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I i r \ J lL J L M J ? THURSDAY, NOVEMBER P r ic e 2 0 p Accolade


for town’s football team


THE e n t i r e Cl i the roe football team has been chosen to represent the Lancashire FA in a pre­ stigious cup competition. Normally the represen­


tative side is made up of players from several of the association’s teams, and the honour comes to Clitheroe in recognition ol winning the Lancashire C h a l l e n g e T r o p h y in


April. The Lancashire FA's


Amateur Commi t tee — which selects the side — h a s a 1s o a s k e d t he Cl i theroe man ag e r , M r Er ic Whal ley. to take charge of the team. The first- round match


in the Northern Counties Cup is against the East Hiding FA, at Hull, on De c emb e r 7th. About eight count ies will be taking part in the contest. But the task is a daunt­ ing one. Even Lancashire


FA s e c r e ta ry Mr dim Kenyon cannot remember


a victory for the Rod Hose county in the last 2(> years at least. ‘‘We’ve been beaten in


the final twice, so this year we’ll be trying to go one better." he said. Clitheroe chairman Mi


Cyril Whiteside considers the "en bloc" selection as a tremendous boost foi the town. He hopes that it will serve to underline the club's growing s ta­ ture. particularly to local b u s in e s sme n who a n being approached to helj in the appeal to raise cash for floodlights.


Garage sites


E F F O R T S a r e b e in g ma d e by th e Kib b le Valley Council's Housing Committee to tine! Mut­ able garage sites for coun­ cil house tenants in areas with nar row roads and congested parking. '1 n committee also wants to pursue the idea of treat ing drives to e:t>e tlu


problem.


1,300 give views on Sunday trading


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iK - w N o v a .w c 'U l><‘ h a p p y to s lum yo u n n o ld <>i '<••


THE initial nine-point


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pnlise to question­


naire on Sunday trading p r e p a r e d by ( ' l i th eme Chamber "f Trade lia> been extremely good. Already the views *>f have ...... ..


obtain*''! l»y 2.5 C)ither**e Knvai ( I rammar Sehool ,- i\th-fonn M.ud>-nt> and


: ( 'hamber member?- have 1-1 .‘d


her son pimple in in- ry. oiiiiiiU'ivi' and the


r a n V a > - i n g


i'.- eiiureht-". vUI-Vey i> expected


• eom j del rd ear ly


i-\! month and tii** re- alts announced belore


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J I / J j \ »l bead til depar t­ ment .Mr Eddie Murphy


r-aitl tin* students were en­ ding talking to people in


the street - of Clitheroe. mrneihing they did not ifteii do. They had re* ived a g'lntl response id very few people had


rel’tl-ed to co-operate. On Tuesday the stu- ients were on duty at tin


Auct ion Mar t and tlu market with tlu* qtie.-tion naire. aimed at making think about the full


implication.- of the G eminent's Sunday Trading


Hi!!. The Bill start?* it p r o g r e s s th r o u g h ih House of l.onls today.


PUB CRAWL NETS Cl21


ANDY B a n d y and a y pa c I* w u in a n . a m<• n g others, helped to rai


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ESTABLISHED OVER SO YEARS i & ■©-


£121 from a charity pul crawl in Cl i theroe.


Saturday. Six Ciitheroe women,


all in fancy dress, visited town centre pubs colled ing for the Koval Man­ chester Children’s Hospi­ tal Kee-earch Foundation.


() rgani?-cr Mrs J e a n


Beecrof t . of HayhurM Street, was delighted by the response from local


and hopes to present cheque to the hospital in


the near future. o r Heritage fair best in NW C L 1T11 E R OK'S


Horilano Pair lias won a major Uril- isli Tourist Au­ thority award for the second year


ganisers, Clitheroe Lions


running. The jubilant or­


Clitheroe Hound Table, are already preparing for next year's event, which


a n d


will coincide with the Clitheroe SOI) celebrations, and are hoping for a hat-trick.


chairman of the fair committee, will he


.Mr Ian Llo y d ,


travelling to London ear ly next month with some of the or­ ganisers to receive a clienue for £500 and a certificate. The fair has won


the regional award for the North-West


in the "England En­ tertains" best promo­ tion awards.


"We are over the­ rmion, part icular ly as this is the second year that we have won ao award."


Said Mr Lloyd:


Imte to residents of Cl i theroc and the Kibble Valley for


Sir Lloyd paid tri-


th e i r suppor t and c o n t r ib u t io n s to ­ wards tile £25,000 raised for charity. T h e £ 5 0 0 p r i z c money is to go into the charity account. The chairman of


the fair committee in 10S0 will he Round Tab Ier Mr Tony Spencer. .Mr Lloyd is c h a i rm a n of the commi ttee heading the Cl i the roe S00 celebrations.


