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Chatburn’s new vicar is a Lancastrian
WHEN Cl itheroe Castle Museum opens its doors to the public tomorrow one top ex hibit will be the Hack ing Boat ferry, now restored to its former glory. The ferry looks splendid
THE appointment of the Rev. Walter Drain as Vicar of Chatbum means a welcome return to Lancashire.
charge of St Cuthbert’s, Cheadle, was born in Withnell, and is proud to be a Lancastrian. Aged 44, he went into
For Mr Drain, curate in
in its original black and green' colours and takes pride of place in the main room in the museum. It was built in 1922 and
until the mid-50s used to take people from one side of the Ribble to the'other, below its confluence with the Calder. ' The boat’s restoration is
00 LA L A . . . The wives, of FC Clltheroe mem- ; bers have been getting Into the French mood for the past few weeks
by practising the can can. They have been going round pubs with their sultably-attlred husbands raising money for the Meteor Club —
the main charity to be nefit from this year’s
fund-raising . activities over . the Easter jweekend.
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Towns all set to sign
THE people of Clitheroe ! are being invited to cement the “en tente cordiale” with the French town
of
Rivesaltes. For several years con
tact has been kept with Rivesaltes through a group of footballing friends, but this weekend the towns will^bfeWficially twinned.1'W
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be signed by Clitheroe Mayor, Coun. John Cow- gill and his opposite number from Rivesaltes.
On Sunday a pact will
that the French Mayor will be among the party of
It is not yet certain
official twinning between the towns since 1977, when a football team from the Waggon and Horses first visited Rivesaltes. The bond of friendship
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sighed by a •' representa tive of the Rivesaltes council. There has been talk of .
rest of the townspeople — schools, societies and the
“We just hope that the
was originally started by Francois Sanmartin, who came to Clitheroe as a student teacher at the Royal Grammar School in 1976.
been yeprly exchanges of players' and supporters and the original team of 12 from the Waggon and Horses has been joined by 60 other regular particip ants and named FC (French Connection) Clitheroe. Since the group’s formation it has raised over £4,000 for charity.
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exchange is the Easter Sunday football match, being held this year at Shawbridge,. with mem bers of the public invited to attend. Over the years, more
Highlight of the yearly
.five from Perpignan. It’s going to be a hectic
expected to arrive in Clitheroe tomorrow at about 5 p.m.- following their 1,100-mile coach journey from their,town,; which is 20 miles from the Spanish border, 10 from the Mediterranean and
of it as we have.” The French visitors are
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been arranged on a pri vate basis, but on Sunday local people have a chance to join in the weekend’s fun.
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and more townspeople have taken part in. the visits and towards the end of last year the council circulated notices to local organisations about the possibility of twinning of ficially. The results were not
overwhelming, but there ’ were some members of the council who consi dered that if things were on an official footing the idea would snowball. The decision to twin •
was taken at Friday’s Cockle and Mussel feast, since when it has been all hustle and bustle prepar ing the relevant docu ments in English and French.
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will be a public meeting to set up a twinning com mittee.. The Mayor explained
. In the near future there
that as the venture was to be self-supporting and of no charge to ratepayers, there was everything tc gain and nothing to lose. “I think the twinning
will be of long-term be nefit to the town and dis trict. Probably those to reap most benefit will be our children’s children as visits build up over the years,” hesaid. • The FC Clitheroe group
' Fall parachute team as part of the pre-match build-up, which will also include a penalty prize competition for local Cubs. The Black Knights will
be landing,, weather per- ''mitting, at 2 p.m..with the. ball and the match begins 15 minutes later. In the Clitheroe line-up
will be a star of yestery- ear, Duncan McKenzie, who played in the English first division and for the Belgium club Anderlecht. After the match the
ranged for a display by the; Black Knights Free
By parachute' FC Clitheroe has ar
shopping in Clitheroe and lunch in local pubs, will be followed by'a visit to Old Trafford to watch Man- ch e s te r United play Coventry. In, the evening it*s back
On the following day,
time until the party’s de parture on Monday after noon. After settling in with their club member hosts, they will head for
teaching after attending the Chester Diocesan Col lege of Education, and when ordained in 1979 was head of religious edu cation at the Central High School for Girls, Man chester. Mr Drain’s wife, Enid,
started last July after the- boat’s owner, farmer Mr John Holden, of Winckley Hall Farm, Stonyhurst, donated it to the museum. A ferry operated- on the
the boat inside the bam and Mr Jackson was able to identify the “ferry,” as he had travelled in a later version as a child. Renovation work
geology. for the Lanca shire, Museum Service Mr Neil'Turner (pictured), who is looking after Clitheroe’s museum, said: “The ferry boat is the focal point here. It’s very exciting because, as far as I know, no other Lanca shire^ museums; have one 'similar.”
