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home and study. Clitheroe is one of six
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Remarkable grandma dies at 96
FORMER Whalley resi dent Mrs Mary Green, who has died, aged 96, will be remembered by villag e rs as a rem a rk ab le grandmother.
Atherton, who had also lived in Eccles, moved to Whalley during her seven ties to bring up her son’s three children after their mother died.
Brian, of Moorfield, until his death two years ago, and took a keen interest in her grandchildren's educa tion. Fiona, Lorna and Martin each went to uni versity and now live in v a rious p a r ts of the country. During the past two
She lived with her son
her son Eric in Salford. Her husband died in 1928. Said Eric: “My mother
iVhalley, had lived with Mrs Green, a native of
Good reason for young gymnasts to beam
YOUNG Ribble Valley gymnasts displayed them expertise at Trinity Community Centre, Clitheroe — and gained a new item of equipment.
bers were presented with a new balance beam by Clitheroe Mayor Coun. James McGhie and Ribble Valley Borough Treasurer Mr Gordon Onslow, on behalf of the Whiteside Trust. British Amateur Gym nastic Association certifi-
Trinity Gym Club mem
Ramblers out in force
years, Mrs Green, who had been a keen bridge ilayer during her years in
did a remarkable job in bringing up three grand children so late in life. They certainly kept her young at heart and very active.” The funeral took place in
Eccles on Monday. Mrs Green is survived by two sons.
IN SPITE of high winds and heavy rain, 42 Clith eroe Ramblers started from Kettlewell for their Boxing Day Walk, led by ch a irm a n Mr F ra n k Pai-rott. They climbed westward
across Moor End Fell and down to Arncliffe for the traditional drink at The Falcon. They returned to Kett
lewell along Littondale to Hawkswick, via Knipe Scar. The Sawley walk is
being led by Mr Norman Thorpe on February 6th, meeting at Waterloo car park at 10 a.m.
For charity
FIVE Whalley youngsters gave up some of their Christmas holiday to go carol singing and raised £18 for charity.
Becky Ward, Robert Ward, Claire Barton, Paul
Barton and Tony Wilson donated the proceeds to the Esther Rantzen “Child Line” appeal. They sang for residents of Whittam Crescent, Whittam Road, M i t to n R o a d a n d Moorfield.
cates were presented to pupils ranging in age from
five to 11 years. The club has been in
operation for almost 12 months. Open two eve nings a week and with a third evening planned after Christmas, there are
now 48 pupils.. Although membership
of the junior gym is on the increase, new members are needed for the toddler gym. Says fo u n d e r Mrs
First head of primary school
THE first headmaster of Edisford County Primary School, Mr John Wilfred Waddington, has died in Clitheroe Hospital, aged
81.
Rachel Scott: “ I t was because the toddler gym was doing so well that I started the club for school age children. “The toddlers practise
on Monday and Friday afternoons and any par ents with pre-school age children are welcome to bring them along.” Pictured are instructors
and successful pupils with Mr Onslow (back, sixth from the left) and the Mayor and Mayoress.
Vintage rally
PLANS are well advanced for a two-day vintage rally and country craft fair in Waddington. Members of the Ribble
Valley Vintage Club have received permission to use land opposite the Moor cock Inn for the event, in August. It will be on simi lar lines to the annual rally and steam party at the Hark to Bounty Inn, Slaidburn.
Moorland Crescent, Clith eroe, spent his early years in Fleetwood. After gra duating from Manchester University, he began his teaching career in Fleet- wood, going on to teach in Knutsford, Cheshire, before coming to Clitheroe in 1953. He retired in 1966.
Mr Waddington, of
Edisford he was on the District Education Com mittee for a number of years.
While headmaster at
involved with St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, and was vicar's warden for the Rev. A. K. Bisbrown.
