Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


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THURSDAY, JULY 25th, 1985 No. 5,169 Price 20p


New role in store for axed school


THE sound of chil­ dren’s voices could st il l echo round Downham School . . . if plans to set up a playschool run smoothly.


The CE • School — a


victim of the cost-cut­ ting axe — closed last Thursday, but a scheme is in hand to use the building five days a week from September fo r pla ys chool and mother and toddler


groups. Lord Clitheroe, who


was instrumental in trying to keep the


primary school open, said the reasons behind the scheme were threefold: to keep the village young; to use the building for educa­ t ion a l purposes as stated in the original charity and to follow the wishes o f his father, the late Lord Clitheroe, who was deeply committed to the school. Two groups are en­


visaged eventually — a p la y g rou p meet ing three times a week and a mother and toddler group using the build­ ing on the remaining two days.


The-organisers would


like to see youngsters from outside Downham


joining local children to make the most of the advantages the vil­ lage setting has to offer.


A su b -com m it te e


comprising Mr Geof­ frey Braithwaite, Mrs Linda Barrett, Mrs Elizabeth Scott, Mrs Betty Mercer and Mr Alan Spensley is or­ ganising the scheme, so that no ad d itiona l burden will be placed on the village hall and its committee.


Help has also been


given by Mrs Audrey Fairley, of the social services department at B la ck b u rn , whose duties include advising on playgroups.


Though not intended


to be a profit-making concern, it is hoped that eventually the playschool will cover its costs and in due course a trust may be set up.


A sale of items do­


nated by Lord and Lady Clitheroe and vil­ lagers, on Wednesday, raised more than £1,600 to give the scheme a start. Auctioneer was


Mr Ian Lloyd, of Mor­ timer, Gorse and Ross, estate agents. The next step is to


advertise for an experi­ enced person to run the playschool, which will be limited to 24 youngs­ ters. About a dozen children are anticipated for September and Lord Clitheroe then hopes it will go “ from strength to strength.” Other activities may


also be possible in the future, such as arts and crafts exhibitions, al­ though the organisers are anxious not to undermine village hall plans.


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Blaze puts snooker hall out of action


J .R . ’ s snooker hall, Clitheroe, could be out of


action for two months, fol­ lowing a blaze in the early hours of Sunday.


A policeman on the beat


spotted smoke from the building — the former Palladium bingo hall in


Waterloo Road! Two en­ gines from the town’s fire service were soon on the spot, but were unable to prevent the fire from des­ troying an area around the bar and severely dam­ aged the ceiling.


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_ WORKS TIGHTENS BELT


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IN bid to beat rising costs and shrinking markets, Ribbles- dale Cement — the Clitheroe area’s largest employer — plans to trim 46 jobs from its present workforce. ■" ■


’ j The reduction will in- wages and costs during not


THE best in Britain — that’ s Slaidburn clay pigeon shooter Ian Peel. For the second year


running Ian (27) has won the British Clay Pigeon Shooting Championship competing against 90 of the country’s top mark­ smen at Bywell, North­ umberland. Unfortunately he was


unable to equal his record of last year when he shot 200 clays out of 200 in the automatic ball-trap disci­ pline and gained a new car. This year the special


prize of £5,000 eluded him. Ian, of Brook House Green Farm, hit 197 to take the title and £187


prize money. “ It’s very difficult to


achieve 200 consecutive hits,” said Ian.


exactly holiday weather


| WHAT a difference a year makes! Last July, Ribble Valley holiday­ makers were sweltering in the mid-80s.


Ian’s success follows his


win in the British Clay Pigeon Association’s na­


tional shooting competi tion at Haverfordwest in May when he became the British Universal Trench champion. A technician with a


Blackburn yarn-dyeing firm, Ian now has his


sights firmly set on the world championship in France towards the end of next month.


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This time it’s been the case of brollies at the ready dodging the showers, and having woollies handy to keep warm in temperatures in the mid-60s.


jobs on the production side and there are hopes that it can be achieved through voluntary redun­ dancy and natural wastage. “We are by no means


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facing disaster, just more difficult times, and the current move is aimed at keeping us viable in the fhture, said managing di­ rector Mr Alan Tetlow. With an annual output


of 1.16m tonnes, Ribbles­ dale Cement is the top troducer of Rio Tinto


Jinc’s four UK cement plants. It boasts the-most


The Ribblesdale Pool has been doing steady busi­ ness since Friday but nothing like this time a year ago when there was hardly room to


At local shops, trade has been br isk with a noticeable influx of vis­ itors from out of town, including Americans.


move.


It has been no holiday, however, for local far­ mers who are having a most frustrating time completing haymaking.


