Burnley 22831 (Classified)


Clitheroe 2232i (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


Rambling through the Dales


THE pretty Yorkshire vil­ lage of Burnsall was the destination for Clitheroe Naturalists on Saturday, when Mrs A. Benson and Mrs W. Scott led 39 mem­ bers on a walk full of delights.


the party walked close to the river bank along the Dalesway to Loup Scar and through the woods. At the su sp en s io n


On leaving the coach,


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A honeymoon in Antigua followed the wedding at St Mary's Church, Stansted, Essex, of Mr John Miles Brierley and Miss Nicola Jane Orpin.


director for Terry Tuft Morego, is the elder son of Mr and Mrs P. Brierley, of Crow h i l l C o t t a g e , Worston.


The bridegroom, a sales


daughter of Mr and Mrs J. A. Orpin, of Croft House, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.


bv her father, wore a French embroidered cream silk skirt with matching tailcoat featur­ ing a lace collar and cuffs. She carried a Victorian- style bouquet of freesia and cream and yellow roses. Her silk floral head- d r e s s m a tch ed her bouquet.


The bride, given away


ducted by the Rev. Tony King and organist was Mr Richard Ingham. A recep­ tion was held at the bride’s parents’ home. The couple are to live in


Nesbit, groomsman was Mr James Brierley, the bridegroom's brother, and ushers were Mr John Brown, Mr David Gal­ lagher, Mr John Hewitt and Mr Andrew Sutcliffe. The ceremony was con­


Miss Gabrielle Hales and pageboy Alex Cowan. Gabrielle wore a three- quarter-length Victorian- style cotton dress trimmed with yellow ribbon and broderie anglaise on the neck, cuffs and hemline. She carried a posy to match the bride's. Best man was Mr David


She was attended by


Photography, Bishop's Stortford.


Edith Weston, Rutland, Leicestershire. P h o to g r a p h : Cox


Shotgun stolen


THIEVES stole items including a 12-bore double-


office, which they ran­ sacked and sprayed with water from a hosepipe, and then forced a lock off the workshop door. The Aya shotgun, serial


barrelled shotgun after breaking into a workshop at the Railside Trading Company, Station Yard, Gisburn. They forced entry to an


The bride is the only CHARLTON S0EBBY


SPORT SCHOOLS MONDAY, AUGUST 1st to FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1988 (inclusive) 1 — all sports inclusive of transport (courtesy of GM Buses) and lunch


bridge, members divided, the majority following Mrs Scott to Linton and the hidden village of Thorpe- in-the-Hollow, while some bravely crossed the river by the stepping stones. The two groups met back in Burnsall.


than ked by Graham Wilkinson.


Procession will be led by band


time in Clitheroe will be “The Campaigners Band” of the Saviour Church, Blackburn. The 40-strong band,


PARISHIONERS of St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, are in for a tr eat on Sunday. Appearing for the first


made up of fife and drums with bell-lyres, is in great demand in the Blackburn area. The band will lead St


PINDER — MARSDEN


Paul’s annual procession this year round the Edis- ford park estate. The route will be Lancaster Drive, Fairfield Drive, Garnett Road and back to the church, where a short outdoor service will be held. People wishing to see the procession set off should be on Lancaster Drive at 11.20 a.m. T h e M a y o r an d


Mayoress of Clitheroe Coun. and Mrs Ian Brown, will be accompanying church officials and will be guests at the parish lunch afterwards.


Spotlight on local history


DOCUMENTS of fascinat­ ing local history will be on view at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, during a nine-day exhibition about historic Clitheroe which is being presented by the Lancashire Records Office from June 25th to July 3rd.


Among items on view


number 181896, was in a khaki gun case which also c o n ta in e d c le a n in g accessories. A lso tak en was a


typewriter valued at £30 and a Black and Decker


heavy-dutv drill worth £150. Clitheroe police are


investigating.


imones — dnd offer Thomas


[soldiers killed in the German heeply moving experience for |nas Snape and his wife,


ate after 47 years to see the


ret Drive, Clitheroe, said: “I nmotionai, but the memories land it made me weep." letery at Suda Bay contains Is and is kept in immaculate


l ie fine colour photographs of I'ffering these to local families filed in those grim times. I back there for the first time 1 proved emotionally fulfilling le many fine local lads among comforting to know that their


will be Clitheroe Borough Charters and let te rs , a c c o u n t s and o th e r documents.


