I


-


v-s ■ V '*v - j ‘ « • J- *»• v * 8 Clitheroe Advertiser.and Times, January 5th 198b Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial),' 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) '• Clitheroe 223241


JANUARY •-


Traditional swim in


the Ribble


LOCAL firms start year in mood of cautious op­ timism. Twenty swimmers take


part in traditional swim across River -Ribble at Edisford. Chipping MP Mr


:. Dunsop Bridge Trout Farm among 40 banned from, selling rainbow trout for stocking reservoirs and rivers. Clitheroe Round Table


celebrates 25th anniver­ sary. Clitheroe Division MP


David Waddington takes up fight for sub-post office in . Clitheroe’s Hayhurst Street. Sabden furniture firm


Jobs plea to local firms


sheds 64 jobs.’ . As national water strike ’


Edward Gardner QC re­ ceives knighthood in New Year Honours List., County Council reviews


Clitheroe football fans as town’s club draws at home for the fourth round. - First tenant moves into


FA Vase fever grabs 7.:


future of all Ribble Valley primary-schools as part of economy drive;


■ Clitheroe FC’s cup run ends - in 1-0' defeat • and after-match scenes .ruin club’s big day. . ' ' Thieves steal sports


,


co n t in u es , s ta f f at Clitheroe Hospital and Bramley Meade Maternity Home told to boil all water.


PLAN emerges for open-, ing Stocks Reservoir for limited use by public. 14 Ribble Valley coun­


cillors decide not to seek re-election in May and Clitheroe’s Brian Braith- waite makes last-minute withdrawal after . sus­ pected heart attack.


resigns as District Com­ missioner for Scouts after .


Dr Gordon Hampson 1


trophies worth £900 from Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School. Schoolboy Simon Pick­


fle, Clitheroe MPi David' Waddington. is appointed Minister of State at Home


WhalleyV.new sheltered housing scheme. In Government reshuf­


Office.


local man when car hit by Operation to renew old train on cement works electricity cables supply- line.


Remarkable escape for


measures in Chatburn'' called, off as anglers Road, Clitheroe.


and cheques Clitheroe shop. Venture Scout Judith


from


tion for improved safety Waterworkers’ strike petition for flexible open- threatehlegal proceedings _ The Rev. Paul Warren,; Langho, becomes chaplain


Council supports peti- is nearly completed. . . . -


-Two men snatch £900 over discharge of sewage Vicar of St Leonards, into Ribble.,


Seminar, being staged at to Bishop of Blackburn Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale and resident chaplain , at


Annie Slater after 14 years as secretary of C l ith e ro e ... a re a WI- ' market. ' • 7 ,


in town to gain'Queen’s Scout Award.' R e t irem e n t . of- Mrs


iwiin'^iiaan*a


.total of £1)820 for taking fish from local rivers. • Waddington quarry


- Four poachers ■ fined


* Clitheroe .Grammar School pupil- Hilary Jones wins r Thwaites Travel. Scholarship to Morocco. J Clitheroe , Royal GS pupil Anthony Nanson gains place at Girton Col­ lege, Cambridge; to study natural sciences. r. Work begins on East Lancashire Hospice at Blackburn. V


i Whalley PCC gives go- ahead to resite' 300-year- old caged pew.


, .


. Money withdrawn for 808 runners compete in Clitheroe Library replace- \ the Ribble Valley 10-mile. J-ment 1983-4. '


shale extraction plan is rejected. '.


, '. "..'.'1".'A.


Strike, but no immediate woman finisher. [ effect on area. ; £ British Rail chief Sir., [Peter Parker turns down tidea of reopening/local [ line.


[caretaker Ted Robinson . •Retires.


'•'. Whalley graduate "Nick -Beck awarded Rotary 1 scholarship to study in ' Sweden.


Ribblesdale School head ■ 7 / .


-* Clitheroe minister the Rev. John Salsbury ap-


.


iancs district of United .Reformed Church.


Eointed chairman of NE Golden wedding: Varley


FEBRUARY


f Fight for \ sub-post ‘ t office


U .


