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holders and industry ac­ tually will have to pay, however, depends on the County Council rate — which for the current year stands at 144.5p in the £ — and also the varying parish precepts. The county figure will


be fi.xed on March 7th, the day before the Ribble Valley Council meets to consider the re­ commended 4p rise.


THE Ribble Valley faces its first district rate increase for four years — from 21p to 25p in the £. Had it not been for a reduc­ tion of £156,000 in the Government’s block support gi'ant, the rise would have been limited to Ip. Just how much house­


into line with the Gov­ ernment’s £2,446il90 e.\- penditure target for the year, council committees have had to lop £55,840 from the amount they would like to have spent.


To bring the authority


Gordon Onslow told the Policy and Resources Committee that if the council spent the £55,840 over budget then the Government would penalise it by £3 for every £1 spent.


Borough Treasurer Mr


diture, he suggested the transfer of £37,050 from 1984- 85 through the re­ pairs and renewals fund and reduction of the ap­ proved estimates for 1985- 86 by £23,670. A cut of £1,000 in the


In order to cut e.xpen-


Recreation and Leisure Committee’s estimates for culture and enter­ tainment'. was restored following protests. Coun. Eric Bracewell


(Clitheroe) said that the standard of entertain­ ment was appalling for an area that was being promoted foV tourism.


(Grindleton) said the people of the Ribble Valley received an enormous return from the small amount of money invested in enter­ tainment in Clitheroe and Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg (Wiswell) spoke of the dependance on local o rg a n is a t io n s and societies for arts and culture. Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe) questioned


Coun. Leslie Nevett


the wisdom of reducing expenditure on Clitheroe parks by deducting over £7,000 from the Recrea­ tion and Leisure Com­ mittee’s estimates. ITf we don’t spend


money on these items are the p a rk s in Clitheroe not going to have a tatty image?” he asked.


out th a t Cl ith e ro e Round Table was pre­ pared to put money into improving the tennis courts at the Castle grounds, as were the town and district coun­ cils. “The appearance of the park in Clitheroe should be much better at the end of the year than at the start,” added Mr Onslow. By pruning the Recre­


Mr Onslow pointed


ation and Leisure Com­ mittee’s estimate, the council would not be cut­ ting the standard of ser­ vice, but keeping it as it was in previous years, he said.


from (5oun. Bert Jones about a reduction of £1,600 from the esti­ mates of the Public Works and Health Com­ mittee for market stall roof repairs, Mr Onslow said that the council would probably have a chance to look at this again during the year.


Reiilying to a question


posed to putting off the re p a irs . “We have agreed to put up the rents for these stalls and should be ploughing money back into the market,” he said.


Town hall could cost £172,000


Wheels motion for library plan


THE plan to sell Clitheroe Town Hall for a new lib­ rary and rebuild Mytton House to replace inadequate lost facilities has been agi’eed to in principle by Ribble Valley Council policymakers. This clears the way for


the council to start talks with the county council which this week kept the librai-y at the top of its 1986-87 progi’amme, anti­ cipating that it would cost £825,000, including


v a u x h a l iL


£100,000 for furniture and equipment.


will form part of the total required to pay for the new council chamber, two mayors’ parlours and public meeting rooms at Mytton House. Depending on the re­


take into account the cost of the library site, which has yet to be negotiated. The proceeds of the sale


sults of the negotiations and the extent of the new fa c i l i t ie s a t Mytton House, the cost to the council would be in the region of £98,000 to £172,000. The alternative would be to spend £160,000 on


These figures do not


essential repairs and im- due for provements to the town • Salthill. hall and Mytton House which is deteriorating rapidly.


“Fiasco”


has also agi’eed in princi­ ple to the plan but is withholding full backing until it is assured that the county is definitely going to build on the library site.


Clitheroe Town Council


told a special town council meeting that it would be a fiasco if the timing was wrong on the develop­ ment. They could end up with two buildings to run and no new library.


Coun. James McGhie


Howel Jones said that the council strongly favoured a new library but many important aspects had to be gone into.


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by Coun. John Cowgill that the town council might end up being tucked out of the way in a tiny room. He thought the distinctive features of the council chamber should be preserved, and he would only support the project if no alternative to selling the town hall could be found.


A fear was expressed


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A NEW face who will be involved with youth in the area is Mr James Hum­ phreys, of Dinas Fowls, South Glamorgan.


33 and married, has been appointed District Youth Officer for Hyndburn and


Mr Humphreys, who is E AE


being ih charge of five full-time youth workers and part-time staff in youth clubs .in the area run by the Education Committee,


the Ribble Valley. His duties will include


For example, no one t r a n s fe r to


urged by Coun. Eric Bracewell to gi-asp quick­ ly the chance for a new library, otherwise the money the county is in­ tending to allocate could be lost.


