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wrong to make Zola Budd suffer for South Africa’s sins — but neither should she have to suffer for British sins. The big sin, of course,
New Mayor appeals for Valley unity
BOROUGH councillors should put the Ribble Valley first in their work so that unity can be achieved. That was the message from new Mayor, Coun. Bernard. Thornton at his installation on Tuesday. Coun. Thornton, who
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represents Alston ward and is the borough’s 11th Mayor, said: “While we recognise
is that she is being used by both as a political pawn and the guilty person is the one who ar ranged for her to jump the queue. He makes great play of
Zola Budd’s rights, but at the same time is deport ing a child who is British by birth, not proxy. I am referring to the
A PLEA that village chil dren whose schools have closed should be allowed to come back to'their own churches for special occa sions has been voiced by the chairman of the Ribble Valley Church Schools’. Association, the Rev. David Woodhouse. Speaking at a meeting
child of Gail and. Rodney Pereira, who have lived in this country , for six years and are now to be de ported. Rodney Pereira’s only sin is that he became redundant. Then we have Afia
parish church in village He mentioned the immi-
of the association at Wad dington and West Brad ford CE. School on Friday evening, Mr Woodhouse emphasised the role of the
Begum — her only' sin was to become a widow,, and for that our Member of Parliament, full of righteous compassion, de ported her. It looks as though de
portation has attracted two new dimensions, namely redundancy and death. CLARIE GERRARD, Press Officer, Ribble Valley Labour Party.
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Spring clean
PARISH councillors joined with other villagers to give Slaidburn its annual spring clean on Saturday afternoon. Armed with a variety of
gardening tools, they went from one end of the village to the other, car rying out weeding arid generally tidying up road ways and pavements.
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Organised by the Rlbble Valley. branch of the Pre-School Playgroups Association
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Special guest John Cunlifte, author of Postman P a l.
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WHY should the chair man of the Ribble Valley Borough Council • assume that, because the council is 84% Conservative and 16% other parties, the Tories should monopolise the Personnel Committee and outside education bodies? All 11 members of the
n en t decision on threatened Ribble Valley schools and said that chil dren transported to other villages would lose contact with their own churches' on important occasions. “To my mind this is an
which was attended by more than 50 representa
extremely sad loss,” he added. Speaker at the meeting,
■was the Bishop of Black b u rn , the Rt. Rev. Stewart Cross, on his first visit to the school. ' His theme was Christ
tives of church schools,
ian nurture in the home; church and community. R e f re shm en ts were served by friends of the school. Our picture shows the
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our duty to our own par ticular part, we must all be aware that our great est strength lies in work ing for the benefit of the whole of our very large borough.” s Coun. Thornton, who
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Bishop (seated second from the left) with some of the schools’ representa tives.
Hassle for Ian in
Turkey
CLAY pigeori crack-shot Ian Peel was at the butt end of a Customs hassle in Turkey on Friday.- Ian (26), of Brook
House Green Farm, Slaid- bum, and his team mates, representing Great Bri tain in the Grand Prix of Europe, were held up for an hour, and a half at Is tanbul Airport on the way home. Said Ian’s mother, Mrs
TAYLOR — BOLTON
Langho, was the setting for the wedding on Satur day of Miss Barbara Ann Bolton and Mr William F. S. Taylor. • The bride is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Bolton, of Primrose Terrace, Langho, and the bridegroom is the only son of Dr and Mrs W. S. Taylor, of London. The bride, given away
St Mary’s RC Church,
Betty Peel: “We could have understood a rumpus about the guns when the team entered Turkey, but Customs officers suddenly took exception to them as- they were leaving!” Ian and his team-mates,
Girls are top in debating
Play group's jumbo day of fun
IT will be fun all the way on the Castle Field on Saturday, for the Ribble Valley branch of the Pre school Playgroups Associ ation is holding a “Jumbo Playgroup.”
day, which starts at 10 a.m. and finishes at 4 p.m., will be the appear ance of John Cunliffe, author of the popular “Postman Pat” books.
The highlight of the
Clitheroe Library’s book week he will judge chil dren’s drawings in a com petition open to children under seven to draw Post man Pat, his cat or van. Winners will receive Post man Pat mugs.
In conjunction with
ture playground, a dres sing-up comer, water ac tivities, painting and table-top games. The event is for chil
There will be an adven
dren under five years. Admission'will be 1 Op for children but free for ac companying adults. 1 If it rains there is no
need to worry . . . it will be held in Trinity Sunday School, Parson Lane.