NWWA says people ig­ noring “save water” plea.


■ Clitheroe woman Miss Edith Bennett (81) dies after accident with police car. X 200 people support bid for sub-post office in town’s Hayhurst Street. * Planners approve con­ struction of new conveyor at Ribblesdale Cement.- • « Waddington man Mr Allan Boucher retires as a planning inspector with;


•the D of E. Retired Clitheroe fish­


monger Mr Jack Hall (73)


dies. LLast-ditch plea for Gov­ ernment aid by chairwor- £ers at Berry’s, Chipping, fails to save 30 jobs. , V Campaign for £50,000 Roefield Barn sports com­ plex gain? public support,


butcher Jim Howard (64),. whose family has supplied meat in Hodder Valley for three generations.


}35p in £. * Retirement of Newton


i f -'Ribble -Valley Council planners concerned at


. garden spade thrown into works, and standpipe in use at Billington. a 6 Labour /Party branch < armed at .Whalley.' s • •- ;-


third week, with Henth- prn sewage plant shut d6wn briefly to remove


fc. Water - dispute enters ,


•County Council proposal to-; use land -.at. Princess ‘Avenue; Clitheroe,for • Jaw fire station.


". ■.


and Susan Aspin, of Grindleton.


Water workers go on'" Maureen Hurst is first ..Ribble Valley Council


: ' road race. ' Clitheroe’s E'egs rates at 21p in the £, . . ut county levy .rises by


8.5 to 135p.. 500 apply for, 84 jobs at


Clitheroe’s . new; super­ market. . '.


comes Ribble Valley Road Safety Officer.


Mr Colin Everett be­


d en t and businessman Mr Nick


Clitheroe RUFC presi- C h a tb u rn


Valley primary schools under threat of closure or amalgamation challenge


accident. Governors of Ribble


• county figures.- Coun. Michael'Carr


named to fight Ribble :


Dixon becomes first .girl .. School to encourage more Whalley Abbey. •>>


.middle-aged people take up sport. ■ Moves to improve road


J J1« to - ' hamhI/i 4- A .


safety in Chatburn Road,/ Clitheroe, largely rejected by police and County Council.


MARCH


Fire causes telephones chaos


LOCAL telephone ser­ vices in chaos after fire at Whalley cuts links to 8,600 subscribers.


Clitheroe Chamber of Trade opjposes off-peak


delivery, of goods 'in town centre. ■ ■ •7;’; / ;:7.v


i s e ’ to; sell tractors, with ' possible creation of 30


le t te r s ' asking Ribble Valley firms to find jobs for school-leavers. Newton-based firm ; J. A. Townson wins franch­


lyflTPArS nfnCfi ! Caree s o fice sends 700 ■ jobs. ‘


large agricultural division at Kendal ■ Street works, Clitheroe. Mrs Lilian Holt (56),


.liaison committee for Ribble Valley. A V -‘i


MAY


Methodist church


LOW MOOR Methodist Church forced to close after 91 years due to state of building.


Hopwood dies after riding, summer in operation. Conservatives retain


vice which uses Clitheroe could be facing la s t


Popular I^alesrail ser­


against Ribble Valley / primary school closures. Plan unveiled to establ-". ish police and public


nounced, as Rector of Bolton-by-Bowland and Grindleton. Teachers join protest


Fr'Trevor Vaughan an­ ' Econ-Atkinson to en­ ‘


Clitheroe Parish Church secretary for 18 years, dies.


’ ing Clitheroe’ street lights


\ house rents to rise 92p. ' ■ County unveils propos­ als to, consider closing or . amalgamating up to six village primary schools in 1984.


les breaks leg on Ribbles­ dale School’s ski-ing holi­ day to Bulgaria.' Ribble Valley council


by County Council to im­ prove Clitheroe’s Well- gate-Duck Street June-, tion. . Action group forms at Whalley to fight proposed changes to parish church, an issue which divides the village. : Clitheroe RUFC chair-' man Mr Bob Haworth (42) dies a f te r collapsing during game. S ta r t confirmed1 on


17 years. No action to be taken


building of five, industrial units at, Albion Mill site, Clitheroe. Ribble Valley licensees


■


■ ing- order • introduced by, Ribble - Valley Council’s / ■Public Works and Health '


Following ballot among shopkeepers, six-day trad-


Committee. • Clitheroe Scout leader .


