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A SCHEME to convert the Moorcock Inn, Waddington, into luxury flats has been aban-l doned and in March the hostelry will start a | new lease of life as a country inn. It has been bought by
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Link road cost is to be shared
Trevor takes on
brothers DON’T mention brotherly love to Ribble Valley Council Planning Officer Trevor Hobday — for until February 26th there is no such thing in his family. That is the date of
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ling to work to- happy marriage, m and Patricia
he McGregor's, but daughter, Mrs Irene n, of Shireburn
re la t iv e ’s illness a quiet celebration
ue, baked them a Patten husband,
s following his son- •’s activities.
ir, is a keen orien- and Mr McGregor
, Orchard Villas, Bradford. The theft place between last day and Saturday.
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total of £600 were from a van at Goyt-
hain-saws chain-saws valued
Rally film
TOP co-driver Ian Grin- drod, of Stonyhurst, -showed a-film about the Manx International Rally to members of Clitheroe and District Motor Club. Two other films were,
CHIEF officers, of the Ribble Valley Borough and Lancashire County Councils have agreed to a partnership scheme to
complete the link road be tween Salthill Quarry and the Up Brooks industrial estates. The County’s capital
Mr Philip Marlow (60), manager of the Eaves Hall Country Club, who. plans to give the premises, | a completely new look in time for re-opening on March 2nd.
public discos and all am usement machines will be taken out to create smal ler, cosier bars in a family atmosphere. . “The emphasis will be
There will be no more .
Clitheroe’s 10-mile road race, in which Trevor and his three brothers will be competing. It is the first time all
, The borough council has agreed to pay half the cost, and also provide the land for the 400m. stretch of road. If it goes ahead, it will
programme sub-commit tee will now consider the £450,000 project, although it has been provisionally included for a start in 1984/85.
four brothers have run to gether and each one is confident of becoming the “fastest Hobday.” Trevor (32), of Lit-
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THE management committee of Whalley’s Queen ElizaBeth II playing fields was given a boost:on Tuesday during a stormy public meet ing called by the parish council. 1
p resen t supported a motion by' Mr Jimmy Fell that the committee should be thanked for its work and that it should .be al lowed to continue raising money to put the fields in order as soon as possible.! Only two voted against
Fifteen of the 31 people
Blow for Warwick Drive
on a family-run inn which, will concentrate more on the food ' side of the trade,” Mr Marlow said; Helping him to run the
premises will be his wife, Betty and their son Paul (26) and his wife Susan. “There will be an un
open up a substantial area of land f6r industrial de velopment. It would also solve traf
tlemoor Road,, Clitheroe, is a local football referee in his spare time and knows the course, having completed last year’s race in 65 minutes. His brothers all live in
usual selection of bar food mornings and evenings and- a Surf and Turf steakroom serving full meals based on fish .or steak,” said Mr Marlow. Despite the Moorcock
fic, problems for residents in the. Salthill Road and Taylor Street area,- who have complained about the noise and danger of the many heavy vehicles using their streets. The link road would
Wilmslow, Cheshire. Laurence (27), has com
peted in the New York and Moscow marathons and last year broke by five seconds the one-hour barrier for the Clitheroe race.
been a controversial sub ject since they were dam aged during last May’s of- * ‘ ", opening, by the .ef fects of bad weather.
the proposal and the rest abstained. The playing fields have
having had numerous owners in recent years, Mr Marlow believes that, with the' right approach, the' inn could be a real asset to the community. “It has a splendid func
allow the introduction of restrictions in the residen tial area, forcing heavy vehicles to use the Clitheroe bypass and Pim lico Road for access. In the draft capital
the running game, but Simon (18) .has rep resented his County on the track . at 1500m. and does a lot of road running for training. However, Trevor says
Vincent (23), is new to
programme, the County has allowed for £50,000 to be spent in 1984/85, with £390,000 to be spent the following year.
Worked as boilerman
“I have the home advan tage and I’m training hard to teach the young ones a thing or two.”
leaves a .wife and a son and daughter, was boilerman at Bowker Brothers, the
..Clitheroe kitchen'' furniture man ufacturers, until his re tirement in 1975. He was a keen suppor
shown — one by the club’s off-the-road expert David Cowgill, and another about stage ral lies at Haydock Park and Flookb'urgh in which club members took part.
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THE funeral service and cremation took place yes terday at Accrington of Mr Sidney Burridge, of Standen Road, Clitheroe, who died aged 73. Mr B ur r idge, who
AN old shield which turned up in the library at Ribblesdale School is intriguing PE teacher Mr Tony Smithson. . Called “The Clitheroe
tions room which has not been fully utilised for local organisations and we hope to do something about that,” he said. •
Christmas invitation to schools
A CALL for local schools to be invited to the official opening of the Christmas crib at Clitheroe’s Castle- gate was made at a meet-, ing of the town council. In voting the crib and
tree a success, members heard that no school had been invited to last month’s ceremony. But pupils from a
and District Schools’ Football Shield,” it fea tures a brass engraving of the former Clitheroe Borough Coat of Arms, a scene depicting a foot ball match, and a plate with the inscription, “Presented by R. Gillett
Esq.” Both the Advertiser
and Mr Smithson ‘would, be delighted to hear any thing about the shield, which is to take pride of place in a display of old football memorabilia.. Displaying the impres
sive shield are (from the le f t ) pupils Andrew McMillan, Julian Smith, Paul Ashworth, David Frankland and David Overy.
