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CALLING all Ribble Valley painters! If you would like to


put your oils, water colours or sketches on public show, then the R o ta ry Club of Clitheroe wants to hear


from you. There is plenty of


time to do a special work for the three-day exhibition the club is staging next May, or, perhaps, there is a favourite piece you would like others to


see. The man behind the


community service pro­


ject is the club’s presi­ dent, Rtn Jim Parker


a r t i s t ic ta le n t but people never have a chance of seeing just what they can do.


“Our area is rich in


not be a competition, though no doubt it will engender some healthy rivalry,” he said.


■ “Our exhibition will The exhibition is


being staged in the Parish Church Hall, Clitheroe, on May 16th, 17th and 18th.


are trying to assess what the response is likely to be,” said Rtn


“At the moment we


Parker. “Depending on that.


we will have to decide on how many canvasses a particular individual will be allowed to


enter.” Exhibits will be re­


stricted to two-dimen­ sional art, because of the limited facilities. But if the exhibition is the success the club hopes for, then another year the scope could be widened to other types of work.


sponsible for the de­ tailed organisation is under the chairmanship of Rtn Stephen Dug- dale who is assured of


The committee re­


the enthusiastic sup­ port of ail the club’s members. Exhibitors will be able


to put a price on their work, but definitely not for sale will be a dis­ play, of art produced by local sixth formers for their university entr­ ance portfolios. “They come up with


some superb pieces which the public never have the chance of s e e in g ,” sa id Rtn Parker. Details of the exhibi­


tion and initial entry forms are available from the Advertiser and


Times office. WPC Carole


leads the way in exam


A CLITHEROE policewoman has come out tops in


an examination for would-be inspectors. WPC Carole Entvnstle (27), of Brownlow Street,


countiy.


sergeants’ examination several years ago, how­ ever she has remained at the rank of constable because of the gi-eat competition for promotion. But Carole, who has served m Burnley for the


Despite her top placing and success m the , . ,,


left her home in Kendal to become a cadet at Clitheroe.


During her five years here, she won a St John Ambulance award for reviving a woman who had


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collapsed at the station. She also took advanced driving mstiniction and


toured the b e a t in a “Panda” car. Carole liked Clitheroe so much that she moved


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Uneasy peace must be i ' l l A I 'A 'f l lC iP effective


on L . & • J L . bin lines


brinsf an early court action against the Ribble Valley Council for an allegeci breach of contract over new manning plans.


THE Ribble Valley’s refuse collectors emptied bins as normal this week . . . as their union NUPE made plans to


11 LIUS weerv . . . ao untio. t t ,T n


Dempsey accused the council of "Gestapo tac­ tics” and threatened a lightning strike in the conflict, which he sees continuing well into 1985.


NUPE leader Mr John Extra


council’s plans to axe one job on the Wilpshire round and to spread the Clitheroe town centre round over the remaining


The dispute is over the


1' workload of additional properties when Simon- stone and Northtown join the Ribble Valley soon. However, council offi­


11.At the same time, the 44 men face the extra


CounciVs case


THE Ribble Valley Council Chief Executive, Mr Michael Jackson, put the council’s case in a


letter td each refuse collector. It reads:


• There is no disputing that we have a good ,


service as a result of sound management since 1974, but it is now costing well over half a million pounds a year. Since 1974 we have operated a bonus scheme which is widely recog­


nised as advantageous to the men. • In 1978 NUPE asked the council not to


change the 1974 scheme. In 1981-2 NUPE urged the council not to seek Quotntions from privflte contractors. NUPE declined to submit its own proposals for savings, but did promise to co­ operate with savings identified by the council. It


has not kept that promise. • Tile £20,000 savings are through management


cials, who have met the men in a series of talks, say They are determined to press on with the new scheme, which \rill save the ratepayers £20,000 a year. They also say they are safeguarding the men’s jobs by ensuring a cost-effective service.


Threat


the union’s fury by send­ ing senior officials to talk to the men on the Wilp­ shire round first thing on


But the council roused


Monday. Following a mass meet­


I Mr Dempsey said; “The I officials told the men to sign a paper agreeing with the new conditions, or they would be out of jobs in the Ribble Valley. This only strengthens our determination. “ I f you kick the


ing of the men last week the union had threatened strike action on Monday if the council implemented its new manning package.