Top policewoman to command local patch


L A N C A S H I R E ' S h i g h e s t - r a n k i n g policewoman — Snpt Wynne Darwin — will be in charge of the newly-created Clitheroe sub-division when it comes into operation in .January.


F o r t y - f o u r - y e a r - o l d


Supt Darwin has been stationed at the Hutton


HQ for the last six years and is currently engaged in administration.


■#5T V . She was the ‘'model" for


tin* popular HIM’ Televi­ sion series "Juliet Bravo for which her husband. Tony, a former policeman, is technical adviser and occasional script writer. F i r s t and fo r emo s t ,


however , Supt Darwin s t r e s s e s that she is a police officer greatly look­ ing forward to the chal­ lenge of her new job at Clilheroe and again work­ ing as an o p e ra t io n a l


officer. Already well known to


main- people in tlu* Kibble Valley, sin* became ac­ quainted with Clitheroe in IP71 during her time as a sergeant at Blackburn.


Promoted p a r tm e n t


■We had a women's de­ th i ' i i a n d


Clitheroe wa.- in my divi-


.-ion." she recalls. Married in 11*73. >he


wa> promoted inspector two yean- later and placed charge of the (treat


Harwood sub-section. She lived in Head tor almost


five year.-. W i th promo


iiispeetoi' sh


o c hie f •nt . to


work at headquarter.- and •nr- ago w:is prom­


oted superintendent. In her limited -pare


time she enjoy- playing br id g e and f lower a r ­


ranging. Tin* number of divi-ions


in tlu* Lancashire lbr are being reduced from l" to six and ,-ub-di\i>;ons


from 20 to 17. Along with Badiham. form a sub­ proposed


( ’lilheroe will division


of tin* Burnlev Division. r m As yet. Supt Darwin


does not know whether sin* will be b a s ed at Clitheroe or Badiham, but suspects that Cl i theroe will be favourite. Chie f Insp. Malcolm


Kaweliffe. who took com­ mand of the Cl i theroe sub-station a year ago, is to move to Nelson as Chief Inspector in com­ mand of tile Nelson Sub- Division. The c h an g e s in the county's policing follow a 12-month review by man­ agement consultants.


R e c o rd to ta l


THK 2 5 th C l i t h e r o e I ’oppy Appeal organised by* Mrs Kthel Benny, of l i a y h u r s t S t r e e t , has been a record. The total so far stands


at £3.lu7.S7 with church collections and some dona­ tion- for wreaths still to


come in. The previous best was £3.130 in H'N3. House-to-


hou.-e and street collec­ tions this year realised £1,773.*'>7. tile Clitheroe Royal British Legion Club and branch raised £1,2.50 and sales of commem- morative covers and dona­ t ion- for wre a th s made £3.'»n. Mrs Benny is delighted


with the response Irom Cl i t h e ro e p e o p le and thanks all her helpers.


Exciting week for Beverley


SABDEN .student Beverley Dobson will always remember the week she celebrated Iter lith


birthday For she met Brinoess


Diana when ta b n p part in the Dr Barnardo’s Champ­ ion Children of the Year awards — and received a certificate as runner-up in the art section. She also appeared with


other contenders on TY- AM and met several top showbiz, personalities at the Children of the Year lunch at the Savoy Hotel in London. “The whole experience


was so overwhelming 1 didn' t mind about not coming lop in the art sec­ tion." said Beverley, of Whalley Road. Sabden. She wa- nominated by staff at Moorhead High


Ail lit up


FKSTIVF floodlighting of Clit heroe Cas t ie Keep begins at dusk on Monday and will continue until after the New Year celeb­


rations. The switch-on follows


the completion of exten­ sive repairs to tin* keep. At present it is not poss­ ible to say when the keep will be reopened to tlu* public.


School. Accrington, whore she took 0-levels in the summer, and reached the final three in the art sec­ tion after judges had ex­ amined examples of her


work. Beverley, now studying


at Blackburn School of Art. was accompanied to London by her mother.


June, a store instructor at S a l i s b u r y ' s B u r n l e y


branch, ami stepfather Mr David Bees ley. caretaker at th e Kibble Val ley


Council Offices. Shi* travelled to London


the day af ter her 17th birthday for the TV date, followed by her meeting with tlu* Brinoess. who is p r e s id e n t of Dr Bar - nardo's. Beverley and her pa


m i l s shared a table at the p re s en ta t io n lunch with celebr i t ies Wendy Craig. Tim Cur r ie and Bruce (Hdfield. Said Mr Beesley: "It was a marvellous hirlhdav


present. Luckily we have obtained a video recording of Beverley's TV appear­ ance and highlights of the r e c ep t io n , so we will alwavs he able to look back on those two day: London."


