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New stewards are no strangers


to this club


WHEN Scotsman David Ferguson officially takes over as steward at Clitheroe Social Club, Wellgate, in a few days’' time, there will be no need for any introductions; For David (45), of Carl- Ordnance Factory, ton Place, Clitheroe, as-


s is te d by his wife, Doreen, has been relief steward there for the last two years! Originally from Cam-


buslang, Lanarkshire, David worked as a crane driver in Australia from 1957 to 1960. Before moving to Clitheroe six years ago, he was employ­ ed at the Chorley Royal


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was’ born in Clitheroe, have been married for four years. They met while holidaying at Morecambe.


He and Doreen, who


David’s main hobbies but he is also a soccer fan, following the fortunes of Glasgow Rangers and Manchester City.


Snooker and darts are


machinist at Ribblesdale Fashions and has also worked part-time behind the bar at the Central Working Men’s Club, Whalley Road. David follows Mr Tom


Doreen used to be a


A NEW group for mothers with babies and young children has been s ta r te d in Clitheroe Parish Hall. The idea for the group


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has come from Mrs Sue S h ep h erd , wife of Clitheroe Parish Church curate, the Rev. Peter Shepherd. She ran a similar group


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Following in dad’s footsteps


THE son of a retired Ribble Valley licensee has been promoted to join the team responsible for the smooth running of the Army’s finances in Scot­


taker (47) whose parents, Mr and Mrs Jim Whit­ taker, live in Bolland Prospect, Clitheroe.


land. He is Lt Col Ian Whit­


in E a s tb o u rn e arid thought it would be a good idea for young mothers in this area, par­ ticularly those with first babies, to be able to get together. The group,' which meets


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on Monday mornings in the Parish Hall, caters for mothers and their youngs­ ters up to playgroup age or on a waiting list for a playgroup. Mums have the chance


Kathleen relives old memories


to chat over coffee while the children enjoy playing with toys. Anyone wishing to join


in the group, held each Monday between 9-30 and 11-45 a.m. in the room next to the playgroup in the parish hall,- should contact Mrs Shepherd (25053).


In the swim


for fund THE first Clitheroe Lady F armer to finish 20 lengths at the Ribblesdale Pool, Clitheroe, in a spon­ sored swim, was Mrs Anne Hough, of Stony- hurst. Members of the


CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School for Boys had a very spe­ cial visitor the other day — the widow of the headmaster of the school over quarter of a century ago. Mr s


Ka t h le e n


Hardy, whose h u s­ band, Laurence, was headmaster from 1935 to 1955, looked round the school and also vis­ ited the playing fields at High Moor, where there is a plaque to her husband. Mr Hardy produced


Royal Army Pay Corps, Col Whittaker is respons­ ible for paying officers, soldiers and retired per­ sonnel and for the train­ ing of members or units in cash and accounting methods.


In his new job with the


Doctorate in mining


the Pay Corps as a pri­ vate in 1957 arid was com­ missioned nine years


Col Whittaker joined


later. Married with two chil­


dren he has completed three tours of duty in the Far East, two in Ger­ many and one in Belize. Col Whittaker's career


Hurst


enjoyed a stopping at morning coff Settle for afternoon ti to Morecamb Pilling for tt light of the v is i t to Theatre, Bla the Les Daw lowed by a the lights. T organised Lakeland.


Outing Hurst Grc


for Bryan DOWNHAM-BORN Mr Bryan Denby (25), has gained his PhD in mining engineering at Notting­ ham U n iv ers ity . . . another- step in a glitter­ ing career which has in­ cluded gold mining.


has run roughly along the same lines as that of his father who spent nine years in the Pay Corps before retiring with the rank of major in 1959. He was later mine host


at the Hodder Bridge Hotel for 17 years.


On governing


Clitheroe NFU Ladies’ Social Section took part in the swim to raise money for Schizophrenia Suffer­ ers, a charity chosen by their county president Mrs Joyce Smith, of


Ishenvood (65), who is re­ tiring after seven years as steward at Wellgate.


CLITHEROE photo­ grapher Mr John Pye is this week attending the International Brotherhood of Magicians' annual con­ vention at Eastbourne.


Chorley. Mrs Hough hopes to


draw in £80 from her plunge.


At magicians’ convention


There, John, of Back Lane, Grindleton, will use his magical prowess to en­ tertain disabled and con­ valescent adults and chil­ dren.


