Clitheroe Adveriiser and Times, December 6th, WSJ, Clitkeroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) 1 (Classified)


'ouncil cut-backs will safeguard priority services


WADDINGTON Parish Council is to precept a 5p rate for the fourth successive year.


This was agreed at the o Ltd.


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Clitheroe veteran golfer’s honour


CLITHEROE golfer Mrs Doris Hindle has been elected captain o f the Lancashire C ou n ty V e te ra n Ladies’ Golf Associa­ tion. A lifelong Clitheroe


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resident, Mrs Hindle, of Woone Lane, is a past captain and sec­ retary of Clitheroe


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quite an honour for the local club and Mrs Hindle faces a busy y ea r t r a v e l l in g th r o u g h o u t


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years she has passed on her love of the sport to members of her family, including her grandson, Tim Dawson (16) who plays for the junior county side.


TWG Service


THE public is invited to Clitheroe Evening Town­ swomen’s Guild’s second annual carol service at Trinity Methodist Church on December 19th. The guild choir will lead the singing.


Extra for double glazing


at pool THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Policy and Resources Committee has agreed to an extra £1,040 being spent on energy savings at the Ribblesdale Pool, Clitheroe. The committee was told


that the lowest tender for double glazing was £4,540, compared with £3,500 originally estimated. Members also agreed a


Housing Committee re­ commendation to provide new .boundary walls at Low Moor, at an esti­ mated cost of £8,500; and for remedial works to the disabled person’s unit at Vale House, Whalley, costing between £3,000 to £4,000.


Whalley youth club’s effort


THE Methodist Youth Club at Whalley raised over £100 for the Ethio­ pian Famine Appeal by holding a coffee morning on Saturday. Attractions included


bring-and-buy, fancy goods and Christmas de­ coration stalls. There were games for youngs-


The function was organ­


ised by the club’s commit­ tee, led by chairman Miss Lorraine Bolton, of Bil- lington. The cash will go to the Christian Tear Fund efforts for Ethiopia.


PO counter delays still a problem


COUNTER delays at Clitheroe Post Office are still causing concern and several members of the Ribble Valley Council have been ap­ proached by the public about having to wait for


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Sign ‘has no merit’


AN APPLICATION an illuminated box i „ advertising a photo­ graphic firm’s product, at Pye’s shop, York Street, C lith e ro e , has been


refused. In a report to the


Ribble Valley; Council’s Development Sub-commit­ tee, Planning Of­ ficer, Mr Philip Bailey said the sign had no merit and only, advertised a specific product and not the retailer concerned. Furthermore it was total­ ly unsuitable to the Con­ servation Area.


Phone exchange


BRITISH Telecom has had renewed outline plan­ ning permission for a tele­ phone exchange on land adjacent to the existing one at Gisburn. The Ribble Valley Councij’s Development Sub-commit­ tee was told in a report that, when the new ex­ change is built, it will be designed to look similar to the present one.


New toilets


THE Commercial Hotel, Clitheroe, has been given planning permission to extend its toilet facilities. The work involves the de­ molition of listed outbuild­ ings.


Cheap travel extension likely


THE proposed half-price travel scheme for Lanca­ shire pensioners is likely to be extended to include Merseyside and Greater Manchester. The Ribble Valley


Council’s Chief Executive, Mr Michael Jackson, told the parish councils’ liaison committee that he also ex­ pected the restriction im­ posed by Ribble Motor Services on cheap travel at peak times to be lifted. In many rural areas it was only at these times that b u se s passed through.


Coun. John Cowgill


(Clitheroe) told the coun­ cil’s Finance and General Purposes Sub-committee that one person he knew had been kept waiting Tor 20 minutes. “It’s not good enough,” he said. “They ought to provide an ade­ quate service.” Coun. William Bowker


(Chipping) said: “In view of the unemployment situ­ ation, I would have thought the post office could take on extra staff and satisfy its customers.” Coun. Eric Bracewell


(Clitheroe), the council’s representative on the Blackburn Post Office Users’ Consultative Com­ mittee, said it had been stated from Blackburn Post Office that there were three staff on count- duty at peak times.


