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END of term for some schools in the Ribble' Valley had a tinge of sadness, for it was a time of farewell to long-serving teachers who have taken early retirement. Pendle; County Primary


Clitheroe. , His career began in


School, Clitheroe, has said . goodbye after. 20 years to its head teacher, Mr Bob Jones, of Park Avenue,


1947 as an unqualified teacher in Leeds after three-and-a-half years’ service in the electrical branch of the Royal


Navy. He trained at St John’s


College, York, and taught in Grimsby for nine years before moving to Lanca­ shire as a head teacher 26 years ago. He spent six years at Pennington CE School, Leigh, before coming to Pendle. Mr Jones said his major


Mr Jones


failure in his 20 years was being unable to convince the Advertiser and Times and Clitheronians that the official name of the school is Pendle County Prim­ ary, not Pendle Junior! “I have learned over


• major educational disap­ pointment, not shared oy many of his friends, pa­ rents, teaching colleagues and local people. - “For 20 years I have


cess, Mr Jones says that town schools, ju s t as much' as village schools, have a vital role to play in the local community. “It is my hope that with the help of many teaching col­ leagues, pupils and pa­ rents, I have ensured Pendle has done this.” He has also had one


the years to accept this. happily,” he said. “It is an acknowledgement of the loyalty of Clitheroe people to Pendle Junior and Rib- blesdale Senior, two very fine schools which they built in 1932 when they were one of the smallest


education authorities in . y _ __j._J


» Mrs Pawlicki


explorers of the hidden corners and small, com­ munities of Britain and he also says he will have no excuse now not to do as much local cycling as his wife.


active interest in educa­ tion, as well as giving more time to his hobbies


He hopes to retain an /


of local history, walking, reading and cantophily. “No, I’m not saying


thought that the Ribble Valley could have had one of the finest comprehen­ sive educational systems in the country. I am op­ posed in principle and practice to the arbitary lottery of. an 11-plus selec­ tion procedure,” he said. Mr Jones’s future is not so much a case of retire­


ment as a change of occu- r .nt in n ,A l« l l f o c t v l p . ’T T p flTlfl


Mrs Nicholson


Pawlicki plans to devote some of her early retire­ ment time to helping the Sue Ryder Foundation. Mrs Pawlicki, of Lang-


shaw Drive, Clitheroe', has taught all ages at the


school, but has been re­ sponsible for the top class for a number of years. Originally from Burn­


ley she attended Shen- stone Teacher Training


what that is — those who are' curious will, like Pendle pupils, have to find out,” he maintained. Mr and Mrs Jones also


school, Mr David Harri­ son, will be acting head until a replacement for Mr Jones is appointed. After 21 years at St James’s School, Clitheroe,


Deputy head of the " •


College, near Kiddermins­ ter, and taught for about nine years at Ightenhill School, Burnley, before taking up her post at St


hope to see more of their three daughters,. now in different parts of the country.


Joziek, a maths teacher at Shadsworth High School, Blackburn, have a son,


James’s. She and her husband,


Andrew. In the past Mrs Pawlic­


Mrs Sagar


College, Cheltenham, re­ tu rn in g to Bolton to teach. She also worked-at • a nursery in Padiham.


love to tour the world and is looking for a job in travelling.


Now Mrs Sagar would


a member of Clitheroe Ramblers, she is a leader with the Holiday Fellow­ ship, which organises walking holidays with guest house accommoda­ tion. Recently she com­ pleted the Three Peaks walk in 11 hours.


A keen fell walker and


keen on photography, has and


Mrs Sagar, who is also _ ig


a son, John. Paul, daughter, Judith. Finishing work for Mrs


ki has helped the Sue Ryder Foundation and now plans to assist not only at the newly-opened shop in Clitheroe, but perhaps further afield. She also enjoys playing


b r id g e and a t te n d s gatherings in Clitheroe


Parish Hall. When Mrs S y b i l


Nicholson first began work at St Leonard’s CE School, Langho, she was a supply teacher, but she decided to stay -— for 21 years! — 19 of them as


deputy head. During her teaching


career, Mrs Nicholson, of Moorfield, Whalley, also worked for five years in Yorkshire, five in London and five in Accrington. She and her' husband, Don, have a daughter,


Paula. For • almost 20 years


Mrs Madge Sagar, of De­ nbigh Drive, ffilitheroe, has been a teacher at Waddington and West Bradford CE School, being responsible nearly all that time for teaching seven to 10-year-olds. Mrs Sagar recalls that


some years ago, when she had a motor caravan, she used to take her pupils on various visits, to farms or to see cheese and butter being made. Brought up in Bolton, she trained at St Mary’s


Barbara Price, who has been with the Reading and Language service in the Ribble Valley for 15 years, has. coincided with


Mrs Price


her husband taking early retirement.


travelled round Ribble Valley schools helping youngsters with reading problems, has been based a t Brookside School,


Mrs Price, who has


Clitheroe, for the past seven or eight years. Prior to tha t ,. her base was SS Michael and John’s School.


job as a technical assis­ tant at Mullard, Simon- stone, have a son, Robert.


Pad ih am , has had a varied career in teaching. She and her husband, Don,, who is leaving his


Mrs Price, who lives in


is interested in drama, being a member of the Waddington group, and hopes to further her inter­ ests in that field.


