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EXTREME caution is the winter message for Lanca shire people from the c o u n ty ’s C h ie f F ire Officer, Mr Roy Watson. Warning that elderly
Warning on home fire hazards
check are portable heat ers, which should never be placed near a bed armchair; oil heaters, which should only be filled outside and never moved when lit; and electric blankets. If the latter have been
people are particularly vulnerable to accidental fires, he says figures show that fires in homes kill or injure more than 6,500 people, over half of whom are senior citizens. Important items to
Crackdown on vandalism
in the schools
A GOVERNMENT crackdown on van dalism in schools has been welcomed
by Lancashire County Council. Vandalism, arson
Goodwill gesture praised
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A GLITTERING array of cyclists gathered in Clith eroe before their festive ride to Malham. Members of the Clith
e ro e s e c t io n of the National Clarion Cycling Club met outside Pedal Power in Waddington Road. Bicycles were tradition
the 40-mile round trip in fancy dress. The cyclists passed
through Bolton-by-Bow- land and had lunch at Malham.
THE news that four emer gency telephones will be provided on the Clitheroe bypass was greeted with delight at the Ribble Val ley Council meeting. Conn. Eric Bracewell
(Clitheroe) who has car ried out a two-year cam paign for the phones, stressed the importance of British Telecom agreeing to provide connecting cable. “This is a magnificent
goodwill gesture, because without it the scheme would have been too costly," he said. There would just be a
no longer be awakened at 2 a.m. by stranded drivers and will be able to sleep soundly in their beds,” Coun. Bracewell added.
nominal connection charge of £105 per phone. “Nearby residents will
ally decorated with trim mings and balloons and several riders completed
A FIVE-inch anglegrinder with a four-inch wheel, worth £70,was stolen from a workbench in a lock-up garage at Back Woone Lane, Clitheroe. Police are investigating.
Tool taken
and burglary in educa tional establishments, including the Ribble Valley, are currently costing up to £1.5m. a year.
the bill rises to a massive £30m. a year — £3.40 per pupil. In some areas there is so much damage that authorities are paying the equivalent of £12 per pupil a year.
Throughout the country
looks set to give backing to measures to prevent the problem worsening in Lancashire’s schools.
Now the Government
bid for £340,000 to go towards security measures next year. In the current financial year the cost has been £270,000.
The county has made a
Department survey, a report, “Crime Prevention in Schools”, shows that as much as 10% of education authority building budgets may be spent on repairing damage from vandalism and arson.
Following an Education
(IISBURN Tiny Tots group has just grown and grown since it started 1 (> weeks ago. From meeting in mums’ houses, it now has to hire the Festival Hall to cater for ail its members. The first Christmas party proved a success, with
the use of simple security measures — better fenc
The report recommends
ing, making schools more secure from outsiders and removing “blind spots” where children can gather and commit vandalism.
HEYES, Moor Lane, Green, Railway View, will Clitheroe. will be open be open on Sunday from today until 6-30 p.m. and noon to 1 p.m. and from on New Year's Day from Monday to Friday until 6-
Chemists’ rota noon to 1 p.m. Derrick 30p.m.
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A COUPLE who retired ft live in the Ribble Valley eel wedding on New Year's They are Walter and
Santa leaving gifts for the l(i youngsters. The Vicar of (iishurn, the Rev. Hugh Clark, sang carols and the mothers provided a party tea.
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Jane (Jennie) Laurie, of Brook Street, who came to Clitheroe in 1070.
never had any regrets about coming north from what many would regal’d as the UK’s retirement capital with every provi sion for senior citizens.
Walter and Jane have
better place than sunny Eastbourne as far as we are concerned and rela tives who come up are surprised at how pleasant the area is," said Walter.
“Clitheroe is a much
Social Club, thanks to improved club finances. Fifty youngsters had their chance to tell Santa what they wanted in their
ITIFRF was a Christmas parly for all the children this year at Clitheroe
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spent 45 years working in the off-licence trade in dif fe ren t places for the national Victoria Wine Company.
He should know, having
Coventry and brought up in Sutton, Surrey, where through mutual friends, he met Jane for the first time.
She came from a mining community in County Dur ham and had moved south as a teenager to find work in service.
Clitheroe they lived first in Kenilworth Drive and. because of advancing years — they are both 73 — decided to move to their present address in Brook Street.
When they retired to
road from the shops anti the people are so friendly. You need never be alone " Walter added.
"We are only up the
self as being “snooker mad” and can often be seen enjoying a quiet game up at the Catholic Club.
Today he describes him He w a s born i n A - . i f
Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley BUSY TIME FOR i-’l'.1 Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 2.
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He served six years
go by. “Marriage is first a part
nership and you must not try to dominate the other if it is going to succeed.' Jane said. They have two daugh
ters, Mrs Patricia McCor mick, who works at Clith- eroe Health Centre, and Mrs Jenny Sharp, who lives in Perth, Australia. There are five grandchil-
d r e n a n d o n e great-grandchild. A party for family and
FATHER Christmas left gifts for the IS youngsters at Chatburn P la y g ro u p ’s fes tive
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friends wilt be held on New Year’s Day at Wad dington Club.
‘Scandalous waste of public money’
SPENDING nearly £7,000 on a new garage for the Mayoral ear was a scandalous waste of public money, the Ribble Valley Council was
told. Chief Executive Mr
Michael Jackson said that tenders had been received from six firms for the cost of replacing the Mayoral garage, tile lowest of which was £6,830 from R. Moorliouse and Sons, of Clitheroe. Coun. Bert Jones (Clith
Party time
MEMB E R S of the Wednesday Club enjoyed their Christmas party at th e Red Pump Inn, Bashall Eaves.
eroe) said he felt sure there were cheaper ways of garaging the vehicle. The council was unwill
everyone exchanged pres ents. Mrs Eileen Lambert organised the event.
A f t e r th e meal ,
ing to give grants to keej) oj)en local railway lines, which would benefit many people, yet was quite will ing to lavish money on this, he said. Coun. Barrie Parker (Clitheroe) agreed with his Labour colleague: “This
sinndolnnX scaiidalous.
accept the tendei.
be on January 20th at the Duke of York Hotel, Grindleton, when the speaker will be silversmith David Frost.
The next meeting will J tGnC llG L v l l lb , , .
T h e f u l l coun cil c li th e ro e p endle club n e lT tb e tenrl'ir1810”
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NEVER leave valu ables visible In your car . . . take them with you or lock them in the boot.
CRIMEWATCH
st”aVaganCe iS WINNERS of the monthly bridge session a t the
" ’ere MrS K’ Bulcock ™d Mrs A. Pedder, Mrs D.
Hindle and partner, Mrs K. Higson and Mrs I. Kosmalski.
session were Mrs K. Tol- son and Mrs A. Barker, Mrs J. Kenyon and Mr T. Adey.
Winners of last week’s
Urging fair deal in benefits
BE fair over housing bene fits, a Clitheroe councillor told the Ribble Valley Council. Coun. Bert Jones (Clith
eroe) demanded that hous ing benefit supplement payments be re-examined to ensure that recipients were receiving their full amounts, following reports that this might not be the case. He was concerned that
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the council was seen to be fair.
mittee chairman Coun. Bill Fleming (Langho) said the council had been scrupu lously fair and as far as everyone was aware, recipients had received their full entitlement.
In reply. Housing Com
extremely' complicated, but all queries would be listened to sympatheti cally, though it was not
T h e s y s t em wa s
right that personal cases should be considered in open council.
I BYE
CLITHEROE RUFC have received a bye through to the second round of the Girobank Lancashire Plate.
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