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All set for co-ed era at Grammar School


girls and 38 boys will be moving into the former girls’ school at Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, to give the town a Co-educational


grammar school for the first time in its 431-year


history. Before the girls’ build­


ing was opened in 1958, both sexes were educated at York Street, although they never came into con­ tact for lessons.


Mixed The fu l l switch to


coeducation will take until 1989, depending on work on additional facilities at the girls’ building being


completed by then. There will be mixed


classes for this year’s intake of 98 and also for some small lower-sixth subject groups. The date of a mixed


YO UN G trick cyclists blazed a muddy trail as Clitheroe’s first BM X track was given its offi­


cial baptism. They gave the thumbs


up to the long-awaited


track at Roetield, after high that the scheme braving heavy showers could take off in a big and quagmire conditions way -— and spread to to speed around the cir- other areas in the Ribble


cuit at the opening cere- . Valley, mony.


For more about the track and another pic-


Hopes are now riding ture, please see page 10.


sixth-form depends on the development of the York Street building. Additionally, there will


be integration ■ of years one and two in creative


. studies such as art, music and woodwork.


Since the schools closed


for the summer - holidays in mid-July, there has been much activity, par­ t icu la r ly at Chatburn Road. Preparation was com­


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SH A R P -SH O O T ER Ian ' Robert Peel, of Brook House Green Farm, Slaid- b u rn , re tu rn e d in triumph, on Monday, from the Clay Pigeon Shooting World Championship in France. He was a member of


the four-strong British team which won the bronze medal in the team event and also came 16th out of 324 world-class shooters in the individual event. Ian (27) took part in


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which took place over four days, he shot a magnifi­ cent total of 191 clays out of 200. The winner, who was also British but not part of the British team beat him by only four hits. Ranking joint first in


Britain, Ian now has his sights firmly fixed on the Commonwealth Games next year, after two further competitions and a winter rest from shooting..


Hay destroyed


A WOODEN barn con­ taining 1,000 bales of hay was destroyed by fire last week. The barn, at Park Avenue, Chatburn, be­ longed to Ribblesdale Cement and was rented by farmers W. and S. Mason, of Horrocksford Farm, Clitheroe.


pleted of the four tempor­ a ry buildings on the tennis courts fronting Chatburn Road, which will be in general use for two years. Since the school broke


up, contractors have been busy building a “practical suite” for computing, technology, music and ceramics. This section, due for completion in


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Memories of old days


— T H E change in the set-up


is one iv h ich is being viewed, with great interest by fo rm e r p u p ils , p a r t icu ­ la r ly th o se a t s c h o o l d u r in g the years 1915 to 1958. F o r th o se we re y e a rs when the school came nearest to being co­ educational. Clitheroe shopkeeper


MR D A R L E Y . . . busy man


June, is going up in a quadrangle at the Chat- bum side of the school. Just over a fortnight


ago the bulldozers moved in on the town end. A site road has been laid, some hawthorn trees removed and the “ temp orary ” music room — which has been in use for more than 20 years — demolished to make way for a gym­ nasium. This is due for completion by January ’87.


In the near future there


will be complete revision of the York Street build­ ing with a view to it be­ coming the sixth-form centre.


Headache Since his appointment


earlier in the year, Mr Darley has been excep­ tionally busy ironing out all the administrative and other problems in running w’hat is virtually a new set-up for 870 pupils and 60 full-time staff. One of the biggest


headaches has been draw- ing up timetables to facili­ tate the smooth use of buildings half-a-mile apart to enable boys to take such subjects as house­ craft and the girls to try their hand at woodwork. Pupils, supervised by


staff and prefects, will be given precise instruction on the route to be taken between the schools. The school day has been


Mrs Mary Bridge, who- ivas at the girls’ school when Miss Winifred Lumb teas headmistress, recalled that the girls oc­ cupied the Chatbum Road end of the premises and the boys the other side. But although they


furtively across the yard, but a mere contact and there was trouble,” she re­ called. "The only times the


gated from the boys. At playtime we used to look


girls ivere allowed across the boys’ domain was on going to the gym or to the science room. “Some of the girls used


shared the same building, the two establishments were kept very much apart. “We were utterly segre­


redesigned with four periods in the morning and four in the afternoon. Starting and finishing times are being kept the same to facilitate buses, but lunch will now be taken between 11-50 a.m. and 1-05 p.m.


Pupils will take meals, s e p a ra te ly , although


PROBLEMS created by u n a u th o r is e d people from out of town parking on the Edisford Caravan site, Clitheroe, have de­ v eloped to such a degree that a gateman has been appointed to protect the campers’ interests. During the summer,


A NEW era in Grammar School education starts in Clitheroe next, week — “full of exciting possibilities and enormous potential,” according to headmaster Mr Clive Darley. On Tuesday, about 60


members of the lower sixth will be able to choose at which of the two buildings they have lunch. S e v e ra l asp e cts of


school life have yet to be resolved. What, for inst­


ance, will happen about houses? W i l l the old names be retained, com­ b in e d , or new ones chosen? A ■ decision on houses


will be made in the new term, but first-year en­ trants will not be allo­ cated a house u n t i l January. Another question is


whether the Old Boys’ and Old Girls’ Associa­ tions will continue in their present form 'o r will they, too, amalgamate? Steps are 'being taken


to set up a new governing body. One of the first tasks of those appointed will be to choose a new chairman to take over from Canon John Hudson who is retiring as vicar of Clitheroe in September.


