it is quiet in the morning. The survey needs to be taken at the busiest time of day, between 3-30 and 5-30 p.m.” The parents also have


ing a car m front of me which was travelling even faster.”


the support of Ribble Valley MP Mr David Waddington. In a letter to Mr John


be followed by a site meeting between the county, the police and the road safety organ-" iser.


The road survey will


the survey had been car­ ried out at the wrong


time. Mrs Shelagh Czapows-


ki, whose six-year-old son, Iain, was knocked


. School — who drew the ;MP’s attention to the problems — Mr Wad­ dington says: “I cannot agree with the Chief Surveyor, having been down West View the other day. “I found myself travel­ ling far too fast, follow­


Hindmoor, former head­ master at St James’s CE


Hall Street, and other residents from the Whal­ ley Road area are pre­ paring to hand over their petition to the Ribble Valley Council’s P u b lic Works and Health Committee a week on Tuesday.


Mrs Valerie Knott, of


about cars parking close up to ju n c tio n s on streets leading off Whal­


They are concerned


Theft leaves John down in the dumps


Whipp Avenue, Clitheroe, saved the money he earned from a paper round to buy a new wheel, tyres and other parts for his racing bike. During the summer holidays, John stripped


WEEKS of hard work by a 15-year-old schoolboy have been ruined by a cruel thief. Ribblesdale School pupil John Harwood, of


down the bike to the bare metal, repainted it and added the new parts, which had cost him


£30.Then last week, not long after his return to school, the bike was stolen. “I left it in the usual place, but when I went to fetch it at lunchtime, it was gone,” he said. He reported the theft to his headmaster and


:‘IT’S great to be alive” — that’s the view of Clitheroe woman Mrs Linda Kay, who, thanks to major heart surgery, can now live a full and happy life. Linda (23), of River­


side, Low Moor, is just one of many in the coun­ try whose lives have been changed by heart surgery.


seeing the


funds — people like Linda are


week — set up to draw attention to its work and the


British Heart Founda- tion’s


of the first-ever vital


the police, but to no avail. However, a bike resembling John’s black racer was spotted in Mearley Brook, near Shawbridge,


need their experiences. speaking


by some school friends. But when John’s housemaster went down to


the scene, the bike had disappeared again. “From the description it sounded like mine,”


said John.And the schoolboy bitterly added: “If I had taken a strange bike home, my mum would have questioned where it had come from. I hope this stirs someone’s conscience.”


■ mwgiiMU'jgi to out New life


know what can be done for those suffering from heart conditions and how an operation can signal the start of a whole new life. Linda, who was bom


They want others to raise about


And with next Sunday start


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has enabled her to lead life to the full. She and her husband


Having the operation


Stuart (25), a draughts­ man at BAC, Warton, were married four years


ag0 anj e°ation meant


the successful op- that Linda


could have a baby. “That would have been


very dodgy otherwise,” she said. “Another bonus is that I don’t get out of breath any more.” Before the treatment,


Take heart! Just look at Linda


Linda was faced with the knowledge that she could well be in a wheelchair by the time she was 40. In addition to looking after her home and three-


with a hole in the heart condition, is actually a native of Barrow and has lived in Clitheroe for the past 20 years. Up to the age of 17 she underwent many tests at


year-old daughter Sarah, she has a part-time job at the stamp dealers, M. and N. Haworth, in Clitheroe.


Treatment


the Royal Children’s Hos­ pital in Liverpool, but says her complaint did not really affect her much. She was able to take


part in physical education lessons at school and did not really miss out on anything, although she did become sh o r t of breath.


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underwent the operation to repair her heart at Broad Green Hospital, Liverpool. She was a patient there


At the age of 18, Linda


part in a couple of de­ manding events. One in­ volved being a passenger in a plane giving an aerobatic display at Black­ pool for the BHF earlier this year, and she also completed a 26-mile cycle ride to raise funds for Clitheroe’s Meteor Club. In her spare time Linda


She has since taken


Even gardening’s not too strenuous for Linda these days


ease and the search for loud and clear — “You do causes and improved tend to value life more methods of treatment. when you’ve been through Linda’s message is cer- an experience like mine,


enjoys sailing, gardening and reading.


People who, like Linda, have had hea r t com­


plaints, are helping to promote BHF week to focus public attention on its work and objectives. Voluntary committees


for two weeks and then convalescent at home with


her parents, Mr and Mrs John Nuttall, who run E d is fo rd B o a rd in g


tainly one that comes over she says. Retire from farming


A GRINDLETON couple have decided to call it a day after a lifetime in farming. R o b e r t and B e t ty


Kennels. Some four months later


round the country are or­ ganising special fund-rais­ ing events and the new docmentary film “The matter of the heart,” will be available for public showing. It has been produced


she was back at her job in a Blackburn bank.


Mr Wright, originally from Sabden, and his


Wright, who have been at Cob House Farm for almost 24 years, are auc­ tioning their livestock and machinery on Saturday. They will, however,


continue to live in the farmhouse and will let the land. B e fo re moving to


for audiences such as WIs and sixth forms, telling the history of heart dis-


Grindleton, the Wrights were at Dunkirk Farm, Read, for 23 years.


wife, who hails from Burnley, have three mar­ ried daughters, Mrs Alice Driver in Grindleton, Mrs Helen Meyler in Clitheroe and Mrs Marjorie Smith in Accrington.


plans for spending their newly-found spare time, and Mrs Wright says: “We’ve always been busy, so we’ll have to find some­ thing to keep us oc­ cupied.”