But the Clitheroe post­ master had said that two staff were on duty and a third post was filled when there was a build up of customers. Coun. Bracewell sug­


gested that the situation be kept under review and any further action defer­ red until the end of the DHSS strike, which has been causing delays, and after the busy Christmas period when temporary staff are usually taken on to help with the additional work. The committee decided


to write to the head post­ master at Blackburn ex­ pressing concern about the discrepancy between the numbers of workers on duty and requesting that extra staff be pro­ vided for the Christmas


period.


Celebration dance


MEMBERS of Clitheroe and District Caledonian Society celebrated St Andrew’s Day with a buffet-dance at the Stirk House Hotel, Gisbum. President Mr, W. J.


council’s meeting on Monday, when members were unconvinced of the need for any rise. There will be no ap­


preciable decline in the standard of the council’s services, as much of the equipment needed to maintain the village, such as lawn-mowers, has al­ ready been purchased. But to ensure that the


Success brings] problems for football club


WITH prospects of promotion becoming ' in­ creasingly realistic, Clitheroe FC are looking for ways of raising cash to improve the bhaw-


bridge ground. The club, currently


flying high in Division Two of the North West Counties League, have been told .that they will have to carry out several improvements should they win promotion and want to play in Division One. Clitheroe chairman Mr


money will be spent on essential projects, the council has decided to make some cut-backs. It will stop paying for


the water supplied to the playing field and ask Waddington FC, as the main users, to foot the bill


instead. If the club does not


wish to do so, the council will ask for the water to be turned off. The supply is fed to the


pavilion changing rooms and toilets from an under­ ground pipe which is prone to bursts and the council is currently cor­ responding with the water authority over the price of two bursts, including one earlier this year. It is also responsible for


paying for water lost be­ cause of bursts or vandal­ ism at the pavilion. A spokesman said that


transferring the account to the football club was the fairest way of dealing with the situation.


Brook to be fenced


THE brook which runs past the playing fields of St J am e s ’s Primary School, Clitheroe, is to be


fenced. The decision was taken


by Lancashire County Council’s Education Build­ ing Sub-committee follow­ ing requests from the


school. Headmaster Mr Peter


Spencer said that al­ though the children were kept well away from the brook, there was the pos­ sibility of someone falling in. The fence would pre­ vent this and also help stop balls rolling into the water.


House plan


PLANS for a dwelling house .with a detachec' garage, on land adjacent to Nutter Barn, Sabden, for Mr and Mrs W. Seward, have been granted, subject -to condi­ tions, by the Ribble Valley Council’s Develop­ ment Sub-committee.


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honeymoon in the


Swiss Alps followed the wedding at Clitheroe United Reformed Church on Saturday of Miss Angela Barnes and Mr David Anthony Brown. The bride is the elder


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daughter of Mr D. Barnes, of Stamford Place, Clitheroe, and Mrs J. Barnes, of Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. The bridegroom, a com­


pany director, is the elder son of Mr and Mrs F. C. Brown, of Shire Lane Farm, Shire Lane, Hurst


Green. The bride, given away


by her father, wore a, white gown featuring a heart-shaped neckline, tiered lace skirt, lace sleeves and a small train. B r id e sm a id s were


Jackie Wignall, Tracy Barnes, the bride’s sister, and Vicky Brown, the bridegroom’s daughter. They wore tiered dres­


ses, Jackie and Tracy having an off-the-shoulder design. They also had combs decorated with pale blue and white silk roses their hair and Vicky


Parkinson, groomsman was Mr Peter Dugdale and ushers were Mr Robert Robson and Mr Raymond Jennings. The ceremony was con­


Best man was Mr David ‘


ducted by the Rev. John Salsbury and a reception was held at the Duke of York Hotel, Grindleton. Photograph: Pye’s,


Clitheroe.


Survived wartime plane crash


A FORMER Clitheroe airman who key role in the 1,000-bomber raids on during the second world war has died. Mr Ronald Gibson (64),


Traffic cones ‘woefully


inadequate’


TRAFFIC cones on the island opposite the Higher Buck Inn are a woefully inadequate means of im­ proving road safety, says Waddington Parish


Council. The cones were placed


there by Lancashire County Council to encour­ age drivers to take the proper way round the


island. The parish council says


the cones are too small to be seen and too easily stolen or blown away. It wants the county to supply lights, or, better still, to move the island few yards to a safer posi­ tion.