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the ferry, carried 15 people plus an oarsman. The fare across the river was twopence when the ferry started carrying the public in 1830 and only th re e p en c e when it finished. Now, nearly 35 years
A flat-bottomed "punti
since it was last used, it will only cost 20 pence to have a close look at it
More paying rates by
instalment
surer, Mr Gordon Onslow, told the Finance and Gen eral Purposes Sub-Com mittee that since 1974, the number had grown from 1,500 to 6,500. Recently - there had
MORE Ribble Valley people than before are paying their rates by ins talment. The Borough Trea
river, at Hacking Hall from as early as 1686, when the Shirebums, of Stonyhurst, provided one as' a means for tenants to attend church in Langho. Assistant keeper of
all thanks to the Ribble Valley Council’s Chief Ex ecutive, Mr Michael Jack- son, who discovered it in a Stonyhurst barn while he was leading a ramble. A friend told him about
Busy holiday in store at Edisford
IT won’t be just, one-way traffic from France to Clitheroe over Easter.
couraged many Ribble Valley people to head for the Continental sunshine — with Spain and the Canary Islands the most popular choices.. ,
\ But for those staying at home there is plenty going on in the Ribble Valley.
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recreation area-is stand ing by for an invasion from local people and from those further afield to sample the facilities, which are now under the wing of the Camping and Caravanning Club. . The pitch and putt course at Edisford will be open tomorrow, Saturday, • Sunday and Monday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Afterwards it will > be
The new-look Edisford
open daily from noon to 6 p.m. The newly-refur bished cafe will also be open. For those wanting, to be
in the swim, the Ribbles- dale Pool has extended its opening times to cater for children on holiday. . On Good Friday, Satur
been a couple of hundred inquiries about the facili ty, and Mr Onslow re vealed that some com panies were being allowed to pay by instalment. On the 1983-84 rate, Mr
. The amount; stood at £71,249 • compared - with £90,000 the previous year. ,
Onslow said that’ although the uncollected amount had been kept to less than one per cent, it-was still “not good enough." : „
neglected and short-break coach tours have, been in demand from local travel firms. • -
But Britain is not being A late festival has en
for two weeks is the double bill “The Jungle Book” and “Mickey Mouse’s Chr is tmas Carol,” with matinees on Wednesday and Thursday of Easter week: For those wishing > to
delve into their heritage,' the new season at the Castle Museum starts to morrow. .(11 a.m. -to "4-30 p.m.). It will also be open during the same hours on Saturday, Sunday arid Monday.
the town will be the Tour ist Information Office at the Ribble Valley Council Offices. Staff will be on duty tomorrow, Saturday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., though the council offices themselves will be closed. As in • previous . years
museum will be open every day between 2 p.m. and 4-30 p.m., apart from Wednesday. Catering for visitors to
A f te r E a s te r , the ■ ,
I On Tuesday it will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday noon to 8 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Last ad mission on all days is half- an-hour before closing time. There will also be a
' ' Clitheroe Civic Hall will be open as usual over the Easter period. Showing
special inflatable octopus fun session from/10 a.m. to noon a week tomorrow.
day, Sunday and Monday it. will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
libraries will be shut to morrow, Saturday and Monday. Local churches will each
there is no set pattern to shop opening, but most Clitheroe traders will be closed tomorrow and Monday. Clitheroe and Whalley
be celebrating Easter in their own way. In Whal ley tomorrow there is an ecumenical service organ ised by the Christian Action group at 11 a.m. on the Vale House site.
Garden parties
: (Ribchester) and Bert Jones - (Clitheroe) and their guests.
.SIX places at royal ■garden parties in 1984 will go to the Mayor and May oress-elect (Coun. and Mrs Bernard Thornton), and Couns. Tony Jackson
is a former missionary with the South American Missionary Society in Chile. She is also a qualified
nurse and midwife. The couple have two
bies are ornithology, gar dening and stamp collect ing, said: ”I’m really look ing forward to moving to Cnatburn. The* area is really beautiful; ,i£’s mar vellous.” . His institution at Chat-
daughters, Rachel (3) and Ruth (2), and two-weeks- old Jonathan! Mr Drain, whose hob
“Daybreak” musical
burn is likely to take place towards the end of July or early in August.
A shock
for estate ‘baddies’
estate — where people part buy and part rent their properties from the council — owed amounts exceeding £1,000 in rents, rates, mortgages and sundry debts. One resi dent currently owed £3,000, he said. The council had already
repossessed two proper ties.'
on the estate are good and upright citizens,” said Mr Onslow.