Dr Gordon Hampson re - , ceives the Silver Acorn for 25 years’ service.


JUNE Outbreak


of tree. beetle


• •< a ■


Mansell (16) - selected for ; junior- English Alpine squad. Low Moor Good Com- ‘


COUNTY, refuses to back Clitheroe-Blackburn rail passenger link. ■. Clitheroe skier Robert


panions’ Club folds after ' 12 years. Gala to mark opening of


■ Clitheroe schoolgirl Re­ becca Rawson presents Princess Diana with posy during her-East Lancs' visit. Disused Palladium


Whalley’s •■■'./ Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields ruined by-rain and mud.


; ‘


hospital plan given ' go- ahead. Suggestion that Ribble


bingo hall in Clitheroe re­ opens as snooker club. Clith'eroe’s community


Valley primary schools share headmasters to avoid closure. Ribble Valley Council


JULY


backs £29,700 Ribble Way footpath. Start oh refurbishing of


attend Mitton’s Festival of Village Life. Newly-formed Clitheroe


St Helen’s Church' organ, Waddington, at cost of £2,000. Nearly 2,000-: people


Lions Club receives char­ ter. Mr Brian Cushing is first president. •Rib b le Valley MP


;v ■ .-


David Waddington stays on as Minister of State at Home Office, following Conservatives’ General Election victory. Post Office again rules


out • subroffice- in Clitheroe’s Hayhurst Street.


' 101st birthday. Clitheroe Scouts Paul Worswick arid, Andrew,


, but production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” a t Castle bandstand, is poorly attended. - Mr Archibald Stalker, of Whalley, celebrates


.peaks in 24-h'ours to raise cash" for Roefield sports Hall appeal. ' Grand opera comes to -. Clitheroe for first time,


Tomlinson attend interna-; concert gateg as payers 7 velopment at Crowtrees . r 1 an o 1


.


t io n a l - jam b o re e in, Canada.


control of Ribble Valley


' Clitheroe couple Allan and Margaret Fairburn1


Council,'winning 32 of the 38 seats. Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw (Whalley) be­ comes first woman leader.


Valley seat at General take prize winning trip, on Election for SDP-Liberal Corcorde.


Alliance. 450 attend public meet- .


proval of revised plan to extend quarrying at, Wad­ dington Fell. ,


Scheme to change former Pendleton and


County recommends ap­


ing at Clitheroe over ,. primary school closures.


prodigy Philip Huggon plays . for , England in ju n io r in te rn a t io n a l against Sweden.;. ■ Coun. and Mrs Ted


Chipping table-tennis


Mearley CE School into residential church youth training centre is ap­ proved, despite objections from villagers.


takes over as new presi­ dent of Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Chamber of Trade. ■ .


Mr David Lancaster


Duck Street HQ up for sale following discovery Of severe diy rot.


'Clitheroe Scouts put


(88), of Chatburn, former High Sheriff of Lancs, dies:


Col. Geoffrey Bolton


A Lancashire county rate,, private up by 8.6p (7 per cent) to7 <{ji


members resume., using cars on .council


Ribble Valley NALGO


of nationwide dispute. At Boundary Commis­


iusiness 'after> settlement-


sion Hearing, County Council, backs Burnley in


move: for. control- of Read and Simonstone. •


7


stolen from Bolton-by- Rowland Parish' Church. • •,


17th century; chair-.-


- ' ' , ‘ * ' - '« Clitheroe . woman - Mrs; <


Moor, is £3,000 'in . debt,/ due to roof repairs.'-


St Paul’s Church, Low • / Barbara Taylor.-appointed-


■ liaison officer of the Brit- - . ish Isles for the - tional'. Society 1 -- tors.. ■ ,