Road is closed


THE A59 was closed last Thursday when an articu­ lated lorry went off the road near West Marton._ A diversion via Bar-


I noldswick was set up as the lorry and its trailer of


I cow hides were hauled from a ditch. No-one was injured.


MacMillan welcomed the president and guests of Burnley Caledonian Socie­ ty. Everyone enjoyed


'modern and old-time dancing interspersed with Scottish reels and jigs.


On the same road the . ,


previous day, a small van skidded into a hedge near the Stirk House .Hotel.


The owner was able - to drive it away after sever­ al hours.


Tender


A TENDER of 17.6p- a litre for heating oil and 31.55p for Derv submitted


Ribble Valley Council’s Finance and General Pur­ poses Sub-committee - for ^ ^ • o f t h e authori-


has been accepted by the tysfuel.


of' Milthorne House, Henthorn Road, was a crewman on a Lancaster Pathfinder squadron which guided aircraft to their targets. Mr Gibson was a former


oupil of Ribblesdale School and worked for a short time as a painter and decorator before join­ ing the RAF as a teen­ ager. He was later promoted


F/Sgt and was flight en­ gineer in a Lancaster on a number of bombing runs over Germany before join­ ing the Pathfinders. H ow ever, tra g ed y s tru ck on his 13th


mission. Ground fire fractured


one. of the plane’s fuel tanks over Dortmund and it crashed making an emergency landing at a Lincolnshire airfield. Mr Gibson emerged the sole survivor, but spent 12 months in hospital before being invalided out of the service. On his return home he


worked, testing engines for Lucas at the former Albion Mill and later joined Lucas Aerospace at Burnley where he was re­ search and development contract manager until the time of his death. A keen traveller, Mr


Gibson visited a large number of countries, in­ cluding Egypt, China and


Peru. He was also a member


o f C lith e ro e RFC, Clitheroe Cricket Club and the town’s Conserva­ tive Club. : ' He was unmarried and


lived alone.' Car stolen A RILEY Elf car .taken


.from Lorigsighf Avenue, Clitheroe, was' found ab an d on e d a t V Gf e at,


• Mitton on Sunday. ■ -p '.


A QUIZ on vintage topics awaited 32 members and. guests of the Ribble Valley Vintage Club, at Sawley Old School. Questions ranged from


heavy horses, steam en­ gines and the highway code to vintage commer­ cial vehicles and textile machinery. The Timbermatic Shield


was won by Mr W. Cox- head. Runner-up was last year’s winner Mr G. Wightman and third was Mr P. Humphrey s . ___ ‘ Tea and cakes, provided


by Mrs M. Wood, were served to round off the evening. The next meet­ ing, the Christmas social, is in January.


Restaurant extension approved


had a headband with matching flowers. All three carried blue and white silk, flowers.


A PLAN by the Shah Tanduri Restaurant, Clitheroe, to extend into adjoining property at 37- 39 Whalley Road has been approved subject to three conditions. It must close from now


Longest- serving player leaves


Cyril Whiteside told our reporter: “The league says that we will have to have b e t te r to i le t facilities, covered accom­ modation for 500, seating for 200, seating for 20 VIPs-guests-directors, and hardstanding all the way round the pitch. “What’s more, the work


will have to be done by the end of March if we are to stand a chance of moving into Division


One.” But the club’s kitty is


empty because of what had to be spent upgrading the ground for acceptance for Division Two last


| season. “The club is looking into


opening the social club more often to raise money and is installing a special cage at the ground for the collection of waste paper," said Mr Whiteside. “We believe that the


CLITHEROE FC’s longest-serving player, Tony Eyles, has left the club to join West Lanca­ shire League side Fenis- cowles. Tony (34), lost his first-


team place at the begin­ ning of Novemberand had played in the reserves since. He felt the move would


Council’s ‘no’ to aerial DAWSONS


A CB enthusiast has been refused permission for an antenna at his home in Trafford Gardens, Barrow. In a report, the Ribble


Valley Council’s Develop- ment Sub-committee | learned th a t 'se v e r a l nearby residents had com­ plained aboiit the possible TV interference which might be caused if Mr S. Peters was allowed to erect the aerial. Furthermore, the local


planning authority consi­ dered the aerial — at 17ft. 6in. — would, be­ cause of its size and situa­ tion, be seriously detri­ mental to the appearance of the area.