John O’Neill’s diary and arithmetic book. The diary, which has now been published, gives an inti­ mate picture of the daily life at Low Moor Mill in the 1870s.


Also on show will be


Use spare plots plea


opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe Coun. and Mrs Ian Brown at 2 p.m. on Sunday. It will be open daily from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.


The exhibition will be


Schemes granted approval


THE following applications have been granted under delegated powers bv the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning and Technical Officer Mr Philip Bailey: Wiswell: Detached house at


Clegg House Farm. Chatburn: Non-illuminuted


wall sign at Smith and Nephew. Waadington: Kitchen exten sion at Lingmell, Beechthorpe


EMPTY plots on two council allotment sites are giving cause for concern, sa y C l i th e r o e town councillors. In a statement after


their annual visit to the town’s allotments, they reported a disappointing number of empty plots on the Hayhurst Street site, off Goosebutts Lane, and the Waggon and Horses site, off Pimlico Road. Now they are appealing to enthusiastic gardeners


in Clitheroe, who require extra land, to step forward and take up the spare plots. On the brighter side,


A honeymoon in Jersey followed the wedding of Clitheroe bank assistant Miss Sandra Jean Marsden and farmer Mr Michael Anthony Pinder at St Anne’s Church, Nantwich, Cheshire. The bride, employed at


kingfisher, oyster catcher, goosander, young dipper and swift. The le a d e r s w e r e


were noted, including ladies’ bedstraw, scurvy grass, water crowsfoot and the insect-eating butterwort. Birds sp ot ted were


More than 40 plants


Double blow for local family


A CLITHEROE family has been recovering this week from a double blow.


439), seriously injured in a road accident on Sunday. But she has yet to break


A ls ton , of Hayhurst Street, is making regular hospital Intensive Care visits to see her son Tony


Mrs Margaret Ann


(17), has also yet to be told of the devastating double blow. He is on holiday in Spain, not due to return to his West View home until Saturday. Tony, an unemployed


the news to him that his father, who had been ill for some time, lost the battle for life on Monday. Tony’s own son, Gary


the National Westminster Bank, is the daughter of Dr and Mrs A. Marsden, of Manor Avenue, Wistas- ton, Crewe, and the bride­ groom is the son of Mr and Mrs J. Pinder, of Boars- den Farm, Newton. The bride, given away


labourer, lives at the same address as his parents and was badly hurt when his H o n d a m op ed w a s involved in a accident with a Ford Fiesta on the A59


was Mrs Margaret Harri­ son and bridesmaids were Miss Linda Pinder, the bridegroom’s sister, Miss C h a r le n e and Mis s Rachael Pinder, the bride­ groom’s nieces, and Miss Emma W hit ton, the


by her father, wore a cream Victorian-style laee- trimmed gown with a short veil securing her flo­ ral headdress. She carried a bouquet of cream and peach silk roses. The matron of honour


peach dresses and carried sprays of peach and cream flowers. Best man was Mr Peter Marsden and ushers were Mr Stephen Marsden, the bride’s brother, and Mr John Pinder, the bride­ groom’s brother. The ceremony was con­


bride’s cousin. T h e y w o re fu l l - le n g th


ducted by Fr Warnock and followed by a reception at Hunters Lodge, Crewe. The couple are to live in


Clitheroe. Photograph: David Hands, Nantwich.


Housing- refused


opment to sites identified fo r res ident ial purposes. It was also considered


of the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil's Development Sub­ committee that the pro­ posed development would conflict with the provisions of the approved Clitheroe District Plan, which tries to restrict major devel­


AN outline application for a residential development and new car park for the Black Horse Inn, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, has been refused. It was felt by members


that it would be detrimen­ tal to the character and appearance of the area and to road safety.


at about 4 p.m, near the junction with Clitheroe Road. Tony was thrown on to the windscreen of the car, then on to the road, and was rushed to Black­ burn Royal Infirmary with serious injuries. Said Mrs Alston: “He


