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THURSDAY, MARCH 22nd, 1984 No. 5,099 Price 19p


-Langho youth dies in crash


A TOP apprentice at the R ib b le sd a le Cement Works,


Clitheroe, died in a car crash at the weekend. Martin Constable (17),


of Moorland Road, t Langho, was killed when


his ' Ford E sco r t mounted the kerb in Pleckgate Road, • Black­ burn, on Sunday night and struck a tree on the


opposite side of the road. Martin •was on his way


home from visiting his girl friend at Withnell when the accident hap­ pened. No other vehicle *,


was involved. Martin had been an


apprentice mechanical maintenance fitter at Ribblesdale Cement since leaving St Augus­ tine’s RC School, Bil- lington, in 1982.


" Only , la s t week, Martin” and his parents, Mr and Mrs Joe, Const­ able, and his sister, Kat­ hryn (19), had been thrilled to hear that he had been named the Ac­ crington ,and District Group Training Scheme apprentice of the year.


were said at St Augus­ tine’s School. Headmas­ ter Mr Phil Morris said the whole school had been saddened-and


On Monday prayers


shocked. “Martin was a very


good pupil and a very popular boy,” he said.' Keenly interested in


athletics and sports, Martin played _;in the school’s football arid vol­ leyball teams.


He was a. member of


the Red Rose), Squash Club, Ri'shton. '! Keenly, interested in


car rallying, he had served as a marshal at check points on local ral­ lies. He hoped, to break into 1 driving, and had helped, to prepare a rally care for disabled driver Trevor Knowles, of Rimington. Mr Constable said


that the accident had come as a great shock because Martin was such a competent driver. “He had driven -Land- Rovers, tractors and cars on a friend’s farm from the age of 14,” said Mr Constable. Requiem Mass at St


THE eagle eyes of Waddington ana, West Bradford CE School p u p i ls Simon and Matthew Moore have made them the first y o u n g s te r s in the county to report a siting of frogspawn to the Lancashire Trust for Nature Conserva­


tion. As part of the trust’s


“Water’s Edge" cam­ paign, school children were asked to report


the whereabouts of


frogspawn. The first s ix are to receive badges and an infor­ mation pack from the trust. Waddington and


West Bradford School decided to take part in the campaign as part of the Best-Kept Vil­ lage children’s project, which ii won jointly last year. So when nine-year- old Simon (right) and


frogspawn in a pond near their home, they took tlie trust’s invita­ tion to “hop to the phone" and record the sighting. ,Since then, several


Matthew ( s ix) , of Eaves House Cottage, West Bradford, saw the


other pupils have also been out spotting and all the sightings will be used by the trust to build up a picture of frog breeding grounds.


Visit to sports centre boosts local campaign


A VISIT by. Ribble Valley councillors to the Over Wyre Sports Centre has been hailed as a boost for the campaign to set up a Recreation, and leisure complex at Roefield, Clitheroe. The Ribble Valley


Sports and Recreational Council says the visit has shown that its Roefield project, which would be


run on the same lines, is viable. And the sports council


tion to visit tSe centre on 'more than pay its way if the Fylde to see for them- it was given the support


attacked some of those critics of the scheme, who claimed it would be a burden on the rates, for not taking up an invita-


selves, The councillors who did


go were particularly im­ pressed by the community


feels the visit emphasises th a t the proposed ‘Roefield Barn’-’-- could


to get off the ground The Ribble Valley


effort which contributed - centre provision at pre­


Council has .decided to make no further sports


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sent, but a report of the Over Wyre visit is ex­ pected to be discussed at the next recreation com­ mittee meeting on April 10th.


Committee chairman


Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg said: “I would hope 'it might make the council think again, but I doubt i t . However, i t ’s a thought for next year.” The estimated £250,000


more than half the origi- nal costs and which helps the centre make a profit of around £8,000 a year.


The local sports council


seeks aid from EEC


CLITHEROE Auction Mart is' seeking help from Europe to improve facilities at its Station Road site.