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enable him to continue playing at a fairly high amateur level. Tony joined Clitheroe


13 years ago and made 436 first-team appear­ ances, firstly as a forward and lately as a left full­ back. During his time at


I the club he picked up Lancashire Combination and NW Counties Foot­ ball League Division Three championship


medals. In a tribute to Tony,


waste paper business is quite lucrative at the moment and we hope that the idea will help us.” The club is also hoping


that supporters will give their labour voluntarily to help with improvements. Anyone in te r e s ted


should con ta c t Mr Whiteside on Clitheroe 25297.


Win in last minute


Hyndbum 2, Ribble Valley 3


R IB B L E V a l le y ’s J u n io r Schools soccer team travelled to Accrington on Saturday for a friendly. I t was a chance for both to try new players and experiment a little. Ribble Valley made a promis­


ing start and could have scored on a number of occasions in the first 15 minutes. However, against the run of play, Hynd- bum snatched a surprise lead


on at 12 p.m., a wall to the rear of the premises must be repaired to stop dogs ■ from entering and rummaging through and scattering rubbish and scraps ana adequate pre­ cautions must be taken for the storage of rubbish. Four nearby residents


complained to the'Ribble Valley Council’s Develop­ ment Sub-committee about the noise made by people leaving the re­ staurant and the trail of rubbish. ....


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ADVENT LUNCHES


A SERIES’ of advent lunches began at the I United Reformed. Church,


Clitheroe, on Tuesday on the theme of God’s three | comings. The address at the first


was given by Fr John | Griffin, of SS Michael and John’s who spoke on t “God’s coming in Jesus of | Nazareth." The short service was i


followed by a light lunch. Next Tuesday the Rev. Tim Bradshaw, of the Methodist Church, Chat- burn is to speak on “God’s | coming in the spirit.” The final advent lunch will take place on the Tuesday before Christmas.


Extension to pavilion


WHALLEY'Football Club has been given the green light by the Ribble Valley Council’s. Develop­ ment Sub-committee to build an extension to the; village’s cricket pavilion. The plan will provide


additional accommodation for the football .club,; which joined forces with the • cricket club a few months ago. Materials used will match .those of the existing biiildinig.


•Clitheroe RUFC 1st XV (v Colne and Nelson 2nd, a, Sat.): H. W a rd le , Greatorex,___________


TEAMS J .


" Fielding, Hyde,


S. -


Holden, G. Laidlaw, D. Tatter-


sail, G.' Harris, C.‘ Harper,’T. Dubowski, I . Duxbury, C.


Thomas, R. Holmes, M. Dux- bury, M. Ridehalgh.


' Clitheroe 2nd XV (v Colne and Nelson 3rd, h, Sat.): A. R u d d , B. M a lo n e y , ' M.. Emmott, J. Lund, D; Fielding;


. J . Blanchflower, M. Heanan, J. Conboy, P. Dinsdale, H. Bariow. D.' Newton, I. Lomax, I R. : Airey, M.' Nichols,,- M.


Tabemer,


paid off for Ribble ' Valley when Mark Taylor equalised. After


Eventually, all the pressure ............


Wray cut in from the left and chipped over the Hyndburn keeper to put Ribble Valley into the lead. A moment of poor marking by the defence, however, allowed a Hyndburn forward to run through and level th e scores mid-way


the break Andrew


alle t


..... ______ ___-way


through the second half. A draw looked a likely result until Ribble Valley won the ball in mid-field and winger Philip Ed- mondson made a strong run and crossed for Mark Taylor to blast home the winner. I t was


Clitheroe chairman Mr Cyril Whiteside said: “We certainly wish him all the best. We would have liked him to stay with us until the end of the season, but it has to be said that after 13 years with us, he doesn’t really owe the club anything at all. “It has been a pleasure


to know and work with him.”


Ladies darts


THE ladies of the British Legion B team have been joined by , the Station on equal points at the top of division one of the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts League.


In the second division


Spring Mill still maintain their lead over Victoria.