Whalley to Clitheroe bypass. The accident happened


has a broken jaw and leg and fractured ribs. He has been semi-conscious since the accident and he is on a ventilator. He really is very poorly, but we just have to hope for the best.” She intends to wait and


see how his condition alters before deciding when to tell him of the death of his father, Ber­ nard Vincent Alston. Mr Alston (63) was born


Campaign to help


disabled


LANCASHIRE County Council has launched a special campaign phone­ line to g ive personal advice about benefits to disabled people and their carers who may be losing


out. It is part of the Welfare


Rights Service’s “Sick or Disabled? What can you claim?” campaign. The phone-line, Preston


263348, will operate between 1-30 and 4 p.m. on weekdays until July 22nd. It will be staffed by


Charter dinner


THE fifth annual char­ ter dinner of the Ribble Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club was held at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawlcy. Among the gue s ts


CRICKET DANCE


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Bobby Charlton plus top North West players popping in Alan Mayer, a National Champion and International Angler Jeff Jones, Manchester United; Joe Welton, Great Britain Olympic coach Jack Simmons, Harry Pilling, Lancashire CC Past pupil finished third Disco Dance Championships of 1987 Stars from Stretford and Sale Harriers popping in


were the Ribble Valley Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and Mrs Albert Atkinson, and represen­ tatives from clubs in B u r n l e y , N e l s o n , Blackburn, Rosscndalc, Skipton and Chorley. They were welcomed


“1 want the lads and lassies when they leave to


say: ‘That was really great I enjoyed It. ’ On the last day I see them off knowing that I will see many of them next year.”


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members of the Welfare Rights Service, who will help with benefits such as attendance allowance, mobility allowance and rate relief. They will advise people what they can claim and send out forms. A special leaflet which


in Clitheroe and lived in the town all his life. Edu­ cated at the local Catholic School, he was later a driver for Ribblesdale Cement and for the Milk Marketing Board for a number of years. He had been ill for quite some time but worsened over the past couple of months and died at home on Mon­ day, knowing nothing of his son’s accident the pre­ vious day. A keen pool player, he


•James’s Church, Clith­ eroe, prior to interment.


granddaughter. A funeral service is to be held today at St


Students show a flair for


big business


BUDDING entrepreneurs Jill Walmsley and Adele Stewart-Hargreaves have reached the national finals of the Young Enterprise Man­ agement Awards.


dents from Blackburn Col­ lege School of Business and Secretarial Studies, Adele, of Riverside, Low Moor, and Jill, of Beech- wood Avenue, Clitheroe, formed a company called Soft Touch, marketing floppy books for small chil- d r e n and s c e n t e d pomanders.


With nine fellow stu­


the councillors were highly im p r e s s e d by th e improved state of most of the plots in use.


2 contrast to May, 1941, when Ian paratroopers landed, liping to man 156 Battery of Ight Ack Ack) Royal Artillery 1 mounted their audacious low- ]• sky. Isistance, the British positions Bl Thomas was wounded and


jen forgotten Today. ” land hundreds of red English cry overlook the placid Medi-


Irt of four years of being shut- leamp by the Germans in occu- liiberation by General Patton’s


Iblished at a spinning mill in ■roe, before war started. 1, who worked for ICI after the le photographs to anyone who 1 his poignant memories. Ire has proved comforting in a Tnas feels a gap in his life has I is feeling better for it,” said |ompanied him on the three-


lorials were well represented lent, with many joining up at a


’ a photograph of a grave at contact Thomas (Clitheroe


24 Corporation Street. Car port extension at 53 Littlemoor Road. Kitchen, utility and garage extension at 15 Princess Avenue. Listed Building con­ sent for replacement of windows and doors at the rear of 102 Whalley Road. Replacement of two windows and door at the back of 1 Church Street. Listed Building consent for installation of street lighting bracket, ser­ vice box ami cable at 18 Parson Lane. G rindleton: Alterations,


Avenue. Clitheroe: Projecting sign at


consent for the removal of two windows and building up of existing window and door open­ ings, together with the forma­ tion of two new window open­ ings and renewal of existing rotten timber frames at Ivy Cottage, Town End. Read: Two-storey extension at 15 Berkeley Drive.


extension and access at Lane Ends House, Lane Ends. Slaidburn: Listed Building


Wheels vanish


A WADDINGTON car owner was quite literally left standing when thieves stole all four wheels from his Ford XR3 while it was parked outside his home. The wheels are valued at £524. Clitheroe police are investigating the theft.


