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THURSDAY, MAY 16th, 1985 No. 5,159 Price 20p


Competes for choirboy title


A WADDINGTON teenager has been selected to compete in the national Finals of th e p r e s t ig io u s “ Choirboy of the Year” title under the auspices of the Royal School of Church Music. Jonathan Cunliffe


CE School, is a pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. He comes from a


musical family — his f a th e r and two y o u n g e r b ro th e rs . Andrew and Simon, also sing in the choir — and he plays the


c h o r i s t e r a t St Helen’s Church, Wad- dington, since he was six.


who trains the choir, said: “We are abso­ lutely delighted at what he has achieved


Mrs Jean Hartley,


(14), of Pinder Close, is one of only 16 boys to be chosen through­ out the country. He h a s been a


b e c au s e i t is an honour for the village and we are all proud


of him.” Jo n a th an , whose


father, Peter, is head­ master of Waddington and West Bradford


oboe and piano. He was selected


after taking part in a church music course at Rossall, near Fleet- wood, and will com­ pete in the finals in London on October


22nd. Ca sh p r iz e s of


£2,000, £500 and £250 will be awarded to the churches where the top three boys sing and it is expected that


all 16 'contestants will receive stereo equip­ ment for their own use from the competi­ tion sponsors, Angli­ an Windows. Jonathan is under


no illusion as to how hard it will be to come away w ith prizes, as he will be competing against boys from some of the top cathedral choirs. Judges at the com­


petition will be Welsh te n o r Sir Geraint Evans, Sir David Will- cocks, former director of the Royal College of Music, and Dr Lionel Dakers, direc­ to r of th e Royal School of Church Music.


Sale creates problem for St John’s


PROBLEMS over accommodation are looming for the Clitheroe St John Ambulance following its decision to sell its Church Brow headquarters because of soaring heating and


FUNDS at Clitheroe United Reformed Church were boosted by more than £500 at a May Market on Saturday afternoon.


and plant, cake, nearly new and tombola stalls and a raffle attracted a large crowd.


The function was held in the church hall


added to the fun, selling men’s handkerchiefs and books of recipes compiled by church members.


Girls in gingham dresses and mob caps


Fitzgerald, Mandy Dawson, and Helen Myers are pictured with Mrs Alice Kenyon and Mrs Mary Lund.


Sellers (from the left): Julie Wintle, Lisa VAUXHALL CAVALIER


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Maureen leads way in Paris Marathon


| CLITHEROE teacher Maureen Hurst surprised


I herself at the weekend | when she was the first lady home in the Paris


| 2:43, seven minutes ahead of her nearest rival, but was not expecting to do so well. Her training schedule had been badly hampered after she broke her arm in February. “I took it steadily in the


Marathon. She cantered home in


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better time.” The international field


was not the strongest. Maureen has competed against, but it did not de­ tract from her elation as th is was h e r f i r s t marathon win. The victory was so easy


lighting costs.


I of the town to help it find somewhere suit-. I able to continue its ac­


te rn a t iv e premises have come to nothing and the organisation, which has been estab­ lished in Clitheroe since the 1890s, is ap­ pealing to the people


tivities. Mrs Edna Hothersall,


] is that the building is too big for our needs and is too expensive for us when


I tions.” Headache The building, which is


John associations with it go back to before the last war. “It is .an excellent build­ ing which has served us


of local stone, was con­ structed in the 1860s and served as a school. The St


Children gain


A FLAG day held by the Clitheroe branch of the Save the Children Fund


at the end of last month and members of the com­ mittee this week expre­ ssed their thanks to all who contributed.


The flag day was held


raised £460.91 — an in­ crease of £120 on last year.


Divisional Superinten­ dent, said: “The problem


j you consider that we are a voluntary organisation


Negotiations for al­ well over the years, but


the Division feels that with fewer members in recent years we simply do not need such large ac­ commodation,” said Mrs Hothersall.


new premises has become a headache for St John’s, but it is nevertheless de­ termined to continue in Clitheroe.


The problem of finding Storage relying on public dona-


“We have a busy prog­ ramme lined up and even­ tually hope to buy the right premises when they turn up, but we would be quite prepared to rent somewhere in the mean­


Added Mrs Hothersall:


time.” The sale is being hand­


led by estate agents Mor­ timer, Gorse and Ross and offers in the region of £40,000 are being invited for the premises and car parking facilities.