AtCOLADE for an attractive garden in Mitton belonging t6 j6 h n ^ ^ $ $ 1 _j n . n ___w___ lio.flnhiredxin a television\Droa- ’¥


Clitheroe, evacuated to Whiteacre at Barrow, while improvements car­ ried out to school. Coun. and Mrs John


Pupils of St James’s, ,


b eetle-discovered a t ’ Whitewell, p u t t in g -thousands of trees at risk. . - Jobless youngsters in Clitheroe face delays before starting Govern­ ment youth train in g , schemes. Pupils at St Augus­


Dr' Norman Myers re­ ceives World Wildlife'. Fund’s highest honour, a gold medal. 'G re a t spruce bark


Former Clitheroe man


1 a m n/ii*oa • in • / 1


tine’s, Billington, perform th e i r


Boden become Ribble Val­ ley’s chief citizens.


“Yanomamo” in London - and receive standing ovation. : Save-our-schools cam- .;


musical


paigners set up a united front against Lancashire Education Authority’s clo­ sure plans. :


Cowgill start, second term as Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress. -


. Golden wedding: Robert, and Martha Raw, of Slaid­ bum.


cancels year’s remaining fight to have housing de- , - * Hvrtiir anrari


Slaidbum Silver Band l e a v e ' le _ ' , . 7 „ Brow rejected


Barbara Milne-Redhead w featured on TV. ' - appointed deputy head of p ive months a f te r :


Waddington and West, clitheroe soldier Andrew Bradford CE School.


bume Park' 'into private Mr George Braithwaite ' - hospital.' ■ 7 ;


- . 7- ;


-,- ‘ Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School headmaster Mr Gerald Hood retires after 27 years. Appeal, for public vigi­


Chtheroe, Mr J. C. Orrell dies, aged 60. . .


Townr Clerk-• of /magistrate after 17 years. Comedy by Clitheroe


• retires .as;..a." Clitheroef


playwright Chris Curry, is; broadcast-on Radio 4. 1 7 Billington euphonium


lance to stop vandalism in Clitheroe Castle grounds. ■ Ribble Valley, firms , are • expected to .come up with 200 youth'training scheme ; places -for area’s teena- gers. _


player Sally Wilshaw.(16) wins place in National Youth Brass Band. Mrs Joan. Heys retires


from Ainsworth’s, newsa­ gents; Clitheroe, after 21


r Golden . .wedding:,■ Richard and Hilda Black- bum, of Clitheroe.


; Atkinson transfers crop- spraying. production to its Clitheroe plant. .'Ribblesdale Pool atten­ dant Alun Hall rescues


years. ‘ /Engineering firm' Econ


. , ‘ernors is an­ nounced by Lord Clitheroe.


RETIREMENT as chairman of Dow- ' nham School gov-


- s / Mr Jim Johnstone, head 7 of:Clitheroe- ICI,' to' take /■over plant at.Heysham.' 7 ;'7- The' Rev:'.'.Clifford; /‘Foster becomes Whalley /and Waddingtonlsirnew


Bolton-by-Bowland CE School.


. •


1 :;:/Langho,.zr appointed . clerk; ,tof Clithe^oe’ . Town;


,, [idea-of mixed'school an'd |v \ ,open-entry,sixth -form, oh


■


i i. One! of^Clitheroe’s' best: ''/knownAcharacters’


,'two sites.>^, iCharles^Musson'i/dies, /i-Mr.


- ‘ raged'Slql^jv,’. 7 ^ ^ ” " ' ^ CountyCouncil .rejects: W addingtohsParish1 Coun1'.


# * Im - i i ' - i l a * " 1 i t


/’^workers ’warned.i-that; / •[costs must; stay ’down [iff , ;•" the' company >,is/ to/[com^ 1 pete against imports.;;7 ';7 «( Mrs Jill Tomhnson, 7pf ,


1 f i Clitheroe’s Woone Lane 'liaulage firm,/A. J. A.) ‘ Smith,-- prepares for move, -to new depot at Salthill.yfs ’ 1 Ribblesdale Cement


.= Methodist Minister.-17|i1


r tCouncil. ' '' :f Governors of-Clitheroe’s / ? Grammar 1 School: ehdorae.