Landscaping for the future


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good luck message


S T U N N IN G c o s tum e s , a lavish set and an enthusiastic cast — as can be seen from our picture — all add up to Calderstones Revue nnd Dramatic Society’s latest pro­ duction being one of the most ambitious to date.


In fact the cast of “ Blonde!” have re­ ceived a message of good luck from its writer, Tim Rice.


BEHIND the buil- tiers’ hoardings and houses, a new vista has opened up on the site of the former .Water­ loo Mill, in Well- gate, Clitheroe. It is now poss­


School in final of TV carol contest


ible for some people living in the area to look right across to Pendle. Work on knocking


down the site is going according to p 1 a n a n d t h e It i b b 1 e Val ley Council hopes to sell it early in the New Year for resi­ dential develop­ ment.


Gas date


WORK to supply the vil­ lag e s of Wad d in g to n . West Bradford and Grind- loton with gas is expected to star t on January tlth. with the first consumers b e i n g c on n e c t e d b y


March. Kibble Valley Council


C h i e f E x e c u t i v e Mr Michael Jackson told the Housing Committee that 71 council-owned proper­ ties in the three villages we re being connected. The cost of converting them to gas will he £270 per unit.


INNOCENT Child." a


carol w r i t t e n by two pupils of St Augustine's School. Bil lington. ha.- won a place in the finals of the senior section nt BBC television’s nationu! carol competition. The carol has been


wri t ten by fifth-formers Kat ie Topping (15). of Wilpshire. who was re­ sponsible for the words, and Andrew Turner (1*0. of Clitheroe. who wrote


the music. It is sung by Anthony


B r e n n a n d . L y n d s a y Regan, Claire Tomlinson. Stephanie Guilfoyle. Jessi­ ca Topping, Janinc Rich­ mond and Christine Swar-


brick. The entry was chosen


as one of three finalists from a tape submitted by the school. The youngs­ te rs will now be filmed singing the carol, which will appear on television nearer Christmas, when the winner will be an­ nounced. The prize is a musical instrument. La s t ye ar , the first


time the school entered, the pupils won the senior section.


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Mr Rice has shown a great deal of interest in the production of Ids own West Knd hit musical in the Kibble V a 11 e y a n d w a hoping to see it per


However, because he is having to go to Au­


formed.


Playing the leading man in "Blonde!.” which tells of the mins trel who fol ­ lowed King Richard tlu* Lionheart around Kuropc a f te r the Crusades and rescued


stralia for the pro duction of his nuisi cal “Chess.” tlu* visit to Calderstones has been put off.


him from prison, is Brian Haworth (pic


The musical feature? an odious prince, an off-heat assasin, a punk-hacking group and some peculiar monks, in addition to the more attractive dancers shown in our picture.


tured).


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They are. from the left. Mavis Crabtree. Jean Bells, Lesley Gut te r id g e . Lynn Watson. Janet Baron and Janet Bate.


The original West Knd costumes have been hired for the east of 38, which have been rehearsing with musi­ cal di re c to r Joan P a t e for th r e e months.


The show, at the hospi tal theatre, begins on Tu e sd ay for five nights.


Also in the cast is the Vicar of Whalley, the Rev Michae l Ac* kroyd, in a somewhat elevated role . . . as the Archbishop of Canterbury


To pay less


\V!1 ALLEY and Little I Mitton ratepayers have


received an early Christ­ mas present.


BCBILS from Clitheroc Koval Grammar School left their textbooks and Mitchels in tin.- classroom on Friday and dimpled the great outdoors at Tarmac (Clithome) for a quick gardening lesson.


Twenty-five first for­


mers. accompanied by t e a c h e r s Mr Kdward Car ter and Mrs Frances Cavanagh. sot to work with spades to help en­ hance the scenery with a dozen mountain ash.


as part ol me National


Tree Week. Last year (53 first-for­


mers from the then girls’ grammar sehool planted a variety of trees includ­


■hildre • elan


in g N o rw a y ma p l e , alder, ash. field maple, s i lver birch and wild cherry. In our picture, Clary


Kent ( ID and landscape! Peter Wood plant the first tree.


has meant the parish council reducing its pre­ cept to a rate of Ip. In


A saving in spending


1‘JS l 85 the rate was -L2p. T h e s a v in g is d u e


mainly to the Kibble Valiev Council increasing its help towards highway amenitv cleansing.


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