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rRallying to help brave


•-Gordon


LOCAL people have been rallying round to h e lp m a k e l ife as normal as possible for a man tragically in­ jured in a rugby acci­


dent. Gordon Dale (23) is pa­


ralysed from the neck downwards. Already, local people


have generously dug deep into their pockets to con­ tribute to a special fund which has ra is ed thousands of pounds for him.


Lonsdale, is enjoying the luxury facilities at Gis- bume Park Hospital. Gis- burn, free of charge — thanks to the generosity


Now Gordon, of Kirkby


of hospital staff. When former rugby


team mate PC Colin Cor- le t t , of Gisburn, ap­ proached the staff at Gisbume Park to sponsor him on a walk to raise money for the appeal fund, he received not only sponsorship but also


the offer of a free week's stay for Gordon. The idea of the stay at


the private hospital is to give Gordon a sumptuous change of environment and enable his caring pa­ rents to have a rest.


Bill Backhouse (27). of Pimlico Road. Clitheroe, along with rugby collea­ gues Mark Lund and John Wilman, undertook the 35-mile walk from Kirkby Lonsda le to Clitheroe. On Sunday, they were


PC Corlett (37) and Mr


INDISCRIMINATE parking in Clitheroe is turning the town into an obstacle course according to police chief Supt. Wynne Darwin.


at Gisbume Park to help Gordon settle in. Before his accident.


joining the Royal Air Korce. It was during an


Gordon played rugby for Kirkby Lonsdale until


internal RAK match that he broke his neck and is now a tetraplegic. con­ fined to a wheelchair. So far, the appeal fund


has raised £10,000 to help Gordon, a brave young man who manages to keep smiling.


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Darwin pledged to “tidy up” the problem and per­ suade people to think before they park. “Our town is getting into a real mess,” she told the "Advertiser and Times.” “People are parking their vehicles wherever


T his week, Supt


further highlighted by complaints to the police from bus drivers on the new Minilink service, who are frequently finding cars parked at bus stops, particularly those in the town centre. The drivers are con


they like. I am very con­ cerned about the problem and fully intend to tidy things up, especially the parking on double yellow lines. “Everyone knows not to


park on double yellow lines — and yet they still


do it.” The problem has been


WARM welcome to Gisburne Park Gordon from Bill (left) and Colin


TOWN ‘LIKE OBSTACLE COURSE’


POLICE are to crack down on dangerous drivers on a notorious stretch of local road — the A59 — in a bid to save


lives. In th e la s t n in e


months, no less than five people have been killed as a result of road accidents on the A59 b e tw e e n th e Y o r k s h i r e boundary and Calder Bridge, Whalley.


Thirty-six more have been injured — 12 seri-


t We want to make the A59 a much safer road —and it can be done if drivers take more care *


ously — on the same stretch of road. From Monday, police


are mounting a campaign to keep death off the A59. The message from local police chief Supt. Wynne Darwin is clear: "Re­ member that a motor car becomes a lethal weapon when it is abused or mis­


used." Police traffic patrols are


also to be stepped up on the road and traffic law- enforcement will be strin­ gently applied, particular­ ly in the case of speeding motorists and those eom-


by Vivien Meath


mitting due care offences. “It is not the road that


is to blame. It is the be­ haviour of the drivers using it," claims Supt Danvin. "We, the police, see the


dent can change the lives of so many people.” she added. The road safety cam­


tragedy after these acci­ dents.’ We see at first hand the grief, the hope­ lessness of relatives when a loved one is killed or badly injured. One acci-


the elderly and the young, having to board and alight from buses in the middle


cemed about the safety of passengers, particularly


of the road. “The drivers are having


A magnificent effort


a dreadful time,” said Supt. Darwin. “We are going to have to report members of the public whenever they cause an obstruction in future. “We do not want to be


pedantic and we try to be understanding, as in the case of an emergency, for example. “But it is unfair of


paign is to be intensified for the next two weeks, during which the police intend to make every effort to get drivers to "stop and think" in a bid to cut down unnecessary loss of life and serious injury to drivers and pedestrians. The answer to a safer


careless overtaking, driv­ ing under the influence of drink, animals straying and drivers not taking into account poor road conditions in bad weather. The campaign will be


backed by the distribution of road safety leaflets and posters. An accident pre­ vention caravan will be stationed at various places throughout the area, with uniformed police offering advice, eyesight tests ant a chance for drivers to cheek just how fast their reactions are. "We want to make the