But the members were The council appointed a


sub-committee — the Mayor, Coun. Bert Jones and Coun. Leo Wells — to liaise with the Ribble Valley working .party, which came up with the plans.


,cil chamber should be re­ turned to it, if new ac­ commodation was built. The meeting endorsed a


suggestion by Coun. Bowker that there should be a clear written state­ ment of Clitheroe’s posi­ tion. The town council was very much a party to the plan and all steps must be taken in unison, he said. Coun. Bill Fleming (Bil-


lington) said no-one was t ry in g to d ep r iv e Clitheroe of its chamber and mayor’s parlour. “But I hope for the


the need for the full co­ operation of the Clitheroe Town Council which owns its Mayor’s parlour and, at the time of local gov­ ernment reorganisation entered into a gentlemen’s agi’eement that the coun-


Council’s Policy and Re­ sources Committee met on Monday, it endorsed the proposals of the work- ing p a r ty , which is chaired by Coun. Bill Bowker (Chipping). Reference was made to


Co-operation When the Ribble Valley


P a n to t im e at Civic


SEVEN leading charac­ ters in a pantomime set to open in Clitheroe next week have been carrying out their own publicity campaign and meeting some of the locals.


and CO. are currently in the foyer at the Ribble Valley Council Offices, Clitheroe. They are wait-' ing for “Snow White and the seven dwarfs’’ at Clitheroe Civic Hall to be performed by the Settle Theatre Group, Take 1.


Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy


spectacular with a large cast and elaborate sets. It sticks closely to the origi­ nal Disney story, but there are added sketches. Performances are next


The panto is a real


Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.with a matinee also on Saturday.


Bridal gown is wanted


by a 5ft. lOin. member of the cast who is a size 12. Anyone who can help should contact Mrs Gaye Cox (Whalley 3107). The play, a thriller by


WHALLEY Church Play­ ers are looking for a white wedding dress . . . for one of the costumes in their forthcoming produc­ tion “Cat’s Cradle.” The dress is to be worn


sake of the people in and around Clitheroe that there are no silly ac­ tivities to prejudice the lib ra ry p ro je c t ,” he added.


Leslie Sands, is to be pro­ duced in Whalley Adult Centre from February 13th to 16th. Tickets are available from Whittakers shop, Whalley,, or society members.


Coun. Jones was op­


S tu r t made on estaie^B


link road


THE bulldozers have moved onto Clitheroe’s Salthill Industrial Estate to start carving out a 450-


, metre road to link up with factories at the Upbrooks end of the complex. When completed it will


remove the lorry problem fi’om Salthill Road, Taylor


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jointly by the Ribble Valley and Lancashire County Council. As workmen started


carried out by Cumbrian Industrials, of Penrith, at a cost of £373,000 and will take six months to com­ plete. It is being financed


je c t was a woman member of the county road surveyor’s depart­ ment. Mrs Jane Hawkes (27), •


.week, there were a few raised eyebrows at the discovery that the resi­ dent engineer for the pro-


levelling out a vehicle compound at Salthill last


perience involved overse­ eing the construction of a section of the M65 for 18 months. “Men are often sur­


a chartered engineer, has been with the county for five years. Her previous site e.x-


Street and Shawbridge, as well as pying drivers access to and from the main bypass via the-Pim­ lico Industrial link road. The project is being


on May 1st, when he will be responsible for preparing the way for amalgamation. His pre­ s e n t school went through the throes of comprehensive reorgan­ isation seven yeareago, so he has had experience of some of the changes which may be involved. Mr Darley was edu­


lives on a farm at Preesall, is currently deputy head of Hutton Grammar School. He was chosen from about 50 applicants. He takes up the post


cated at Fleetwood Grammar School and Leicester University, w'here he gained an hon­ ours degi’ee in geogi’a- phy. He then obtained a postgi’aduate certificate in education with dis­


NEW head teacher of Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School — the co­ educational establish­ ment to be created by the amalgamation in September of the two gi’ammar schools — is Mr Clive Darley. Mr Darley (45), who


taught at Arnold School, Blackpool, for 'nine years, six of them as head of the geogi’aphy department. He w’as head of geog­


From 1963 Mr Darley


raphy at Fleetw’ood Grammar School from 1972 to 1973 and for the past 12 years has been deputy head at Hutton, with responsibility for the sixth form. Mr Darley’s hobbies


tinction and a further MA degree through re­ se a rch , also at Leicester. F o r th e p a s t 18


include part-time farm­ ing, breeding pheasants, rugby (first as a player and now as a referee) and mountaineering. He also plays squash


months he has been sec­ onded to St Martin’s College, Lancaster, as school teacher research fellow looking at the de­ velopment of the cur- rici,ilum for ages 14-19. Part of this work is to be distributed through­ out the country and is also being used by Mr Daiiey- as the basis for a higher degi-ee.


