Clitheroe 2'\ 8 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 14th, 1985


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PLEA S TO TRIM RATE INCREASE OUTVOTED


THE Ribble Valley Council has set its new rate at 25p in the £ — one of the lowest in Lancashire, despite the 4p increase on last year.


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Screen of trees lopped ~ADVERTISING PAYS DIVIDENDS]


WADDINGTON Parish Council is to make in­ quiries about a screen of trees at a caravan park which have been lopped back to their tranks.


that the trees had made a good screen to cordon off caravans at the Shireburn Park from the rest of the countryside.


The parish council felt


Sheiia Maw (Whalley) de­ clared: “Our resources have been used to the best advantage for the Ribble Valley. The stan­ dard, of services has been maintained, budgets kept w ith in Government guidelines, and reserves and balances at a reason­ able level.” Industry and commerce


Council leader Mrs


impairing • the quality of services provided.


ternative but to levy an increase of 4p in the £, faced with a reduction of £156,000 in its Govern­ ment block grant and with a £100,000 commitment to a new library and town hall for Clitheroe. In a d d i t io n , local


The council had no al­


heavily defeated, as was a move by SDP’s Coun. Howel’ Jones (Clitheroe) to scrap the proposed 5p increase in the meals-on- wheels charge and reduce the cost, of the £5 pension­ ers’ bus pass. Coun. Jones thought


ratepayers will have to cope with a 14p rise due to the county council levy of 158.5p in the £. Strong criticism of the


will have to find, on aver­ age, 183.5p in the £. But householders will pay 165p, thanks to a 18.5p subsidy paid to the au­ thorities from the Govern­ ment. Mrs Maw said the coun­


cil should be pleased with itself for doing all it could to save money without


housing scheme at Sales- bury and just under £'/im. on improving pre-war houses in Clitheroe. Other achievements


that money could be com­ fortably set aside from the council’s balance to offset the rate and at the same time subsidise ser­ vices to the less fortu­ nate. But in reply, Coun. Bill


proposals came at Fri­ day’s meeting, when Inde­ pendent member Coun. John Cowgill (Clitheroe), su p p o r ted by SDP, Labour and Independent councillors, accused the controlling Tory group of levying a rate higher than was really necessary. But Coun. Cowgill’s


over the past year' in­ cluded a scheme to intro­ duce a half-fare bus pass for the over 60s, tne start of work to link the Up- brooks Industrial Estate with the Clitheroe bypass, and the continued intro­ duction of new technology to ensure an effective ser­ vice to the Ribble Valley. AH. this had been at­


Bowker (Chipping) said it was essential to keep the reserves untouched as cover for emergency and unforeseen circumstances. . Proposing the 25p rate, Coun. Mrs Maw reminded members of the strategy behind the budget. This was to maintain


amendment to keep the increase down to 2p by making across-the-board savings of £112,000 was


more than 10 acres of land for industrial development with a. potential return to the council of around £Vfem. Additional revenue, he


said, would be forthcom­ ing from the five per cent rise in council house rents and increases in ground rents, market tolls, meals- on-wheels and recreation­ al facilities, though much of this was to keep pace with inflation. He was supported by


tained thanks to good housekeeping. In order to meet the Government’s spending ceiling of' £2,446,190, committee es­ timates had to be pruned by £80,000. Looking to the future,


the level of service to the public, to strive continual­ ly for value-for-money, and to help central Gov­ ernment fight the curse of inflation. She said that activities


in the housing revenue ac­ count had been handled so successfully that a surplus of £98,000 had been car­ ried forward for repairs. . Despite a moratorium


Coun. Mrs Maw said that £450,000 had been set aside for a sheltered hous­ ing scheme on the site of the Old Carleton Mill, Clitheroe, and £200,000 for improvements to pre­ war houses in Henthorn Road and Garnett Road, Clitheroe. In his critique, Coun.


introduced last July, the council had still been able to spend nearly £2m. on capital housing projects, half of this sum being used in the private sector, mostly in the form of im­ provement grants. About £600,000 had also been spent on a sheltered


UP TO £60 TRADE


What the parishes will pay


VARIOUS parish pre­ cepts, ranging from 0.4p


nham, Horton, Mearley, Newsholme, Paythorne, Twiston, Worston.


to 4.4p, rmist be added to the new rate figures. Nil — Dinckley, Dow-


Low, Clayton-le-Dale. 0.6p — Osbaldeston. 0.7p — Bashall Eaves


and Great Mi l ton, Rimington and Middop.


Coun. Bert Jones, who said that in agreeing so willingly to the Govern­ ment’s reduction in grants to the' council, the Conser­ vative group on the coun­ cil had delivered a slap in the face to the elderly and council house tenants, who were being asked to put their hands in their pockets to provide the extra money the council now needed. But Coun. Jones found


0.8p — Bowland Forest


High. 0.9p — Bolton-by-Bow-


land, Bowland wi th Leagram.


Newton, Ribchester, W is well.


