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Campaign for is launched
SABDEN is to have a major spring clean to give it. a better chance in future Best-Kept Village Competitions. .
Council’s new’role in fire
prevention MEMBERS of the Ribble Valley Council were given a sombre reminder about their responsibilities to wards fire prevention in licensed' premises when they were shown a film by the county fire depart ment. The film explained the
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agreed by councillors: and 20 members of the public on Monday to take steps to end the decline in tidi ness which set in when Sabden lost its lengths- man a year ago through expenditure cuts. The parish council is to co
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the village Horticultural Socie ty to bring a splash of colour to open spaces and all trees blown down in the January gales are to be replaced. Requests are to be made to
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tragedy of a fire at the Stardust Club, Dublin, in which 48 people died. Councillors expressed
ordinate the work of groups in the village in their effort to tidy the streets. ■
‘Lucky’ escape
“LUCKY” the pet cat owned by T ru tex chauffeur Mr Michael Edwardson has lost another of his -nine lives! For bachelor Mr
Edwardson, of Cock-• erill Terrace, Barrow, believes Lucky was responsible for a fire at the house.' After being called
’ had been left slightly switched on, arid a chip pan was set. on fire. Mr Edwardson ar
by a plasterer work ing in the house next door who sajv smoke, firemen broke in and, found a cooker . ring
Active life at 90!
NINETY years young on Saturday . . . that’s Mrs Gertrude Wright, of Chat- bum Avenue, Clitheroe. Mrs Wright will be
the Ribble Valley . Council for litter bins and checks made on the walls in Whalley Road and Black Hill to try and keep them in good repair. Chairman Coun. Alf Parsons
deep concern that fire p re c a u t io n s in the borough should be adequ ate and told Assistant Di visional Fire Officer, Mr Alan Rothwell that they hoped to liaise with him in their new role of issuing licences for premises. The council is at pre
made a plea for newcomers to the village to rally round and lend a hand. “We would like to see every
' knocked the ■ switch while leaping from the top of the cooker
>''“Lucky” must have b e l iev e s
1 'to the window where he watches the birds. “ L u c k y ” — so
one doing their, bit to sweep the streets and pick up litter, he said, “particularly those on the new estates and not just the usual people who help at times like this. One source of litter was the
sent completing final negotiations, to take over the licensing from the county on April 1st. The Finance and Gener
skip in the yard belonging to Pendle Furniture. “Trees and shrubs 'nearby
seem to be growing plastic bags on a windy day because of litter blown from the skip,” he
said. The village toilets were in
al Purposes Sub-Commit tee decided that there should be four sessions a year to apply for licences instead of once-yearly as at present.
BRIDGE CLUB
WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club’s duplicate session were: NS Mrs Murgatroyd and Mr Strange, Mrs Howarth and Mr Nicol Smith; EW Mr Jennin| and Mr Spencer, Mrs Wrig and Mrs Hollander. One EW pair bid the follow
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use ■ again alter being vandal ised and another encouraging sign was the co-operation of the Lancashire County Council Highways Authority depot at Whalley, which he praised for
Wesley Street, said he had spent three days clearing rubb ish from the brook near Wesley Street and now a more serious
' problem loomed. .“The banks of the stream,
which is an overflow from Churn Clough, are eroding and nearby properties will be threatened,” he. said. I t was agreed to ask the North West Water Authority to prepare a report on the problem. Mr Derek Warburton, of
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Fence repair is welcomed
CLITHEROE’S Coun. Bert Jones has welcomed the decision by the Ribble Valley Council to step in and carry out emergency repairs to the concrete footbridge over the River Ribble at Low Moor. Holes in the. wire mesh
FOUR youths will appear at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court next -Tuesday as a result of incidents at Whalley when a bus-load of revellers-arrived in the village on Saturday night. They will face charges of causing a breach of the peace and being drunk and disorderly.
Pendle Street East, wanted to know where the council stood on the question of owners exer cising their dogs. “I f dogs go into fields they
may be shot by farmers and if they go on grass verges their owners may be prosecuted," he said. “Are owners expected to walk them down the middle of the road?” Mr Parsons explained that
call from Coun. Mrs Eileen Lowe for volunteers to help lay a flagstone path near Pendle Road East to improve a local walkway. This, it was agreed, would be done as part of the campaign to beautify Sabden. Negotiations are to be car
owners who do not exercise any control at all ■ and allow their. dogs to run wild,” he said. Several people answered a
dogs were only liable to be shot if they were worrying sheep, “What we do object .to are the
FOR using a motor cycle with a defective tyre in Accrington Road, Whal ley, Roger Harold Clarke (18), of Whalley Road, Simonstone, was fined £30 at Clitheroe. Mr N. Lomas, defend
THE Dolphins —, Clitheroe and District Swimming Club — have started their competitive season in champion style. Three members who
took part in a “B” grade gala at the-Leeds Interna tional Pool, on Saturday, collected a total of four medals and five finalists’ pennants. Robert Simpson won
ing, said the matter had been caused by lack of care on his client’s part. He was a motor mechanic and it had perhaps, been a case of “familiarity breeds contempt” because he worked on cycles every day. Immediately the offence
ried out with the owner of the water at Spring Lodge for vil lagers to nave fishing rights there. The council's annual meeting will be held in May.