THE prestigious Silver Acorn award for long ser­ vices to Scouting has been presented to Mr John Clayton, of Downham Road, Chatburn, by


of experience in the Scout­ ing movement. From 1966 to 1986 he was district


County Commissioner for Scouts Mr Fred Law. Mr Clayton has a wealth


secretary of Clitheroe and district Scout. Executive and is currently vice-chair­ man and president. He has been county chairman of the East Lan­


cashire Scouting region since 1982. Mr Clayton has also


been a long-term lay sup­ porter of St Mary’s Scouts in many capacities.


the most enterprising group within the area. Both the Midland Bank and the British Institute of Management awarded them top place in competi­ tion with other local schools and colleges taking part in the scheme.


The girls were judged


Next month they go on to the national final at


Warwick University. If they win, there is an


organised their own com­ pany and visited a number of local organisations such as Soroptimists to give a talk about their activities. Profits from the enter­


opportunity to go to America and, for the run­ ners-up, a day in London as guests of the British Institute of Management. The students ran and


sons, Michael and Ber­ nard, four grandsons and a


was a regular at his local the King’s Arms, and was a member of the Royal British Legion and the Central Working Men’s Club on Whalley Road. He leaves two other


by Clitheroc president Mrs Margaret Wright. Toasts were proposed by past president Mrs Cynthia Whitehead and Mrs Jean Parker.


No excise licence


CLITHEROE man Peter Anthony Cooper (54), of


gives information on dis­ ablement benefits is avail­ able to the public from the Social Services Depart­ m en t ’s area o f f ic e s , libraries, Citizens’ Advice Bureaux, county informa­ tion centres and advice c e n t r e s t h r o u g h o u t Lancashire.


Refused on traffic


grounds


AN application for the operation of a mini-bus service and parking facili­ ties at Maxine’s, Whalley,


at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s Devel­ opment Sub-committee. Coun. Bill Fleming (Bil- lington) said it was a pity that the proposal would create traffic problems. It was felt that the pro­


has been refused. The plan was considered


posed parking area would ne c es s ita te reversing manoeuvres on or from the road across the footway, which would be detrimen­ tal to the safety of other road users and cause increased noise and nui­ sa n c e to r e s id e n t s , because of its proximity to nearby dwellings.


has the theme “Divine Justice” and will focus on many of the serious prob- lem s c o n f r o n t in g humanity. The Maine Road con­


Record number SOME 70 members from Clitheroe will be among the largest-ever gathering of Jehovah’s Witnesses at Manchester City’s football ground from July 7th to 10th. The four-day seminar


prise are ploughed back into the business, but at the end of the year the Board will give the oppor­ tunity to shareholders either to collect a dividend or contribute it to charity. All the girls involved in


the company are students on the BTEC National Secretarial Course.


vent ion, expected to attract 18,000 people, is one of a series of 15 events throughout Great Britain this summer.


Two units


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Development Sub­ committee has approved an outline plan for the demolition of existing buildings and construction of two industrial units at North Street, Clitheroe.


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the Starkie Arms Hotel, Castle Street, was fined £75 by the town’s -magis­ trates when he admitted using a car without an excise licence. Cooper was also fined


£40 after admitting using the car with a defective tyre. In mitigation, he said hi


a letter to the court that he had been using his wife’s car when he was stopped on the A59 at Whalley. The vehicle was elderly


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advantages over their successor, THE PERSONAL PENSION,


particularly in the amount of TAX FREE CASH available at retirement age, for example:


FUND AT MATURITY £100,000 — current ABI annuity rates


JOINT LIFE SURVIVOR ANNUITY CHOSEN — SPOUSE 3 YEARS YOUNGER POSSIBLE TAX FREE CASH SUM


Retirement ' age


FEMALE MALE


60 65 70 60 65 70


Pension


£26,700 £28,100 £30,100 £28,600 £30,600 £33,100


Pension


£23,829 £22,870


Difference in


BEFORE July 1st AFTER July 1st TAX FREE CASH 14%


£22,454 £21,395


£20,673 £20,033


22% 34%


33% 48% 65%


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