He was also closely
Clitheroe Cricket Club Mr Waddington was a founder member of the town’s Probus Club for professional and business
A leading figure at
men. Mr Waddington leaves
his wife, Ada, and daugh ter Gillian. The funeral was held in St Paul’s Church on Thursday, fol lowed by cremation at Accrington.
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to endeavour to return to Operation Raleigh in its final y e a r as a s ta f f member.
postman’s horizons have certainly been widened since the arduous selection weekend in Newcastle, when handling a tarantula was just one of the tasks he faced.
The former Clitheroe
Uppermost among his in October. Following a New Year resolutions was 22-hour train journey, he
He flew to Santiago with 100 other venturers
spent the first week accli matising in Puerto Montt and much of the second confined to base with food poisoning. Fortunately it was the only illness he suf fered during his stay and he was able to rejoin his group for its first commu nity project on the Isla Tabou.
was allocated 10 days to reach the island, demolish a footbridge across a tidal inlet and rebuild it. Work
The 11-strong group
ing 12 to 14 hours a day, they achieved their target and successfully con s t ru c te d the lo n g es t bridge ever built by an O p e r a t io n R a le ig h expedition.
which reaches 15ft. at its highest point, allows chil dren access from one side of the island to the other at high tide.
The 65-metre bridge,
elled back to Puerto Montt and then to Puerto Aisen,
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an 18-hour ferry trip away down the coast. With another group he helped to build a jetty to be used by villagers upstream landing wood, which was sold in the town and was their main source of income. Having completed their
s h a r e of community projects, Simon and his colleagues planned their f i n a l t h r e e -w e e k expedition.
talise the village square. Swings, roundabouts and other apparatus were rebuilt and painted, small access bridges constructed and, with the help of Conaf, the Chilean equiva lent to the Forestry Com mission, 150 trees planted in the square. Hiring horses and with
in Pto Murta where they' to Pto Rio Tranquilo. gained permission to revt-
They spent several days rera, Chile’s longest lake Simon, who is allergic to
two Chilean police guides, the group trekked round part of Lago General Car
horses, covered much of the route on foot, accom- mnying a disabled mem- er of the expedition who
Begins
had been provided with buggy-style transport. At one point he was involved in a rescue attempt as the bike and its occupant were swept downstream while crossing a river. Mark was trapped
underneath the vehicle, “ recalled Simon. "Although there were several local people watching, none of them realised that he could not get out due to his disability.” On the way back to
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Office, Simon, a former pupil of Ribblesdale School, works at Reading head post office. A mem ber of the Territo r ial Army, he is a movements o p e r a to r b a s e d a t Grantham with the Royal Corps of Transport. He paid tribute to his
family and those who sponsored him. “ I have made many
friends out there and would like to be accepted for Operation Raleigh again this year as a staff member,” said Simon. “It has given me a wider per spective on life and made me realise that with a rucksack and tent you can go anywhere.”
Time for questions
RIBBLE VALLEY gar deners will have an oppor
entries — a maximum of th r e e p e r p e rso n is allowed — is January 16th. Forms are available from libraries and the Advertiser and Times
office in King Street, Clitheroe. T h e c o n t e s t h a s
separate categories for art and craft, with the winner of each section receiving trophy donated by tl newspaper. The entries will be on
tunity to submit questions to the experts of the Radio Lancashire gardening pi gramme “Spadework” on February 8th in Ribbles d ale School’s drama complex. Clitheroe Garden Club
has invited the panel chaired by Mr Fred Down- ham, to attempt to solve th e p rob lems of th e locality. The meeting is open to
display at Whalley Library from February 6th and people visiting between that date and February 20th will be given slips to vote for their favourite exhibit.
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Frosty start and wet end
DECEMBER had a frosty start, but became mild and wet later. The lowest temperature recorded In the first half of the month was 20 deg. F on the evening of the 8th.
month was dominated by south-west winds from the Atlantic, bringing mild and wet conditions. The very mild weather brought high temperatures for December, in the region of 50 to 56 deg. F. Most of the rain fell in
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