The company has


lodged a plea for grant aid from th e Common Market, asking it to meet a third of the costs. Backed by the site-


owners, the Ribble Valley Council, it is seeking the maximum of a relatively new type of grant from the European Guidance and Guarantee Fund — specifically aimed at help­ ing auction marts.


The council wants to


see the premises physical­ ly improved and sheep pens near , the Phy­ s io th e ra p y Centre brought into public use before, granting, the .Mart


aiong-term'Iease.'“ '' 'y ’ After protracted negotia­


tions, the Council allowed it another 12 months lease'


were thrashed out. The. lease originally, ex­


pired in December 1982;- but was extended for a year to allow joint talks between the council and directors. Precise details of how


the grant aid would be used will not be known- until, the company has consulted its sharehol­ ders, but it is thought the


costs of the Roefield scheme would be offset by a £45,000 sports council grant if the borough agreed to meet half. Of the expense. But one of those impre­


ssed by the Over Wyre success, Coun. Lawrence McEntee (Clitheroe), felt


the council could not give support at present be­ cause of the national fi­ nancial climate. Coun. Jack Carr (Bil-


lington) an opponent of the Roefield scheme, felt there was “no point” in his visiting Over Wyre at the ratepayers’ expense after a council decision had been taken. The Roefield campaign,


meanwhile, continues in determined style. Said the sports council’s


secretary Mrs Doreen Quinton, who went on the visit with three of her col­ leagues: “I am having re­ peated phone calls from people asking what they can do to help."


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REPLIES have been re­ ceived-from two; villages in France which': Whafley Parish Council : has ap-. proached with a view to twinning. -, - '■ . • • V There has been no word


yet from Saint Aignan, but Charroux and Ruffec have written back. Coun. Eric Ronrian, . who is behind the twinning idea, said it was another step in


a slow process. ’ f ■ • - .


• Takes chair


NEW chairman of Black- burn, Hyndburn and Ribble, Valley Community Health Council-Ms Mrs Mary Lawson, of Roches­ ter Road, Clayton-le-Dale. She replaces Mr John Lund, of Blackburn, who resigned earlier in- the year.


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RARING to;fgo \ V ; 15, '• :The event,/which raised members of the Wadding-' £100, was the . idea of the ton BMX Club took to the road in a 15- mile spon- sored .c y c le ride on Sunday, morning. •


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course on the village play- : took : them from the vil-. in g fields. 1 •


boys themselves and was ? the latest in a series of fund-raising efforts to­ wards building a1‘BMX;


; Parents provided;*' < Eaisford and back, twice. lag6 to Bashall Eavss,


cycle1 escort for-the boys, ; A dance held by the whose ages ranged from : . parents and a jumble sale seven to 15. The course -raised£255 for.the fund.


Taking part


.WHALLEY is to partici­ pate in this year’s Lanca­ shire Best-Kept-Village Competition. The decision was made at a meeting of the parish council and members are to- consider which special features ; to


enter. V/


work may cover improve­ ments for access and transport. Among p o ints the


Council wanted the Mart to consider last year were a , traffic through-flow scheme to prevent far­ mers’ vehicles having to reverse into Station Road. The company does not


Clocks on


expect to hear 'the out­ come of its application until November or De­


cember. Mr David Yorke, of


Ingham and Yorke, the Mart’s agents, described the EEC grant scheme as “good news”.


i


I :' 'J Face-lift'^ “We did not know about


it until a couple of months


last November, while de- . ago. We have been think- tails of improvements • ing about improvements


.


for a long time. When we heard there was a grant available, we wanted to get the maximum.” Among improvements


which have been sought by the council are a face­ lift to the buildings to bring phem into line with more modem property in the area, and better use of land lying idle for long periods during the year.


Appointed brewery’s area sales manager


CHATBURN man Mr Peter Black has been ap­ pointed free trade area sales manager for Whit­ bread, Blackburn, cover­ ing the . Blackburn and Chorley area. ' A former pupil of Rib­


has had previous sales ex­ perience with Gallaghers. • His hobbies include


blesdale School, Clitheroe, Mr Black (32) lived in the town for most of his life until recently, when he moved to Ribblesdale View, Chatbum. A single man, Mr Black


SUMMERTIME begins officially at 1 a.m. on Sunday, when clocks should be put forward


one hour. . Clocks go back on


October 28th.