A59, according to Supt Danvin, is more care and courtesy on the part of drivers. ‘I use the road daily


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Debut for Legion’s


standard


PROUD members of tile Clitheroe branch of the Royal British Legion will tomoirow see their stan­ dard carried in to the national Festival of Re­ membrance in London, for the first time ever.


who will represent the 100 members is Mr Jim McCul­ lough. of West View, a worker at Broekliall Hos­ pital.


The standard-bearer


with spending on cars, televisions and videos, and there is an increasing threat to butchers from supermarkets,” says Cliff (31), who has been in the trade since leaving school. But he is not daunted by his two-year term of


most of the weekly budget went on meat, hut now ;ausages have to compete


office. “We can offer personal


service and advice, some­ thing supermarkets can never match, and I am o p tim is tic about the future," he said. Cliff, who was installed


dard was dedicated at the parish church in 1939. when war was declared, and shortly after the cere­ mony the young men of the town left for active ser­ vice.


Tile branch's first stan­


presented by tile late Lord Clitheroe and the present standard is the third to be dedicated, it will be one of the only two from East Lancashire at the Re­ membrance Festival.


B y - e le c t io n is c a l le d


as president at the asso­ ciation's annual meeting at Nelson Cricket Club, is also a member of the Lan­ cashire Council for Meat Traders. He is a partner in Cowman's, which was his father's business.


A BY-ELECTION is to be held on December 11th to fill a vacant Ribble Valley Council seat in St James’s ward. Clitheroe, following the death of Coun. Eddie Newhouse. Nominations must be in by noon a week to­ morrow.


Having a fling!


PUPILS of the Hetherington School of Scottish Danc­ ing, Clitheroe, were among the medals at a Highland


A59 a much safer road — and it can be done if driv­ ers take more care,' added Supt. Darwin.


and n ev er cease to be amazed at the lack of courtesy." she told us. Figures show that acci­


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dents in the last two years have been caused by drivers and pedest­ rians misjudging the speed and distance of veh­ icles, bad use of signals and junctions, speeding,


RAIDERS took equip ment worth £330 from a wo rkm en 's cabin Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Chatbum Road. Items stolen included


competition. The contest, run by the British Association of Teach­


ers of Dance, was held in Billinge. near Wigan. Enjoying success was Kimberlee Walsworth (9). of Tower Hill. Clitheroe, who took the silver medal in the


beginners' Highland fling for nine and under. In the 12 and under beginners' Highland fling, Sharon


Clough (11), of Pemllc Road. Clitheroe, gained the sil­ ver.


Cheryl Harris (11). of Mayfield Avenue, Clitheroe,


won the bronze for sword dancing. ' In the novice fling section, Diane Etchells (12), of


large e le ctr ica l fuse board. 20 chrome-finished double sockets and 20 grid switches.


thoughtless people to cause an obstruction with their vehicles when there are adequate car parks in Clitheroe."


