LIKE father, like son . . . that’s the story of Jack and Alan Haydock, of Woone Lane, Clitheroe. For no sooner had Alan
hesitation, Alan agreed. It was a proud day for
(16) sat his last O-level examination at Ribbles- dale School than the phone rang . . . and it was Blackburn Rovers FC asking 'him if he would like to sign as a contract player for them! Without a moment’s
Alan s father, Jack, who as a lad started out as a! soccer player with Bury.
joined the Royal Navy and tragically lost a leg, which put paid to any hopes of playing football again..
But towards the end of the second world war he
tage of being a contract player is that he can con- tinue his education.
In September he starts
For Alan, the advan
' talent scout: “I often won dered how far I would have gone in the game and now I will be able to follow my son’s fortunes.” Alan signed associate
. qualify as an architectural technician. Then he wants to play football full-time. .’ Said Jack, a soccer
schoolboy terms - with Rovers two years ago and has played for their A and youth teams.
Appeals delay at schools
‘Worth a visit’
THE Ribble Valley Council’s representatives on the Blackburn and District Post and Tele communications Advisory Committee, Coun. Eric Bracewell, attended a preview of the Telecom ’84 Open Day which the general public can visit today and tomorrow from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Blackburn Exchange in Jubilee Street.
The purpose of the open Directory Inquiries
day is to enable the public to find out exactly what goes on and where it hap pens. They will be guided through the exchange and shown how everything works and how it: affects subscribers and their calls.
have the chance to see some of the world’s most sophisticated exchange equipment in operation and the latest telephones will be on display. They will see how the
Those attending will |
there is no need to make a booking. Coun. Bracewell de
vice can find you a number anywhere in Bri tain in seconds and how telephonists are the es sential human element in an automatic hi-tech tele phone network. ■ • Admission is free and
ser
scribed the preview as “fantastic beyond belief’ and recommended those interested to take advan tage of the opportunity for a look round.
ANXIOUS parents of children at three Ribble Valley schools, whose appeals against closure are being considered by Education Minister Sir Keith Joseph, this week con demned his delay in making a decision.
term only three weeks away, parents ’ com plained that they did not know w h e th e r there would even be a school in their village after the holidays. On Monday and Tues
With th e end of
their children have been offered at Chatburn, Waddington, Slaidburn and Bolton-by-Bowland. Their spokesman, Mrs
day, children at Dow- nham, Grindleton and Hurst Green CE schools took home letters from the . District Education Office, offering alternative schools in the' event of: possible closures.
Shocking .
man for the Department of Education in London said: “People here are aware that the situation is urgent and are bearing that in mind.”
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Hopeful
Olga Leach said: “It is a . shocking situation — we'
: dington • • and - West • rBrad- - • fora ’"C E '‘Whallby ’:'CE,'
School, parents will have a meeting this afternoon with heads of schools of fered to their children in event of closure. These are Ribchester CE, Wad-
Longridge CE and Lon gridge. County Primary
Renee Lang said: “We cannot bury our heads in
H e adm is tre s s Mrs
will meet in the school tomorrow night to discuss the alternative schools
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drawal from the Games of Russia and other Eastern bloc nations has meant that teams competing can send four-member squads instead of the original three per team.; On Tuesday, Linda;' a
Farm, Mearley, thought her . Olympic hopes had been cruelly dashed when, after being shortlisted for the event, she was chosen instead to tackle the gruelling Tour de France. But the recent with
g a re t Gornall, said: “Naturally we are very pleased and think it is a great achievement.” A former pupil of Rib-
blesdale . School, Linda rides locally for .the. Clay- ton-Velo-Whitehead riding club.
•: The, Ribble Valley. Council agreed at its meeting on Tuesday to send a letter of congratu lations to Linda on her’ achievement.
A'TRIP along the Calder[ Vale'Canal was just one of the highlights of an’outing • to Hebden Bridge for 34 pupils from Whalley CE School..
On arrival,'the children were shown a film of the area and its history.".; " ‘J After a packed lunch they walked to Hardcastle Crags; before visiting the ** village
of.Slack, where the coach-picked them up for’the return journ^.' .
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clerical assistant with the DHSS, was away in L eices tersh ire being briefed about the trip. Her mother, Mrs Mar
PACKING her suitcase in readiness for the flight to LA next week is local cyc list Linda Gomall. Linda (20), of Laneside
place this week as the firm set up the plastic in jection moulding and ex trusion equipment to put it into operation; It was decided to close
on about 16 new workers to operate machinery which was moved to the Chatburn factory last week. Interviews were taking
the Manchester; plant be cause more space was needed for increased pro duction. The new jobs created will be for skilled and un
CHATBURN. garden product manufacturer Tuff Link has given the area a jobs boost following the transfer of production from its Manchester plant. The firm will be taking
skilled workers, but since shift work is involved it is unlikely that any school leavers will be taken on..
will continue to make the same products, which in clude trellis work, nylon chain for fencing,’ wind breaks and other garden implements.
The Chatburn factory
the firm’s workforce at Chatburn to over 50.
The new jobs will boost
Richard Matthews said that the main priority at the moment is to have the machinery working prop erly as quickly-as poss ible. He expected some to be in operation by the end of the week.