Ip — Long r idge,


Salesbury, Wilpsliire. 1.4p — Slaidbum and


1.2p — Dutton, Read,


Eas i ngt on, , Thornley- with-Wheatley.


Cowgill said the council had not gone far enough when planning its savings. “The rise in the coun­


cil’s rates will hit young couples, the elderly and, most important of all, those in trade and com­ merce, who already have, high overheads and may now have to cut staffing


levels,” he said. Next year would also see the opening up of


little support for his prop­ osal' to reduce finanical pressure -on council ten­ ants by transferring the loss the council had made on a housing development at Warren Fold, Hurst Green, from the housing revenue account dealing with public authority housing to the general rates fund. Coun. Bowker said that


1.5p — Mellor. 1.7p — Clitheroe.


1.9p — Gisburn. 2p — Pendleton. 2. Ip — Bi l l ington,


Sabden. 2.3p — Ramsgreave.


while every suggested economy was to be wel­ comed, th e p re s e n t budget offered the fairest and most sensible solution to the problems caused by financial stringency.


and Chaigley,Chat burn. 2.5p — Hothersall. 2.7p — West Bradford. 2.8p — Chipping. 3p — Grindleton. 4.Ip — Whalley and


2.4p — Aighton, Bailey


SABDENl Village out last y<


Little Mitton. 4.4p — Waddington.


A feast of country food Ve


fee on


A CLITHE damaged a reen wipe: had been taken it oujj cle, the t i trates were I For dannl


to the valinl Richard hf Richmond fined £125. Neild, v


six similar taken into was order* compensati' Mr Kevii


0.4p — Balderstone. 0.5p — Bowland Forest


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Bob flew t paradise, b at the re Bahamian I he came c with som bump. Back ho1


Ten-ace, Cl[ weekend, “Due to error we \l on Cat Isl Year’s Evcl food for ai| day stay. “Supplil


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secuting, been appre| policeman ping sound I Clitheroe. r had black I on his har| rested. In a s |


police, Nei| had a few pressed anl the car. Hi that he wa| the time.


Still long waits at


post office CUSTOMERS


Clitheroe Post Office are still having to wait for upwards of 20 mintues at peak times despite an im- p ro v em en t v since Christmas. Coun. John Cowgill told


at


A LUNCH of country food arranged by the Social Committee of St Helen’s Church, Waddington, was held in the Sunday School following Matins on Sunday. Sixty people attended the social event and al­


bers, assisted by many young people. There was a choice of menu and plenty of-time to sit and chat aftenvards.


though profit was not the main aim, any money raised will go to church funds. The food ivas sewed by social committee mem­


Planning in the


pipeline


Clitheroe Town Council that on one particularly busy day recently, he had had five reports of people, on average, having to wait 27 minutes to ba served. “We were assured that


Exam successes for dance pupils


IN the recent IDTA examination session of Ribblesdale Adult Centre and the Sutcliffe School, the following pupils of Gladys Sutcliffe were successful.


there would always be three assistants at the counter, but this is not happening. Until it does there will be problems,” he said. Coun. Eric Bracewell


Sarah Lockett (C), Melissa Marsden (C), Clare Heslin (C). Fiona Gould (C), Susan Fellows (C), Lisa Marsden (C), Abigail : . ' ' ‘ iuge-


Schools and general primary:


wav (C), Jessica Ellis (C), Harrison (C), Melanie Rid


felt that the situation might not improve until June, by Which time the backlog of DHSS books, which had been a cause of delays, would have been cleared. Coun. James McGhie


said that the workload on the post office would in­ crease further when it started issuing, the new bus passes, Coun. John Nuttall said


Philippa Murphy (C), Nicola Malone (C), Catherine Rogers (HC).


(C). Primary: Sarah Baron (C). Grade 1: Jacky McDonald (PP), Janet Sutcliffe (HC).


TAP Primary: Zoe Hall (C), Re­


that the burden at King Street would be eased if more people made better use of sub-offices.


No excise licence


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•Appliances fixed free subjerl to a suitable existing gas supply in ymir home. Any electrical, budding nr cabinetry ;vnrk n il be charged extra, further details in North West tins Showrooms or front your N'urlh West Gas Sales Representative.'All idle subject It) change without further' notice. Look for tile special idler cards'. Offers for a limited period only. . t fur full written credit details ring t)GI-»28 6011. Extension 61)51-..


NORTH WEST GAS


FOR using a car without an excise licence, Sonia Gareffa (22), of Albion Street, Clitheroe, was fined £30 by the town’s magistrates. She was also ordered to


pay £15 back duty and fined £25 for using a vehi­ cle with a wheel arch in a dangerous condition. In a letter to the court,


'although she had not known at the time that it was dangerous.


the defendant said that the car had now been taxed and the wing fixed,


becca Wilkinson (HC). Grade 1: Andrea MacNeall (C), Sarah MacNeall (HC). Grade 2: Jacky McDonald (PP), Avril MacNeall (PP). Grade 3: Aileen Hother­ sall (C). Grade 4: Mildred Hand (C),


BALLET Juvenile: Gaynor Sutcliffe


C — Commended, HC — Highly Commended, H — Honours.