Results: Division One


— British Legion B 5, Bay Horse 3; Kings Arms 5, BBC *3; Black Horse A 5, British Legion A 3; Ribblesdale W 5, Catholic Club 3; Pendle Witch 4, Commercial 4; Station 6, Ribblesdale J 2. H igh e s t score: M.


Bowman (BBC) 160; Highest finish: M. Hindle (Station) 132. Division Two — Black


a well-worked goal and pro­ vided a f i t t in g climax to another very satisfying team


performance. On Saturday Ribble Valley


have a league game at Poulton.


Turkey shoot


CLITHEROE Golf Club’s turkey shoot at the weekend took the form of a four-ball better ball Stableford over 16 holes.


Results: E. Hadfield


and J. W. Rhodes (41 pts) and D. Kershaw and K. Lord (38) after play-off with K. Wallbank and P. Collier (38).


There were also prizes


for the best Saturday and Sunday cards and down to 12th place overall.


Some 102 partnerships


took part and after the presentations, on Sunday, members and friends sang carols to - the music of Slaidburn Silver Band. The evening was rounded off with hot pot and mince pies.


Jason scores


. Henthorn United 13. , South Darwen United 0


HENTHORN overpo­ wered the Darwen side in th is i Hyndburn. Boy’s Sunday League clash, but missed two penalties.


Four goals from Nathan


■Martin;,Fort and Michael- Frankland,helped Henth; orn gain; apother' two


Peel, two from Craig Lord and one; each from


points.


/ . Man of the. match was Jason 'Foulker, who netted five. , ‘ -. ■ ■


Byrne (Capt). Res: D. Slinger, M;-‘Conboy, Skeets


•On Sunday . Henthorn entertain, Rawtenstall St . Mary’s, at-.Park,,.Street1..


Horse B 4, Calderstones 4; Brown Cow 4, Horse­ shoe 4; Spring Mill 5, Low Moor 3; Victoria 6, Bonny Inn 2; White Horse 7, CCWMC 1. Highest score: B. Parke (Spring


Mill) 140. League placings: Divi­


sion One- — British Legion B 43, Station 43, Catholic Club 41, Com- mercial 41, Ribblesdale W 41, Pendle Witch 37, Brit­ ish Legion A 36, Ribbles­ dale J 35, Kings Arms 34, Black Horse A 30, Bay Horse 27, BBC 24. Division Two — Spring


Mill 42, Victoria 38, Bonny Inn 35, Brown Cow, 35, White Horse 35, Black Horse B 34, Horse­ shoe 34, Calderstones 28, Dog and Partridge 28,. Low Moor Club 27, CCWMC 24.


Empress squash


THERE were mixed re suits for Empress squash | teams in their matches


last week. The men’s lsts lost 1-4 away


to a strong Hindley 1st team, Wigan.


Dave Matthews, David Tait and Russell Cowking lost 1-3 while Ray Dryden went down


Nigel ' Wil............. —


I 0-3. The 2nds scored a fine 5-0


. Eddie Vidler, Steve Turner, J o h n W i l l is a n d C o n o r .McLaughli.n


victory at home to Bury 2nd. ....__ . all won Martin Hiil won 3-2. 3-0 and Empress 3rds were heavily


defeated 0-5 away to top-of-the- table Belvale 5ths. Mike'Fielding came nearest to a win after taking a 2-0 lead, but was eventually defeated .in the


fifth, set. Mike B a r ra t t Senior all picked up the


Sharon Willis, and George odd


..game, but lost 1-3, while John


, The ladies’ team won 3-2 away tp Burnley. Carrie Mac-


Pye was outclassed and went down 0-3.


I Donald had no trouble in win­ ning 3-0 and Sharon Willis gave


i her usual display of excellent squash for & 3-0 triumph. Rachel Pallister fought back from 0-2 down to win 3-2, com­ pletely outwitting her opponent | in the 5th.


Susan Beggs played well to -. „


I to get into the game and lost 1- I 3. ' Marilyn Fletcher met an ] agile' opponent, and desp-1 - playing well went down 1-3.


win the first game, but despite discovering the drop shot failed


.


Impress’s only winner was lis, with a 3-1 victory.


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