1 t


y2 PRICE WARDROBES MASSIVE REDUCTIONS ON J 983 ’ "7:7 ’ 1// ^ BEDSr—''


FABULOUS BARGAINS IN^EVERY, DEPARTMENT [ r!,)' ■ f


Starts TODAY, JANU ARY 5th {


i .L J -S- •


t 2 0 % bPF/3-RIECESUITES — between ,10% and 50


t 8 L _ ' •-7- .'


CARPETS AND FURNISHERS


; NORTH STREET, CLITHEROE 22107 (Behind Chatburn Roundabout Petrol Station) „


GREAT WINTER


DO N ’T BE LE F T O U T IN THE COLD TAKE ADVANTAGE O F OUR


Chile (Pir


Brookside teacher' Mrs j 0h„ and Barbara Mauds- v Garden of Mitton couple .


/ 'Ribble Valley. Council •/ are divorced,' she pops the / receives plans for £8m.--'.'question and-they r e - ; scheme.-to convert Gis- marry.


. Ingram and his wife Joan : ;


Nolan, • dies, five months af te r undergoing, re ­ volutionary kidney, treat-' merit.' ; Clitheroe . mountaineer Mike Haslam .scales 40


Whalley man Rob :


Valley in the 90s


VICAR of Clitheroe, Canon John Hudson, res-, igns as Rural Dean of -Whalley. The Rev. Eric C h a rd ,. of Dojwnham, takes over. '


. -


comes ;- new. president of Whalley Lions. A ;


) Mr Geoff Duerden be­


atures soar to 90 degrees in Ribble Valley.


at Chatburn. - \ - : "


- Former Ribblesdale pupil Barry- Townson re­ ceives his Duke of Edin­ burgh gold award at Buc­ kingham Palace, v


Company leaves Ribble Valley to take advantage of Enterprise Zone grants at Altham.


Transport • Engineering Waddington magician'


Shaun McCree represents England at European Magic Congress in West Germany.


Heatwave sees temper­


plan to • align, Worston - Road with Clitheroe Road


- County- backs £80,000


FIREMEN fight one of Clitheroe’s worst blazes - Tor many years, ’ when tons of cooking oil set alight, destroy­ ing haulier George Hamer’s Thorn Street garage. \


AUGUST


Community hospital delay


CLITHEROE te ach er1 Neil , Robinson • and - his ■ family swap home, car;- and: job with Mrs Doma .


Allen, of the USA, for a year. :


' .7


youth match at Whalley, Clitheroe golfer /Susan


Hn Lancashire county


Parker hits hole-in-one. John Lund, of Riming-


drowning Blackpool man. ‘ Clitheroe community


a Chatburn’s / Crowtree . Gardens - highly comf,:


mended in housing design , awards.


; Glitheroe,,-Mrs •Nellie, • •Du’ !■


-, 'Lord 'Clitheroe retires as-chairman of the ‘gover­ nors of Downham-School. ; , • -Former Skipton 'Divi­


- Bristol and Peter Roger- , son come joint first in na­ tional dairy judging com-, petition at Stoneleigh. ■'/; ,


sion MP,' /Mr, Burnaby. Drayson (70) dies. " , ! YFC members- Martyn


/ / G o ld en ' wedding: Thomas and Ethel Jones, of Darkwood: Crescent,


Chatbum. :•• OCTOBER


Youngster petitions Queen


DOWNHAM youngster Mark Hall (10) writes. to the Queen asking for help


from closure. Official opening of


hospital delayed again after more Government cutbacks in the NHS. a Slaidbum bus operator


7. • Billingtoh'- man1 Keith Stuart Tattersall killed in horse-riding accident. ' Betty’s bus) celebrating


fears for service unless people use it> more.


its fifth i year ,7 wins top award in- Ribble En- < thusiast Club’s "annual


road safety contest. - a ■Dutch elm disease still


James Beardwood, of Bil- lington Baptist' Church, . and wife Elizabeth.


rampant in area: " Golden wedding: Pastor


SEPTEMBER Axe for,


p r t l n a r y schools


ton, wins place in finals of -.. Hurst Green CE and Rib- ------ blesdale .RC


.. .Chatburn villagers win' - a


British Stock Car Associa­ tion's formula one -world championships. - West Bradford mother ; Mrs Patricia Greenwood fescues baby daughter from. drowning in village lodge.


