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STUD ENT D a v id Ronnan has found an unusual way to relax before an exam. For, tw o d a y s b e fo r e taking an A-level phy­ sics paper, the plucky Whalley lad will jump 2,500ft. from a plane for charity.


From his first para­


chute jump, Clitheroe R o y a l G ram m a r School student David (18), hopes to raise’ £200 for the North- West branch o f the


mental health charity MIND. So far, David, o f


Sydney Avenue, has been pledged £150 from school staff and fellow' members o f the Clitheroe and District Rifle and Pistol Club. David, who is due


to jump at Flook- burgh, near Grange- over-Sands, a week on Sunday, said: “ It is s om e th in g I have a lw a y s


fa n c ie d


doing.” The nearest he has


come to parachuting so far is para-gliding — floating high above the sea with a para­ chute,' towed by a speedboat.


Though keeping


cool about his forth­ coming plunge, to be followed soon after­ wards by exams in maths, p h y s ic s , chemistry and further maths, he said: “ I will probably be a bit n erv ous the day before.”


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CLIT HE R OE Chamber of Trade members have been busy this week deck­ ing out the town in its “Sunday best” for the two week shopping festival which starts on Tuesday.


Chamber chairman Mr


100 teachers told to


Promotion sets Shawbridge club a poser


CLITHEROE FC’s suc­ cess in winning promotion to the North West Coun­ ties Second Division has left the club with a major headache. For to meet league reg­


ulations, the Shawbridge ground must have seated accommodation and this must be installed before June 16th. The club’s plans for a new stand have no chance


•of ’being-fulfilled-in time, so it is intended to put seats in the covered area behind the Pendle Road goalmouth in the hope that this will satisfy league requirements. But the Shawbridge club is determined to


build a new stand as soon as possible. Plans for it have been submitted to the Ribble Valley Council, but will not be considered until June 12th at the ear­ liest. As things stand, Shaw­


bridge only just meets second division standards, despite the spending of almost £30,000 in the last two years. However, the ground is


• now becomingj a focal point for local sportsmen and organisations and the club would like to see more assistance from the local authorities to de­ velop Shawbridge as a stadium with facilities for the whole community.


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TOP television’ executive Mr Bryan' Cowgill has been made a Fellow of the Royal Television Society. Mr Cowgill (56), manag­


ing, director of Thames, began-his career in jour­ nalism in Preston. He in­ terrupted it with a spell in the Royal Marine Com­ mandos and then edited the Advertiser and Times for - six years before join­ ing the BBC, in 1955.


, . Iii no time he became


an executive producer, re­ sponsible for. “Sportsview” and “Grandstand” , in 1963 taking over as. head of sport in the Outside Broadcasts group. Mr. Cowgill, an old boy


of Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School, moved to Thames in 1977.


MEMBERSof = ■ Clitheroe


Garden'■Glubrdowned trowels on.-Saturday to savour'..the sights/ and scents of the “ Internation­ al Garden Festival, Liver­ pool ‘84.” "


■ The- 54 members were so thrilled with the spring exhibits that they have booked another trip in September,' to view the autumn flowers. Said social secretary


Mrs'Cissie ‘Sainsbury, of B e v e r le y D r iv e , - Clitheroej 1 who : organised the coach trip's-. “The. weather was just perfect and' we were delighted with the exhibition.” ; <


. Every, week’.the festival


features a different coun­ try and last week- was the turn of Singapore. Mem­ bers watched'1 the exotic “lion dance” performed by dancers on stilts.'


‘walk out’


NEARLY 100 local teachers have been told by their union to walk out on their pupils today . . . to attend meetings in Clitheroe and Blackburn.


Over 90 members of the


National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers — the majority in secondary schools — received their walk-out orders this week. They will attend meet­


ings at the Craven Heifer Hotel, Whalley Road, Clitheroe, at 11-45 a.m. or at the Regency Hall, Blackburn, at 3-15 p.m.


Holiday The action will mean a


half-day holiday for many p u p i ls . . . b e ca u s e teacher,s from o th er unions'now have a “no cover” ■ policy ''for- absent colleagues. Teachers from Ribbles-


dale and Bowland Schools — some 24 in all — will attend the Clitheroe meeting, so that they can return to school in time for the half-term break- ing-up at 3-30 p.m. Otherwise they would


be construed as being on strike by their employers,


during the holidays. However, teachers at


St Augustine’s RC School, Billington, and some primary schools which break up tomorrow, are expected to attend the Blackburn meeting. •


“There is no doubt that


the walk-out will have a big impact on the school,” said Mr Denis Mortimer, headmaster at Ribbles- dale.


No impact He sent a letter to pa­


rents on Tuesday, warn­ ing those whose children were in classes which would be affected to keep them at home for the' morning.


At Bowland School,


headmaster Mr Graham Crossley said that he . would give pupils an ex­ tended lunchhreak to cope with the late morning walk-out of some staff.'


“As things have worked


out, many of the staff in­ volved had a free period then, so there will not be much impact here, and


pupils will be kept at school,” he said.


Both Clitheroe gram­


mar schools, who do not have members in the NAS/UWT will remain unaffected.


Frustrated The local union branch'


secretary, Mr Ed Saville said that reaction to the w a lk -ou t call among Ribble Valley teachers had * been “very favour­ able.”


“ It shows their utter


frustration at the situa­ tion so far,” he said, “and is only a sign of the, esca­ lation which : could follow after the holidays if things are not resolved.”