Mearley Brook over two concrete culverts to link with Upbrooks at a point opposite the Neotechnic factory. To allow for the con­


prised to see a woman on site, but they soon get over it,” said Mrs Hawkes, who lives at Warton. The new road will cross


Ideas galore for Castle


celebrations


CLITHEROE’S historic castie wiii be quite iiteraiiy set aiight next year to mark its 800th anniversary.


tors have been told to avoid Taylor Street as far as possible, lorries will have to use it, to bring in steel and concrete for work on the culvert.


Damaged again


A WINDOW was broken at the Social Services of­ fices off Princess Avenue, Cl.itheroe, over the weekend. It is the fifth time in two weeks that damage has been caused to windows in the build­ ing, which also houses the District Education Office.


struction of the culverts, the brook will be di­ v e r te d , for a time, through some nearby al­ lotments. Although the contrac­


events will be staged from May 1st to November 5th, concluding with a giant bonfire and fireworks display.. Under consideration are


A variety of spectacular


a pipe band contest, a military display, sporting competitions and several theme weekends. Although resources are


not available for a large- scale military tattoo, a performance by a military band and a static or motor cycle team display are possibilities. The 'Territorial Army


may also be approached to perform! a training exer­ cise' at either Edisford Bridge or Brungerley Bridge. Other suggestions in­


clude sheep dog trials, pigeon racing, an ox


Lady Clitheroe's date at school


being asked to participate with the running of events and finance and the celebrations are to be publicised through the Tourist Board and council publications.


Lent lunches


Whalley. He will also be respons­


including


ible for liaison with volun­ tary youth groups in the district, involved with the Duke of E d in b u rg h Award Committee for the area and liaison with sec­ ondary schools, particular­ ly with the 15-18 age group. Mr Humphreys, who is ■


to i take up the post on May 1st, is currently Vol­ untary Youth Services Project Officer for the Area Council for Wales.


'a t 12-30 p.m. , , The Bishop of Black­


b u rn , the ‘ Rt • Rev. Stewart Cross; will -be giving a series of .Lenten talks . under the' general title.“Truth to tell.”


Record


first public engagement was, quite appropriate­ ly , at Downliam School, tvliere she pre­ sented prizes in a col­ ouring competition; ‘


LADY CLITHEROE’S ’1' - colour and ;sets of.


the - children- before'^ Christmas by a dental nurse. - She left - some dental-care posters to


■ The ^ competition 'fol-. lotved a; talk -given■; to,


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toothpaste, and .brushes Each,bffthe[,six xiin-


. ing-'.‘being done'bxj school:.clerk\.Mrs


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ners arid nine runhers- up. woxi a. set,’ the'judg-'


Val e r i e Hal l e x ­ plained, giving sxveets hax'dlyseemedxight!


ceived 'dpples,; becaxise,; as; headmistress ■■M


The xvirixiers- also re- i x’S '


est', monthly; collections figure 4n the history - of the parish .when the total- offerings for December reached £1,126.32.


ST PAUL’S Church, Low Moor,' : recorded ,the ^ high­


THE annual Lent lunches organised by . the Ribble Valley Church Council will be. held on Wednes­ days this year, starting on February 27th, in the Catholic Hall, Lowei’gate,


definitely going ahead are the Ribble Valley Drama Festival, the Scout Gang Show, (jlitheroe Heritage Fair, the' Castle Theatre Group’s production of “Men-ie England”, Ti-ini- ty’s Castle Fete, Ribble Valley’s dance festival and t r ia th lo n and the Glitheroe torchlight pro­ cession. Local organisations are


800” has been provisional­ ly chosen by the steering committee to launch the event and Mr Ian Lloyd, of Clitheroe Lions, has been appointed chairman. Among the activities


roast, a production of “Clitheroe Through the Ages” involving local schoolchildren, horse trials, hot air balloons, dancing and jousting com­ petitions and a film and slide evening with lec­ tures by local historians at the Civic Hall. The title “Clitheroe


Kidney operation fails


TRANSPLANT pa­ tient Alan Gudgeon has lost the kidney he received in an opera­ tion six weeks ago. It was removed at


in the North West (boun­ ties League and has an interest in the Duke of E d in b u rg h Award Scheme. Mr Darley’s wife, Jen­


move to this area in the futui’e. Said Mr Darley: “While we are reluctant to move, we do want to live in Clitheroe.”


nifer, is a teacher at Preesall, and their son, Andrew (19), is a second-year physics scholar at Keble College, Oxford. The family plans - to


Tower Hill, Clitheroq was re-admitted to the hospital a few days earlier, his family still hoped the kidney would be accepted. But after treatment failed, doctors had no option but to operate. Despite the setback,


Alan is in good s p i r i t s . He will remain in hospital for about three weeks until he .is strong enough to administer self-dialysis treatment on th e


neth Gudgeon, said Alan was hoping he might have another t r a n s p l a n t future.


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