Mrs Sheila Parker, of Homs Farm, Slaidburn, said that haymaking was in a terrible mess, and the large amounts of high-value grass rot­ ting in the fields are causing concern to Bridge End, Sawley, farmer Mr Maurice


Haynes.


30 years at . the Mart


THIRTY years with Clitheroe Auction Mart was clocked up by Mr Robin Addyman at Mon­


days sale. Mr Addyman (45), of I


Kirkmoor Road, joined the mart as a yard-boy


| but “ g ra d u a ted ” to become auctioneer, con­ ducting the Monday, Tuesday and Friday cattle and sheep sales. He is looking forward


to many more years with the mart and its proposed move to new premises.


T v lo o k at Ribble Way


THE third of six televi­ sion films on the Ribble Way reveals tales of I Whalley Abbey not told in the guide-books!


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| Former curate’s retirement


A FORMER curate of


Clitheroe Parish Church, the Rev. Wilfrid Spalding, is retiring at the end of September. Mr Spalding was ordained in 1957 as curate at Clitheroe, then became Vicar at St Paul’s, Accrington, from 1960-68, when ne moved to his present post as Rector of |


I Much Hoole.


TEDDY bears galore flocked into Trinity church rooms when the weather was too damp to hold


their annual picnic outside. The teddies, owned and accompanied by the


Trinity playgroup, usually have a bears’ picnic in the Castle grounds, but this year thought it best to avoid damp fur and stay indoors.


All 30 members of the playgroup, aged three


and four, enjoyed teddy bear shaped biscuits, much to the alarm o f their furry friends! The


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bears sat back and watched various games played by the youngsters, including sack races and running, then joined in a special teddy race. When the bears were ready for home, each


little boy was given a toy aeroplane and each girl a bottle o f bubbles!


Organiser Mrs Nina Driver, who was helped at , .


the picnic by Mrs Lynette Greenwood and play­ group mothers, said: “A sunny day would have been nice, but, as it was, the kiddles still had a


lovely time — and so did the teddies. i ■


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Splash of colour


RESIDENTS of Vale| House sheltered accom­ modation are doing their bit to help Whalley’s chances in the Beautiful Britain in Bloom and Lan-1 cashire Best-Kept Village I competitions . . . with a I grand display of 19 hang­ ing baskets. Six of the baskets were


provided by Whalleyl Lions and the remainder, plus two troughs, were| bougl with i---------- jumble sale. “ The. residents have


really worked hard to make a colourful display,” said warden Mrs Phylll Jolly. “The flowers are -dj


credit to them.”


modem cement works in E urop e and second largest in Britain, follow­ ing its £22m extension which came into operation two years ago. First news of the job


that time,” he said. However, any possible


future price rises would be seriously affected through pressure from cheap foreign imports.


“ In view of this we have had to look at alter­


native ways to improve our efficiency,” he said. “ For some time we


have increased production fairly significantly with the same labour force and that has given us a bit of


an edge, “ But production has


now reached its peak and we can no longer make up spriralling costs by this


method.” Mr Tetlow said that


largely because of a fall o f f in building work,


demand for cement had


dropped. Sales throughout Bri­


loBses came when man­ agement met the nine- man shop stewards’ com­ mittee representing the 430 production workers. Two days later more


than 100 of the men dis­ cussed the development at a mass meeting at Low Moor Club and agreed to the redundancies, pro­ vided that they were on a voluntary basis.


Absorbed It was also agreed to


hold further meetings with management to dis­


cuss how the redundan­ cies would take place, as well as compensation terms. Mr Tetlow told our re­


porter that the company had to improve its effi­ ciency because of the un­ certain future in the price and demand for cement. “This year the price has by


increased there has


y fe a r s , 4Yz%, been no company


tain were only 60% of what they were 10 years ago and they had dropped again this year compared with last. In the same period Rib­


blesdale Cement had in­ creased its share of the market from four to nine per cent and, even ac counting for the cut in the labour force, the company was employing more people than in 1975. He added that it was


hoped the jobs would dis­ appear through natural wastage and voluntary re­ dundancy and there was no question of the com­ pany using a “ heavy hand.” At present there are no indications of any furth­


er redundancies. A spokesman for the


but in­


crease during the previ­ ous


th re e -an d -a-h alf the


shop stewards’ committee said that negotiations were continuing and there was no possibility of the men agreeing to compul­ sory redundancy. Talks would resume to­ the


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end week on tne the job o


of next iuss losses


having absorbed increased — and compensation terms attend the reception at


the Anglian Windows showroom to mark his success in reaching the final 16 in the prestigious “Choirboy of the'year”


contest. The finals of the com­


petition, to be held in London In October, is or- :anised by the Royal


Jchool of Church Music, and sponsored by Angli­


an Windows. There is a £2,000 prize


for the winner’s church to improve choral facilities, although his present suc­ cess has brought in £100, and a personal gift from


the sponsors. A ch o r is te r at St


Helen’ s, Waddington, since he was six, Jonathan (14) is a pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School.


