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December, Joseph and Amy, of Ennerdale Road, will be heading for Shomberg, Ontario, to join their son Alan, his wife Josie, and chil dren Mark (15), C a ro lin e (13) and Barrie (10). Alan emigrated two-
YOUNG at heart Clitheroe couple Joseph and Amy Green, both in their 70s, are pulling up stakes next month . . . and heading for a new life in Canada. At the beginning of
and-a-half years ago and the septuagena
rians just want to be near him and his wife and children. But Joseph, who will
said Joseph. As Alan has recently
be 78 by the time they leave, has always had a yearning to live in Canada, especially after two holidays there with Alan. Joseph first became
moved to a different area of Canada, they do not know just what to expect and will be staying with him until they find somewhere of their own. The couple lived for
enchanted with the cou n try when his u n c le , John Har greaves, emigrated in 1904. “He used to send
Avenue, Clitheroe. After five years there it was off to Grindleton for seven years, before moving to their present home in Ennerdale Road 10 years ago. However, they have
glowing reports of life in Canada and I fell in love with the country,”
many years in Chat- burn, where they both worked at the village mill, Joseph for 40 years and Amy for 20 years. After living in Green
field Avenue, Chat- burn, for 25 years, they moved to Bleasdale
always retained close links with Chatburn where they have many relatives and friends. Amy has been a member of the Ribbles- dale Club for about five years. In Clitheroe she attends the Friday Evening Fellowship at Tr ini ty Me thodi s t Church.
Karen needs helping hand
Official opening of hall
THE former CE School at Whiteivell, which closed in 1947, is to be officially opened as a social hall on Monday by Mr Richard King-Wilkinson, of Slaid- burn.
people connected with the renovations, which were completed about a year ago, since when the build ing has been used for a variety of activities.
At the ceremony will be
cil bought the building in 1979 from the church trustees for a nominal
Whitewell Parish Coun
Power cut by glider .
PARTS of Chipping,- Whitewell and Chaigley were without electricity for over two hours on Saturday after a glider cut an 11,000 volt power cable while making a forced landing in a field. Pilot Tom Henthom, of
the wires and in one fell swoop deprived the vil lages of th e ir power' supply until about 6 p.m. Mr Henthom was not
St Helens, had been unable to land at the Blackpool and Fylde Glid ing Club in Chipping and decided to bring down his plane in a field. But the tail end caught,
hurt and the glider was virtually undamaged.
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VOLUNTEERS who have a car, a telephone and some spare time are being asked to come for ward . . . to ensure that an 11-year-old handicap ped girl does not miss out on her schooling.
Bowland School pupil
Karen Fellowes, of Gis- bum, has difficulty in
But as the ambulance which takes her for treatment can only pick her up from home and return her there, Karen may have to miss vital lessons and would then have a struggle to keep up with her classmates.
walking and has to attend half-day phy s io th erap y sessions twice a week at Burnley General Hospital.
Shawbridge PO move welcomed
Agency could be answer
PENSIONERS in the Shawbridge area of Clitheroe are welcoming an idea which would allow them to draw their ensions at a local shop and save them a journey to King itreet or Whalley Road.
Heartfelt response to appeal
Said Mrs Eileen Gray, voluntary services of
“She is trying hard not to get behind with her school work and only misses swimming and domestic science when she goes for treatment on Wednesday mornings and Friday afternoons.
ficer for . the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble, Valley Health Authori ty: “Although Karen uses crutches, she gets about very well and it is quite an achievement for her to attend an or dinary school. .
WHALLEY people took to their hearts the local Lions’ appeal for help in buying the ECG machine for the use of the village’s doctors. The recent house-to-
house collection raised just over. £990 towards the target of £1,300. As a result the Lions
Blackburn and district is looking into the feasibility of having an agency which could deal with pensions and stamps. The matter was raised
The head postmaster of
at a meeting of the Posts and Telecommunications Advisory Committee by Coun. Eric Bracewell, who has been fighting for a sub-post office to be set up in the'area. The previ ous one in Pendle Road was demolished some 16 years ago.
S tam p s
are going ahead with the immediate purchase of a- machine and the balance of £300 is to be raised by other efforts. In thanking the villa
“It would be a pity if she had to lose any more lesson time on those days because of a trans port problem and this is where volunteers could provide a vital service.” Mrs Gray would like to
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She explained: “It’s a one way journey only and would probably take about half-an-hour at M the most.”
rs Gray hopes to find enough volunteers to set up a rota. Helpers will then be put in touch
, details can be finalised. Volunteers can contact
with Karen’s mother by phone, so that transport
Mrs Gray at Queen’s Park Hospital (Black burn 661311 ext. 210).