Managing director Mr
year in which the firm saw an increase in sales
The. move follows a
. by 10% and profits jump- 1 ing by 15%., >.
mented: “We hope to con tinue to do well this year, but we need to remain flexible so that we can swerve in whichever di-, rection is required.”
Mr Matthews .com
to improve the export side of the business by exhibiting at fairs in Col ogne, Amsterdam and Birmingham and recently it took second place in an exhibition at the , Liver pool Garden Festival.
i Last year the firm tried
wide area took part in the competition and Tuff Link won a silver medal for nylon chain, trellis work and o th e r p ro d u cts erected in a natural garden setting. :
Forty companies from a
staff and parents are dis cussing the situation and headmistress Mrs Valerie Hall- said: “We are still hopeful of a reprieve.” Lancashire County
At Downham School,
Council has promised that travelling expenses will be paid to the nearest school of the parents’ choice; if the chairman of the ■ Schools7 Sub;Commit- teeapproVesV Meanwhile, heads at the three schools involved have
prepare an inventory of their
all been asked to ings in case of closure. stocks and belong-
YOU put your right leg in . . . or some do. Four of the prizewinners at. the first sports day to be he|d by Bright Street Nursery, •Clitheroe, show a leg for our cameraman.'.
Luke Garefa (2Vfe), Kirsty Anderson (3Vfe), Paul Par- rington (4Vh) and Stephen Catlow (4)..
They are, from the left,
. More than 40 children took part in running, three-legged, bike and ob stacle races in the nursery gardens for rosettes, made by the staff. Run ners-up were treated to
jelly babies. A triple hat-trick was
achieved by Stephen Catlow, of Chatburn, who took first place in three of the races. Prizes were presented by the Nursery Supervisor, Mrs Audrey Fairley.
.picnic tea, prepared by the kitchen staff and eaten in the gardens.
sports day will now become an annual event.
It is hoped that the Canal trip highlight for pupils The day finished with a
Cheers Jane!
CLITHEROE’S Jane Forrest scored a ■ valuable “hole in one” at the 15th during the first round of the UBM Northern Classic at Arcot Hall Golf Club, Northumberland. '
earned her a prize of £1,000 and a gallon of whisky. It also helped her to share the lead at the end of the first round.
The achievement
ended, Jane finished in fourth place to earn herself a further £700.
When the event
Last police cadets on parade
TWO local police cadets will be among 34 from Lancashire taking part in the county’s final passing out parade on Wed nesday. Nikola Humphreys, of Clitheroe, is one of only six female cadets in the parade and she will be joined by Graham Jack- son, also of Clitheroe. After giving their final
a four-year course at Blackburn and hopes to
-Churches spread the word in novel way
THE visit of the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe to Brookside School on Friday leas especially exciting for the children . . . for it was only last year that Coun. Howel Jones retired as their headmaster. The return of “Sir," resplendent in robes and regalia for the children’s
130 pupils in two groups, after being welcomed by headmaster Mr David Law.
benefit, caused great iaterest. Coun. and Mrs Jones (pictured with some of the children) addressed the
Mrs Bernard Thornton visited SS Michael and John’s RC School in Lowergate, Clitheroe.
and later answered numerous guestions. On Monday morning, the Ribble Valley Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and
They spoke about the history of the Mayoralty and the work it involves
Town trader counts cost
of vandalism A TRADER’S move to Clitheroe has left him sad dened at the attitude of some people in the town following the latest act of vandalism at his store on Parson Lane.
through the plate glass window of Alan’s house hold goods store on Friday night caused £800 damage.
Two half bricks thrown
this has happened in the 14 weeks that Alan Long- ton (39), of Longridge, has been trading in Clitheroe.
It was the third time
my other shop in Preston for six years and only once has anything like it happened there. ,
He said: “I have had
Clitheroe. It. just leaves me saddened.’-
“I did not expectthisun ’' —:
were both in the early hours. Mr Thornton does not know who the culprits might be, but detectives are investigating.
The previous incidents
service will be held at Clitheroe Parish Church! at 8 a.m. led by the Vicar , Canon J. C. Hudson, to commission .the gospel distributors. Clergy from ' the
— £800'— is to be shared by the churches. A special cover for ' the ■ booklets, which have been printed by the Bible Society, has been designed for the Ribble Valley, depicting a Ribble bus. The distribution will
take place during next week.
First-hand views
THE Ribble Valley Police Liaison Committee is to receive first-hand views of the younger generation following its decision to appoint a youth represen tative. The district youth com
mittee has been asked to nominate a young person to serve on the police committee before the next meeting in three months’ time.
Taken from’ car
WHEEL trims were stolen from a Cortina car parked near the Buck Inn, Grind leton, early on Sunday morning.
churches involved will give out gospel samples to the distibutors. The cost of the gospels
ised by the Ribble Valley Council of Churches is to coincide with the visit to Anfield Stadium on July 14th-21st of Dr Billy Graham, the American evangelist. On Sunday, a special
household in the ir parishes. The distribution, organ
SIX Clitheroe churches and one at Chatburn have decided to “spread the word” in a novel way . . . they are to distribute nearly 6,000 copies of St Luke’s gospel to every
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be disbanded because of financial constraints and also because . there are nowadays sufficient num bers of suitably, qualified direct entrants.
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