New surveyor


LANCASHIRE County Council surveyor Mr Harry Yeadon, who re­ tires next year, will be succeeded by Mr Michael Callery, Deputy Director of Highways and Trans­ portation for Cheshire County Council.


the operas in Clitheroe and Blackburn for many years and his wife presented the school with program- .mes from the produc­ tions. Mrs Ha r d y (83)


lived in London for many years after her husband’s death in 1955. She now lives in a residential home in Keighley.


board


WHALLEY historian Mr Jimmy Fell, of Limefield Avenue, has been ap­ pointed a governor of the Old Grammar School, Whalley. Mr Fell, who is already


son of Mr and Mrs Colin Denby, of Ravensholme Farm, Downham, is now a Fellow of Nottingham University, where he is in charge of computer prog­ ramming.


Bryan, the youngest ALTHfl


He was educated at Downham village school and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and now lives in Giltbrook, Nottin­ gham, where his wife is a maternity staff nurse at the city hospital.


degree in mining en­ gineering at Nottingham University in 1979.


Bryan gained his BSc


Africa to take up a trainee management post with Consolidated Gold Field, a multi-national


He then left for South


an active member of sev­ eral organisations in Whalley, will be involved in the running of the building, now an adult education centre, and with the board’s other work which includes the awarding of small grants to first-year college and university students. As an enthusiastic his­


group. He lived on site for two


years, working under­ ground and helping to plan the operation of gold mines in the Johannes­ burg region.


torian, he is delighted to have become personally involved with an institu­ tion which he has studied in detail.


It would be a dream of a gift


RECENTLY two very clear friends of ours celebrated their diamond wedding. We had first met them


choosing the right present in these circumstances presented a lot of prob­ lems.


during the war; they were extremely kind to me when I was a long, long way from home, and this special celebration was a wonderful opportunity to pay tribute to two very


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lovely people I shall never be able to thank adequ­ ately for their kindness


and welcome. The distance that sepa­


rates us has meant that our meetings in the inter­ vening years have been very in f requent and


a small appropriate gift, but it was not the present we would have liked to have given. I would have liked to bring them here to my Ribble Valley (O.K., O.K! I know it’s yours as well!) for a fort­ night at the very least.


Eventually, we did find


how I’ve talked about it,- but apart from an over­ night stay en route from north to south, they have never set foot on ' our green acres.


I’ve talked about it; oh,


places I would wish to take them. When we had finished with our own vil­ lage — that would take a day or two — I would take them to look at Dow­ nham with Pendle in the background. I would take them to Bolton-by-Bow-


There are so many


lancl and Waddington and over the fells in the month of August to Newton and Slaidburn.


th e Trough and to' Whitewell; to Chipping and to Pendleton. I would take them over Kemple End and to the top of Jeffrey Hill for a long, long look at the valleys of the Hodder and the Loud and to very special places like Sale Wheel. •


I would take them into


them to see Stonyhurst College; obviously the weather would be won­ derful and, on our various tours, we would visit many of our other lovely villages. On a market day I


I would arrange for


around Edisford and Brungerley.


I t’s a dream that will never come true, but I know it would give them, and us, tremendous plea­


If only . . . if only . . . sure.


with the vicar to ring the church bells to mark our friends’ arrival and there are lots of'places I would take them for a first class meal — I think I’ve tried ’em all — but, of course, I mustn’t name my special choices. At the end of their


Why I’d even arrange


Early breakfast


for the hikers


THE mouthwatering 1 aroma of sausages and toast will greet hungry hikers arriv­ in g a t C l i th e ro e Parish Church hall af ter an overnight t r e k from St Nicholas’s Church,


Sabden. The n ig h t hike,


starting from Sabden Church at 11-45 to­ morrow, has been or­ ganised by Accrington and Whalley Deanery youth councils. It will be led by the


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Hall manaf held their a Saturday rai funds. ' Raf were: Mrs


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Vicar of Sabden, the Rev. Denis McWilliam and Accrington Dean­ ery Youth Council members. As the • youngsters


would take them to Clitheroe, to the Castle and to visit the museum. Oh! I’d give them a won­ derful time. I’d take them to the Civic Hall in Drama Festival week and almost walk their legs off


visit, they could take my present home with them, all wrapped up on post­ cards and on film. They would have a host of won­ derful memories stored away. Could you think of a


walk over Pendle they will pause for a ser­ vice of praise and worship. Then it’s down to


better diamond wedding present for folks who have everything, except the Ribble Valley?


J.F.


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