‘Delicate’


Health and Housing Of­ ficer Mr Peter Gladwin — one of the officials on the visit — said: “We invited the men to sign an accept­ ance of the new schetne. “We reminded them of


However, Ribble Valley


1 . . . it is a vei7 delicate matter.”


the situation. I am not going to comment further


Meanwhile, the council’s cleansing officer, Mr Alan Belcher, visited the coun- cil!s three other depots at Clitheroe, Whalley and Longindge to ensure that work was proceeding as


normal.


'th ey had the Ribble ' Valley ratepayers “right ' behind them” and had re­ ceived messages of sup­ port after distributing 30,000 leaflets to proper­ ties in the borough put­ ting their case. “In the men’s conditions


Mr Dempsey said that the refuse collectors felt


less in most cases.


not receive more than three-quarters-of-an-hour extra a day, and this round should still be finishing before 2 p.m. on Monday to Thursday


• Indeed, the round receiving most work will .


and before 9 a.m. on Friday. • NUPE refused to give detailed reasons why it


does not agree. • It has rejected the council s offer not to put


forward further proposals for three years- G It is because NUPE refused and still refuses


to give reasons, that the council itself and not the union registered a dispute on the “failure of


NUPE to discuss.” • The council, therefore, can see no alternative


• There will be no redundancies — that s a ^


to implementing its reasonable proposals which will benefit the men and ratepayers.


promise. • At this stage the sensible and responsible way


ceptable.


QueensbeiTy rules out of the window then you take the consequences.”


with the council over refuse collectors’ rates of pay for Bank Holidays, and rates of pay for bath attendants at the Ribbles- dale Pool. The union claims both groups are underpaid. Mr Dempsey argues


NUPE is also in dispute


i-uled upon by the coun­ ty’s Standing Disputes Committee. However, the council


feels it has a concrete case and that there is still room for discussions at


that the council is acting “dishonourably” by refus­ ing to let the matter's be


ceived several letters supporting the binmen. A selection appears on page 3.


local level. The Editor has re­


to resolve the dispute is for NUPE to give detailed reasons why the proposals are not ac­


and have not involved any extra work by the men. The current proposals put fonvard early in 1984 can be met in normal working hours and


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th e coundUs person- ‘Mai r'n'iMMiiiipp. rb n iv -


' that the refuse collec­ tors had been asked to work the new scheme for. a three- month trial period.


nel Committee chair­ man, Conn. Mrs Joyce Lilburn, said


“We vjere disappointed lohen the men re­ fused," she said.


“Hoivever, i f Govern­ ment-proposed legis­ lation next year forces us to consider privatisation of our refuse scheme, then, to keep control, ive must have a cost-ef­ fective service.”


Mrs Lilburn said that at the moment the service was not cost effective.


“We are very proud of our refuse collection, ivhich is one of the best — if not the best — in Lancashire. Hoivever, we have a duty to purjatepay- ers to rwinTefficient-


ly," she said.


Reception impresses miners


STRIKING miners from Golborne Colliery were “delighted” by, their re­ ception in Clitheroe, on Saturday, when they col­ lected £95 towards food p a rc e ls for m in e r s ’ families.


bi'anch secretary at Gol­ borne, said: “The men had no harassment at all and were very pleased by th e warmth of the Clitheroe people.”


Mr Ron Gaskell, NUM


around the town centre and market for about six hours.


Four miners collected


the morning by Clitheroe Labour Party officials who gave them food and drink and explained the best collecting points in


They were welcomed in


money will be put to good use. It costs us £8,000 a week to supply food par- 'cels to families in the Gol­ borne area.”


the centre. Mr Gaskell said; “The


Colouring is popular


SIXTY-THREE first for­ mers fi'om Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School left their text books and satchels in their classrooms and put on their wellies and rain­ coats for their lesson \rith a difference.


to Tarmac (Clitheroe) ■ to plant 45 young trees as part of National Tree Week.


