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MORE than £180 was raised for the Riblrle Valley Disabled Action Group . when the Mayoress of Clithefbe’s Ladies’ Committee held a coffee morning ,!


in the mayor’s parlour on Saturday, , ,l . customers.' - .......... .


‘ Attractions included a cake stall and bric-a-brac stalli,anQ,a.ra.ffle. Uur picture'shows the Mayoress,,'Mrs Maxine, Jones, surrounded by helpers and j


. ' .j • n ■ - - .i i '■ . (^heepjeswol ^ AT CUTHEROE MARKET TIJESDAY AND SATURDAY OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK W Pensioners’ plea to scrap bowliS charge


THE Ribble Valley Council is being asked to w a iv e i t s lOp charge for pensioners for a game of bowls at the Castle.


Clitheroe organised by Mr Robert Penny and his wife, Ethel, chairman and secretary respectively of Clitheroe branch of the Old Age Pensions’ Associ­ ation, it was claimed that the charges were too much for many elderly bowlers.


At a protest meeting in


to address their com­ plaints directly to the council, but despite being invited, no members or officials attended the meeting, at the Spiritual­ ist Church, Greenacre Street, last week. Mrs Penny had also


The couple had hoped


asked Clitheroe town council to help organise a meeting, but was told that the decision to levy charges had been taken by elected representatives and that a public meeting was, therefore, unneces­ sary.


ence of, about 35 that he was disgusted at the abs­ ence at the meeting of councillors from either au­ thority. “They said nothing good


Mr Penny told the audi­


could come of a public meeting, but all we wanted to do was to ask them to allow local people to have more say about matters relating to the C a s tle memorial gi’ounds,” he said.


Clitheroe are having far too much say in what goes on in the town.”


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Cricket league’s leader for 27 years


PRESIDENT of the Ribblesdale Cricket League for 27 years, Mr Edward Hodgkinson, has died, aged Q2.


Rehearsals in full


swing REHEARSALS for Cal- derstones’ Revue and Dramatic Society’s forth­ coming production “Move over Mrs Markham” are well underway. The only hitch came


Saturday at the Lon- gridge home of one of his daughters, only hours before he was due to leave for Cyprus for a holiday with his wife, Joan. He had not been umvell.


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A PLOUGHMAN’S supper and sing-song put everybody in the right mood for the harvest fes­ tival


ten by Ray Cooney and John Chapman, authors of one of the society’s pro­ ductions last year, will be staged on October 18th, 19th and 20th. It is produced and di­


weekend at St Paul’s Ch u r c h , ' Low Moor, Glitheroe. Songs to a guitar ac­


thanksgiving


rected by Gabrielle Cox. In the cast are: Mary Lehmann, Brian How- arth, Jean Pells, Geoff Baron, Stella Barnes, Br ian Lawson, J e f f Makinson, Jean Ratcliffe and Anne.Riley. ■


Father, son shine at


budgie show THE father and son part­ nership of Ken and Derek Waites had a day to re­ member at the Clitheroe and District Budgerigar Society’s show on Sunday. F o r th e p a i r , of


Cottage, Pendleton Road, Wiswell, was captain of Clitheroe CC first team in the 1950s when it won three league champion ships.


Mr Hogkinson, of Hope


from his schooldays and was recognised as one of the best wicketkeepers in the league.


He played for Clitheroe


were over he became league president in 1959 and always kept a close interest in its affairs during his long tenure of office, which saw many important developments.


After his playing days


role as president until the end of his life and only last month took part in an important trophy (jresen- tation at Bamoldswick.


He played an active


Clitheroe, won the prize for best bird in show, best young bird and best hen. The other notable local


winner was Mr Clifford Wells, also of Clitheroe, who had the best begin­ ner bird. There were a record


bowler and was president of Great Harwood and District Bowling League.