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have been patched up at the borough’s expense to prevent a child falling through into the river. In the meantime, the
AN EVENING of ice skating at Blackpool Iced’ rome was well attended by members of the Ribble Valley Young Conserva tives.
saga of ownership of the bridge goes on, with Lan cashire County Council unwilling to adopt it until it is brought up to a cer tain standard. Coun. Jones said: “The
had been pointed out, he bought a new tyre. He was ordered to pay £6 costs.
BOWLAND Region YFC came last in its section in the Northern area finals of the YFC drama com petition, at Hull, on Saturday. Twelve members of the
awarded the 200m. indi vidual medley silver, and finalist’s pennants for 50 and 100m. freestyle and 100m. breaststroke. Nicholas Glover col lected^ a ,100m.. freestyle -. ' finalist’s pennant.
the 100m. freestyle and breaststroke gold medals, the 50m. freestyle silver and the 100m. backstroke finalist’s pennant. Joanna Waterworth was
AT Clitheroe Lady Far mers annual spring-dance at Hurst Green- Village Memorial Hall, music was, provided by the LeS Allen
Band. The hall had been deco
rated with arrangements of daffodils by the presi dent Mrs Joan Holden. At the monthly meet
clubs presented “The Six. Wives of Calais” with which they came third in the Lancashire finals a fortnight ago.
patching up will lessen the danger, but ultimately the whole wire fencing needs replacing.”
Parking hazard
THE police are to be asked to keep an eye' on parking in Station Road, Whalley, near the Old Grammar School.
At Whalley Parish :
Council, Coun. Frank Pope said that problems occurred because cars parked right up to the junction of side streets, making it impossible for emerging motorists to see approaching traffic.
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Bid” to re-form Trades Council
PLANS are afoot to Valley Trades Council.
been made by Mr George Cliffe, of 43 Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, who was . president when the coun
The "initial moves have
cil folded nearly four years ago because of lack of interest.
work as a process worker at Ribble Cement, and later as a driver and con-' ductor for Ribble, is cal ling for union secretaries in the Ribble Valley to contact him, about reor ganising the council.
Mr Cliffe, who used to
circular to all local fac tories notifying them of his idea, but wants to make it clear that if
resurrect the Ribble He plans to distribute a
reborn, the council Will not have any political leanings. “The council will not be
, firms into union activities. It will be a non-political council, more concerned with putting right things as bad footpaths, street lighting and the like,” said Mr Cliffe. "
formed to provide a means of pressurising any
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ing, Mrs Holden wel comed Mr N. Duerden, who showed a film “The Woodland Year.” He spoke about the var
41 members attended a day course at Alston Hall, Longridge, for a demonst ration by Mrs Brock on entertaining relatives and friends.
In the previous week,
ling their best finish of any season. A win against Nelson would have given them a good chance of third spot, but they went down 214 to 4. On Monday, Clitheroe A
CLITHEROE Chess team ex- Eects to be fourth in the NE
ancashire 1st division, equal
, Robinson and Vincent Tudisco won their boards, bdt Eric Mansfield and John Trapper- Lomax both lost. The. board. one game was-still unfinished after three hours and has gone for adjudication. Burnley, how ever, appear to have the ad vantage and if awarded the game the result will be a 3-3 draw. Should the adjudication be a draw, then Clitneroe will win
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played a weakened Burnley A at Burnley, but failed to capitalise. Brian Carr, Stephen
WHEN a churchyard wall at St Bartholomew’s Chipping, is repaired every effort will be made to ensure that it blends in with the traditional walls of the area.
the east side of the chur chyard, was undermined by weather.
The dry stone wall, on . _
LEISURE time was the theme when Mrs M Humphries, of Cheshire gave a demonstration to Clitheroe Flower Club on Friday. She depicted fish ing, music, gardening and scuba diving, among other things, using carnations, chrysanthemums, iris, freesia and enchantment lilies.
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TODAY and tomorrow, Boots, Castle Street, Clitheroe, will be open until 6-30 p.m. Sunday:, Derrick Green, Railway
View, noon to 1 p'.m. Monday to Friday; until 6-30 p.m.
THE following pupils of the Hetherington School of Scottish Dancing were successful in recent ex aminations. • Bronze medal: Beverley Birt-
iety of bird and animal life and the scenic variations throughout the year in the Ribble Valley.
well, Sian Dowds, Andrea Carney, Christopher Hutchin son, Jane Smithies. Silver medal: Dianne Etch- ells, Claire Baldwin, Emma
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Hirst, Karen McGurk, Susan Pickering, Sandra Ward.
Hutchinson. Second gold bar: Elspeth
A CHIP pan fife at a house in The Crescent, Clitheroe, caused smoke damage to the kitchen de corations. Clitheroe Fire Brigade- dealt with the blaze.