Ancient foundation


C L I T H E R O E Royal G r am m a r S c h o o l came into being in 1554. The Charter laid d ow n th a t th e re should be a Grammar School in Clitheroe “which shall be called the free G ram m a r S c h o o l o f M a r y , Queen of England, for the ed u ca t ion , in ­ struction and learning o f boys and young men in grammar, to be and to continue for ever.” A Grammar School


for Girls was estab­ lished in 1915, but the two were run as com­ pletely separate es­ tablishments. Also es­ tablished was a pre­ paratory department fo r boys and girls u n d e r the age o f eight. In the Christmas


term of 1925 these junior forms of boys


and girls were amal­ gamated into a junior department, housed in huts which had been erected d u rin g the war. In 1958 the girls’


school was established at Chatburn Road.


people from places such as Blackburn, Bury and Ac­ crington have been park­ ing their cars among the caravans and having pic­ nics, taking up pitches and causing congestion by le a v in g v e h ic le s on verges. On some days as many


as 50 unauthorised vehi­ cles have been on the council-owned site, which is run by the Camping and Caravan Club. Some park on the river


bank and allow their dogs to run loose and some caravanners have actually left early because of prob­ lems caused by wandering dogs. Items belonging to cam­


pers have been taken and one caravanner returned to his vehicle to find a family in the van. The blame has been


firmly placed on people from outside the town, as locals taking their dogs for a walk are known to the warden. Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg,


chairman of the Borough Recreation and Leisure Committee, told our re­ porter that the committee was aware of the war­ den’s problem and wanted to help. She said the warden


has the committee’s back­ ing and a gateman has been employed on a tem­ porary basis to assist him in stopping unauthorised vehicles. People are allowed to park on the public car


park nearby and go to the rive r bank, but many seem to think they are allowed on the caravan site, which is restricted to campers only. Disabled people are al­


lowed through, however, provided they can show their disabled badges.


Popular market


T H E new w e e k ly Clitheroe antique and col­ lectors’ market is proving popular with stallholders and the public. Since the first one on July 12th the number of stalls has risen from 23 to 34. The total income to


Ribble Valley Council at a rental of £1 a stall has amounted to £165. After the market has


been in operation for six months, the council’s share of the income will rise to £2 a stall. Slight problems during


the first markets, when stallholders moved on to Market Street hampering cabinholders, have been resolved.


SCORES of energetic toddlers and their mums had a whale of a time at the first session of the “Tod­ dler gym” at Trinity Youth and Communi­ ty Centre, Clitheroe.


About 90 pre-school children played on slides, benches, in- flatables and mats, with more adventur­ ous tots trying out the climbing bars and ropes.


The turnout was so large that super­ visors Rachel Scott and Glen Barkess have split the group into 25 mums a ses­ sion, to avert chaos.


They will meet on Monday, Wednesday and F r id a y after­


noons, from 1-45 to 3 p.m. w ith a 15' minute keep-fit ses­ sion at the end.


Mrs Scott said: “We are not trying to take over from play­ g ro u p s by any means. We just aim to provide the kid­ dies with healthy physical exercise, which is important for them.”


Beat the weather appeal


T H E o rg a n is e r s of Clitheroe Garden Club Show are calling on mem­ bers and Ribble Valley re­ sidents to beat the weath­ er by entering whatever they have available in Saturday’s event. Understandably entries


for the annual show, in Clitheroe Parish Hall, are suffering because of the weather. To encourage entries —


and the organisers point out that everyone has had the same problem with the weather — they will be accepted up to 4 p.m. on Friday. People can enter at the


Ribble Valley Council of­ fices, the Oxfam shop or through any committee member.


A sunshine ‘affayre’ for Mayor


S i s t e r s k i l le d in b y p a s s c o l l i s io n


A FORMER Bolton-by-Bowland man and four members of his family are in hospital with injuries received in a double fatality on the A59, near Chatburn, on Sunday night. M r C l if fo rd Hayth- Mr and Mrs Hayth-


ornthwaite (40), of Brog- ornthwaite, who have den Lane, Bamoldswick, was a passenger in a Mer­ cedes driven by his wife, Elizabeth, when it was in­ volved in a head-on colli­ sion with a Peugeot, in which sisters Julie (22) and Gillian Grocott (18), of W a r r in g to n , were killed.’ Mr and Mrs Hayth-


ornthwaite w'ere taken to Blackburn Royal Infir­


mary with head and chest in ju r ie s .


, Also admitted were


their children, Andrew (12) and Sylvia (10), and Mrs Haythornthwaite’s mother, Mrs Florence H a l l (81), of T a y lo r Street, Bamoldswick.


head and chest injuries, are reported to be com­ fortable and the condition of the other passengers is described as satisfactory. Mr Haythornthwaite is


the eldest son of Mr and M r s R o b e r t H a y t h ­ ornthwaite, of Gisburn Road, Bolton-by-Bowiand. He attended the village


sch ool and Bowland County Secondary School before working for his


father on the family farm. He moved to Barnold-


swick more than 10 years ago when he went into business with his father- in-law, supplying mate­ rials to the local building trade.


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to look across at the boys or talk to them in the main hall ‘until caught’,’’ she said. When Mrs Bridge first


attended the school, the mistresses were all single, but tlmt changed during the war. Miss Lumb kept a very


RIBBLE Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Joyce Lilburn had an “Affayre" on Bank Holiday Monday, and her fellow villagers in Bolton-by-Bowland, together


strict establishment, but nonetheless Mrs Bridge, a life member of the Old Girls’ Association, re­ members her school days with great affection.


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successful, with the weather behaving itself and the sun actually shining. The Mayor is seen joining in the fun with the children's circus and some


with many visitors, joined in! The “Affayre," to raise money for the Mayor's charity, proved highly


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