However,, a three-day


strike in the area by members of the National Union of Teachers was averted, when the union decided late last week not to call out Lancashire members . . . despite full support locally.


Should there be a deci­


sion to take strike action in the county after the holidays, NUT officials have the full backing of


'staff at two local secon­ dary schools chosen for action — Ribblesdale and St Augustine’s.


Ballot A p o s ta l b a l lo t o f


teachers at both these schools was counted at a p a ck ed m e e t in g o f teachers at the' Spread Eagle Hotel, Barrow, on Thursday.


Over 60 attended and


passed a resolution to be sent to their National Ex­ ecutive Committee offer­ ing full support for all their action so far.


Said District Secretary,


Mr Tony Mundy, “The ballot showed nfearly 100% support for strike action, which in d ica te s the teachers’ determination.” .


It is likely that one


junior school — Brookside — will be affected by this morning’s walkout.


Stuart Laraway said the members were keeping their fingers crossed for good weather.


The festival, which has A test of


WHEN s ta f f o f St James’ s CE School, Clitheroe, first visited Christie Hospital, Man­ chester, they were sur­ prised and disappointed to find that there ivere no telephone trolleys avail­ able for the patients.


Over the years they


have raised money to pro­ vide some equipment and on Friday there teas an evening of song and dance in the school which made £280.


The music ivas provided


by a group of. the “Savoy­ ards’’, of Burnley ', and 45 seven and eight-year-old pupils entertained with dancing.


The youngsters, trained


by Mrs Gillian Wightman and Mrs Avril McNeall, gave a colourful and energetic show of tap and disco routines.


There were also bring- and-buy, ivhite elephant, cake and home-made goods stalls.


In 1981, the school do­ nated £480 to the hospital


fo r patients’ ■ amenities and in 1977 £544 was given to install telephone trolleys in three wards.


Our picture shmvs some


of the youngsters enjoying a touch of “Fame.”


become an annual event, is improving every year and shops are having spe­ cial offers and competi­ tions, he said.


Many of the traders are


taking part in a window display competition.


Fifty windows will be


showing a white num­ bered card and some­ where there - will be an object not normally sold or displayed by that busi­ ness.


To take part, people


have to match the shop names and the correct odd object.


Entry forms are obtain­


able from the Advertiser and Times office.


And there is another


competition being run in conjunction with the Ad­ vertiser to test entrants’ initiative.


Altogether there are


£140 worth of prizes in the contests. So turn to pages 6 and 7 and join in the fun!


One of the highlights of


the festival is the Herit­ age Fair-being organised


-. by Clitheroe Round Table and Clitheroe Lions a week On Sunday.


Dozens of local organ­


isations have booked stalls to raise money for various charities.


KNOCKING a nail into a large piece of wood was just one of the s idesh ow s de­ signed to test the skill


o f visitors to. the 1st Pendle Scouts’ coffee evening.


Held at the home of


Mr and Mrs R. M. Wilkinson, o f Clarem­ o n t


A v e n u e ,


Clitheroe, stalls in­ cluded clothes, cake, and b r in g-an d-buy and th e r e was a raffle. Mr Wilkinson is


chairman o f the Pa­ rents’ Support Group o f the 1st Pendle Scouts and Cubs. The event was or­


ganised by the com­ mittee and-about £110 was. made for group funds.


Collection


A house-to-house collec­ tion during Red Cross week raised £266 for the


Ribble Valley Red Gross disabled group. Branch of-,


/ficial Mrs Olive Perry said that most of the cash was ra is e d b y v is i t in g Clitheroe’s hostelries.


A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the case for the Settle — Carlisle railway line will be held in Clitheroe Parish Hall, on Saturday, at which the procedure for objecting will be outlined.


The meeting begins at


2-45 p.m. and has been called by the line’s joint action committee, follow­ ing the move by British Rail to reissue the closure notice. British Rail were forced


into this step when the committee threatened legal action because the initial closure notice ex­ cluded many users of the line from objecting. Currently, however,


there is growing specula­ tion that the line could be privatised. A consortium of leisure,


property and steam rail­ way interests is being formed to take over - the line and operate it as a year-round tourist attrac­ tion.


Off to the garden festival Meanwhile, the Railway


■ Development Society has named the Blackburn to Clitheroe line among six routes which could be made viable if reopened. In its revised booklet,


“Bring back the trains” , the society says that there is particular demand for these routes and that new stations could be opened on the Clitheroe line at Wilpshire, Langho and Whalley. The publication of the


revised booklet follows the introduction of a new service on the Burnley — Todmorden line. The popular Dales Rail


service, which uses the Settle — Carlisle-line, is continuing this year. The next Dales Rail


train to leave Clitheroe station is a week on Saturday at 10-24 a.m. Tickets are available


from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Office, Col- vend, Hebden Road, Grassington, Skipton.


Enthusiasm Tacking for campaign


THE - Keep Ribble Valley Tidy campaign, has• run into problems: so far as some schools are con­ cerned. The. Ribble Valley Council’s Public Works and Health - Committee was told that only three schools have-come for­ ward with ideas after proposals b y ' councillors that projects to educate children into collecting litter should be started by teachers. /-., . .


, I t : was agreed that,


after such - a discouraging r e sp on s e , committee members who are gover­ nors- should raise the matter -at: their, next school meetings.


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