. . , , Downham, Grindleton and •primary


COUNTY- Council names


schools for closure , in summer .1984, but villa­ gers pledge to continue fight.


. .Clitheroe moto-cross mail Stephen Hillary -is selected for the England team..


./ ;


v Mrs'Jennifer Matthews ^ , cuts . through a power a i thL e Auction Mart' becomes new head-, of . .cable.- . ' /


. .


ated from- houses in Langho. after a [major gas leak. 7 7" ■ , /


/Forty people are.evacu­ /


is granted another 712 months’ lease on its pre­ sent site. .


. • ■Mr Trevor Roberts


Warren 1 Farm, Hurst Green’s new housing complex. Ribble, Valley loses chance: of 30 new. jobs as tractor., firm J.' A.; Town- son moves to Hellifield. CUtheroe . branch libra- riaii Mrs Kathleen Hilder


oves t n tu u itm


the job. S ev e ra l thousand


pounds’ damage is caused in a blaze' at Whalley Abbey Com Mill. Fire destroys garage of


Clitheroe- haulier Mr George Hamer.


'Charlie and- Flo Ayre, of Clitheroe. • , .


Diamond wedding:


}• Clitheroe - golfers! Mrs.:,. Mary Thompson'and - Mrs Joan Bowker reach last 16 in Daily Mail ’Foursomes tournament.. • -' ,


■ '•Former Mayoress s of gdale, dies,: aged 87. a


*•- >


• tions on/ lorries through = the village. • ■ • A'- ;


NOVEMBER


Completion , of mill


sight units


THEO’S, one of Clitheroe’s . oldest-estabi lished firms, calls in' the receiver. A Forty lose jobs . at Abbot En g in e er in g ,


Whalley. • -Dr W. D. Oliver retires


Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar. School.in preparation for amalgamation with , the


‘P lan s to-/ extend


boys’ school approved'by the County Council. - Clitheroe Parish Church


Grindleton, and Mr Geoff Jackson, of Clitheroe, ap­ pointed to the town’s magistrates’ Bench. Patients ■


curate the Rev. Peter Shepherd 'gains headship of William Temple School, Preston. Mr Bill Smalley, • of


psychiatric hospitals Clitheroe. among those to be housed v Trinity Community in secure units; being' set Centre’s youth , action up at Calderstones and Brockhall. Five industrial units on


from special bllv ^qJUCCll oOtulig 1U1 Jiciy , • 1


the old Albion Mill, Site, Clitheroe, now completed, could provide 25 new


to save his. village school J0Dsjbble Valley soUcitors R


- Mr Peter Scholes,.' of Claremont Avenue,


Clitheroe, and Mr Peter Turner, of Moorside Lane, Wiswell, injured in car crash - while on busi­ ness in Portugal, West' Bradford teacher


Ml. .


WeTnriS’ f K ^ * '


retires after. 25 years in / ^ 0nal '


Frank Thompson com­ pletes million yard swim and gains Amateur. Swim­ ming Association’s sup­ reme award. ■ Police with dogs break .


/Waddington • swimmer


sell Sanderson delivers WhM^y. the “Advertiser and Times” to 10 Downing Street to mark. Local Newspaper Weelq -. - NFU pleads for - public


Clitheroe newsboy Rus-. iis,


vigilance as ru s tle rs wreak havoc in the Ribble


T Sm e r ; ) district and: town 'councillor'Mr. Brian ,


of a parish ; in Birmin­ gham.


eton, is appointed Vicar ; • :


firm Harper’s is to dose at the end of the month. ■ ' The Post Office, decided * not to provide facilities for elderly people;in the Shawbridge area'to . draw their pensions. The North West Sports


Clitheroe motor , cycle


.......................... : ;


The femll)


up 's t r e e t f ig h ts in son, retires after 33 '"halley.


only hours before they are Chatburn, Canon Cecil to be . used by the Butlin, dies in a Bristol Clitheroe Town Mayor . hospital after a heart and his party at Remem- attack, brance services.