Gisburn hospital shares on


market


SHADES in the new £3.4m. private hospital and rehabilitation centre to be housed at Gisbume Park Hall, Gisbum, went on offer , to the general public at the weekend.


A prospectus was ad­


vertised in the national press.in a bid to attract investments ranging from £500 to £40,000 in the project. The 1,250,000 shares of


£1 at £1.12p per share, will add to money already invested by 20 consultants from East Lancashire. Work on converting the


Just time for a quick bite


“C’EST magnifique”, says Ribblesdale School pupil Graig Thomas (front right) as he takes a bite of. a French loaf being offered by visitor Francoise Regley.


She was one of a group Book week


18th*-century hall and adding a new wing is ex pected to begin ' within three weeks, and should be.completed in about a year. The hospital will take


general surgical and medi­ cal cases from a 15-mile radius of Gisburn, and cases for rehabilitation within a 25-mile radius. It will provide up to 70


rock climbing. Prior to taking up his appointment for Whitbread he spent six months climbing in the United States.


YOUNGSTERS will be reaching for their pens this week to take part in a creative writing compet­ ition being run in associa­ tion with the Lancashire Library Services “Chil­ dren’s Book Week” which begins on May 12th.


Children under 12 are


invited to write an essay, story, poem or song about crocodiles or alligators.


In each district there


jobs and will be the only one of its type in the north, providing facilities for acute surgical cases and rehabilitation.


will be prizes of a £10 and £5 book token and also 10 runners-up prizes of a £1 token. Entry forms are available from local . lib­ raries.


BMX boys show their paces


of youngsters from Peron- ne, who are staying in the Ribble Valley with the school’s pupils and their families until Saturday.


I t ’s been non-stop


action since the visitors arrived, along with their teachers, on Friday.


their host families, they enjoyed a trip to Black­ pool on Monday and a full day in York filled Tues. day’s schedule.


After a weekend with


the afternoon shopping in Blackburn, ’returning to the school at night for a disco. The trip is the return


Yesterday they spent


Mary’s, Langho, tomor­ row, will be followed by­ cremation Pleasington.


at


FOLLOWING in mum’s footsteps is 18- year-old Chatburn girl Melanie Compston. ■ On Saturday, at


Said Mrs Compston:


Clitheroe Parish Hall, she gave her first blood donation, while her mother, Mrs June Comps ton,


was


making her 50th. To mark her half-


-brooch featuring the dual hearts of the Na­ tional Blood Transfu­ sion Service and _ a navy blue and white silk scarf. They were handed


century, Mrs Comp­ ston, of St Chad’s Avenue, was pre­ sented with a gold


over by the medical officer in charge of Saturday’s session, Dr Colin McNamara. - Mrs Compston, who


made her first dona­ tion in 1951, hopes to carry on giving blood


for many more years. Melanie, a.-recep­


tionist at Tarmac, Clitheroe, had always wanted to give blood and often ac com­ panied her mother to


sessions.


“Melanie could have become a donor just after she turned 18, but she decided to wait until I notched up my half-century. I f all goes well, she will receive a brooch in a few years’time.”


Dancers win silver cup


CLITHEROE dance pupils struck silver on their first visit to the Music Festival of the Lan­ cashire and Cheshire Fed­ eration of Scott ish Societies!


and District Caledonian Society, the under-12 team won a cup by coming first out' of seven teams in the .Scottish Country Dancing section. ;


Representing Clitheroe


‘ facing stiffer competition, came third out of five teams in a similar section.


The under-16 team,


the Hetherington School of Dance.


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half of a holiday ex­ change. Last September pupils from Ribblesdale stayed with families in Peronne. '' Today the guests are


visiting .Clitheroe Castle and meeting the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Ted Boden. In the after­ noon they will have a tour of the surrounding coun tryside. Anyone could be ex


cused for thinking that Ribblesdale pupils had French on the brain after a day at Accrington Col­ lege of Further Educa­


tion. They joined students


from five other schools for an intensive course, in French to prepare them for examinations this


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