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. Members - agre-- i! local schools would, in future, be invited in turn. It was also agreed to
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Liverpool school who were visiting the town ap peared at just the right moment to attend the opening and join in with the carol singing:
give donations to the Round Table and Mr Roger Hirst for helping put-up the crib and tree.
Pool’s own ‘octopus’
CLITHEROE’S Ribbles dale Pool will soon have ‘ its' own “monster”.
- Members' of the Ribble Valley Council’s Recrea tion and Leisure Commit tee decided to spend £600 on an inflatable “octopus” for the pool.
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Brian Manning said ex- lerience in other areas .iad shown that inflatables can increase revenue and provide an exciting fillip for youngsters attending specially organised ses sions at swimming pools.
Deputy Town Clerk Mr
Food hygiene| summonses
A VAN used for the sale of food in the Trough of | Bowland had greasy equipment, a dirty floor covering and an inadequ ate hot and cold water supply, Clitheroe magis trates were told. Anthony S tu a r t
McLoughlin, of The Green, Hesketh Bank, denied 13 summonses under the Food Hygiene Regulations.
water, supply, was adequ ate and that a visit from a Ribble Valley health in spector seemed’ to be more of a vendetta.
found them proved and he was fined a total of,£210 | pips £75 costs.- McLoughlin claimed the
But the magistrates :> '
A WOMAN described as a happy home-loving person, Mrs Jane Atkin son Burton,' has died at Castleford, Clitheroe.
...Mrs Burton-j(77) was born in •Cockermouth, Cumberland. In the 1920s she moved to Lowd Mythom Farm, Chipping, where she met and mar ried Mr Ralph Frederick Burton. The couple went to live
‘As you were ’ at
SOUTH Ribble’s bid for the • Ribble Valley Council’s portion of the Samlesbury Aerodrome site has been cold shouldered by the Local Government Boundary Commissioners.
counter claim for the entire aerodrome together with the Mellor Brook area and Samlesbury Hall, has been given the same treatment.
But the Ribble Valley’s
after considering the council’s request; have an nounced they are propos ing ‘ no changes to the boundary ‘ for the time being. They maintain in a
The Commissioners,,
Lighting problems aired
letter to Ribble Valley Chief Executive Mr Michael Jackson: “It has not been established that the current situation cre ates any significant dif ficulties in the operation- of effective and conve nient local government in
the.area.” ;... . At present the bound
at Higher Park Gate Cot tage, Whitewell, then in .Waddow View, Wadding ton, where they lived for 57 years, moving to Cast leford six months ago. Mrs Burton used to
ary line runs through the airfield. South Ribble Counoil wanted the site incorporated wholly in its d is t r ic t , but Ribble Valley, which did not want to lose any of the area, objected and put its own plans forward. The Commissioners are
COUNTY lighting . gineer Mr Douglas Simp son is to look into council lors’ grievances about footway and s t r e e t lighting. But he told the Ribble
| to give villagers a chance to discuss their future, but Mr Brian Whittaker maintained that it was an act of interference, to cause ill-feeling among the public against the man agement committee. He suggested that the
The meeting was called residents
PEOPLE in the Warwick Drive area of Clitheroe have been dealt a blow by the County Council/ which has decided not to, make up the potholed access road to their estate. Residents thought they
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them paying twice for the cost of the work, since it was included in the house prices when the estate was built. Coun. R. Howel Jones,
that since the playing fields were bought in 1977 the management commit tee and parish council had lent about. £46,000 on em. Mr. Andy Ronnan said it
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a Warwick Drive resi dent, said: “I’m disap pointed the county is to take no action. Something has to be done pretty fast, because the road' is a dreadful state and
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things have not been helped by the latest snow and ice.” As well as the “no
plied that, until May, the fields were in excellent condition and among the best in the district. Mr Fell agreed that
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action” option, the High ways and Transportation Committee considered two other options. The first was to make
there 'had been disquiet among villagers over the amount spent and he won dered if it would be better to hand over the fields to the Ribble Valley Council, blit this was not taken up by the meeting.- - He was told it would
Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Com mittee that there would always be problems until tungsten powered footway lights were replaced by more up-to-date models. .fr.Goun.'. John Cowgill (Clitheroe) told the com mittee that he had com plained every month about a light in Market Place', .Clitheroe, being out since August. Nothing.had been done,,
yet another light in the vicinity stayed on all day. Coun. John Walmsley
inviting comments on their “interim” decision. They should be submitted by February 29th.
a t te n d St Helen ’s Mothers’ Union, Wadding ton, and the Methodist Ladies’ Fellowship in the village. ,In addition to her hus
band, she leaves two daughters, Mrs Violet Wood and Mrs Jean G ra in g e r , both of Clitheroe,. and a son, Mr Ralph Burton, of Ghat- bum. ■;■■■■ The funeral service will
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be held tomorrow at St Helen’s Church, Wadding ton, followed by inter ment at St Michael’s, Whitewell.