Spin-off orders
orders worth a total of £30,000 to provide auto matic filling and weighing units. The equipment is
ONE of C l i th e ro e ’s newest firms is benefiting from the improvement in the economy. Spiroflow has won two
“The majority of people r. . ■
council will be applying fof possession orders on th ree houses on the estate, he said it was not a decision which had been taken lightly because the council has to rehouse the occupants and sell the properties. Five residents on the
A FEW “baddies” among 84 residents of the Ribble Valley Council’s award winning Riverside Estate, Clitheroe, are due for a rude awakening, Borough Treasurer Mr Gordon Onslow told the Policy and Resources Com mittee^ Revealing that the
THE young people of sev- e ra l Ribble Valley churches celebrated Easter with full houses for two performances of the modern musical “Day break” in Clitheroe Parish Hall. All 350 seats for the
r-Education ‘switch’ deplored
AN attempt by Lanca shire County Council to transfer administration of the Ribble Valley’s furth er education service from Whalley to the Accrington and Rossendale College was viewed with alarm by the Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Policy and Resources Committee. The Chief Executive,
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Mi1 Michael Jackson, said that he had only learned of the matter through the Press, and that the coun cil had never been con sulted. Coun. Bill Fleming
(Langho) understood the move was not suggested as an economy, but on the grounds that a better ser vice with more com prehensive courses could be offered. “This is a unique dis
trict and Mr Jeff Smith, the principal at Whalley, has done a marvellous job for the area,” he said. “If the service is deci
mated by moving it, as we have seen in areas like Chipping where services are administered by Preston, then numbers would fall.” Mr. Jackson doubted
whether the move would save any money. “I think these people
have a total lack of under standing of the rural com munity,” he said. The committee asked
Sunday evening show were taken and only a few remained for the after noon performance. Pro ducer was Mrs Rosemary Lancaster and in the cast were about 60 young adults and teenagers. There were some spec
tacular effects to give the image of daybreak, with the use of smoke and spotlights..
Speed urged
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil’s ^.Housing, Committee is to urge the County Council to make' up' Sfiib-' bins Lane, Sabden, as soon as possible. Members were told that the county had now accepted respon sibility for the road.
Mr Jackson to write to the county council expres sing deep concern at the potential impact on the area, and asking that the
council be consulted before any decisions are made.
Flats scheme
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil is to seek planning ap proval for four flats on land at Carlton Place and Peel Street, Clitheroe. The Housing Commit
tives'for; the area — the. flats or two" bungalows. It was agreed that flats
tee was told that there were-two possible alterna
fiotential of these is being
would best serve the needs of the area and the
ooked into.
TINIANS AT
YOUR
wanted by Ribblesdale Cement, Clitheroe, which is providing cement for an extension to the runway on Ascension Island, and by Tunnel Cement, of Clwyd, for a large export project, ■
Tea brewers* toast to Joanne
is delighted by the move. “We already considered ourselves twinned, so it. doesn’t really affect us,” said; FC spokesman Peter • Hargreaves.
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ing will be the hand-over of a cheque for £1,000 to the Clitheroe Meteor Club —
raised.by FC Clitheroe from the New Year’s Day swim and sale of program mes for Sunday’s game.
a dinner dance at .the Stirk • House Hotel, ,Gis- burn,during which ■ com memorative medals will be presented to the team members by Duncan McKenzie. . A highlight of the even
it is off to the Mayor’s Parlour where the visitors will be; received by the Mayor and will see photo graphs and souvenirs of previous trips. In the evening there is
friends will be joined by Clitheroe town councillors for the signing ceremony in the council chamber. Following the signing,
BROWNIES of St James’s pack, Clitheroe, raise their “cuppas” to: drink the health of ■ Queen’s Guide Joanne Berry. -
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daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Berry, of Lower,.1 S tanden
Joanne (14), the eldest
door pursuits,... she re-rv cently. obtained, her. Duke of Edinburgh .bronze award and,
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reorganisation in the movement, it will now be awarded only to members of the Rangers and will be replaced • in the Guides by the Baden ' Powell Trefoil Badge.'' • Joanne, a pupil of Rib-; blesdale School, already has about 20 other Guide awards , and badges’,,- ranging from ski-ing - to needlework/ An enthusiast of out
Clitheroe, was the last member of St James’s Guides to receive the badge. ■ > - Following; national
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..Mayoress, Coun. and, :Mrs John'.Cowgill. . : • They also found time Ho have ,a cup of tea and . a chat with the Brow-, nies . . . all part of a
'Mrs Pat Houldsworth. ; In attendance were ■ the Ribble Valley Mayor and Mayoresses, Coun. and Mrs Ted Boden, and th e town Mayor;, and
national Brownie :tea making fortnight to cele-' brate the movement’s 70th anniversary.
I biscuits and the • .Brow nies'have yet to decide to which local charity they will donate the £62 they raised.
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