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Bid to bring back trains


EFFORTS are to be made to bring back regular passenger trains to Clitheroe.


been formed to reopen the Blackburn-Hellifield line, a f te r discussion at a pu b lic m e e t in g in Clitheroe Parish Hall on Saturday afternoon. Ideas raised at the


An action group has m


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meeting included extend­ ing Dalesrail and intro­ ducing six or seven day a week services. The action group be­


survey report revealed that a regular passenger service between Black­ burn and Clitheroe or Chatbum could generate £lm in revenue from C lithe roe commuters alone — a figure not in­ cluding those using buses or private transport.


lieves. as does the Settle- Carlisle Joint Action Com­ mittee, that there is an overwhelming case to re­ open the line. Although this would not be easy, it could be done with imagi­ nation and boldness from both British Rail and the local authorities. The action group feels


Furthermore, better


use of lines could lead to the reopening of closed stations. British Rail has already


shown that it is willing to )> u r s u e im a g in a t iv e schemes, such as Dales-


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'delighted with the public response to the event, which wae held in the Clitheroe Mayor’s Parlour on Satur­ day. I t raised £90 more than last year and It is hoped that


branch of the Save the Children Fund has broken its own t a r i e t w ith i ts a n n u a l c o f f e e morning and raised a magnificent £520. Chairman Mra Elsie Honeywell is


'the Mayor of CUth- eroe; Conn. Jim McGhie, meet s some of the organ­ isers.


In our picture,


Parents angry after pupils left stranded


SABDEN pupils of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School were left stranded in Whalley on Monday when they arrived to find that their bus connection


had gone. Many of the children


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walked home to Sabden and on Tuesday, following complaints from anxious parents, a spokesman for Lancashire County Coun­ cil gave an assurance that steps have been taken to remedy the situation. On the journey from


finish at different times in the afternoon, the bus from Ribblesdale goes round the Pendleside til­ lages to Whalley. where it should wait for the bu: from the Grammar School, which goes direct to Whal ley through Barrow. On Monday the Gram


Sabden to Clitheroe, chil­ dren attending the Gram­ mar School share a bus with Ribblesdale School pupils.


FOND FAREWELL FOR BETTY


that Dalesrail services could be adopted and adapted, including a Man­ chester or Blackpool to Settle via Preston shuttle. This, says the action group, could be operated every Saturday in the summer, with county council or district council guarantees to make good anv losses. 'The action group says a


Lucky escape!


A CUTHEROE man had a lucky escape when his lorry lipped on its side as he was dumping nibble at Ribblesdale Cement Quar­ ries on Friday morning. Mr Donald Howarth, of


Talbot Close, a driver for Smiths Haulage Contrac­ tors, was only slightly injured.


REGULARS on "Betty’s bus" turned out in force to bid farewell to the Kibble Valley’s best-loved driver, proving thnt over the years Betty Gray’s


passengers hnvc become her friends. About 120 of her purt-time companions gathered


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at Bolton-by-Bowland for a very special goodbye and Ribblc Bus Company’s East Lancashire area manager, Mr Georgy Hawkings, presented her with


a photograph. The framed picture shows Betty — nnd her bus, of course — in Downham, with some of the ducks


she regulnrly UBcd to feed! Kibble Valley Mayor and Mayoress Coun. and


Mrs John Wnlmslcy thnnked the stnr of the eve­ ning for her service, especially to tourism. A raffle raised £-13 for the Mayor’s charity.


Because the two schools


mar School bus arrived late and the Ribble driver kept to his timetable leaving Whalley for Sab den without the remaining children. A County Counc


Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe, won the silver and took home a bronze for the swords.


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spokesman said that steps had been taken to ensure that the bus waited for the connection. Burnley and Pendle Joint Transport had also been asked to co­ operate, and children missing the Ribble connec­ tion would be able to travel on that bus, leaving Whalley at -1-20 p.m., using the same pass. Confusion over bus


passes issued to Sabden children has also been cleared up this week. The contract for the


journey from Sabden to St Augustine’s RC School.


Billington, was provision­ ally awarded to a firm ealied “Aquataine Travel." A spokesman for the


County Council said that r e s e r v a t io n s w e re expressed about the suit­ ability of the vehicles, fol­ lowing an inspection, and the contract was awarded


to Ribble Motors. In the meantime, passes


had been issued bearing the name "Aquataine T rav e l." These were accepted on the Ribble service and, said the spokesman, new passes had been issued which should have been received this week.


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