For they were invited


enthusiastic girls, accom­ panied by biology teacher Miss Margaret Bottomley and first-form tutor Mrs Marion Knowles, was Tar­ mac’s landscape architect Mr Peter Wood.


On hand to gi'eet the EEC ruling


robs mum of allowance


A CLITHEROE woman has had her family allowance suspended because her former hus­ band is claiming financial support for then- children from the authorities in Germany, his'


new home.


No money for hanging baskets


A REQUEST for financial help towards the cost of providing hanging baskets outside shops in Whalley has been turned down, for the time being, by the Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee. 'fhe request was made


of Carlton Place, is no | longer entitled to,the £13- a-week child benefit she has been receiving for her sons John (9) and Iain (4) I because of a European Community regulation which stipulates that | money cannot be paid by two member countries in respect of the same chil-1 dren.


Mrs Linda Garner (28),


by Whalley and Little Mitton Parish Council which has formed a “Whalley-in-Bloom Com mittee” to improve the appearance of the village. The recreation commit­


tee was told that the hanging baskets were just an initial project. Plan­ ning Officer Mr Philip Bailey pointed out that the borough council does provide’ and maintain a number of hanging has kets in Clitheroe. 'The committee felt


looked after the children since the divorce four years ago, has been told that the new claim, by' her former husband, Mr John Warburton, is per­ fectly legal as long as he continues to pay mainte-|


Mrs Garner, who has


nance. The DHSS has assured


however, that finances were already too fat stretched to make an ad­ ditional financial commit ment.


Houghton Weavers invited back


Mrs Garner and her second husband, David, | that her supplementary' benefit will be increased! by £13-a-week to compen- sate for the loss ofj income, but the couple | fear this may be with-| drawn in the future.


regulations are unfair and open to wide abuse and is publicising what has hap­ pened to her in an effort to have them changed.


Mrs Garner says the


new husband, who has been unemployed for two years, relied on the allo­ wance to augment the £20-a-week maintenance Mr Warburton was or­ dered to pay by an Engl­ ish court.


Mrs Garner and her at KALEIDOSCOPE


DHSS said that the rules governing child benefit | payments in Germany were, different from those ... Britain where the | parent or guardian nor­ mally has to stay with the j children to be eligible for


A spokesman for the allowance. FOR ALL YOUR Carols at crib


of.service, it states that no changes can be im-


plemented without every- bo ■ ■


body’s agreement. . . and we certainly have not agreed,” he said. Nearly 30. of the nieh


have submitted a com­ plaint to the council.


“SIT thee deeawn’’ . . . The Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. iBernard Thornton showed the Houghton Weavers how to strum opt a tune when th ey v is i ted Newton, on Saturday.


V. -I-.::. O '


packed audience of over 300 in the village hall.


The gi'oup played to a


r The concert, organised . by Coun. Mrs Dorothy Pearson, of'Slaidburn,'. raised £570 for the


Mayor’s charity fund for medical research.


popular that the group has been booked already for another appearance next year.


The event proved so .


the winners were, Mr L. Collinson, Mrs C. White, Coun. L. Nevett, Miss M; Jackson, Mr M.


A raffle was held and


Holden, Mr A. Wood, Mr M. Slinger and Mr J. Myers.


THE children of Brook- side School will be leading the singing for a carol ser­ vice at the Castle Gate Christmas crib, on De-1 cember 18th, at 1-30 p.ni. The Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Howel Jones, who is a former headmaster of the school, will b e| present.


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THERE’S no doubting which stall was most popular at St Paul’s Play­ group’s coffee morning. For toddlers really enjoy­ ed ti'j’ing their hand at colouring nativity cards — the winners receiving


Advent calendars. Other attractions in­


cluded home-made, good as new aiid toy and book stalls. The function made


£90 to be used for the gi'oup’s Christmas party on December 21st.


they would be planting alder, Norway maple, ash, field maple, silver birch and wild cherry


He told the girls that


trees. Afterwards each girl


was given a miniature sapling to take home for their own gardens.


the first of the batch are Katie Russell (centre left) and friend Jane Keating, watched by classmates.


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