Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)'


BRITISH RAIL UNDER FIRE organiser


disgusted at the state of rolling stock


BRITISH Rail is to receive a “stinking letter” following two near breakdowns on the Ribble Valley Rail Day specials to Preston on Saturday.


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‘Waste not want not’ is the theme


THE County Council has launched a campaign to keep the public informed about waste disposal and give ratepayers the chance to have their say about plans for refuse sites. The first meeting for the


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Ribble Valley is being held at Clitheroe Parish Church Hall on Wednesday,


chairman of the Ribble Valley Rail Action Committee, said he was disgusted at the first two trains pro­ vided by British Rail and would be telling


Mr Peter Moore,


them so. There were no toilet


facilities and the rolling stock was too old-fash­ ioned fo r a modern service. “At one stage, coming


November 11th, at 7 p.m. when a film, “Waste not, want not,” will be shown by county experts. They are also expected


Replacing take-away with bar


THE owner of Clitheroe’s Clover Restaurant, in Wellgate, is to give up the take-away side of the busi­ ness to make way for a


tices grantetl Mr Wing Wah Cheung permission to


bar. Clitheroe Licensing Jus­


carry out the structural alteration at the Chinese restaurant. Mr John Houldsworth


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said th a t his c l ie n t intended to replace the take-away side of the busi­ ness with a bar down the right-hand side of the premises. He would also close up the entrance and revert to using a former entrance.


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back from Preston, our speed was down to 4 m.p.h. and it seemed we might have to abandon the train altogether.” But the skill of the


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driver and guard saved the day, keeping the engine going, and they contacted BR to provide better equipment. “There is a great deal of


interest in this service from Clitheroe people and we deserve something better than this,” said Mr Moore. Despite the delays and


set up so that people can make written submissions. The address is: Lancashire County Council, County Surveyor’s Department, Waste Disposal Section, Freepost PR1 8BR.


Christmas music date switch


THE Clitheroe Associa­ tion of Church Choirs has changed the day of a per­ formance in December due to a clash of dates. The association has


, on December 13th at 2-30 ' p.m. in the church. Soloists will include


announced that they were to perform Christmas music from Handal’s “Mes­ siah,” together with carols to be sung by the choir a n d a u d i e n c e , on December 12th in Clith­ eroe Parish Church. Instead, it will be held


Sally Coates (soprano), who sang so magnificently in the recent performance of Mendelssohn’s “Elijah," and the tenor soloist with be Colin Boardman, of Preston. Nigel Gaze, also of Preston, will be at the organ and Charles Myers, of Clitheroe, will conduct.


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Stevens and publicity officer Roland Hailwood


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A FORMER Mayoress of Clitheroe and a lady who was loved and respected throughout the area, Mrs Maxine Jones, has died, aged 58.


on-Tees, Cleveland, she was the daughter of a Methodist minis­ ter and so the family moved around the country quite a lot.


Born at Stockton-


complaints from passen­ gers, hundreds of people enjoyed a day out and more trips are planned. They were given a civic


send-off by the mayors of Clitheroe and Ribble Val­ ley, and bells large and small were rung. Town Crier Mr Roland


hood was spent in Edin­ burgh and her teenage years in the Liverpool area, a fte r which she trained as a teacher at Southlands College in London.


Hailwood was there and the bells were rung at Clitheroe Parish Church be the Blackburn branch of the Lancashire Associa­ tion of Bell Ringers. They performed a quarter peal of 1600 St Clements Bob Major.


Visit from cyclone


WHALLEY couple Frank and Gene Pope lived through a cyclone when they went to the Indian Ocean.Now members of the French Circle of Ribbles- dale will be able to share in that experience when the Limefield Avenue cou­ ple give an illustrated talk about their visit to the island of Reunion at the circle’s next meeting at the Three Fishes Hotel, Mitton, on November 9th. Anne Parent from the


began in Liverpool, then her family moved to Corn­ wall, where she taught.


Her teaching career


Mrs Jones’s brother lost his wife, she moved back up north to take care of him and his young family. It was then she met her husband, Howel, and the two were married in Liverpool in 1956.


