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Clitlieroe Advertiser & Times, June 16th, 198S
Clitheroe 22321, (Edito\ —
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fHere’s my cardi we are
at Your Service
YOU . . . can rest assured, because WE all believe in providing good, “ old
(fashioned,” professional services at a fair price, carried out at your convenience, quickly and efficiently
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on Saturday for the Wad'-1 dington Hospital coffee! morning. A large number! of visitors from Wadding-1 ton and the parishes! around flocked into the | grounds.
Sun n y day It was gloriously sunny!
and stocked their own stalll and various games and! competitions were on! offer. Coffee was served I wi thin the Residents’ ! Meeting Room and out of) doors and £530 was raised \ for the Maintenance Fund.
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Happy birthday
Nancy SURPRISE, surprise — there was a musical treat in store for kitchen assis tant Mrs Nancy Alexander when she arrived at Moor land School, Clitheroe, on her 75th birthday. Mrs Alexander, of Chat-
school for 13 years, Mrs A lex an d e r has been adopted as a “grandma” by many of the school’s boarders.
Bishop to retire in autumn
has held the post since 1982, plans to live in South Cumbria. He was S u f f ra g a n
THE Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev. S tew a r t Cross, is to retire at the end of October because of poor health. The Bishop (GO), who
years, he worked as a reli gious broadcasting pro
Bishop of Doncaster, in the Diocese of Sheffield, for six y e a rs before becoming Bishop of Black burn, his native diocese. Previously, for eight
involved in appointing a new Bishop mean that a replacement, who could come from anywhere in B r i ta n , will not be installed until the end of the year at the earliest.
ducer for the BBC. The lengthy procedures
KARATE expert Carol Gregson aims to become a special ist in survival.
The former Clith- formed at the suggestion enjoy karate and an out- eroe Royal Grammar °f u number of people who door adventure lifestyle.”
In bloom
once again set aside funds to assist entrants in this year’s competition. Finan cial help will be available to entrants finishing first, second or third in the regional heats.
LIBRARY CORNER
Tim Sebastian. A spy thriller set in Moscow.
AND
Seaman . Bi o g r a p h y of autlmress Jacqueline Snsann.
aftermath” — Robin Muck- ness. Author attempts to dis cover wlty a company of SS sol diers massacred the inhabitants of a remote French village in 19M. “ Lovely me” — Barbara
“ Oradour: massacre and
— Claire Lorrimcr. A murder mystery set in a house on the Yorkslnre Moors. / ‘The spy in question’* —
at Clitlieroe Library include: “The secret of <|iinrry house”
LATISST additions to the stock
ENTRY forms for the Beautiful Britain in Bloom competition are now avail able from Mrs E. Averill, of the North West Tourist Board, Last Drop Village, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9PZ. The County Council has
plete tlie Pennine Way in 10 days at the end of next month.
lot of weekend survival courses in preparation,” said Carol. “The group, which is based at Rishton, was
Low Moor, will be spon sored and money from the t r e k wi l l go to the Accrington branch of the Peter Pan Club for the handicapped and a fund for a Rishton man, seriously injured in a car crash several months ago. “I have taken part in a
Carol, of Riverside,
equipment such as tents and dehydrated food in 351b. packs. If the need arises, skills of living off the land — trapping, mak ing survival shelters and even skinning rabbits — will be utilised. The seven hope to com
members of the newly- formed Pendle Survival- ists, Carol (24), a teacher of home economics and design at Billinge High School, Blackburn, aims to establish a new record. The group will carry
Rambo style! Along with six male
School student is to tackle the 270-mile P e n n i n e W a y —
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the Ribblesdale Avenue school, pupils sang “Happy birthday” and presented her with a bouquet. Connected with the
burn Old Road, Clitheroe, thought no-one knew it was her birthday. She was proved wrong. . As she served teas at
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of what was the Catholic Senior School in 1955 are or g an isi ng t h e get-together next Tuesday at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe. It prom ises to be an emotional affair. The idea for the first reunion of its kind came from former pupil Mrs Anne Rodgers (nee Lawrenson), who now lives jus t outside New York and is currently on holiday in Clitheroo. She is in England visit
THE search is on for a very special Class of ’55 — a group of for mer pupi l s of SS Michael and John’s RC School in Clitheroe. Two former classmates
ing her sick mother and called in at the North West Sound Archive at Clitlieroe Castle, where an old schoolfriend from those
ROUND & ABOUT
days, Mrs Cynthia Thomas (nee Swarbrick), is a supervisor.