Increasing


an adjoining terraced property which may be sold as a separate lot.


Included in the sale is


mission has been obtained to convert the hall into a dwelling or offices and another possible use is for storage.


Outline planning per­ In order to proceed


with the sale, the associa­ tion had to obtain special permission from the Char­


ity Commissioners, the Commissioner in Chief of St John’s, and the Order of St John.


has decreased in recent years, ironically it has now started to increase. Members did 294 hours of public duty in 1984 and a busier year is anticipated in 1986 with the Clitheroe 800 celebrations.


Although membership


able to help the associa­ tion with accommodation should co n ta c t Mrs Hothersall (Clitheroe


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FC crowns season with


second title


CLITHEROE Football Club crowned a magni­ ficent season on Tuesday evening by clinching the NW Counties League Second Division title to add to their Lancashire Challenge Trophy success. They stormed to the Rossendale equalised, top-spot by winning their Steve Mullen snatched the


ters Irlam Town on goal difference. The club had a large


pping league pace-set­


nutes to go. All eyes are now on the


pilast three fixtures and winner with seven mi­


following for Tuesday’s match at rain-soaked Ros­ sendale United and the supporters shouted them on to a 3-2 victory. The win means a higher


THERE was an excel­ lent response to a fund- ra is in g evening at Pendle County Junior School on Friday, when the sum of £875 was made. It will go to­ wards extra computer equipment and furni­ ture for a miniature post office being con­ structed in the infants’ department. H e a dm a s te r Mr


David Harrison was de­ lighted with the re­ sponse to the evening, attended by 650 people. Various stalls proved popular, with the sale of cakes making the top figure of £170. Children are pictured


club’s reserve team which meets Padiham Wander­ ers at Burnley’s Turf Moor tonight in the final of the East Lancashire League’s President Cup. “It would be marvellous


‘Mistake’ to lower the Flag early


WHEN ex-Service men in


enjoying the buzzer game, one of many aimed at testing their skills.


Disaster fund


PEOPLE wishing to make donations to the Bradford Disaster Fund may dq so at any post office'or at the National and Provincial Building Society, Castle Street, Clitheroe.


Wages stolen


A SNEAK thief stole three wage packets con­ taining a total of £128 from an office at Clitheroe Hospital on Thursday af­ ternoon. Clitheroe CID are investigating.


Clitheroe wanted to know \yhy the Union flag was taken down from the Castle at 4-15 p.m. in­ stead of midnight on VE Day, the answer they were said to have re­ ceived was one of “no comment” from the Ribble Valley Council.


Clitheroe branch of the Royal British Legion, Mr Walter Brayshaw, said that many people asked him why the flag was not left flying all day.


S e c re ta ry of the


..war veterans-; and "to'the lads who were le f t behind.”


don’t know why the Ribble Valley Council took it down in the after­ noon, but it is an insult to


He told our reporter: “I


“The council is avoiding the issue. They won’t comment because they know they have made a mistake.”


Mr Brayshaw added:


Hope fades for three missing fishermen


HOPES of finding a Clitheroe man and his two companions, lost on a fishing expedition in the Irish Sea, are now fading “by the minute.


I


Morgan, Station Officer at the Coastguard Maritime Rescue Centre, Liverpool — which covers an area from northern Wales up to Scotland — the search has been scaled down to ro u t in e co a s tg u a rd patrols. The sea search, using


According to Mr Don


Clitheroe man Clifford Martin (34), of Pearl ^ a . M n;


Ch;itoPheC Lancaster Drive, Clayton- made of all the areas into r t o S ok°(40)!nof


le-Moors, set off on May Day on one of their regu­ lar outings, a fishing trip from Knott End, in their 17ft. fibreglass cruiser,


two RAF Nimrod recon­ naissance planes, several lifeboats and helicopters,, was cancelled on Thursday. The three men, John


Homer (30), of Riverside, Low Moor, former


“Sea-Jay-C.” By midnight, when


none of the men had re­ turned, the alarm was


raised. Three .lifeb o ats , a


helicopter and two RAF Nimrods extended their search on Tuesday to take


Tree symbolises school’s reprieve


that the only problem Maureen encountered in Paris was when she was presented with the win­


• Maureen’s next target is the Manchester Pic­ cadilly Marathon in June when she hopes to con­ tinue her good form.


ner’s trophy and found it too heavy to lift with her injured arm.