Speakers en te rta in
DIVERSE topics were chosen for Clitheroe Ladies Speakers Club’s meeting, ranging from “Do you agree with hair dressers?" to “The art of Rubens." • Speakers Mrs .Penny
Ogden on “Stop” and Mrs H ea th er Jackson, on “Someone else’s thighs” provided, fine entertain ment for members and guests. The club’s next meeting
Car theft
POLICE ■ are inquiring into the. theft of a car from outside the Punch Bowl restaurant at Hurst Green.
cate key was used to start the Ford -Escort Mexico (ATD 923L). which ; i s ; owned by Mr T. W. Pros-J ser, of Twitter Bridge'' Farm, Waddington.
It is believed a dupli •
: Valley Writers’ Group can look forward to .an inter esting: afternoon shortly, with a -, talk on. creative writing., by.' Mr; Tony Cliffe, of the BBC drama' ■ department: The talk will, ir
Writers’ group MEMBERS of the:Ribble,
/ be on; February 22nd at Whalley Adult Centre..
: bies. She enjoyed garden ing and embroidery, pro ducing many intricate tapestries. Other interests included home'decorating and reading. • Mrs Crossley, who'was
afflictions A HOLDEN 'woman who fought against a crippling illness for more" than 27 years, died two days before her 46th birthday in Withington Hospital, Manchester. Mrs Phyllis Crossley, of Hungrill Farm, had suf fered from rheumatoid arthritis since she was 18 Despite her illness, Mrs Crossley had many hob-
(Waddington) said people in Waddington took their complaints to the parish council chairman. - , However, contractors
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:and it’s a tragedy for the ’ youth of the village," she.
among the different bodies involved, in the running of the fields was made by Mrs Pat Harper. “We seem a million miles apart at the moment
said.Parish council chairman Miss Pauline Wilkinson stressed that the council had “bent over’ back wards” , to help the com mittee.
never visited him to find out-which lights were not working and when • he tried to talk to them while on a job, they more or less told him to clear off. Coun. Mrs Joyce Lil-
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bum said that .Bolton-by- Bowland received a better, service when they paid someone, 50p a week to look at the lights.;, \ Deputy Planning and
Technical Officer' Mr Peter Nock said the coun cil had included £4,500 for replacement of lights ' in 1984-85, which was £1,500 more than the previous year.
Clitheroe Mart
known throughout the area for her-courage and ch e er fu ln es s , was i member of Bolton-by Bowland WI and Bolland Gardening Club.' She leaves a husband
is on January 31st, start ing 7-30 p.m., at the New Inn, Parson Lane.
THE numbers forward-at Clitheroe Auction Mart’s fatstock sale on Monday were reduced due to the severe weather, but trade remained very good. - - -. Forward were 54 fat
William and sons Neville and Michael. The funeral was at SS Peter and Paul’s Church, Bolton-by Bowland,
on.Friday.
Spring flowers
ON the theme “special oc casions,” Miss :J. Wilkin son gave a demonstration to Clitheroe Flower Club on Friday night, using several kinds of spring flowers and, containers to great effect. .. The next meeting is the AGM on February 3rd.
cattle, including nine fat cows, 12 ewes and 366 hoggs. Light steers made, (to
MR Charles John Hill,, who died at-his home in. Garnett Road, Clitheroe, served with a TA anti a irc ra f t gun b a t te ry during the second world war. , '
■the' Shireburn Arms, Hurst Green, and when she retired he and a sister ran the newsagency in the village. • A f te r th e war he; worked for Mr and Miss Taylor pf Graythwaite, Whalley. He was Mr Tay lor’s valet and became butler. His late wife, Anne, was cook. Mr Hill, who retired
Joseph’s School, Hurst Green and -P re s to n Catholic College, v His mother used to run
when he- was 65, was ■ a member of St Peter’s Club, Hurst Green and of Clitheroe Pendle Club. He leaves a son, John
and - a sister, Mrs Mary Josephine Brown. Requiem Mass-, at SS
Michael < and Jo h n ’s- Church, Clitheroe, on Monday was 'followed. by interment
at.Clitheroe.
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A TALE of evil unfolds when D a rk ’s - P an demonium Carnival comes to a quiet American town in this week’s film “Some thing Wicked This Way Comes” at Clitheroe Civic Hall. ‘ Many of. the townspeo-, pie’s lives are changed as: the carnival ftiels itself . on; the dreams of ordinary men and women and turns . them into nightmares.,
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im i Mr Hill (75) went to St . ..
make up the street under the Streetworks Code with the county paying £2,800, three flank fron tage properties sharing £2,200 costs between them and the other resi dents paying nothing.
Ladies’ darts
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