Award of excellence
THE Three Millstones Inn, West Bradford, has won a Matthew Brown “Landlord’s Fayre” award for its excellent catering arrangements. The pub, which is run
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houses are now eligible for the award, rather than just managed houses :as was the case previously. Matthew Brown made
by Wilfred and Ruth Lister, is among 14 to win the award under a new scheme started by the brewery. Under i t, tenanted
set up a rota of helpers who would collect Karen from home on a Wed nesday lunchtime and run her to school. The reverse journey would apply on a Friday lun-' chtime.
gers for their generous support the Lions say that one or two envelopes were not collected for a variety of reasons. How ever, if anyone still wishes to contribute, the envelopes may be left with Bob Sharpe, 10 Clitheroe Road, or presi dent Geoff Duerden, 3 Woodland Drive.
£2,500 theft
CLITHEROE CID is seeking three men who stole £2,500 from Han son’s Nurseries, Barrow, at lunchtime on Monday. Two of the men, said to be about 20 years old, di verted the attention of Mrs Hanson, while the third man entered the office and took the cash from a desk.
ruled out that possibility on numerous occasions, but Coun. Bracewell was told that while it was not policy to use agencies, due to the circumstances the idea will be looked into. He envisaged a local
Post office officials have
the Clitheroe Old Age Pensions’ Association pre sented a petition to the Town Council, stressing the need for a sub-post office at Shawbridge. Association secretary
Recently members of
Mrs Ethel Penny, said that ideally she would like a sub-post office, but added: “We^ have to be thankful fors'mall mercies and if we can get an agency then it’s better than nothing.” Pensioners are- delight
YOUNGSTERS of St Paul’s Playgroup, Lotv Moor, should have a fun p a c k ed C h r is t in a s , thanks to the £00 pro ceeds of a coffee morn ing held to provide sea sonal gifts. At the coffee morning
in the church hall, mums manned stalls selling cakes, fruit and vegetables, children’s books and toys and hand-knitted gannents. There was also a tom
Langho homes evacuated in gas leak scare
bola and a stall selling nothing but red items, and, fo r the hungry, toasted sandwiches were available. Raffle prizes were do
nated by Hobbs newsa gent’s, Low Moor, and L o r d ’s G ro c e r ie s , Clitheroe.
Ladder taken
AN aluminium ladder worth £145 and a quantity of tools were stolen from Ribblesdale Cement over the weekend. Clitheroe CID is investigating.
A BO U T 40 p eo p le were evacuated from houses in Whalley New Road, Langho, on Saturday, following a major gas leak.
verted as police sealed off the road for about four hours and four fire en gines stood by in case of an explosion.
Traffic had to be di
just before 5 a.m. when North West Gas was in formed of a smell of gas.
The alarm was raised
But it was not until after six o’clock that it
Election set-up under review
SOME Ribble Valley people may find them selves voting in local elections every year from 1987. At present the whole of
ed that their, days of travelling could soon be over. Mrs Josephine Yorke
shop being used and open ing on two half-days each week, dealing mainly with pensions, stamps and other minor matters. Coun. Bracewell told
. la te s t p ro g re s s , but added: “Knowing the Post Office, this will have to be watched and I intend to keep a close eye on it.” He had pointed out that
our reporter that he was quite pleased with the
(82), of Pendle Road, said: “It would be lovely to be able to get my pension here again. Sometimes I have to wait three weeks in winter for a good day when I can go out. Even if I take the bus I’ve still a bit to walk' and in winter I just dread step ping out.”
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Pendle Road, echoed the feelings of most pension ers when she said: “The original post office should never have been taken away in the first place.” Mrs Wilson walks to
elderly people face a long uphill walk to the nearest two post offices in King Street and Whalley Road, as well as having to cross the busy inner bypass. He was sure plenty of
other people in the Pendle Road area would make use of such facilities.