In the early 50s, when


ferent schools until their first daughter, Helen, was born in 1958. Then came the move to Kenya, where the couple did educational missionary work for four years and their sons, Richard and Mark, were born.


returned to England and lived for four years in Kendal, where youngest daughter Hilary com­ pleted the family.


In 1963 the family


eroe, then became their home, and Mrs Jones returned to teaching, this time at St James’s School.


French wine firm on Antonin Rodet presented a wine-tasting evening at Whitesides in Clitheroe. Kim Croydon, president


of the circle, proposed a vote of thanks to the speaker who had flown from France especially for the evening.


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chamber. They report a surge of


interest with at least 20 traders expected to join. Mr Mike Bridgett is to


be Whalley co-ordinator and the total membership of the chamber, which is more than 60 years old, now stands at an all-time high of 230.


Car stolen


A PALE blue Ford Escort registration V738WHD


was stolen from outside a house at Woone Lame, Clitheroe, on Monday night. The car had “1600 special” in red on the rear side panel. Clitheroe police are investigating.


TICKETS for the Calder- stones Revue and Dra­ matic Society’s “Swan Esther and the King”, to be staged from December 1st to 5 th , a re now available. They can be bought at


the Rotary Club Activities Forum, which started last night at Trinity and runs to Friday, or by ringing Whalley 3785 or Great Harwood 886041. Tickets for the Tuesday


juniors, specialising in music, a subject she par­ ticularly loved. About six years ago, she retired but h e r many a c t iv i t ie s , always tackled with great enthusiasm and dedica­ tion, kept her happily occupied.


In 12 years there, she taught both infants and


a leader of Trinity Choir and of the senior depart­


Mrs Jones was not only


ment of the Sunday school but was also a member of Clitheroe Churches’ Choir, the tow n ’s C o n c e r ts Society and the Parish Church Organ Society’s committee.


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A REMEMBRANCE ser­ vice will be held by the Hodder Valley Branch of the Royal British Legion a week on Sunday, at Whi- tewell Parish Church. Anyone wishing to


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Warwick Drive, Clith­ They both taught in dif­ Mrs Jones’s early child­


many ways with the com­ munity, always eager to help others, and was in t r a in in g as a preacher.


She was involved in


Methodist Church on Mon­ day and the fact that there


place as Mayoress of ducted by the Rev. Jim Clitheroe alongside her Needham, assisted by councillor husband and together they proved wor­ thy ambassadors of the town. A service was held for Mrs Jones at Trin ity


In 1984 she took her. The service was con-


lo cal affection in which she was held.


was standing room only was a testament to the


Pastor Brian Clark, and th e R ev . G. W. S. Knowles, chairman of the Methodist North Lanca­ shire District. It was fol­ lowed bv cremation.


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HALLOWE’EN GREETINGS


SPECIAL Hallow-e’en greetings have winged their way across the Atlantic to Sabden in time for this weekend’s celebrations.


Californian couple Don and Wilma Meier


spent four weeks In the village during July and August on a house exchange holiday with a


couple who live at Nutter Barn, Sabden. They so enjoyed the visit that they have sent a Hallow-e’en greetings card to their new-found


friends, mine hosts at the aptly named Pendle Witch pub, Eddie and Nancie Atkinson. The card reads: "We are thinking of you all at


this time of year — happy Hallow-e’en — and would like to thank all of the village for our wonderful memories of a wonderful summer vacation." They gave particular mention to the village


shopkeepers, the friends they made during their stay and the many interesting people, including the Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress.. During their holiday they also visited the Lake District, Blackpool and London.


HURST Green playgroup is holding an open morning a week today in the former St John’s School in the village.


inviting people to attend between 11 a.m. and noon to see the facilities the group has to offer.


The o rg an isers are Silver talk


A TALK and slide show by silversmith Mr D.


Frost entertained mem­ bers of Clitheroe YFC. He was thanked by Susan England and William Slinger.


annual bonfire at Edisford Hall Farm, by permission of Mr and Mrs B. Town- son, which starts at 7-30 p .m . E v e r y o n e is welcome.


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