He was also a keen


560 entries for the annual open show, held at Edis­ ford School, Clitheroe. Competitors travelled


icitor' in 1947 and later became principal of the firm of J. W. Hollows, BlackbuiTi.


from as far as Ulverston and Winsford, Cheshire. Show manager was Mr


He qualified as a sol­


companiment, presented by the Pendle Aires gi-oup, of Burnley, sound­ ed a joyous note at Fri­ day’s supper, organised


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WORK by several Ribble Valley painters, including Dorothy Downham, Helen Th o rn b e r and Ken Turton, is featured in an exhibition by Pendle Ar­ tists, which opened in Cl i the roe He r i t a g e Centre, at the Castle, on Monday.


closes on Wednesday, can be seen on weekdays from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.


The exhibition, which


Ten-y Nelson. Bai-pf and Marion Marsh carried out the secretarial work and organised the printing and Mr Alan Thompson was show secretary. Judges were Mr J


turned' from a business t r ip to America for Netlon, the Blackburn plastic net manufacturers of which he was chairman.


He had recently re­


ings depict local scenes, and there are some of the castle itself. Also on dis­ play ai'e several pieces of pottei^.


Many of the 60 paint­


leaves three married daughters Julia, -Susan and Carol.


As well as his wife, he


Heald, of Barnsley, Mr G. Corser, of Bury and Mr P. Johnson, of Lancaster.


ish Martyrs Church, Whalley, today, will pre­ cede interment at Whalley and Wiswell Cemeteiy.


A service at the Engl­


Naturalists AGM tonight


, that the meeting would be on Tuesday.


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CLITHEROE Naturalists will be . holding their annual meeting at Rib­ blesdale School tonight, at 7-30. In last week’s paper it was incorrectly stated


T u n r i f iluui


by the social committee. The harvest festival


services on Sunday were a tremendous success, with nearly every seat in the church taken. “It was a marvellous response,” said the vicar, the Rev. Brian Stevenson. At family communion,


paniment as- children of the parish brought har vest gifts. These have been d i s t r ib u t ed to Clitheroe Hospital, senior citizen’s at Castleford and to the St Denys’ home. At evensong, the


Mr Stevenson was the preacher and prayers were led by Mrs Kate Wallwork. The reader was Mr Ken Guy and or­ ganist Mr .Robert Tatter- sall. , The Sunday School sang an item to, a guitar accom­


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preacher was the Rev. Alan Reid, Vicar of Read. The choir, led by Mr Tat- tersall, sang an anthem. Among those at the ser­


local pensioners spoke of the ? difficulties the hew charges had caused them - and ,their friends.


At the meeting, several


lers might have to pay as much as £30 if they played regularly during the 22-week season. Many old people had stayed at home because they could not afford the charges. ‘ He suggested that the


Mr T. Reilly, said bow­


Barker, considered that charging pensioners was wrong in principle. “The castle and gi-ounds


Another bowler, Mr G.


are-a memorial provided by the people of Clitheroe to those who served in the war. It is quite wrong to charge ex-servicemen- for a game,” he said.


councillors living outside the town had no right to vote for the implementa­ tion of the lOp charge.


Mrs Penny argued that ’


since local-government reorganisation 10 years ago.


were bought through public subscription during the first war and handed over on trust to the town authority 65 yeai's ago, she said.


The castle and gi-ounds


fee should be scrapped or replaced by a season ticket costing £2 or £3.


some of the responsibility for looking after the area should be transferred from- the Ribble Valley Council to Clitheroe Town Council,' though former Clitheroe treasurer Mr Ron Pickup said this would be financially im­ possible.


S h e'suggested that


‘ but one' example of how the town had suffered


Mr and Mrs Penny claimed the charges were


topics were discussed and the outcome will be com­ plaints tO' the Ribble Valley council about al­ lowing certain “pop” con­ c e r ts in, th e c a s tle gi'ounds. .Charity shows and bandrlconcerts were considered . all right, but not commercial ventures. :


A number of other town


agi-eed to,^ask the council to ithprovh the standard of maintenance' to foot­ paths' between Parker Avenue and Primrose Bridge, Clitheroe, and to ensure that the letting of Edisford caravan site to a private caravan club would not interfere with public rights of way by the river.


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