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Hospice tax!


THE East Lancashire Hospice project has won a tax battle which could save 'it up to £10,000.


has effectively agreed to waive a tax bill on bank


For the Inland Revenue Help is


needed, on compiling


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THE Ribble Valley sec­ tion of the Lancashire Library service is compil­ ing a directory of local organisations. Any club, or society


wishing to be included should send the following


details. The name of the socie­


ty; the name and address of its secretary, or the address through which the organisation may be contacted: details of when and where the members meet, if. applicable, and any additional information which may be helpful to those using the directory. The information should


' BB6 9RS, or handed in at the local or mobile library.


be sent to, Jane Lloyd, District Central Library, Abbey Road, Whalley,


White lines offence


FOR failing to comply with double white lines at Bridge End, Billington, Rita Hindle, of Moorfield, Whalley,' was fined £30 at Clitheroe. The court was told that


she had parked her vehi­ cle opposite double white


lines. In a letter to the court


she explained that she had not' noticed the re­ strictions. She was or­ dered to pay £6 costs.


interest from-the Hospice F u n d ’s inve s tments , unless the building is sold at some future date.- Only then . would the


district -health authority have to pay the tax amount out of the sale proceeds. The project> had faced


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Riverside meeting leads to fifty happy years


IT’S '50 years tomor- ■, row since Clitheroe couple Thomas and Annie Trotter tied the marital knot . . . ‘


just 52' since . they met, on a camping weekend just a stone’s throw from their Low Mpor home. . ■


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tax' corporation demands of up to £10,000 in .total because of the general fund not being registered as a charity. Mr Roy Dewhurst, of Twiston, newly-appointed chairman of the “house” committee involved in running the hospice, con­ sidered that the question of paying the tax would not arise, because the hospice would not be sold, given th e co n s tan t demand for the care it offered. The “tax relief’ propos­


Preparations to welcome new


Bishop


al eventually put forward by the Inland Revenue was accepted at a meeting of Blackburn, Hyndbum and Ribble Valley . Health Authority. “We are obviously very, pleased,” said Mr De­


whurst. He felt the tax saving


would help ensure long­ term, that equipment at the 10-bed hospice at Park Lee Hospital, Black- bum, would be of the best possible quality.


building will be completed and handed over to the health authority ■ within


Mr Dewhurst hopes the ,


the next six weeks1 and that the first p'atients will move in by late spring, or early summer.


pointed to the house com­ mittee is Mr Lionel Barn- ford, former district health administrator for Blackburn, Hyndbum and


Another local man ap­ '


■ to be enthroned at Brad­ ford Cathedral on April 14th.


THE new Bishop of Brad­ ford — whose diocese in­ cludes many Ribble Valley villages — the Ven Robert Kerr Williamson is


chwardens from the area are invited to attend and many are already making arrangements within their


All clergymen and chur­ parishes.


• The Archdeacon of Craven, the Ven David Rogers, has heard Mr Williamson speak on sev­ eral occasions.


impressive speaker and I am sure he has real gifts to bring to the diocese.” Mr Williamson, the


He said: “He is a most


youngest of 14 children, spent his childhood in Bel­ fast, where his father was a shipyard worker. He was ordained in


STAFF at the Ribbles- dale Pool, Clitheroe, who have been awarded 1 British Red Cross Socie­ ty first aid certificates were presented with them by Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Ted


attended a four-day course to qualify for the certificate. Pictured with Coun. and Mrs Boden are, from the left: baths manager Mr David Phillips, pool attendant Mr Ie s tyn Hughes, swimming instructor Mr David S lin g e r and, cashier Mrs Margaret Hope. Supervisor Mr John Clark also qual- ' ified but is not pictured.


Boden. Five staff at the pool


Illustrated. US tour


AMERICA’S ' Meteor


Crater, the Petrified Forest, Death Valley and the Grand Canyon , were among places described to Clitheroe Evening Town­ swomen’s Guild in an il­ lustrated talk by Mr Stan­


ley Westhead. In complete contrast to


1963 and is at present Ar­ chdeacon of Nottingham; Mr Williamson and his


Ribble Valley. Mr.Bamford, of Clarem­


ont Avenue, Clitheroe, is also former group secret­ ary of Brockhall Hospital.


wife, who is a magistrate in Nottingham, have three sons and two daugh­ ters. He plans to visit the eight areas in the new diocese during the early summer]


the grandeur of these natural' phenomena; he also described a visit to Las Vegas. Mr Westhead was welcomed by the chairman, Mrs Janet Hemingway. The drama stall raised


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Considering request


to support campaign


MEMBERS of the Ribble Valley Council’s Policy and Resources Committee are considering whether to support a national cam­ paign to bring more local government information jefore the public. At their meeting, Chief


■ .B o th■ Thomas and Annie, of St Paul’s Street,. are Clitheronians through and through, and proud of


it:


• at Holmes’Mill.: Annie went to St


at the former National School, before starting his working life as a readier


Thomas- was educated


James’s and worked up to and after their marriage as a weaver in Whipps


Mill. . After meeting on the


Executive Mr Michael Jackson told members that the matter' was of “utmost importance”. He said: “There is much


banks of the. Ribble, at Low Moor, they courted for two years and were married at the Wesleyan Chapel, now Trinity Church.


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a part of Low Moor long since demolished to make


Their first house was in


information about the public stored away and councillors should consider carefully whether more of it should be made avail­


able”. It was decided to defer


the matter until the next


meeting.The Campaign for Free­ dom of Information, based in London, has also asked the council to pledge sup-' port for its cause to Ribble Valley. MP David Waddington and to give it a:fihancial contribution.


Chemists rota


£15 and members were reminded of the jumble sale on March 10th. The next meeting is on March


TODAY and tomorrow, Selles, Church Street, Glitheroe, will be open until 6-30 p.m. Sunday: R. N. .and M. Read, Moor Lane, noon to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday until 6-


30 p.m.


way for St Ann’s Court • sheltered-accommodation. They later moved to


Bolland Prospect and went back to Low Moor, to their present home, 20 years ago. , . '


and over the years has held a variety of jobs, ranging from a street lamp painter to a fitter at Castle Castings. Annie has been dogged


Thomas left -the mills


Vwouldn’t live long enough for us to ! celebrate our golden w.edding”, she said, “and I’m very lucky to have had such a patient and loving husband”. Typically, Thomas, who enjoys, snook^,' gardening


“There have been times when, I have., thought I


' and cycling, thinks no­


thing of it. He said: “It takes two


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people to make a mar­ riage work and both- have to try hard. It’s all down to sharing and helping each other.”


ing their special day with their daughter, Doris, and the rest of their family of grandchildren and great­ grandchildren with a meal at the Sun Inn, Wadding­ ton, on Saturday.


The couple will be shar­ Accountancy success


by ill health for the last 40 years of. her life and in that time has won a brave fight' againsta malignant form of cancer. '


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A RIBBLE Valley Coun­ cil employee has passed his final examination for. the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Ac­ countancy. He is Mr Philip Moore


(26), of Longworth Road, Billington, a senior ac­ countancy assistant in the borough treasurer’s de­ partment. Before joining the coun­


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