Mrs Evelyn Wilson, of
the 38-strong council seeks re-election every four years, but councillors are now considering, whether to change to the shorter period, with one- third of their number re tiring annually. The Ribble Valley is
tirement of councillors elected for wards not re turning a number divisible by three. In a report, Mr Jackson
put two options to the committee. One is purely geog
one of six authorities in Lancashire where the council is re-elected en bloc every four years. In the remaining eight, one- third of the seats are vac ated every three years. C h ief E x e c u t iv e
raphical based on the pre reorganisation set-up; Bowland area wards in one year, Clitheroe and Burnley rurals in another, and Longridge and dis trict in the third. This would reduce
Whalley Road for her pension and says: “It’s a quick service, but I’ve still a long trail to get there. I would certainly be happy if they put an agency at Shawbridge.” The head postmaster is
Michael Jackson this week asked the Policy and Re sources Committee if it was satisfied with things as they are or wished to switch systems, which it would be entitled to do after February 12th next year, because 10 years would have passed since the present system was adopted. One problem in the
Mr John Regan was one of the first residents to report the problem. He woke at 6-15 and after checking appliances in both his own home and that of an elderly neigh bour, contacted the gas board. His wife, Barbara, said:
was noticed that gas was entering nearby houses. At his terraced house,
“The police and fire brigade came just after seven o’clock and told us to open all the windows. Then, at about 8-15, they said we would have to leave the house.” Most of those who had
had to leave all their win dows open when they left for work an hour later. Further down the road,
Mrs Jean Webb said: “We had already decided to leave the house because the smell was becoming too strong.” She and her family
stayed with relatives in Billington until they were given the all-clear at one o'clock. A NW Gas official said
the problem was due to leaking gas from a burst eight-inch main entering the sewers. “ Normally the gas
to leave their homes stayed with relatives while gas officials worked on the main. Mrs Eileen Talbot knew
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nothing of the danger until someone knocked on her door at 7-15. “It was only, then that I noticed the smell in the hall,” she said! She and her husband
would be absorbed into the atmosphere, but when it gets into a sewer it can then travel into homes,” he said. He described the deci
sion to evacuate the area as “a wise precaution” and praised the residents for their co-operation. The actual cause of the
break in the main is still not known.
transportation costs but have the possible disad vantage of one particular area losing all its council lors at one election. The second option has
been worked out on the basis of equal electorates for the three yearly elec tions — 27,272; 25,936 and 26,371. In this option considera tion has also been given
due to report back to the advisory committee at its next meeting on De cember 8th.
Not so saucy these
Ribble Valley is that of the 23 wards five have three members, five have two and the remainder one. Should th e re be a
switch it would be up to the Secretary of State to determine the order of re-
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to the even spread of elec tions in certain parts of the area. Looking at the financial
implications, Mr Jackson envisaged that the pre sent figure of £8,000 for combined and Borough and P ar ish elections would go up by half over the four-year period. He pointed out that the
council was not compelled to change the existing ar rangements. In any event, parish
councils would not be af fected; their elections would remain unaltered. Coun. John Cowgill,
Mayor of Clitheroe, noted that in the town and in Longridge the four-year system appeared to have
Sheila Maw' (Whalley), committee chairman, thought that annual elec tions brought the political element to the fore and
had the effect of divorcing the public from local gov ernment. Yearly elections helped to sustain interest in council work, he said. However, Coun. Mrs
the award to the Mill stones after a close look
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HOW t im e s have performing the play short changed! A play thought |y after it was first re-
at the catering arrange ments, which have to' meet with a high standard of service, quality and hy giene, coupled with value for money. ■ The awards, which in
clude certificates, will be handed over at the Trafal gar Hotel, Samlesbury, today.
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some years ago to be “too risque” to be presented by a church society opens to n ig h t a t Clitheroe Parish Hall. The three-night run of
“Not now, darling” is being staged by Clitheroe Parish - Church Operatic and Dramatic Society, which originally suggested
t . — rtr-r ir r t t fit C n *^-'1
leased to amateurs during the seventies.
v ic a r , Canon Jo h n . Hudson, recommended that the Ray Cooney and Jo h n Chapman play should not be attempted in case it proved offensive to some church members. Producer Barbara Scat-
But' at that time the .
tergood said this week that there was certainly nothing offensive or objec tionable in the play, which has already • been per formed twice in the locali ty . . . once at the town’s drama festival by a Black pool group, and again a few weeks ago at Whalley by the Calderstones Revue and Dramatic • Society.
available . for the produc tion, which starts at 7-30 p.m. Pictured at rehearsals
A few tickets are still
are (from the left): John Turner, David Clews, Michael O’Hagan, Dorothy Cushing, Susan Clements, Mary Jackson, Kate Wallwork, Diane F ran k lan d and Je an Knight.
sources Committee' made no recommendation, leav ing it up to the full council at its next meeting.
FLAT .
A PLAN to create a flat above retail premises at 2 SalthilL Road, Clitheroe, has been approved by Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Com mittee.
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