The couple have no


ley Road, creating blind- spots, and would like to . see double yellow lines painted at each junction. Mrs Knott said: “Just


last week a lady was struck in her car while coming out of Hall Street. We are frigh­ tened that the next acci­ dent could be fatal.” The residents would


also like to see signs erected on the town’s bypass, directing lorries to the Pimlico industrial'


toric Clitheroe’ signs could be confusing driv­ ers,” said Mrs Knott. “Many come down Whal­ ley Road asking direc­ tions.


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Couples plans go np in smoite


Jennifer Hargreaves to shout about on their 15th wedding anniversary yes terday . . . for they were still in a state of shock following a weekend blaze which wrecked eveiy up­ stairs room at their West .View home.


THERE was nothing for Clitheroe couple John and


night out enjoying a meal, John and Jennifer put their time to use estimat­ ing the damage.


Instead of spending a


bedroom early on Satur­ day evening, and although not veiy large it created enough heat and smoke to mark and ruin clothes, furniture, wallpaper and paintwork.


The fire started in their


joy of their son Andrew (8).


fire, which the couple be­ lieve may have been started by their five-year- old daughter Rachael, was a model railway set worth over £300, the pride and


Another casualty of the


furniture and clothes and ruined a bed.


The smoke blackened


the fire has caused sever­ al thousand pounds worth of damage, as it will cost £400 alone to rebuild and replaster the main bed­ room ceiling. All the up­ stairs rooms will require redecoration.


John, a fitter, reckons


clothes we have left are the ones we are wearing and those which were in the wash at the time.” John raised the alarm


He said: “The only


after smelling burning while the family was


having tea. “I’m just glad the fire brigade was so quick,


THE Save Downham School duckling was well to the fore as the village's delegation left for Preston.


More talks o n s e ll© © ! closures, but


uphill battle ahead


FOUR Ribble Valley primary schools ear­ marked for closure have been given a little breathing space while consultations continue between the Lancashire County Council and Diocesan authorities. But at a meeting of the


schools in our parish at Lane Ends and Sawley. We don’t want to be hit a third time.” She added: “County


Education Committee on Tuesday it was made clear that the villagers face an uphill battle to


Schools Sub-Committee that, in principle, the Church of En g lan d schools at Downham, Grindleton and Hurst .Green should close, along with the RC school at Ribchester. But closure notices trill


the recommendation of its


ju s t ignores that. It seems to ignore all the points we make.” The Rev. David Wood-


Coun. David Keeley (Ac­ crington) said more use should be made of rural schools. Ours is used by a playgroup and a night class — yet the county


save their schools. Members agreed to


house, chairman of the Ribble Valley Church Schools’ Association, felt no progress had been made at all. “This was just a catch­


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otherwise things could have been a lot worse,"


Andrew Collier, Chief Education Officer, and a five-strong delegation from Downham. The County had de­


he said. Added Jennifer: “We


are ju s t thanking our lucky stars that the house and its contents were in­ sured. Many people do not believe a thing like this could ever happen to them.”


Cheers as pupils mark centenary


WHALLEY primary pupils were given special mementoes yesterday to help them treasure the memory of their school’s centenary year.


100-year history of Whalley CE School’s junior wing.


Each child received a mug commemorating the


funds so that 260 children — the current pupils and most recent school leavers — could have a souvenir.


The Parent-Teacher Association provided the


Centenary 1883-1983" and are decorated ivith a sketch-portrait of the school.


The mugs bear the wording “Whalley School


to the children are being sold on Saturday to boost PTA funds at the school’s fourth annual September fair.


A total of 500 were produced. Those not given


booklet about its history, being produced by parents Mrs Nina Phillips, of Abbey Road, and Mr Ian Duckworth, of The Sands, will be avail­ able in November. A.bout 500 copies are planned


The school hopes that copies of a centenary


initially. Headmaster Mr Colin Armstrong said of the


a lively one.” . . |


able to all parents and anyone else in the village interested in or connected with the school.


back — Matthew Haworth (9), Joanne Foster (10), Alistair Parker (11); front — Trudy Shar- maine (7), Nicola Thompson (h) and Justin


Pictured with their mugs are, from the left, Nowell (7). He explained: “We are hoping it will be avail­


booklet, which includes former pupils’ anecdotes: “I think it shows that the school has alivays been


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clared Downham a 50- place school, but the villa­ gers told Mr Collier that the only way to get 50 desks in the school would be to pile them on top of


each other. The delegation also


asked that education offi­


cials review the lunch system at the 26-pupil school as another way of


saving money. They further drew at­


tention to the traffic volume on the road to Chatburn, which has neither lighting or a pave­ ment. A census showed 108 vehicles using the stretch one afternoon bet­ ween 3-30 and 4-15 p.m., the time children could be expected to use it. Grindleton villagers are


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ing up process for some people,” he said. “But it seems the policy is one of saving surplus places r a t h e r th en s aving schools.”


'Association’s document, which suggests taking pl a ce s out of oth e r


He added that no men­ tion had been made of the


schools. “It must be stres­ sed that the effect of clos­ ing a school is not equal in town and village,” he de­ clared.


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still angry at the County’s decision earlier this year to change their school from 60 places to 46 '— then raise the figure to


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