In her spare time, she Chatburn


Surprise There was a very good


attendance at the Ribbles- dale Club, Chatburn, for an enjoyable “surprise af­ ternoon,” which consisted of a buffet and entertain­ ment. It was a huge suc­ cess, thanks to friends from Blackburn. Tea hostesses were Mrs


long- serving


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Townson, Mrs Barker, Mrs Titterington and Mrs Frankland. The club is now closed


for the holidays but the members send greetings to Mrs A. Titterington, whose b ir th day falls during this time.


School awards .. The end-of-term assem­


bly for children leaving Chatburn CE School for secondary education was co n d u cted by h ead teacher Mr H. E. Boden. Many parents and friends


attended. Certificates and badges


for passing the National Cycling Proficiency Test were presented to Zoe In g h am , C h a r lo t te Bitnell, Scott Walder, Andrew Murphy. Robert Sutcliffe, Michael Billing- ton, Stephen Nicholson, Stephen Billington and Neomy Haworth. The Sports Medal for


all-round* sporting ability was awarded to Jonathan Lockley and Shirley Tit­ terington won the Hodg- son-Baxter Cup for art


Driving instructor Eileen’s top award


WOMEN drivers are the


tops . . . and Mrs Eileen Clarke, o f Crimpton Farm, Coiv Ark, can prove it.


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Wiswell, you know,'and I used to take dinners to the- P r in t Works a t Barrow.” Quite a walk for a little


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into account, the modern day equivalent would hardly be considered a munificent salary. The story of another old


Even taking inflation


dear came my way this week, too. It appears that a young couple returning home late from holiday found themselves short of


milk. Their journey had met- with unexpected delays and on arrival home, the shops were all closed.


girl, I thought, and lis­ tened attentively as she


. able to oblige and, follow­ ing the incident, arrived


' husband had assisted in various small matters over the years. “I’ll slip along and see her:” Fortunately, Mrs B was


would have a drop to spare?” mused the young wife, referring to an el­ derly lady she and her


“I wonder if Mrs B. -


continued. “I took them to Mrs A’s husband, you know, and she used to give me a slice of currant sad cake for myself to eat' coming ' back. That was fine; I liked it. “But sometimes she’d


give me a rhubarb butty and I’d take it right home and slap it on the table. ‘I’m not eating that,' I’d tell my Mam. ‘It turns my stomach up.’ ” The old dear (and when


< her gifts were very much appreciated (she wouldn’t accept payment on any ac­ count),- but she really shouldn’t ' continue the practice,' for the young couple were anything but hard up, the old lady was


at the house with a drop of milk every Saturday night. When, tactfully told that


Diploma for Philip


a lady is well past her 80th year she is entitled to that affectionate der scription) laughed at the memory. “These young ’uns today don’t kilow they are- born, do they?” she said. I had to agree with:her. recatltled my n


when I worked nine hours., to join her feline fnend. a day, seven days a week,


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please,” she pleaded. “I’ve got no family of my own now and my cat’s been run over. Do have it, please.”


a little upset. “Oh please have it,


- Well,, I ask' you. In cir­ cumstances like that what could . the young couple do? They , had the cat’s milk .’for y e a r s ,1 until, indeed, the old lady went


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A TEC higher diploma in hotel, catering and in­ stitutional management has been gained at Black­ pool and Fylde College by Philip Birtwistle. Philip (20), a former, pupil of St James’s School


and C l i th e ro e Royal Grammar School, is the


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son of Mr and Mrs J. Birtwistle, •■of Standep Road, Clitheroe.'' -'v ! He has taken up an ap­ pointment at the Brighton Metropole Hotel and Con­ ference Centre.


A . 1U-


first woman driving in­ structor in the North West to receive the Di­ ploma for Driving In­ struction. The netv examination,


Mrs Clarke has ju s t . learned that she is the


held for the first time in May at Harrogate, is or­ ganised by the Driving Instructors’ Association in conjunction with the Associated Examining


Board. Mrs Clarke faced five


for 22 years and has nm "The Bowland Driving S c h o o l , ” based in Clitheroe, fo r eight


stiff tests in three days, ranging from the legal obligations of her profes­ sion to vehicle mainte­ nance tests. She has been driving


years. Mrs Clarke has a hus­


band, Peter, and four children — Christine, Kathleen, Clare and


Steven. and craft.


the Porter Music Cup, the Friday Club Cup went to


Rachael Smith received .


Adele Rhodes and the Mrs Horsfield Cup to


■ The Boden Cup for Ex­ cellence was awarded to Neomy Haworth. The'12 pupils who were


Dianne Lakin.


le av in g tha.n n k ed th e teachers for their help


over the years and pre­ sented gifts to the school as a token of their ap­ preciation. ’


Read


All the aces At the whist drive in


Read Constitutional Club on Monday, winners were: | Ladies — Mrs F. Coward, l Mrs Greenwood. Gents — I Mrs J. Nutter, Mrs P. I Larkin. Mrs L. Grime | won the special prize andj MC was Mrs E. Brow-


nhill.


In training Read Football Club hasl


now started pre-seasor.l


training, meeting everyr Monday night on the vu-1


An or


. orangeade for the childri —■ was part of the cele


~ rations to mark its prieve from closure.


The celebrations i! startl with a service of than


A TOAST to the future < Grindleton S ch o o l- wine for the adults ^


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