IT was a case of first-time lucky for Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School fifth-for mers Geeta : Gurumurthy, Lyndsay Byw'ood and Margaret Bagot when they entered the Burnley Junior Chamber of Com merce debating contest.
Thursday night they defe ated opponents Haber- gham High School, of Burnley, to win the junior ch am b e r’s d eb a tin g trophy plus a £5 book token each. ,
For in the final on
was the statement “School days are the best days of your life” and all three judges voted for the girls, who claimed the answer’ was no!
The topic for discussion
panied by history and En glish teachers Miss Anne Farmer and Miss Jane Eagland.
The girls were accom
girls are over the moon about winning, especially at the first attempt and i t ’s certainly whetted their appetite to enter more.” ~
Said Miss Farmer; “The
displays the cup with M a rg a re t ( lef t) and Lyndsay.
Captain Geeta proudly
who were all in uniform, finally managed to con vince the officers that their guns were only for competition and flew into Heathrow Airport on Friday night. The four-man British
takes over from Coun. Ted, Boden of Chatbum, added that he would be following the example of his two predecessors in taking a keen interest in recreation and leisure. . He said that with' the increase in leisure time, the council, along with many voluntary bodies, had great responsibility ensuring this was spent constructively. Coun. Thornton, who
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will be accompanied by his wife Jean as May oress, has chosen medical research as his charity cause for the year. “We know that we can
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rely on the generosity of the people of. the Ribble Valley to support such worthy causes as research into h e a r t d ise ase , leukaemia, rheumatism and arthritis,” he said. The appointment of
Mrs Jean Stanley, who wore a full-length royal blue silk gown and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Best man was Mr David
team came third in the competition, behind the Russians and Italians, with an overall score of 575 out of- 600, -each member gaining a bronze medal. - . In the individual com
petition, Ian, who 'was leading on the second day of the three-day event, finished fifth, with a score of 196 out of 200. Ian, a dye-house techni
cian at Blackburn Yarn Dyers hopes that his next big event, will be as. a representative of. Britain in the European Clay Pigeon Championship in Spain next month.
Fifty at meeting
THE annual meeting of Clitheroe Parish" Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society drew a 50 strong attendance. Two new fnembers
were elected to the com mittee. Diane Chiappi (make-up) took over from Maggie Westhead, who is leaving the d is tr ic t. Madeleine Turner stood down and her place was taken by' Mary Jackson (drama section). Officers elected were
dlesex. Photograph: Westmins ter Studios, Langho.
JUDGING CATTLE
judged beef, cattle at M ick leh u rs t F arm, Bashall Eaves, home of Mr arid Mrs Lancaster, who were thanked .by Stephen Bowen and Peter Coats.
CLITHEROE YFC boys '
reasons: Senior — S. Bowen, P. Nightingale, R. Vickery. Junior — D. Bowen, J. Bowen, B. Stansfield and K. Preston (equal 2nd).
Results were: Beef placing with
Catherine Whitham (sec retary) and Elsie Fenton (treasurer). Val Parker-is in charge of props and Florence Wilson and Marion Legg are taking care of wardrobe.
judging night of the season, the shields. for best senior and junior were presented by Mrs Lancaster. Senior. — T. Binns, P. Nightingale, D. Cowgill. Junior — K. Pre ston, B. Stansfield, P. Coats. Shield for best sheep
judge: T.- Binns, K. Pre ston, P. Coats and D. Cowgill (equal 3rd).
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Senior — T. Binns and A. Cowgill (equal 1st), D.' Cowgill. Junior — P. Coats, K. Preston, B. Stansfield and R. How- arth (equal 1st). As this was the last
Beef placing only:
the Stirk House Hotel, Gisbum, the couple left for a honeymoon touring the south coast. They are to live in Mid
Martin. Following a reception at
by her father, wore a full- length white gown of silk and lace forming a long train. Her finger-tip length veil was held in place by white flowers and she carried a shower bouquet of gold lilies, white ro ses ■ and stephanotis.. She was' attended by
bum (Bolton-by-Bowland) was appointed deputy Mayor for the coming year. Coun. Thornton’s year of office begins' on Sunday with a service of dedication at St Wilfred’s Church, Longridge.
Smocking
AT tomorrow evening’s meeting of Whalley and district Embroiderers’ Guild Mrs G. Marsh will explain the art of smock ing. The meeting, at 7-30 p.m. in Whalley Adult Centre, is for members only.
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