P — Pass, PP — Pass Plus, KEY


(HC), Sarah Graham (HC), Sadie Ellis (H).


STAGE Juvenile: Emma Hill (PP), Jenny Darlington (C), Vicki


Conti (C), Janet Dobson (C), Rebecca Wilkinson (C), Kirsten Buxbaum (C), Marie Ingham (HC).


Pauline Owen (C), Judith Smith (HC). Preliminary: Helen Linley (PP), Vicki Aspin (PP), Andrea MacNeall (C). Michelle Aspin (C),- Tracy Johnson (HC), Sarah MacNeall (HC). Bronze: Sadie Ellis (PP),


Sarah Graham (C), Janet Sutc­ liffe (HC). Adult bronze: Elaine ' Marsden (HC). Phyllis Jackson (HC). Adult silver: Lindsay Newmark (C), Jennifer Shaw (C), Marion Ashton (HC), Julie Aspinall (HC).


MODERN Primary: Sharon Musgrovei


(PP), Kathryn Mellows (PP), Eloise Cowking (PP), Louise Lvnch (PP), Faith O’Neill (PP), Nlchola■Slipper (PP), Suzanne. Barford (PP), Antonia Scaffali (PP), Jane Chadwick (PP), Amanda Mellows (CL-


Grade 3: Louise Cox (PPj, Elizabeth Miller' (PP), Sharon Burgess (C).


Jacky McDonald (C), Pauline Owen (HC), Janet Sutcliffe.


Avril MacNeall (PP), Judith Smith (C), Mildred Hand (C),


Bronze: Marilyn Davies (PP), 1 Grade 2: Julie Aspinall (C).. ;


Doreen Musgrove (P), Janette Tomlinson (P), Tricia Conti (C), Anne Peel (C), Rachel Pallister (C), Jayne Nuttall (C), Helen ■Noble (C), Deborah Redfem (C), Lindsay Haworth (C), Vicky Haworth (HC). Elizabeth Harrison (HC). . Silver: Wendy Mullins (P),


(P), Claire Houldsworth (C), Angela Dinsdale (C), Zoe Kitching (C), Linda Kenyon (C), Sharon Price (C). Bronze: Linda Blain (P),


DISCO One dance: Susan Critchley


A PLAN for a garden centre at Mitton Hall, Mitton, has been submit­ ted to the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning De­ partment (0106).


clude: West Bradford: Kitchen and entrance porch extension at Scar Head Cottage (0102).


Other applications in­ Twelfl


THE Ca[ Group, wh stage the I peare con Night,” ha £300 by th. Council’s Leisure Cl guarantee a The Gnl


popular pn| ahead on either Jun| 6th.


•Wiswell: Detached house and garage on plot 2, Whiteacre Lane (0104).


ling and garage on land adjacent to' Friendship Mill (0105).


workers’ dwelling at Mitton Hall Farm (0107). Billington: Vehicular


Mitton: Agricultural


access at 50 Whalley Road (0108). Kitchen extension at


Glendower, Whinney Lane (0112). Aighton, Bailey and


Conversion of barn and stables to dwelling; at the Coach House Barn," Main Street, also listed building


Bolton-by-Bo'wland: '


application: (0110 and 0111).


1


.(C), Judith Tolson (C), Melissa Mullins (HC), Tracy Johnson (HC), Sarah MacNeall (HC). Gold bar 1: Louise Cox 4 0 ,


' (HC), Eileen Nevett (HC), Sadie Ellis (HC),' Elizabeth Miller (HC),1 Janet . Sutcliffe (HC). Gold bar 2: Jane Murtagh


Barbara Barker (C), Jennifer Shaw (C), Lindsay Newmark


Joanne Mullins (C), Melanie Ireland (C), Andrea MacNeall


Theft from garage


THIEVES broke into two Clitheroe garagedt owned by the firm of Brian Doot- son last week.


. ' -. First target fdir the " V i


(C), Joanne Kemp (HC), Jacky Hewitt (HC), Sarah Graham (HC). Star 1: Aileen Hothersall (HC).


, Level 1: Claire Houldsworth (P), Rachel Pallister (P), -Susan Critchley (P), Sharon Price (C), Angela \Dinsdale (C), Zoe Kitching (C), "Linda Kenyon (C). Level 4: Aileen Hothersall (HC).


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'radio-cassette units were stolen, along with a power amplifier, valued’in total at, £400. ’ 1 , , • At the VictdriaVStreet


raiders was the Edisford Road premises, where-the showroom , doors ■ were forced open and1 three


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garage,; entry-wasr gained th ro u g h a skylight- window, but although, the


offices were ransacked, nothing was taken. ^


Chaigley: Two-storey dwelling at Stonyhurst College (0109).


Read: Detached dwel­ f!


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