To crown an excitin,


week, Jonathan also heari that he has obtained _ further distinction in gain ing the Bishop’s Choris­ ter’s award, following an examination. It will be personally


presented to Jonathan and a fellow chorister, Sally Bryan (15), when the Bishop of Bradford visits Waddington in October.


On trail of £2,000 prize


YOUNG Waddington chorister Jonathan Cunlif- fe will be the guest of honour at a champagne reception, in Bolton, on Saturday. With his parents Mr


and Mrs Peter Cunliffe, brothers Andrew (12),


Simon (8) and grand­ mother Mrs Janet Bur­ nett, Jonathan is to


MORE than 100 pa­ rents, grandparents,


friends and relatives packed Brookside CE School hall to capacity for a summer concert


by the pupils. Playing a variety of


instruments, the 50- strong “mini-orchest­ ra" gave an hour’s


first-rate entertain­ ment in a ivhole range of musical styles.


Classics such as


“Greensleeves" were played, as well as popular songs includ­ ing “The Entertainer,” the theme tune from the film “The Sting.” Guest at the concert


was District Education O f f ic e r Mr Pe t e r Evans, who joined the rest of the audience for tea and biscuits after­ wards.


£14,000 damages! for boy who was scarred for life


FIVE years after an accident which left him scarred for life, a Clitheroe boy has been awarded £14,000 damages.


After the “ordeal” of a


two-day High Court hear­ ing at Liverpool, Walter Carroll (14), of Conway Avenue, now wants to put the matter behind him and is looking forward to buying a new bicycle with a small amount which the judge ordered should be released straight away. The remainder of the


Windfall for town church


FORMER Sunday


school teacher at St James’s, Clitheroe, has left £5,588 to the church in his will. Mr Fred Porter, who


died in March, aged 83 left an estate valued at £43,816. A bachelor, Mr Porter,


formerly of Fort Street, Clitheroe, had a long con­ nection with the church and was a Sunday school teacher there in his younger days. He was educated at St


James’s School and later at the Royal Grammar School before going to work as a textile clerk at Jubilee Mill. He main­ tained a lifetime’s interest in St James’s and kept in touch when he moved to Skipton. After legacies to vari­


ous friends, the residue of his estate was left in vari­ ous proportions to rela­ tives. Other beneficiaries include Friends of the Lake District (£1,241), Dr Barnardo’s Homes (£620), and Help the Aged (£1,241).


award is to go in trust until Walter reaches 18. Walter attended the


hearing with his father and stepmother and had to relive the ordeal which happened when he was nine and entailed a six- week stay in hospital with injuries to his fac and back. At his home this week,


he said that he still bore the scars. “ In hot weather I like to wear shorts, but I have had some funny


looks.” His stepmother Mrs


Janetta Carroll said Walter was very much aware of the scars and the next few years would be crucial for him. “We are pleased with


Walter bike


stones where she is a I nursing sister. He already I has his sights firmly setl on a career as a nurse at the hospital when he | leaves school.. Walter was crossing I


the amount that was awarded. There was no indication before hand as


to what it would be. It was just left to , the judge,” she said. During holidays from


R ib b le sd a le S chool, Walter enjoys helping his stepmother at Calder-


Didn’ t we have a lovely timelt


travelling at 70 m.p.h., which was being followed by police. The impact sent him flying through the air and into the path of the [ . police vehicle which was


Whalley New Road, Langho, to meet some friends when the accident happened. He was hit by a “Mini”


overtaking. His parents sued the


owners of both vehicles for failing to avoid the accident and travelling at excessive speeds. The judge criticised the


police car driver — a con­ stable who has since died — for making no attempt to warn other motorists and pedestrians during


the chase. He ordered the car


driver to pay 70% of the damages and the police the remainder.


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were damaged by smoke and two of them by water and will have to be re­ covered.


Earlier 50 people had


been taking part in a com­ petition. The fire is be­ lieved to have started at about 1-15 a.m., due to a cigarette end in a waste paper bin next to the bar. Proprietor Mr John


Robert Poole, of Wheat- ley Hall Farm, Copster Green, was retiring for the night when the police phoned him.


He went immediately to


the scene and was told that had the fire been un­ noticed for another 10 mi­ nutes, the whole place would have gone up.


The club has been


closed while repairs are carried out.


“I hope to re-open in


September or October,” said Mr Poole. “I certain­ ly want the place ready for the start of the next Clitheroe and District Snooker League.”


Meanwhile, the J.R.’s


snooker team which com­ petes in the Matthew Brown Inter -Town


League, will be based at the Elite Snooker Club, Accrington, for its re­ maining games.


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