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Trapped man rescued


QUICK-thinking refuse [ collectors helped to save a man who was trapped when his tarmac 'toller ran out of controland tipped over on Birdy Brow on Tuesday. Refuse workers from


the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil's Health and Housing department saw the roller overturn and used their two-way radios to contact their bosses ‘ to arrange


for help. ' The driver of the roller,


Mr .Jack Riley, of Bum- ley, escaped with cuts and bruises, but the roller caused slight damage to a length of wall at the beauty spot.


A DOUBLE, flowering cherry tree now has pride of place in the grounds of Grindleton CE School — a thank­ sgiving for the school's reprieve from closure.


! Headmaster Mr Stuart Lievesley said he hoped that both th e . tree and the school would thrive for many years to come.


tree was Ribble Valley MP Mr David. Wadding­ ton, ' who helped in the fight and kept the school informed of develop­


Invited' to / plant the


that Mr Waddington had battled to ■ save all four schools in the area threatened with closure, ; but sadly the other


ments. Mr LieVesley stressed


three, including Dow- nham and Hurst Green CE, had not been lucky.


that it was a time to give thanks. “I am here to perform the ceremony so that you may remember, in years to/come, the people who fought so hard for the'sehool,” he told the pupils, staff, pa-


Mr Waddington said i .


rents and villagers who attended Friday after noon’s ceremony. The Rector of Grindle


ton, Fr Trevor Vaughan, blessed the tree and of


fered prayers. Mr Waddington proved


/ pupils;’for in response to ,a request from the head­ master, he gave them the rest of the afternoon off!


very popular with the


which their boat could have drifted. Helicopters, boats and planes have co­ vered several thousand square miles and ■ people have scoured the tide at low water looking for evi­ dence or wreckage or any­ thing which might give us a clue to what happened.” Mr Homer and his wife,


in the whole of the Irish “A


' man Mr Cyril Whiteside praised manager Eric Whalley and his men for their last-gasp title vic­ tory and said: “It’s a great night for


standard of soccer at Shawbridge next season, with visits from such teams as Fleetwood Town, Accrington Stan­ ley, Caernarfon Town, Leek Town and Radcliffe Borough. A jubilant club chair-


to win that too,” said Mr Whiteside. “With plenty of local people to cheer on the side, I’m confident we can do it.”


Department heads are announced


the town. We can now rive our supporters first division football, which is what we have been work­ ing towards for years.” Mr Whalley, who has


SEVENTEEN heads of department have been an­ nounced for the new Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, from September 1st.


taken Clitheroe from the third division to the first in his three years at the club felt a great sense of relief after the match. “I was very nervous be­


'do that away from home and when the final whistle went it was a tremendous relief.” Clitheroe went into


cause we were expected to win comfortably,” he said. “It is never easy to


Tuesday’s match needing just two points for the title. On a waterlogged p i tc h , Ros sendale threatened to put a dam­ pener on Clitheroe’s hopes when they took an early


lead. But David Sharpies and


David Proos both scored within a minute in the second half and, although


Girls’ Grammar School are: Miss J. Eagland (En­ glish), Mr R. G. Francis (computing and technolo­ gy), Mr M. Bullock (French), Miss R. Shack- leton (German), Mr C. M. Hall (religious studies), Miss M. Rawes (geogra­ phy), Dr B. N. Bowering (science co-ordination and chemistry), Mrs S. Hol- lingworth (art), Mrs M. Clark (home economics), Mrs J. Fielding (music), and Miss V Guilfoyle (physical education). Appointed from the


Appointed from the


Boys’ Grammar School are: Mr J. F. Proctor (mathematics), Mr D. E. C. Green (Latin and clas­ sical studies), Mr M. H. Fielding (history), Mr E. E.. Murphy (government and economics), Mr F. Davey (physics) and Mr C. W. Holden (wood­ work).


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hope. Until they find something to prove other­ wise, I am believing they are alive but stuck some­ where,” she said. Mr Crook, a former


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