WHALLEY Parish Coun cil has voiced its concern about the amount of dog dirt on pavements in the v illag e . Coun. Eric Ronnan said that there had been a particular in crease in Accrington Road.
THIEVES stole a Honda 125 motor cycle parked outside a house at St Ann’s Square, Low Moor.
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SIXTY ladies of all ages turned out for. an hour’s fan and exercise to raise cash for Ribblesdale Nursery’s Books and Toy Fund.
The aerobics session organised by Frances
•Jackson proved very successful and £40 was made. Christine Bibby took
Hetherington and Diane
the class and put the group, ranging in age from eight years up wards, through various
disco and dance exer cises.
(from the left) Suzanne Wood, Frances and Christine giving the rest of the group a demonst ration.
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named because as a kitten he was found hanging by a string from a fence — is not having to look for a se co n d
however. “ F o r tu n a te ly ' he
home,
was not hurt and I should imagine what happened was quite enough of a shock for him,” said Mr Ed wardson.
Puncture leads to £50 fines
FOR using a motor pick up with a defective tyre, David Shaw (36), of York Street, Clitheroe, was fined £20 at the town’s Magistrates’ Court. He was also fined £10
! certificate. He was or-. | dered to pay £6 costs.
that when his own vehicle | broke down, he bought: the pick-up only two days before he was stopped. He had just had a punc-1
Shaw told the court
- Shaw told the court that he had thought the vehicle had a test certifi cate and only found' out later that it had run out. He added that he had for gotten to •produce the documents within the stipulated time after] being stopped.
ture and was on the way to a garage when pulled up. It was the spare tyre which was defective.
Darts team overcomes hoodoo
FIVE years of disappoint ment ended for St John’s Church,’ Read, darts cap tain Peter Ashton, when his team of sidesmen won the Rural Deanery Darts Trophy!
Abbey on Monday, the team — Clive Bennett, Ron ■ A t t r id e , i Ken Gaucher, John Fairclough and David Walker — de feated a squad from St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, Clitheroe..
In the final, at Whalley
about the victory is \the Vicar of Read, the Rev. Alan Reid . . . for he organised the annual night of fun. ■
Also - over the moon
dominoes competition and winner was 'Mrs Marion Stevenson, -wife of the
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ed off with a hot pie supper.
each on summonses of failing to produce a driv ing licence, failing to pro duce an insurance certifi-. cate and not having a test
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rived home from Man chester to find fire men ta c k l in g the blaze which extensive ly damaged the kitch en and the rest of the house through smoke. He
celebrating the special oc casion by holding open house for her relatives and many friends. In fact, the celebrations
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for Olympic athletes
A SABDEN father and daughter did their bit on Sunday (18th) to help Bri tain’s athletes go to the Olympic Games.
Ronald Graham and his daughter, Sarah, of Whal- ley Road, donned shorts and running shoes for a six-mile run along the sea front from Thornto.n- Cleveleys to Fleetwood. And their effort raised
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£36 towards ' the cost of accommodation • and travelling for British ath letes in an appeal being run nationally by the Na tional and Provincial Building Society and the Round Table movement. They decided to brave
began early — with a luncheon party on Tues day for friends in the “coffee circle” . to : which she belongs. Mrs Wright lived in the
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an icy wind on the prom enade and join 200 other people for the sponsored run Sarah (14), is a pupil at
F.ormby and Keighley areas before moving to her present home 18 years ago when her hus band Jonathan died; She loves Clitheroe and
has made many friends here. She likes to keep very
active and in addition to walking into the town centre is a keen gardener. She also enjoys reading and belongs to Clitheroe United Reformed Church and the Afternoon Town swomen’s Guild. Mrs Wright has a son,
Ribblesda'le School Clitheroe. ' With h er was her
French friend, Beatrice, who has been staying with the family on school exchange trip.
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Fatstock is in demand at mart
THERE was a very, good demand for- all classes of fatstock at Clitheroe Auc tion Mart on Monday. Cattle showed a slight
in c re ase in average prices, but hoggets aver aged less than last week. Forward were 131 fat
cattle, including 48 cows, 37 ewes and 264 hoggs. Light steers made to
112p (average 98.8p), medium to 103.4p (99.2p), heavy to 98p (98p), light heifers to llOp (101.19p), medium to llOp (97.9p). Overall average was
99.17p. Calf bulls made to
heifers made to 102.2p (89.03p) and fat cows to 91.2p (75.04p). Light hoggs made to
125.4p (117.2p). Uncertified steers and
203p (184.5p), standard to 212.5p (194. Ip), medium to 215p (198.7p). Heavy averaged 176p and the overall average was
£37.60 (£31.10), horned ewes to £34 (£21.30) and spring lambs *to 233.75p (232.6p). '
194.7p. Half-bred ewes made to
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years. ■ She lived in the village all her life and formerly belonged to Waddington WI and the Methodist Women’s Fellowship. A service followed by
cremation was held at Skipton on Friday.
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