Greenfield Avenue, Chat- burn, recalled what hap pened. “Seeing Anne walk through the door like that gave me the shock of my life. We had not met since 1955, so you can imagine we had a great deal to talk about,” she said.
Cynthia, who lives in
some time working near Dublin and in Germany before returning to the Ribble Valley. “The idea for a reunion
Cynthia, now 47, spent
Taylor (nee Walmsley), of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, has loaned th e above photograph of the class, and organisers of the reunion have managed to trace several of those on it.
Cynthia. Her friend, Mrs Mary
ifred Carter as she then was, is still living locally and it is hoped that she will be able to meet her old pupils on Tuesday. “We were a very happy
came out of the blue and it is very much a last-minute rush to organise some thing before Anne has to return to America,” added
The teacher, Miss Win
residents, trustees and j friends was held in St Helen’s Church, conducted by the vicar. Canon C. F. Goodehild. Lessons were read by Mr Richard King- Wilkinson, a trustee of the hospital, and Mr S. E. Taylor, the clerk. The Archdeaeon of Craven, the Ven. Brian Smith, gave the address.
F ou nd er ’s Day was observed on Monday, the anniversary of the found- | ing of the hospital by Robert Parker in 1680. A service attended by
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class, so it would be really lovely to share the good times again,” recalled Cynthia, who would like to h e a r f rom an yo n e interested in attending the reunion. She can be con tacted on Clitheroe 27897.
She’s a survivor
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Promotion for branch manager
is Mr Alan Collinge, who is moving from the St James’s Street branch in Burnley.
Woodland wander
mile walk covers a circular route and takes in the nature trail in part of the 40 acres of woodland. It is aimed at introduc
park at 7 p.m. and is one of a series throughout the summer. The three-and-a-half
series include a ramble along the Ribble, starting from Brungerley Bridge, Clitheroe, on the evening of J ul y 5 t h . and an exploration of Bowland and Grindleton Fell on July 28th.
Friendly red sentinel
OVER the l as t few months as I have moved around the valley I have noted with interest the sleek, modern 20th cen tury public telephone boxes dotted around the countryside. There they are, in the
ing the Clitheroe ’bus stop and keeping an eye on the new Vale House Gardens in its bright scarlet livery, wh e r e i t ha s s t ood undaunted for donkey’s
tions are there in all our surrounding villages, the one bang in the middle of our own village, probably the busiest of the lot, remains unchanged in the spot it has occupied for as long as I can remember. Certainly it has been there, I think, ever since King George V presided over the nation’s destinies. Why, I wonder, why? There it stands, supervis
most remote and isolated areas, and undoubtedly they are more efficient and, it is hoped, less van dal-prone than their pred ecessors, but one thing has puzzled me. Whereas these innova
Wh a l l e y Win d ow
years — my donkey’s years, and certainly before we had the luxury of a phone in our own house. Thus, curiosity being
my middle name, this morning I took a closer
most up-to-the-minute e q u i pme nt had been installed.
look. Outside, no change, but inside I noted that the
centre of our conservation area? Not being a gambling
red sentinel, if it went, would be sadly missed!
the conservation area, is the answer. I was delighted. That
ter into my head. Could it possibly be because, apart from being in the centre of the village, it is also in the
Then ideas began to fil
man — well, just the occa sional coppers on a few hands of whist, perhaps_ I’ll bet that last thought,
The whole aspect of the village would be changed. King S tre e t, Whalley, would not be the same without it.
been changes in our main street in recent years. We parted with Sally Pickins’ black and white cottage with lots of regret, but most changes that have been made fit very happily into the village scene. The new Health Centre, for instance, is an outstanding example.
Telecom,” I thought. “You have shown a sensitivity unusual in large commer cial undertakings. Thank you very much.” Admittedly, there have
British Telecom, and while we a re abput it. thank you, too, village doctors. We are grateful to you.
So thank you again, J.F.
was very useful and help ful in years gone by. Were it to disappear, 100 trea sured oils and waterco lours on walls round the district would be rendered inaccurate. “Well done, British
It is an old friend who
SPRING Wood, Whalley. is the venue for a guided walk tonight, led by Lan cashire County Council Rangers. It starts from the car
Yvonne, have one daugh ter, Alexandra (2). Replacing Mr Thomson
Moorland Crescent, Clith eroe, is a native of Brad ford. He has been a keen member of Clitheroe Lions’ Club and the Ribble Valley Scanner Appeal Committee. He an d h is wi fe,
and Provincial Building Society, Mr Ian Thomson has been promoted to dis trict manager and is mov ing to Nelson. Mr Thomson (41), of
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