Two luxury cars stolen Vicar, of Christ. Church, years. . .


HIGHLIGHTS £8.20


Grammar School head-. ing at Harrods when.IRA' ' ” “ ” TT J bomb explodes. Although;:: only'50-feet away,” he is


'Former Clitheroe Royal thony Eastwood is work-


Braithwaite dies, aged 65. 5-01.d Chtheromans, Associ-, wins “Lancashire agricul-


Asioci j


ians Joseph and Amy Green pack their bags and


hv


to a l Apprentice of Year” fh7 ^ e’pS ent 0f the r.; ciitheroe septuagena- ? 1j^ u iBnevaViov munril-


head for a new fife in Canada.' P a r ts of. Chipping,; Whitewell and; Chaigley


lose electricity for several hours when a glider making a forced landing.


the introduction of “sleep­ ing policemen” in West View, Clitheroe. . ... Waddington’s oldest re-, sident, * Mrs Edna. Bate;, son, dies five weeks after celebrating . her . 101st


.^fhdraw support mor for


unipjured. Demonstrators walk the


ft ' '


/...: Golden wedding:' Wad1, dington couple Albert and Nellie Speak, of Beech- thorpe Avenue. • / 7 :-./


road between Chatbum aiid Grindletoh to' protest at the proposed closure of ,7


Grindleton Scliool.


, Grindleton. .Taking place's. at Cambridge are Jennifer1 Walsh,: of Whalley, and Elisabeth Morton, of Clitheroe. .


7


dents gain places at Ox-/ bridge. Oh- their way to.. Oxford are James -.Lord, • of Chipping, Marcus; Needham; of - Clitheroe, . / and-Darren Dowds, of-


/ Five Ribble 'Valley Stu-;.; : A Newton teenager An-' CLI1 1


Council puts Roefield sports center plan in mothballs until March, be­ cause of Ribble Valley : Council’s indecision over c whether to support the idea. - 7. . Mr , Clem‘.Wiggans, longest-serving > employee. at Clitheroe’s Econ-Atkin-


after 21 - years’ , work1 in association with Clitheroe Hospital.


■


steps down after 21 years ■ as chairman' of Clitneroe


: drivers, Mrs Freda Duck­ worth, of Gisburn, dies.', /Diamond wedding: James- and Ruth Harris,


and District Motor- Club. a One ofi the. Ribble-Val­ ley’s first woman coach


of Clitheroe. •


Roefield plan is shelved


CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School- teachers Mr Dudley Green and Mr Keith Harwood publish a history of the sclrool. CPRE calls for a public


inquiry over the possible siting of a giant radio mast on Waddington Fell; After placing Clitheroe


tions awarded to Mr Cyril Law, of : Read, and Mr Bryn Lofthouse; of


Chief Scout commenda­ si


top of-the list for a new libraiy, the County Coun­ cil gives priority to Fleet- wood. - ; A


liTil You’re |ust 10 i


Same day dellvl Nelson, Colne, f


"BXCmHI 4(1.1s i


5ft. Rest As King Size I ONLY £ 1 J


Over 150 s in g l lDR


Double (4 draw SLkEPEEZEd


3ft. DI VANl £37.50, £4l and £64 f


KING!


(Famous B ra n d i ig: Dunloptllo, Sleepf


BUY YOUR Bfi To be cleared t h |


qualities c Sleepeezee, Dl THE 0N( BEATS TOWN C |


group wins award and ' £500 for its work with the mentally handicapped/ The Rev. John Cole,


priest-in-charge at Pend- fet


REFLECTED I l f DOUBLE PRld


. EXCLUSIVELI a 11111


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23